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In assembling a cinematic vision for "Breaking Dawn – Part 1" and "Part 2," director Bill Condon's task was not un-monumental: first, he not only had to keep true to novelist Stephenie Meyer's much-beloved mythology and play into the star appeal of leads Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson; he also had to tackle pulling together the entire tapestry of the film franchise – each episode of which had been crafted by a different director – and create a final chapter that would effectively close the storyline and above all, keep those passionate fans happy.
With the three leads in particular, what impressed you once you got your first opportunity to have a creative exchange with them?
I met them all separately, but then we sat in a room in Baton Rouge, started going through the script. When we finished four hours later, we'd only gotten to page nine or so because we had so much to talk about. We just started talking. And I was just impressed by how seriously they took everything, how well informed they were about everything and the mythology, but also just what great instincts they had. They had been through this. They knew what worked and didn't work. They were still trying to fix things, try and make it play as well as it could.
So they became just great collaborators. And I have to say that just continues through and by the end, I really felt that, that there was a sense of everybody working really hard and feeling the responsibility. They knew that for people who love it or hate it, but mostly for people who love it, that this was something that had become an important thing culturally to a lot of people.
For the most part, we've accepted that the director sets the style and the tone of a picture. In the new world of franchises, it can be a little different. You've got the appeal of Stephenie's stories. You've got the star appeal of Rob and Kristen. How did you find a balance?
I don't think you consciously try to figure out what your spot is, but what I think happens is, you make thousands of decisions as a director, right? And that reflects your taste and also what your interests are, starting from the script. There was no script when I got involved. There was an outline based on the novel, which then changed drastically as I worked with Melissa [Rosenberg, the screenwriter]. So you start to focus on what you think is important in the story.
Did the offscreen drama surrounding Kristen and Rob give you pause, like how are the fans going to factor in their emotions about this development into what happens with the movie?
No. Because I was in the cave then. We had 2,000 effect shots and it was like being in production for a solid year. So whether it was that or any other part of my life, it was sort of not my problem. It was going to be something that may have come up later, but luckily, it all seems to be in a happy place. But I was just so really freaked out about making sure I had enough time to make the movie as good as it can be. You get into a whole different zone.
Was there something of the fan sentiment, how the fans feel about things, that made you say, 'I've got to make sure to factor that into my approach?'
U.S. & World
Yeah, I think so. For example, their protectiveness towards Edward. I think that that is something that really struck me this time around last year. I mean, obviously, people love Jacob and Bella, but there's a special kind of feeling of protectiveness, I think is the only way to describe it. You're aware that you can play with it too because he's the one that gets kind of thrown around a lot in the last chunk of the movie. So that provides even more tension because it's so hard to see him – he's such a kind of noble creature.
What has this done for how you want to go forward? How you want to look at the projects you take on, because it was slightly left of center for you?
It was. It is weird. Francois Truffaut always said, 'The next movie's always based on the last, in some way.' And I have found that. I don't know if that's going to be true with what I think I'm going to do next. It's quite different, but I feel like I'd been in a kind of biographical mode for a long time. And it was nice to scratch that itch of doing something that was pure genre like this series, which I consider this genre being kind of romantic melodrama. It was nice to be just within the confines of that and not have to worry so much realism, for example. That was liberating, making it more immersion in emotion.
Do you see an expanded 'Twilight' universe being built after these movies, in the way that it's happen with George Lucas and 'Star Wars.' Is there room to tell stories about the characters before the 'Twilight' things?
Yeah, when we were casting all these actors, who again have very brief moments in the movie. We talked early on about – all of those new vampires have interesting backstories – that it would be fun. We never pulled it together, but it would have been great to take real, new filmmakers, and have them – for the DVD release, or even concurrently released now, have them each make a film, a short film, about each of those characters. But to me, that's an example of something where there's a big mythology that's already been built that you can imagine someone, whether it's Stephenie [Meyer] or someone else sort of trying to explore.
What impressed you about Stephenie – somebody who literally woke up one morning and wrote this dream down and suddenly here comes a phenomenon?
What impressed me about her is just how smart she is and how well read she is, and what a deep, deep love of reading she has. And I think probably what I got from getting to know her a little bit is just that, again, there's a sensibility that informs us that really is quite different from the normal kind of mainstream culture of sensibility and movie sensibility, violence, for example, to be avoided, to be absolutely the last resort. Even conflict, things that you think of as the backbone of drama. I think there's such a kind of practical and reasonable approach that she takes. I think she believes in that, a sort of placid nature. So that was interesting. Not to ratchet it up too much.


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FYI: Muppet Wiki is mentioned in online article
http://www.examiner.com/x-32393-Childrens-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d8-Sesame-Street-toys-to-be-made-by-Playskool-Milton-Bradley-for-10-years -- User:Aliteralmind 06:48, December 9, 2009
- I wouldn't get too excited over that reference. That's an article by me, I plan to mention (or at least link to) Muppet Wiki regularly. -- Zanimum 15:53, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
40th Anniversary Book
Mention that the wiki is referenced in there? -- User:Max riverbottom 17:29, November 20, 2009
- It's already in the article. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 22:32, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
Japanese edition
Just saw there's a Japanese edition, and the main page was created June 2008. Is this worth mention in the article? -- Zanimum 13:06, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
- While they're hosted by Wikia, they don't really have anything to do with this community. There's also nothing on that wiki, and there's a link on our front page anyway. —Scott (talk) 15:20, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
- That's been abandoned though, never growing beyond seven articles. -- User:Aleal 16:19, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
- I don't think we should add it. Though, it IS about muppets and the wiki, it isn't related to the ENGLISH muppet wiki! This one! Webkinz Mania blahblahblahblah! ### 19:57, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
Ekstra Bladet
I just found out that on September 24, 2007, the Danish newspaper Estra Bladet had a article about Jim Henson and it's list Muppet wiki as a recomended link. The text at the end of the article says "En af de mest nørdede sider på internettet. Læs blandt andet biografier på 2054 Muppet-karakterer, en alenlang artikel om Muppet-øjne og listen over samtlige dukkeførere, der har arbejdet sammen med Henson."
"One of the bigger geek sites on the internet. Among others you can find 2054 biographies on Muppet characters, a huge article about Muppet eyes and a list of all the puppeteers that have worked with Henson"
Not sure if it should be added to this article or not Henrik (talk) 18:51, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
more Jimmy love
This may be too minor to include on the article proper, but I wanted to document here that Jimmy Wales yet again used Muppet Wiki as an example of "a resource for community created long tail content." [1] —Scott (talk) 16:07, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
our logo
Just to archive a notable observation here, the new Disney Xtreme Digital version of Muppets.com appears to have used Muppet Wiki's logo in an official capacity. The widget for the News Flash videos uses the Kermit eye as the title screen before The Newsman's sketches begin. As cited on this article about Muppet Wiki, I designed our logo as inspired by the similar graphics used in The Muppet Show episode 414 and the March entry from The Miss Piggy Calendar 1980. Now, it's a fairly identifible image that could easily have been designed by someone else free of any influence here, but I can attest that the logo was created from scratch in Photoshop with very specific dimensions. When I discovered the use of it on Muppets.com, I compared the two by dropping the original layered PSD file over what they're using and it's an exact match. The black outline as seen in the accompanying image drops neatly over the green version as seen on the widget. Instead of creating a new graphic, they just used ours. So that's a nice little affirmation for the wiki community that we're noticed outside of our efforts here. I just thought I'd point that out as a note of some pride for us. —Scott (talk) 21:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- Holy cow! Congratulations, Scott -- you just worked on a Muppet project! :) --GrantHarding 21:51, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Page Edits
"there has been There have been a total of 232,960 page views, and 151,793 page edits." --- that's not right --- but I'm not sure how exactly to fix it to get it to be right. George B. (talk) 04:38, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- I just took it out. That's going to change pretty frequently, whereas the article number thing is done in such a way that it updates itself. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 04:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
An Article of Its Own
Why can't Muppet Wiki have its own article? --Trogga 04:46, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Cause we are Muppet Wiki. I think it's silly and not really necessary. Putting a little picture of the icon on the right side of the page, when it's already there as the actual logo on the left side of the page... I don't get it. -- Danny (talk) 04:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia has its own article. --Trogga 04:50, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- My point is, if all the other Muppet fansites get their own pages, why can't the Muppet Wiki? --Trogga 04:54, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
A Funky Little Page
- I just discovered this, um, funky little page linked from the main page. While there may be no harm in it, I can't help but feel that if it *is* to be linked from the main page, it should be worked on. It just reiterates the purpose statement and has the cute logo. At the very least, links to the FAQ or other newbie-friendly descriptions would help. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 03:13, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
- That works too. Either way, it needs improvement if it's going to be sitting on the front page. Right now, it mostly just says that you, Danny, and Scott founded the thing. -- 03:32, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

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Lafourche sheriff's Sgt. David Robichaux said he strongly believes a woman should know how to use a gun to protect herself.
