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Publications 1981
Bakus, G.J. (1981). Chemical defense mechanisms on the Great Barrier Reef. Science, 211: 497-499.
Benson, A.A. and R.E. Summons (1981). Arsenic accumulation in Great Barrier Reef invertebrates. Science, 211: 482-483.
Buckley, R.C. (1981). Scale-dependent equilibrium in highly heterogeneous islands: plant geography of the northern Great Barrier Reef sand cays and shingle islets. Australian Journal of Ecology, 6: 143-147.
Burdon-Jones, C. and G.R.W. Denton (1981). Metals in marine organisms from the Great Barrier Reef Province. Part 1. Base line survey. Interim Progress Report, James Cook University, Townsville.
Cox, G. and D.M. Dwarte (1981). Freeze-etch ultrastructure of a Prochloron species - the symbiont of Didemnum molle. New Phytol., 88: 427-438.
Grygier, M.J. (1981). Petrarca okadai, a new crustacean (Maxillopoda: Ascothoracida) from the Great Barrier Reef, the first shallow-water record of the genus. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 1(2): 183-189.
Holdich, D.M. and K. Harrison (1981). The sphaeromatid isopod genus Sphaeromopsis Holdich & Jones in African, Australian and South American waters. Crustaceana, 41(3): 286-300.
Hutchings, P.A. (1981). Polychaete recruitment onto dead coral substrates at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of Marine Science, 31(2): 410-423.
Jones, A.R. (1981). Crustacean community ecology of sublittoral sedimentary areas of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Bulletin of Marine Science, 31: 809.
Lassig, B.R. (1981). Significance of the epidermal ichthyotoxic secretion of coral-dwelling gobies. Toxicon, 19: 729-735.
Lowry, J.K. (1981). A redescription of Sphaeropthalmus grobbeni Spandl, based on type material from the Red Sea and new material from the Great Barrier Reef (Amphipoda, Dexaminidae). Crustaceana, 41(2): 190-198.
McPherson, G.R. (1981). Investigations of spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson, in Queensland waters. Northern Pelagic Fish Seminar, C.J. Grant and D.G. Walters (eds.), pp 51-58. Australian Public Service, Canberra.
Pichon, M. and J. Morrissey (1981). Benthic zonation and community structure of South Island Reef, Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef). Bulletin of Marine Science, 31(3): 581-593.
Poore, G.C.B. and B. Kensley (1981). Coralanthura and Sauranthura, two new genera of anthurideans from northeastern Australia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Anthuridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94(2): 503-513.
Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Tryonia (Miscellaneous Publications of the Department of Malacology of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), 4: 1-32.
Rudman, W.B. (1981). Further studies on the anatomy and ecology of opisthobranch molluscs feeding on the scleractinian coral Porites. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 71(4): 373-412.
Rudman, W.B. (1981). The anatomy and biology of alcyonarian-feeding aeolid opisthobranch molluscs and their development of symbiosis with zooxanthellae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 72(3): 219-262.
Smith, D.F., D.L. Meyer and S.M.J. Horner (1981). Amino acid uptake by the comatulid crinoid Cenometra bella (Echinodermata) following evisceration. Marine Biology, 61: 207-213.
Summons, R.E. (1981). Occurrence, structure and synthesis of 3-(N-methylamino) glutaric acid, an amino acid from Prochloron didemnii. Phytochemistry, 20(5): 1125-1127.
Summons, R.E. and C.B. Osmond (1981). Nitrogen assimilation in the symbiotic marine alga Gymnodinium microadriaticum: direct analysis of 15N incorporation by GC-MS methods. Phytochemistry, 20(4): 575-578.
Talbot, F.H. and A.J. Gilbert (1981). A comparison of quantitative samples of coral reef fishes latitudinally and longitudinally in the Indo-West Pacific. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Symposium, Manilla.
Thompson, R.O.R.Y. and T.J. Golding (1981). Tidally induced 'upwelling' by the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Geophysical Research, 86(7): 6517-6521.
Tranter, D.J., N.C. Bulleid, R. Campbell, H.W. Higgins, F. Rowe, H.A. Tranter and D.F. Smith (1981). Nocturnal movements of phototactic zooplankton in shallow waters. Marine Biology, 61: 317-326.
Waren, A. (1981). Revision of the genera Apicalia Adams and Stilapex Iredale and description of two new genera (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta, 10: 133-154.
Wass, R.E. and L.L. Vail (1981). Early growth of bryozoa at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. In, "Recent and Fossil Bryozoa", G.P. Larwood and C. Nielsen (eds.), pp 299-303. Olsen and Olsen, Denmark.
Wolanski, E. (1981). Physical oceanography of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon. Proceedings of the Conference of Environmental Engineering, Townsville., 5 pp. Institute of Engineers, Australia.
Zmarzly, D.L. and N.D. Holland (1981). Rates of food transport down the ambulacral grooves and through the gut of Comanthus bennetti (Echinodermata:Crinoidea) observed in situ. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 6: 229-230.


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A controversial exit speech by Labour MP Charles Chauvel this week pointing to the lack of racial balance in the shadow cabinet and factions in the party has opened up wounds around the last leadership battle.
Most of the caucus top-ranked 20 are Pakeha, with only three exceptions, Nanaia Mahuta, Su'a William Sio, and Shane Jones.
The majority of the MP who comprise the party's ethnic diversity are not ranked at all: Parekura Horomia, Moana Mackey, Raymond Huo, Rajen Prasad, Kris Faafoi, Louisa Wall and Rino Tirakatene. They comprise half the unranked MPs and most of them supported David Cunliffe over David Shearer for the leadership.
Mr Chauvel is heading to New York to work for the United Nations but almost certainly would have been Attorney-General in a Labour-led Government.
Unusually for a valedictory speech, he directed some of his comments to the splits in Labour.
They were evident most recently in the leadership contest between Mr Shearer and Mr Cunliffe, who was demoted last year after failing to express loyalty to the leader.
Mr Chauvel, a Cunliffe supporter, extended a very public olive branch by expressing the hope in his speech that Mr Shearer would become Prime Minister at the election next year.
But then he effectively offset it by turning his attention to internal politics, party rankings and the last election result.
He called on those who ran the 2011 election to quit, and said the party needed to recognise both factions of the party.
Mr Chauvel, of Tahitian ancestry, also made pointed criticism of Mr Shearer's reshuffle announced on Monday for not recognising the"diversity" of the caucus.
"It's time to stop wasting time and energy seeking to identify and exclude the supposed enemy within," Mr Chauvel said. "Instead, in order to avoid history repeating, an honest, open and overdue assessment is needed as to why the 2011 campaign produced Labour's worst-ever electoral result.
"Those responsible for it should make dignified exits and all the undoubted talent and diversity of the caucus needs to be included in the shadow cabinet.
"To put it another way, in [former Australian Prime Minister] Gough Whitlam's words, the party needs both of its wings to fly."'
Cunliffe himself was given substantial portfolios though remains unranked, supporter Lianne Dalziel was demoted but supporter Sue Moroney was promoted.
Shearer loyalist Trevor Mallard - and former campaign manager for the last election - was demoted down the rankings but promised the job he wants, next Speaker.
