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Harford County Public Schools officials announced late Wednesday they have reached a tentative settlement with the county's teachers union on receipt of a bonus payment offered by Harford County Executive David Craig that the union's leadership had previously refused to accept.
The accord means some 3,200 teachers represented by the Harford County Education Association, HCEA, will be able to receive the one-time, $625 bonus payment, provided the amendment to the teachers' contract is approved by the union members and then the funding for the payment is approved by Craig and the Harford County Council.
"It is my hope that this tentative agreement will be ratified quickly to allow our teachers to finally receive the county bonus funding that they rightfully deserve," Superintendent Robert M. Tomback said in a news release issued Wednesday evening. "I am truly pleased that HCEA agreed to tentatively accept the Board's offer to disburse the one-time funds to our teachers."
Craig heard from Tomback on Tuesday that the board was in talks with the HCEA on the agreement, but by Thursday morning he hadn't heard about an agreement. Once he heard from them, the executive said, he could begin to prepare legislation to present to the county council.
Craig issued a statement late Thursday about the agreement between the school board and the teachers' union.
"I am pleased that the leadership of the Harford County Education Association and the Board of Education of Harford County has come to a tentative agreement regarding the proposed one-time pay bonus to school teachers which I proposed last year. However, it is regrettable that an agreement could not be reached between these parties last month to allow teachers to receive the first half of the proposed pay bonus for the holidays," Craig said in the statement. "As I stated when I first announced the legislation to the County Council for this one-time pay bonus, this was not a pay raise for teachers, county employees, personnel of the Harford County Sheriff's Office, Harford County Library employees or others who qualified for this pay bonus. This is one-time money which the Administration and County Council had agreed to support for our dedicated employees. Without question I believe Harford County Public School teachers are most deserving of this one-time bonus as well."
Craig said that the earliest the legislation could be introduced at a county council meeting would be Feb. 14, as long as Tomback and Cerveny met with him first. The public hearing on the legislation could then be no sooner than March 6, when the council could either vote on it or delay a decision.
According to the school system's news release, the school board and the HCEA reached a tentative agreement to amend the union's 2011-12 contract with the school system to accept the bonus.
This contract has been a sticking point between the union leadership and the school system, because Craig and the Harford County Council refused last spring to allocate enough money to the school system to fund 3 percent raises and other salary enhancements that the teachers union and four other school employee unions had agreed to with the school board.
The teachers union's contract is the subject of a binding arbitration proceeding filed under a state collective bargaining law affecting teachers. A finding by the arbitration board is expected in the coming weeks.
Randy Cerveny, president of the HCEA, said Thursday he was "happy that we could get some money for the teachers."
HCEA members still need to vote on the agreement, he added, which should happen in the next couple weeks.
The members he has heard from are also happy about the possibility of receiving the bonus, but are also concerned how it could affect current negotiations. Cerveny said, however, the agreement would have no effect on contract negotiations.
Where the bigger problems lies, he continued, is funding in general for Harford County Public Schools, and not only for teachers.
"Funding has remained pretty stagnant in our county for a number of years," Cerveny said. "So much good education is tied to the well being of the community."
He added that while teaching positions haven't been cut, those who support teachers are.
"Teachers are being asked to do more than they have done before," Cerveny said. "Unless they have those supports, the students are going to be the ones who end up suffering."
In late October, Craig announced he planned to give a $1,250, one-time bonus to all county and school employees in two installments, one in December and the other in June, with the money to come from a $30 million surplus in the county's 2011 budget.
The county council modified the plan to allow for the first installment to be paid, while the second would be subject to further council review this spring before it could be paid.
Legislation was enacted to pay the first installment as planned, but then Craig vetoed it in December after he learned the teachers union had refused to agree to accept the money on the grounds that the money should be subject to renegotiation on the stalled 2011-12 contract.
Craig said at the time that the union had reneged on a pledge to accept the money as offered by the county and was instead using the offer as a ploy to reopen talks on its stalled 2011 contract. The county council did not even consider overriding Craig's veto.
Meanwhile, all county employees and the school system's other 2,000 employees received the $625 bonus in December, with Craig also saying he would still consider making the payment to the teachers, if the unions agreed to accept it as the county had requested, a one-time payment not tied to future salary scales.
According to Wednesday's school system news release, under the amendment to the HCEA contract, "upon ratification by both parties, the bonus monies will be disbursed two weeks following the successful appropriation of funds by the county."
The county council will also consider funding for the second installment of the $1,250 bonus later this spring. If approved, the second $625 payment would be disbursed in June.
Copies of the agreements may be found on the Board of Education's Collective Bargaining webpage, which can be found on the school system website, http://www.hcps.org, by clicking on the "Board" tab.


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Goldman Sachs tells bankers to gear up for move to FrankfurtSheetal Sukhija - Thursday 8th March, 2018
LONDON, U.K. - After choosing Frankfurt as its post-Brexit EU hub, Goldman Sachs is now said to have informed a group of London-based investment bankers and traders to prepare for the move.
According to reports, after identifying the German financial hub as an important base of operations in Europe, the Wall Street bank has now told bankers that they could soon be relocated to Frankfurt.
Sources quoted in media reports noted that the bank's move was unrelated to contingency planning around the U.K.'s departure from Europe.
They said that the move was part of a broader strategy by the company to place staff closer to clients in the region.
In November last year, reports revealed that the Wall Street giant was looking to shift around 40 senior bankers from the U.K. capital to other cities in Europe, including Milan, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid and Stockholm.
At the time, Marc Nachmann, co-head of investment banking at Goldman Sachs, said, "What we're really trying to do is increase the number of clients we do business with."
On Wednesday, reports stated that over a dozen of the bank's staff in London have been put on notice about a possible move to Frankfurt in the coming weeks and months.
Further, a Reuters report said that a decision to shift front-office personnel to major European cities coincides with efforts by investment banks to position their businesses inside the EU after Brexit.
The announcement comes at a time when financial services firms are anxiously awaiting details of the future trade agreement that U.K. policymakers are trying to negotiate with their counterparts in the EU.
However, so far, Britain's push to ensure a bespoke deal for London has failed to gain much traction in Brussels.


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MMGN writes: Having gone hands-on with the Wii U at E3, I've started to wonder how some popular franchises would be translated over to the console to make use of its controller and hardware.
It's allowed me to get creative with my favourite games, imagining how developers could incorporate certain mechanics and skills in the game into the Wii U experience.
The first game I envisioned was, of course, Modern Warfare 3, a game that I quite clearly have high on my wish list for 2011. I've played Spec Ops and seen the single-player in action, so I think I have a fair idea of what we should all expect when the game hits in November.
But what if Modern Warfare 3 was on Wii U? What could we expect, and what should we want?
I have no idea how to eel about this. I'm partially excited and mostly afraid.
all i know is in ONM Darksiders 2 preview mentions on underclocked dev kits in just 2 weeks they had graphics matching the high end PC version so even with early kits the graphics are matching the best PC.
better visuals native 1080 , new innovative ways to play with second screen, i dont mind waiting
I'd give it a shot. Seems like it would be cool if they could implement the controller properly.
I want a Wiiu lol im actually going to start saveing up today..dose it have a release date yet ?