Lafourche sheriff's Sgt. David Robichaux said he strongly believes a woman should know how to use a gun to protect herself.
After all, if his wife didn't know how to use a gun, the Sheriff's Office would have one less instructor.
Sgt. Charlene Robichaux learned how to shoot when she was a 14-year-old junior deputy in the Terrebonne Sheriff's Office, she said.
"I was the best shooter there," she said with a grin.
Although she's a shift supervisor for the Lafourche Parish work release program and her husband handles most of the gun courses for civilians and cadets, Charlene will sometimes teach these courses as well. The two of them make a pretty good team, especially because most of these classes are about 30 to 40 percent female, David said.
David said he's seen an uptick in women taking the classes in the six years he's been teaching.
A lot of the people who come to the class are couples themselves, and while many of the women who take the class required for a concealed handgun permit are confident shooters, some are wary, the Robichauxes said.
"If they see another woman doing it, they're more confident they can do it. ... Usually the husband's more confident at first, then usually the wife will pick up that confidence," Charlene said.
David said he's found most of the females who take his classes fall into two categories.
The first is older women who, in their words, "feel like they are easy prey," he said.
"Walking to the parking lot themselves, they're older, and they want to protect themselves," he said.
The second, larger category is women whose husbands, or other male family members, have urged them to carry a gun because they can't protect them all the time.
"He feels safer knowing she can protect herself," David said.
That's the case for Melissa Avet, of Chauvin; Natalie O'Shea, 42, of Houma; and Priscila Eady, 31, of Gray.
"I've been a (gun) owner since I was 20," O'Shea said in a Facebook post. "My father made sure I was protected while my husband worked nights. Although he doesn't work nights any longer, it is now to protect my family."
Eady says she has a gun to protect herself while her husband works offshore, and Avet said she keeps a gun for the times her husband is out of town as well.
"I'm a gun owner with a concealed carry permit," Avet said. "My husband and I made the decision for me to have a gun because he works out of state, and I'm home alone a lot. I would rather be safe than become a victim."
Kayla Hebert, an east Houma resident, said she plans to get a concealed handgun permit because of an experience she had earlier this year. She was approached in a Walmart parking lot by a man who asked her for money. She gave him a few bucks and drove away. She later saw from a Houma Police Department alert that the same man had been arrested and charged with armed robbery.
"I believe that a person has the right to defend themselves or defend others in danger. … I don't think I should have to beg someone to spare my life. It is my life, not theirs," Hebert said.
Laura Dufrene, 27, of Thibodaux, said she has been using handguns since she was 20 and helped teach self-defense shooting for a while.
"At the time, it was to protect myself," Dufrene said. "Now it is to protect my family."
Many of these women and others mentioned that law enforcement can't be around all the time.
"I carry a firearm cuz a cop is just too damn heavy," Alexandria LeBlanc wrote on Facebook.
David Robichaux said he agrees.
"We have great response times in Lafourche Parish. But still, it takes a little bit of time to get there," he said. "So if you have to protect yourself before we get there, you should have a right to do so."
He suggests that those unfamiliar with handling a gun take a class.
Your ability to use a gun is all in your head, Charlene Robichaux said. It doesn't require a lot of, if any, physical strength.
"It's how your mind thinks, how you breathe," she said.
"The firearm is the great equalizer," said Tim Wisinger, a reserve deputy who works at the Lafourche sheriff's shooting range on La. 182 in Raceland. "That's how a 110-pound woman can take a 350-pound mugger."
Charlene said she's happy to see female students realize "they can shoot. It's not just a man's thing."
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office will offer a concealed handgun training course from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. March 24 at the Sheriff's Office Training Range, 3451 La. 182.
The course will include instruction in safe handling, laws and other information about revolvers and semi-automatic pistols, include live-fire training.
The course is a pre-requisite for those applying for a concealed handgun permit from the state. For information or to register, contact David Robichaux at 449-4480 or email@example.com. The course costs $110.
Staff Writer Katie Urbaszewski can be reached at 448-7617 or email@example.com.


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Today's Civil Defense Testing Was Backwards!
Most folks should know by now that the Civil Defense Sirens here on the Big Island get tested on the first day of each month right around 11:45. Today, those of us that have subscribed to the NIXLE Emergency Alert System got a warning a few minutes ahead of time that WE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN BEFORE:
Thursday November 1st, 2012 :: 05:55 a.m. HST
The Hawaiʻi Police Department reminds the public that the Civil Defense monthly test of the statewide outdoor siren warning system is scheduled for Thursday (November 1) at 11:45 a.m.
Although the siren system is managed by State Civil Defense, the counties provide assistance with maintenance and operation of the warning sirens. On Thursday, Hawaiʻi County police and fire personnel will monitor all 71 sites around the island to provide feedback about whether any sirens need to be repaired or adjusted.
State Civil Defense technicians did conduct maintenance last week on 11 sirens on the Big Island. At that time, all but the one at Laupāhoehoe Point were deemed functional.
During the recent tsunami warning, 40 sirens failed statewide:
Where the sirens failed on the Big Island, patrol officers manually warned residents to evacuate by loud speaker.
The siren test, which is coordinated with the test of the live audio broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, involves a steady 45-second tone on all sirens. The purpose of the steady tone is to alert the public to any emergency that may pose a threat to life and property. Besides natural and technological hazards, the Emergency Alert System could be used for terrorist incidents or acts of war.
When the siren signal is sounded in your area during an actual emergency, tune to any local radio or television station for emergency information and instructions broadcast by Civil Defense agencies.
During the monthly test, participating stations will carry a detailed explanation of what the sirens mean, as well as other related information.
Tests of State Civil Defense sirens and the Emergency Alert System are conducted simultaneously, typically on the first working day of the month, in cooperation with Hawaiʻi's broadcasting industry. During the test, State Civil Defense officials remind the public that Civil Defense disaster preparedness information is located in the front section of telephone directories in all counties.
Ok well according to the Nixle web report that was sent out at 5:55 am this morning… Unfortunately if you don't have a cell phone or don't do text messages and rely upon E-mail for the notifications… you might not have gotten the warning until much later (See the time I received it via Email)
So as you can see the email report that was generated from a Nixle report didn't get to me until after 4 hours after the initial report.
I also got the following NIXLE report on my phone from the Department of Emergency Management at 8:30 AM however despite having it selected on emails to get an email notice as well… I never got the Email of this notice at all:
This is a reminder that at 11:45 a.m. today the monthly test of the Outdoor Siren Warning System and Live Audio Broadcast in conjunction with Hawaii State Civil Defense will be conducted.
For the purpose of this test you will hear a 45-second steady tone on all sirens. When you hear the steady tone in circumstances other than a test, turn to any radio or television station for essential emergency information and instructions.
During an actual emergency these broadcasts will be heard at frequent intervals and may become continuous if need be.
In addition, residents in areas surrounding Campbell Industrial Park, Honokai Hale, Makakilo, Kapolei Regional Park, Kapolei Golf Course, and the Coast Guard Station at Kalaeloa may also hear a "whooping" tone following the Siren Test. This "whooping" tone is a test of the Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Incident outdoor siren warning group that will be activated in the event of a HAZMAT incident.
NEW! Adopt-A-Siren Smartphone APP: Adopt-A-Siren: http://sirens.honolulu.gov/ Allows users to adopt a tsunami siren in their neighborhood. They will take responsibility for the siren by checking to ensure its functuality and report on the status of the siren to the City. The application also allows users to name their siren and receive an email notification alerting them when the siren will be tested.
Siren Malfunction: If the siren in your community does not sound or does not operate properly please call the Department of Emergency Management at 723-8960 to report it. You can also email the department at email@example.com. With more than 170 outdoor warning sirens on Oahu we appreciate the public's assistance in identifying problem units.
Siren Damage or Vandalism: You can help us to safeguard our Outdoor Siren Warning System. Please report any acts of vandalism, damages, or missing sirens or components to the Department of Emergency Management at 723-8960. You can also email the department at firstname.lastname@example.com and include any images you may have of the siren in question. Any suspicious activity should be reported immediately to the Honolulu Police Department by calling 911.
Residents now have the option of reporting malfunctioning or vandalized sirens on-line. Visit the City's Siren Trouble Report page at http://www3.honolulu.gov/DEMSiren/ to file your report as well as upload pictures.