Social media reaction to the speech has been strong particularly against Mr Mallard.
Mr Mallard clearly identified himself as one of those intended for Mr Chauvel's barbs and indicated in a tweet after the speech that he would be declining the challenge to step down: "My decision to seek Hutt South nomination just reinforced," he tweeted.
Mr Mallard said yesterday he hoped Mr Chauvel was directing his comments only to him but he doubted it.
He would not comment on the merits of the reshuffle.
He disputed Mr Chauvel's claim that the factions of the party still remained.
"I think the party had people who it could closely identify with definite factions in the 1980s and certainly before that. I dont think that is the case now."
People in the caucus tended to deal on an issue by issue basis.
"I've seen the Australian faction system work and I've never seen anything like it here."
He did not even think there were Shearer - Cunliffe factions operating.
"I think most people in the caucus deal with issues on their merits, not because their mates think they should 'think this."'
Mr Mallard said Mr Chauvel had made a real contribution in Parliament and his power of analysis especially on legal questions was superb.
"I'll certainly miss him."
Mr Chauvel said he was now an international public servant and it was not appropriate to have political views or comment on the New Zealand political scene after his valedictory.


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The Antlers has long enjoyed being the Official Hotel of the Vail Symposium. In addition to participating on the Board of Directors, we get the pleasure of hosting many of the incredible speakers that the Symposium brings in every year. From Christo, the famous landscape artist, to three of the former Governors of Colorado reminiscing on the stage together (Lamb, Romer and Ritter), the annual lineup of forty-plus programs is always incredible.
We're proud to be associated with such a first-class operation, and especially one that is a long-standing Vail tradition (41 years and counting).
This fall, September 13 – 15, the Symposium is presenting one of the biggest, baddest programs in their history … in Vail's history, for that matter. Living At Your Peak will be an amazing collection of leading experts in the fields of health, fitness and longevity. In addition to over TWENTY different speakers (!), participants will enjoy actually participating with those presenters in a myriad of ways. It might be a hike with Ellen Miller (the only woman to summit Mount Everest from both sides in one year) or a group meditation with cutting-edge research scientist Cliff Saron (who will offer scientific proof that meditation can actually alter your DNA, leading to a longer life). Healthy meals prepared (and shared) with leading chefs and nutritionists will turn meals into part of the program itself … great learning experiences all.
Small intimate groups, regardless of the topic, are planned to afford the kind of interaction that will make this three day event unlike any other conference on health and wellness. A significant keynote speaker (yet to be named) is also expected to kick off the whole event to a larger audience.
We at the Antlers sure hope that our past guests and friends (as well as new ones) will consider joining us for what we think could be a life changing experience.


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NAI Shames Makovsky expands services
NAI Shames Makovsky is expanding its services to include third-party property management and has hired real-estate veteran Charley Babb to lead the new division.
NAI Shames Makovsky currently provides asset and/or property management services to its portfolio of nearly 40 office, industrial, retail and hospitality properties. The expansion into third-party property management services will give other building owners throughout Colorado access to the same NAI Shames Makovsky expertise that it offers to its own properties.
"It is our clients who are pulling NAI Shames Makovsky into the third-party property management business," said Evan Makovsky, managing partner, NAI Shames Makovsky. "We have repeatedly been asked to offer this service by clients who understand that tenant retention and tightly controlling operating expenses can be the difference between a distribution and a cash call."
Before joining NAI Shames Makovsky, Babb was a director at Johnson Capital, where he provided financial services for commercial real-estate investors and developers. He also was a founding partner and senior vice president at Kensington Capital and a vice president at Paragon Group.


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We received many thoughtful and beautiful gifts (along with money and gift cards) for our wedding, but none stood out, or made me tear up, as much as the gift from a fellow blogger, LaVoice.
I think it was about a week or so before the wedding when a little box showed up on my doorstep. Inside of that box was a beautiful picture frame in the colors of my livingroom. As soon as I opened it I knew right away which picture I was going to put in it. I just didn't have the picture printed yet.
Finally this past week I got around to ordering my wedding (ahem and engagement) pictures. There proudly displayed on the table behind our couch amoung my other treasured photos is this:
I'll forever be grateful for the friendship I have found with LaVoice. Just knowing her makes me want to be a better person. And of course her niece is pretty awesome as well. :-)
Thank you LaVoice! You'll never know how much your gift means to me. I will treasure it always.
Monday, August 29, 2011
A very special gift.
We received many thoughtful and beautiful gifts (along with money and gift cards) for our wedding, but none stood out, or made me tear up, as much as the gift from a fellow blogger, LaVoice.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Happy Birthday LaVoice!
I want to send out a special birthday wish to my blogging buddy LaVoice. She has been such a wonderful lady to get to know. If you want to stop by and send your wishes I know she'd be so happy.
LaVoice has been like a grandmother to me. I never really got to know my grandparents so it's been such a lovely treat getting to know her through her blog. And as soon as my wedding/engagement picture arrive(ordered them yesterday), I will show you the lovely picture frame she gave us as a wedding present. It goes so wonderfully with our living room.
Happy Birthday dear LaVoice! May you have many more years filled with love and sunshine! You deserve only the best!
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Friday, August 5, 2011
Life as Mrs. LW
Since we've returned from our honeymoon we have been extremly busy. We've had gifts to put away, thank you cards to write, volleyball camp, basketball camp, visits with friends and family, birthdays, funerals, doctors visits and everything in between.
I love being a wife. More importantly, I love being LW's wife. I have fallen more in love with him than I ever dreamt would be possible. I miss him when he's not with me, but I do cherish the alone time, and often drift off wondering what he is doing or thinking.
I love being a step mom (or bonus mom as another blogger put it). I love knowing that my girls love me and do need me in their life. And I love being there for them. I love hugging them, telling them I love them and that I am proud of them, I love talking to them, I love spending time with them.....I just love having them in my life.
More recently we had a situation where I had to be there for Kassidy because LW was out of town in Arizona on business. He asked me if I could pick up Kassidy from volleyball practice and be there when they announced who made the cut to be on the team. I'm sad to report that our little spitfire did not make the team. As she was told she didn't make the team her beautiful hazel eyes looked over at me with saddness. My stomach cringed. I needed LW to be here so we could hug our daughter and remind her that we are still so very proud of her. As she walked over to me she collapsed into my arms. I told her I loved her and I was so very proud of the effort she put forth. Not a lot of comfort I know, but at least she knows how I feel.
It was hard to be there for Kassidy without LW but I was honored that LW had confidence in me that I would do the right thing had Kassidy gotten the bad news. It wasn't easy for him to listen to his baby crying on the phone. She sobbed like I have never seen her sob before. My heart hurt for her and I wanted in an instant to make it better for her. Feeling that way reminded me, step or biological, I am Kassidy's (and Lauren's) mom. Just in a different way.
I finally absolutely without a doubt....love my life...to it's fullest. I can't wait to see what's ahead!
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The world today is rightly concerned about the state of the environment. These concerns are shared by the Church. In his audience with representatives of the Churches and Ecclesial Communities and other religions, after being elected to the See of Peter, Pope Francis said that "The Church is likewise conscious of the responsibility which all of us have for our world, for the whole of creation, which we must love and protect."
The Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has outlined eight central themes in recent Church teaching on the environment. "These reflect on how a Catholic approach to economic questions, social justice, and environmental questions are necessarily viewed in relation to each other," the Episcopal Commission states in its text which was released today.
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Meeting minutes February 2 2011
From VoidWarranties - Hackerspace Antwerp, Belgium
Note: this article is about a passed event.
|Meeting minutes February 2 2011
| From 2011/02/02 08:00:00 PM
to 2011/02/02 11:00:59 PM
|Den Bunker
Agenda points
- To Fleece or not to Fleece
- BitNight
- stickers
- HackSquare
- Possible workshops
Meeting notes
Join note taking during the meeting: http://piratepad.be/p/VoidWarranties
- Stickers
- We want stickers with our logo
- So Kristel doesn't have the logo yet
- Ilias will send the logo to Kristel
- Wiki
- Job is working on it
- There are some things he isn't able to do, because of insufficient access apparently
- We have to ask Stefan for more rights
- Ilias suggests moving to nucleus
- So we have to put Stefan, Job and Ilias in the same room together, to work this out and see what is possible (Kristel will get out her whip and make it happen)
- Domeinen zijn geregistreerd (.com en .net)
Stefan => kan jij de vhost file aanpassen voor .org plz
- Fosdem/ByteNight
- So far Jobs car is full
- Koert can drive as well if needed
- If you want to go, put it on the carpoolpage
- HackSquare
- For an elaborate description, bugger Kristel
- feb 20th there is a meeting in revspace (about the lounge area)
- march 6th there is general meeting, in revspace as well
- We got a mail about it from Koen Martens; it's on the mailinglist, those interested can find it there
- Basically it's a challenge to build something interesting (with a €5000 prize)
- How many blankets can we buy for €5000? :P
- Hack in the box
- Kristel got a mail about it from randomdata (I think it was on the mailinglist as well, not sure though)
- There is a challenge there as well to build something, There is prize money as well, no details in the mail though
- Apparently noone was planning on going
- It would be nice if someone went though, but it's during the week
- Possible workshops
- welding workshop
- enough interest in it
- Jeffrey suggests dividing it in two parts: small and big stuff
- Kristel will do the small part, she has the knowledge and some of the materials
- We'd better not do both on the same day
- Soldering can be done in Den Bunker
- The actual welding should be done elsewhere (see mailinglist discussion)
- Participants will have to pay in advance because the materials are relatively expensive
- cocktail workshop
- hackers on a plane will/might drop by
- Arduino workshop
- timelab will do a basic course end feb or march (payable)
- some ppl are interesting in going, Kristel will put info on the mailinglist
- does anyone know where to order arduino's?
- we'll not order arduino's as VoidWarranties but ppl can order together ofcourse
- Some workshops on security can be given, but not before april
- welding workshop
- Summerevent
- Meeting after this one
- We had some suggestions for names
- VoidCon is the winner
- Blankets
- Job bought two fleece blankets
- Ivo wants to make VoidWarranties merchandize with them
- There are several suggestions
- Membership fees
- Those who paid are on the list, those aren't on the list haven't paid
- Koert will make a list if those who pay regularly
- Kristel will try to contact the rest to inform them that they are on the verge of not being considered members anymore
- Club Mate
- Club Mate is disappearing without being paid for
- or other drinks ofcourse
- I am counting them again as from now
- We have to find a better solution. Let everyone think about it for a week and we'll discuss this again
- Entrance
- We need something to indicate where the entrance is (I'll start working on this next week -> kristel)
- We need a doorbell
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What if there is a third person.
Life as a carbon-based life form; a journey of building on success and learning from mistakes.
What if there is a third person.
Daily life has been routine, I need to revisit my adventure plans for a gap year. I'm going to miss the little one dearly.


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My apologies to the cask ale drinkers of South Wales. I may have inadvertently set free a beast among you.
I learnt today that Colonel Williams East India Pale Ale, the collaboration beer I brewed at Brain's brewery last month, sold out in less than 16 hours when it went on sale in the Goat Major in Cardiff last week, the fastest-selling craft beer the pub has seen.
That's good – it very much suggests that people were coming back for more than one pint after the first. But what is particularly surprising about that is that Colonel Williams is six per cent alcohol by volume. American readers may say: "So what?" But British draught beer drinkers simply don't normally drink beers that strong in quantity. It appears that, completely inadvertently, I may have designed a beer that goes down like a session bitter, despite having
almost a third half as much more alcohol than session bitters normally do. Dangerous.


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So as always around Thanksgiving, everyone wants to know what you are thankful for. I know we all are thankful for food, shelter, family, and friends, but I wanted to point out a few particulars when it comes to those three crazy girls we call daughters.
She is quite the 5 year old. She loves music and anything that has to do with music. Just yesterday we went to the library and got 7 cds to put onto her mp3 player. Since those songs have been on, I don't think she has taken her headphones off. She is always moving, running, jumping, playing some sort of ball. She loves to be wherever her dad is, and do whatever dad is doing. She is also a big help around the house, she usually does what is asked; even if that means going to get a diaper for Lilly or picking up toys she didn't play with. She will try anything and everything, especially when it comes to fun things, but also at the dinner table. She loves school more then anything and loves to write and make up stories. She is a unique little girl and I can't wait to see where her next adventure takes her.
(both of the pictures of Maddie are from Monkey Joe's at the beginning of November, as you can see the daredevil in her- going down head first)
She is our social butterfly, loves to talk to everyone and anyone (we have to watch that sometimes). That being said, she is quite the homebody. She is most happy at home playing with her barbies, polly pockets, or just coloring (you also have to watch that, because she will color on anything). She is definetly the mothering type, she loves her baby dolls, helping Lilly, and being the little mother hen for Lilly and Nolan when everyone is together. She also loves school. She is smarter then she leads on, example she knows what a letter is but will always ask you just to have that interaction with you and make sure she is right. She is a whiz at puzzles. She will walk past the puzzle grandma J is doing, pick up a piece, look at it, and put it in it's correct place. She doesn't like to take as many risks as her sister and she is okay with that. She stays in her comfort zone of peanut butter sandwiches and go-gurts. She is a chocolate milk- aholic. She loves her princesses and playing dress-up, she also never passes up a chance to have her hair or nails done.
Riding a little ride at Mall of America
One of the last Brewers game we went to this fall
Oh boy, does this one have her own personality. She wants no one to help her and that includes her sisters. Some days she reminds me of Maddie as she is climbing the chairs and sits in the middle of the dining room table. Other times she is like Emma as she can just sit and play with her bebe (think of it in French) that is what she calls a baby. She is a ham and loves to do her "tricks". She loves the bath, but hates the sprinkler. She loves Mo-Mo (Elmo). She can look at 100 books a day, she also expects you to read that many to her. Lilly is a bruiser, she loves to wrestle anyone who is laying on the floor. She loves to laugh and thinks that the world is her audience. She also loves music and loves to dance. She can't go to bed before giving everyone a kiss goodnight- it doesn't matter who is there, she has to give one to everyone. She loves her donkey (Army Mule) and takes him everywhere. Let's just say he is getting his share of time in the washer. She loves to go to the YMCA daycare and play with the kids there. She also loves to wave good bye to everyone, no matter where we are. She is a girl who is just trying to be her own person and I will be interested to see how her sisters pull her in their directions.
