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claimstake needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 145 designs submitted by 36 freelance designers.
Durasteel has been established for over 30 years, we manufacture our own Australian made building product, Durasteel Weatherboards, and also undertake the labour side of renovating homes with this product. Durasteel has a very hands on approach with its clients, with no job being too big or too small.
We're committed to providing clients with a strong weather resistant product that will not only increase the value of their property, but make it totally maintenance free for life.
Our flagship product is the Durasteel Weatherboards. An external cladding for homes that give a completely natural weatherboard look without the issues associated with timber or other inferior products.
Our product is an inexpensive permanent solution to endless painting, warping, peeling, cracking, rotting and splitting.
It insulates your home by keeping it warm in winter and cool in summer, and is less costly than continuous painting.
The widespread recognition and acceptance of Durasteel weatherboards around Australia has seen installation of our product on public buildings, architect designed homes, family homes, extensions and
relocatable buildings.
Past clients include, Mum's & Dad's, first home buyers, property investors, architects, local Governments, Property Developers and large multinational companies.
This logo will be the beginning of a complete brand refresh that will filter through to our web presence, stationary and all our marketing in the future.
The future focus will be toward all the above mentioned past clients with new markets being geographical rather than demographical.
Our flagship product needs to drive what the logo is based on (see past logo's attached).
Durasteel is a strong name on its own however it could represent many things and we want our logo to present the image of our main product, the Durasteel Weatherboards, so it is very clear to clients what we do.
In reference to the past logos (attached), these are a bit archaic and out of proportion in some areas although they use imagery of the Weatherboard they do not represent all of the values of the company, the values we want portrayed are: organised, strong, lasting, friendly and moral. The proportions of the type are out of whack and also in parts the weatherboard appears on a lean which we don't like. The use of aspect is quite good, but we are open for creativity here also.
I have also attached an image of an off cut of the Durasteel Weatherboard as a reference along with some recently completed jobs images.
I would like to see the use of purple as that has been with the company since the beginning, however feel free to show me other colour examples as well should you feel something else would work better.
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Teacher killed in Danvers
Teacher killed in Danvers
Investigators gathered evidence in the woods behind Danvers High School, where the body of slain math teacher, Colleen Ritzer, was found.
Ritzer, 24, was "a very, very, respected, loved teacher. ... It's a terrible tragedy for the entire Danvers community," Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said.
Philip Chism, 14, was arraigned at Salem District Court, where he was charged in Ritzer's death. Chism was charged as an adult, pled not guilty, and was held without bail.
Murder suspect Philip Chism had been reported missing Tuesday after he didn't return home from school. Chism was found by Topsfield police at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday walking north on the southbound side of Route 1.
State and local police outside the high school, which was shut down due to the homicide investigation.
Pink ribbons were placed on trees in remembrance of Ritzer.
Flowers were delivered to the Andover home where Ritzer lived with her family.
Dianna Chism (center), the mother of accused killer Philip Chism, left a courthouse after Chism's arraignment.
Flowers and teddy bears were left outside Danvers High School.
Christian Snyder, 14, paid his respects outside the school.
Investigators gathered evidence in the woods behind Danvers High School, where the body of 24-year-old teacher Colleen Ritzer was found.
Police said evidence was found at "multiple scenes at the Danvers High School and surrounding wooded area."
Danvers student Christian Veatch paused after leaving flowers and a teddy bear outside the high school.
A police officer guarded the entrance to Danvers High School. Classes were canceled at all Danvers schools for the day.
A police officer guarded the entrance to the high school.
Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett spoke at a press conference at Danvers High School.
An officer outside the high school office. Police have a 14-year-old boy in custody after a high school teacher, 24, was found in the woods.
Investigators entered the woods behind the high school early Wednesday.


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The New York state court system this week unveiled its Human Trafficking Intervention Initiative to expand a network of pilot courts specially aimed at linking prostitution defendants with a range of social services, and offering the potential for non-criminal dispositions or reduced charges for these defendants. The program represents an important step toward addressing the exploitation of women, men, and children through sex trafficking. The recognition of coercion in the sex trade and of the coexistence of prostitution with needs for housing, healthcare, immigration assistance, job training, and drug treatment echo reforms in the domestic violence context to create more integrated judicial approaches to addressing the needs of victims.
These reform efforts raise the question of how much attention should be paid to the market supporters of the sex trade. Law enforcement has tended to focus on sellers of sex, rather than its purchasers, although every state in the U.S. but Nevada criminalizes both the sale and the purchase of sex. Our American approach, however, is not self-evident. Sweden criminalizes patronage but not prostitution, akin to many European countries. The NY reforms suggest further thinking about allocation of criminal responsibility.


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It's March 1st and We'll be loading new Ludwig Van product to the Ludwig Van shop – keep an eye out for your favorite styles as all Ludwig Van's product is produced in "LIMITED" numbers – (that means they sell out) and once they're gone – they're gone. – Many many thanks for your support!
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2008 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Three rows of seating for the biggest Mercedes SUV.
The 2008 Mercedes-Benz GL is the company's biggest SUV, a seven-passenger, full-size sport utility vehicle. For 2008, a GL550 with a larger engine joins the Mercedes-Benz GL320 diesel and Mercedes GL450 gasoline models.
Large and luxurious, the GL-Class full-size SUV is built in the United States alongside the M-Class mid-size SUV and the R-Class touring wagon. The GL is designed to appeal to Mercedes-Benz sedan owners who want the off-road, seven-passenger, and 7500-pound towing capabilities that come with a full-size SUV along with the luxury and safety features they have in their other Mercedes vehicles.
While their names sound similar, don't confuse the new GL-Class with the venerable G-Class or Gelandewagen. The GL shares nothing in common with the utilitarian G-Class. The GL-Class shares its basic platform with the ML-Class and R-Class.
The Mercedes-Benz GL-Class is large and capable off road yet feels surprisingly car-like on the road. That car-like feeling comes in part because it is built around a unibody architecture instead of traditional body-on-frame construction. Mercedes says the GL is strong enough to tow a 30-foot boat, a trailer carrying three horses, or a large travel trailer, but verify tongue weights and ratings before making decisions. All GL-Class models come with a seven-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel drive. All seat up to seven people.
The 2008 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class offers three models differentiated primarily by engines and features. The GL320 CDI uses a 3.0-liter turbo diesel, the GL450 comes with a 335-hp V8 engine, and the new GL550 uses a 382-hp 5.5-liter V8 found in $100,000 coupes.
All GL-Class offerings come with a seven-speed automatic transmission, the 4MATIC all-wheel-drive system, and the Airmatic air suspension system. It comes with seating for seven and with a third row that powers up or down at the touch of a button.
The GL320 CDI and GL450 models are similarly equipped, although not all options are available on both models. All models have a power driver's seat, heated power mirrors, heated windshield washer nozzles/lines/reservoir, reading lamps, burl walnut trim, and so forth.