Remember, important emergency information including evacuation maps can be found in the Hawaiian Telecom and Paradise Pages telephone directories or on our website at www.oahuDEM.org.
In addition all Oahu residents are encouraged to sign-up to receive emergency email and cell phone text messages from the Board of Water Supply, Department of Emergency Management and the Honolulu Police Department by signing up with NIXLE at www.nixle.com/dem Standard text messaging rates may apply depending on your wireless carrier and plan.
Then as I'm driving around doing my job today… all of a sudden I hear a siren around 3:00 or so and I was like… what the heck… I quickly looked to see if I missed any Nixle reports or Emails on my phone and I didn't see any.
I quit what I was doing for the day and headed home to see if I could figure out why this siren was going off. Just as I pulled into my driveway… I receive the following Nixle report at 3:20:
The Civil Defense sirens that just sounded were not because of an emergency. The sirens are still being tested.
Now you would think that they would send out a Nixle Report ahead of testing so that folks wouldn't be so on edge!
Now I just received the following Nixle report and you can count how many failed during the actual 11:45 test today… Unfortunately, as I said before… this test does not account for the Sirens that went off later then other sirens when it was an actual time of emergency.
In response to reports that some Civil Defense emergency sirens failed during the recent tsunami warning, Hawaiʻi County police and fire personnel were tasked with monitoring all 71 sites around the island to provide feedback about which sirens need to be repaired or adjusted.
Although the siren system is managed by State Civil Defense, the counties provide assistance with maintenance and operation of the warning sirens.
The test Thursday determined that 13 sirens are not working properly.
The sirens that did not sound at all or did not sound properly during the 11:45 a.m. monthly test were located at Kawailani Street in Hilo, Pāpaikou, Paauilo, Oʻokala, Hakalau, Laupāhoehoe Point Park, Honokaʻa, Waiaka, Puakō, Kamehameha Park, Kahaluʻu Beach Park, Nāpoʻopoʻo and Makuʻu Avenue in Hawaiian Paradise Park.
A follow-up test was conducted at 3:10 p.m.
Mayor Kenoi authorized immediate repairs in the interest of the public's safety.
Personnel from State Civil Defense will be on the island of Hawaiʻi on Friday (November 2) to work with personnel from the Police Department's Radio Shop and begin the repairs.
Related articles
- What Happened to the Civil Defense Sirens During Last Nights Tsunami Warnings (damontucker.com)
- County of Hawaii: "Technical Challenges Initially With Our Siren System During Last Night's Tsunami Warning" (damontucker.com)
- Commentary on Tsunami Sirens by Councilman Pete Hoffmann – "The Sounds of Silence" (damontucker.com)
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PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus confirmed on Friday it had sold 186 aircraft in November, putting it on the verge of meeting its goal for the full year but failing to close a gap with rival Boeing (BA.N).
Between January and November, Airbus sold 646 aircraft, or a net total of 585 after adjusting for cancellations.
Airbus delivered 516 aircraft in the same period.
The European planemaker announcement confirms figures reported by Reuters on Monday.
Airbus has set a target of 650 plane sales in 2012.
It also aims to sell more planes than it delivers, a milestone that it reached in the first 11 months of the year.
Airbus is poised to lose its crown as the world's largest planemaker to Boeing this year as the U.S. company catches up with demand for a new type of fuel-saving medium-haul jet.
Demand for the revamped A320neo handed Airbus a record 64 percent market share in 2011, but Boeing has raced past its rival in 2012 with strong sales of its competing 737 MAX.
When 2011 and 2012 years are combined, analysts say the two aircraft planemakers are expected to maintain a roughly equal share of the $100 billion global passenger jet market.
The two planemakers are locked in an advertising war fuelled by conflicting claims about the merits of the upgraded aircraft.
Boeing sold 1,156 jets between January 1 and December 4 and took cancellations for 104, leaving net orders of 1,052, according to latest available data on the company's website.
Boeing delivered 537 aircraft in the first 11 months.
Airbus last lost the annual order race in 2006 and has outdelivered its rival for the past nine years.
November's new business for the EADS EAD.PA subsidiary is worth at least $16 billion at list prices and includes 100 orders for Airbus A320-family jets from an undisclosed buyer.
It also includes a final agreement to buy 36 single-aisle planes from China Aircraft Leasing Company, provisionally announced at the Farnborough Airshow in July.
Confirmation of business from a new Chinese leasing buyer came as sources familiar with the matter said a Chinese group was in talks to buy U.S. giant International Lease Finance Corp (AIG.N) in a sign of the sector's fast growth.
Boeing said on Thursday customers had canceled orders for six planes worth nearly $2 billion, and booked orders for two planes worth $700 million at list prices.
The company didn't identify which customers had canceled or placed the orders. In a tally, Boeing showed cancellations for five 747 jumbo jets and a 767. The new orders were for two 747s.
Additional reporting by Alwyn Scott


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Expect to hear a lot about "pulled forward demand" in the coming weeks.
The firm ShopperTrak reported yesterday:
ShopperTrak, the world's largest counter of retail foot traffic, estimates that, when compared to Black Friday last year, retail foot traffic rose 3.5 percent, to more than 307.67 million store visits. Retail sales decreased 1.8 percent, however, with shoppers spending an estimated total of $11.2 billion yesterday.
But then it added:
"Black Friday continues to be an important day in retail," said Bill Martin, ShopperTrak founder. "This year, though, more retailers than last year began their 'doorbuster' deals on Thursday, Thanksgiving itself. So while foot traffic did increase on Friday, those Thursday deals attracted some of the spending that's usually meant for Friday."
One analyst, who preferred to remain anonymous, who was hanging out at a mall on Black Friday told BI:
...the pulled forward promos (starting weds and midnight openings) does seem to have pulled some traffic from Black Friday. Mall traffic seems thinner.
So this week, when the analysis is done, that will be the explanation.


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Online Gender Workshop, as ever, is brought to you by your friendly, neighborhood Crip Dyke.
A new and interesting series of posts directly related to gender should commence later today. And, yes, I'm aware that life came along inconveniently and too-long delayed my promised gender-sudoku post. That, too, will come, but not immediately.
Here I just want to point out of bit of innumeracy that bugs me. Why innumeracy in the online gender workshop? Ultimately for the same reason as the sudoku-gender connection: the biggest problems caused by our gender systems are with
- The compulsory nature of the system, and
- The poor thinking we humans do both implementing and reflecting on the system.
Any general improvement in critical thinking among the various peoples of the world should be of use in correcting #2, at least over time. And so I can be a bit of a martinet on the issue of carefully and critically thinking for oneself.


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The latest update to Apple's OS X, Snow Leopard, is finally unleashed upon the world. At £25 you might not need to question whether there is any reason to wait before you rush out to buy it.
As the name suggests, Snow Leopard builds on a foundation already laid down by Leopard. It looks the same and it works the same. Everything is in the same place, so it feels less like a new operating system and more like a major tweak, which is exactly what it is.
The operating system is made up of over 1000 "projects", Apple tells us, and 90% of these projects have been tweaked in some way. Some you'll never notice and as many of the changes are behind the scenes, visually, you'll find little difference, even if you notice the performance improvements right away.
It's a lighter install, and Apple boast you'll save around 7GB through the install: we got more than 10GB back. It also only takes 5GB of space to install, after which you'll find you have the extra space: it's a nice bonus and feels like something for nothing.
The installation process, it is claimed, is 50% faster. We ran the installation on a 2008 unibody MacBook but took the time to test a neat feature – power failure protection. The idea is to make sure that nothing goes wrong if you suddenly lose power during the installation process. It seemed to work, resuming where it had left off without a hitch, but did skew timing of the installation…
If you're used to installing a new OS and then having to rebuild your file system and shortcuts, you might be disappointed here. We found everything where we left it. The wallpaper was the same, the stacks where the same, all the Dock icons where the same. The only thing we noticed was that out Google Calendars showed no appointments in iCal. A quick refresh brought them all back, so overall, not a problem.
So where are the changes and how will they affect your daily use of your Mac?
Finder has been completely rebuilt but it still looks the same. In reality it is faster to open (as everything seems to be) and faster to browse files and folders with a noticeable snap to things. Some other features handled by Finder have also been tightened-up.
Files transfers have been improved, so when you cancel a file transfer by clicking on the cross, it actually does stop almost instantly. The same speed boost applies to ejecting drives, which happens much faster than before. If you regularly connect USB drives, you'll probably be familiar with the message telling you it is still in use, but in Snow Leopard it will tell you which application is using it (or thinks it is using it).