Lilly at Monkey Joe's she was trying so hard to get up the wall to slide, but she just wasn't quite big enough, which of course ticked her off.
Here is that ham- in the tub with the swimming dog's goggles on. Now every time she is in the tub she has to put them on.
In the quote of Emma- "It is going to be a great day, because there is snow falling"
That is what she said to me today when I picked her up from school. What she doesn't realize is that all it is is a dusting. Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure we will get our fair share, it was just to cute that she was excited for the first snow. It took until December for that to happen, so we are just hoping that winter doesn't last until May around here.
The girls got to watch their first Christmas Special last night- it was the cartoon version of How a Grinch Stole Christmas. They get that love of Christmas specials from their dad. Good thing we have DVR now because with basketball he misses a lot of them, so now I am able to record them and they can all watch them later. The girls get so excited about all the classics; Rudolph, Santa Claus is coming to town, Frosty. Now they like the new ones too, but I think they just love the classics because dad gets to into them too.
The older girls are in their Christmas program next week, they cannot wait to sing for everyone and Emma is so looking forward to wearing her sparkly Christmas dress. This girl loves anything that sparkles and shines. I will make sure to put some pictures up of that night.
So as December starts and we all know how crazy it can get; baking cookies, buying presents, wrapping presents, seeing friends and family, let's make sure we always take time to remember that little baby that came to us that first Christmas as the best present anyone has ever received.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Giving Thanks and Snow Flurries
So as always around Thanksgiving, everyone wants to know what you are thankful for. I know we all are thankful for food, shelter, family, and friends, but I wanted to point out a few particulars when it comes to those three crazy girls we call daughters.
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After a grueling multi-year testing process, in 3VR SmartRecorders and SmartCams provided between 85 percent and 92 percent accuracy in recognizing and matching faces in a few crowded, highly-trafficked public train stations in Seoul. In each case, the images analyzed were of fast-moving groups of commuters entering or exiting various transit areas en masse.
"That was the really scary thing," she said. "We all felt fine. There was no smell, nothing."
"That whole industry is being absorbed: half by the construction and half by the security industry."
Justice Department officials are trying to determine whether to try the pirate in the U.S. or leave him to a pirate court in Kenya that has yet to try anyone for piracy.
"Everybody who's ridden that ferry agrees that the security checks are not only not effective, but probably not needed," Clark said Thursday. "If we can save $1.6 million on the cost of providing security that isn't needed, we're most of the way to achieving the savings VDOT would achieve by cutting back on the ferry."
Stan Clark, an Isle of Wight County supervisor and a contender for the state House seat held by Del. William K. Barlow, is leading the effort. Barlow is a Democrat who represents the 64th District, which includes Isle of Wight and James City County.
Though security is mandated by the federal government, the cost falls on VDOT's shoulders. The $1.6 million covers a security detail of between 32 and 35 armed security guards provided by a private security firm, according to Hansen. The guards each are provided basic weather gear, a sidearm, a nonlethal weapon and a flashlight.
VDOT does not keep a log of incidents handled by ferry security guards, but numerous arrests have been made involving "threats to the ferry, contraband and assistance in breaking up fights," Hansen said.
"The biggest thing we have found is that having the security presence there has been a deterrent to people breaking the law," she said.
Pelco to Participate in IFSEC 2009
Clovis, CA (April 8, 2009) – Pelco is excited to announce that after careful evaluation and reconsideration, it will once again be participating in IFSEC 2009. This is a shift from an announcement made late last year that the company would not participate at the 2009 IFSEC show.
"Following some last minute discussions with the show organizers we have reached agreement for Pelco to exhibit in the IP section of the show, albeit with a much smaller stand than in previous years, in order to launch several exciting new products including the Sarix megapixel camera range and the new Endura HD Optimised, enterprise-class video management system,†says Kevin Smith, Pelco Regional Manager for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The Pelco stand will be located in Hall 5, stand D80.
H.R. 1939, the "Electronic Life Safety and Security System Federal Background Check Act of 2009,†permits industry access to a database which can be used to check a potential employee's criminal history. Congress has authorized similar access in the past to groups such as banks, credit unions and private security guards.
"It is outrageous that a potential felon could have access to our citizens' homes and businesses without the employer knowing his or her record, and that is why this legislation is so important,†Luetkemeyer said. "It would be irresponsible to allow this to continue because it puts those families and businesses who think they are being protected at risk.â€
States are not currently able to stay apprised of crimes committed from one state to another, and many private background check services do not capture complete law enforcement information upon which to base a hiring judgment. Some states have no background check requirements for this industry. The legislation is not a government mandate, but simply offers the electronic life safety and security industry access to the same background information that is currently available to many other groups.
Americans do not want a person with a questionable criminal background installing systems designed to keep them safe in facilities such as child daycare centers, schools, public pools, chemical plants, water and nuclear facilities, banks, hospitals, port facilities and air terminals.
"I look forward to working with my colleagues to pass this commonsense legislation to keep our families, businesses, and critical infrastructure safe,†Luetkemeyer said.
Once the legislation is passed, the industry will need to secure support from the Attorney General to permit states to access the database. The bill also recommends certain standards for the Attorney General and Department of Justice for those states wishing to participate, including a reciprocity requirement and NBFAA's involvement as part of the background check process.
The bill will require significant support to pass both the House and Senate, as other groups are requesting background check access, creating a long delay in accommodating non-law enforcement organizations such as NBFAA. With the help of the security industry, NBFAA will work on securing a senate bill and seek to pass the legislation.
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Philip (Tino Mewes), Konrad (Thomas Schmieder) and Weener (Manuel Cortez) — the three biggest dorks at Frederich Nietzsche High School — get a second stab at coolness when they're killed in an auto accident and reanimated as flesh-eating zombies. Thanks to their rapidly decomposing bodies, there's no need for eating or sleeping, which leaves plenty of time for partying, girl-chasing — and getting even with their enemies.
Night Of The Living Losers is about a group of friends, each with very different personalities, that become zombies after a botched night of voodoo spells and marijuana intake. They start to relish their new found abilities until they realize that corpses decompose. Being the fact that they themselves are now corpses, it becomes a race against time to try to reverse the spell and try not to kill too many people in the process.
This film starts out with a family that seem to be in the late 1800's praying for protection against evil. A zombie bursts through the door and heads for them. Suddenly a woman kills him in a 70's Foxy Brown sort of fashion and saves the family from becoming dinner. Now don't let the special effects in this part fool you. It seems a bit cheesy but gets better in the rest of the film.
We now find a boy standing proudly in front of the audience as he is being congratulated on his wonderful penis. He is soon awaken from this wonderful dream by his mother who notices his "morning wood" and makes certain comments. I love this movie mom! She is one of the best parts of the film for me. She announces to his next door neighbor and old childhood friend that he was "a boner" and leaves him embarrassed to get ready for school. He gets picked up by his wayward friends who include "the ultimate dork who gets beat up by everyone" and his "stoner and aloof to reality pal who lives on a diet of weed and alcohol". They give "the creepy" girl next door (who happens to be the neighbor the kids mom was talking to) a ride to school and now we have our major characters in place. At this point we know this film is meant to be a comedy, and is pulling that off very well, but can it deliver on the actual horror level?