Options include Distronic radar-controlled cruise control; a rear-seat entertainment system with two screens; Keyless Go, which allows the car to be started as long as the key is inside the vehicle and locked/unlocked with touching the key; Parktronic, which uses sonar to detect obstacles near the vehicle; a power rear tailgate; harman/kardon Logic 7 surround sound system; and DVD-based navigation.
The GL550 comes with full leather, Parktronic, rear-view camera, premium audio, adaptive bi-xenon headlamps, infrared-reflective glass, heated steering wheel, heated front and middle-row seats, and Adaptive Damping Suspension.
Safety features that come standard include eight airbags, including side airbags for all four outboard first and second-row seating positions as well as side curtain airbags that protect occupants in all three rows. It comes with active front head restraints, LATCH tethers for child safety seats, and three-point safety belts for all seating positions; make sure everyone in the vehicle always wears those seat belts because they're your first line of defense in a crash. Active safety features (to help you avoid a crash) include an Electronic Stability Program, anti-lock brakes with Brake Assist Plus, and four-wheel electronic traction control. Optional safety features include Parktronic and a rear-view camera, each of which can help alert the driver obstacles or people, including children, behind the vehicle. The last time we checked, the GL-Class did not come with child locks on the rear side doors.
The Mercedes GL-Class has similar styling cues to those of the M-Class (ML), but applies them to a larger package and adds some strong, more muscular touches. For example, both in front and at the rear, a metal skid plate (designed to protect underlying mechanical parts from damage when driving off pavement) is a prominent feature that underscores the GL's image of strength.
Unique to the GL550 is a deeper, more aggressive front-end treatment, including a larger three-pointed star that does not accommodate Distronic cruise control. It also features larger fender flares to cover the massive tires and dual-split exhaust outlets.
Seen in profile, the nicely raked windshield and bulging wheel arches over large wheels (18-inch and larger) help balance what is basically a tall and long vehicle. But even being tall and long, the GL doesn't look as bulky as, say, the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon. And even with the squared-off rear edge of its D-pillar, the GL doesn't look as boxy as the Jeep Commander.
Viewed from the rear, the GL offers a formidable stance. It's tall and wide, with a large rear hatch opening and large tail lights, all sitting above a substantial skid plate bracketed on either side by large, rectangular exhaust pipes.
Compared to the ML, the GL is nearly a foot longer overall and an inch wider in track (the axle width including wheels), though it is less than half an inch wider overall and not quite an inch taller. Despite their similar styling, the Mercedes SUVs share only their front doors; otherwise, each has unique sheet metal.
As large as the GL may appear, it's two inches shorter than the R-Class touring wagon, which also has three rows of seating, though with room for only six occupants.
The GL is built using unibody construction rather than the body-on-frame design that full-size pickups and SUVs traditionally use. Mercedes notes that because of this architecture, the GL-Class is 300-600 pounds lighter than its full-size competitors. To make sure the GL class is strong enough, 60 percent of the vehicle structure is made from special high-strength steel.
While the Mercedes GL may look sleeker than its competitors, it was designed to offer class-leading interior room and ease of entry and exit.
Cargo space also benefits. With all seats in their upright position, there's still 14 cubic feet of storage between the third-row seatbacks and the closed rear hatch door. A power folding feature for the third row is standard equipment on the GL with controls near the rear hatch and next to the right-side second-row passenger's seat. Power down those third-row seats, and cargo capacity expands to 43.8 cubic feet. Fold down the 60/40-split second row seats and the GL provides as much as 83.3 cubic feet for cargo. There's also room under the cargo floor for a full-size spare tire.
The interior layout is familiar to Mercedes drivers, with either faux or real leather trim for the seats (Mercedes notes that not all luxury car buyers want real leather seating surfaces), wood trim and metal rings around gauges, air vents, and cup holders.
The second-row seats provide ample legroom. When occupied by only two people, the back of the center section can be folded down as an armrest and storage tray.
We climbed into the third row and found room for two adults to ride back there, each in a separate seat. The room is enhanced by foot wells for your feet so you don't sit with your knees at chest level, and even the third-row seats are thickly padded to provide comfort. Fears of claustrophobia back there evaporate quickly thanks to the sunroof that extends over the third row.
The GL can be equipped with a 440-watt, 11-speaker harman/kardon Logic 7 sound system, with Sirius Satellite Radio and with a DVD video entertainment system with screens mounted in the rear of both front-seat headrests and with a 6CD changer.
Driving Impression
Driving the Mercedes GL-Class SUVs doesn't feel at all like driving the typical full-size sport utility vehicle. While this is a substantially sized vehicle, it is not truck-like. The Mercedes has a much more car-like dynamic.
The GL550 can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in six seconds or less. Its 382-hp V8 with four valves per cylinder, is part of a new family of V8 engines from Mercedes-Benz, all designed with a broad torque spectrum for hauling around 2.5 to 3.5 tons of truck.
The GL450 is more than adequate with its 335-hp V8 if towing or speed contests aren't on your agenda. Apart from the 21-inch wheels and more aggressive bodywork, a GL450 can be optioned to match a GL550 in features. Indeed, for poor road areas, severe winter climes that frequently require snow chains, or those inclined to use the low-range gear in the Off-Road package, the GL450 is the better choice.
The GL320 CDI delivers more than adequate thrust from its little V6 turbodiesel engine. In fact, it boasts more torque than the GL550's hefty V8, torque being that force that gets you going and powers you up hills. The GL320 offers slightly superior fuel economy to that of the GL550. If high-altitude driving is routine, it's worth noting the turbocharged diesel engine loses far less of its power than the normally aspirated gasoline engines as the air gets thinner. The diesel is flexible, providing maximum torque from 2800 rpm all the way up to 4800, and horsepower that pulls past 6,000 rpm.
The seven-speed automatic transmission helps keep the GL-Class engines operating in the sweet part of a power band.
The four-wheel-drive system, called 4MATIC, features front, center and rear differentials. Quite sophisticated, 4MATIC is designed to maintain mobility even when only wheel has traction. In normal driving, the system distributes power equally to front and rear wheels. The system includes DSR, a sort of cruise control for regulating downhill speed, and Hill-Start Assist, which keeps the GL from rolling backward when launched after being stopped on uphill slope. 4MATIC also adjusts anti-lock brake controls to provide quicker stops on slippery and unpaved surfaces, an important benefit many vehicles with ABS do not offer.
Airmatic is an air suspension system that uses air bladders instead of coil springs to adjust ride height by as much as three inches as well as ride firmness and body control parameters, so the driver can select from comfort and more aggressively sporty settings. The system automatically lowers the vehicle to enhance handling and aerodynamic efficiency at speeds of 77 mph or higher. Adaptive Damping II, which provides electronic control and driver-selection of shock settings for the best combination of ride comfort and handling response, is standard on the 550, optional on the 450, and not available on the 320.