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MotorWeek Video Transcript: E85 Availability
John Davis: Renewable fuels and efficient technology are the keys to a driving future that is free from petroleum. But there is no one fuel right now that can fully displace our use of oil. In 2003, we looked at a grass-roots effort to promote E85 ethanol fuel in the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Since then E85 has gained a meaningful foothold, and is now enjoying a prominent role in our national energy debate.
When we first told the "Tale of Two Clean Cities" in 2003, Minnesota had just 75 stations offering E85 fuel to the public, and that was up from just two in 1998.
Since then, local promotions and countless one-on-one sales pitches from Minnesota Clean Cities coordinator Tim Gerlach and his team have increased awareness and demand for E85 to the point that now over 200 E85 stations cover the State. And the campaign for E85 has taken on a life of its own.
Tim Gerlach: "Well, I think we've had to evolve with the program, as it has grown. There is no way that we can show up at every station and do an E85 promotion with every station, with every dealership every week. We find ourselves helping other people do it, or teaching other people how to go out and 'do the mission' if you will..
John Davis: And increasingly, the E85 battle cry is being taken up by carmakers. Ford has begun an E85 awareness campaign in the Midwest, and has shown a flex-fuel Escape Hybrid concept.
And Chrysler has announced they plan to sell half a million FFV's by 2008, and will add the Jeep Commander and Grand Cherokee to their flex-fuel lineup in 2007.
General Motors has taken a more ambitious approach with its nation wide 'Live Green, Go Yellow" E85 campaign.
John Gaydash: "What we're trying to do is we're trying to educate the public so that they understand that there is at least a partial solution available today to reduce our dependence on oil, to use a renewable fuel, which is E85, but at the same time, we're trying to make sure that the infrastructure gets developed to the next level."
John Davis: And to aid in recognizing the over 400,000 flex-fuel vehicles they build each year, GM will now equip them with bright yellow gas caps, as a constant visual reminder for drivers to use E85 whenever possible.
Not surprisingly, progressive car dealers are realizing the benefit of E85 as a sales tool.
Tim Gerlach: "We used to have to go to car dealers and beg them to talk to us... And all the time we were trying to tell them that this is a marketing tool, a way they can sell their vehicles that gives the consumer a choice."
"I think we see a lot of the local dealers that understand what it means to their community, they have corn growers, they have an ethanol plant, they see what the price of gasoline is and what it does to their community, this a fuel that's made right there, in their home."
John Davis: Just as the drive to increase awareness of E85 fuel has moved to the next level, so has the production of ethanol. There are nearly 130 ethanol plants in the US, with an annual production capacity of 4 to 6 billion gallons of ethanol per year.
Tim Gerlach: "Now to the South of us, in Iowa...I think ultimately they will have 21 or 22 plants, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, other States are coming online as well, so the amount of ethanol in the market is increasing considerably."
John Davis: There are now over 600 E85 stations in the US, but a full two-thirds of those are concentrated in the Upper Midwest, because frankly, that's where the corn is.
While ethanol is already a common additive to gasoline to boost octane and lower emissions, for E85 to replace gasoline nationwide, we must investigate more efficient ways to produce it to make it truly economically feasible.
Fortunately, our nation's leaders agree: President Bush is pushing for research into ethanol produced from cellulose plant materials. These are materials like grasses and woody plants that could produce ethanol in addition to corn.
President George W. Bush: (2006 State of the Union) "Our goal is to make this new kind of ethanol practical and competitive within 6 years..(applause) By applying the talents and technology of America, this country can dramatically improve our environment, move beyond a petroleum-based economy, and make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past."
John Davis: And in New York, Governor George Pataki has proposed major tax incentives for ethanol producers and for buyers of flex-fuel vehicles. If such policies take root there, many East Coast states could follow suit.
Brazil's all-out commitment to sugar-cane ethanol in the past three decades has made that country's drivers nearly independent from imported petroleum.
In the US, though, demand for petroleum far outpaces ethanol production capacity, and resolving nationwide E85 delivery problems still remains a priority.
Still, ethanol and E85 are making a tangible difference now, and hold the promise of even greater rewards for our motoring future.


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Writers Workshop
- Undergraduate Library
- Burrill Hall
- Grainger Library
- Ikenberry Dining Hall
- Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls
Our five locations are listed below along with descriptions of each location. If you would like to make an appointment at any of these locations, schedule online at https://illinois.mywconline.com or call (217) 333-8796. See our schedule page for hours.
Undergraduate Library (Main Location)
The main location of the Writers Workshop is room 251 of the Undergraduate Library--on the same level as the circulation desks.
We generally have over 2,000 appointments each semester in our main location. University of Illinois students, faculty, and staff are welcome to come see us!
Burrill Hall
The Burrill Hall (biosciences) satellite is geared specifically toward writers in the sciences. Writers from other backgrounds may use the site, but priority will be given to work from scientific disciplines.
Grainger Library
Room 402, Grainger Library, Springfield Avenue
The Grainger satellite is convenient for writers on the north end of campus or when the main site is booked. It is utilized by both engineering students and other writers.
Ikenberry Dining Hall (Ike)
Room 2010B, Ikenberry Dining Hall (the Ike)
The Ikenberry satellite is in the newly constructed Ikenberry Dining Hall (Ike).
Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls (PAR)
Room 106 (Urbana South, Living Learning Community Office)
Use the entrance on Circle Drive. Buzz the front desk and let them know that you are there for the Writers Workshop. Go up the one short flight of stairs, turn left, go to the hall, then turn right. Room 106 is the first door on the left. The Silver Sunday bus route serves FAR/PAR every 20 minutes. Suday Daytime Schedule, Sunday Night Schedule.


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Monday, June 29, 2009
Naturally unnatural: orange wines
A vaporous collaboration with VLM, who let me drink almost all of the Radikon
I was sitting at my desk on a dark, cloudless spring night with a lamp shining indirect, yellowish light. I had a bottle on the glass desktop, next to the MacBook. The bottle was cool to the touch. The label was minimalistic, hand-drawn, and from the side peeked out the recognizable font of the LOUIS/DRESSNER importer label.
Opened and poured into a large stem, the wine shone ocher through the glass. I swirled and smelled. 2006 Cà de Noci "Notte di luna" has heady perfumes of spice, cardamom, orange peel, gingerbread. I sipped and felt it expand in my mouth, sending floods of complex quince and tannin over my palate. This is god wine.
Before last fall I had never had an "orange" wine, and did not even know they existed. That a disparate and geographically diverse handful of natural winemakers would choose to produce pungent, tannic skin-contact white wines in an unmistakable style, relying on barefoot crushing, on wild yeasts, and, for some of them, on amphorae, hadn't been part of my wine lexicon. Especially as there wasn't anyone doing it in France.
So, my first dalliance with Notte di luna was memorable, and I blogged about it at the time. But I didn't realize that what we had on our hands had been, for all of its remarkable uncommonness, of a style. Thus, I was still the novice several months later when, during a dinner, my friend SFJoe got out a skinny 500ml bottle with a blue label. I rolled my eyes, thinking he was once again slinging the sweet stuff, as he is wont to do. Wrong. And how.
2003 Radikon "Jakot" - A dry, bright wine with hidden depths. This hits your nose before you get anywhere near the glass. What I loved about the wine was its offhand, palate-flattering approach, which then spirals wildly into great length and complexity. It's both easy and tricky. Its name is a joke, too, being the backwards of Tokaj, which is its grape, but which it is not allowed to be called any more. This is a natural wine that is impudent, jokey, the fool, and foolishly good. (It also fools you by making you think it's light in alcohol; then you find yourself tipsy and realize that despite its balance, it carries 14% abv.)
