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William Lazonick is professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is also visiting professor at University of Ljubljana, professeur associé at Institut Mines-Télécom in Paris, and professorial research associate, SOAS, University of London. He is co-founder and president of the Academic-Industry Research Network, a 501(c)(3) research organization. Previously, he was on the faculties of Harvard University, Columbia University, INSEAD, and University of Tokyo. His book Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy? Business Organization and High-Tech Employment in the United States (Upjohn Institute 2009) won the 2010 Schumpeter Prize. His article "Profits Without Prosperity: Stock Buybacks Manipulate the Market and Leave Most Americans Worse Off," earned the HBR McKinsey Award for outstanding article in Harvard Business Review in 2014. His most recent papers include "Stock Buybacks: From Retain-and-Reinvest to Downsize-and-Distribute"; "Innovative Enterprise or Sweatshop Economics? In Search of Foundations of Economic Analysis"; "U.S. Pharma's Business Model: Why It Is Broken and How It Can Be Fixed" (see submissions #1 and #2 to the UN High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines); and "The Mismeasure of Mammon: The Uses and Abuses of Executive Pay Data."." His recent research has been funded by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Ford Foundation, and European Commission. Lazonick has a BCom from University of Toronto, MSc in economics from London School of Economics, a PhD in economics from Harvard University, and an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University. In December 2016 Lazonick will receive an honorary doctorate from University of Ljubljana.
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Heya Endus! i just downloaded Weakauras but instead of doing all that stuff with my folders since im a retarded kid who isnt strong on that area i would rather just like to import it with a code, can i have it plox? :-)
I really love your earth shield tracker, i imported just that code, but at about <5 stacks it flicks in and out and goes a little bit insane, I've fiddled with it but can't get it to work >.<
Is this a weakauras bug then maybe? i'll create my own later to see. But if there is a known cure, let me know! (for i am feeling lazy)
If anyone has any idea, by all means, give a hand.
Slippyballs; I'm planning to edit the OP here with importable codes, but I'm reworking a few things in the layout (minor tweaks) and I'm holding off till I have it done before I do so.
Slippyballs; I'm planning to edit the OP here with importable codes, but I'm reworking a few things in the layout (minor tweaks) and I'm holding off till I have it done before I do so.[/QUOTE]
How long will it take, weeks or?
I've just finished updating to 5.0.3. Mostly a minor bugfix;
As some people may have noticed, some things changed slightly when WeakAuras updated to 220.127.116.11. Specifically, it reset the shader on the "on cooldown" bars somewhat, resulting in a much closer color than before. I've updated all the bars to return it more closely to the original, though I've tweaked it so it's slightly more visible when blank than before. If you haven't updated to WeakAuras 220.127.116.11 yet, you likely won't have noticed any issue, and won't notice much difference when you update your ESA install.
I've also updated the OP here with code for each and every aura, by group. These are exactly the same strings as you could have found in the ESA Import File in the package, but may be a bit easier for people to snag as it doesn't require downloading anything.
Be sure to keep WeakAuras up to date, though. If something behind the scenes breaks the baseline WeakAuras package, that'll need to get updated, but doing so shouldn't negatively affect the auras at all.
So I installed this when I got home and I am also getting the fluttering ES aura. Not sure what to do with it.
As a temp fix, I have unchecked animated expand and collapse and that seems to have fixed it for now.
Imported the maelstrom weakaura and it caused my entire WeakAuras (other chars) to be deleted
Thank you for this setup of Weak Auras, Endus. It has really helped me see issues i had with rotation similar issues. Keep up the good work!
Sincerely Synit
Thank you for the auras, they are amazing.
One request. Healing rain. I use conductivity on some fights, and when there are 3+ other resto shamans dropping healing rain it's hard to know when mine is no longer active without looking at my own personal buffs. Is it possible to have this implemented so it flashes when your healing rain is expired?
I believe the issue with Earth Shield can be replicated when you have raid with more than 1 resto shaman. So far that's the only time I can see this happening. Unfortunately I don't know how to fix it.
the only problem I have run into is that the fire totem does not show up if you drop it before combat now, anyone have any idea how to fix this?