Apple has also increased the usefulness of icons/thumbnails in Finder. This might sound like a gimmick at first, but again, it's a convenient move and potentially changes the number of files you have to open, or use quick view on.
You can increase icon sizes (or reduce them) with a slider in the bottom right-hand corner of Finder windows, or using a pinch zoom on the trackpad. The great thing is you can have different sizes in different windows, so you might want photos and videos larger, and documents smaller, for example.
At the moment not all icons seem to work so well, we found some portrait image files that couldn't handle the magnification, and some application icons don't like going big - Google Chrome looks gorgeous, Handbrake looks awful.
Previously you could always hit the space bar and have a quick view of files, but now you can do that within the icon, depending on file type.
Pages and PDF files get the benefit of you being able to click through multiple pages, so if you refer to a lot of documents, you might find it a really fast way of finding a particular table or graphic in a report. You can then hit space bar and your quick view comes up on that page, so you can read all the text if you need it, which is very smart, but a bona fide Preview still opens at the start of the document.
Not all files benefit from this unfortunately, and you can't do the same thing to Word or OpenOffice files, which does let the side down a little bit and reflects something that is abundantly obvious in Snow Leopard: third party applications don't get all the same benefits, yet.
One thing that really impresses, however, is being able to have a quick view of video files straight from the icon. We tried it across a range of file types with no problems, except the lacking MKV support. If you work with a lot of video clips, this could save you loads of time.
Exposé has also been cleaned up. The previous version was cool, but rather random, with different windows slotted into pretty much any space. Now there is greater alignment, so things look neater. You can also arrange your windows in Exposé by using Cmd 1 or 2 to arrange by type or by name respectively.
The Exposé refinements continue with Dock integration too, with new features that are really practical. From Exposé, click a Dock icon and you'll then be shown only the windows from that application in Exposé. You can click along the icons reviewing associated windows until you find what you want. It's a neat trick and one that we've already used a lot, dragging and dropping files via Exposé.
Stacks have been tidied up too and we like the fact you now have a scroll bar, so if you've a load of files in your Downloads stack, for example, you can scroll down and find them easily (which should encourage you to file or delete some of them ... ahem).
Preview has been sharpened-up, with Apple boasting a 2.3x speed improvement on JPEG viewing and 1.4x speed boost on PDFs. We can't say we really notice these speed improvements until you go to preview a whole folder full, where it's really impressive.
The other application that has noticeably changed is QuickTime. Now in its new guise as QuickTime X, it is a cleaner, minimalist (visually) version of the video player, with a couple of new tricks added in. Firstly you can easily trim clips in the same way you can in iPhoto or on the iPhone and share them in iTunes, MobileMe or YouTube straight from QuickTime itself. The YouTube uploader also sticks up the HD version too, which is smart.
You get a neat recording function In QuickTime, so you can record audio, video or the screen (with or without audio), so you can do those posh-looking demos or tutorials in a flash. These options are conveniently sitting in the File menu, just the sort of place that could be missed, but worth playing around with.
There are plenty more though, like the naming of screenshots are now date formatted rather than "Picture 1", the wireless icon now showing that it is scanning for wireless activity, or letting you know if your battery needs replacing.
Finally, something that will appeal to business is the in-built Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 support. Apple make pains to stress that Snow Leopard is the only OS with this support out-of-the-box and it is potentially a significant point that could really start this review off, rather than languishing at the end.
We saw a set-up demo of this and it is as simple as entering your email address and password, when Mail, iCal and Contacts will sync with Exchange, so long as you are running the right version of Exchange. Very neat, and will no doubt benefit business, if not the majority of private consumers.
Overall Snow Leopard is a worthy update to Leopard, a fine OS in itself. The changes will make a difference to your daily tasks, especially for those who tinker with video, where the QuickTime trim and video view in Finder are very handy.
But from a top-down position you might be tempted to wonder what you have paid for. Sure, there are some real changes here, but couldn't some of them rolled out through regular updates? QuickTime, certainly, would normally be the sort of thing you'd expect to get for free.
One of the big points here is shifting over to 64-bit applications, and Finder in particular. Snow Leopard is a mixture of 32- and 64-bit and we will see the roll-out of future 64-bit application versions in the future, which is when all your favourite third party apps should get significantly better, hopefully.
We'd like to think that Apple was in the position with Leopard to apply an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality and that's what Snow Leopard feels like. It makes Leopard run like you think it should have always been running. For us, that's enough: we like the changes, but we'll forgive the cynics who see this as a simple update.


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Uzbekistan Flashcards
Create your own custom-style Uzbekistan Flashcards using the attached free PDF downloads.
There are several styles to choose from for the front-side and reverse of your flashcards.
Numerical prefixed styles are intended for the front, alpha prefixed styles are intended for the reverse, but you can combine them any way you like.
Zip contains:
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A. Country Name (centred)
B. Country Name (top) & Capital City (bottom)
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Print the front side cards, then collate and return to the paper tray before printing the reverse. This is tricky to get right so we suggest playing around with your printer so you can understand how to reinsert the pages before running a full print job.
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I applaud Italy for this! We need this law in America!
ROME (Reuters) – Italy's Northern League, allies of centre-right Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, want to limit the growth of Islam in the centre of world Catholicism by blocking the construction of mosques through strict new regulations.
Muslim immigrants using Italy as a route into Europe already get a foretaste of the mistrust with which many Europeans view their religion, with many projects for mosques and prayer halls already blocked by the opposition of local Italian residents.
But if the anti-immigrant Northern League pushes its bill through parliament — where Berlusconi's coalition has a strong majority — Italy will soon have a new law effectively blocking the construction of new mosques in much of the country.
Fearing the advent of "Eurabia", the League has used its control of Berlusconi's interior ministry since helping him to power to push through tough new laws against illegal immigrants.
It has now turned its attention to the newcomers' religion, emboldened by polls showing many Italians mistrust Muslims and a third do not want a mosque in their neighborhood.
The Northern League has "made life difficult for the Islamic component (of immigrants in Italy) in every sense and especially with regards to places of worship", the president of the Islamic Cultural Institute of Milan, Abdel Hamid Sha'ari, told Reuters.
Not just recent or illegal immigrants feel unwelcome, but also established Muslim residents like Jihad Amro, who said: "I have paid taxes for 17 years but I still don't feel at home."
"There are still situations where I feel uncomfortable or strange because they (Italians) don't see me as someone who is integrated," Amro, a Palestinian, told Reuters TV in Rome
Ah poor Muslims, they can't build their mosques! I feel so bad, not!
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One of the legends behind Valentine's Day is of the execution of a Saint Valentine, who wrote a love letter to the jailer's daughter before his execution, signing it "From Your Valentine." Pretty romantic, even if it is just a legend. I've always been a sucker for romance, even the cliched kind. What can I say? I read a lot of Harlequin romance novels in my 20s.
In elementary school, I remember the teachers emphasizing that everyone got valentines from all their classmates so no one got left out or got their feelings hurt. So it took a lot of thought, going through those boxes of valentines, deciding who would get "You're Sweet", "Be Mine" or "Hug Me", and of course, hoping the boy you didn't like, the one who always wore the smelly brown plaid pants, wouldn't read between the lines and see a crush that wasn't there, and that maybe, just maybe, the one you did like would realize it from that cryptic little phrase chosen especially for him.
Throughout junior high and high school, this cutesy Hallmark holiday seemed to me an exclusive thing, meant only for the pretty cheerleaders dating the guys on the football team, and not for girls with braces, frizzy hair and frumpy clothes (although of course now, I'm grateful for those braces...). At my high school, you could buy flowers for someone and have them delivered during class, and one year I got a rose from an "anonymous admirer". I didn't have a boyfriend, just lots of crushes, and not knowing who the flower was from was pretty much torture. Not getting any flowers at all was almost better than wondering if it was from any number of creepy guys who I didn't want flowers from, since I didn't think I could dare to hope it was from someone I liked. Later I found out it was from my best friend - she meant well, wanting me to feel special that day.
Since my awkward high school days, I came to realize that we don't need a day to tell us when to show our love for the people in our lives, and it's so much more special when it's said impulsively, from the heart, at the moment you feel it. But even so, I like to celebrate the day, even with all its hearts and cupids, pink and red, and of course, chocolate...
For our first Valentine's together, Jamie and I were still living 60 miles apart and only saw each other on weekends; he called me to tell me the sad news that his grandma had passed away, so we changed our plans so he could go back home for her funeral. When he flew back to Denver, I was on my way to go meet him, when not five minutes on the road someone rear-ended my car, totaling it (with just one payment on my car loan left, I might add!). He came to see me that weekend, and then we had our belated but very romantic Valentine's dinner a few weeks later.