The topic of religion comes up in their classroom. Different religions are presented until the last group comes up. The creepy girl along with two friends teach the class about Voodoo. Getting the bright idea to use a love spell to make the popular girl in school love him, our hero asks if creepy girl can help him. He shows up to a very amateur and hilarious ritual with his two pals expecting to rise the dead but ends up getting covered in the cremated ashes of the zombie from the beginning of the film. They leave in a hurry but decide to soften the blow of the night with some "herbal" help on the way home. The pot head's innovative new bong becomes the demise of the crew and next thing they know they are waking up in a morgue.
This part is also very funny. I mean, they don't realize what's going on until they see the tags on their toes and freak out. Could you imagine waking up with a tag on your toe in the hospital? I think I will make my mission to put a tag on the toe of a loved one next time they enter the hospital just to mess with them. Yes, I'm evil. Ok, moving on.
They get back to our hero's house and try to make sense of the whole situation. They put in a zombie film and try to study what they think will happen to them next.
They awake the next morning to a breakfast of simply raw meat because they think that's what they are supposed to do.
They head to school and find themselves in a familiar but compromising situation. The popular girl's boyfriend gets ready to kick their asses again but they discover they have inherited a new found strength and were stronger than him. Then it sets in. No more getting picked on, no more getting beat up, they are now the masters of the school.
The one thing that really sold me on this film was not only how funny it was but the fact that it actually explored the part of the "walking dead" that not too many put a take on. What happens to dead things? They decompose! And this film comically explores that. After the point of the story that I ended at, they have to deal with decomposition, typical teenage hormones, and when it finally sets in that they have to feed on people in order to "survive" the panic sets in for the ones who keep their senses about them longer. One thing that I thought was also funny way the "oh sh*t, my moms gonna kill me" panic that sets in at one point. That was ironically humorous.
As I said, the special effects not only are believable but down right gross and hysterical. If you watch the trailer, you will see a point where one of the boys' testicles rots off their body, falls down his pant leg, and rolls under the television. And that's not the funniest part.
Most of the effects are props and makeup, which I largely prefer to CGI. I appreciated the effort into the craft.
Story wise, this movie is a complete winner. I loved how they incorporated so much but it never felt overdone or "too full". There were no real problems with faulty shots, bad acting, or plot holes. Everything takes you through smoothly and gives you an enjoyable ride that you will be talking about for a good time to come. I still giggle when I think about certain shots. If you are a horror comedy fan, find this film! You're gonna appreciate it.
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Racing somewhere hot? Heat acclimation and hydration tips
On January 18th, I decided to race MTB Ayiti. The race started on January 30th. Besides being undertrained and overweight (which I like to think of as "rested and healthy"), I was really worried about the heat. It was 34 degrees and raining in Portland while I was training and the forecast told me it would be near 90 and humid when I reached Port au Prince for the start of the race.
In a panic, I called Stacy Sims, Co-Founder of OSMO Nutrition and complete hydration expert (She has a PhD and worked as an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist at Stanford University from 2007-2012, among other credentials. She's also a Cat 1 road cyclist and elite XTerra athlete). Last year, Stacy helped me with nutrition preparation for the Reve Tour. She also ended up being the link that resulted in OSMO coming on as our hydration sponsor.
She gave me some good advice about getting ready to race in the heat, even when you don't have much time to prepare:
Before You Go
HOT YOGA: Find a hot yoga class and try to get a few sessions in.
SAUNA: Try to get into a sauna within 30-60 min post training (so you are a bit dehydrated). Try to stay in the sauna for about 30 min then SLOWLY rehydrate over the course of 3-4 hours (don't gulp lots of fluid right after getting out). If you can do this every day or every other day before you go, the heat will feel very very bearable! Of all the things that Stacy suggested, this was the one that really made a difference for me in Haiti.
Once You're There
FREEZE YOUR DRINKS: Freeze drinks overnight. With a hydration pack, fill it 3/4 full then top it off with OSMO Active in the morning. I didn't have access to this option in Haiti (or in France for that matter) but I can imagine it sure would have felt great.
PRE-LOAD: Drink OSMO PreLoad ice cold. Pre-Load is a pretty phenomenal hydration product that we used while riding the Tour de France. PreLoad increases plasma volume and sodium stores. It also contains aerobic and anaerobic buffers. It's considered a "hyper-hydrator" to be used for intense efforts like racing in very hot conditions or ultra-endurance events. For the first week in France, I drank PreLoad the night before each stage and then again the morning. I found that this loaded me up so much with stored fluid that I was a little puffy! Dialing back to just pre-loading the night before seemed to be the perfect balance. In Haiti, I used PreLoad the night before stage one and three. While I couldn't put my hands on ice to make it cold, it still worked wonders.
*This is a photo of David Wilcox drinking a beer after getting second in the first stage of MTB Ayiti. This is probably not how you should hydrate, but isn't he awesome?
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I cramp really bad when riding and running anything over 3 hours, I can almost set my watch by it. Hot day, cold day, hilly or flat 3 hours and my quads cramp, it can be excruciating. I wonder if the OSMO pre-load product could help with that and whether we can get it over here in the UK…
Great tips-esp the heat acclimation. Will be useful for our upcoming trip to Hawaii (living in Seattle has killed any tolerance for heat I may have once had).
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10 oz frozen artichoke hearts, defrosted
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, diced
1 lb small scallops
1/2 cup toasted bread crumbs
1/3 cup grated Parmesan
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon zest
juice of one lemon
handful fresh parsley, chopped
12 oz hot pasta*
In a large skillet, heat the oil. Add the garlic and onion. Saute until just fragrant. Add the scallops, artichokes and lemon juice and cook until the scallops are almost opaque. Add the zest and parsley. Cook 1 minute. Remove from heat and toss with the bread crumbs, cheese and pasta. Serve hot.
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KiwiSaver has turned out to have been a hugely successful financial product but there are some nasty changes lurking over the horizon.
It's the old story - whenever anybody accumulates a large sum of money various undesirables start scheming to get their hands on it. Banks, which manage most of NZ KiwiSaver funds are keen to keep those fees flowing after you retire so are lobbying the government to force KiwiSavers to take part or all of their savings in an annuity. Treasury, mindful of the need to balance the budget is also likely to be looking enviously at the growing treasure chest that is KiwiSaver.
The original architect of KiwiSaver, Sir Michael Cullen with the assistance of a Treasury model, recently set out his views as to how KiwiSaver should fit into a national saving for retirement strategy in conjunction with the need to make National Superannuation sustainable.
Let's take a look at what Dr Cullen had to say. His thoughts were revealed in a paper he presented at an "Affording Our Future" conference in December of last year. It didn't get much comment in the media at the time which is interesting because Dr Cullen's proposals are radical and would, if adopted, substantially impact many people's retirement.