Endus, first off thanks for the awesome weak auras. But I have run into an issue I can't seem to fix with the healing rain one. I often enjoy running with the Conductivity talent which extends the duration of Healing Rain; however, the weak aura doesn't seem to work with this. Any thought's on how to fix it?
Folks, I haven't played consistently in well over a year. I still haven't purchased WoD, in fact (I'm planning to this weekend, when my grad program's wrapped up for Christmas, though). Unless spell IDs change, the auras should remain somewhat usable, but any new features or changes to how things function have not been incorporated into these, and almost certainly won't be, moving forward; it was a fun thing to do, but I simply don't have the time lately to invest in keeping this current.
I'm not going to lock this, and I'm glad you're still finding it useful, but please direct stuff towards the community of users; they'll be more helpful on this stuff than I will. Also, anyone who wants to splinter this and make it their own; feel free. Heck, give it your own name. If you're borrowing my work, I'd appreciate a note explaining that origin, but that's all I'd ask, otherwise, make it your own.
Hey Endus,
Thank you for the update. I, for one, still use your aura's. The only one iv'e removed was the lightning shield charge, as it now stacks up to 20 stacks instead of 8. Thank you for keeping this up to date for as long as you've previously did. The community sure is glad you helped alot of us become beter at the game
/cheers! Hope to see you live soon!


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Mark your calendars for February 23-25, 2018, when the Asheville Truffle Experience will fill multiple venues around town with pungent decadence. Learn about the mystery of this ultra-prized ingredient, attend tastings and wine-paired dinners, learn about the rise of truffle cultivation in the U.S. and how to train your truffle dog, and participate in a hands-on culinary lesson. For more information and to register, go to: www.ashevilletruffle.com/
Focused on assessing potential opportunities fordeveloping the United States' industrial hemp industry, the first AnnualIndustrial Hemp Summit is a partnership effort between Halifax CountyAgricultural Development Office (HCAD) and the Institute for Advanced Learningand Research (IALR). A specific focus of the summit will be building the supplychain for this emerging industry and developing markets for industrial hempfiber and food. The summit willhighlight current innovation in the industry, as well as explore solutions forresolving resource and infrastructure needs to move the industry forward. The summit will explore legislative andregulatory changes that are needed to allow the hemp industry to flourish.
The United States is the world's largest market for hempproducts with estimated sales of $688 million in 2016, according to Vote Hempmarket research. Most hemp products soldin the U.S. have been imported. Withpotential changes in legislation, the U.S. hemp industry has acceleratedfollowing the inclusion of a key provision in the 2014 Farm Bill, whichauthorized state regulated hemp pilot programs and research. The summit seeksto serve as a catalyst to help the hemp industry grow and create jobs andeconomic development in rural communities.
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Designed to provide entrepreneurs research based technical training in the fundamentals of aquaponic technology. This State-of-the-Art course will showcase techniques and practices that are being used at one of the largest commercial facilities in the U.S. If you are considering getting into this fast growing industry, you won't want to miss this opportunity to hear from the best.
About the course: Aquaponic systems are becoming increasingly popular, and more people are finding innovative ways to produce more than one crop in their recirculating systems. Aquaponic systems are recirculating aquaculture systems that incorporate the production of plants without soil. In typical recirculating aquaculture systems, the goal is to produce large quantities of aquatic biomass in small amounts of space and small volumes of water. In such a system, waste products can accumulate if not physically removed or otherwise filtered via mechanical or biological means. The organic buildup and metabolic byproducts can be reused in aquaponic system by a secondary crop; plants. Plants can grow rapidly with dissolved nutrients that are excreted directly by the aquatic species or generated from the microbial breakdown of the animal waste by the various species of bacteria in the system. In closed recirculating systems with very little daily water exchange, dissolved nutrients accumulate in concentrations similar to those in hydroponic nutrient solutions. These dissolved waste nutrients are taken up by the plants, reducing wastewater discharge to the surrounding watershed and allowing for more efficient use of the fish feed.Instructors:
We are pleased to have leading NC commercial aquaponics experts from the facility at Lucky Clay's Fresh to lead the presentations. Aquaponics Farm Manager Bradley Todd joined the team at Lucky Clays Farm in 2010 and began managing Lucky Clays Fresh in 2013. Todd was raised in Aquadale, North Carolina and spent five years in the Marine Corps. After completing service, he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology and Earth Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. While overseas in the military, Todd began his research in the fundamentals, engineering, and science of aquaculture and hydroponics, which ultimately lead him to learn about the process of combining the two into an efficient and sustainable farming system. Todd intends to incorporate bio-floc technology, Vermiculture, and mycology into an all-encompassing production flow with Lucky Clays Fresh's established Aquaponics system.