Although it's not Valentine's quite yet, I want to share this classic and romantic dessert for two - chocolate pots de creme - simple and quick to make with just a few ingredients, it's the perfect dessert to share on a romantic evening.
At first glance, it looks like nothing more than chocolate, but when you dip your spoon in, all the way to the bottom, you find a rich pool of caramel. I knew Jamie would LOVE the gooey caramel layer.
Chocolate Caramel Pots de Creme
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- 2 tablespoons caramel topping
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 ounces unsweetened, good-quality chocolate, chopped
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat the oven to 300 F. Spoon the caramel topping (if you'd like to make your own, go for it - I used the storebought stuff) into the bottom of two 8-ounce ramekins and set aside.
In a small saucepan, combine the cream and sugar. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. When the cream bubbles, remove from the heat, add the chocolate, and let stand for 1 minute. Whisk together the cream and chocolate until thick and smooth.
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and vanilla. Temper the eggs by whisking in as small amount of the chocolate cream, then whisk the eggs into the chocolate cream. Pour the custard into the ramekins, on top of the caramel.
Place ramekins in a baking dish. Pour boiling (or very hot from the tap) water into the baking dish, so that it comes halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
Bake for 20 - 25 minutes - the edges should be set and the centers should still be jiggly. Carefully, remove the ramekins from the water and set on a wire rack to cool for an hour. Place in the refrigerator to cool for several hours before serving (or you can serve them warm, whatever you prefer). If desired, top each serving with fresh whipped cream and berries.
Yields 2 servings.
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HIV/AIDS News
Fourth Annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Honors Volunteers, Promotes Research
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"People are dying and to stand back and not do anything just doesn't sit well with me.... I had to go as far as I could go.... I hope more people will participate in HIV vaccine clinical trials and support those who do decide to volunteer... If we talk about it each and every day, maybe it will have a ripple effect." an HIV vaccine study volunteer, Baltimore, MD
May 18 commemorates the Fourth Annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, which honors thousands of volunteers worldwide who have literally rolled up their sleeves to receive an experimental vaccine designed to prevent HIV infection in studies, many of them sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Communities around the nation will hold a variety of activities to raise awareness about preventive HIV vaccine trials, why a vaccine is the best hope for stopping the spread of HIV, and how ordinary people can be a part of the international effort to stem the pandemic.
"Volunteers are essential to our research progress toward a safe and effective HIV vaccine," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID director. "Since the first vaccine clinical trials in humans over a decade ago, more than 12,000 volunteers worldwide have stepped forward to participate in vaccine studies. As HIV continues to ravage our world communities, we take time on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day to thank those individuals who will one day be a part of medical history when an HIV vaccine becomes a reality."
Since 1987, NIAID has enrolled more than 3,600 HIV-negative, healthy volunteers in early phase trials intended to determine if candidate vaccines are safe and able to trigger an immune response. So far, volunteers have helped to evaluate 29 different vaccine candidates in NIAID-supported trials. Volunteer participation, combined with new knowledge about the virus and the human immune system, researchers say, has brought new optimism that a safe vaccine to prevent HIV infection can be developed.
An additional 6,000 volunteers have participated in the NIAID-supported studies preparing the groundwork for large-scale vaccine investigations and studies of other prevention strategies, including topical microbicides and behavior changes. These volunteers make it possible for researchers to learn how best to evaluate the safety and potential benefit of experimental vaccines and other prevention strategies. They are also helping scientists to better understand the social and psychological aspects of participation in HIV vaccine trials.
Every day, an estimated 15,000 people worldwide become infected with HIV. More than half of the new infections occur in young people under age 25. Approximately 47 percent of the 36.1 million adults living with HIV/AIDS worldwide are women, while 1.4 million of the world's children younger than 15 years old live with the disease.
"This is a critical time for HIV vaccine research," says Peggy Johnston, Ph.D., NIAID assistant director for HIV/AIDS vaccines. "There is hope in the number and type of candidate vaccines in the research pipeline. Clearly, a safe and effective HIV vaccine is the best way to stop the spread of HIV and eliminate AIDS from the face of the earth."
To accelerate the movement of potential vaccines through the pipeline, NIAID has established an aggressive research program. Part of this program is NIAID's HIV Vaccine Design and Development Teams (HVDDT), a novel public-private partnership, designed to combine the different skills and talents of private industry and academic researchers to move favorable HIV vaccine candidates out of the development pipeline and into human testing. Much of that testing will be carried out in the international HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), which NIAID established last year. Nine of the trial sites are located in the United States with other units in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean, where the epidemic is particularly widespread.
May 18 was established as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day when on that day in 1997, President Bill Clinton challenged the nation to develop an AIDS vaccine within 10 years. That challenge also led to the establishment of the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) on the NIH campus. Led by Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D., the VRC's first HIV vaccine clinical trial is planned for later this year.
Dr. Nabel, says, "Our ultimate goal is to develop a vaccine that would prevent infection entirely. In just the past year, several studies have helped us gain more knowledge about HIV and the immune system. Research in monkeys provided the best evidence that a vaccine may protect against AIDS. Plans for the necessary clinical trials in humans are underway."
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day activities will be held throughout the United States and one international research site. This year's events emphasize education and outreach by the research sites, which include media events, receptions to honor volunteers, and proclamations from local legislators. For information about events in specific areas, contact:
- Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Theron Scott: (410) 614-6619
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Sandra Wearins: (410) 706-1290
Dwight Payne: (410) 706-1290
- Birmingham, AL
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Leslie Cooper: (205) 975-2839
- Boston, MA
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Fenway Community Health
Jim Brinning: (617) 927-6038
Darren LeBlanc: (617) 927-6026
- Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt University
Mary Braeuner: (615) 343-6957
Susan Montgomery: (615) 322-0873
- New York, NY
Project Achieve, Bronx & Union Square and Columbia University sites
Denise Goodman: (718) 588-8900
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Sonia Jean or Dr. Mireille Peck: 509-222-00-31
- Providence, RI
Miriam Hospital
Stephanie Howie: (401) 729-2840
- Rochester, NY
University of Rochester
Patrick Fisher: (716) 275-0459
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Billy Pick: (415) 554-9048
Reggie Gage: (415) 437-4669
- Seattle, WA
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington
Dennis Torres: (206) 521-5812
- St. Louis, MO
St. Louis University
Gwen Pendleton: (314) 268-5448
- Washington, DC
Johns Hopkins University
Theron Scott: (410) 614-6619
For more information about enrolling in vaccine studies, call the AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service at 1-800-874-2572 or visit the HVTN at http://www.hvtn.org. To learn more about NIAID's HIV/AIDS vaccine research program, visit http://www.niaid.nih.gov/aidsvaccine or http://www.vrc.nih.gov. To learn more about clinical trials, visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Visit NIAID's Web site for more information and links related to HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.
NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat infectious and immune-mediated illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies.
TV Media: B-roll available with sound bites from Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, NIAID director; Dr. Peggy Johnston, assistant director for HIV/AIDS vaccines, NIAID; Dr. Gary Nabel, director of the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center; and Marcel Wise, a member of the Johns Hopkins University Community Advisory Board and a vaccine study volunteer. Call NIAID's Office of Communications and Public Liaison at 301-402-1663.
Radio Broadcasters: Sound bites are available by calling the NIH Radio News Service at 1-800-MED DIAL (1-800-633-3425).
Press releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov.


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Whether you own or rent, it's not always easy to decorate a studio apartment to keep the bed out of sight. In this episode, you'll see how to divide a studio apartment with an IKEA KVARTAL system. Panels, curtains and art hanging from the ceiling tracks give the illusion of a wall, creating a separate living room that's easy to open up anytime. All it takes is a few simple tricks and you'll see what an easy project this is for decorating a studio apartment or any space that could use a room divider, including rental apartments.
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Welcome to Fabric Bows and More. I have compiled several bow, flower, headband tutorials together in one place. Most of the tutorials I have found online searching for things to make. I hope you will find a few that you like whether it be for your daughters or yourself. Don't forget to click on the "Older Posts" at the bottom over to the right to see more samples.