Those serious about venturing far from pavement can opt for a special off-road package on the GL320 and 450 that includes special wheels and tires, a two-speed transfer case, locking center and rear differentials, adaptive damping and with ground clearance height-adjustment options to allow as much as 12.4 inches of ground clearance compared to the standard highest clearance of about 10 inches.
We did our driving on freeways in and out of San Francisco's airport and on roads through Napa Valley wine country. Steering feedback was consistent, brakes (14-inches in diameter on the front wheels and 13 inches on the rear) were responsive and consistently predictable and the GL offered nice balanced dynamic capabilities when hustled through the curves on the narrow, hilly roads that wind through the vine-covered hillsides. The fat 21-inch tires contribute commendable grip, and like the majority of wide, low-profile tires, follow pavement grooves, give sharper impact sensations, and can not use tire chains.
The full-size Mercedes-Benz GL-Class SUVs are larger than the mid-size M-Class. The GL provides more car-like dynamics than the traditional, full-size, body-on-frame SUVs from other automakers, yet can tow big trailers.
NewCarTestDrive.com contributor Larry Edsall filed this report from California's Napa Valley.
Model Lineup
Mercedes-Benz GL320 CDI ($53,000); GL450 ($55,500); GL550 ($76,975).
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Rear-seat entertainment ($2,670), Keyless go ($1,100), trailer hitch ($510), wood/leather steering wheel (no charge).
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Mercedes-Benz GL550 ($76,975).The Mercedes-Benz GL-Class is the auto maker's first large seven passenger SUV and is meant to provide all the luxury and capacity demanded by the American market. The GL-Class is offered with three different engine choices: a 215-hp 3.0-liter diesel V-6 in the GL320 CDI, a 335-hp 4.6-liter V-8 in the GL450 and a 382-hp 5.5-liter V-8 in the GL550. All engines are bolted to a 7-speed automatic transmission and full-time four-wheel drive system. Standard safety features include antilock brakes w/Brake Assist, traction control, stability control w/roll control, eight airbags, Tele Aid SOS system and a security system, to name a few. The GL-Class, introduced in 2007, adds the GL550 for 2008.
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DIXON – A former Dixon priest has returned to the ministry after law enforcement authorities cleared him of wrongdoing in a computer usage investigation, the area's Catholic bishop said.
In March, the Diocese of Rockford relieved the Rev. John Gow of St. Patrick Parish in Dixon as a result of the investigation, Bishop David Malloy of Rockford said in a statement. It was done as a precaution while Gow and the diocese cooperated with authorities, the bishop said.
Gow has now been assigned as associate pastor at St. John Neumann Parish in St. Charles. He started Sunday.
"Father Gow is returning to the full exercise of his priestly duties and deserves the total restoration of his good name and reputation," Malloy said. "The information that prompted the investigation was baseless."
Malloy's statement was read Sunday during weekend Masses at St. Patrick.
"I wish to thank the parish family of St. Patrick in Dixon for your support of Father Gow during these difficult months," Malloy said. "In addition, I am grateful to Father Gow for his cooperation and patience during this time."
Dixon Police Chief Danny Langloss said his department conducted a full investigation of Gow. It was based on information that Gow had downloaded child pornography on an electronic device, the chief said.
Officers executed a search warrant to look at all of Gow's devices and found no child pornography, Langloss said. The department got help from a computer forensics team from the attorney general's office.
The diocese and Gow cooperated with the police, Langloss said.
In previous interviews, Lee County State's Attorney Anna Sacco-Miller said she couldn't confirm or deny investigations. An online court record shows that the state's attorney's office was involved in a subpoena related to Gow earlier this summer, but no other details were available.
Gow was ordained in 2008.


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Today is my birthday (I know, I know – I don't look a day older!) and in the coming week it is the CCBFM's (Caked Crusader's Boyfriend's Mother – are you keeping up with this?) birthday. We both like sponge but whereas I like it with bells and whistles the CCBFM is a purist.
So here, for your delectation, are two birthday cakes both made using the same Victoria sponge recipe set out below. I've embellished mine with a coconut and raspberry swiss meringue buttercream and coconut covered marshmallows but the CCBFM's is sandwiched only with jam. You pays your money and takes your pick.
So here, for your delectation, are two birthday cakes both made using the same Victoria sponge recipe set out below. I've embellished mine with a coconut and raspberry swiss meringue buttercream and coconut covered marshmallows but the CCBFM's is sandwiched only with jam. You pays your money and takes your pick.
Here is the CCBFM's cake (purist):
Here is mine (bells and whistles):
One thing I would like to point out – this is the first time I've made a two-flavour buttercream i.e. raspberry and coconut. It worked REALLY well!
This is a nice generous sponge recipe – no thin layers here, just lovely deep golden sponge.
Happy birthday CCBFM, and happy birthday me!
For the cake:
250g unsalted butter, at room temperature
220g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 eggs
80ml milk
300g self raising flour
To sandwich the sponge:
110g raspberry jam (I used seedless; this amount is a guideline – use what you think looks right)
Swiss meringue buttercream (optional):
4 egg whites
250g caster sugar
250g unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 tablespoon raspberry jam (seedless)
Optional: dash of red colouring
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Line the bases of two 20cm loose bottomed sandwich tins with baking paper.
- Start by making the cakes: Beat together the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Don't skimp on this stage as this is when you get lots of lovely air into your sponge.
- Beat in the eggs gradually, add some of the flour if it looks like it might curdle.
- Beat in the milk.
- Stir in the flour until the mixture is smooth and well combined.
- Spoon into the prepared tins and level the surface.
- Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the sponge comes out clean. Another good sign is if the sponge is just pulling away from the edge of the tin.
- Leave to cool in the tins for about 20 minutes before turning out and leaving to cool completely on a wire rack.
- You can make the sponges a day in advance and store in an airtight tin.
If you're using it, now make the swiss meringue buttercream: Place the egg whites and sugar in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir pretty much constantly to prevent the egg from cooking.
- After 5-10 minutes, when the sugar has dissolved (when you cannot see any crystals on the back of the spoon), remove the bowl from the pan of simmering water and whisk until the meringue has puffed up and the mix is cool.
- Add the butter and coconut extract to the meringue and whisk until the butter has been completely incorporated into the meringue. At first it will look a disaster – it will collapse and look curdled but don't worry! Stop when the mixture is smooth, light and fluffy.
- Beat in the jam and colouring, if using.
- Take one of the sponges and cover with the jam. If you are using the buttercream also spread some of this over the jam before placing the other sponge on top.
- If you are making the simple version dust the top with icing sugar and you're done! Otherwise cover the cake with the rest of the buttercream and decorate as you wish.
- Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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For example, the command
mingw-get install mingwrt w32api binutils gcc g++ mingw32-make
will install the C compiler, C++ compiler, and make utility.You can install more additional packages at any time. For example, the command
mingw-get install g77 gdb
will add the Fortran 77 compiler and debugger to the existing installation.
The mingw-get release notes contain more detailed information about the configuration and use of the mingw-get installer. GCC documentation, make documentation, and GDB documentation are available online.
Manual Installation
As an alternative to the automated installer, you may install MinGW by manually downloading and extracting individual components. Please refer to the release notes for detailed notes, including known issues.
Before proceeding, you are encouraged to also consult the release notes for each individual package; links to these will be found adjacent to each package file entry, on the MinGW Download Page.
Download at least the following (or newer) packages from the MinGW Download Page; where two or more component packages are indicated, you need both / all of them. (Note that the package links provided here refer to current releases at the time of writing; these links may not necessarily be updated immediately, when new releases become available):
- binutils
- mingw-runtime (dev and dll)
- w32api
- Required runtime libraries for GCC:
- gcc-core (bin and dll)
These are the minimum requirements for a working MinGW GCC toolchain for C.
Optionally you may want to add any of the following additional languages; (for each which you choose to install, you need both the bin and the dll component packages):
- gcc-g++ (bin and dll) for C++
- gcc-objc (bin and dll) for Objective C
- gcc-gfortran (bin and dll) for Fortran 90/95
- gcc-java (not yet available) for Java
- gcc-ada (bin and dll) for Ada
Note that the GCC versions of these files must match the GCC version of the gcc-core installed.
Optionally you may want to add any of the following additional utilities:
- mingw-gdb and libexpat for debugger
- mingw32-make for make
- mingw-utils for MinGW Utilities
- MSYS for Unix-style commands and shell (see the MSYS page for installation instructions)
- msysDTK for Unix-style developer toolkit
You may also want the following additional features:
- translations into languages other than English
- documentation
You will also need a program that can extract .tar.gz and .tar.lzma files, such as 7-Zip or command-line tar, gzip, and lzma tools. A basic standalone tar program bsdtar that includes gz and lzma support is available from the MinGW project.
Create a directory (e.g. C:\MinGW), download all packages to C:\MinGW, extract the files from each package, and add C:\MinGW\bin; to your PATH environment variable:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>cd /d c:\ C:\>md MinGW C:\>cd MinGW
Download all packages to C:\MinGW
C:\MinGW>7z x binutils-2.20.51-1-mingw32-bin.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x binutils-2.20.51-1-mingw32-bin.tar C:\MinGW>7z x mingwrt-3.18-mingw32-dev.tar.gz C:\MinGW>7z x mingwrt-3.18-mingw32-dev.tar C:\MinGW>7z x mingwrt-3.18-mingw32-dll.tar.gz C:\MinGW>7z x mingwrt-3.18-mingw32-dll.tar C:\MinGW>7z x w32api-3.14-mingw32-dev.tar.gz C:\MinGW>7z x w32api-3.14-mingw32-dev.tar C:\MinGW>7z x mpc-0.8.1-1-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x mpc-0.8.1-1-mingw32-dev.tar C:\MinGW>7z x libmpc-0.8.1-1-mingw32-dll-2.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x libmpc-0.8.1-1-mingw32-dll-2.tar C:\MinGW>7z x mpfr-2.4.1-1-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x mpfr-2.4.1-1-mingw32-dev.tar C:\MinGW>7z x libmpfr-2.4.1-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x libmpfr-2.4.1-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar C:\MinGW>7z x gmp-5.0.1-1-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x gmp-5.0.1-1-mingw32-dev.tar C:\MinGW>7z x libgmp-5.0.1-1-mingw32-dll-10.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x libgmp-5.0.1-1-mingw32-dll-10.tar C:\MinGW>7z x pthreads-w32-2.8.0-3-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x pthreads-w32-2.8.0-3-mingw32-dev.tar C:\MinGW>7z x libgomp-4.5.0-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x libgomp-4.5.0-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar C:\MinGW>7z x libssp-4.5.0-1-mingw32-dll-0.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x libssp-4.5.0-1-mingw32-dll-0.tar C:\MinGW>7z x gcc-core-4.5.0-1-mingw32-bin.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x gcc-core-4.5.0-1-mingw32-bin.tar C:\MinGW>7z x libgcc-4.5.0-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.lzma C:\MinGW>7z x libgcc-4.5.0-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar C:\MinGW>set path=C:\MinGW\bin;%path%
The whole C:\MinGW subtree is fully relocatable which means there can be several different versions of the MinGW toolchain installed in parallel, e.g. in directories C:\MinGW-3.4.5 and C:\MinGW-4.5.0. Switching between these is merely a matter of renaming directories, assuming C:\MinGW\bin; has been added to the path. You can permanently add C:\MinGW\bin; to the path by opening the System control panel, going to the Advanced tab, and clicking the Environment Variables button.
Updating single packages (e.g. when there is a new version of the w32api) can be done by copying the new package to C:\MinGW and unpacking as above to overwrite the older version. This manual update also works with an initial automated install.


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Over the next week and a half, we'll be looking back at books from our childhood.
Babysitting Opportunities
by ELENA SCHILDER
I haven't read much of Jonathan Franzen's work, but there is an essay in his book How To Be Alone that I remember one part of very clearly. He theorizes that there are two sorts of readers in the world: those who read because it is bourgeois custom, and those who read because they are disappointed by real life. Both readers form their habits in childhood, and one imagines the two children as a pair of mismatched siblings: one well-adjusted, with a healthy curiosity in life; the other sunk too far into the pleasures of narrative.
I am paraphrasing a more complex thought of Franzen's in order to identify myself as the second brand of reader, and to provide the beginning of what might be a picture of myself as a child. When I started reading The Babysitters Club, it was because I found one of the books in our family friends' house, soon after our family moved back from Holland. It was the one about Stacey being a lifeguard, or falling in love with a lifeguard — Boy-Crazy Stacey, it was called. I started reading the book lying on Cheryl's bed — it was Cheryl's book. She was older than me by a few years. I remember thinking that this must be what girls read.
Each book in The Babysitters Club series begins with a description of the seven principal characters. Because the books can be read in any order, the characters barely change over time, and for an avid reader of the series the introductory description soon becomes repetitive. The seven girls are distinguishable by their outward personality traits and lifestyle choices: they are seven brands of human teenager, defined not by the things that happen to them or even by their relationships with one another, but with one or two choice adjectives each: Kristy is bossy and tomboyish; Claudia is scatter-brained and artistic; Mary Anne is sensitive and organized; Stacey is sophisticated; Dawn is laid-back and health-conscious. Mallory and Jessi have fewer distinguishing characteristics because they are only eleven.