First off Dr Cullen's rehearsed the argument that due to demographic trends National Super is unsustainable so either we take small steps to avert this trend now or face the prospect of drastic corrective action further down the track. Dr Cullen adds that "we should not leave to our children and grandchildren harder choices than we are prepared to make ourselves and gradual adjustment is preferable to "big bang pyrotechnics". Good stuff! However Dr Cullen proposes radical change is in the area of funding retirement income. He says that "with life expectancy rising some increase in the age criteria is inevitable" which is fair enough but he rejects lowering the level of payment or income testing. His solution is to reduce the cost of National Super by:
* Making KiwiSaver compulsory
* Increasing mandatory contribution rates from individuals and employers
* Forcing KiwiSavers to take half their savings by way of an annuity
* Assessing eligibility for National Super on the basis of the annual National Super allowance less the annual value of their KiwiSaver annuity.
Mr Cullen commented "in effect this means this would result in half of people's KiwiSaver savings being income tested". That was one option Mr Cullen had for reducing the cost of National Super and his second option was a withdrawal tax on final KiwiSaver savings of 10-15 per cent. He seemed to favour the latter option.
Now I'm no expert on KiwiSaver but it seems inequitable and perverse to compel NZ'ers to save via KiwiSaver and then impose a greater tax on that savings option than other savings options. Better to just means test National Super and do it properly so people can't hide behind family trusts etc.
Next up was the Productivity Commission's (PC) attempt to improve the value for money proposition of KiwiSaver by helping KiwiSavers to more easily assess fees and switch to lower cost providers. The PC revealed that it was considering developing a website to help KiwiSavers to differentiate between schemes on the basis of cost.
Needless to say the PC initiative has provoked a lot of angst in adviser-land and one high profile fund manager even launched into print criticising the initiative. Virtually every comment from financial advisors on a financial advisor website gave the thumbs down to the PC proposal with one particularly vitriolic outburst being "this is a disgrace and an insult to advisors who are trying to get through regulation". Another volunteered the ridiculous view that "focusing on fees misses the main point of KiwiSaver and retirement in general". You have to wonder about the state of the Continuing Professional Development industry and the AFA qualification in general when confronted with this level of ignorance.
Fees are critical - the Government Actuary told me that a quid pro quo for getting default provider status was to have a low annual fee structure. The sad fact is that it is virtually impossible to consistently pick outperforming fund managers so investors need to focus on that information which you can be sure of and chief amongst those is .... fees. The PC is very much on the right track here, according to many unbiased experts and it shouldn't get bullied by people who should know better. Let's see what those experts have had to say on the fees/performance issue of late:
1. Writing in the Financial Times last year a senior visiting fellow of the Pensions Institute at the Cass Business School said "there is little academic evidence to support the argument that asset management and a potential for outperformance is more important than cost".
2. In "Why Do Retail Investors Make Costly Mistakes - An Experiment On Mutual Fund Choice" two law professors at the University of Pennsylvania write that there is "mounting evidence that retail investors make predictable, costly investment mistakes including the payment of excessive fund fees". The professors cite "the fact that high fee funds underperform".
3. In February of this year the US National Bureau of Economic Research based in Massachusetts under took a mystery shopping exercise and defined good advice "as advice that moves the investor toward a low cost, diversified, index approach" and acknowledged that this approach is the strategy that many text book analyses of investment suggest is the best approach. The NBER study further added that the market for financial advice "leans against those products which do not generate high fees".
4. Financial advisers and fund managers are fond of saying that investors "get what they pay for" but the truth is that you don't get what you pay for because, duh, what you pay goes to somebody else! We covered the "you get what you pay for" nonsense back in 2009 and highlighted two articles from the Journal of Finance. The first study concluded that funds with high fees underperform even before the deduction of fees! The other study, by Mark Cahart, in the March 1997 Journal of Finance concluded that "expenses have at least a 1 for 1 negative impact on performance".
At first glance the negative response from financial advisors might seem strange given that Code Standard 1 in the Code of Professional Conduct for AFAs says you have to put client's interests first so anything that reduces cost would seem a good thing. But the reality is that many financial advisors outside the banks who advise on KiwiSaver tend to limit their recommendations to KiwiSaver providers which pay commission and those KiwiSaver providers nine times out of ten have much higher fees than the default providers so the PC initiative is a direct threat to those financial advisors business models. If Mum and Dad switch the trailing fee stops.
Now to pre-empt the inevitable squealing we all know that some local fund managers have done well and it's even remotely possible that unlike virtually every other major stock and bond market in the world local share managers can beat the market in NZ. Maybe.
There are however other more plausible explanations for their outperformance and we touched on this on 27 February 2010 in an article entitled "Stats Police Put Fund Managers on Trial". Note that this column is not suggesting that investors should ignore actively managed funds - best practice as evidenced by pension fund strategies is to only index half of share portfolios.
But what everybody should be clear on however is that costs are important and unlike performance they persist. Until advisers acknowledge that fact how can they discharge their responsibilities under Code Standard 1? Fund managers are so conflicted it's not funny so when they feel the need to comment on fees they should reflect on the FMA's overarching objective of "fair, efficient and transparent financial markets" and ..... say nothing.


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Big inning sinks Sanabia, Marlins in Cincinnati
Olivo homers in ninth, but Miami can't recover from eight-run seventh
CINCINNATI -- One inning was the difference.
The Reds sent 12 men to the plate and scored eight runs in the seventh inning against the Marlins to turn a tie game into a 10-6 win at Great American Ball Park on Sunday.
Marlins reliever Jon Rauch -- who inherited a bases-loaded, no-out situation from starter Alex Sanabia -- allowed all three baserunners to score. And then he allowed five more to do the same.
"Rauch was our one fresh arm, and we brought him into a tough situation," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "It just didn't work out."
Rauch's final line was five runs allowed on four hits in two-thirds of an inning.
Sanabia -- the only Miami starter to have recorded a win this season -- didn't pitch a single inning with the lead, but he kept the Marlins in the game.
He limited the damage in a pivotal third inning, as the Reds sent seven batters to the plate, but scored only one run. With the bases loaded and only one out, Sanabia struck out Jay Bruce on three pitches and fielded a first-pitch grounder off the bat of Devin Mesoraco to end the inning.
In the seventh inning, however, Sanabia allowed the first three hitters he faced to reach base before being removed for Rauch. Sanabia finished with five runs allowed on six hits in six-plus innings. He threw 109 pitches, striking out three and walking five.
"He did everything he could; I could not ask anything more from him," Redmond said. "He pitched a great game. He made pitches, mixing his breaking ball and his changeup. He knew the situation we were in with the bullpen."
The Marlins were shorthanded after using their relievers for 8 2/3 innings in Saturday's 13-inning loss.
"I had to go out there and get extended a bit," Sanabia said. "That's my job -- to go out there and pitch."
Reds starter Homer Bailey, who entered the game with a 1-1 record and a 2.84 ERA in four career starts vs. the Marlins, was hardly dominant, but he made pitches when he had to.
Miami put runners in scoring position in three of the first four innings, but managed only one run. The Marlins loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth, but Donovan Solano struck out to end the inning.
It was Miami's 40th strikeout of the series.
