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I just came back from this year's SOA and Cloud Symposium in Berlin. First of all a big "thank you" to CKC Seminars for the extremely smooth organization of the whole event. There was not a single point I could havecomplained about – location, food, lectures, people all was fine. Since I'm more a Cloud person I enjoyed this opportunity to learn my fair share on SOA. But also the presentatations on Cloud Computing topics were awesome. My favourite top 3 presentations were:
- Matt Wood / Tech Evangelist Amazon AWS – "Ahead in the Cloud with Amazon Web Services" and "High Performance Websites in the Cloud". Great overview on Amazons AWS offerings and recent additions like Amazons Micro Instances. Plus Matt really well combined business and tech topics, making it interesting for the whole audience.
- Stefan Tilkov / InnoQ Deutschland "RESTful HTTP: Using the Web for SOA". Nice presentation pointing out what REST really is, how it is applied and what it is not. Definitely a must see.
- Mohamad Afshar / VP Oracle "Paas, Sweet Spot for Private Clouds & Underlying Infrastructure". Great insight on the enterprise PaaS segment. Rules are very different there than they are in the public PaaS sector.
So what brings the future? I definitely learned that SOA is not dead (who doubted ) and that Cloud adoption in Germany is still lagging behind US but it gained massive momentum this year. It seems once someone has made the first step everybody needs to jump in as well.
* CKC promised to upload the slides after the conference. I will publish an update once I've spotted them. In additions I will follow up with a couple of people for text interviews. Stay tuned.


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TWO men, who allegedly stormed Chitungwiza Sewerage Works' Industrial Area and siphoned transformer oil before stealing 33kg of copper cables worth US$ 11 080, have been arrested.
Only US$6 600 worth of the loot was recovered, according to police.
Tafara Chigariro (26) of Zengeza 2 and Richard Njanji (37) of St Mary's have since appeared before Chitungwiza magistrate Ms Olivia Mariga.
They were not asked to plead to charges of contravening section 60 (a) (3) (6) of the Electricity Amendment Act Chapter 13:19.
The Act criminalises vandalism of Zesa equipment for generating or transmitting or supplying of electricity.
The two were remanded in custody to July 16 for trial.
Minerals Unit in Harare is being represented by the investigating officer Detective Sandra Mutsago.
Prosecutor Mr Henry Muringani told the court that on June 28 this year, the two hatched a plan to storm Chitungwiza Sewerage Works' Industrial Area where they cut and stole 11/33KVA copper cables weighing 33kg and destroyed a 100KVA transformer and siphoned 224 litres of oil.
The two, however, ran out of luck when they were intercepted by members of the public from the scene of crime while carrying the loot.
They were apprehended and taken to Chitungwiza police station.

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Worcester, Mass. - The Holy Cross vs. Maine baseball game, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in Maine has been cancelled due to inclement weather. The game will not be rescheduled.
The Crusaders, who are 11-20 overall and 3-10 in the Patriot League, will host conference foe, Bucknell, in a four-game series this weekend. The games will start at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, at Tivnan Field.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Zyriah Schlitter will spend up to 55 years in prison for killing his 17-month-old daughter Kamryn, who died of blunt force head injuries March 28, 2010.
A jury found Zyriah Schlitter, 25, of Cedar Rapids, guilty Friday of involuntary manslaughter, a lesser of the original charge first-degree murder, and child endangerment resulting in death. The jury deliberated two days, reaching a verdict at about 8:30 p.m. Friday, following a two week trial.
Schlitter sat stoic after the judge read the guilty verdict for involuntary manslaughter, a five year sentence, but broke down crying when he heard the verdict for the second charge of child endangerment which carries a 50-year sentence.
His family and Kamryn's mother Nicole King and her family were all crying. Schlitter's family was upset, saying it was unfair and people were "liars" as Schlitter was handcuffed and taken out of the courtroom. Schlitter hugged his mother and other family members before the jury came into the courtroom for the verdict.
Nicole King said after the verdict she was thankful after waiting three years to "get part of my daughter's voice out today." She thanked emergency personnel who tried to help her daughter March 21, 2010 and every one involved with the case - First Assistant Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks and Hiawatha Police Investigator Rod Fiser and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Darrell Simmons.
Maybanks said he wanted to thank the jury who sat through two weeks of testimony and intensely deliberated two days and "even came through a blizzard." Maybanks said he couldn't say much more about the case because of the pending trial for Amy Parmer, 29, of Hiawatha, who is also charged in this case with first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death. Her trial is set Jan. 14.
"I will say after a case like this I'm going to go home and give my kids big hugs," Maybanks said.
On Monday, Schlitter testified he didn't inflict fatal injuries to the daughter he "loved dearly." He wasn't concerned about the bruising on Kamryn because she was an active toddler and he thought they were just the normal bumps and bruises most children experience.
He said in hindsight he realizes her symptoms, vomiting and sleepiness, were the result of the head injury but at the time he thought it was because of an ear infection.
"I never suspected child abuse," Schlitter said.
In the first week of testimony, King testified that she initially thought Parmer was to blame for abuse Kamryn suffered, but after seeing the injuries on her daughter in the hospital she said she knew Schlitter was responsible.
Medical experts testified last week that Kamryn would have never recovered from the severe head trauma that was caused by shaking or slamming. Several doctors also said the injuries likely occurred within hours or days of the 911 call Parmer made, saying Kamryn needed medical help.
Dr. Marcus Nashelsky, Johnson County medical examiner and pathology professor at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, who performed the autopsy, testified Kamryn died of blunt force trauma to the head. He couldn't identify the blunt force object. He said it could be the hands of another, punching her, or someone may have held her arms and legs and swung her body into another surface, or someone held her body and pushed her into another surface.
Nashelsky said there were two separate trauma events, an older one possibly week before March 21, 2010 and the recent injury occurred minutes to six hours of the 911 call. He said that was as specific as he could be on timing.
The timing of injury was important because Schlitter wasn't with Kamryn when she became unresponsive and started posturing – her muscles tensed up. He left her with Parmer at about 5 p.m. and the incident happened after 7 p.m. March 21, 2010.
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First off, this was a very interesting blog to read. Thank you for that. I liked the points you made with the wrestlers that you chose. However, I disagree with you about CM Punk. Only on the part where you mentioned that he doesn't win fairly. I'm not sure where this is coming from. The only match I have seen him win in a less than stellar fashion was in his match against Sheamus where he used an exposed turn buckle. Other than that all of his matches that he's won have been on the up and up. Also, the match against VKM was one of the only times that we've seen him act in a cowardly way. So I think he could beat the Undertaker, besides Taker would probably make the match with some sort of no DQ stipulation like he usually does.
My dream scenario:
1.Rock wins title from Punk/Cena at RR.
2. Taker enters RR as a surprise and wins.
3. Taker vs. Rock at 'Mania!
Well years ago when WWE had high ratings and good storylines I wouldn't have minded so much if the streak ended. However now with WWE ratings becoming lower and lower as time goes on, not to mention WWE does not have a huge roster anymore. I think Vince needs to think about this. Now it's true that Vince has stated that nothing is bigger then the business. But Undertaker is a huge part of the business, and if Vince makes the choice to end the streak this could cause even bigger problems for Vince.