Huy Tran is an aquaculture and aquaponics expert with more than 20 years experience. After graduating with a degree in agriculture/aquaculture from the University Of Hawaii, Huy worked at and managed several area farms rearing Shrimp and numerous Marine/Freshwater fish species. This included managing a 20 acre farm producing 47 different aquatic species used in aquatic toxicology testing. In 1997 he began work at Aquatic Eco-System (AES) where he remained for 19 years. As Sales and Marketing Officer, he was responsible for production of 16 of the AES master catalogs and oversaw all technical sales and all marketing for the company. Currently, Huy owns his own facility, Apopka Aquaponic Farms, and consults/designs for many aquaponic and Aquaculture facilities world wide.
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The Spring Conference offers practical, regionally-appropriate workshops on organic growing, permaculture, urban farming, and rural living plus a trade show, seed exchange, silent auction, children's program, pre-conference, and on-farm events. More than 70 sessions per day in themed tracks include Community Food, Cooking, Earthskills, Farmer Beginning, Farmers Intermediate/Advanced, Gardening, Herbs, Livestock, Mushrooms, Permaculture, Pollinators, Poultry, Soils, Sustainable Forestry, Sustainable Living, and More! For more information and to register, go to: organicgrowersschool.org/conferences/spring/
This presentation is being hosted by the Asheville Science Tavern, a meet up for people interested in science. Their mission is to humanize science and scientists - sharing the work of science in a way that is warm, engaging, often funny, inspiring, even beautiful. It's free to join the group, and their events are free except where there is a fee charged by one of our partners. They often pass the Erlenmeyer flask to collect a few bucks to offset our expenses, but it's optional to chip in. For more information about the group and the presentation on April 14, go to: www.meetup.com/Asheville-Science-Tavern/
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BROOKSVILLE — Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis once again found his agency's budget in the crosshairs Tuesday.
Taking aim: a majority of county commissioners, who were unwilling to increase the tentative property tax rate to close a nearly $2 million shortfall in the general fund of the county's 2012-13 budget.
Given the size of the Sheriff's Office budget — nearly $40 million of the general fund — the agency's share of the gap is more than $1.3 million, county staffers said. Commissioners made it clear they expect Nienhuis to start looking for ways to cut.
"What you need to do is prepare to tell us what's going to happen if we short you $1.3 million," commission Chairman Wayne Dukes said.
Nienhuis said that kind of cut would force him to eliminate more than two dozen positions.
"You're talking at least 26 positions," Nienhuis told the board. "Those are going to have to be frontline people. You can't cut command stuff. They are already stretched very thin."
In the end, the board voted 3-2 to affirm its decision earlier this month to set the tentative millage rate for the general fund at 6.0851 mills — .4572 of a mill higher than last year.
That rate, at the time, was considered the rollback rate because, when applied to lower property values, it would bring in the same dollar total as last year. The rate would translate to $45.72 in additional tax for $100,000 of appraised taxable property value.
Last week, however, the state Department of Revenue notified county officials that they must calculate the rate based on the total taxable value of property for 2011-12 after the Value Adjustment Board voted to accept a challenge by cement giant Cemex. The company had argued that its cement kilns and related equipment had dropped in value by 50 percent due to the poor construction market.
The successful challenge by Cemex and other property owners knocked about $200 million in taxable value from the rolls. If the previously approved rollback rate is applied to the smaller property value figure, it would bring in about $1.2 million less for the general fund, county budget manager George Zoettlein told the board Tuesday.
The commission at its July 10 meeting had approved a tentative balanced budget for 2012-13 based on the original rollback rate. The budget also factored in about $1.1 million in revenue from a utilities surcharge tacked on to customers' bills.