In an early episode of Mad Men, Don Draper deflects a question about his upbringing by saying that where he was brought up, in the Midwest, it is considered impolite to talk about oneself. The irony is that Don knows no self fixed enough to talk about - for years, he has been pretending to be someone else. In Don Draper we have metaphorical representation of the idea that our outward selves cannot escape fabrication. But he serves to remind us, too, that it is strange we are asked to present ourselves at all, that in job interviews we are asked the question all the babysitters already knew how to answer, though they were only thirteen: "What two words would you use to describe yourself?"
When I started school in upstate New York I was seven, and I had never been around American kids before. Dutch children are much like their parents — stubborn, fair-minded, and unselfconscious. That is a generalization, but it is meant to illustrate the difference between the people I was around when I was very young and the people I grew to know in my adolescence, who were more conscious of what I'll call their individual identities. It was not until I lived here and spoke English and read American books that I came to expect to be a person who would ever be described in any particular way.
Those who read The Babysitter's Club when they were younger will remember that one of the pleasures of the books is their use of handwriting samples. The members of the club keep a record of their babysitting jobs in a notebook and are required by the rules of the club to write a paragraph or two about each job. In each book, a few chapters begin with hand-written passages, and the serial reader learns to recognize each of the seven characters by her handwriting. Kristy writes with the tight, controlled, cheerful cursive of a young athlete; Claudia, whose mind is on other things, writes sloppily and crosses out words due to misspelling; Mary Anne's handwriting seems old-fashioned and feminine; Stacey prints and dots her lower-case I's with hearts; Dawn prints too, but her letters are bigger, freer, and reflective of her West Coast upbringing.
Nobody writes by hand anymore, but when I was younger the issue of handwriting so obsessed me that I used to watch Party of Five with a pad of paper on my lap and write out the same sentence (always "The fox jumped over the fence") in what I imagined were the five different brands of penmanship belonging to the five siblings. That identity and handwriting were inseparable is absolutely an idea I got from The Babysitters Club. In the non-fictional universe, I was perpetually dissatisfied with my own handwriting, and changed it often, depending on which of my friends I most admired at that moment. I went through a period of thinking my friend Molly's was perfect, but then, so were her L.L. Bean down vests and the mallards in her parents' house. Handwriting and lifestyle and identity were all joined in a way I didn't understand and couldn't master.
Nothing about handwriting analysis seems to be very provable, but one tenet that I've encountered says that though we try to change our handwriting, the basic gestures that our hands make are learned so young and ingrained so deeply that they will be recognizable all our lives. Which means that, gestures at personal style and branding aside, there are things about ourselves that we can't change.
When I was in college, I read Sister Carrie for the first time in an American Studies class. My professor made the argument that Carrie's failure to succeed in America comes from a level of personal malleability that weakens her; she is of nowhere and goes nowhere, though for brief and finite periods she attaches herself to people with better fortune than her own. Theodore Dreiser draws Carrie in terms that directly oppose the typology of The Babysitters Club: she struggles because she is without personality. She fails to cultivate herself.
Although it's silly and very typical of the compulsive reader to identify too deeply with a fictional character, I felt sad when I read Sister Carrie — for myself, and for all the displaced egos in America, who never quite settle on how they want to write. For the members of the Babysitters Club, the tension between being and wanting-to-be never existed at all. Though they lived in a dull and wholesome world, it was a world I wanted to live in.
Elena Schilder is the senior contributor to This Recording. She is a writer living in Brooklyn. She tumbls here. You can find an archive of her writing on This Recording here. She last wrote in these pages about The Roches.
Enjoy The Perils Of A Literary Childhood At Your Leisure
Elena Schilder and The Babysitter's Club
Lily Goodspeed and The Golden Compass
Helen Schumacher and Little House on the Prairie
Jane Hu and Walk Two Moons
Kara VanderBijl and A Wrinkle In Time
Hafsa Arain and Harry Potter
Lucy Morris and Bruno and Boots
Alice Bolin and Nothing's Fair In Fifth Grade
Dayna Evans and The Diary of Anne Frank


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Monday, February 18, 2013
Oracle Fusion Runs Into Oracle Apps Unlimited
Forrester's argument in a nutshell is this: based on its survey of 139 Oracle customers, Forrester contends that Fusion has had "low levels of adoption by existing Oracle customers, in part, because Oracle's Applications Unlimited policy has provided them with little incentive to migrate."
Oracle's rebuttal is difficult to put in a nutshell. Oracle goes into great detail, taking issue with Forrester's research methodology, specific survey questions, and the sample size/composition. But in my opinion, Oracle's strongest argument is against Forrester's report title. In Oracle's view, there is no "versus." Customers do not need to make a choice between Apps Unlimited and Fusion. Rather, Oracle points out that it has a co-existence strategy between Fusion Apps and Oracle's existing applications, such as E-Business Suite, Peoplesoft, J.D. Edwards, and Siebel.
I'll leave it to Forrester to defend its own report. However, it is hard to argue with Forrester's conclusion: that Fusion adoption has been slow, in part, because of the success of Oracle's Applications Unlimited program. To better understand why, it is helpful to review some history.
The Original StrategyWhen Oracle completed its acquisition of PeopleSoft in late 2004, it had two strategic decisions to make.
Interestingly, at the time, the answer to both of these questions was no. As I reported in January 2005, Larry Ellison held a press conference in which he said that Oracle would not actively market PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards but would try to push new prospects to E-Business Suite. In addition, he promised to support existing PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards products only until 2013. "Circle that date 2013 on your calendar," Ellison said.
- For new customers, would it continue to actively market PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards (which PeopleSoft had acquired) in addition to its E-Business Suite?
- For existing customers of PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards, would it continue to invest in and support those products indefinitely?
In the same press conference, Ellison announced Project Fusion, which would be a massive development effort by 8,000 developers to develop a new suite of back-office software products, based on the best features of PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards, and E-Business Suite. At this point, Fusion Applications were positioned as the successor to Oracle's existing suites. "We expect people to at some point between now and 2013—sometime before that—to upgrade to Project Fusion," Ellison said.
A Mid-Course CorrectionBy 2006, however, Oracle realized that its strategy was not in its own best interests. By only marketing E-Business Suite, it was missing sales opportunities where PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards were a better fit than E-Business Suite.
Moreover, Oracle's announcement that it would not support PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards beyond 2013 took Oracle off short lists where it could PeopleSoft or JDE were good fits. In my own software vendor selection consulting, during the 2005 time-frame, I didn't short list J.D. Edwards and PeopleSoft, for this very reason.
Finally, Oracle's policy put J.D. Edwards and PeopleSoft customers on notice that they might want to consider a migration to products other than Oracle's. With software maintenance fees pulling in over 90% profit, that was the last thing Oracle wanted.