Sure not everyone would stop watching WWE. But there will be a huge drop in ratings from upset fans who have followed Undertaker since he stepped foot in the WWE. I also think it would really make fans and superstars start to think even more about how much does Vince really care about anyone else other then himself. Mid-card talent and now top superstars are already unhappy with Vince and WWE. I think this would make it even worse. Showing no matter what you do for the business you mean nothing.
none of these men should end the streak
cena lost to lesnar, punk, ect ect ect, they just keep giving him rematches to stay relevant, if he is the one booked against taker, he should lose
ryback is to new for this, i mean, we got HHH, shawn, kane, edge, all have fallen to the deadman, and now we get a rookie who havent been in one main event on a ppv or held one title ... its not right
punk may be interesting, he could talk a good build up, and give a more than good match, but the way punk is booked the last month i dont see him winning to cena not to mention taker
taker vs lesnar is even a match i dont want to see, lesnar vs cena was a crap match, lesnar vs HHH was a bit better, but lesnar inst a draw for me
angle may be takers choice, but he is in tna now, and i heard he want a part time contract there, 2 part time superstars in the main event on mania?? hm that build up would suck
i think if there is one man who can beat him, it is sheamus, after 25 matches against del rio he needs a big win, (wich he wil get if he beats big show) but i think it would be better if taker just wins this years match. if he loses i like it to be against his son or so when he starts wrestling,
I do agree with some of your choices, but I bet none of them will pull out the victory over the taker. HHH has said in many many interviews, that taker should retire with a perfect streak intact. From the politics of wrestling most of us know, I highly doubt he will allow taker to lose that streak to someone, especially when he and his best buddy both had chances to end it. I could see one of the guys almost taking out the taker and then have Shawn or HHH interfere to stop him from losing. Setting up a small HHH feud with the person he screwed after WM.
The Streak I think is too precious, and I don't think WWE will throw it away like WCW did with Goldbergs.
you said to correct you if you were wrong ... Brock and Undertaker have had a few matches ... i remember Brock cleanly defeating a badly bleeding Undertaker in a Hell in the cell match .... a great match. My vote has got to go to Brock for ending the streak coz he can get the job done
Good blog....personally I want the streak to never be broken and go down in history!!!
Also Lesnar faced Taker couple of times including No Mercy 02 hell in a cell!!!
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Eric Dane Talks Life Post-Grey's Anatomy, Where Mark and Lexie Would Be Now — Exclusive
After seven glorious seasons on Grey's Anatomy, Mark Sloan's untimely and heartbreaking death hit us like a ton of bricks. Just after losing the sadly-estranged love of his life, Lexie Grey, the artist formerly known as McSteamy fell into a coma, woke up for just long enough to say his goodbyes, and then passed away.
Though his death was months ago, we're still mourning him, so when Wetpaint Entertainment caught up with portrayer Eric Dane at Disney Live! Mickey's Music Festival on March 23 — where he was adorably dancing with his wife, Rebecca Gayheart, and two kids — we had to find out about his post-Grey's life, including his new TNT pilot, if he's in touch with the cast (spoiler alert: he is!), and of course, where Mark and Lexie would be now if they hadn't tragically passed.
Wetpaint Entertainment: How is life post-Grey's? I know you just filmed a pilot, The Last Ship. How is that going?
Eric Dane: That's good. We just actually handed in the pilot. I think the visual effects are done. I've seen it — it's outstanding. I think it's going to be one of the best hours of television when we launch it, which is yet to be determined. It's a lot of fun. It was great working with Michael Bay and it's going to be a fun hour of television.
Are you still in touch with anyone from the Grey's cast?
Do you still watch the show?
I never watched the show. [Laughs] I never watched it! But I still stay in touch with Patrick [Dempsey] and Justin [Chambers] and you know, we were all... we spent a significant part of our lives together and we genuinely enjoyed each other, so of course we stay in touch.
Would you like to work with the cast again in some capacity? I know Chyler Leigh has a pilot about friends who survive a plane crash...
It's called Holding Patterns on NBC.
Wow! That's cool. I love working with those guys — I'd work with any of them again.
In an alternative universe, if Mark and Lexie had survived, where do you think they'd be? Married? Kids?
Yeah. They'd be in Cabo — stop practicing medicine and move to Mexico.
If only Shonda Rhimes would have listened to Eric's suggestion! Oh, what could have been...
Grey's Anatomy airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.
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The office of the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced that Britain is to host another international conference on the future of Somalia on May 7th. Then aim of the meeting is to build on the conference held in London in February last year, when international powers pledged to boost aid for Somalia to help fight Islamist militants and pirates.
A follow-up conference, attended by 54 countries, was held in Istanbul in June. The new conference is intended to help sustain international support for the progress being made by the Somali government. Representatives of some 50 governments and international organisations attended the first Somalia conference in London, including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
Somalia's Foreign Minister was in London last week, and Mr. Cameron's office said he had spoken with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday last week and discussed the progress made against Al-Shabaab forces, as well as President Hassan's priorities in restoring stability in Somalia. Prime Minister Cameron said he would use the UK's Presidency of the G8 this year to reinforce further support for the efforts of the Somali government to build a strong, prosperous and democratic country.
The United Kingdom said last week that it would be working closely with both the African Union and Ethiopia during its G8 Presidency this year on a number of areas including Somalia as well as the New Alliance on Food Security and improving G8-AU co-ordination on peace and security matters.
Prime Minister Cameron has said the UK's Presidency of the G8 will focus on three ways in which the G8 can support the development of open economies, open governments and open societies to unleash the power of the private sector: advancing trade, ensuring tax compliance and promoting greater transparency. He noted that the UK intended to lead the battle against hunger with a special event on food and nutrition a few days before the main G8 meeting, to follow up on last year's Olympic Hunger Summit. He drew attention to the conditions that enable open economies and open societies to drive prosperity and growth: these, he identified as the rule of law, the absence of conflict and corruption, and the presence of property rights and strong institutions, adding that transparency and accountability were also vital to lay the foundations of long-term growth and prosperity.


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The Kansas City Royals traded for starting pitcher James Shields before the 2013 season, giving up top hitting prospect Wil Myers.
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Price pitched his fourth complete game this year, Longoria hit a two-run homer and the Rays beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 in the AL wild-card tiebreaker game Monday night, the 163rd game for both teams.
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Micropay problems at Fictionwise? Company and Barnes & Noble seem unresponsive
August 22, 2010 | 10:58 am
By Paul Biba
I received the following email from Clytie Siddall, from Renmark, in the Riverland of South Australia. Is anyone else having similar problems with Fictionwise?
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My purchasing at Fictionwise has dwindled from a flood to a trickle since the imposition of "geographic limitations", but I still prefer to buy ebooks there if I can. I also signed up last year (before the imposition) for another 5 years of the Buywise club. Under the current publishing conditions, we customers are told that we will still be eligible for Buywise discounts for the life of our already-paid subscription, and that we can use our existing Micropay balance.
The Micropay balance is the issue here. In mid-July I tried to use mine. It's shown at the top of the Shopping Cart, and the Help says you can use it. However, the Micropay button no longer shows at the bottom of the Shopping Cart.
Previously, if your total was less than your Micropay balance, and you didn't have any "PayPal/Credit card Only" titles in your Shopping Cart, then you could press the Micropay button to checkout. Your balance would be debited by that amount, and you didn't need to pay with PayPal or credit card. This was quick and convenient, and definitely caused me to buy significantly more books.
In mid-July I couldn't find any way to checkout using my Micropay balance. I searched the site and the Help. I kept going back there every couple of days to see if the problem had been fixed. It wasn't.
So, on the 27th July, I put in a formal request for Customer Support. I have had no response. My titles are still sitting in my Shopping Cart, and I'm not game to buy anything else until this is cleared up. Fictionwise owe me over $60 Micropay: I really don't mind how they reimburse me (e.g. a voucher for books), but I'm distinctly unhappy that they aren't fulfilling their agreement to allow us to use up our Micropay balance, and that they don't respond to my customer service request. I've made a handful of requests over the years I've been at Fictionwise, and they have never responded. I have no idea why. There is nowhere to go on their site from that point.
