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Ivy Ridge Apartments complex sold for $25.7M
Call it the rise of the secondary markets.
The Solomon Organization LLC, a New Jersey-based operator of multifamily assets, has closed on the purchase of the newly built Ivy Ridge Apartments in Swatara Township, according to a news release from California-based Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the firm that brokered the deal.
The 218-unit complex, which is near the Harrisburg Mall and was developed by Lower Paxton Township-based Triple Crown Corp. Inc., sold for $25.7 million, or $117,913 per unit, the highest in the Harrisburg market this year, according to Marcus & Millichap.
"The marketing process for this asset went very quickly due to the demand for quality assets and the increased returns that can be achieved in a secondary market," said Zachary Pierce, one of the directors of the firm's National Multi Housing Group in Philadelphia.
The firm has sold about a dozen properties representing more than 1,000 units in Central Pennsylvania in recent years.
"The sale of Ivy Ridge is evidence that large private investor groups and institutions are willing today to move beyond primary markets into secondary markets in order to purchase quality assets with higher yields," Pierce said. "Two of the top three interested parties in this transaction were New York-based institutional investment groups. In previous years, institutional investors would typically forego opportunities in the Harrisburg market, but with pricing in core markets like Philadelphia, New York and Washington, D.C., reaching 2007 levels, it has become necessary for buyers to expand their horizons."
Secondary markets can offer investors a cash-on-cash return that is 100 to 200 basis points better than in core markets, he added.
Ivy Ridge has 192 two-bedroom, two-bath units with private entrances and patios, most of which have skyline views of Harrisburg. The remaining 26 units are townhomes adjacent to the main complex.

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I don't mean to mislead in the post's main text; there are actually more than a dozen blossoms on my Christmas cactus. This shot captured just one blossom aglow with sunlight against the backdrop of my kitchen garden under snow.
It's Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (read about it on Carol's blog over at May Dreams Gardens), and my Home Kitchen Garden is under snow. When I limit my definition of "garden" to that plot of land where I plant stuff in the spring, I have nothing to share on this winter Bloom Day. However, I've always defined my garden as the entire collection of plants that I tend—wherever they may be.
So, this bloom day, as did Carol on her blog, I present my Christmas Cactus. This plant started as a cutting from my daughter's cactus back in summer of 2008. So far, the only care it has received is watering. Oh, and I turn the pot from time-to-time. It's kind of a practical joke. I imagine the plant when sunlight comes through the window the next day: "Hey! I thought I had my leafy stemmy things all pointing in the right direction, and now this?"
I love that you can see the anti-rodent fence that surrounds my vegetable bed in the background of the photo… and snow on the ground in front of it. The snow provides insulation for a thick layer of autumn leaves my kids raked onto the soil. The leaves will break down a little quicker now that there's snow on them.
While there are no other flower blossoms in my home kitchen garden in January, I snuck in two other photos that were begging for attention. I hope you enjoy them.
All I know about the names of ornamental plants I learned from designing golf courses for the old Mean 18 game back in the 1980s and 90s. Drawing on that extensive education, I can say with authority that I have always liked pampas grass… and this stand of it looks pretty awesome even so far into winter. If it's not pampas grass, please drop a note to Accolade, the company that produced Mean 18.
The sun sometimes streams through our living room window in late afternoon. One day last week (I know: not a true Bloom Day photo), it lit up this handmade ornament, and I captured a few shots. This one makes me think of flowers in someone else's garden. Today I stowed the ornaments in the garage and started thinking seriously about spring gardening. Still 2 months before I should start seeds. Sigh.