Bailey finished with eight strikeouts and now has 27 strikeouts in 31 1/3 career innings against the Marlins. He threw 99 pitches -- 63 for strikes -- and allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings.
Chris Valaika had a pair of RBI singles -- one in the second inning, one in the sixth -- to account for Miami's first two runs.
Joey Votto, who went 7-for-11 in the final two games of the series, hit a first-pitch home run in the first inning to give the Reds a 1-0 lead. The homer, Votto's third of the season, traveled 380 feet and was his second solo shot in as many days.
The Marlins responded in the second with three consecutive one-out singles by Rob Brantly, Nick Green and Valaika to tie the game at 1. That trio went a combined 5-for-7 with two walks.
The rest of the Marlins struggled.
Giancarlo Stanton, who has yet to homer this season, drove in his first run of the year with a single in the ninth inning. He came home on Miguel Olivo's pinch-hit three-run homer. Stanton finished 2-for-5 with three strikeouts. He also committed an error that resulted in the Reds' fourth run.
Stanton had a chance to drive in a run in the top of the first, with Chris Coghlan on third and only one out. Stanton struck out swinging, and Joe Mahoney followed suit to end the threat.
Stanton, Mahoney and Justin Ruggiano -- the Marlins' 3-4-5 hitters -- went a combined 2-for-14 with seven strikeouts on the day.
Shin-Soo Choo reached base in 11 of his last 12 plate appearances in the series. He had five hits, four walks and was twice hit by a pitch -- both from the right arm of Sanabia.
After winning, 3-2, on Friday, the Marlins had two chances to at least tie the four-game series, but came up empty. They struck out 48 times in the series and were outscored by a combined 25-11.
"This team's pretty resilient," Redmond said. "We don't have a lot of wins, but guys are able to turn the page and stay positive. We've got to stay with it. I feel like we have a chance to win every single day. I know they do, too."


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This website deals with all forms of sustainable development, from renewable energies to sustainable investment funds. The content will be serious but fun at the same time.
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I hope you've all enjoyed this extra week between Thanksgiving and Christmas as much as I have! Usually it's such a mad sprint from one holiday to the next - having some spare time this year has been especially wonderful.
But, lo . . . the holiday season is now upon us - and in full swing. I'm excited to start seeing some of the early entries in the Holiday Decorating Contest over the weekend (click HERE for details and instructions to enter) . . . and know full well that you've all spent these extra few days getting your homes ready to celebrate all the various event that surround this busy season.
But, once our little photo contest is concluded - it's not just little ole me sitting here throwing darts at the board trying to pick out a winner . . .
No . . . once again we have a super talented panel of judges to review the entries and pick the winners in each category - 1) Christmas Tree, 2) Dining Table, and 3) Exterior Entrance/Front Door.
So here, in no particular order are our judges . . .
Though based in Arkansas, Tobi and I have been friends for years . . . and I delight in seeing the amazing achievements that her career has brought her. From her cover-story in House Beautiful . . . to her completely amazing Design Camps . . . she brings a cultured, southern eye (and her great love of colour!) to our panel.
New Yorker Michael brings his 'east-coast' touch to the proceedings. His gracious design work has been on my radar for many years now. From his beautiful gardens - to his amazing line of textiles and accessories - Michael has a clear vision for classic beauty.
Since it's always good to have an international point of view on our panel, Ronda (from her home base in Scotland) seemed like the perfect choice. Many of you may recognize her from any number of places - her blog, her work at Huffington Post, or from her upcoming book, Designers at Home from Rizzoli.
Because we clearly need someone local from San Francisco, Grant has agreed to fit us into his busy schedule - working on design projects across the country. Having lived on both coasts - and travelled extensively throughout Europe - Grant also adds an amazing international flavour to our panel - and since we live about 20 blocks apart - and NEVER manage to see each other - hopefully this will be our excuse to catch up!
One of the best aspects of this new 'online' community that we are all involved in - is the new way it allows us to be in contact with 'our tribe.' And Kathryn is clearly one of 'my people.' A classic, gracious southerner. A sharp wit, and delightful storyteller. And a woman who possesses more china and stemware than I do. If you don't have a copy of her wonderful book, The Collected Tabletop - it makes a marvelous Christmas present . . . or it might even be one of our prizes . . . hmmmmm.
Megan's amazing blog, Beach Bungalow 8, has been an inspiration of mine for years. I have always loved her beachy, bohemian style . . . and I know she'll definitely bring a perfectly 'coastal' vibe to our panel. Megan also holds the distinction of being the first blogger that I met in person after I began writing myself. We still laugh about the four and a half hour breakfast we spent together . . . laughing and getting to know each other.


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Trbarto necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 41 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Putting up a website to post updates about the disaster and photos etc.
The LOGO should be single color unless the use of color adds meaningful visual energy...
Everyone who cares about what is happening in the gulf and wants to help with a information or to vent about the disaster, update when Oil is hitting their coast line or beach front property and post their video or photos.
Logo should be gentle,attractive - not too busy - political overtones are OK - being a little harsh on BP also OK - but be careful using their logo - I don' t need a lawsuite and I don't think you need to tread that close to them to meet our objective.
Focus on creating a logo which will help the cause of restoration and protection and not pointing the finger - there will be plenty of time to point the finger...
This geologic formation really has a great name - you can use these names without recourse from BP.
Deep Water Horizon Disaster (the facility that failed was BP's Deep Water Horizon facility).
Mississippi Canyon 252 - that is the name of the formation they were drilling in - you can use Mississippi Canyon Disaster - or some combination of the two.
I don't necessarily want to degredate BP - they are only partly responsible. They were still given the right to drill by our US Government. Their engineers knew they only had the technology to drill and not repair - I suspect the company knew too as well as the US Gov't.
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What many of my liberal friends may not grasp from the press conference is how the NRA reflects the Conservative World View. Conservatives who have internalized this world view may not fully understand it either. (Mind you there's a Liberal World View, too, but that's not the subject du jour.) I don't post this to fault the conservative world view, but to educate the clueless.
To me, the key that NRA vice-president LaPierre was preaching to his fans came when he said, buried in his speech: "With all the foreign aid, with all the money in the federal budget..." This is a conservative talking point that his little to do with guns. It's just there to press all the right [right's?] buttons. People believe that a huge chunk of their tax dollars are wasted on "foreign aid." In truth, such aid a tiny fraction (almost a rounding error) of the federal budget.
The conservative world view believes in good and evil. There is a strong dose of religion. There is a non-relativist idea of right of wrong. There is a strong defensive sense of people being out to get you. There's an attempt to place blame. There is a heavy does of fear. Much of the conservative world view can be reprised with, "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
Another idea is the concept of true evil. I tend to see this as religiously based. Liberals like to think of people needing help and support. Call it New Testament. Conservatives like to believe in Good and Evil. Call it Zarathustrian (though you can call it Old Testament if you don't want to google Zarathustra). Here's the NRA:
The truth is that our society is populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters — people so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can possibly ever comprehend them. They walk among us every day.It's almost zombie like. And when the zombies come get to get me, even I'm gonna want a semi-automatic by my side.