Monday, November 7, 2011
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January Special
The best packages for your stay with us
The January Special package includes the following:
- 4 nights with half-board
- All the usual Hotel Seehof extras
- 1 torchlit evening walk
- 1 mulled wine and punch get-together in the Seetenne (Wednesday 17:00 – 18:00)
- 1x spa voucher for €50 per person
- Free game of tennis on our indoor courts
4 nights from € 425,-
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Services Included
- Healthy and hearty breakfast served from 7:30 until 10:15
- Five-course gourmet dinner served from 19:00 until 20:30
- Lactose-free and gluten-free options as well as other dietary requirements upon request
- Themed evenings such as Austrian buffet, BBQ evening, Italian evening or four different main courses to choose from
Spa & Relaxation
- Pool area with large indoor and outdoor pools (20x10m each), heated pool open all year and separate children's pool
- 4000m² water adventure world with slides and chill-out area
- Sauna area with infrared lounge, Tyrolean sauna, herb bath, Finnish family sauna, outdoor sauna, etc.
- Quiet zone with waterbeds, heated recliners and tea bar
Sports & Activities
- Three heated indoor tennis courts with weekly mixed doubles
- Heated indoor beach volleyball court
- Full-site football pitch
- Indoor and outdoor riding centre
- Rental of new mountain bikes, city bikes, toboggans, tennis rackets, hiking poles, etc.
- Gym with modrn TechnoGym equipment
- Two bowling alleys
- 127km XC skiing trails starting from the hotel
- Weekly sports & activity programme
- 4000m² water adventure world
- Mini club for chidren aged 4 years and above
- Weekly children's programme
- Separate children's table at lunch & dinner
- Special children's buffet in the evenings
- Pony riding for children up to 6 years (25kg)
- Games room with table football, pool table, etc.
- Underground parking and parking spaces
- Charging station for E-Cars
- Bathrobes for adults and children
- Kaiserwinkl Card
- Daily newspapers
- W-Lan
- Seehof Benefitclub


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See Migos at Drai's Nightclub in Las Vegas on March 10, 2018.
Drai's Nightclub has unparalleled views of the Las Vegas Strip and is world-renowned for discovering the best musical talent. Drais offers an experience unlike any other Las Vegas nightclubs.
The 70,000+ square-foot rooftop club at The Cromwell Las Vegas features 150+ VIP tables, eight pools, two VIP balconies, four bars, and over 7,000 square feet of state-of-the-art digital LED screens. The venue's 360-degree multi-level experience is reinventing the way guests experience Las Vegas nightlife.
Buy tickets or table: draisgroup.com


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your go-to spot for information about cultural events for adults, kids and families in and around Baltimore. Click the tabs to find an event, or scroll down to the Labels at the bottom of the page to find what you are looking for.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Final week to catch "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" @ Center Stage!
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Los Angeles, California – August 8, 2011 – Tioga unveiled the new ZEROaxle® MT-ZERO, the world's thinnest dual-concave off-road bicycle pedal. Measuring no more than 7mm thin, and 4mm at the thinnest, the MT-ZERO redefines thin.
"The breakthrough is made possible by Tioga's ZEROaxle bearing system," said Kai Cheng, Tioga's global marketing manager. "With conventional pedals, the body must be tall enough to contain the axle and bearings that are within its body. The ZEROaxle system in the MT-ZERO removes this restriction by redirecting its axle and bearing away from the body, allowing for an incredibly thin profile."
The leading-edge concept starts with the ZEROaxle bolt assembly which houses an outboard sealed cartridge bearing, precision machine-pressed into the bolt, to facilitate the pedal's rotation. With the absence of the traditional axle or multiple bearings within the body of a ZEROaxle pedal, a special outboard bearing is equipped to handle the redirected load converging into a smaller area. Whereas typical pedal bearings are 13mm in diameter, ZEROaxle's cartridge bearing is more than twice the size and capable of handling over five times the dynamic load of typical bearings – ZEROaxle bolts have been thoroughly tested to meet the Japan Industrial Standards (JIS) for pedal bearings.
The result is a pedal system with an entirely new form factor made possible by the ZEROaxle bolt.
Thinner is Better
A thin pedal profile positively affects ground clearance, foot stability, and pedaling efficiency; the thinner the body, the more positive these effects.
With new design freedom provided by the ZEROaxle bearing system, the MT-ZERO's body is impressively thin at 7mm, and because the body platform is a dual concave design, which better adapts to the contours of the foot, it dips down to just 4mm in the center.
Although the MT-ZERO body is extremely thin and open, it's neither flimsy nor fragile. The MT-ZERO's body is a solid one-piece construction, investment-cast from chromoly steel, and tested to handle a wide spectrum of off-road applications from XC to all-mountain.
Fully Compatible with Standard Cranksets
The ZEROaxle MT-ZERO's 9/16" thread makes it fully compatible with standard cranksets.
Aditionally, when designing the ZEROaxle pedal system, Tioga engineers were mindful not to disrupt the rider's biomechanics. Width of the ZEROaxle bolt is comparable to the axle bolt on conventional platform pedals that upgrading to the MT-ZERO will have little impact on the user's Q-factor, the distance between a rider's left and right foot, measured through the bottom bracket.
Maintenance Free, Modular Design
The ZEROaxle pedal system is modular and designed to be virtually maintenance free. Should the bearing wear down, simply replace the ZEROaxle bolt. The same applies to the body. Replacement ZEROaxle bolt and MT-ZERO body are available individually, in left or right configurations. Its modular design will also allow users to easily switch different body designs from any current and future ZEROaxle pedals.
Pricing and Availability
The ZEROaxle MT-ZERO will be available within the next 60 days through professional, independent bicycle dealers nationwide. The pedals will be available in black, white or silver, for a suggested retail price of US$99.
ZEROaxle MT-ZERO
Investment cast 1-piece Chromoly body
ZEROaxle over-size bearing system
Dual-concave platform with replaceable pins
450g per pair
About Tioga:
With over 30 years in the cycling industry focusing on function with style, Tioga has created numerous industry advancing components from the Comp-III BMX racing tire to the industry standardization of the 1-1/8" steering system. Tioga's new generation of components continue to blend progressive style with increasing functionally to enhance the riding experience of modern cycling enthusiasts.
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Oregon State Week: Running Down The ReturneesPosted by Connor Pelton on August 23rd, 2012
Six significant Beavers return for Craig Robinson this season, a group that will be called upon to quickly meld with four freshmen and a newly eligible transfer. Below we'll break down those returnees in order of their per-game scoring averages last season.
Devon Collier, Junior, Forward (13.1 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 1.3 BPG) – Collier graduated from starting all but seven games as a freshman to all but just three as a sophomore. His scoring totals nearly doubled in 2011-12, going from 7.0 PPG to 13.1 PPG. He was by far the team's best scoring option in the post, and at times when Jared Cunningham couldn't find his jumper, the best option, period. The next step on the road to becoming an all-conference performer is to finish more of his opportunities off the glass. That should come as he makes the transition to an upperclassman, and he already showed some improvement in the Beavers first European Tour game, going six-for-six from the field against Saint Charles Basketball Club. If he can continue anywhere near that kind of production, he has a solid passer in Ahmad Starks to get him the ball on the block. Collier can also run the court and is a great dump-off option in transition. On the other end of the court, Collier's defense will be just as important to Oregon State's success this season. The combination of Eric Moreland and Collier's long wingspans made it nearly impossible for opponents to have any success in the lane, with Devon himself having one four-block game and three three-block outings.
Ahmad Starks, Junior, Point Guard (12.1 PPG, 2.3 RPG) – Along with Collier, Starks is the only other player from Robinson's 2010 freshman class still with the team. Starks is a shoot-first point guard, the best of his kind in the Pac-12. Despite only standing a generous 5'9″, he is able to get up and make shots consistently with his unique fadeaway jumper. Starks was the main reason for Oregon State's late success in 2011-12, as the Beavers went 6-2 in their final eight games. With Cunningham struggling to put down his three-point shot, Starks averaged 11.3 PPG in the seven games he played during that stretch. Not surprisingly, Oregon State's two losses came in games where Starks scored only four points or sat out. The guard is at his best when he catches the ball on a wing or is able to create separation by stopping on a dime, pulling up, fading away, and shooting. More of this, and less of the jacking up random shots outside of the offensive flow, will result for more offensive production for both Starks and the Beavers.


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Q&A: Transparency in the Cancun Agreementsby , and -
Last month's international climate negotiations in Cancun showed progress on many fronts, especially in ensuring greater transparency in countries' emissions reporting.
The Cancun Agreements create a new standard for transparency in which all major economies will report on progress towards achieving their climate targets and actions, and will submit their progress to a review.
These transparency provisions build extensively on existing provisions from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. The new transparency mandates could open up important new information on efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions around the globe.
While the Cancun Agreements outline the major transparency requirements, the success of these provisions will depend on the design and operationalization of these components in the coming months.
What are the new transparency provisions in the Cancun Agreements?