Commissioners never warmed to the surcharge, though, and on Tuesday they tabled it, leaving a hole in the budget. Add to that the dollars shorted by the Department of Revenue decree, and the budget faces a shortfall of as much as $2.3 million.
On Tuesday, Zoettlein gave the board a little good news: The gap is a little less than that, about $1.9 million. Still, he recommended the board increase its tentative tax rate to 6.2557 mills to balance the budget, with hopes of later setting a lower final rate based on further cuts or additional revenue sources.
The tentative rates will be advertised on the preliminary notices property owners receive in August before government budgets and the final rates are set in September. Once a tentative rate is set, the commission can decide to approve a lower rate, but not a higher one unless another notice is sent out, which is costly.
Board members refused to consider a higher rate, looking instead to the sheriff and the departments under the board's control for spending reductions.
Dukes said he still wants a breakdown of full-time positions in each department to consider how the board can make its share of cuts, too.
"We're all feeling the cuts," Commissioner Dave Russell said. "There's just going to have to be more."
Nienhuis said he had serious concerns about how any cuts would affect his ability to run the county jail.
"I can't in good conscience cut my detention budget any further," he said.
Dukes and Commissioner James Adkins, the two commissioners who dissented last month because they didn't support going to the rollback rate, did so again Tuesday.
Commissioner Jeff Stabins said before the vote that he supported the higher tentative rate, but voted in the majority with Russell and Commissioner John Druzbick. Stabins said afterward that he did so because he didn't want to risk a vote that might result in the even lower rate that Adkins and Dukes supported.
In other action, the board voted unanimously to allow the Florida Governmental Utility Authority to review the county's utilities operation and submit a report summarizing the findings. The report, supplied free of charge, could be a precursor to selling the utilities operation to the authority, a coalition of several local governments that retain some level of control over their utility operations through a representative on the authority's board of directors.
The county is facing annual rate increases after 2014 to keep the utilities fund solvent. The authority would identify deficiencies and efficiencies in the county's utilities operation, estimate its value and what the county would be paid up front, and show how rates would be affected, FGUA chief executive officer Robert Sheets told commissioners.
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BAODING, China and SAO PAOLO, Brazil, June 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar," plans to become the first ever carbon neutral sponsor of the FIFA World Cup. The Company plans to offset all carbon emissions arising from its promotional activities in Brazil as part of its mission to help make the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil the greenest in history.
Yingli plans to have a carbon neutral footprint for all of the Company's promotional events and activities on-site in Brazil during the FIFA World Cup, including all solar powered stadiums, commercial displays, customer hospitality, media activities, and employee travel and accommodation. To achieve carbon neutrality, Yingli has:
- Supplied over 5,000 Yingli solar panels and nearly 30 off-grid solar energy systems to help power matches at multiple FIFA World Cup stadiums;
- Partnered with ClimatePartner, an independent, certified environmental agency, to accurately calculate and verify emissions data for the duration of Yingli's sponsorship activation in Brazil;
- Committed to investing in carbon emission reduction certificates that are generated by a local Brazilian project, and that are certified by the Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS.
"Sustainability is one of the key tenants in our vision for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Environmental initiatives such as the one presented by our sponsor Yingli today are contributing to increasing the positive impact of the FIFA World Cup on society and the environment. We are grateful to Yingli and their local partners for helping us leave a lasting legacy in Brazil," said FIFA's Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Federico Addiechi.
"By becoming history's first carbon neutral sponsor of the FIFA World Cup, Yingli is honoring its commitment to our environment and to our planet," noted Mr. Liansheng Miao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yingli Green Energy. "As a company whose products and mission are deeply intertwined with sustainability issues, we are dedicated to reducing the ecological impact of all aspects of our business operations, including our highly visible and pervasive marketing activities."
"Our goal is to leave behind a positive legacy in Brazil even after the 2014 FIFA World Cup is over. We are proud of the solar projects we have provided, but we also wanted to do more to directly support local Brazilian communities who are making positive impact on the environment. By contributing to a Brazilian project while at the same time offsetting our own ecological impact, we can make a more significant contribution," commented Ms. Judy Tzeng Lee, Vice President of Global Marketing of Yingli Green Energy.