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Planned Parenthood is not at all about planning for raising children
- Published in Letters
To The Daily Sun,
In the Daily Sun's January 31st edition, Gail Morrison made it clear she could not vote for Joe Kenney, fearing he would not support Planned Parenthood.
Morrison has my utmost respect for stepping forward and expressing her views on what she believes. Regardless of a person's commentary, it's never easy to have your words read in public since it's apt to spawn other opinions, such as mine, that are contrary.
The name Planned Parenthood sounds great but in reality it's more about not being a parent and planning for children as Harry Mitchell brings to light in his Sun letter of Feb. 1.
When visiting family in Rhode Island, I enjoy early morning walks to a favorite neighborhood café. On my path is a Neighborhood Center where there are always people, both young and old, holding signs as follows: "Think it over" ... "Not today" ... "Your baby has no voice" ... "Please return to your car" and it'll be with these 'sidewalk folks' in mind that I will enter the voting booth in November. Hence, whatever candidate best articulates a genuine personal sensitivity and compassion for life will have my vote.
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By Efrain Nieves & Victoria Cepeda There are many questions circling our community. For example, "how do we help our low-income families?" and "how can we get more of the Latino youth to graduate high school and further their education?" Reading an article on wsj.com, recently, answered some of those questions. The article showcased a San Francisco-based […]Continue reading
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Viennese Pecan Bars
Kathy Neufarth, Director of Consumer Affairs, received this recipe from a good friend while they were in Europe. The rich cream cheese crust is accented with chocolate and crisp pecans. These cookie bars may be made ahead of time and frozen, if desired.
Cream Cheese Pastry:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
(1) 3-oz pkg cream cheese
1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
2 eggs
1tsp instant coffee, dissolved in 1 tsp water
1 1/2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
Cream Cheese Pastry: Beat butter, cream cheese, and sugar together until blended. Gradually add flour.
Baking Procedure: Prepare cream cheese pastry; pat evenly over bottom of buttered 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Sprinkle 1 cup pecans over the pastry (save 1/2 cup for top of bar); add the chips.
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat together butter, sugar, eggs, and the dissolved coffee until well combined; add the flour mixture. Spoon it over the chocolate chips and pecans, and spread gently to cover. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup pecans.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake bars 30 minutes or until firm on top and lightly browned at the edges. Cut into 1½-inch bars.
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Thought I'd share some color and style inspiration for shoes with you all for spring summer 2011.
When you are shopping, think bold, think outside the box. Don't worry about the trendy factor (because it always comes back around). I still have pairs of neon shoes I bought six to seven years ago when they were "in". I have all colors, wear them all year round and don't need to buy new ones.
Hope this helps. If anything, get lost in the pictures – they are drool worthy. xoxo
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Selling, with NLP Patterns and Skills
In today's post, I share a sales-closing I think you'll love, and follow that with NLP skills applied to selling, including: Sensory Acuity, Sensory Awareness, Calibration, Using Suggestions to 'plant' thoughts ethically, and other NLP language patterns!
How I used NLP to Close a Client's Real Estate Deal
Some years ago, I was called in to a Real Estate office where I'd been doing some custom training work. One of the managers, Tom, also brings me into deals occasionally. I'm like his secret weapon. They know my methods can be unpredictable and counter-intuitive, and I haven't failed them yet, so, they give me license to do unexpected things.
Tom was trying to close a deal with a guy named Marvin. Tom was holding out for a higher price. Marvin was also just holding out for a better deal. Every day Marvin waited, was costing him. Every day Tom was waiting was also costing him in multiple ways. He knew it, too, and he was blindly hoping he could do better than those losses by waiting. Marvin also didn't know Tom had another lower offer on the table. Tom's efforts to date hadn't been able to close the deal.
I went into one of their meetings... sat on Tom's side of the table, and I paid attention to what was going on. And I listened to Marvin's language... and I heard what he was saying... and watched what he was doing. And I mirrored Marvin. Only I took what Marvin was doing, further. He had his arms crossed, so I crossed my arms. Meanwhile, I was sitting next to Tom, on Tom's side of the table, and I started sliding further off away to the side. I almost disengaged from the meeting. I mirrored Marvin's arms and started looking over at my client, radiating mild annoyance. I knew that Tom thought it was doing him good to hold on to his little secret about the other deal on the table. And I knew he wanted it closed with Marvin. But Tom didn't want to pay him extra money if he didn't have to, partly because he knew Marvin would make money starting from the day he closed the deal! It was purely emotional, because Tom would also make money and avoid wasting money by closing on that day. So I metaphorically went over to the opposition's side, and asked Tom, "why aren't you telling Marvin the whole story?!"
Tom looked at me like I was nuts... even though of course I'd prepared him, letting him know I might do some very weird things. So he went along with it for the time being. Reluctantly! Meanwhile the dynamic was changing.... Marvin suddenly felt like his holding out had "won over" a guy from the other team... who was now doing his closing for him. I said out loud to Tom, "You have this other offer on the table, from someone you could call today. Why haven't you explained that to Marvin? Because ALL of us could just go home right now and enjoy a long martini and a swim knowing how much money we'll all be making tomorrow? But no, both you guys have to have the upper hand in this.
Pay close attention to that phrasing. By saying they both had to have the upper hand in this, what their conscious mind was hearing was that they were still butting heads. What their unconscious minds were hearing was that they were in rapport, in agreement on something. Both were included together by the word "Both." And neither knew it at the time. Additionally, had Tom shared his other offer himself, he would have created animosity in Marvin, because there would be no way for Marvin to prove that other offer existed, either way. But by me sharing it, and Tom being shocked, it had instant credibility.
So, naturally, Tom's jaw was wide open in shock. Which is to say that his state was anchored, not so much by me, but by Marvin's reaction (and vice versa). Meanwhile, Marvin was starting to make pictures of closing the deal successfully right there, and realizing that if he didn't close the deal right then and there, Tom was eventually going to offer the deal to someone else. And that state of needing to close to prevent loss was achieved not in response to something Tom was saying to him, but by Marvin's own thought process! Marvin's goal then became not one of holding out, but of preventing loss.
This strategy created an instant propulsion system for Marvin and Tom to close the deal that night (at a reasonable price good for both of them). WIN-WIN for everyone. A final agreement was brokered five minutes after my antics. Everyone ended up happy. And I didn't have to make anything up or lie or do anything inappropriate.
Both parties had a potential win-win they couldn't see.
Granted, I could have made a little more money for my client, rather than both parties, and that would likely have delayed the sale longer. I knew both parties would benefit by closing sooner rather than later, and that both parties would lose out by waiting. It occurs to me that all it took to get the close, was to sell Marvin on feeling really good by closing now, and feeling bad about everything he'd be missing by not moving forward. Also, both parties involved had already dealt with the pros and cons of having the deal go through. They'd already thought through that. So there was no chance of either of them being irritated about finally closing.
Sensory Acuity, Sensory Awareness, Calibration – and Simply Being Fully Present
When you... open up your eyes... open up your ears... and pay attention differently with more clarity... to the signals people are giving you all the time, you become a more effective salesperson.
When you choose to be there, fully present with your sales prospects, completely – you both connect with each other more easily. You create a stronger sense of credibility and trust. You create an easy rapport together.
It's OK to learn a script cold – but then forget the script. Pay attention to your prospects, and be as aware as you can about what's going on with them. That's essential whether you're on the phone or with them in person.
There are many NLP exercises taught that increase your sensory acuity – that teach you to see more, hear more, and feel more of what's happening between you and another person.
If you see, hear and feel more of what's happening for others (and it helps to have reduced or cut out that internal dialogue, too), then you're more likely to notice when your prospect:
- Shifts from doubtful to certain.
- Shifts from certain, to doubtful
- Starts asking themselves questions internally
- Is imagining things inside their mind (visually)
- Has brief subtle unconscious negative (or positive) responses to things you say
Most NLP-trained salespeople know that these are all significant moments in any sales experience for a prospect. The question is, have you been trained to notice them? And if you did notice them, would you know what to do in response to them, for best results?
I invite you to consider that if you miss these moments, or worse, if you do the wrong thing after them -- you'll lose the sale, and never know why -- relegating them to the pile of 'it just wasn't a good fit", even if that was never the case. Food for thought!
VALUES-based selling with NLP: People don't resist their own thoughts.
NLP is extraordinary for enabling you to speak to people's inner wants and needs, and provide thoughts to people 'as if they were their own thoughts.'
There was a movie that came out recently called "Inception." Inception was based on the idea that you could plant an idea in someone's mind, through a dream state, and that they would then act on it as if it was their own idea.
If you think about doing this for your own gain whether they need that result or not, that's a sneaky and manipulative intention -- and has no place in ethical selling skills.
But, if you're doing this to help people get past their own hesitations and resistance in order for them to get their own needs met – suddenly that's not manipulative or improper.
NLP gives us tools and skills for doing this – partly.
You CAN use NLP like Inception to provide a person with specific suggestions or ideas... if those suggestions or ideas will satisfy some of that person's values, without violating any of their other values.
You cannot use NLP like Inception to provide a person with specific suggestions or ideas that would violate any of their values.
The critical distinction is that you simply can't use "Inception" to quickly implant a new value in someone's mind. People value what they value; values are formed throughout life based on life experiences. Values will change only very slowly through normal life, and sometimes more quickly through dramatic or tragic circumstances.
With NLP, however, you can more quickly learn and identify what people value – and then you can present ideas to them that will satisfy those values. And NLP helps us do this in a way that people don't resist, because when its done well, they think it's their own thought – and it matches their deep values. And they'll often thank you for your assistance.
Many people go weeks, months, years – without getting their values and needs met. If a salesperson learns how to help a person get their wants and needs met – thereby satisfying some of their values (without violating others), then they're creating win-win results.
NLP Language Patterns
Language patterns can and do help – but for salespeople, far too much emphasis in NLP is on the choice of words and language patterns. In using NLP with selling, I would focus more on understanding the process of communication, sequences of emotional responses, and how all of this changes from moment to moment over time.
Let's laugh, please, about the typical language patterns in NLP that were originally suggested as a way to manipulate people unconsciously: "By Now, you may have discovered, how nice this will be for you." The idea behind that crap is to suggest "Buy Now." Here's why I don't recommend this: It's pretty much 'out there' now, and while a rare person won't catch you doing this, those who do – will never trust you again. So please join me in purging this from the NLP vocabulary. Those of us who believe in selling ethically with NLP do not believe in the use of language patterns like this.
There are however multiple Ericksonian language patterns that are useful to learn and use regularly. These include:
- sensory-rich-language (so you can flesh out desirable results and create more vivid pictures in prospects' minds – for the right reasons)
- embedded commands (so that you're not unclear with your suggestions)
- time distortion (so you can walk customers through thorough descriptions of desirable futures and have them feel as if they've already lived through the results of their choices)
- modal operators (so you can move people from negative necessity or possibility, to positive possibility and necessity – and only when it makes sense for them)
- and lots more


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Ah, high school, rife with awkward growth, social situations, and trying to just make it to college so you can party somewhere other than a field or at a parent's house. A high school in Issaquah, Washington has taken the awkwardness to a whole other level, by none other than rating the hotness of their female peers. In an online tournament called 'May Madness'. The high school females are pitted against one another, and the boys vote on who's the sexiest.
According to a local news affiliate, the tournament has become a tradition in the last five years, and there's nothing the local school district can do to shut it down.
According to the local school district, they're powerless to do anything beyond discouraging the tournament since the contest doesn't take place on school grounds. The police have gotten involved in the past, able to shut the site down temporarily due to vulgar and profane comments attached to people's names, but were only able to do so much. Many parents, students, and community members have spoken out against the contest, claiming it sexualizes young girls, leading to self-esteem issues.
Sarah Niegowski, the district's spokesperson, said this about the people running the website, "These are pretty smart folks behind this. They know their first amendment rights. They're very quiet about who it is and the group behind it"
There is a May Madness Facebook page, however, there are only photos of the boys attending the school. According to those who have been tracking the contest, the people running it have done a good job in keeping outsiders from accessing it.