New provisions for developed countries that did not exist under previous UNFCCC agreements include the development of common reporting formats for national communications, more frequent reporting with the submission of biennial reports, and to the adoption of a process under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation1 of "international assessment" to assess emissions and removals associated with targets.
WRI Analysis of Emission Reduction Pledges, Transparency & Reporting
- Comparability of Annex I (Developed Country) Pledges
- Summary of Developing Country Pledges
- Summary of Country Submissions to the UNFCCC
- Remedying Discord in the Accord: Accounting Rules for Annex I Pledges in a Post-2012 Climate Agreement
- Guidelines for Reporting Information on Public Climate Finance
- Keeping Track: National Positions and Design Elements of an MRV Framework
- Enhancing Today's MRV Framework to Meet Tomorrow's Needs: The Role of National Communications and Inventories
Developing countries are also subject to new transparency provisions in the Cancun Agreements, including more frequent reporting through biennial reports, which will be submitted to International Consultation and Analysis (ICA). They are also requested to register mitigation actions seeking support in a newly formed "registry."
The Cancun Agreements also established workshops, convened under the UNFCCC, for the exploration of all countries' assumptions underlying targets and actions. (See Table 1 for more information.)
Are these a departure from existing provisions?
Not entirely. These new provisions build on tools, such as national communications and greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, which are already being enhanced through discussions under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (see FCCC/SBI/2010/L.36/Add.1). Furthermore, given the important role of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation outlined in Cancun Agreements, it is likely that the review system will largely draw from existing structures.
How will the new transparency processes help us understand Parties' mitigation pledges?
These provisions will prove useful at both the national and international level. If implemented, the quality, timeliness and reliability of information available on both developed and developing country pledges will significantly improve. The improvements could contribute to a greater level of trust among countries in the international climate arena and a better ability to share lessons learned. These provisions would also provide a framework within which countries can track progress against their domestic climate and energy policies.
If implementation is successful, the quality, timeliness and reliability of information available on both developed and developing country pledges will significantly improve.
Additionally, the Cancun Agreements establish workshops to clarify both developed and developing country targets and actions. These will be critical to any assessment of emissions reductions achieved post-2012. Developed countries will be required to share assumptions underlying their targets regarding the use of market-based mechanisms (e.g. offsets) and land use, land-use change and forestry. Developing country workshops will focus on sharing assumptions underlying the diversity of actions submitted, as well as the amount of support necessary to implement these actions.
The Cancun Agreements also provide a process to develop accounting rules for tracking developed country performance towards meeting targets, by way of an international assessment of emissions and reductions associated with Parties submitted targets (para 44). If these rules are developed in a manner that ensures accounting is comparable, consistent, transparent, complete and accurate, then the worst implications of unharmonized accounting rules could be avoided.
Lastly, the Agreements' scientific review provisions require an assessment of aggregate global emissions reductions, and whether or not they will achieve long-term temperature goals. This will be critical to understanding whether and if additional emissions reductions are required, and will serve as a basis for increasing the ambition of Parties' future commitments.
How do the Cancun Agreements address the capacity gap in some countries in terms of reporting?
The implementation of these new reporting provisions will require enhanced capacity at the national level in many countries, and for this reason some of the requirements for reporting differ according to a country's level of development. Some examples:
In terms of the content of reporting, developed countries report on progress towards achieving their mitigation targets and emissions reductions achieved, while developing countries report on their mitigation actions and their effects. The precise differences in terms of reporting are unclear and will likely have to be discussed among Parties. Least developed countries and small island developing states will also be given additional flexibility in the frequency and content of their reporting.
While the frequency of reporting on national communications and GHGs will likely still warrant some discussion, the Cancun Agreements specify that the frequency of developing country national communications will not be more onerous than that of developed countries, and will take into account developing country needs for financial support to strengthen reporting capacities. Both developed and developing countries, however, will submit information through the same tool - biennial update reports.
On the review of reported information, there are some differences for different countries. For developed countries there will continue to be a review of the progress they make towards achieving their targets (including providing climate finance) and their emissions reductions. For developing countries there will be a review of the domestic measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of unsupported actions and their effects and the international MRV of their actions which receive international support.
What is the registry agreed to in Cancun?
The Cancun Agreements create a registry in which the UNFCCC Secretariat will record developing country actions that seek international support, as well as support available and provided from developed countries. This will help match actions with the financial and technical support they need. A separate section of the registry will house the actions submitted to the Conference of the Parties (COP) by developing countries, regardless of support sought or received.
The Agreements remain unclear on the operational details and structure of the registry. For example, the text does not say how the matching of actions to support will take place, nor does it specific the relation of the registry to the financial mechanism. The frequency of recording actions in the registry is also unclear, as well as the relation of the actions seeking support to the separate section of the registry that records all actions.
What are the next steps?
The UNFCCC Parties have set themselves an arduous task for the coming months in the form of a 'work programme' outlined in the Cancun Agreements. This requires the "enhancement" of the existing rules around national communications, inventories and the review systems. Parties will need to agree on "modalities and procedures for international assessment and review of emissions and removals related to quantified economy-wide emission reductions targets" submitted by developed countries. In other words, a process to develop accounting rules for developed countries' emissions reductions and enhanced sinks will be launched. Parties will also need to agree on provisions for developing countries' reporting. It is likely that much time will be spent on: the creation of a registry; modalities and guidelines for the measurement, reporting and verification of supported actions; details in the biennial reports; domestic verification of mitigation actions; and on the specifics of International Consultation and Analysis, and other review provisions.
|Annex I
|Non-Annex I
|Nature of pledge
|Quantified economy-wide emissions reduction targets.
|Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in the context of sustainable development, supported and enabled by technology, financing and capacity-building, aimed at achieving a deviation in emissions relative to "business as usual" emissions in 2020.
|Provisions for planning
|Low-carbon development strategies or plans.
|Non-Annex I countries are also encouraged to develop low-carbon development strategies or plans in the context of sustainable development.
|Recording of pledge
|Emissions reduction targets to be contained in document FCCC/LCA/AWG/2010/INF.X.
|NAMAs to be contained in document FCCC/LCA/AWG/2010/INF.Y and recorded in a separate section of the registry.
|Clarification of pledge
|The Secretariat will "organize workshops to clarify the assumptions and the conditions related to the attainment of these targets" and means for increasing ambition. Additionally, the Secretariat is to "prepare a technical paper based on Parties' submissions" with the aim of facilitating understanding about such assumptions and conditions related to attainment of targets.
|Requests the Secretariat to "organize workshops, to understand the diversity of mitigation actions submitted, underlying assumptions, and support needed."
|Biennial reports on their progress in achieving emission reductions, including information on mitigation actions to achieve their quantified economy-wide emissions targets and emission reductions achieved, projected emissions and on the provision of financial, technology and capacity building support to developing country parties.
|Biennial reports, containing updates of national greenhouse gas inventories including a national inventory report and information on mitigation actions, needs and support received.
|Enhanced guidelines for national communications, including common reporting formats.
|Enhance reporting in national communications, including inventories, on mitigation actions and their effects, and support received; with additional flexibility given to the least developed countries and small island developing states.
|A registry to record NAMAs seeking support, and to facilitate the matching of support to these actions.
|Non-Annex I Parties should submit their national communications every four years.
|Enhance guidelines for the review of national communications.
|Internationally supported mitigation actions will be domestically measured, reported and verified (MRV) and subject to international MRV in accordance with guidelines developed under the Convention, while domestically supported mitigation actions will be measured, reported and verified domestically.
|A process for international assessment of emissions and removals related to quantified economy-wide emission reductions targets in the Subsidiary Body for Implementation.
|Biennial reports are subject to international consultations and analysis by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation. They aim to increase transparency about mitigation actions and their effects, through analysis by technical experts in consultation with the country concerned, and through a facilitative sharing of views, and will result in a summary report.
|Revised guidelines for the review of national communications, including the biennial report, annual greenhouse gas inventories and national inventory systems.
|Information considered should include information on mitigation actions, the national GHG inventory report, progress in implementation and information on domestic MRV and support received.
|Work programme
|Decides on a work programme for the development of modalities and guidelines described above. Invites Parties to submit views on the work programme by March 28, 2011.
The Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) is one of two permanent subsidiary bodies established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The SBI makes recommendations on policy and implementation issues to the Conference of the Parties (COP). For example, the SBI reviews the information in the National Communications and inventories submitted by Parties to the UNFCCC to assess the Convention's overall effectiveness. ↩


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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
D.C. Area Legal History Roundtable: Call for Papers
The D.C. Area Legal History Roundtable, an occasional gathering of legal historians based in and around the nation's capital, will reconvene for lunch and the presentation of scholarly papers on Friday, September 19, at the Georgetown University Law Center. For more information or to propose a paper, please contact Daniel R. Ernst at email@example.com.