So I emailed B&N, explaining my problem. The first reply was an auto-respond which didn't address my problem at all. So I asked them to read my email. The second reply was that I should contact Fictionwise. I said that I had tried that (repeatedly), without success, and that surely the customer service behaviour of a wholly-owned B&N company was B&N's business. The next reply was that it wasn't, and I should "contact Fictionwise".
I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who's had any success in contacting Fictionwise, or has any idea how I can resolve this. B&N don't appear to care, which does raise some interesting questions.
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I was a large fan of fictionwise back when it was actually a good place to buy ebooks. Unfortunately, fictionwise has become such a poor place to buy books that I haven't used it since most of us used up our micropay balances in preparation of micropay's demise.
I just went to fictionwise, chose a book, and went to checkout. I noticed that the little bit of micropay I had was automatically used to discount the book's price, so they seem to be still honouring the concept, just implementing it differently. I expect though that micropay is going to be gone soon.
I noticed the same when I bought a book from FW a few weeks ago (a multi-format title; I no longer trust them to deliver DRM-infected books) – the Micropay button had disappeared, but the price of the book was reduced by my Micropay balance during the final checkout (it wasn't reduced in the shopping cart, however).
I bought some books this weekend using my Micropay balance. As MarkChan says above, it's applied to the balance of your order as 'Store Credit', rather than being a separate payment option as it used to be. I clicked the 'Check Out' button under 'payment methods' and the total was taken out of my Micropay balance, no problem. It is a bit confusing though, and there's no excuse for such poor customer service.
I have had cause on occasion to email Fictionwise myself to make complaints. I quickly found a surefire way to get their attention and get a response was to state firmly and clearly my eagerness to broadcast any failures on their part on a variety of public forums, including Mobileread.com. Or to put it more subtly, I would tell them that I would much rather report a positive outcome to a problem on Mobileread than a negative one.
Really, it works wonders. But given how far the site has slipped since I first started shopping there – and I used to buy a lot of books from it too – perhaps they've reached the point where they don't care anymore.
I used to be a regular customer at fictionwise.com. When they started to implement the geographic restrictions I stopped buying. When I got their message about micropay I went to the site and immediatelly ordered a book to clear my micropay balance.
I've downloaded all my books again and loaded them up as files into iBooks or Stanza instead of importing directly from their site.
This is a real sad state of affairs, when a company you've done business with and trusted for many years can no longer be trusted. I used to refer eveyone interested in eBooks to FictionWise.
With the idiotic geographic restrictions placed on online ebook retailers I guess the best place to look for books is a good torrents site as publishers are sending a clear message that they don't want readers to be able to purchase the books. They might simplify things and make the books available for free for anyone outside the US as most don't allow readers from other countries to buy their books.
Baen is a shinning beacon in a world of idiotic actions by publishers. They sell to the whole world directly on their own site and through every retailer. I'm discovering new authors by going through their catalog.
I was a Fictionwise customer for the first six months of 2010 and was spending more there than at Amazon. I was buying for my Kindle but sometimes had to buy ePub that needed "DRM adjustment" before converting (I also bought a Kobo so they could be used directly there).
I made a point of using my $50 or so in Micropay credits early summer. Like the others, it simply discounted like a store credit. I have 41¢ left but that will probably never be retrieved as I am unlikely to buy anything more there. A pity — but they simply were not getting full shake at content I wanted as an alternative supplier. I use Kobobooks now instead.
Fictionwise is also having problems with their magazine subscriptions. I tried to renew my subscription to "Interzone" and "Asimov's" and on both occasions, the one-year subscription page states "NO LONGER ON SALE".
The feedback I got from their support staff was:
"I'm sorry but we are not offering subscriptions at this time. Please use the single issue purchase option."
This worries me as Fictionwise was the only company I know that offers e-subscriptions for those magazines (along with "Analog" and "Fantasy and SF").
Thanks for the informative replies, guys. I went back to my Shopping Cart to check if a "Micropay credit" has been applied, and what do you know? Instead of just showing a total, the cart now shows:
-Store Credit
This certainly wasn't there before, or I wouldn't have spent so much time trying to find out what was going on. Possibly my Micropay balance was just deducted from the book prices, as people say above. I didn't notice, because now I can't buy from the Agency 5, I buy only very cheap indie books.
Thankyou Teleread for helping me publicize this issue. Do you think that, now Fictionwise have fixed it surreptitiously, I might even get a reply to my support request? 😮
I agree with other keen ebook buyers here: it's a great pity that Fictionwise has been gutted by the Agency 5 and B&N. It was a terrific site, and we used to buy a lot of books there.
@clytie: I don't think you will ever hear from their customer support. Unfortunately, fictionwise is on the path to extinction.
Mauricio Longo Says:: This is a real sad state of affairs, when a company you've done business with and trusted for many years can no longer be trusted. I used to refer eveyone interested in eBooks to FictionWise.
Isn't that a bit harsh ? I mean they are hardly in control of the geographical situation and have to obey the legal restrictions that are applied to the books they sell. It is sad and disappointing yes, but more than that ?
@Howard: I think it is actually "more than that". I agree that geographical restrictions are not their fault. However, the cancellation of their buywise club and changes to their micropayment system are their fault. Some have suggested that the loss of the buywise and micropayments is due to the A5 pricing model, but this is simply not true, since fictionwise doesn't even sell those books and has no contract to do so with the A5. Furthermore, what once was a great customer service reputation is now in the sever system.
I agree, Mark. Fictionwise was so successful because it was responsive to its customers' needs. Before the B&N takeover, an article like this would have brought the Fictionwise owners over here immediately, offering to fix the problem, and willing to work directly with the customers and industry. This is the kind of positive attitude which we've seen from Michael Tamblyn of Kobo. It's commercially and creatively invaluable.
Again, the big publishers and many retailers are alienating customers and missing great opportunities.
B&N have bought the competition, then strangled it. Fictionwise was best practice in many ebook-retailing areas. Currently, Borders in Australia is developing its etailing presence, and when I suggest the features it needs, they all come from Fictionwise (although I've used a wide range of etailers).
So, we had a best-practice international ebook retailer, but instead of capitalizing on its strengths, it has been destroyed, and we now have new retailers in each country, laboriously assembling the basics. How does that make sense?


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Guide to nongovernmental organizations for the military: A primer for the military about private, voluntary, and nongovernmental organizations operating in humanitarian emergencies globally
This basic handbook was edited and rewritten by Lynn Lawry and published in 2009 by the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) International Health Division, of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health affairs); U.S. Department of Defense. Originally intended as a primer for American military staff, it also serves as a useful reference guides to NGOs. The 368 page book covers the purpose and role of NGOS (including charities and international humanitarian aid agencies) and their role in conflict zones, peace keeping and humanitarian crises. It includes statistics on deployment and legal regulation of relations with military bodies. Appendixes give profiles of key UN agencies and explain the Red Cross/ Red Crescent structure.From Intute.ac.uk


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Supposedly the smarter someone is, the more susceptible they actually are to hypnosis. That doesn't say much for Rattata.
Everyone's a Hypno Critic
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As an actual hypnotist, people who stubournly refuse to believe that hypnosis is real in the face of all the evidence are really annoying.
I think you have it backwards there. I volunteered/was picked to be hypnotized during a performance once and was embarrassed about not actually being hypnotized, so i just faked it and played along. Only two people were able to tell, but i was fully aware, and in control, of my actions the entire time. I later found out that I was unable to be hypnotized because i couldn't clear and relax my mind… I still have trouble with thinking too much.
Pretty much anyone can be hypnotized.
Nice concept, but the animation seemed a bit lazy – Rattata fainted with its HP bar still full.