The Radikon was both an epiphany and a spark in my mind: I wanted more of this. But "this" was both a particular and a category. If other wines out there could bring the heady category confusion of Cà de Noci and Radikon, I wanted to taste them, to test them.
One day, when it was raining really, really hard, it was time to open a Gravner, after having kicked off shoes so wet they could have been wrung out.
2002 Gravner Ribolla Gialla "Anfora" - A more austere wine, in comparison to the Radikon. Deep amber in color and with heft on the palate, it stretched out in dark slices of pain d'épice, but was as tight as a fist. Closed and stern, it was fascinating like someone who won't tell you what he's thinking. This needs far more time – years – but promises to be a gorgeous butterfly when it gets out of its cocoon. It'll have stories to tell. It'll spill the goods.
I had now sussed out what this orange wine phenomenon was all about, and was all knowing with another bottle – this I enjoyed less, and didn't retain the producer's name – quaffed at the restaurant Convivio over a plateful of crab and sea urchin malloreddus. Yet to my mind, I thought it was an Italian thing.
Flash forward.
Last night, Josh Raynolds came at me with a bottle bearing the brown-toned label of the California winery Wind Gap. I waved him away. "I've had their wine before!" I demurred, recalling a very even-handed (12.5% alcohol!) unoaked chardonnay about which I'd thought: Sure, but they can do this in France in their sleep.
Josh said, "But this is an orange wine."
I turned around (yes, I'd already turned my back on him and was retreating toward the last sip of a glass of Donati Malvaisa frizzante). He smiled wickedly and poured a healthy pour into my now emptied glass.
2008 Wind Gap Pinot Gris Here we go; clove and quince and thick delightfulness. "Look at that color," he observed. Slightly cloudy, it was deep. And as it opened and unfurled in the glass, I found those tastes again.
Those unnaturally natural orange wine tastes.
This post is part of the natural wine month series at saignée.
2 comments:
- Director, Lab Outreach said...
Orange is the new crack.
One of the most interesting local (local meaning Oregon in this case) variations on the orange theme is from Sam Tannahill. He calls it JACK. Or Jack White. Depending on mood.
I've also found that these wines need a lot time in the cellar to really show. That '02 Gravner is probably still 5-6 years away from just starting to get good.
I tasted the '97 RG the other day. One of the first Gravner anfora wines -- made before he'd converted everything to clay. It was amazing to me how it had fleshed out, in contrast to the '02.
Lovely post. God wine indeed.
- July 2, 2009 at 7:59 PM
- hazel said...
Everybody loves Radikon wines is a wonderful human being...nice to read you sharon...come to see us at http://www.armadillobar.blogspot.com
- August 7, 2009 at 5:43 PM
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Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT)
inhibitors allow a larger amount of levodopa to reach the brain, which raises
dopamine levels there. They help provide a more stable, constant supply of
levodopa, which makes its beneficial effects last longer.
COMT inhibitors are always taken in combination with levodopa. They do not have any effect on Parkinson's disease symptoms by themselves.
COMT inhibitors are used in
combination with levodopa to treat people with
Parkinson's disease who have:
COMT inhibitors are helpful to many
people who have Parkinson's disease. Treatment with tolcapone or entacapone
A combination medicine (Stalevo) combines
entacapone, levodopa, and carbidopa. This may be more convenient for some
people, because they would need to take only one pill instead of two.
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
Call your doctor right away if you have:
See Drug
Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in
all systems.)
Both of these drugs can cause a change in the color of your urine. Entacapone can turn your urine brownish orange. Tolcapone can turn your urine bright yellow. You do not need to worry about this. But if you are taking tolcapone and your urine turns dark brown along with the other signs of liver damage listed above, call your doctor immediately.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsStowe R, et al. (2010). Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of adjuvant treatment to levodopa therapy in Parkinson's disease patients with motor complications. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (7).
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Wood Works: 3 DIY Ideas for the Weekend
Like many others, I am addicted to Pinterest. I love the constant stream of visual inspiration and the way that it allows me to organize my images. I also love the continuous flow of great ideas that come across my screen…
Here are three recent ideas I found there, all focused on working with wood.
1. Wood Grain Silhouettes - Ditch the jigsaw in favor of paint to create reverse image artwork. Lowe's provides a complete how-to on creating personal plywood art, and HGTV's Genevieve Gorder makes over a foyer, showing the project in action.
2. Wax Paper Image Transfer - Use wax paper, an inkjet printer and a credit card to transfer images onto wood. This step-by-step tutorial by Angela Lerew at Unexpected Elegance has images and advice for achieving the best results.
3. Staining Wood, Naturally - How to use vinegar and metal to stain wood. According to The Money Pit, "A handful of pennies will produce a beautiful pale Caribbean blue stain. A wad of steel wool will give you a rich reddish hue. A combination of tea and a metal object in vinegar will produce a black stain." The article also provides ideas on using other non-toxic ingredients, such as tea, coffee, walnut hulls and black raspberries to stain wood, as well.
Would you try any of these projects yourself? Which one inspires you the most?
(Images: 1. Lowe's, 2. Unexpected Elegance, 3. The Money Pit)


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Richard Arnold Moores was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and studied art at the Chicago Art Academy. He worked as an assistant to Chester Gould on the backgrounds and lettering of 'Dick Tracy' between 1932 and 1936. In 1936, he created 'Jim Hardy' (later called 'Windy and Padles') for the United Feature Syndicate. He turned to animation in 1942, and joined the Disney Studios. Besides animation projects, Moores also worked on many comics starring the Disney characters.
Uncle Remus Sunday page (5 October 1947)
Moores worked mainly on the newspaper strips during the 1940s and 1950s. He inked the 'Mickey Mouse' strips by Floyd Gottfredson between 1942 and 1945 and was Manuel Gonzales' inker on 'Mickey Mouse' Sundays, 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Treasury of Classic Tales' from 1950 to 1955. He inked Paul Murry's 'Silly Symphonies' page starring 'Panchito' and 'Jose Carioca' (1942-45) and was a penciller on the Sunday pages of 'Uncle Remus and his Tales of Brer Rabbit' (1946-50) and 'Scamp' (1956), as well as the daily 'Scamp' strip (1955-56). During the same period, Moores additionally illustrated stories for Dell Publishing's comic books with 'Mickey Mouse' and 'Donald Duck', but also with Warner's 'Bugs Bunny' and 'Porky Pig'. He additionally developed TV commercials with Jack Boyd in 1950-1951.
In 1956, Frank King asked him to assist him on the daily 'Gasoline Alley' strip, which he took over competely after its creator's retirement in 1959. Moores' run on the strip was very successful; he modernized the style and focused on a different set of characters than King. When Sunday's artist Bill Perry retired in 1975, Moores also took over this page, aided by Bob Zschiesche. He drew 'Gasoline Alley' until his death in 1986, and he was succeeded by his assistant Jim Scancarelli.


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Password Safe 3.22Naviga SWZ: Home Page » News
# New Features
* Support for Danish has been added - thanks to Rejmond for his effort in translating!
* [2983775] Recently Used Entries are now saved in the database header and so are "persistent". The current Windows user interface limits this to a maximum of the last 25 entries accessed.