Labels: Conferences and Calls for Papers
2 comments:
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
How nice to have an open call for papers! Perhaps more colloquia should do that.
- June 11, 2008 at 11:53:00 AM EDT
- Dan Ernst said...
The Roundtable rotates among the DC law schools. Although someone at the host institution ultimately sets the program, we try to do so in a collegial fashion, hence the open call. I'm afraid the posting will be of most interest to legal historians based in the Washington area, as to keep things simple none of the schools put up travel money or stipends for speakers or attendees. The food usually is pretty good, though. DRE
- June 11, 2008 at 12:15:00 PM EDT
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This form of government can be likened to the private sector relationship between a board of a corporation and its Chief Executive or Chief Administrative Officer.
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Petitions of the day
The petitions of the day are:
Washington State Democratic Central Committee v. Washington State Grange
Docket: 11-1263
Issue(s): (1) Whether, when the State of Washington asserts that a general disclaimer prevents voter perceptions that candidates are associated with the party that the candidate "prefers," it bears the burden of showing the risk of forced association is in fact reduced to a constitutionally acceptable level; (2) whether the principles articulated by federal courts evaluating trademark misuse claims should be applied by analogy in evaluating the likelihood of voter confusion under "top two" systems, in which the candidate for office may choose to appear on the ballot in conjunction with a political party's name without the party's consent; and (3) if Washington's partisan top two system as implemented need not pass strict scrutiny, whether it nevertheless fails to qualify as a reasonable and politically neutral regulation that advances an important state interest.
Certiorari stage documents:
Libertarian Party of Washington State v. Washington State Grange
Docket: 11-1266
Issue(s): (1) Whether, by denying minor parties, including the Libertarian Party, virtually all access to the general election ballot, Washington's Initiative I-872 -- which provides that the top two votegetters for each office advance to the general election -- violates the constitutional rights of minor parties and voters; (2) whether, by denying the Libertarian Party the right to disavow false candidacies or to acknowledge its nominee on the ballot or in any official publication, I-872 – which provides that candidates for office shall be identified on the ballot by their self-designated "party preference" -- violates the associational rights of the Libertarian Party; (3) whether, by denying the Libertarian Party the right to disavow false candidacies or to acknowledge its nominee on the ballot or in any official publication, I-872 denies the Libertarian Party trademark protection guaranteed by federal law; and (4) whether the unauthorized use of the trademarked name "Libertarian Party" by the State on election ballots to indicate "party preference" of unaffiliated candidates constitutes competition with the Libertarian Party in violation of the Lanham Act?
Certiorari stage documents:
Recommended Citation: Matthew Bush, Petitions of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jun. 11, 2012, 11:17 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/06/petitions-of-the-day-10/


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Ann Arbor has issued a boil water advisory for the northeast side.
In a statement, the city said it is the result of the water system being depressurized due to a city contractor conducting scheduled valve maintenance.
Affected areas:
The affected area includes South of Green Court, North of the Huron River, East of Huron Parkway and West of US-23.
What residents should do:
As a precautionary measure, all residents in the affected northeast area are advised to boil water that they will use for drinking or cooking.
The water should be boiled for at least one minute and allowed to cool in a covered container.
Bottled water may be used as an alternative to boiling. Residents may experience discolored water, which can cause stains to laundry if the discoloration is not first cleared from the lines.
The iron sediment in the water main has been disturbed causing the discoloration.
Once residents are notified that the boil water alert has ended, it is recommended to run cold water for several minutes and flush the toilet to clear your lines.
Residents may use the water for showering, flushing toilets, and doing laundry. If using the dishwasher, use the heated cycle. If hand-washing dishes, use hot water.
The advisory is in effect until further notice:
Tests of the water have begun and results will be available within 24 hours. The boil water advisory will be lifted when safe results have been obtained from the tests. Residents in the impacted area will be notified via the city's Code Red emergency notification system.
This is a precautionary advisory only. There is no indication that there was any contamination.
For more information about Code Red visit www.a2gov.org. Residents may call the Water Treatment Plant 24/7 at (734) 994-2840 with questions.
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Albert Brooks has proven pretty good at predicting the future, so why not take a stab at an Orwellian work of fiction-that-could-come-true for his first novel?
After all, the actor/filmmaker's 1979 mockumentary "Real Life" was, in hindsight, a slightly chilling prognostication of the advent of reality television; his role in 1987's "Broadcast News" foreshadowed the marginalizing of professional journalists in favor of glamorous, camera-ready talking heads; and he was one of the first big-name celebrities to guest-voice on "The Simpsons" back in 1990.
Now Brooks is looking ahead two decades for a new project, his debut novel: 2030; The Real Story of What Happens to America, a (mostly) non-satirical, 1984-style extrapolation of the future he thinks might unfold.
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"It deals with twenty years from now," Brooks tells PopcornBiz. "It was too expensive of an idea to make a movie – I wanted to tell a story but I wanted to not be limited to a lower budget. So I wrote a novel instead."
The multicharacter story, due in May from St. Martin's Press, explores Brooks' vision on an America unburdened by deadly diseases like cancer but with an increasingly aging, entitled and debt-addicted population that sparks resentment – and revolutionary action – from the younger generation.
Although the book will have its comedic elements, "I don't know if satire is the right word," says Brooks. "I try to do something that could possibly happen."
The process of tackling his first novel, which took 14 months to complete, was a kick – towards the end.
"Boy, I'll tell you, when you're in the middle of it I don't know that fun is even the right word," he explains, "but as you get further and further in, you start to realize 'Hey, this could be a book.' So the fun was seeing the end at some point."
And while it's a far cry from his generally low-budget film efforts, Brooks, 63, hasn't ruled out the possibility of the story being adapted to the big screen. Just don't expect him to be behind the camera. "I wouldn't want to direct this as a movie," he insists. "It's not my style – but I would certainly come to the premiere."
As an actor, Brooks just wrapped shooting "Drive," co-starring with Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, and he expects to return to writing and directing film projects again soon. And as for the burning question of whether his voice-acting pseudonym "A. Brooks" will assume an unprecedented sixth character on "The Simpsons" (PopcornBiz's personal favorite being Homer's former boss Hank Scorpio), he admits: "I don't know – Ask Jim Brooks!"


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NEWMARKET — Two men from Newmarket have been indicted on narcotics and firearms charges stemming from an alleged drug sale to a confidential informant.
According to court documents, 32-year-old Seth Hall allegedly sold heroin to a confidential informant working with the New Hampshire Attorney General's Drug Task Force in August. Police say the sale took place inside his residence at Great Bay Woods.
After the alleged drug buy, investigators began probing the backgrounds of Hall's roommates, including 28-year-old John Desjardins. They discovered Desjardins was wanted in Strafford County for failing to appear in court on a previous charge of possession of heroin, and for driving with a suspended license.
The following month, a Newmarket police sergeant pulled over a car in which the two men were passengers. They were both arrested, and a search of the vehicle turned up a 9 mm pistol, which was allegedly concealed beside Desjardins in the backseat.
When Hall was searched at the police station, police allegedly discovered several packages of heroin in his shorts, which were individually wrapped and packaged for sale, or to be broken up into smaller quantities.
Police also allegedly found two plastic bags containing "dealer quantities" of cocaine inside his shorts, as well as two bags filled with unidentified prescription pills, also packaged for individual sale.
Inside the Newmarket residence, police searched Hall's bedroom and allegedly found a loaded .45-caliber pistol, which was tucked into his pillow. Also located in the bedroom were a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, with pistol type grips and a shortened barrel, and a .22-caliber rifle, according to a police affidavit.
Hall had been barred from owning firearms before his arrest, following a conviction in Rockingham Superior Court on Jan. 30, 2003, of sale a controlled drug.
Seized during the most recent investigation were cash, four guns, assorted prescription medications and a "significant" amount of heroin and cocaine, with a combined street value of approximately $12,000, according to police. Newmarket police say scales, drug packaging material and drug paraphernalia were also found inside the dwelling.
Hall was indicted this month on three counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, as well as drug charges alleging he was in possession of more than half an ounce of cocaine and more than 5 grams of heroin with intent to sell both. He has also been charged with possession of the prescription drugs clonazepam, lorazepam and oxymorphone.
Desjardins was indicted on charges of heroin and cocaine possession, and a charge alleging he was carrying a concealed firearm without a permit.
An indictment is not an indication of guilt. Rather, it signifies that a jury has determined there is sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.