One of my first introductions to this world view was in the police academy. One thing (along with a nostalgic longing for corporal punishment in child rearing) really struck me: the demonization of the media. This surprised me, but it's part of the reason for the rise of the ideologically "anti-mainstream media" Fox News. There's a market there. (It was also why it was so fun to see their version of the truth collapse on election night.)
I'm pro-media. I grew up in a pro-newspaper household. In school I was taught the importance of freedom of the press. My uncle was the fine editor of many a-fine newspapers in Red and Blue states. I started writing for real -- in print and for the public to see -- for The Evanstonian, my high school newspaper.
I do not believe the media is the problem.
In the NRA press conference, the "media" was called out by name nine times. These shootings, according to this conservative world view, is the fault of the media.
Mind you we all love scapegoats. Because otherwise we'd have to blame ourselves for the our problems. And that's no fun.
How can we possibly even guess how many [copycat killers are waiting in the wings], given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?This one may not reflect a conservative world view. Regardless, I would like to highlight this statement about the mentally ill and also that the NRA is calling for the creation of a national database on US citizens. This is both horrible and strange.
...address the much larger and more lethal criminal class: Killers, robbers, rapists and gang members who have spread like cancer in every community in this country.It's not that this criminal class doesn't exist. I don't deny it (though it's pretty small). But to say they "spread like cancer in every community." Be afraid. Be very afraid.
And here's another dirty little truth that the media try their best to conceal: There exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people.Again, the conspiratorial tone about the media. Them East Coast elites are all in cahoots, don't forget. This time they're marching hand-in-devil's-hand with [be afriad, be very afraid], "the vicious violent video game [industry]" [da dum]! It's their fault, along with the "media conglomerates [who] compete with one another to shock, violate and offend every standard of civilized society."
And throughout it all, too many in our national media, their corporate owners, and their stockholders, act as silent enablers, if not complicit co-conspirators.... and fill the national debate with misinformation and dishonest thinking.He sounds like an Occupy person speaking here, doesn't he? Seriously.
The conservative part is believing that the media isn't just ignorant (like liberals are), but rather that they do actually know "the truth" and insist on purposefully feeding us lies.
[For instance, the media doesn't know their gun facts well and often confuse automatic and semi-automatic weaponry. This is true, by the way. But such ignorance is hardly to blame for the downfall of civilized society.]
Then LaPierre talks about 20,000 gun bans already in existence, which, alas, isn't true. But oh well.
[Reminds me of Animal House: "The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" "Don't stop him. He's on a roll!"]
When you hear your glass breaking at 3am, and you call 911, you won't be able to pray hard enough for a gun.Conservatives always talk about "when" and not "if" someone breaks into your home, robs, or rapes you. It's the culture of fear. Be afraid. Be very afraid. If somebody does break into my home, I'll tell what I'm not going to do: waste time praying.
LaPierre also said this:
How have our nation's priorities gotten so far out of order. Think about it. We care about our money, so we protect our banks with armed guards. American airports, office buildings, power plants, court houses, even sports stadiums are all protected by armed security.At first glance this makes sense. I took me a bit longer to figure out what is wrong with this logic.
We care about our president, so we protect him with armed Secret Service agents. Members of Congress work in offices surrounded by Capitol Police officers. Yet, when it comes to our most beloved, innocent, and vulnerable members of the American family, our children, we as a society leave them every day utterly defenseless, and the monsters and the predators of the world know it, and exploit it.
The president and flying are special events. They doesn't affect most of us on a day-to-day level. People who handle and transport large amounts of money are particularly at risk of robbery. They need to protect themselves and "target harden." And anytime you get tens of thousands of random people together, it's good to have a few cops around. Nobody argues with that.
And out of all of that, none of it affects our day-to-day lives unless you work in a bank, are a professional athletes, or the president. What the NRA is advocating -- what they have always advocated -- is that we bring guns into our day-to-day lives. What the NRA does not understand is the most people do not want to. And what's more, we do not have to.
Most Americans want to live in a society where their six year old is not protected with a gun. Why? Because then we've let the terrorists win. The world simply isn't that evil. America isn't so evil. At least not unless Americans are so much more intrinsically evil (or so much stupider and thus demonically influenced by the media, movies, and video game conglomerates) than the rest of the civilized world. It is possible to live without a ubiquitously armed society.
Let's remember that in large parts of the world -- England, Ireland, Japan, Scandinavia -- even police don't need to carry guns. Though I doubt we'll ever see a time when the majority of police in America are unarmed, the whole point of civilization remember that such a world is possible. If we forget that and abandon our ideals, we will have entered a true dark age.
What says the NRA?
Is the press and political class here in Washington so consumed by fear and hatred of the NRA and America's gun owners that you're willing [to die at the hands of "evil monsters."]Consumed with fear and hatred? Perhaps the NRA doth protest too much, methinks!
[My answer, not that you asked: ban guns that use magazines. Keep your six shooters. Keep your shotguns. No more glocks (in civilian hands). No more semi-automatic assault rifles. Regulate and ban guns to the limits of the 2nd Amendment. Also, just for the hell of it, I'll make a prediction and say all this brouhaha will create no real change in our gun laws or public safety. And we'll just keep having these things happen again and again.]


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Spent all day traveling from Dixon Springs in Southern Illinois to Texas. FINALLY made it to the Texas border, and as is tradition, we stopped at the nearest rest area and stood on the brass Texas Star and breathed in the hot Texas air, only to go running to the nearest convenience store for a Texas-sized coke! You can't find those in any other state : ) We're not home, but we're home, if you know what I mean : )
I've done some reading during the week there, if I wasn't on a four-wheeler checking on new baby calves or feeding goats and pigs, or enjoying a cookout of pulled pork sandwiches and home-grown corn on the cob. Am currently reading Willow by Julia Hoban (in my opinion, the best new book out there about cutting since McCormick's Cut). Finished Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and am working on Greasy Rider by Greg Melville. It killed KILLED me that I was in the same state that ALA was having their conference in, but couldn't make it. Pigs, cattle and goats don't wait for no one...grrrrr.... just thinking of all of those galleys!!
On the way home (just passed through Sulphur Springs) I have put together the storyboard for my new booktrailer for Crash Into Me by Albert Borris. It was BEGGING to be made!! I'll reveal it next week when I once again hit the road for workshops in Fort Worth, San Antonio and Corpus Christi. I think I have finally nailed down how to work and have vacation with my family at the same time. By the way, a BIG shout-out to the Wichita Falls librarians!! We had fun creating booktrailers and learning new web 2.0 tools. They are a smart bunch and on their toes!! It's always fun to spend the day with colleagues : )
Summer has gone by fast...can't believe July is halfway gone...but there is nothing like sipping a colada in Cozumel reading a great book to collecting eggs in the barn to sneak a half-hour in the barn reading another good one to riding in a truck until my butt is numb creating a trailer and posting a blog or three : )
Now it's my daughter's turn to have the computer...its myspace or death!! I choose myspace over "how far are we from home? Can I have friends spend the night tonight? When are we stopping to eat?" anyday! Plus, my husband is getting a little jealous that I'm spending time with an electronic black box named Dell than with a true-life handsome man...yeah, I choose that too!!
So, readers out there, keep reading, keep sharing, and keep the faith!!