* [2980609] Allow date filters to use relative dates
* [2979411] A single entry can now be exported to a text or XML file via the Edit menu or right-click context menu.
* [2957185] Add Synchronize function to the menu options during review of the results of a Compare database operation.
* Validation of databases can now be performed via the Manage menu as well as via the command line flag ´-v´. When executed via the menu, it is very similar to opening a new database in that the current open database is closed and the selected database is validated during the open process.
* Allow user to select external editor for Notes field in Add/Edit dialog.
* Add entry size to the available filters to be able view entries.
* Warn users during database open and entry import if there are entries with large text fields (e.g. Notes) that cannot be fully displayed and may be truncated if edited.
# Changes to Existing Features
* Preferences are now saved in the ´normal´ per-user directory under Windows. Existing installations will use current preferences, but users can migrate to the new location via Manage->Options->System->Migrate PasswordSafe configuration to user directory.
* New databases will be created by default in "My Safes" directory under "My Documents".
# Bugs fixed
* [3004446] Deleting a group of entries works again.
* [2994118] Swedish version no longer crashes when checking for latest version.
* [2990734] Changing either whether password history is kept and deleting currently saved history now activates the OK Button.
* [2990609] Clicking to rename entries is now disabled when database is read-only.
* [2984527] Database preferences (including the Idle Timer setting) now retained during a locking minimize to the System Tray.
* [2977941] The password expiry date is now updated during edit if the password is changed either via the Generate button or by the user manually editing it.
* [2977045] Can now make password expiration date any value from the current date.
* [2962916] Save toolbar button only enabled if database is R/W and has been changed since last saved.
* [2962847] Fix password length checking to be between 4 and 1024 during menu Generate Password option & Password Policy setting as per previous releases.
* [2960709] Entry selected prior to workstation locking is reselected on being restored after unlocking the workstation.
* [2957933] Ensure that AutoType delay and wait times are not impacted by numeric characters from any entry field substitution.
* [2951871] Shortcut related menu items now returned to the Edit menu and the "Run Command", "Browse to URL", "Browse to URL + Autotype" and "Send email" functions now work again, when a Shortcut entry is selected.
* [2897661, 2779654] Group expand/collapse state restored after the database is Locked, Minimized or "AutoType with Minimize" and then Restored.
* Use of External Editor on Notes field from Edit dialog now activates Apply and OK buttons.
* Fix errors if importing an XML file with entries with duplicate unique IDs (UUID elements).
* Remove "Confirm Deletion of Entries" checkbox from theMisc. Options page. New support for Undo/Redo made this unnecessary. Users are always asked to confirm the deletion of Groups or entries that have aliases or shortcuts.
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Just Two More Days To Unlock Your Phone, Then You'll Be Breaking The Law
from the ridiculous dept
That window ends on Sunday. In other words, unlocking your phone on Saturday: legal. Unlocking your phone on Sunday: you probably just broke the law. As the EFF properly notes, this is not what copyright law is supposed to be about:
"Arguably, locking phone users into one carrier is not at all what the DMCA was meant to do. It's up to the courts to decide."I don't even think there's anything "arguable" about it. Copyright law has no business being involved in deciding whether or not my phone can be unlocked. It's silly that this is an issue. It's silly that there needed to be an exemption in the first place. And it's silly that this exemption is being taken away. It's for things like this that people lose respect for copyright law.


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Q. What is used to light up the signs?
A. It is backlit using a common 110 volt lighting system.
Q. Is this backlit lighting system something that is hard to find or expensive to purchase?
A. No it is easy to find and included in the $25 you will spend to make one Blazing Window Sign.
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Q What size is one Blazing Window Sign?
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Q. How do I cut out these letters?
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Q. When you say it involves some cutting by hand do you mean with a pair of scissors?
A. The cutting process is actually very easy and quick I can't reveal all of our methods but it is more like tracing than scissor cutting. From start to finish you can make a complete Blazing Window Sign in about 30 Minutes!
Q. How much can I sell these Blazing Window Signs for?
A. I sold hundreds of these in the mid 1990's for $125 each.
Q. How come I have never heard of these Blazing Window Signs before?
A. I stopped making these in the late 1990's. I became involved in another business and shelved this idea up until April of 2011 when my son was helping me clean out the attic and he found a couple of these Blazing Window Signs. We are now marketing the idea for the first time again since 1998.
Q. I would like to see pictures of the Blazing Window Signs from the side and back.
A. With the purchase of our kit you will receive dozens of high resolution photos and assembly instructions. If we put these photos on our web site some folks would attempt to copy our design without the purchase of a kit.
Q. How long will it take me to assemble one of these Blazing Window Signs?
A. Your first one could take an hour or more. After you have done one or two expect to spend about 30 minutes on each one after that.
Q. So what you are saying is for $125 you will show me how to make these Blazing Window Signs for $25 each and I can make them in about 30 minutes and they can be sold for $125. I can make as many as I want and never have to buy anything from you.
A. That is correct you purchase all of you supplies locally.
Q. So what do I get with the $125 Kit?
A. We email you a 47 page instruction book. With dozens of high resolution photos and detailed instructions. We tell you what supplies to purchase and where you can purchase them. You can have your first Blazing Window Signs ready for sale tomorrow.
Q. But what about the down economy?
A. There are hundreds of store front business within driving distance of you that are looking for ways to cheaply increase their foot traffic. You will have exactly what they are looking for!
Q. Is it possible to make these in advance and sell to store owners on an impulse buy?
A. That is exactly what I did with these in the mid 1990's. I specialized in beauty shops. Tanning, Nails,Perms,Hair,Sale. They were all big sellers. I also had Signs for auto part stores, pet stores, drug stores, convenience stores, grocery stores, day care centers. I could spend the weekend assembling the light fixtures and cutting sign material. I would load up the back of the truck and have a Blazing Window Sign ready to go for almost any business I would run across.
Q. Will I need any special tools to make these Blazing Window Signs.
A. You will need a power drill to drill 4 holes. And a hand saw to make 4 cuts.
Q. Can I get a complete kit so I don't have to shop for supplies?
A. Yes we have a complete kit with all the supplies needed for 1 Blazing Window Sign. This complete kit is $175.00. The complete kits are pre drilled and cut so that no power tools are needed.
Q. How much does one of these Blazing Window Signs weigh?
A. 7 Pounds. That is why it is so easy to use several Blazing Window Signs to make larger signs.
Q. If I buy a kit can I be guaranteed an exclusive territory?
A. No. Blazing Window Signs will always be available on our website. We cannot stop people from ordering from our site.
Q. Will you ship the Blazing Window Sign Complete kit to Canada?
A. Yes same price as the States.
Q. Do I need a special printer to make these banners?
A. No any printer will do the trick.
Q. How long will these Blazing Window Signs last?
A. light fixture can easily last a decade. Sign Material will last couple years in direct sun.
Q. Do you offer refunds.
A. All sales are final. When we initially offered refunds some folks would continue to use our information for sign building basically scamming us out of a free kit.