It seems like HYPNO was actually a D&D player with a shitty set of dice. Who else loots a dead rat?


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UTSA Police Department to conduct training May 20 at Chisholm Hall
(May 18, 2010)--On May 20, 2010, the UTSA Police Department will conduct training exercises at and around Chisholm Hall on the Main Campus. Training zones will be clearly marked.
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One thought, minor as it may be…the private dining room in Palo's on the Fantasy seems to have a window of some sort in the left side of the image, which makes it ever so slightly different from the Dream.
Funny that you said the Cove Cafe was reminiscent of the Observation Bar on old Cunarders. I immediately was reminded of that space on the Queen Mary when I saw that image!


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There were other forms of savings bank in the UK, including the National Savings Bank formerly known as the Post Office Savings Bank.
From the outset, savings banks were retail finance institutions generally operated through democratic and philanthropic guidelines. British savings banks sought to create thrifty habits amongst small and medium-sized savers such as craftsmen, house servants or the growing proletariat, who were outside the well-to-do market that the banks catered for at that time. In the first half of the 19th century, bank runs or bank collapses were common, so savings banks had no safe outlet for deposits. To create trust among potential depositors, the Savings Bank (England) Act 1817 was passed, which as a matter of policy required funds to be invested in government bonds or deposited at the Bank of England. This regulation was extended to Scottish savings banks in 1835. From then on, regulation of savings banks in the UK was characterised as quite detailed. Several periods of "ill-health" and lack of trust in their capacity as a viable organisational form, resulted in government intervention in most aspects of the operation and day-to-day management of savings banks (particularly the nature of the business portfolio).
An essential feature of a savings bank in the UK was that depositors should have a guarantee of the nominal value of their savings, so that these could be withdrawn at their full value plus interest (no matter how long the deposit had been with the bank.) Funds of the savings banks would be under control of voluntary managers or trustees (hence the roots of the TSB acronym). The guarantee could not be achieved unless funds were invested in securities with a similar guarantee. As a result of the Act of Parliament of 1817, the payment of all money received by trustee savings banks, other than that needed for liquidity to deal with every day transactions, was transferred to the Bank of England for the credit of the National Debt Commissioners. The Act also specified the duties of the treasurers, managers and trustees of the savings banks, none of whom was to derive any benefit whatsoever from that office. This feature was to dominate the management of the TSBs until the 1970s. Savings banks paying interest on deposits (at a rate ranging from three to five per cent per annum) proliferated. The number of successful institutions in the UK grew until it reached 645 in 1861. Their business remained in collecting low-volume deposits, as early attempts at market diversification had been curtailed by the Savings Bank Act of 1891.
The potential of trustee savings banks to contest retail bank markets became evident in the interwar years. By 1919 the sum of cash and assets held in deposit for all the TSBs reached their first £100 million, which rapidly rose to £162 million in 1929 and £292 million in 1939.
Together, the trustee savings banks would rank in size with any of the four main London clearing banks. In practice, however, there was little competition between trustee savings banks. Each individual TSB served a separate geographic area, although they were actively challenged by other organisations and this competition became more acute in the decades that followed the end of the war in 1945. For instance, by 1952 the percentage of deposit transactions of £1 or less with the Savings Bank of Glasgow had risen steadily over the previous five years from 3.5 percent to 4.7 percent and the average weekly number of transactions had climbed to 76,178. Although there was a "surprise" at the high turnover in most ordinary accounts, the fact remained that the majority of savings banks' accounts remained short-term deposit and mid-term savings through which individuals met short-term needs such as rents or the cost of holidays.
In 1955, inter-savings-bank clearing was extended to the whole country. The system had been in operation in Surrey in the south of England for a short time and it had proven successful in facilitating the settlement of transactions between different savings banks and in improving the service to clients (particularly when on holidays within the UK). Also in 1955, increased competition for deposits (and most notably the growing popularity of hire purchase) led to calls for the Trustee Savings Banks Association to revive a proposal originally make in 1926 by W.A. Barclay of the Perth Savings Bank, that the TSB should seek permission from the Exchequer and the National Debt Commissioners to allow withdrawals by cheque. However, it was not until 1965 that a review of retail credit markets led to the TSB being allowed to issue current accounts (that is, withdrawals by cheque of deposits but not to give credit in the form of overdraft facilities), undertake the payment of utility bills, and safeguard securities and valuables. Accordingly, the TSB Trust Company was established in 1967 and a year later the first unit trust issue was offered.
Although most customers of trustee savings banks were lower middle- and working-class, and had little need for cheques or cheque guarantee cards, regulatory innovations which opened possibilities for diversification in the business portfolio of the trustee savings banks, threatened to erode the deposit base of the clearing banks. The potential diversification of the savings banks' business portfolio, however, was limited by the over-restrictive central control by the Exchequer and the National Debt Commissioners and the Trustee Savings Bank Inspection Committee. This type of central control had been designed to both guarantee depositors that the savings banks would remain a secure alternative for their deposits and, by standardising general interest rates and regulations, make it possible for local trustees to work autonomously.
By the mid-1960s transactions at retail counters were increasing around 5 percent p.a. while automation and mechanization had completely eluded even the largest savings banks. Some savings banks still worked with leather-bound ledgers and others depended on the passbook system, either way hand-written record cards piled up in the thousands while even the most elemental source of managerial information (such as the annual balance sheet) was a huge task and involved substantial amounts of over-time pay. Organizational methods at savings banks were thus not only antiquated but time consuming. They were clearly and badly in need of modernization and streamlining.
In 1973 at the time of the report by the Page Committee, there were still 73 savings banks with 1,549 branch offices. Eight years had passed since regulatory change had allowed the introduction of cheque accounts. The trustee savings banks community sensed the need to change in response to changing customer needs. However, there had been mixed developments in the growth of assets at individual banks. On the one hand, the assets of the Scottish trustee savings banks, traditionally the strongest members of the TSB movement, had been growing more slowly than those of their southern counterparts. On the other hand, trustee savings banks in Lancashire, Yorkshire, the Midlands, Wales and the West Country had built up enviable reserves and were anxious to protect their territories. London and southern England remained the areas where the savings banks had little presence.
While savings banks and government were engaged in deliberations about the future organisational structure and functioning of the movement as well as of individual trustee savings banks, the savings banks remained restricted in what services they could offer. The TSB could not give loans to their customers, and regulation still limited the way funds could be invested. It was at this critical stage that the report of the Page Committee recommended that the trustee savings banks be freed from government control, allowed to develop their service range, and, as a result, become the third force in banking.
Dealing with recommendations of the Page Committee was high up in the agenda of the newly elected government of Harold Wilson. But the pace of change was to be slow. Officials at the Bank of England, with the support of Sir Athelstan Caröe, then chairman of the Trustee Savings Banks Association, called for the establishment of a strong central authority to assume many of the control powers vested in the Government as well as the need to build up adequate capital reserves virtually from scratch. From the Government's point of view, there was an advantage in a gradual staging of the period during which the TSBs' investment powers were widened and they ceased to invest solely in public debt.
Trustee savings banks then became active users of computers as part of a long effort to articulate organisational change. Two companies were set up in 1972 in preparation for future change. One was TSB Computer Services Ltd., to co-ordinate all computer systems and related developments, the other being the incorporation of the Central Trustee Savings Bank Ltd., to deal with volume transactions.
Efforts within the trustee savings banks and within government then gave rise to the publication of the Trustee Savings Banks Act in 1975. This Bill granted savings banks the right to offer equivalent services to those of the clearing banks. But it also required that, in the space of one year, their number was reduced from 73 (of varying sizes) to 19 independent banks, under the central co-ordinating authority of the TSB Central Board. This organisational framework for savings banks was in place between 1976 and 1984, a period during which TSB management undertook a series of fundamental changes while pursuing the creation of independent and profitable financial services group.