Give Oracle credit for correcting its mistakes. In 2006, Oracle announced its Applications Unlimited program, to provide ongoing enhancements to all Oracle apps beyond the delivery of Fusion. (Siebel, which Oracle acquired in January 2006, was also put under this program.) In addition, Fusion would not be a successor to Oracle's other suites: it would not be functionally equivalent to E-Business Suite, for example. Rather, it would comprise a series of applications, such as CRM and Human Capital Management (HCM) that could be implement alongside E-Business Suite.
The TradeoffsOracle's decision to continue support for its existing applications, while developing Fusion as a set of complementary next-generation applications, was the right decision.
But Oracle's strategy comes with a price. In a sense, Oracle's Application Unlimited program has been too successful. By continuing investment in its existing application suites, Oracle gives customers little incentive to move aggressively to Fusion. There is no burning reason for customers to change. To be sure, if Oracle customers are in the market for CRM or HCM, for example, they will have a reason to consider Fusion. But in any given year, this will be a small percentage of Oracle customers.
- Replacing Oracle's existing applications suites with Fusion was too ambitious a goal. Thousands of developer man years had been invested in developing E-Business Suite, JDE, and PeopleSoft, which would need to be repeated by Fusion developers. Furthermore, since 2005, Oracle has been continuing enhancement of these products, meaning that functional parity is a moving target. Finally, during the course of Fusion development, Oracle continued making other acquisitions, such as Siebel and Hyperion, further moving the target.
- Customers retain the value of their prior investments. Oracle's existing business suites are not dead-end platforms. The Apps Unlimited program preserves customer investments and keeps maintenance dollars continuing to roll in, which Oracle needs to fund Fusion development.
Perhaps this is the reason that nearly 18 months after Oracle announced general availability of Fusion Apps, Oracle has sold it to only 400+ customers, with only 100+ in production. Oracle refuses to disclose a breakdown of these 400+ customers, but word on the street is that they are heavily weighted toward Fusion HCM.
But there are other reasons that Fusion is not selling as well as one might expect for a product that is 18 months in general availability.
- Fusion is not a complete ERP solution. It lacks core functionality for manufacturing and operational support in other industries. Fusion Apps are, for the most part, really a replacement for pieces of an enterprise suite, a collection of complementary modules.
- Fusion has functionality gaps. For this reason, Fusion is often sold to new prospects in conjunction with older Oracle products, if at all. For example, in a recent CRM deal, Oracle proposed a solution that comprised pieces of Oracle CRM On-Demand, Siebel, and RightNow. Fusion CRM was not even part of the solution, as apparently it did not satisfy certain industry requirements.
- Fusion is difficult to implement. Anecdotal reports of early adopters indicate that Fusion Apps have a fat footprint. They have complex infrastructure requirements, and as a result, Oracle says that two-thirds of customers are choosing to have Oracle host their systems.
Nevertheless, the success of Oracle's Apps Unlimited policy is the primary inhibitor of Oracle Fusion Applications adoption. Enterprise applications are sticky. It is difficult enough for vendors to get customers make a change, even when vendors announce end of support for an existing product. Imagine how hard it is to get customers to take action when you are promising them continued investment in their existing products. Oracle's Applications Unlimited program--though good for Oracle and Oracle's customers--has served to slow adoption of Fusion.
Chris Kanaracus at Infoworld has a summary of the two sides of the debate. As usual, Dennis Howlett has his own point of view. Holger Mueller actually thinks it's good that Oracle customers don't know about Fusion.
Update, Feb 19: Floyd Teter has an incredibly informative post on customer options for deploying Oracle Fusion Apps, confirming and going beyond some of my points here.
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Monday, February 04, 2013
SAP Goes Back to the Well for a Maintenance Fee Hike
Jarret Pazahanick alerted me to an email that went out this morning to SAP partners, announcing a unilateral price increase on standard support, for new maintenance contracts signed after July 15, 2013.
The email reads, in part,
To be able to provide the same level of support in the future, we will change the maintenance rate for new maintenance contracts with SAP Standard Support from 18% to 19%, effective July 15, 2013.I would point out that this is not a 1% increase in maintenance fees: it is a 5.5% increase (1/18 = 5.5%).
This moderate adjustment does not apply to any existing maintenance contracts for SAP Standard Support closed before July 15, 2013. We also want to be respectful about budgets being planned for 2013. Therefore, we encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to place purchase orders with SAP Standard Support ahead of this change at the existing 18% rate until July 14, 2013.
If I were an SAP customer, I would have four questions for SAP:
Several years ago, SAP customers fought back SAP's attempts to impose a maintenance fee increase by forcing all customers to move from standard support (at 18%) to enterprise support (at 22%). After a great deal of public outcry, SAP backed down. Now SAP appears to be trying to impose a smaller price increase, with no apparent improvement in service, in hopes customers will not notice.
- What improvements in SAP support will SAP deliver to justify this 5.5% price increase? Can we expect our internal costs to drop by at least 5.5% as a result of SAP's improvements in its support program?
- What is the gross margin on SAP's maintenance business today, and how will that change after this increase is in effect? Maintenance is the most profitable segment in SAP's financial performance. Why should it become even more profitable?
- How have SAP's cost of support increased to justify this increase in my maintenance fees? Normally the cost to support mature products decreases over time, as issues with the program code are resolved. Offshoring of application support and deflection of support activities to SAP's user and partner network also have introduced support efficiencies. Shouldn't SAP be considering a reduction in maintenance fees rather than an increase?
- Since SAP uses some of its maintenance revenue to fund development of new products as well as make acquisitions, will SAP provide these new products to customers at no charge? It seems SAP charges customers for new products twice: once, when it charges maintenance fees, and again when existing customers buy those new products.
The only good news in this announcement is for providers of SAP third-party maintenance, such as Rimini Street.
Update: Chris Kanaracus at IDG News Service reports on the SAP maintenance fee hike. Larry Dignan at ZDnet also chimes in.
Update, Feb 5: Dennis Howlett has a deeper dive, and he gets clarification from SAP on several issues.
Related PostsSAP backs down on 22% maintenance fees
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Baltimore, Md. – The UMBC women's tennis team handled the Coppin State Eagles, 6-0, on Senior Day at the Retriever Tennis Complex.
Seniors Kim Berghaus (Offenbach, Germany) and Josefin Stange-Jonsson (Vasteras, Sweden) were victorious in both of their matches for the day. Both players blanked their singles and doubles opponents in their final home match as UMBC tennis players.
Head Coach Rob Hubbard was reflective of the leaving senior class after the match, "If we can bring in a new class as good as these ladies, the program will be in a great position for the future".
With the doubles point in hand, junior Isabel Aldunate (Bowie, Md.) and freshman Mariami Dolashvili (Alushta, Ukraine) also blanked their opponents, at the Nos. 4 and 3 positions respectively.
Madlena Kuracz (Zlotoryja, Poland) defeated her opponent, 6-0, 6-1, at number 2, and Coppin State defaulted the final point of the match.