Blazing Window Signs Emailed Instruction Book (you buy all the parts locally) $125.00 No Shipping
Blazing Window Signs Emailed Instruction Book (you buy all the parts locally) $125.00 No Shipping
Blazing Window Signs Complete Kit Includes All The Parts Needed For 1 Blazing Window Sign Assembly $175.00
We ship Out Your Package The Next Business Day Priority Mail $19.95
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*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***Blade length: 10.25 in.Total length: 15.20 in.Blade height (at heel): 1.20 in.Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.10 in.Item weight: 4.64 oz.Blade: Hon warikomi blade combining a 52100 carbon steel core with 416 stainless steel sidesBolster: Textured sterling silver hibakiHandle: Stabilized cottonwood burl
Description: Bill Burke, who was honored as a Master Smith June 2008, is best known for creating some of the best hunters that can be found anywhere. Over the last few years, he also put his attention to creating chef's knives. The results are exceptional.
Slicing knives are well suited to slicing steaks, roasts and portioning fish due to the extra long, thin blade. Extremely sharp, they are also well suited to preparing sushi.
This blade was hand forged in a technique known as hon warikomi. This modification of san mai (three layers) forges stainless steel to the sides of a carbon steel blade. The result is the exceptional edge holding of 52100 carbon steel with significantly easier care. The transition line between stainless steel and carbon steel is exceptionally dramatic.
Like his hunting knives, this slicer was pre-tested for edge flex and cutting ability before assembly. The heat treatment followed the formulas developed by Mastersmith Ed Fowler in conjunction with Bill and has been proven to create some of the sharpest and most long lasting edges found anywhere.
A sterling silver habaki (blade guard) makes a nice transition between handle and blade. The handle is sculpted to assure a comfortable, secure grip, swelling at the palm and butt. The stabilized cottonwood burl has tight, swirling grain patterns throughout. The knife has perfect balance and feels exceptional in the hand.
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text: You should never be separated from your newborn baby. Your KangaCarrier will enable you to do this safely by stabilising the baby's airway For nine months of pregnancy, mother and foetus have been one entity. In the womb the baby is warm, fed and protected, and that is all it needs to develop. When it is newborn, it still needs to be warmed, fed and protected, and when placed skin-to-skin on mother's chest, a newborn baby is in the one place where warmth, food and protection is best available. Human newborns are born very immature, and in a way complete their gestation and development outside the womb, on mother's chest. This specially designed shirt and wrapper comes with careful instructions for correct tying on for the safety of your newborn infant and for your maximum comfort, leaving your hands free to get on with your life, while at the same time doing the best for your baby. Standard stock is sky blue, a variety of other colours are available from time to time. As it is a wraparound shirt, it fits most sizes, but is also available as an XL (Extra large) For background on this shirt see how and where it was developed ... and how to use ot for full term babies, quite separately from premature babies. There are practical tips on its use, and some aspects on safe technique described also. Further information. How to use the KangaCarrier is also illustrated in two of our films: Kangaroo Mother Care – Rediscover the Natural Way to Care for Your Nerwborn Baby. Hold Your prem - the film Why Kangaroo Mother Care and the use of the KangaCarrier works is related in a 51 minute video: Kangaroo Mother Care – Restoring the Original Paradigm for Infant Care To order more shirts, or the videos, contact Jill Bergman at firstname.lastname@example.com or phone -27 –21- 5315819 DISCLAIMER. The care of premature and lowbirth weight infants should be under the supervision of a suitably qualified health professional. No liability for any adverse event in any way related to the use of the KangaCarrier is accepted by Kangaroo Mother Care Promotions or the author.


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Item num: 89427
Blade length: 5.00 in.Total length: 9.50 in.Blade height (at heel): 1.10 in.Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.06 in.Item weight: 2.95 oz.Shipment weight: 6.65 oz.Blade: Zwilling formula stainless steel, hardened to 57 RchHandle: D-shaped handle black micarta with central mosaic pin
Description: Miyabi knives blend the tradition of Japanese bladesmithing with the excellence of German engineering. Made in Japan from exclusive German Zwilling formula stainless steel, this 130mm (5 inch) shutoh - or small utility/slicing knife - combines the sharpness and geometry Japanese knives are famous for with the easy care and durability typical of German blades. A perfect choice for slicing meats and vegetables or any precise kitchen tasks.
The edge is hand-finished with the traditional 3-step Honbazuke method, meaning each blade is honed by an artisan to an angle of between 9.5 and 12 degrees per side. This acute angle, in combination with the Honbazuke method results in unbelievable sharpness.
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Gamers were admittedly a bit confused last week, when Capcom released a trailer for a newly-announced Lost Planet spinoff to be titled "E.X. Troopers." The reason for their puzzlement? The game's bizarre departure from the gritty and mature themes known to the franchise, featuring instead colorful anime avatars and clean cel-shaded graphics, complete with manga-style sound effects dancing around the screen.
Though the look of the game still has many scratching their heads, there's really little cause for concern. To be honest, E.X. Troopers looks pretty awesome, and many are quick to forget that some truly awesome franchises have been spin-offs of already successful games.
Not convinced? Here's five examples of fantastic spin-off games, which despite jumping genres and styles, are true classics in their own right.


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DuPont Announces 2012 Packaging Award Winners
Prestigious Global Awards Celebrate Innovation, Sustainability and Cost/Waste Reduction
WILMINGTON, Del., May 10, 2012 – Innovative vacuum-packaging that reduces food waste by keeping meat looking and staying fresh longer took top honors in DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. Retail packaging that boosts shelf appeal, a robust packaging recycling project and modular industrial packaging that cuts waste and cost captured gold honors.
Several leading brands – Heinz, Kraft, Pepperidge Farm, Cadbury and Unilever – also took home diamond, gold or silver awards in the 24th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, the industry's longest-running, global, independently judged celebration of innovation and collaboration throughout the value chain.
The 2012 diamond winner exemplifies the role packaging plays in helping to feed a growing population around the world.
"FreshCase® packaging technology for meat, selected by the Jurors as this year's diamond winner, addresses the important effort to help ensure food maintains its nutritional value and freshness," said William J. Harvey, president of DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers. "In the face of a growing population with limited resources, food waste from spoilage must be greatly reduced, and innovative packaging solutions will play a critical role in that story."
An expert panel evaluated 200 entries from 21 countries and awarded one diamond winner, five gold winners and 10 silver winners based on "excellence" in one, two or all three categories: Innovation, Sustainability and Cost/Waste Reduction.
Diamond Winner
Excellence in Innovation, Cost/Waste Reduction and Sustainability
New Meat-Packaging Technology Keeps Meat Fresher Longer to Reduce Food Waste, FreshCase® Packaging for Fresh Red Meats by Curwood, Inc. – A Bemis Division - USA
FreshCase® packaging is the first-ever, vacuum package for red meat that maintains the meat's appetizing color through a found-in-nature proprietary additive in the contact layer of the barrier package. Traditional vacuum-packaged meat is "purple," deemed distasteful by many consumers who equate color with freshness. FreshCase® packaging also extends shelf life 10 times longer than store-wrapped meat. The combination of longer shelf life and more appetizing appearance promises to both reduce food waste and increase the availability of proteins in areas further away from food sources.
As an alternative for modified atmosphere (MAP) master packs and packages using EPS/PVC resin technology that dominate the case-ready meat segment, FreshCase® enables 75% less markdowns/waste than store-wrapped meats, less landfill waste and reduces packaging materials up to 75%, compared to other case-ready formats, thereby improving sustainability.