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Travel Guide Europe Romania Bucovina
From Otopeni airport (Bucharest), you can catch flights (operated by Carpat Air or tarom) 3 times a week to Suceava. Suceava is served by Salcea airport, situated at 10 kilometres from the city.
There are 3 types of trains in Romania:
From Bucharest, there are 5-6 trains that comes to Bucovina.
E576 is the Bucovina's major road, because it's going trough the middle of it. If you are coming from Transilvania (Cluj-Napoca, Sighisoara, Sibiu, Targu Mures) you can use E576. If you are coming from Bucharest, use the E85. It is in good shape. The best way to travel in Bucovina is by car, and you can come with yours, or even rent one.
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Editor: Tim, you were named managing partner of the firm's Silicon Valley office and Fritz was named managing partner of its San Francisco office. Please describe your respective offices, their principal practice areas, and how they are related.
Scott: The Silicon Valley office includes 30 lawyers all of whose practices relate to life sciences. The office's principal, though not exclusive, focus is therefore on the life sciences industry.
Our life science practice includes life science patent prosecutors, most of whom have PhD's in some relevant area, whether it is chemistry, biology or genetics. We have a group of IP litigators who likewise have advanced education in life sciences. We have two corporate lawyers who have worked with both venture funds and life science companies.
Our separate litigation group includes general commercial and securities litigators who have done a lot of life science litigation in the form of qui tam litigations and disputes arising from collaboration, license or supply agreements and the like.
What makes us unique, and this is one of the areas in which the Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices overlap, is that to our knowledge we are the only law firm out here that practices in the life sciences arena that has an on-the-ground regulatory practice. We have three regulatory lawyers in our Silicon Valley office; one used to be at the FDA, and the other two came from the industry, where they focused on the regulatory side of life sciences.
Because life sciences is the focus of the Silicon Valley office, it is the main thrust of our marketing efforts. That is not to say that is all we do.
Editor: How important is life sciences to the Silicon Valley economy?
Scott: Silicon VaIley has probably the densest concentration of emerging life science companies in the country. Just as the technology industry grew out of National Semiconductor, the life science industry here grew out of Genentech and all the spin-offs out of Stanford and Berkeley. There are probably 500 life science companies within a stretch of 40 miles. The three areas of the country where law firms have the most robust life sciences practices are Boston, Silicon Valley and down in North San Diego county.
Zimmer: Our San Francisco office is smaller. Although it has only twelve lawyers, we are pleased to be at that figure, because when we opened on April 1, 2008 we had only three. Despite the bad economy, we have managed to grow as a result of lateral hires from other firms and through transfers from our other offices.
Our primary practice areas are pharmaceutical and medical device work. We also practice in the toxic tort area involving chemical exposure cases, groundwater contamination and related matters. We do commercial litigation and like Tim's office also do IP work. We too have an FDA regulatory partner resident here in San Francisco, and I concur with Tim's comments that it is a bonus to be able to offer this service on the ground in both offices in California. We have a real estate partner as well and are hoping to add more.
While we are smaller in number than the Silicon Valley office, we cover a somewhat wider range of practice areas. This is also our first week in our new office space at 101 Second Street.
Editor: Is there a synergistic relationship between your two offices?
Scott: There is and it is primarily in the ways in which the two offices touch on the life sciences, so that Fritz's product and tort group together with the FDA lawyers in San Francisco all work closely with lawyers in this office in marketing and on cases. We have been here only since March 2008. The two offices total about 40 lawyers, and the plan is to continue to grow through adding new practice areas to our respective offices.
Zimmer: I agree with Tim who has been very proactive about scheduling cross-selling meetings so that the partners have opportunities to regularly check in with each other and compare notes on where different trends are headed and potential client pitches that can be made. Indeed the life sciences areas is where we have the most overlap.
Editor: You might tell our readers a bit about your practices and backgrounds.
Zimmer: I have been practicing for 26 years, since graduating from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1983. I do primarily drug and medical device defense litigation work, some commercial litigation work, and a fair amount of toxic tort work. I was recruited away from my former firm by King & Spalding to help open the San Francisco office. I currently serve on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), whose membership is limited to leaders of the defense bar. I am also on the Steering Committee of the Drug and Medical Device Committee of the Defense Research Institute (DRI). With my involvement in those organizations and writing and speaking on defense bar issues, I keep actively involved in the defense scene.