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Food Allergies & Food Intolerances
Food allergies or food intolerances affect nearly everyone at some point. One out of three people either say that they have a food allergy or that they modify the family diet because a family member is suspected of having a food allergy. However, only about 2% of adults and between 2-4% of children have clinically proven allergic reactions to foods.
This difference between the clinically proven prevalence of food allergy and the public perception of the problem is in part due to reactions called "food intolerances" rather than food allergies. A true food allergy is an abnormal response to a food triggered by the body's immune system. Food intolerances, such as glucose intolerance, lactose intolerance, and reactions to food additives like sulfites, can cause symptoms that can resemble those of a food allergy. However, intolerances do not trigger the body's immune response as in a true food allergy.
It is extremely important for people who have true food allergies to identify them and prevent allergic reactions to food because these reactions can cause devastating illness and, in some cases, be fatal. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that food allergies cause 30,000 cases of anaphylaxis, 2,000 hospitalizations and 150 deaths annually.
Allergies are an inherited predisposition. Generally, people with a food allergy come from families in which allergies are common - not necessarily food allergies, but perhaps hay fever, asthma, or hives.
What foods are most likely to cause allergic reactions?
In adults, the most common foods to cause allergic reactions include: shellfish such as shrimp, crayfish, lobster, and crab; peanuts (a legume that is one of the chief foods to cause severe anaphylaxis, a sudden drop in blood pressure that can be fatal if not treated quickly); tree nuts such as walnuts; fish; wheat; soy and eggs.
In children, the pattern is somewhat different. The most common food allergens that cause problems in children are eggs, milk, and peanuts. Adults usually don't lose their allergies, but children can sometimes outgrow them. Children are more likely to outgrow allergies to milk or soy than allergies to peanuts, fish, or shrimp.
The foods that adults or children react to are those foods they eat often. In Japan, for example, rice allergies are more common. In Scandinavia, codfish allergies are more common.
What do restaurant owners/operators need to know about food allergies?
The Michigan Modified Food Code requires the person in charge to be able to describe the eight foods identified as major food allergens and the symptoms that major food allergens could cause in a sensitive individual. The eight major food allergens are:
Tree Nuts (such as almonds, pecans or walnuts)
Symptoms of a reaction to a food allergy can include one or more of the following:
A tingling sensation in the mouth
Selling of the tongue and throat
Difficulty breathing
Abdominal cramps
Drop in blood pressure
Loss of consciousness, and even death
Symptoms typically appear within minutes to two hours after a person has eaten a food to which he or she is allergic. To reduce the risk of illness via food allergy in your restaurant, make sure your staff are informed of the 8 major food allergens, and if they have a question from a customer, remember the "Four Rs" and follow these helpful guidelines:
Refer the customer to the manager, person in charge or chef so that the question is handled appropriately.
Review the food allergy with the guest and check the ingredients to see if the item ordered contains the allergen.
Remember to check the preparation for potential cross contamination with the food allergen. For example, if a guest is allergic to fish, make sure the chicken they ordered is not fried in the same oil as the fish is.
Respond to the guest & inform them of your findings. Because in today's modern world, all food has been processed or handled by someone before it was delivered to your restaurant, you cannot guarantee the item the guest has ordered is free of the substance. You should inform the guest of the precautionary measures you have taken and let them make an informed decision as to whether or not they would like to order an item.
Where can I get more information?
Washtenaw County
Environmental Health Division
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Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP plans to move its headquarters to the Walker's Point neighborhood near downtown Milwaukee this spring.
The company currently is on the city's far northwest side at 11000 W. Park Place. It will lease and renovate a former warehouse at 209 S. Water St. and will move its headquarters and operations there on May 26, according to a Wednesday announcement.
That area of Walker's Point is on the rise, with recent companies moving in including PKWare Inc. and Knight Barry Title Inc. Radio station WYMS-FM (88.9), commonly known as 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, also recently renovated a building in the area and moved in.
"The move is a great opportunity to continue our legacy in Milwaukee and to showcase our design services in the vibrant, growing 5th Ward community," said managing partner David Raysich.
(Information was adapted from the Milwaukee Business Journal's article on January 21, 2015. Scott Revolinski, Patti Stevens and Ben Adank brokered the deal. )


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IT managers lagging on OSS procurement
IT managers must work quickly to develop procurement policies for open source products as they become an increasingly central element of enterprise infrastructure systems.
Only around five percent of large IT organisations currently have fully developed open source procurement policies, Gartner analyst Brian Prentice said in a session at the research firm's IT Symposium in Sydney. By 2010, he expects that number to rise to 74 percent.
"It's not about if you're dealing with open source; it's about when you're going to deal with open source, if you're not already doing it again," he said. "Over the next four years, the realisation that this stuff has value and has a place is going to be there."
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Ahmad Bradshaw Says Hakeem Nicks Will Return Sunday, and More NFC East NewsOctober 10, 2012
Dr. Ahmad Bradshaw speculates that he'll be getting a key offensive peer back in Week 6.
Bradshaw, who is not a real doctor but just plays one on the radio, told ESPN Radio in New York (per Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News) that teammate Hakeem Nicks has suggested he's ready to return on Sunday after missing three weeks due to foot and knee injuries.
"He's tough," Bradshaw said about Nicks on Tuesday. "I think he'll be here this week. He seemed to give me a hint that he would be. If not I think we've got some guys who are going to step up and help us out regardless."
The G-men could really use Nicks this week with the San Francisco 49ers on the schedule. San Fran has given up just three points over the last two weeks and has the NFL's top-rated defense.
On to what else is being talked about in the league's most popular division.
Dallas Cowboys
Rainer Sabin of the Dallas Morning News writes that Week 6 opponent the Baltimore Ravens have an identity, which is something he believes the Cowboys lack.
ESPNDallas.com's Todd Archer looks at the Cowboys' problems with turnovers on both offense (too many) and defense (not enough).
New York Giants
From Jorge Castillo of the Newark Star-Ledger: Antrel Rolle continues to be nagged by the knee injury he suffered from running into a camera on the sideline.
Newsday's Tom Rock writes about how badly the Giants need Chris Canty back.
Philadelphia Eagles
From PhillyMag.com's Sheil Kapadia: One week after replacing Brian Rolle with Adrian Moten, the Eagles are replacing Moten with Jason Williams.
Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Daily News states that turnovers aren't the only reason the Eagles aren't scoring.
Washington Redskins
From Rich Campbell of the Washington Times: Robert Griffin III has been cleared to practice on Wednesday after passing all the necessary tests.
Kent Babb of the Washington Post wonders if this concussion will cause RG3 to alter his approach.


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Senator Nozzolio Fights for Amendment to Reject Governor's Utiltiy Tax Increase
Albany- State Senator Mike Nozzolio today led his colleagues in the Senate Republican Conference in fighting for an amendment to the State budget he authored and sponsored that would eliminate a dangerous surcharge costing homeowners and businesses over $500 million in increased gas and electric bills.
The increased tax on utility companies was proposed by Governor Paterson behind closed doors as part of his secretive budget negotiations with Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Energy Industry officials predict that it will cost electric and gas consumers an additional $531 million in the coming year alone.
"The utility tax is a giant step backward for jobs and economic recovery in Upstate New York. At a time when homeowners, senior citizens, families and businesses can least afford it, this tax alone will raise our bills at least another two to four percent," said Senator Nozzolio. "If we care about jobs and small businesses, we've got to enact this amendment and provide some relief for energy consumers in this budget."
The amendment proposed by the Senate Republicans also extends the State Power for Jobs program for an additional two years until June 2011. The Power for Jobs program provides low-cost power to businesses that make specific commitments regarding job retention and growth in New York.
"High energy costs are already the biggest impediment to job growth and economic recovery in Upstate New York. New York State has the second-highest energy costs in the continental U.S., making it difficult to compete with neighboring states like Pennsylvania and Ohio," said Senator Nozzolio. "While Senator Smith and his fellow Democrats talk about creating 'green jobs', their message falls flat unless they join us in our efforts to reduce the financial burden of energy costs and support the Power for Jobs program."