After the match ended, the seniors had some kind words for their teammates and coaches, and they received gifts from their friends to commemorate their time with UMBC tennis.
The Retrievers visit the Maryland Terrapins Wednesday, April 16, for their next match.


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Due to wet pavement conditions today and rain forecasted for the area this week, MoDOT crews have rescheduled the lane-marking operations on north and southbound US 61 at Palmyra in Marion County. The installation of new arrows and other necessary pavement marking is a weather dependent operation and has tentatively been planned for the following dates.April 9 - one lane traffic northbound from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and southbound from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for pavement marking operations at Marion County Road 334 at Palmyra.
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In the years surrounding the Revolutionary War, Americans, and most notably women, organized themselves in unprecedented numbers. Through group action ranging from participating in boycotts to staging spinning bees, women saw their potential to impact society at large. Following the Revolution, some women wanted to carry their success forward. Like many Americans, they felt hopeful about their future and strove to improve their lives and the lives of others. As can be seen in this document, women formed societies, which like men's, drew up constitutions, elected officers, and held regular meetings. Reverend Jonathan Grout, an active member of the Hampshire Missionary Society, hosted this meeting of the Hawley Female Charitable Society at his home. This society report says the women voted to contribute money to his organization. The Hampshire Missionary Society was instrumental in assisting migrants leaving Hampshire County, Massachusetts (of which Hawley was a part until 1811) establish churches and schools in the frontier towns (like Ohio).
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Portulaca, or Purslane is the subject of this detailed and delicate watercolor by Eliza Allen Starr. During the Victorian period women were looking for socially acceptable ways to express their creativity. While the needle arts such as sewing, embroidering and tatting were always popular, watercolor became more and more appealing to middle class women. Eliza was a talented artist. She opened her own studio at age 21, and began to teach drawing. In her 30's writing also became an avocation and the two arts merged within the covers of the books she wrote.
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I just won today (Wednesday) the Moda/Schnibbles contest, came in 2nd overall~! This was my very first quilt, and my very first win. I chose Carrie Nelson's Hot Cross for a variety of reasons. I love them, they symbolize for me Christmas and they would go very well with 12 days of Christmas Fabric by Kate Spain. I added the lyrics of Let it Snow all around the quilt which I called the same. I added black patent leather buttons to represent raisins on the buns and to me it screams HOLIDAYS.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Congress returns Tuesday from a monthlong recess to tackle a list of pressing issues, and health care reform isn't the only item at the top of the list.
While health care reform will soon be the main topic of Congress, other key issues are looming.
Efforts to revamp the nation's health care system will undoubtedly be front and center as pressure mounts from the White House to get something done.
That pressure is likely to be placed on the Senate, where the influential Senate Finance Committee has yet to sign off on the proposed bill.
The Obama administration has also begun to ramp up efforts to push its agenda with force, beginning with an address before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday detailing what he wants in health care reform legislation.
But the Obama-backed bill is only one of the things on Congress' to-do list.
The Senate must pass spending bills before money runs out at the end of the fiscal year: in September. The House passed its spending measures before the August recess.
A contentious battle likely will ensue over the costs, as much of the GOP opposition to Democratic bills this year has focused on money.
Democrats in the House and Senate are still hoping to pass Obama's financial overhaul package, which would overhaul the banking regulatory system, create oversight of the $600 trillion private derivatives market and take oversight of the insurance industry from the states.
Also, the possibility of Congress taking up a second stimulus plan, some say, could throw a wrench into the health care debate.
But even before the health care reform debate blew up, it was climate change that found members of the House and Senate at odds with Obama.
In late June, a White House-backed climate change bill passed 219-212 in the House, with virtually no Republican support. It has since been stalled in the Senate.
The bill being proposed would reduce nationwide greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050 through a so-called "cap-and-trade" program under which companies would buy and sell emissions credits. It would also require utilities to generate an increasing amount of power from renewable sources.
Republicans have argued the bill could hurt the country's battered industrial base while pushing polluting industries to countries with lower environmental standards.
But the debate over climate change could pass if it is framed in a different way, one political observer said.
"There is this new avenue developing where national security is becoming more elevated in the debate on climate change," said Jill Lawrence, a political columnist for AOL's PoliticsDaily.com.
"We're not just talking about oil from hostile nations. We're talking about natural disasters and very destabilizing weather events ... that will demand a lot from the U.S. military and also could create breeding grounds for terrorists just by toppling governments," she said.
Former GOP Sen. John Warner of Virginia has taken the national security angle to the public.
The former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is working in conjunction with the Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate in holding events around the country, Lawrence said.
Lawrence said that with environmental and national security advocates joining forces on climate change, there's a "shot at a coalition" to get a bill through the Senate.
And that coalition could come sooner rather than later.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, indicated in recent media reports that she would likely introduce the bill in late September.
As one of the key sponsors, Boxer has noted that the bill has failed to gain traction because of factors including the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy and the health care reform debate.
But some Republicans have signaled that a bill will have a tough time passing.
"I think it's going to lead to significant increases in electricity across America in an effort to try to deal with a global problem. If we do have a global warming problem, and many people believe we do, we need to target it on a global basis," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, recently told Fox News Sunday.
But already, interest groups are lining up with a series of ad blitzes to sway members of Congress, including the National Association of Manufacturers, the League of Conservation Voters, Americans for Change and the American Values Network.
One advertising expert said the recent ads hitting the airwaves are not only aimed at the climate change proposals, but also on members of Congress, especially moderate Democrats and Republicans in western and southern states.
Evan Tracey, CNN's campaign media analyst and chief operating officer of TNS Media Intelligence/CMAG, said the ads are mostly aimed at House members despite the passage in the House.
The reason, Tracey said, is because legislation if passed in the Senate will have to be conferenced with the House bill, and the ads could simply be taking political shots at members of Congress.
Tracey said the ads are going to be a "bookend" issue to current ads on health care filling TVs across the country.
"Between the echo chamber of health care and the cap and trade bill here, it's going to be an awful lot of issue advertising in a number of these states and certainly on cable news as we go through the fall."
The challenge to groups touting climate change reform is that it's not an easy issue to understand, much like health care reform, Tracey said.
"I think that's one of the challenges with all this advertising. It's going to be boiling itself down to what makes the best political argument."
CNNMoney.com contributed to this report.
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The Creighton softball completed a three-game sweep of Northern Iowa with a 4-2 victory Saturday at the CU Sports Complex to perch the Bluejays atop the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) standings three weeks into league play.
Creighton (19-9, 5-1 MVC) maintained sole possession of first in the Valley with the victory over UNI (13-19, 3-4 MVC), one-half game ahead of second-place Bradley who swept Indiana State this weekend.