Tom Bryans, general manager of the Northern Ireland Trustee Savings Bank, was appointed the first new chief executive of the amalgamated Trustee Savings Banks. At the time in his mid-fifties, he had spent all his working life at the TSB movement, achieving manager status in 1956 and then becoming an expert in computerized banking. Bryans took the helm with a mandate to turn the savings banks from a quasi-government body into successful independent providers – although his salary of £17,000 p.a. was well below those paid at similar posts at clearing banks.
The amalgamation of individual trustee savings banks into purposely created regional banks and the establishment of a central board in 1975, then brought about the use of own resources to support the introduction of personal lending in 1977. However, the attempts to diversify across retail bank markets by the trustee savings banks failed. Together with the National Giro Bank and the Co-operative Bank, the efforts of the trustee savings banks to penetrate retail finance, from scratch in 1971, resulted in only £200m in direct consumer loans in 1979, and this accounted for less than 3 per cent of total consumer lending that year.
In 1984 the government published a White Paper and a new TSB Bill, in which the quasi-federal decentralised structure was abandoned in favour of a single central organisation which was no-longer legally unique but incorporated under the Companies Act 1985. The purported aim was to give the then-called TSB Group a more effective operating structure and also establish clear guidelines for ownership and accountability, neither of which was clear under former legislation. The government, however, profited from the sale of the bank, as it received the value of the flotation without at any point paying any sums for the ownership of the bank's assets.


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Swakopmund — The usually chilly evening coastal breeze did not keep them away as they streamed in droves into the Atlantic Primary School hall to wind up the activities of the weekend.
The weekend of the 30-31 March was marked by the fifth commemoration of those who succumb in concentration camps here during the 1904-1908 Ovahere-Ovambanderu-Nama wars against German colonialism.
After the main event during the day on the Saturday including a pilgrim to the graveyard, and speeches at the Vineta Sport Field, the Saturday evening was reduced to less a serious but equally important event, the crowning of Miss Genocide, the first-ever such crowning in the five year history of the Genocide commemoration in Swakopmund.
Slowly and elegantly they streamed to into the hall. From the way most of the women guests are adorned in their strictly traditional but stylish dresses, there seems little distinguishing them from the participants in the beauty pageant.
But beauty pageant sounds more like a misnomer of the event as more than for their beauty, the focus on the models is more on the traditional dress, how the models, or proper young traditionalists proudly carry themselves in the dress and positively portray the elegancy of the dress and its people.
Besides, the five finalists would have to answer questions relate to the cultures and traditions of the communities in question as well as their socio-economic and political history. Among the questions featuring is in which Constituency the traditional holy shrine of Ozombuzovindimba is situated.
Ozombuzovindimba is the place where General Lothar von Trotha issued the infamous order for the Extermination of the Ovaherero in October 2, 1094. It is situated in the Otjinene Constituency in the Omaheke Region.
To give credence to the event the judges seem to have been sourced from among the cultural cream of the community and include such eminent cultural-cum-community leaders like the councilor of the Okakarara Constituency, Vetaruhe Kandorozu and community activist, lecturer and educationalist as well as a culturalist in his own right, Dr Hoze Riruako.
Among those gracing the occasion as guest, socialite and patron of the event is Member of Parliament, Arnold Tjihuiko and Arandis Mayor, Daniel Muhuura.
As may be expected the Secretary of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, Unotjari Katjimune, is among the crowd but strangely hardly any traditional leader is noticeable among the crowd. The day's activities, and the demanding three to four kilometer walk to the graveyard must have taken its toll on the ageing generation.
One by one well past the hour, the contestant eventually start to entreat the stage to crescendos of excitement from the average crowd, predominantly of the fairer gender.
There is no mistaking that a lot of investment must have gone in the preparation for this big cultural occasion telling from the designs and fabrics of the garments.
One by one they line the stage, ten of them, in different garments, patchwork, the traditional Green, Red and White and an evening dress. Initially the judges seem to have a difficult task with few of the contestants failing in their cultural demeanour.
In between the contestants changing into different garments, the local Fresh Trompies, a group of street children, entertains the crowd with their pantsula-cum-kwaito dancing repertoires spiced up with a drama performance.
On hand in this regard, and to crown the evening's entertainment menu, is the Ovandu Ovazeu oviritje genre outfit, that has only been existence for more than a year but destined to go places, especially as far the coastal entertainment scene is concerned.
Cometh the hour of judgement, there seems little disagreement between the judges and the audience as to who is the winner. Safe that contestant number 6, Uatiraije Kambausuka, should have been among the five fanalists.
Lest one forgets, the evening could not have been as entertatined and worthwhile at it turn out to be without the able directorship of Marabo Kazongominja, a presenter/producer with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)'s Otjiherero Language Service, and co-director, Venee Korumbo, the Chairperson of the Ovaherero Cultural Youth League (OCYL).


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The former head of Virgin Records, Matt Serletic, is hoping to give Apple's GargeBand and iTune's a little competition. The Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriter has started his own music making business, Music Mastermind, to provide the music community a new venue to create and sell their songs. It's called, Zya. In a game-like fashion, users can tap into the elements of popular songs and styles of famous musicians, then combine them to develop their own masterpieces to share with others. Ultimately, a user will be able to sell their music on the site as well.
It's an uphill battle to compete with GarageBand, which is already installed on Apple computers, as well as the already established and widely-used iTunes store. But he's betting on the PC fans to adopt Zya, to make their music, versus other music-making tools in the cloud, such as LL Cool J's Boomdizzle. He's already partnered with HP to have Zya pre-installed on select computers and is working on partnerships with other PC-makers. In the video above, Serletic demonstrates Zya and talks about what makes it different than any other music-making tool. Please share what you think about Zya in the comment section below and what 'other' features it must include in order to be successful. I expressed concern to him about whether or not serious amateur musicians would be put off by the game-like format. Obviously, hardcore singers/producers would have 'professional' tools. But not being a musician myself, I want to know what you think. Does Zya have a future?


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MISS SCHOOL MANNERS & College Admissions
By asoglin
Friday, October 26th, 2007 at 9:23 am in College Apps & Angst, Miss School Manners, Teens.
Earlier this week, we asked parents to weigh in on college admissions anxiety and this culture's hyper-focus on "top tier" schools, and talk about the smaller colleges they've come across that were great fits for their kids. Here's a sampling of their responses, a couple of new resources and an invitation for you to join the party – post your thoughts by clicking "comments."
"Our learning-disabled son has attended CSU East Bay for 1 1/2 quarters and we are very pleased so far… Classes are small and the counselors and professors are very approachable. Our son gets much more help than he ever got in high school. His major advisor spent 45 min going over a schedule modified to suit his learning disabilities. By way of contrast, I think my older son (at Cal) knows the name of his advisor (maybe)." – CL, Walnut Creek
"Love the University of the Pacific in Stockton – fantastic private college, small class sizes, caring faculty, gorgeous campus with an East Coast vibe (must be all those ivy-draped, brick buildings!). With one kid in a UC and another here, the differences could not be more startling." – jb
"I think it's tough, in today's climate, but it would be great if kids (and their parents) could take a deep breath and realize there's more to life than where you went to college. Education is only as good as what you do with it…" – Anonymous
"I just don't think people in other states have NEARLY the problems we here in CA face getting our kids into colleges. And the expense? Ridiculous. We could literally send our child out of state for what we are going to be paying for instate (except he doesn't want to go out of state) and frankly we would like to have him here as well.) It's all crazy insane." – Julie
Roland from the NAICU (National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities) suggests trying the "Colleges That Change Lives" website for "some of the stellar but lesser known colleges out there." The site was inspired by Loren Pope's book of the same name and includes profiles of Reed, Whitman, St. Johns and 37 other small, liberal arts colleges). Roland also suggests checking out his NAICU web site, which offers profiles on private colleges describing "what's special about the individual institution, key stats, and a wealth of links to the college's Web pages, so that prospects and their parents can 'drill down' easily for more information on topics of particular interest." (NOTE: We found this site much easier to navigate than CollegeBoard.com, but it does not include public universities. Use both.)