Gold Winners
Innovation and Sustainability or Innovation and Cost/Waste Reduction
New Goldfish™ Bread Packaging Makes a Splash on Store Shelves
Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats® thin rolls and Goldfish Sandwich Bread™ (Flats) Packaging by Pepperidge Farm; CP Flexible Packaging; Printpack, Inc.; Sealstrip Corporation – USA
With their new package design, Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats® thin rolls and Goldfish Sandwich Bread™ (Flats) bring life to the bakery aisle and radically change how bread is displayed.
This new package features a horizontal flow wrap package made of a film lamination that provides excellent seal strength, tear resistance, increased barrier for longer shelf life and, with a reverse printing process, outstanding shelf appeal. Traditional closures are replaced with a pressure-sensitive Sealstrip® closure that provides excellent resealability, ensuring that the product stays fresh. Removal of the tray component enables 65% less material to be used. 25% more packages can be shipped in the same amount of space as the original package, resulting in reduced transportation costs.
This is an outstanding example of how innovation can be simple and affordable for consumers, while making a splash on store shelves.
Honored for Excellence in Innovation and Waste Reduction
Closed-Loop Recycling System Conserves Natural Resources and Engages Consumers, Ciclo Verde Taeq® – White Tea by Grupo Pão de Açúcar; Papirus – Brazil
Ciclo Verde Taeq® is a closed-loop system that brings recycled materials into the production of high-value products instead of being used to make lower value articles and enables societal benefits. Ciclo Verde Taeq® begins with the collection of recyclable materials at Grupo Pão de Açúcar stores, and all the materials are donated to cooperatives made up of more than 660 low-income families in Brazil. After sorting the materials, the cooperatives sell the cellulosic material to Papirus, a paperboard manufacturer, who sells its material to be used to produce new packaging for Taeq products. Since 2010, more than 600 tons of cellulosic material has been collected and used for Taeq packaging. This recycling system diverts materials from landfills, conserves natural resources, enables consumers to do their part for the environment and generates earnings for the low-income families.
Honored for Excellence in Sustainability and Waste Reduction
Multi-Dimensional Packaging Solution Combines Ready-to-Ship, Ready-to-Display and Ready-to-Sell Capabilities … and it's Re-Useable, "THE CUBE®" (Packaging System) by Smart Packaging Systems; Acme Packaging, an ITW Co.; My Compadre,LLC; Impact Mfg.; Incrementia Inc.; One Way Display - USA/Canada
"THE CUBE® reinvents retail and industrial packaging, enabling merchandise to go straight from the manufacturer's production line, onto a delivery truck and then right onto the retailer sales floor, eliminating costs while simultaneously increasing sales per square foot. The patented system overcomes many of the challenges facing materials handling: it reduces the number of pallets and amount of shrink wrap needed, eliminates the need for corrugated materials and enables an attractive, durable and effective display of the product. Labor needed to stack and display merchandise is reduced, and easy disassembly and reassembly makes it easy to reuse. Made of a special engineered 100 percent paperboard lamination and a combination of recycled and virgin fibers, THE CUBE® was the first design to meet the display labor savings and Environmental, ISTA Testing directives from WAL-MART.
Honored for Excellence in Innovation and Sustainability
Innovative Aerosol Dispenser Technology Cuts Use of Propellants, AirOPack® by IPS Innovative Packaging Solutions AG – Switzerland
AirOPack® is a new, innovative technology to dispense fluids, high viscosity liquids and creams by using a patented pressure control device that relies on air instead of conventional hydrocarbon chemical propellants.
This dispenser consists of a blow-molded plastic container fitted with a compressed air chamber and a pressure control device to protect against pressure drop, improve ease of use and ensure the maximum amount of product can be extracted from the container. Since it is made entirely of plastic it can be recycled after use. AirOPack® is very unique to the aerosol dispenser industry. Consumers can see the product. Replacing flammable propellant gas with air also eliminates adverse effects on the environment.
Honored for Excellence in Innovation and Sustainability
'Flexible' is Key in New Cost-Saving Packaging Dividers, ITB Packaging LLC Soft Flexible Divider by ITB Packaging, LLC – USA
ITB Packaging LLC developed a new manufacturing process to create high-quality packaging dividers that are easy to assemble and use, reducing labor costs. The dividers are made of lightweight, soft, flexible materials to cushion contents during transit and flatten when not in use, allowing for easy storage and transport. Compared with bulkier, more rigid, die-cut corrugated dividers, the ITB Packaging system significantly reduces shipping and storage requirements. ITB Packaging creates both reusable and expendable dividers.
Honored for Excellence in Innovation and Cost Reduction
Silver Winners
Easy-Open Condiment Helps to Protect the Environment, Kraft YES Pack by Kraft Foods; Exopack; Foth Production Solutions, LLC; PE International; The Food Group; Smart Bottle, Inc.; – USA
The Kraft YES Pack, which stands for Yield, Ease and Sustainability, is an innovative and environmentally friendly flexible gallon dressing package. Yes Pack is designed to help Foodservice Operators manage costs and improve back-of-house efficiencies with improved dressing yield of up to 99 percent*. The dual handled design allows for easy carrying and the smaller spout provides precision pouring. Also, when compared to the production of the rigid gallon jug, the YES Pack is made with: 50 percent less energy, 60 percent less plastic, and 70 percent fewer CO2 emissions from transportation.
*compared to rigid gallon jug
Honored for Excellence in Waste Reduction
Electro-Conductive Packaging Helps Keep Frozen Food 'Fresh', Ultra-Freshness Preservation Freezing System Using High "Electric Potential" and Electro Conductive Packaging by Mutsumi Chemical Industry Co, Ltd; SUN Electric Company, Ltd.; Enshu-Kasei Co. Ltd.; – Japan
The Ultra-Freshness Preservation Freezing System uses technology proven in the electronics industry to ensure food quality and increase both shelf life and appeal. This rapid-freezing system uses both alternating and direct current, high "electric potential," at the same time to rapidly cool the product without oxidization, reducing the size of ice crystals that form in food cells. This process relies on a unique package design that includes an electro conductive bag made of L-LDPE and DuPont™ Entira™ AS. The combination of rapid freezing and the innovative electro-conductive bag preserves food taste and texture, reducing the amount of edible food thrown away.
Honored for Excellence in Innovation
New Bottle Design Dramatically Reduces Material Use, Increases Customer Convenience and Visibility for Shoppers and Reduces Cost, Short Neck Jar for Confy by Kraft Foods – Cadbury India Limited – India
To counteract the rising cost of raw materials, Kraft Foods redesigned bottles containing Cadbury products, reducing material use and allowing easy-open for the customer. The new lightweight Short Neck Jar replaces the traditional long-neck, screw-cap design with a short-neck, snap-fit cap, greatly reducing the amount of material used, maintaining stability and enabling to maintain all functional requirements of the jar. The market response is extremely positive.
Honored for Excellence in Cost/Waste Reduction
Simplified Closure System Reduces Waste, Cost and Supply Chain Complexity,
Project Galvanise for Ponds Talcum Powder by Hindustan Unilever, Ltd – India
Project Galvanise replaces the previous three-piece plastic closure of Ponds Talcum Powder with a two-piece rotating cap. The new bottle design increases shelf appeal, and the tamper-evident plastic cap ensures that the consumer is getting the 'genuine' product, resulting in a 9 percent increase in market share. The snap-fit cap is easily assembled to the new round shape of the bottle and eliminates the need to orient the bottle during filling. Project Galvanise achieved significant cost savings and reduced polymer material savings use by 640 tons and 200 tons of PVC shrink sleeve elimination.