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Fujitsu Siemens hands over server manufacturing
Second major outsourcing announcement in recent weeks
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is to outsource server production in its German plant in Padborn to Flextronics International. The company will not relinquish control of the research and development or the sales and marketing of the advanced network products, but it will pass the manufacturing and logistics facilities in Germany to Flextronics, AsiaBizTech newswire reported today. The business, with all 650 staff, is due to become a Flextronics subsidiary on 1 January. This is the second outsourcing move by Fujitsu – or one of its divisions - in recent weeks. Two weeks ago it was revealed that the Japanese company would cut its own DRAM production for both PC and non-PC devices, hiving off the manufacture to firms in Taiwan. And its current union with Siemens in Europe means it has harnessed the German manufacturer's facilities for PC production, while using its own technology. David Teague, Fujitsu Siemens Computers president for the UK and Ireland, said: "There is no strategy to pull out of manufacture." He said the European company was going through a period of "inevitable" rationalisation, but admitted it would look at more outsourcing deals if this would cut overheads. ® Related stories: Fujitsu Siemens launches first post-merger notebooks
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The following Metro Hotel/Motel Tax appropriations would go from current beneficiaries to Music City Center project after the next budget year.
$7.4 million Sommet Center
$1.4 million Metropolitan Transit Authority
$1.2 million Regional Transit Authority
$835,000 Police Special Events overtime funding
$668,000 Municipal Auditorium
$632,000 Convention Center
$425,000 Convention & Visitors Bureau
$400,000 Opryland Tourism Development Zone
$300,000 Partnership 2010
$200,000 Adventure Science Center
$150,000 Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
$120,000 Farmers Market
$100,000 Arts Commission
$100,000 Nashville Sports Council
$40,000 Sister Cities
$25,000 National Historic Commission Conference
I'm confused. I thought the money to pay for this thing was coming out of thin air. Now it seems that more than a dozen public services and beneficial organizations are going to have to sacrifice themselves to "feed the beast". I fail to see how this isn't costing taxpayers anything.
this one article negates a lot of the BS we have heard over the last year.
"This will cost taxpayers nothing"
"This will be paid entirely by the visitors to Nashville"
This was pointed out
We will pay for the moving and upgrading of utilities.
We will pay for the street and sidewalk work
We will pay for the decorative street lighting in the "district".
We will be paying the operations costs of two centers
We will paying the higher interest expenses for actual government borrowing
We will pay the pension costs for center employees
We will pay the health insurance costs for center employees
We will pay for the insurance costs of the facility
We will end up paying for the garage
The new hotel will keep its hotel taxes to pay for itself, leading to a furthering of the revenue shortfall for the center (We will end up paying)
We will pay the price of providing additional public service since sales tax will go toward construction and the property is coming off the tax rolls.
Every thing built in Nashville that was promised to provide economic growth for us has been met with continuing increases in the property rate.
Still waiting for the prosperity that all this downtown tourism development was supposed to provide to us. Considering the current center was supposed to allow us to prosper (until the moment it was paid off apparently) we may be waiting for 30 years longer.
Seriously the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the current convention center are on this list!!!!!!!
Too funny, sad, but funny none the less.
This story has the greatest headline in the recent history of this news site! Do I detect a change in the editorial stance?
I am sure someone will come on here and negate this bad news with a bogus claim of how much money the industry brings into the general fund. I would love to see some actual evidence of those claims. They are just unsubstantiated estimates from a consultant hired to give a rosy picture of an industry struggling to survive in a modern world.
I had someone argue with me that conventions are the biggest part of tourism and that it proves its worth by paying for these exact things (excepting the CVB and current convention center). So now that it will not be then they have proven their own worthlessness.
The truth is creeping out. MPF better send out its young'uns to squash this fountain of truth before they are docked their PR pay.
You won't hear any bogus claims of future prosperity from me. I predicted this turkey would suck the life out of other tourist venues, and so far I am proven correct. And when the garage is built, who will operate it and take the money? Once those cars are parked there the conventioneers will probably park their butts in the government-built hotel at the expense of Lower Broad and Second Avenue tourist venues a short walk from the current center.
Note that the current center is number six on the list at 632k and that the total of this list, which shortchanges worthy recipients such as Adventure Science Center, is almost 14 million dollars.
I just rented some cars online and the big turkey will likely be fed about 100 dollars of that total so I don't want to hear any more about the MCC not costing us anything. The more I hear about this project, the more I wonder about Dean's sanity, or at least his fitness to serve.


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I'm not sure this is really how you get lucky, but in Take-Harsh in tribal-dominated Nashik district of Diwali, India, 65-year old Budhabai Dore was murdered by her two sons so that they would get good luck. The sons, Kashinath and Govind Dore, were unhappy with the condition of their lives and consulted Bachchi-bai Narayan Khadke, a 42-year old occultist. She told them that if they wanted their luck to change, they had to sacrifice both their mother and sister. They took their mother and sister to Take-Harsh where they beat their mother to death but their sister Rahibai Pingle managed to escape.
According to authorities, Kashinath and Govind then took their dead mother's body to Khadke who removed her eyes, presumably to use in some magic ritual and buried the body nearby. The murder came to light when a local social worker, Bhagwan Madhe, found the body and alerted police. Police arrested the occultist who admitted to the crime, plus another similar ritualistic murder and this led authorities to the two brothers, who were likewise arrested and charged with murder. This falls under the Indian Penal Code and Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practises and Black Magic Act. If your country really needs an act specifically to stop human sacrifice and inhuman evil practises and black magic, something is seriously wrong.
Sanjay Mohite, the district superintendent of police, told the Times Of India, "Govind Pona Dore and his brother Kashinath had contacted with Khadke, who was suspected of practising black magic, and her assistant Bugabai Mahadu Veer of Takay Harsh village. The suspected tantric had told the two brothers they needed to exorcise the ghosts."
I want to make it clear, this isn't the fault of Hinduism, even though it took place in a Hindu area of India. The practice of human sacrifice has been taboo in Hindu culture for hundreds of years. It is, however, still commonplace in many religious cults that practice witchcraft and black magic.
So one more murder and one attempted murder because people believe in absurd and primitive religious garbage. That's what Horror Show Sunday is stuffed full of and one more reason to rid the world of religion.


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Games of the day – Balboa vs. Lincoln boys basketball: Balboa has put up an impressive non-league record, but will get one of their toughest challenges from the Mustangs, a preseason AAA favorite. Lincoln has a glaring size advantage, but Balboa senior guard Jonathan Burnoski is coming into his own, scoring 20 points or more in four of his last five games. Galileo vs. Lowell girls basketball: The Cardinals have undoubtedly been the most impressive AAA squad in the non-league season, but Galileo has put together a winning record as well. Unfortunately for the Lions, recent history is not on their side. Galileo has lost at least 18 straight matchups with Lowell (AAA records only go back to 2002). For live updates on these games, follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/SanFranPreps.
AAA boys basketball
Lincoln 47, Balboa 39
Mission 85, Marshall 66
Burton 88, O'Connell 24
Lowell 57, Galileo 51 (OT)
Washington 73, Jordan 18
ISA 37, Wallenberg 31
BCL Central boys basketball
Gateway 57, Leadership 50
Bay 55, International 29
Non-league boys basketball
University 76, Oakland 62
Oakland Military Institute 50, Urban 47
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Lowell 58, Galileo 41
Mission 48, Marshall 37
Lincoln 57, Balboa 53
Washington 2, Jordan 0 (forfeit)
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San Domenico (San Anselmo) 45, Waldorf 22
Gateway 44, Leadership 29
International 64, Bay 27
WCAL girls basketball
Sacred Heart Cathedral 59, Notre Dame (Belmont) 36
Non-league girls basketball
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COMEX Gold (December):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a top with a bottom violation on 08/17/12 @ 1622.10. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 08/20/12 @ 1623.00. Upside Targets = 1644.20 – 1657.20.
- New 4 month highs made on Thursday @ 1677.50. Upside Target over 125% achieved.
- December Gold exploded higher for the third consecutive session on Thursday as its entire days trading range was above the daily Resistance Bollinger Band, moving more than two standard deviations above the mean.
- After such an explosive week higher, look for gold to setback slightly on Friday as investors do some profit taking heading into the weekend.
- Projected Daily Range: 22.60
- Projected Weekly Range: 33.90
- Projected Monthly Range: 105.00
Euro FX (September):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 08/14/2012 @ 1.2379. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 08/21/2012 @ 1.2451. Upside Targets = 1.2623 – 1.2699.
- VRCB generated on Thursday making new highs on the current move @ 1.2593. Upside Target 95% achieved.
- The euro blew through the daily Resistance Bollinger Band on Thursday as it made new six-week highs because of continued upward buying momentum and assumptions of more ECB funding to Spanish banks.
- Although the euro had a slowdown in volatility and the Short Term upside objectives are drawing in close, the euro may be able to sustain this rally longer than initially expected and continue higher towards the Q3 objective of 1.2797 with only slight pullbacks before a larger correction ensues.
- Projected Daily Range: .0106
- Projected Weekly Range: .0203
- Projected Monthly Range: .0601
E-Mini S&P (September):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 08/23/12 @ 1404.00. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 08/23/12 @ 1400.00. Downside Targets = 1387.50 – 1375.50.
- Bearish OVB generated on Thursday.
- The September S&P's dropped lower below 1400 for the first time in over a week on Thursday as it generated its 3rd OVB in the last four trading sessions after becoming severely overbought.
- Although the S&P's are in need of a serious correction down to as low as 1345, as mentioned in Wednesday's report, increased buying near the downside target value could return to the market on anticipation of Fed stimulus being injected during next month's meeting at Jackson Hole.
- Projected Daily Range: 15.75
- Projected Weekly Range: 26.75
- Projected Monthly Range: 95.75
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Otherwise, if you just visit certain websites which have crafted their webpages to exploit recently-discovered critical vulnerabilities in that software, an attacker could infect your computer with malware and even take control of your computer.
It's ironic that products designed to enhance computer security and internet security could themselves create a security risk enabling bad guys to stuff your computer with viruses etc.
According to Symantec no one had been infected yet at the time they announced the issue, and other Symantec products seem to be OK, but better to be safe than sorry.
(Via my fave security news site Heise Security, which also suggested that this only affected Windows PCs but I've not seen that confirmation elsewhere so personally I'd update even with a Mac or Linux.)