Please, weigh in with your thoughts and recommendations! Click "comments" and have at it. Or send them (or any school- or parenting-related question) direct to firstname.lastname@example.com
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For the seventh consecutive year, ŌĆ£The DrillŌĆØ will kick off Mississippi StateŌĆÖs fall semester.
ŌĆ£The Drill is a great tradition at MSU that serves as the official welcome to the incoming freshmen class and a welcome back to those upperclassmen.ŌĆØ Thomas Sellars, this yearŌĆÖs Student Association president, said.
The Drill this year will be held today ŌĆö the first official day of classes for all students ŌĆö at 5 p.m. on the Drill Field.
In addition to reinforcing MSU traditions, the event will also prepare students for the upcoming athletic seasons.
Speakers for the event include Sellars, head football coach Dan Mullen, MSU alumnus and retired vice president Roy Ruby and President Mark Keenum.
Sellars is excited about the upcoming year at MSU and what students can expect from this event.
ŌĆ£As it has in the past, The Drill will take place on the historic MSU Drill Field on the first day of classes, August 18th. President Keenum along with Coach Dan Mullen will be there to welcome everyone to campus and kick off the school year,ŌĆØ Sellars said.
Keenum said he is excited about The Drill, especially with MSU boasting the highest university graduation rate in the state.
ŌĆ£The Drill is going to get students excited about the upcoming year. ItŌĆÖs going to be a big pep rally and hopefully Coach Dan Mullen will speak,ŌĆØ Keenum said.
The program includes a performance from the Famous Maroon Band, Army and Air Force ROTC, cheerleaders and pom squad.
The academic deans of each of MSUŌĆÖs colleges will also be on hand to welcome incoming freshmen to their desired majors.
ŌĆ£With record enrollment and a record incoming freshmen class, there
are some very exciting things going on around campus,ŌĆØ Sellars said.
Student Association Vice President Rhett Hobart says The Drill is going to be a great introduction to new students.
ŌĆ£The Drill serves a dual purpose in introducing the students to both the academic and athletic aspects of campus in an exciting atmosphere,ŌĆØ Hobart says.
MSU ice cream will be provided as well as official ŌĆ£2010 DrillŌĆØ T-shirts, Hobart said.
A new program for MSU, the Stay Dry Coalition, will be equipping students with the historic cowbell.
ŌĆ£This is the first event on campus when the incoming freshmen get to experience what Mississippi State is truly like and about the great history from where it came. DonŌĆÖt forget to bring your cowbell,ŌĆØ Hobart said.
The event will end with the freshmen signing the MSU Creed, which is a statement reflecting the values students should possess.


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Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) July 26, 2012
Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, released the following statement in response to the hearing conducted today on S. 3239, the Egg Products Inspection Act of Amendments of 2012, by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
"The Congress has been presented with a detailed and workable egg industry reform bill that satisfies major animal welfare organizations, producers, consumer groups, and veterinary associations. This is the sort of problem-solving that the nation needs, and Congress should not only enact the proposal in short order, but celebrate the process that produced it. If the Congress punts, it will be a terrible setback for animal welfare and the egg industry, and it will reinforce the popular notion that Congress cannot even complete simple, common-sense legislative actions for the country."
This legislation, along with a House companion bill, would demonstrably improve conditions for laying hens over a staggered phase-in period. It is the product of an agreement between HSUS and the United Egg Producers, which support the bill not only because of the enhanced animal welfare provisions, but also because it provides certainty and a level playing field for its members in producing eggs for the next generation. Dozens of egg farmers from all over the country attended the hearing today to show their support.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is the author of S. 3239, and Reps. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., Sam Farr, D-Calif., and Jeff Denham, R-Calif., have introduced the House version of the legislation. Both bills enjoy bipartisan support. The HSUS expressed its thanks to the bill sponsors, as well as to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., for conducting the hearing.
The Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 would:
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Professional baseball was born right here in the Queen City, and the Cincinnati Reds continue to offer baseball fans some of the best entertainment value around. Known for a tradition-rich history, the five-time World Champion Cincinnati Reds welcome fans to Great American Ball Park for a taste of America's pastime.Tickets for Reds games at Great American Ball Park are available by visiting www.reds.com or calling (513) 381-REDS or toll-free at (877) 647-REDS. Tickets can also be purchased at the Great American Ball Park ticket windows or by visting any area Cincinnati-area Meijer store.Or, book the ultimate baseball outing while saving money for groups of 25 or more. See the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park with exclusive perks reserved just for group outings! For group sales, including group party areas and premium-seating options, please call (513) 765-7600 for availability and rates.For information about Great American Ball Park, the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum (a year-round attraction) or to get a schedule of events and promotions, please visit our Web site at www.reds.com.
Located in Fairfield, Ohio, Jungle Jim's International Market is arguably the largest supermarket in the country, spanning nearly 6 1/2 acres. Jungle Jim's showcases approximately 180,000 products including nearly 60,000 international items, over 12,000 wine labels, as well as mountains of imported cheeses, exotic wild specialty meats, fresh seafood, and a dazzling display of 1 1/2 of acres of fresh produce.
With on-site facilities such as the 1200-person capacity Oscar Event Center and in-store cooking school, which serves up exciting cooking classes, Jungle Jim's has something for everyone. Each week, the store is visited in excess of 82,000 shoppers, whom "Jungle" Jim Bonaminio calls "Foodies".
Jungle Jim's Tour Department also offers tours of the store Monday through Friday. Guided tours are available for $5 a person and take groups on an hour tour of the over 300,000 sq. foot "Food Paradise". Tour groups will learn about and taste all types of food from around the world. Each tour participant also receives a $2 gift certificate.
Jungle Jim's has been featured on the History Channel, Good Morning America, The Food Channel, NPR Radio, The Travel Channel and more!
At Jungle Jim's International Market, we're not just a store; we're a destination!
The Grant Boyhood Home in Georgetown was the home of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States, from 1823, when Grant was one year old, until 1839, when he left to attend West Point. Ulysses Grant lived in this home longer than any other during his lifetime. Jesse and Hanna Grant, the parents of young Hiram Ulysses Grant, built the original two-story brick section of the Grant Boyhood home in 1823, when they moved to Georgetown from Point Pleasant in Clermont County, where Ulysses had been born the year before. A large kitchen was added the following year and five years later they built a new two-story home connected to the front of the original structure. Ulysses lived with his parents and four siblings at the home until 1839 when he left to attend West Point. It was at West Point that, through a bureaucratic error, his name was listed as Ulysses Simpson Grant. During his youth in Georgetown, Grant attended school, worked in his father's tannery, and spent hour upon hour in his favorite pastime - working with horses. A Georgetown couple purchased the Grant Boyhood Home in 1977 to prevent its demolition. The home was restored and furnished, with one room which is dedicated to Grant and Georgetown memorabilia. The site has been open since 1982 when it was put on the National Register and declared a National Historic Landmark.
Ulysses S. Grant was born 27 April, 1822, in picturesque Point Pleasant near the mouth of Big Indian Creek at the Ohio River.