Honored for Excellence in Cost/Waste Reduction
Desiccant Laminate Decreases Contamination Risks in Pharmaceutical Packaging, Formpack Dessiflex™ Plus by Amcor Flexibles Singen GmbH – Germany
To provide extra protection for moisture-sensitive capsules, Amcor developed the Formpack® Dessiflex™ Plus for cold-formed blister packaging. The desiccant is included in the sealing layer of the blister bottom foil, thus eliminating the need for a separate desiccant material and protecting each blister cavity individually. This extends shelf life of the product and increases its stability ––significant factors in the pharmaceutical industry.
Honored for Excellence in Innovation
Jewel-like Brilliance Achieved in Premium Injection Molded Cosmetics Jar, Sulwhasoo Harmonizen Regenerating Cream jar by AmorePacific – Korea
Using insert injection molding, Amore Pacific achieved a new level of design innovation with its Sulwhasoo Harmonizen Regenerating Cream jar. This process removed the gap between the inner cup and the outside packaging, eliminating light refraction that would diminish the appearance of the inner graphics. The outside packaging easily adheres to the inner cup with DuPont™ Surlyn® 3D overmolding technology, offering transparency and additional aesthetic appeal. The brilliance of the inner cup graphics shine out, giving the premium cream jar a jewel-like appearance.
Honored for Excellence in Innovation
Microwaveable Food Tray Cuts Cost, Waste through Responsible Sourcing, Weight Watchers® Smart Ones® Environmentally Friendly Tray for Frozen Entrees by H.J. Heinz; Pactiv Foodservice – Food Packaging – USA
Traditional CPET microwaveable trays were replaced with a hybrid material combining polypropylene with calcium carbonate, a common natural mineral. The new frozen-food entrée tray reduces green house gas emissions by more than 45 percent during production, compared with CPET. Weight is reduced more than 15 percent and plastic use is reduced more than 40 percent, compared with previous designs. Environmentally friendly trays also are less brittle, reducing waste due to breaks during production and eliminating one of the top consumer complaints of broken trays.
Honored for Excellence in Cost/Waste Reduction
Consumer-Inspired Design Revolutionizes Laundry Experience with Tide PODS Liquid Unit Dose Laundry Detergent, Tide PODS Liquid Unit Dose Laundry Detergent by The Procter and Gamble Company and MonoSol ; Plastipak Holdings Inc.– USA
This new, brightly colored liquid unit dose product is the first three-chamber unit dose in this category, offering an ultra-convenient, 3-in-1 laundry detergent that cleans, fights stains and brightens. Tide PODS eliminates spills and the need to measure and pour liquid detergents. The pre-measured unit dose pack uses a specially-developed film that dissolves completely in the wash, even in cold water, enabling consumers to reduce energy use by washing more loads in cold water. Tide PODS tubs, made of 25 percent recycled PET, and the stand-up bags, reduce plastics use by 50 percent per load and total packaging material use by 11 percent per load compared to liquid laundry detergent bottles. Each Tide POD unit dose delivers great Tide cleaning in a form that is twice as compacted as liquid detergent today.
Honored for Excellence in Cost/Waste Reduction
Packaging Differentiates High-End Pet Food, Laminate with Hot Foil Stamping, Matte Surface and High-Definition Flexo Print by Mondi Coatings & Consumer Packaging GmbH - Austria
In the competitive, premium pet-food market, Mondi Lindlar GmbH helps Interquell's Happy Dog pet food products differentiate themselves on retail shelves with a unique and extraordinary packaging solution. The design features silver embossed 3D lettering, a matte material surface and high-definition flexo print. The distinctive, high-end package combines blind, flat, or relief embossing on plastic laminate and high-quality, high-definition printed images with sharp outlines and colors to create a remarkable design.
Honored for Excellence in Innovation
Microcellular Technology Keeps Food Containers Cool or Hot, InCycle® CPET Tray and Cold Party Cup by MicroGREEN Polymers, Inc. – USA
Through the use of the ad-air solid-state microcellular plastics process, MicroGREEN Polymers uses non-reacting, recycled CO2 gas to thermoform recycled PET plastic rolls into inherently insulating trays and cups. The CPET trays and the cold party cups are 45 percent lighter than their solid plastic counterparts and are respectively 70 percent and 60 percent less dense, resulting in lower thermal conductivity. This allows consumers to handle CPET trays straight from the oven without being burnt and keeps the beverage in their cold party cups refreshingly cold, while providing significant environmental benefits.
Honored for Excellence in Cost/Waste Reduction
"The common thread was a focus on collaboration," said lead DuPont Awards juror Brian Wagner, vice president, Packaging Technology Integrated Solutions, a HAVI Global Solutions Direct Company. "It wasn't just one company doing it by themselves; they leveraged their suppliers strategically. There was a real focus on consumer insight on the impact of packaging at shelf and throughout the user experience."
The innovation represented by the DuPont Awards winners is one part of the solution needed to improve global food security. For more information on DuPont's initiatives to address food security issues, visit http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/.


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With Carol Kuhlthau as moderator, we propose a panel of six information behavior researchers with diverse views on operationalizing findings and theoretical positions in information behavior/information seeking research for application in information system design and for re-envisioning library and information services for technological information environments. Whereas computer-science designed information systems and technological environments in libraries are designed for the user with an answer or at least the form of the answer firmly in mind, information seeking research is interested in the user with a complex information need who utilizes an information system or library service for knowledge construction and sense-making. The dilemma is how to communicate information behavior/information seeking research and objectives to those who design the systems.


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DoCoMo, Vodafone, Handset Vendors To Work On Mobile Linux
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NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone, Motorola, Samsung, NEC and Panasonic say they'll work together on mobile Linux, building it into a consistent platform that can be adopted by multiple vendors. Sound familiar? It's pretty similar to separate plans announced earlier by the Open Source Development Labs as well as the Lips Forum. Despite a fair bit of fanfare, neither of those groups has appeared to produce much of anything. The involvement of two major operators -- with their implicit interest in getting Linux devices to their customers -- should give this group a bit more impetus to move quickly and actually do something. It's high time Linux lived up to the hype in the smartphone space, but the issues holding it back -- fragmentation and inconsistency -- don't look like they're too much closer to being solved.


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Redsin Tower (US - DVD R1)
Gabe Powers takes a journey to the creepiest tower in all of Pittsburg...
After recently dumping her possessive boyfriend, nothing seems to be going Kim's way. Heartbroken, her ex obsessively calls the cops on the party she was supposed to attend with her best friend Becky. The friends then team up with four others who are not yet ready to call it a night, and the group moves the festivities at the sight of the town's most notorious urban legend, the Redsin Tower. Kim's wacky ex is not far behind.
I find myself in a situation I'm sure most real film critics find themselves in all the time—I'm reviewing a film made by someone I've actually met. Though I'm not buddies with director Fred Vogel, I've shaken his hand, and there's a good possibility that I run into him again if I keep attending Chicago's Flashback Weekend every year. On top of this, I'm casual friends with one of the film's three executive producers, Xploitedcinema.com's Tony Simonelli. So the question is, do I take it easy on the film because I'm afraid it's director will break my spine and use it as a plot in his next film, or do I overcompensate at the risk of being called a sell-out by my three loyal readers? Two loyal readers? Well my dad has to count, right?