text: This always has really bothered me. Driving through my neighborhood, I see an older black Civic coupe. First, he cut me off. Then, I see him drifting across lanes. After a little warning honk, he does it again. This time he goes into the ditch; the back of the car leaving the ground. He almost went right into the traffic sign. Embarrassed (or distracted) he rolls through the stop sign. Please, don't text and drive!


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A fraternity pledge's death following a bizarre hazing ritual in December has now been ruled a homicide after investigators say members of the fraternity conspired to cover up the man's injuries before seeking help.
19-year old Chun Hsien "Michael" Deng was one of several young men pledging the Pi Delta Psi fraternity at Baruch College who was asked to participate in the "glass ceiling" game, which required each pledge to strap on a backpack filled with sand and then try to make it through a group of frat brothers who took turns tackling them. Deng was reportedly hit hard and fell, sustaining head injuries. He was eventually taken to the hospital, but died the following day of blunt force trauma to the head.
"The members of Pi Delta Psi left Deng unconscious and unresponsive for more than an hour inside a rented home in rural Tunkhannock Township, Pa., before taking him for help. They changed him into dry clothes and frantically Googled his symptoms — and then brought him to a hospital," reads a police statement.
The college released a statement after Deng's death, saying it had a zero-tolerance policy regarding hazing and that the event was unsanctioned.
"Baruch College has a zero tolerance policy regarding hazing. Michael's death is a deeply painful reminder that no individual should ever be put into a position where his or her personal safety is in jeopardy," the statement read.
It's unclear exactly what the charges will be and who will be involved, but authorities say that several members of the fraternity left the scene before police arrived for an interview and also tried to hide evidence of their involvement.
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Researchers hope to convert just about any type of plant material into transportation fuel. They are testing a dizzying variety of starting materials--wood chips, grass, garbage, algae--as well as numerous processing methods. The real question is cost: Can anyone produce new biofuels cheap enough to compete with oil? Here are three broad approaches:
1) Cellulosic ethanol from grass, wood and other plant materials
Companies: Mascoma, Range Fuels, Iogen and many more.
Advantages: Nonfood biomass is abundant and inexpensive; could produce more fuel per acre than biofuels from food; minimizes food-versus-fuel issue.
Disadvantages: Cost of processing biomass; high-ethanol blends require flex-fuel vehicle.
2) Diesel/gasoline from sugars via designer microbes
Companies: LS9, Amyris
Advantages: Can make designer fuels nearly identical to diesel or gasoline.
Disadvantages: Starts with sugars, not cellulosic biomass, so has same scalability limitations as ethanol from food crops. (It could be combined with some cellulosic methods.)
3) Biodiesel from algae
Companies: Synthetic Genomics and many others.
Advantages: Doesn't compete with existing agriculture; may help global warming by absorbing CO2 emissions; could produce high quantities of fuel per acre.
Disadvantages: There is no proof that this can be done on a large commercial scale.
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August 21, 2008
Farm Proposal Blows in Wind in Columbia County
By Paul Snyder
In recent years, residents across the state balked at proposals to build wind farms where they live. In Columbia County that's not the case -- yet."The landowners I've talked to are pretty much in favor of it," said Randolph Town Chairman David Hughes. "I'm hoping it works, but, of course, I have to look after the people of the town, too."
If opposition remains light in the towns of Randolph and Scott in Columbia County, it could be easy sailing for We Energies' Randolph Wind Project, which would entail up to 90 turbines in the two towns.
We Energies spokesman Brian Manthey said the company wants to generate about 145 megawatts of energy with the wind farm, and a formal proposal likely will be submitted to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin this fall.
Wind farm projects met strong resistance in Trempealeau and Rock counties this year, and several local governments passed ordinances to limit the amount of available land for sites. But Scott and Randolph officials are willing to hear the plan proposal.
"There are still a lot of unanswered questions," Hughes said. "I've gone past the turbines in the Fond du Lac and Calumet area, but I've never taken the time to stop and listen. I think we'll be meeting up with our attorney and taking some board members up to do that soon."
But Hughes declined to comment on whether this was likely to result in the creation of a local ordinance. John Bluemke, the county's director of planning and zoning, did not return calls to comment on countywide rules.
Scott Town Supervisor Cindy Zook said the Town Board won't take a stance on the project until it hears from more residents.
"We're still deciding whether to hold meetings or wait for people to come to us because we don't know how to proceed until we hear from them," she said.
The first major public meeting in the area was scheduled for Tuesday night.
Manthey said We Energies picked up an option on the project from Florida Power & Light Co. when it sold the Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant.
"Renewable energy is on our front burner," he said. "With the state's renewable portfolio standards, we're trying to get as much as possible."
The state set a goal to get 25 percent of its energy from renewable resources by 2025.
Hughes is familiar with the state's efforts to increase renewable energy output. He also was involved at a local level when United Wisconsin Grain Producers LLC built an ethanol plant in Friesland a couple of years ago.
"(Twenty-five percent) is a big mandate for companies," he said. "And wind is truly a renewable resource. But there are always those against change."
Strong opposition remains to letting the state take charge in establishing wind-farm siting ordinances. But even though a bill to create statewide standards failed to pass in the last legislative session, state lawmakers said it will be back in the next session.
In spite of local ordinances, if a proposed wind farm project generates more than 100 megawatts of power, state law says the PSC has final say on its location.
While that law has been a point of contention recently in places like the town of Magnolia, Manthey said it's important for those proposing the projects to keep in close contact with the landowners.
"Our Blue Sky Green Field project (in Calumet) wasn't entirely without objection," he said. "But we had a very close relationship with landowners and government entities. It all starts with communication and being up front."
Originally published by Paul Snyder.
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Cunnamulla, 800 kilometres west of Brisbane, is the end of the railway line. In the months leading up to a scorching Christmas in the bush, there's a lot more going on than the annual lizard race.
"An amazing, jaw dropping excursion into territory which may not be pretty but is dreadfully real."
--Richard Kuipers, Urban Cinefile
"Certain to provoke controversy, Cunnamulla is arguably Dennis O'Rouke's most powerful and subversive work... a vivid, disturbing, unforgettable portrait."
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"Well-made...O'Rourke depicts the title Queensland town as a place peopled entirely by characters who are desperately marginalized or terrifyingly reactionary...well-constructed."
"O'Rourke's tour-de-force portrait of the wacky, endearing, sometimes-heartbreaking people living in a small town of Queensland."