This restored one-story, three-room cottage, which was built in 1817, was next to the tannery where Grant's father worked. The small cottage is furnished with period items. At one time the birthplace made an extensive tour of the United States on a railroad flatcar and was also temporarily displayed on the Ohio State fairgrounds.
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminalis a nationally recognized institution dedicated to sparking communitydialogue, insight and inspiration. Home to the breath-taking Art Decomasterpiece, regional history museum, science museum, hands-on children'smuseum, and OMNIMAX® film experience, Cincinnati Museum Center is an AAMAccredited Museum, a National Medal of Museum Service recipient and was recognizedin 2009 as the 17th most visited museum in America by Forbes Traveler.Organizations within Cincinnati Museum Center include the Cincinnati HistoryMuseum, Duke Energy Children's Museum, the Museum of Natural History &Science, the Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater and the CincinnatiHistorical Society Library. Cincinnati Museum Center welcomes onemillion plus visitors annually. As seen on WBNS 10TV
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminalis a nationally recognized institution dedicated to sparking communitydialogue, insight and inspiration. Home to the breath-taking Art Decomasterpiece, regional history museum, science museum, hands-on children'smuseum, and OMNIMAX® film experience, Cincinnati Museum Center is an AAMAccredited Museum, a National Medal of Museum Service recipient and was recognizedin 2009 as the 17th most visited museum in America by Forbes Traveler.Organizations within Cincinnati Museum Center include the Cincinnati HistoryMuseum, Duke Energy Children's Museum, the Museum of Natural History &Science, the Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater and the CincinnatiHistorical Society Library. Cincinnati Museum Center welcomes onemillion plus visitors annually. As seen on WBNS 10TV
Warren G. Harding launched himself into the White House in 1920 with his famous "front porch" campaign, which he conducted from his Victorian home in Marion, Ohio.The restored house was built in 1891 and contains almost all original furnishings owned by President Harding and his wife Florence. The library was renovated in 2005. Adjacent to the Harding Home is a press house used during the 1920 campaign which now serves as a museum dedicated to President and Mrs. Harding's lives.The Harding Tomb, the final resting place for President and Mrs. Harding, is located in Marion, a few miles away.
The Shawshank Trail Drive-it-Yourself Tour in Mansfield, Ohio! Explore the sites! Stand in the same location as Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman! See where this impressive movie was filmed! Hear the fascinating stories! The Shawshank Trail Drive-it-Yourself Brochure will help you navigate your way around Mansfield, Ashland and Upper Sandusky, Ohio at your own pace visiting the same sites as Hollywood once did when they were filming Shawshank Redemption. Visitors and fans can print the brochure from www.shawshanktrail.com with directions for each destination.Highlights of the tour let you see first hand the tunnel in which Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) dug his way to freedom, on display at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory. Or the opening scene at Pugh Cabin on the property of Malabar Farm State Park where Andy waited for his wife and lover. See where Brooks fed the pigeons in Central Park in downtown Mansfield. You can even sit in the very seats where the premier of The Shawshank Redemption was shown in 1993 at the Historic Renaissance Theatre. These are just a few attractions in the Mansfield area where Hollywood walked . . . now you can too!The web site lists attractions that are open to the general public with their hours of operation. Visitors are encouraged to bring their cameras for great photo opportunities! Please note that the Oak Tree is located on private property and photos may only be taken from across the road on Malabar Farm State Park's property.The majority of the movie was filmed in Mansfield, with scenes from Ashland, Butler, Upper Sandusky, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Portland, Maine.
Behalt offers fascinating and enjoyable way to learn about the Amish and Mennonite people. Besides a free 15-minute video presentation, visitors may take a 30-minute interpretive tour (paid admission) of a colorful, stunning 265-ft x 10-ft original oil painting depicting Amish and Mennonite history. The presentation is world-class and the facility is handicap accessible and built to accommodate motor coach groups. The mural was painted by German-born, internationally known artist Heinz Gaugel. Other displays highlight heritage aspects of Amish and Mennonites. The Center also has a large selection of books by and about the Amish and Mennonites, local crafts, art gallery, displays, large clean restrooms, and offers group rates. A special exhibit of relief wood carvings display the craftsmanship of local Amish cabinet builder. Pioneer Barn houses an original Conestoga Wagon that brought early settlers to Holmes County. Restored one-room school, dating from 1856, used to tell story of Amish education.
The center of Mesopotamia, better known as the "Commons", is surrounded by 28 buildings, 21 of them built before the Civil War and included on the National Register of Historic Places. Fairview Cemetery, which was established in 1818 and sits adjacent to the Commons on the east side, features unique stone markers carved out of limestone by local sculptor, Howard Brigden. A number of Civil War veterans are buried here.The End of the Commons General Store, which has been in continuous operation since the 1840s, sits at the south end of the town's center. Today this area is part of the fourth largest Amish settlement in the country and the second largest in Ohio. Here among the tidy farms and whitewashed houses that dot the countryside in rural northwest Trumbull County, this close-knit community makes a living by farming, working in wood or operating a small unique specialty shop.Across from the General Store on the east side of the Commons sits the worlds's largest Amish horse and buggy which stands 14' high and 32' long.
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Right now I'm in the middle of Delaware Bay sailing to Philadelphia for the next stop of our Coal Free Future Tour. In anticipation, Greenpeace's field organizer in Philly, Myriam Fallon, has written a blog on what is bound to be an exciting few days:
The Arctic Sunrise is on its way to Philadelphia for the second stop on the Coal Free Future Tour. The ship is traveling up the East Coast to connect with local coal activists and to shine a spotlight on some of the oldest, dirtiest coal plants in the country. Here in Pennsylvania, 1,359 people die each year as a result of all the pollution that is spewing from our coal plants. That's over 3 people a day! And as of 2005, we had more coal plants than any other state. This is clearly a problem since coal is the number one cause of global warming pollution in this country. Already utilities are starting to realize that there are smarter ways to power our future. The Cromby Generating station, near Phoenixville, PA is scheduled to shut down in 2012. But there is still a lot of work to be done.The Arctic Sunrise will be docked at Penn's Landing for 5 days to discuss the impacts of coal in our state. Join us on Saturday the 29th at 2pm as we march to the Governor's office to demand liberty from coal. After the march we'll head back to the ship for a free concert. If you can't make the march but still want to see the ship, it will be open for tours from Friday through Tuesday. Join us as we start to take back our state from the coal industry and push for the transition to clean, renewable energy. To get more infor, you can, RSVP for the march of ship tours here. For more information on coal in PA see our fact sheet.
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I had a great time touring the Greenpeace boat in Philly! Everyone was so nice and really friendly and down to earth! I remain so grateful and inspi...
I had a great time touring the Greenpeace boat in Philly! Everyone was so nice and really friendly and down to earth! I remain so grateful and inspired by these wonderful people. I have a two year old son and I know that organizations like Greenpeace will make the world a better place for him.
Additionally, my son was born with breathing problems - luckily he is fine now, but I wholeheartedly support stopping coal burning. Let's make Pa. a cleaner place for generations to come! Greenpeace had me at saving the whales but I am so glad that they visited Philly and shared their knowledge!
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Massive tree crashes into metro bus near McPherson Square
Baltimore riot damage adds burden to small businesses
To call or not call your insurance company about home damage
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Thousands of customers in the D.C. metro area are without power Thursday morning following Wednesday's severe thunderstorms, which also caused many downed trees and damaged homes.
Lightning prompts fires and downed trees in Montgomery Co.
Bob Engelhart's quiet block in Takoma Park is overrun by the sound of chainsaws and a wood chipper.
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Virginia forestry officials are reporting widespread damage to oaks and other trees from this year's arrival of cicadas.
Massive storm system batters MidwestComment
The big storm that threatened to do serious damage from Iowa to Maryland hasn't been as ferocious as forecasters warned. Authorities in Ohio reported possible tornadoes and thousands in the Buckeye State are without power.