I started in 1983 here in San Francisco with Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, a firm that no longer exists. Ten years later, I was a member of a group that broke away and formed our own firm called Preuss Walker & Shanagher - later known as Preuss, Shanagher, Zroleff & Zimmer - which became the San Francisco office of Drinker Biddle and Reath. I was recruited away from Drinker to help open the San Francisco King & Spalding office in April 2008.
Scott: I graduated in 1985 from the University of Chicago Law School, so I have been doing this for 24 years. Shortly after graduating, I joined a small suburban shopping center law firm, which was called Wilson Sonsini, as their 80th lawyer. I stayed there for 18 years, and at various points ran their litigation group and sat on the management and executive committees. I saw that firm grow from 80 to 800 and left in 2002.
I went to Sidley Austin in San Francisco for a couple of years where I ran their litigation group and then moved here in October of 2008. My practice is really a mix of securities litigation and general commercial work. On the securities side, I have probably done about 30 securities class actions. On the commercial side, I have done a spate of consumer class actions and also a lot of breach of contract actions involving such things as breaches of license agreements and supply agreements and the like.
Editor: As litigators, what skills do you bring to the management of your offices?
Zimmer: I am honestly not sure that being a litigator gives me any particular leg up on how to run the office. The people skills that Tim and I hopefully bring to this job based on our negotiating experience and time spent in court should be helpful. A lot depends on our ability to communicate to those we manage that we are all in this together and need to work as a team.
Scott: The main function that I see us playing is organizing groups of people and getting them focused in one direction to accomplish important goals. As litigators, we know that our success depends on how well we manage our cases. I agree with Fritz that managing an office is primarily a people job and that most successful litigators have people skills.
Editor: An increasing number of successful litigators have become the general counsel of major companies. Why is this happening?
Zimmer: We too have seen this happening. An old friend and former partner of mine, Mike Holston, became general counsel of Hewlett Packard. It is an interesting trend because previously the general counsel core came from the transactional side. The most likely explanation is that litigation expenses have soared in recent years.
Editor: To what extent has the cost of e-discovery contributed to the increase in litigation expense?
Scott: You can't even litigate a simple thing without the discovery cost dwarfing everything else in the case. If a complaint in a securities class action case survives a motion to dismiss, the cost of collecting and reviewing all the electronically stored data creates an impetus to settle the case before even getting to the merits in order to avoid the cost of e-discovery.
Zimmer: The invention of email has done more to benefit plaintiffs' counsel than any other development of the last 20 years. I have colleagues on the plaintiffs' side of the bar who tell me they thank their lucky stars that email was invented.
Editor: Do you feel that the Twombly and Iqbal cases have helped to relieve the e-discovery burden?
Zimmer: So far so good is my short answer. But legislative efforts are underway to either eliminate or marginalize the result in those cases.
Scott: As a defense lawyer, I'd say those cases represent steps in the right direction. Notice pleading particularly as it relates to our prior discussion about email and the cost of e-discovery makes it impossible for a defendant, at least in a small- or medium-size case, to defend itself because it becomes uneconomic to do so.
Editor: There is increased interest in changing the federal rules to require fact pleading. Will this reduce e-discovery costs?
Zimmer: In the drug and device setting, requiring fact pleading is not a complete solution to the discovery burden, but it's a good start.
Scott: The impact of fact pleading on reducing the burden of e-discovery depends on how it is implemented. A fact-based pleading standard which limits plaintiff's discovery to investigating the facts set out in a complaint will help. However, much of the cost of e-discovery comes from retrieving the data and then identifying data that is responsive to the request. Even if you have a narrow set of claims, you are still put in the position of reviewing rafts of data to figure out what is responsive.
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Artists who crisscross the state looking for just the right spot to set up their easel are showcased in a new book published by IU Press. Released in June 2013, Painting Indiana 3: Heritage of Place is the third in a series of books sponsored by the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association. Produced in partnership with Indiana Landmarks, the book marries the enterprise of painting on location with that of historic preservation. WFIU's Yael Ksander speaks with painters Wyatt Legrand, Chris Newlund, and Mary Ann Davis and author Rachel Berenson Perry about the Indiana landscape, the enduring tradition of plein-air painting in the state, and what makes today's plein-air painting contemporary.