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Dec. 3, 2010 at 6:03 a.m.
The 25th annual Pets with Santa photo shoot will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dec. 11 at Keller Dance Dynamics, 5803 John Stockbauer Drive, behind Halepaska's Bakery in Victoria Square.
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All pets - dogs, cats, rabbits, birds or others - are welcome, but not required. All animals must be on a leash, held or in a crate.
Pets with Santa began 25 years ago at the Town Plaza Mall.
The event moved from different veterinarians and pet shops around Victoria over the years.
In 2003, Kellar Dance Dynamics became the permanent site for Pets with Santa.
Victoria Dog Obedience Club uses the funds generated to assist local animal shelters.


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Alasharchy, one of three Golden Gate Fields-based horses trainer Steve Specht ran in the California Cup/Sunshine Millions program for California-breds on Saturday at Santa Anita, suffered a career-ending injury just after finishing fifth in the $201,500 California Cup Oaks.
"One step past the wire she took a bad step and tore her right front tendon," Specht said by phone. "It's not life-threatening; now she'll be a broodmare. But I really liked that filly."
Alasharchy had won two of five starts with a strong second-place finish in the $100,000 Pike Place Dancer Stakes. Susans Express won the Oaks in a 65-to-1 upset.
Two races before the Oaks, Specht nearly won the $126,500 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint with Marks Mine. After breaking a bit sluggishly, Marks Mine surged to a narrow lead and then battled with Ciao Bella Luna all the way to the wire before losing by an official half-length that was much closer to a neck.
"When my filly crossed the dirt, she jumped," jockey Frank Alvarado said. "I thought I would have been there; I think her jumping cost us the race."
The race was about 6 1/2 furlongs down Santa Anita's unique hillside turf course that crosses the dirt track at the top of the stretch.
"She ran her heart out and just got beat a drop on the wire," Specht said. "I honestly believe that if you watch when she comes onto the main track, she made a leap and went from a neck ahead of that other horse to a neck behind, then she came back on and took the lead again."
Specht's other entrant, Unusual Meeting, finished 11th in the $250,000 California Cup Turf Classic won by Weewinnin ($44.80).
Coach Bob, who is stabled at the Alameda County Fair with trainer Reina Gonzalez, set the pace and held on for second as a 23-to-1 shot in the $126,000 California Cup Sprint won by Big Macher ($6.20).
The other California Cup race winner was trainer Art Sherman's California Chrome ($7), who romped in the $200,000 Derby.
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer won the Grade 2, $200,250 Santa Monica Stakes with Scherzinger ($10.60), who re-rallied from the rail in the stretch of her first stakes appearance.
Gulfstream: Cairo Prince ($6.20) pulled away to a 5 3/4-length victory in the Grade 2, $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park.
Larry Stumes is a freelance writer.


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October 2016 - Allure of the Seas to Caribbean
Allure of the Seas, more of a LURE of the Seas
I've cruised on several RCCL ships and thought that this trip would be fantastic. I was wrong. It was not all bad; there were some really good moments. The GOOD: 1) The Captain cruised us away from Hurricane Matthew - we had clear and beautiful weather every day. Kudos to him and his watchful staff. 2) The Entertainment (Mama Mia, Aqua Show and Comedian) was great. 3). Zip lining exhilarating if you've never done it (like me). The BAD: 1) The general food was mediocre at best. The Specialty restaurants were far better because you had to PAY extra to eat there (Chops Grille was the BEST). 2) Formal night was overcooked lobster tails and the dining staff never bothered to remove the meat from the tails for us as they have done in the past. It was the worst meal I've ever eaten on ship and I walked away from it. 3) Luggage delivery was ATROCIOUS. I was in a Grand Suite and my luggage was lost for several hours. We all thought it was left at the dock. When it was finally found, it was almost midnight. Suite/Diamond/Pinnacle members should always receive their belongings first! Our RCCL luggage tags denote the status of a passenger and these should be grouped together and serviced first. 4) Special service by the Concierge was mediocre at best: I'm guessing that their lack of enthusiasm was due to the number passengers who were concierge guests.
The BEST: 1) Being on vacation, AWAY from work, without a care in the world!
Would I continue with RCCL? Yes! Overall their service is great, but I won't travel on the Allure again. I like personalized service and I just didn't receive it this time. 2) When we docked in Labadee for the day, RCCL off loaded TONS of food, blankets, supplies and such for Hurricane Matthew battered Haiti. At least 30 trucks pulled up near the port to take the supplies to the mainland. I don't know whether or not RCCL planned this from the beginning, but it was REALLY NICE to see the transfer of needed goods in action. Made me feel like RCCL was giving back to this country.