Hurricane Sandy damage: Map charting damage left in Sandy's wakeComment
ABC7 News will be charting and mapping reports of storm damage, wires down and other problems related to Hurricane Sandy as we get them. You can submit damage reports and photos to email@example.com.
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Cleaning up storm damageComment
Roads across the Washington region are littered with trees and debris following a powerful storm that swept through the area.
Assessment of Washington Monument continues after earthquake damageComment
The National Park Service says assessment of the damage at the Washington Monument after last month's earthquake is continuing, but engineers are a long way from saying when the obelisk can reopen to the public.
Obama officials to survey Hurricane Irene damageComment
Top officials from the Obama administration are traveling to Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia to get a first-hand look at damages caused by Hurricane Irene.
Gadsby's Tavern Museum closed for quake damageComment
One of the historic buildings in Old Town Alexandria will remain closed through the weekend following damage from Tuesday's earthquake.
Friday storms cause power outage in MarylandComment
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's induction of the 2013 class was as diverse as it was poignant, humorous and reflective. It was also dominated by one inductee.
Canadian progressive rock trio Rush was the clear favorite and headliner from the outset, drawing deafening ovations all night until the end, when the band was finally able to step onto the stage and accept the honor after more than a decade of waiting.
"We've been saying for a long time, years, that this wasn't a big deal. Turns out, it kind of is," said drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, who was the first of the three band members to speak.
The road to the Hall of Fame was a long one for the Toronto-based band, which took a timeout from its tour to stop in Los Angeles for the ceremony.
Eligible for induction starting in 1999, the band had been overlooked every year since, which increasingly angered the fans and seemed to at least slightly annoy the band.
Starting this year, the voting opened to include online fan participation, which easily pushed Rush into being honored.
In his portion of the speech, bassist and vocalist Geddy Lee said about the fans that they were "the most passionate, incredible fan base around the globe…for not only supporting and encouraging our musical progress over the years, but for the insistence of their voices, which has most certainly led us to this evening."
Guitarist Alex Lifeson then took his turn at the microphone and finished the speeches with a three-minute long 'speech' where he said nothing but 'blah blah blah' and acted out emotions toward the fans and the rest of the band. When it appeared like he was finished, he started over, pantomiming getting the phone call, being excited to be honored, getting ready, shaving, writing his speech and thanking everyone while crying. He ended it with clasping his hands together in a thank you motion and pointing to the crowd – never saying anything other than 'blah blah blah' over and over.
Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters inducted Rush into the Hall and, dressed as the power trio in 1976, started the performance part with the Overture opening section of the almost 20-minute '2112' epic title track. Then Lee, Lifeson and Peart stepped in behind them and took over, playing 'Tom Sawyer' and 'The Spirit of Radio.'
Many of the inductees had been eligible for several years and, like Rush, were finally inducted in 2013.
Randy Newman waited 22 years to be inducted and presenter Don Henley made sure that was known, saying that the honor was "shamefully overdue" and took a shot at the Hall, calling it was a "peculiar, perplexing organization." That attitude toward the organization was clear the whole evening, starting with Rock Hall co-founder Jann Wenner getting booed in his opening remarks and ending with Grohl and Hawkins chiding it about Rush.
Heart, eligible since 2001, was another clear fan favorite and was inducted by fellow Seattle musician Chris Cornell, singer of Soundgarden.
In his speech, Cornell explained that the band rocked regardless of its members' gender and that it resided "in the singular synergy in the sisterhood of Ann and Nancy Wilson," He then went on to say that "they blasted down many sexist barriers in front of them…Heart was important to us, not just as musicians, but as proof that Seattle could produce something beautiful and rocking."
Before the band and guests played 'Crazy on You,' 'Dreamboat Annie' and 'Barracuda,' Ann Wilson added "When I leave this earth, I will look back with love because I got the chance to sing. I never, ever take it for granted."
Other musical acts that were inducted were rap pioneers Public Enemy, disco queen Donna Summer and blues guitarist Albert King.
Movie director Spike Lee started the presentation for Public Enemy and then passed it to Harry Belafonte, before the group came to the stage. When it got there, Flavor Flav monopolized the microphone with a rambling and incoherent speech that went on too long and lost the crowd. When Chuck D finally got the chance to speak, he talked about how important the rap and hip hop genres were before the large group played a medley of 'Bring the Noise,' '911 is a Joke' and 'Fight the Power.'
Kelly Rowland inducted Donna Summer, who died in May of 2012. She remembered the sensual nature of Summer's song 'Love to Love You Baby' and then remarked that "I'm pretty sure me and a lot of you were made to that record," before Summer's husband Bruce Sudano and their three daughters accepted the award. Sudano made a point to thank Summer's fans for the support and love that he and his kids received after her death and the DJs who still blast her songs in nightclubs to this day. Jennifer Hudson then expertly performed 'Bad Girls' and 'Last Dance' in honor of Summer.
Albert King – who died in 1992 and was eligible in 1987 – was inducted by John Mayer who, during his speech, recalled how King's style influenced his early playing. He then demonstrated subtle differences among several blues players before he and Gary Clark, Jr. led a band in playing 'Oh Pretty Woman' and King's 'Born Under a Bad Sign.'
Two non-performers were honored with the Ahmet Ertegun Award as Quincy Jones and Lou Adler were both inducted as producers.
Adler, a Los Angeles native like Newman, was presented by comedians Cheech and Chong. Known by sports fans as the guy in the hat and beard who sits next to Jack Nicholson at every Laker game – he told stories about his working with the Herb Alpert, The Mamas and the Papas, Carole King, Cheech and Chong and Jan and Dean and then King performed 'So Far Away' from the Tapestry record that Adler produced.
Surprise guest Oprah Winfrey inducted Quincy Jones, who was responsible for Michael Jackson's Off the Wall and Thriller albums, the 'We are the World' single in 1985, many movie and television show scores and themes and countless other projects.
Winfrey recalled him casting her in the movie The Color Purple, said directly to him in her speech "You're a marvel and everyone knows it. You're a genius. You have the most generous soul of anybody I know on earth. We treasure you. We cherish you. We love you." He then came to the stage and spoke at length about all genres of music and every big name in each one, before saying about American music as a whole "Every country in the world knows more about our music than we do. Such indigenous strains as blues, jazz and gospel are "the soul of our country. We cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity."
Usher then honored Jones and the legacy of Jackson by performing the song 'Rock with You,' from the Off the Wall record.
The ceremony was in Los Angeles for the first time since 1993 when Cream and The Doors were inducted. It will be televised on HBO on May 18 at p.m.


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A woman arrested for crashing through a fence and driving onto the runway at the Grand Junction Regional Airport is facing jail time.
Jamie Bowden of Fruita will be in court next week for sentencing after she pleaded guilty to D.U.I. charges as part of a plea deal.
A judge could order Bowden to spend up to 100 days in jail.
Grand Junction Police arrested Bowden on January 28th at the south end of the airport, her second D.U.I. related arrest in four months according to court documents.
Bowden is out on bond and will be back in court in April for sentencing.
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The government has extended VED exemption to 1974. Which means these fine cars are now tax-free...
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Ferrari 308 GT4
It was a groundbreaking model for Ferrari, this. Firstly, it was the company's first production car to have a mid-engined V8 (a layout that'd comprise the bulk of the company's business in the succeeding decades), secondly, it was the first production Ferrari to be penned by Bertone (not Pinninafarina), and finally it was the only Ferrari Richard Hammond's experienced complete electrical and mechanical failure in... Still, they're blummin' cheap.
Approx value £25,000
Power 250bhp