Anyway, my loyal reader (hi Dad!) will just have to take me at my word when I say I'm being as honest as I can with this review.
Redsin Tower marks a rather dramatic stylistic change from gritty, grimy indie studio Toe Tag Pictures, who have made a name for themselves with the brutal and disturbingly realistic August Underground series (or so I've heard, I've never found the balls to actually watch any of them). This turn is most obviously represented by the presence of a plot. We're not talking intricately wound, surprise-a-minute kind of plot, but we've got character development, flashbacks, three acts, and a couple fun twists. Vogel and his crew handle the change-up gracefully; much more gracefully than half the slasher productions it gracefully apes.
The film's independent (and I mean real independent, not multi-million dollar, fakie 'independent') status is pretty obvious if you want to look for it in the form of amateur acting (though above average for the type, especially Peter Schmidt) and low production values, until the beginning of the second act when our protagonists finally make it to the titular tower, and the set pieces, special effects, and acting take a quite a turn in quality. Whether it was meant this way or not, the sudden transformation in quality has a similar shock effect to films like Cannibal Holocaust, Audition and Last House on the Left, where an audience is lulled into a relative sense of security before being jabbed by the gut-punch. Vogel and companies' so-so work effectively tricked me into assuming I was in for just another cheapy teenie killer.
Toe Tag has really made a name for itself through unflinchingly realistic gore effects on a teeny-tiny budget, and though Redsin Tower isn't quite as abrasive as their previous releases, there is plenty of surprisingly realistic slaughter on screen. But this alone wouldn't be growth, so Vogel includes a few effective lighting effects, and some really nice set design. When mixed with energetic camera work and overwhelming sound design the film's supernaturally enhanced sequences, earning a few tentative comparisons to horror uber-indie Evil Dead (as does the overall plot). The final feature is a bit overlong, and the first act humour falls a little flat, but overall I was honestly impressed, and honestly recommend Redsin Tower to folks that know what their getting into with independently produced, hard core horror.
Even the classy lighting and set design can't cover lower quality video, which is ultimately the thing that separates real independent features from their small and big studio counterparts. The overall image here is pretty soft and details often obscured beyond the purposefully dark design. The darkness is effective, but the image isn't fully black, and what is black is inconstant. Grain is to be expected, and ads something to the aesthetic, though the crispness of smoke effects and background details are sometimes lost, which is really too bad.
Classy sound design and improvements in technology mean that cheap features can sound as good as expensive features. This disc is a good example of how much production value comes out of clever and large surround design. Some of the sound effects are a little over done and echo a tiny bit more than they probably should, but the horror stuff is golden, and ads a lot of scare to scenes that might seem silly otherwise. I made fun of another indie horror production, Live Feed, for its overwrought synth score, and might have expected the same from Redsin Tower, but I was pleased by the relative subtlety of the music, which often effectively blends into the bizarre soundscape.
The Toe Tag crew (Fred Vogel, Shelby Lyn Vogel, Jerami Cruise, and Cristie Whiles) offers up a spirited and happy commentary track that is a joy to listen too. The behind the scenes stories are often harrowing (the actor originally meant to be the hero came down with Crohn's disease and had to be rushed to the hospital), the inspirations are amusing, and the informative, how-to bits are great. A lot of work went into this feature, and the commentary track is a consistent reminder.
The other extras include a Toe Tag introduction, a behind the scenes look at one of the film's more bloody kills, with commentary, a behind the scenes photo slide show, and two trailers.
Let's see here, I made comparisons to Last House and Evil Dead—that should probably keep me alive the next time I see director Fred Vogel. I was also sure to point out the film's shortcomings, which should stop Dad from sending me sell-out hate mail. Redsin Tower starts a little slowly, and might not appeal to fans of glossy Hollywood horror, but really, dollar for dollar this is a pretty effective little feature. The DVD isn't too shabby either, you should really buy a copy from my friends at Xploitedcinema.com, or visit the film's official site here.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 10th October 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: None
Extras: Director/Crew Commentary, 'Butchering Becky', Toe Tag Introduction, Slide Show, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Fred Vogel
Cast: Bethany Newell, Perry Tiberio, Jessica Kennedy, Meghan O'Halloran, Peter Schmidt
Genre: Horror
Length: 87 minutes
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Ever since Sprint and HTC announced the HTC EVO 4G LTE, I've been wanting to get my grubby little hands on one. The HTC One X variant is up for preorder on May 7th, with Sprint claiming a release would come shortly thereafter. The EVO 4G LTE will run $199.99 with new two year agreement, continuing Sprint's insistence on $200 as the ideal high-end smartphone price.
The Rumor
Sprint will release the EVO 4G LTE on May 18th both online and in Sprint's retail stores. Today's rumor serves as further evidence of a May 18th date, after a PhoneDog rumor last week.
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This rumor comes from an anonymous source inside Sprint, who for obvious reasons wishes to remain nameless. This source has proven reliable in the past, pinpointing the release date for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus, and I find this source to be trustworthy.
One Android Insider's take on the rumor
With preorders of the HTC EVO 4G LTE set to begin on May 7th, May 18th seems just about as good a date as any for the follow up to the highly popular EVO line, and goes along with a previous PhoneDog rumor from a separate source. That said, both the Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper were released on a Sunday, giving us just a bit of skepticism that Sprint would choose to launch the EVO 4G LTE on a Friday.
Still, our source has provided us reliable information in the past, and we know that Sprint wants to get the EVO 4G LTE out as soon as possible. Unless we hear otherwise, we're going to go ahead and pen the 18th in as the EVO's release date, and you probably should too.
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Last year I wrote about my love of dining out with my pups. Fortunately in New York, most restaurants with outdoor seating allow dogs, so finding one is as easy as taking a walk around the neighborhood. Even if I don't have my canine crew with me, I like to support pet friendly establishments. Recently, I discovered a website dedicated to dog friendly reviews, PetFriendlyRestaurants.com.
The website uses a bone rating system from one bone, awarded to restaurants that simply allow pets, to three bones, bestowed on restaurants that go out of their way to welcome dogs with water bowls and treats.
A lot of the places I frequent, such the Boat Basin Café in New York, are on the website with numerous multi-bone reviews. As I browsed through the listings, I was sad to see that many local favorites no longer welcome dogs.
Some are unavoidable, such as George Keeley's, which was forced to stop letting dogs inside the bar after one too many health code fines. But others may have been preventable, such as Grey Dog's Coffee, which banned animals after a dog bit a child. Unfortunately, Grey Dog's Coffee isn't the first to do so. I've heard about numerous other restaurants that have had to stop allowing pets after patrons failed to pick up after their dogs or let unruly pups disturb other customers.
It's too bad that everyone has to suffer because of a few irresponsible people. This problem could be eliminated if people had the common sense to bring only well-behaved pets and to be vigilant about monitoring behavior. Even the most well trained dog can have a bad day. If I'm going to a restaurant, I always bring a chew toy to keep Nemo occupied and tie his leash to my chair, just in case. When Nemo was a puppy, if he got antsy, we would walk him around the block in between dishes.
For more tips, check out DogsLifeKC.com's Dog Restaurant Etiquette to keep your pup on his best behavior!