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ComputerPREP Launches e-Learning Library; 372 New Products Make ComputerPREP the Single Source for All IT Learners
ComputerPREP, a division of ProsoftTraining (Nasdaq:POSO), today announced the immediate availability of 372 new e-learning products.
The addition of a comprehensive library of e-learning courses makes ComputerPREP the single-source provider of IT education and training materials for every learning style. ComputerPREP now offers individuals, schools, colleges, training centers and corporations one of the world's largest libraries of classroom, Web-based, computer-based, distance learning and self-study curriculum.
ComputerPREP products cover all training modalities with a consistent look and feel and solid instructional design. Customers can seamlessly combine products from different categories to create blended learning solutions designed to meet their unique requirements. All ComputerPREP products are available for individual purchase or licensing by an entire organization through www.ComputerPREP.com.
The 372 new ComputerPREP 2GO e-learning products are available in both computer-based and Web-based formats to accommodate a variety of schedules and technical requirements. Individuals can load a CD-ROM onto a laptop or PC and learn at any time, in any location — without an Internet connection.
For online learners, the ComputerPREP 2GO Web-based courses provide a convenient and easy vehicle for users to access a curriculum from any computer at the office, at home or on the road. This new product category complements the already comprehensive library of ComputerPREP course materials.
Now more people can benefit from the features of ComputerPREP products: intuitive navigation, consistent look and feel, and strong course design implementing learning principles that "tell, show, let and test."
The rapid growth of the e-learning market has been well documented. For example, IDC predicts that the online training market will nearly double in size every year through 2003, reaching approximately $11.5 billion by that time.
After an exclusive preview by BrainBuzz of two MCSE course titles in the ComputerPREP 2GO computer-based series, the courses earned four out of five stars in a product review.
"The ComputerPREP 2GO Series are solid training products that offer an excellent combination of detailed information, student interactivity and flexible self-paced instruction," said Aaron Axline, technical editor for BrainBuzz. ComputerPREP 2GO self-study materials for CIW and A+ also earned high marks from BrainBuzz. To view the product reviews, visit: http://cramsession.brainbuzz.com/Bookreviews.
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The starting point for genuine reform of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) must lie in acknowledging the inextricable link between burden sharing and power sharing. The European pillar must increase its financial and military contribution to NATO while being given more decision-making power within the alliance. The United States must consent to this enhanced European role, recognizing that the benefit of an increased European commitment to NATO means a decrease in the U.S. defense burden.
NATO reform is desperately needed precisely because burden sharing and power sharing are out of balance. Kosovo highlighted that the twin-pillar conception of a roughly equal alliance has no bearing on military realities in Europe, raising the question of the alliance's long-term relevance.
Almost all of NATO's problems in Kosovo stem from the two over-arching dilemmas of burden sharing and power sharing. Both have been present since NATO's founding in 1949, but the Soviet threat demanded that NATO de-emphasize these questions. The United States has always contributed more than its fair share to the alliance. During the Cold War, this was deemed a reasonable, if not a necessary, price to pay to preserve Western Europe from Soviet domination. With the Cold War's end, however, American geopolitical calculations have changed, while European defense habits have not.
Kosovo illuminated this disparity: U.S. intelligence assets identified almost all the bombing targets in Serbia and Kosovo, U.S. aircraft flew two-thirds of the missions, and nearly every precision-guided missile used was launched from an American aircraft. The European contribution, overall, lacked computerized precision weapons and guidance systems, night-vision capabilities, and advanced communications equipment. The American general who oversaw the air operation curtailed European aircraft sorties to avoid unnecessary risk. By almost any measure, European military hardware is inferior to that available to the U.S. armed forces. Kosovo illustrated that the military gap is widening.
What is necessary is a proactive plan that acknowledges the unbreakable link between burden sharing and power sharing. Rather than engaging in more useless finger pointing, both the United States and Europe must focus on preserving NATO for the 21st century. The emerging "Grand Bargain" includes two principal elements.
The Europeans should modernize their armed forces.
Creating the trade-off between burden sharing and power sharing starts with the modernization of the various European state contributions to NATO. European members should seek to reduce the technological gap between U.S. forces and their own. A defense spending benchmark of 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) should allow for the modernization and professionalization of the European militaries.
The Grand Bargain, however, is not simply that "Europe" reach the threshold. Each NATO member must be capable of fully contributing to the alliance's mission. Each European state will be given credit proportional to the defense expenditures it makes. For example, if France contributes 30 percent of the funding to produce a new Eurofighter worth $1 billion a plane, it receives credit for $300 million. The advantage of setting a specific target is that it is both equitable and measurable. In return for such an effort, the Europeans must be given greater representation in the overall NATO command structure.
The United States must restructure NATO commands to provide a greater European say in decision-making.
The notion of a Grand Bargain also rests on the premise that those who contribute more to the alliance receive more authority within it. As the United States will no longer be forced to bear a disproportionate burden, it must cede more operational control to the Europeans--something it has been reluctant to do. In response to European modernization and professionalization, the Grand Bargain will allow for the eventual transfer of the Southern Command at Naples to a European general officer. European commanders will then head the NATO Rapid Reaction Force; the NATO Northern and Southern Regional Commands at Brunssum and Naples, respectively; and one of the NAVSOUTH commands at Naples.
There is no doubt that altering the NATO command structure is a major American concession and that an increased European commitment represents a significant step for America's European allies. Yet the benefits of such a bargain are enormous: The Grand Bargain will allow the United States to meet its global responsibilities without sacrificing its European commitments; will free limited American resources for other global contingencies, many of which affect Europe as well; and will reduce the need for the United States to supply the major share of NATO's military wherewithal (which generates arguments about Europe's "free ride") while removing the resentment in European capitals generated by Uncle Sam's total domination of the alliance. It also reflects changing political feelings in Europe, especially in Great Britain and France.
The Grand Bargain, in short, is in America's interest and Europe's. One of the truisms of the Cold War era was that Western Europe was too vital an American interest (and in too perilous a position) for the U.S. to pressure the allies into making a more significant military and financial contribution to NATO. While this may well have been good policy at the time, the changed international environment is forcing a reassessment. For the Europeans, the Grand Bargain is a pragmatic step: If Europe should want to go it alone and seek to manage defense-related threats without U.S. involvement, it would have to double, if not treble, its current defense spending. The Grand Bargain, by comparison, is a modest proposal.
More significantly, such a bargain acknowledges that the NATO alliance has served all its members well for 50 years. Such an entity is worth modernizing and preserving for the challenges of the future. The proposed Grand Bargain matches rhetoric on both sides of the Atlantic with policy goals. The result will be a strengthened NATO for the 21st century.
John C. Hulsman, Ph.D., is Senior European Policy Analyst in the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation.


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Nuttinghame (1740)August 12th, 2010 Posted in Colonial, Houses, Southbury
Wallace Nutting (1861 – 1941), a former minister, became a leading antiquarian, entrepreneur and a major figure of the Colonial Revival movement in the early twentieth century. He authored books, reproduced antique American furniture and opened colonial houses as museums, including the Webb House in Wethersfield. He is most well-known for his photographs of country landscapes and the interiors of colonial houses, which were hand colored by women who worked for him and sold through a catalog. In 1906, Nutting had moved to a farm in Southbury, where he soon established a studio in a new barn he built on the property. He restored the old farmhouse, built in the 1740s, and named it "Nuttinghame." Quite a few Nutting pictures feature Nuttinghame and the landscape that surrounds it. One notable image is titled "Nuttinghame Blossoms." A particular parlor in the house was featured in many Nutting pictures, including: "A Bit Of Sewing," "A Sip Of Tea" and "An Afternoon Tea."
As Nutting's business prospered, he decided to move his operation to Framingham, Massachusetts in 1912, where he bought an Italianate house he called "Nuttingholm." The Framingham house was later demolished, but his earlier house in Southbury still exists. In 1953, the farm was purchased by the comedic pianist Victor Borge. In the mid-1960s, Borge sold the property to a development company, which built a retirement community called Heritage Village. The Nutting/Borge house is now called the Meeting House and has executive offices, meeting rooms and a kitchen for use by community residents.