Also on the program, Brett Sparks of The Handsome Family talks about their new record and companion book of essays, all about creatures of the wilderness … their concert stop this week in Bloomington … and how composing music together can make a husband-wife team feel like the Gershwins.
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The Indian Premier League print campaign by advertising agency Ogilvy really knows how to hype up their fans. The print campaign depicts the people in the audience holding up cards that make up the winning portraits of incredible cricketers like Dhoni, Sachin and Gilchrist.
According to the Indian League Premiere, the inspiration behind this campaign is that "it's the fans who make the game." That revelation is heavily reflected in every ad created for the 2010 season.
Giant Cricket Star Mosaics
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Nike Cricket?
15 World Cup Creations
Exorbitant Sports Complexes
Cricket Ball Art
Cricket Fever Hits India as World Cup Officially Begins
The Indian Premier League Print Campaign May Induce the Wave
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AKRON -- The Summit County Prosecutor says she will seek the death penalty against two men charged in connection with a shooting on New Year's Eve in Barberton that led to the deaths of two teenagers and their father.
Eric D. Hendon, 31, and his brother, Michael D. Hendon, 22, of Akron have been indicted on multiple charges including aggravated murder, attempted murder and aggravated robbery. The charges carry death penalty specifications.
The brothers face the possibility of being sentenced to death if they are convicted of a charge that carries a death specification.
"This was a truly senseless crime that has shattered a community," said Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh. "An entire family – including two children – was killed. And the lone survivor of this brutal attack will carry physical and emotional scars for the rest of her life."
Eric and Michael Hendon will be arraigned in the Court of Common Pleas on January 29. They are each currently being held on a $10 million bond.
Ashley Carpenter, 18, and her brother, David Kohler-Carpenter, 14, died after being shot during a home invasion robbery at their father's home on 7th Street. Their father, David Kohler also died of his injuries. A fourth person shot in the home survived.


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Where it's all about delving into friendships, dating, love and all that other nonsense. (Although, not in that order...)
Saturday, April 3, 2010
The Fine Line in May-December Romances
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Your description of Donovan seems to convey a good deal of attraction. It's too bad it wasn't a go. Your point of his seeming discomfort is key, because most of this stuff is head tripping. When an interracial couple goes out, are there people starring? Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Will it ever be as many as they think are starring or even for the reasons they think people are starring? Probably not.ReplyDelete
I've heard girls go on about dancing, skating or the fact that their older beau doesn't like going out as much. Wait 8 years and ask when the last time she went dancing was. More than likely whatever her complaint might have been about the older guy, she will have it for a husband of the same age as she. I don't care if he's ten years younger, the day will come when she says, "oh we never go out".
Age isn't the problem. Any issue a Five-12 relationship could have, there are a similar number of same aged couples struggling with same. As creatures we have a serious desire to norm and tend to lie if not imply that somehow sameness results in happiness when it clearly doesn't. Anytime the couples differ significantly we start foretelling doom. One has a degree the other not, one is a professional the other a laborer, or the religion is different, or one came from Boston and the other Louisiana, or she's gorgeous and he's not. It's just what we do.
All couples have disparities and incongruities. Figure out what really matters and whether you can come together on those things. If you're both in it for the same reasons, are honest about what you expect to get out of it, and are willing to stand and deliver, what's the issue? That's a winning formula for any relationship regardless the ages. It's unfortunate that when it comes to love, most of us become snake oil salesmen about who will or won't make someone else happy, despite failing spectacularly getting some for ourselves.
I agree completely, that its got to be about more than physical fire and again point out that this is also true of any relationship as they all have hurdles. Let you meet a few cat's moms that don't care for you and you'll find you might as well have been 20 years older than he. The simple truth is whatever the difference, when you're really down, its on and anything else is just an excuse to get out of it.
I love this topic...ReplyDelete
It really depends on the people involved. If you're looking for someone to take care of you, run the other way. If you are attracted and ready to take on the differences, go for it. Both parties have to know what they want in addition to feeling the chemistry, I think.