Despite hosting the MVC series, CU served as the designated visiting team in each contest this weekend. The series was originally scheduled to be played in Cedar Falls this weekend, but field conditions forced the three-game set to be moved to Omaha.
Sophomore Liz Dike led the Bluejay offense on the day with four hits off of UNI hurler Jamie Fisher. Dike finished a homer shy of the cycle with a triple, double and a pair of singles. Freshman Kelsey Allender also continued her hot streak at the plate with a pair of singles. Junior Ellen Homan connected on the Jays' other hit of the day.
Senior Amy Baker posted an RBI to increase her career total to 154. She needs just three more runs batted in to tie the MVC record of 157 held by Illinois State's Heather Stella since 1999.
CU starting pitcher Becca Changstrom was looking to remain undefeated in Valley play this season and record her fourth consecutive win for the Jays.
After a scoreless first inning, Creighton jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning after a pair of UNI errors.
Freshman Blake Ringle opened the inning with a walk. Classmate Cassie Sharon came on to pinch run for Ringle before a UNI throwing error allowed junior Blair Lowe to reach base with one out on the board. Allender posted an RBI single up the middle to score Sharon.
A double steal by Lowe and Allender produced an errant throw by the Panther catcher, allowing Lowe to score the second run of the game. A sacrifice fly from senior Ashley Frutos brought Allender across the plate for the 3-0 lead.
Northern Iowa got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third frame. A two-out rally consisting of a pair of singles and a walk plated a UNI run to make it 3-1 Creighton heading to the fourth inning.
UNI further closed the gap to 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth following a two-out solo home run from Gina Brown.
Creighton added an insurance run in the top of the sixth. With two outs on the board, Homan and Dike hit back-to-back infield singles to put runners on the corners. A UNI fielding error allowed Baker to reach and score Homan to yield the final 4-2 result.
Changstrom recorded five strikeouts in the complete-game outing and improved to 13-4 on the season with the win.
Creighton continues its nine-game home stand when the Bluejays host in-state rival No. 24 Nebraska at 6 p.m. CT Wednesday at the CU Sports Complex.


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The research from Direct Line for Businesses found that a third of businesses also plan to recruit additional staff to take advantage of the reduced cost of employment via the Employment Allowance scheme.
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OMG! It's Miley's Naughtiest Outfit YET! She's Being WAY Too Sexy For 17!
Just when we thought Miley couldn't outdo herself, she shows up on stage in this skin-tight bodysuit!
All eyes were on Miley Cyrus, 17, as she performed May 29 at the Rock in Rio Music Festival in Lisbon — and for good reason! Just check out the super-sexy outfit she was sporting! We didn't think Miley would push the envelope much more than she did in her "Can't Be Tamed" music video and live performance on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, but once again she's managed to totally shock us. Between her sexy new video, the footage of her giving producer Adam Shankman a lap dance, and now this… we'd really like to sit Miley down for a chat. HollywoodLifers, do YOU think Miley's latest outfit is way too sexy for a 17-year-old?


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Top 3 Essential Tattoo Books
Let's just all assume that Marisa's new Black Tattoo Art book is already on everybody's list -- and it should be, since it's the kind of book that I imagine will be one of those much sought after publications fifty years from now. Anyway, history is important, books are good, here's three you can still get and should be reading or purchasing immediately. We'll go reverse chronologically.
Underway is the Only Way
This is the one that prompted me to make this little list, and while you can still snag a copy on Book Mistress, it's not currently in print. So go get a copy now and read the rest of this later. A joint effort between Grime and Horitaka, Underway is all interviews with current tattooers, both old vets and younger guys, and they run the gamut: Jack Rudy, Marcus Pacheco, Filip Leu, Corey Miller and a Chris O'Donnell/Mike Rubendall conversation where beer is spilled at least four times. It's a really fantastic look at how a lot of tattooers came up, but what's even better is that the conversations are long; which means they get in to some great topics, instead of just bitching about TV shows. There's also Guy Aitchison, Aaron Cain, Troy Denning...
New York City Tattoo
I got this book a few years ago and it's always a fun one to come back to. Sam O'Reilly got the ball rolling in Chinatown in 1875 and New York City Tattoo picks up with tattooers like Brooklyn Blackie, Huck Spaulding and the Moskowitz brothers. It's all oral interviews and full of stories about grungy, closet-sized spaces and serious bare-knuckle brawls before the ban in 1964. This was real deal tattooing and if it doesn't make you respect the trade and its rough-and-tumble western roots, then I'm sending a certain fiery redhead your way that I'm sure can sort you out. There's also some amazing old photos and some great old flash.
Tattoo: Secrets of a Strange Art
Originally published by Simon and Schuster in 1933, Dover re-printed Albert Parry's work in 2006. Pretty sure someone mentioned this on N+S, or maybe it was the old Needled, but it's definitely worth a look -- they've got Charlie Wagner in here! It gives you the 1930s perspective, which can be pretty hilarious but also surprisingly similar to the current state of affairs here in 2009. Take, for example, tattooers throwing a fit when they started making ladies pajamas with tattoo designs on them. Parry does a good job of talking to folks and trying to get to the bottom of why so many different types of people seem to love tattoos: ladies, kids, criminals, hookers, circus folks. Also has some photos and flash designs, but they aren't the focus.
Now, there are a few books I failed to mention. Here's another quick list of books we've covered on here (in varying depth) that you should also check out, and, of course, the Shige book has already become one of those much sought after publications...so we assume it's assumed. But:
* The Art of Shige
* Tattoo Machines: Tall Tales, True Stories & My Life in Ink
* John Reardon's The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting a Tattoo
* The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olivia Oatman
* Tattoo in Japan
Also, Lal Hardy's Mammoth Book of Tattoos is worth a look, too, for some great current work and Vintage Tattoos is fun for some classic designs. Ok, so this was what, three lists? Two and a half? Feel free to add!
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The Mets are basically the same place they were last year at this time, which is struggling to contend, but they are contending. It is very easy to say that had the Mets all their parts they could be in first place ahead of the Phillies. Losing Carlos Delgado, Jose Reyes, JJ Putz, Oliver Perez (the good Ollie) and John Maine has to amount to a handful of losses.
I'm not crazy about the inconsistency of the line-up, but I understand most of that is because of injuries. The use of some players has been puzzling, most notably Daniel Murphy. If you believe he's your first baseman of the future, then put him there and leave him there. Scap the platoon with Fernando Tatis.
I've never understood the dynamic of his relationship with Ryan Church. Something isn't right there. There are also some bullpen moves I don't understand, such as sitting Brian Stokes for over a week.
Overall, he's done more good than bad. They are hitting better with runners in scoring position – the numbers bear that out – but there seems to be too many instances of lackadaisical play, where balls aren't run out and at-bats are given away. That has to get better.
Overall, what do you think of Jerry's job over the past year. Do you approve? Disapprove? What do you like? What don't you like?