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|Mural in Chinatown. Photo by Ross Dunn, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group.
Thursday, September 20: Polaris Short List Salon
If you're a bit of a music geek like me, I would love it if you came to the Mercury Lounge on Thursday evening from 7-10 p.m. Myself, Alan Neal from CBC Radio, and Guillame Moffat from Voir will be debating the 10 finalists for the Polaris Music Prize. It's free and there will be prizes! It will be interactive, so we'll want to hear from you too. Come down and say hi. It should be a fun, music-filled night.
-- Ryan Bresee, host of CKCU's Whatever's Cool With Me
Thursday, September 20: Ottawa 67's Home Opener at Scotiabank Place
Due to construction at Lansdowne Park, the Ottawa 67's are moving into Scotiabank Place for the next couple of seasons. Their home opener is on Thursday night at 7:00pm against the Barrie Colts. There's a special offer of a free child's ticket with the purchase of an adult ticket if you click here and use the promo code "HockeysBack".
-- Glen Gower, Editor/Owner of OttawaStart.com
Thursday-Sunday, September 20-23: Carp Fair
For 149 years the Carp Fair has been a mainstay of the farming and fun-seeking Canadian culture. The shows, classes and displays from agriculture to homecraft are mainstays of the fair that generations have come to love. And, as always there is a ton of attractions for fairgoers of all ages. With entertainment such as Cheap Trick, Doc Walker, George Fox and Carol Baker, there is something for everyone.
-- Jean Labelle, photographer
Friday, September 21: Park(ing) Day
Keep your eyes open for unusual sights on Friday, which is International Park(ing) Day. In downtown Gatineau, selected parking spots will transform into pop-up parks, bistros and other fun, participatory sites. In Ottawa, Park_ingOttawa is crowdsourcing ideas for creative uses of urban spaces that are normally occupied by parked cars. (If you're inspired, join the community bike ride on Saturday, World Carfree Day.)
-- Denise Deby, Green Living Ottawa
Friday, September 21: Gatineau Festival of World Cultures / Festival des Cultures du Monde de Gatineau
This Friday, September 21, head over to Gatineau for the city's Festival of World Cultures previously known as Festival Molokai. This 3-day festival, now in its 5th year, offers FREE shows and exhibitions for all. Highlights this year include performances by comedian Boucar Diouf, musician Elage Mbaye and singer-songwriter Lynda Thalie.
-- Eliane Laberge, blogger
Friday, September 21: GNAG Movie Night - Tangled
I love movie nights, and I love things that are free. This has both! 7:00pm at the Glebe Community Centre (175 Third Avenue).
-- Sara-Lynne Levine, Ottawa Capital Region Macaroni Kid
Friday-Sunday, September 21-23: Can-Con 2012
The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature; theme: cutting edge of science fiction and fantasy is at the Best Western Hotel Plus Ottawa/Kanata Hotel and Conference Centre.
Including one of Canada's only fully Nerdlesque Troupes, the musician Elizabeth Bruce, artist Tom Fowler, CBC Radio's Alan Neal, the playright Hayden Trenholm, local writers Kate Heartfield, Marie Bilodeau, Sean Moreland and Kristopher Waddell, the editor-in-chief of Mirror Comics.
-- Amanda Earl, poet & publisher
Saturday, September 22: Nuit Blanche Ottawa
I'm looking forward to spend a sleepless night in the Byward Zone in honour of Ottawa's first "Nuit Blanche" event! Street performances and art experiments will be all over the area.
-- Juliette Giannesini, photographer
(also recommended by Eliane Laberge)
Saturday, September 22: Soul Jazz Orchestra – Album Release Party at Babylon
So I gotta admit, I've only heard SouljazzOrchestra.com/ online, and they're an Ottawa band. So shame on me. But from what I've heard, I'm seriously impressed. It's brass-heavy, rhythmic, jazzy soul stuff that will give you geographic whiplash if you try to pin down to any one genre (think James Brown's horn section jamming with Bob Marley, the Mighty Popo, and the Shuffle Demons). I love playing this in the background while I work because it keeps my fingers moving, so I figure it should do the same to your groove-thang. Here they are live in Paris with Mista President.
--Dennis Van Staalduinen, blogger & community activist
(also recommended by Alayne McGregor)
Saturday & Sunday, September 22 & 23: West End Studio Tour
Sixteen artists from the Westboro/Wellington West area open their studios to the public for this annual art tour. Come visit local artists as they display and sell their latest works with many being in walking distance from each other. Tour maps can be found at local shops and businesses or online at www.westendstudiotour.ca
-- Andrew King, artist
Sunday, September 23: Kevin Mathieson's Pizza Night
Every so often talented baker and former pastry chef Kevin Mathieson opens up his successful Art-Is-In bakery for pizza nights. Located in a converted industrial space (#112) at the City Centre (250 City Centre Avenue), he and his staff bake flabreads. They serve wine and beer. There is live music. This coming Sunday, September 23rd, from 5 pm until 9:30 pm is one of those nights. Rommel & Phillippe and Uncle jam trio will perform.
-- Don from foodieprints
Monday, September 24: Geek Trivia
Gear-up for a gruelling gambit that tests the grey matter of geeky guys and gals for glory and gratification. Prepare for prolonged pontification on poignant problems from the people's popular past-times. Err...basically test your knowledge of all things geeky in this fun filled trivia with prizes for first place! It's free, but donations are welcome for the Alternative Learning Styles and Outlooks.
-- Laura Gauthier
Have a great week!
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The Ghost of Frankenstein released March 13, 1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein, was an American monster horror film released in 1942. The movie was the fourth of in a series of films produced by Universal Studios based upon characters in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and features Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Monster, taking over from Boris Karloff, who played the role in the first three films of the series, and Bela Lugosi in his second appearance as the demented Ygor.
- It was reported that the rubber headpiece used for the Frankenstein monster make-up was very uncomfortable for Lon Chaney Jr. to wear. It sat directly on his forehead and he constantly complained. Once he asked for it to be removed. Angry and frustrated when no one listened, he ripped it off himself, tearing open a bloody gash in his forehead. Production on the film was shut down for a couple of days.
- During breaks in filming, Lon Chaney Jr. would often treat child cast members to ice cream.
- The first draft of the script was written by Eric Taylor was considered too depressing. The original Taylor treatment brought Wolf von Frankenstein back into play, as well as Ygor, plus a misshapen hunchback, Theodor. Ygor's plan was to create a vengeful mob of society's rejects, ala Freaks (1932), led by himself, with the Monster as brute force. A rewrite was ordered and given to veteran writer Scott Darling who retained the fundamental scenario but made significant changes.
- Boris Karloff, then acting in the hit Broadway show which became Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), had no interest in working on the film. Producer George Waggner wisely decided to retain Karloff's make-up out of fear that the public would not accept any change in the monster's appearance.
- Lon Chaney Jr. was cast while he was still filming The Wolf Man (1941).
- Chaney would play the Monster a number of times later: footage from this film appears as stock shots in House of Dracula (1945); he doubled Glenn Strange for three shots in Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) when Strange twisted his ankle; he played the role in a half-hour version of "Frankenstein" on TV's "Tales of Tomorrow" (1951); and he appeared (masked) in two comedy sketches with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on a 1952 "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950) show.
- Ygor and the Monster weren't the only characters who came back from the dead. Michael Mark and Lionel Belmore, who play the two council members murdered in Son of Frankenstein (1939) are back as council members in this one, seemingly none the worse for wear.


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Every time I write about the annual enrollment for Medicare, I shake my head at how complicated the program is.
This year the federal government is starting enrollment three weeks early to beat the last-minute rush of enrollees. Open enrollment runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 to select a plan for 2012.
Here's a excerpt from my story, 2012 Medicare deadline moves up:
Seniors have many choices when it comes to Medicare. There is "original" Medicare that covers hospitalizations (Part A) and medical care (Part B). Part A has no cost, but Part B costs about $115 a month and may have other out-of-pocket costs. People on original Medicare can buy a gap plan, called supplemental insurance, to fill in coverage holes of original Medicare.
Or senior citizens can choose a (Part C) Medicare Advantage plan, a managed plan offered by private companies that covers Part A and Part B.
Whether in a Medicare Advantage plan or original Medicare, enrollees also may enroll in a (Part D) Prescription Drug Plan.


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Wayne honoured for his service
By: CFA News
Category: Events / Fundraising / Offers, Honours & Awards, People
2.51 PM 7 December, 2015
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Tyabb brigade member Wayne Etcell has received Victoria's highest accolade for volunteers, the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Award.
Wayne received the honour during the Premier's Volunteer Champions Awards, at Government House. His long history of serving the community extends back 42 years and takes in the Scouts, Surf Life Saving and CFA. He's been an active member of Tyabb brigade for 12 years. On average he spends around 25 hours a week serving the community through various organisations and roles.
"I'm very surprised and very humble to be the recipient. There were 17 nominees. It's a real honour to have won it," Wayne said.
Wayne is deaf and hears with the assistance of two Cochlear implants. He doesn't let his disability slow him down. If anything, it motivates him.
"I can get out and about amongst others and prove I'm equal. I can do anything," he said.
In receiving the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Award, Wayne was commended for his passion, dedication and professionalism. In his speech he thanked all those who inspired and supported him along the way, describing his service with CFA as an honour and privilege.
"It is a fantastic organisation. We're like brothers in arms. We look after each other's backs."
As well as being a CFA member, Wayne also serves as a Justice of the Peace and Bail Justice. The only night he takes off from those duties is Monday, for CFA training.
All that community service keeps him busy. The night after receiving his award Wayne was back on a truck attending a scrub fire in Hastings. He then went home, changed clothes, got back in his car and drove to Dandenong and Cranbourne police stations to act as a Bail Justice.
Part of Wayne's award is $10,000 to donate to a charity of his choosing. Tyabb CFA will be the grateful recipient. The money will be used for station upgrades.
For Wayne though, community service has had other rewards. He met his fiancée, Dawn, while notarising documents for her as a Justice of the Peace. She nominated him for the prize, explaining "Everything he does is with a disability. That's what makes him just that little bit special."
"It's something he loves and really enjoys. Wayne has always overachieved in everything he does," Dawn said.
Wayne wants more people to give volunteering a go, because "it's the Aussie way", and he doesn't intend to stop himself any time soon.
"No way. I'll get a call out any minute now probably," Wayne said.


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Online Social Media: Killer Features
I've been telling people but they don't listen. Online Social Media is growing, this is the right time to get into the mind of your audience. And they just ignored me again…..Their competitors will run away with their customers and they'll keep on serving their conventional wisdom.
What they say? Read my comments in brackets:
"How many customers are using internet, still many people don't have computer?" (Better come out of cave now)
"What if you write articles online or you're a blogger, you're still not writing for any (prestigious) magazine or publication?" (And people are continuously making their online brands)Read more