@Aurelius: So does that mean you're saying that age really isn't that big of a deal, ever?ReplyDelete
@Kelly: True! But I guess what I wonder is if you have to know what you want going into it? It's not like too many people set out to say "I'm going to find an older man today," don't you think? Or maybe they do and I'm just being idealistic...
Age isn't that big of a deal. When it is, its nothing more than yet another incompatibility. I've heard complaints from people in in Five-12 relationships and the complaints every time that I can thing of were the same ones people in same/similar aged relationships have.ReplyDelete
I know far more couples of same/similar age and I've heard complaints of immaturity more in those relationships than anywhere else. I've heard girls complain that a guy was older and didn't get along with her friends or didn't like them and you here same from girls whose boyfriend is the same age as them.
Couples either have similar or same interest, have ways to move beyond disparity when it exist, or they fail. It's that simple.
The head factor tends to be the deal breaker. Concepts can be very powerful and most of us have ran into the concept of the Five-12 relationship long before we have them. Forming an opinion of anything before you experience it can break a lot of us even when the experience contradicts society's wisdom. Sadly when this happens peer pressure can be overwhelming (yes even for older people). What's better to be happy with someone twenty years younger and get starred at or go out with your friends and your date who your friends approve of though you are miserable, but the norm is satisfied?
@Aurelius: It's better to be happy... But I think for many, age is a bigger deal than they let on. And of course it's a comfort thing. Are people more comfortable with people a little closer in age? Sometimes yes based on shared social experiences. But compatibility is ultimately a plethora of factors and not just one.ReplyDelete


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A Short Introduction to Prolog
Prolog is a language that tries to apply ideas from logic to the task of programming. Here is a short guide to some of the features of the language. It can be used as a starting point for further exploration.
There are several implementations of Prolog, so you first need to decide what is the best suited for your situation. If you never used Prolog, probably the easiest way to start is installing SWI-Prolog, a free source implementation that is widely used. There are versions for all major operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.
In my system, SWI Prolog installs a binary at
Once you run the executable using a terminal window, you will get a prompt. Then you can type something like:
A is 1 + 1. A = 2.
Here, "is" is a keyword that unifies the result of 1 + 1 with the free variable A. When you type enter, the line is executed and the result A = 2 is printed.
Notice that in the example above I talked about unification, instead of assignment. A particularity of Prolog is that unification, the process of finding a "matching" parameter for an argument, is the main mechanism for attributing values.
For a single variable, unification is the temporary binding of a value, based on the context where the variable occurs. A single variable can unify to one or more values during the execution of a program. Unlike assignment, a unification cannot be undone in the same clause unless bracktrack occurs.
Prolog is a logic language. Expressions have a logical meaning, and the result of any expression is a boolean value. The basic difference of a language like Prolog to procedural languages is that we need to get used to translate procedural code into the required logical style. Logical expressions used by prolog are by necessity more declarative than an equivalent program written in C, for example.
The basic unit of a Prolog program is a clause. A clause is a single statement with an antecedent and a possibly empty set of consequents. Logic theory calls a statement like this a Horn clause. Thus, one can say
descendent(A, C) :- descendent(A, B), descendent(B, C).
This clause is just stating that a way of somebody being a descendent of another is to be a descendent of a descendent. This can also be explained as saying that "descendent" is a transitive relation. The rule above is true for any transitive relation.
Notice that variables always start with an upper-case letter. Constants, on the other hand, start with a lower-case letter. So, if we add the following information:
descendent(john, mary). descendent(mary, james).
Prolog will be able to deduct, according to the rule above, that "james" is a descendent of "john". Relations such as the last two presented above are called facts, because they are just stating our current knowedge — we already know that Mary is a descendant of John and that James descends from Mary.
Prolog implementations generaly separate statements available for a program into two kinds of files. Database files store a set of facts. It is not hard to see that such database files have a lot in common with traditional databases: they represent a set of relations, and each fact can be viewed as a database record. You can already see that Prolog provides a really nice representation for data using the basic mechanisms of the language.
Then, another set of files can be used to create queries and general rules that will apply to the data. This is where the "programmatic" part of your code will be stored. Some implementations let you mix facts and rules as necessary.
Recursion and Conditional Behavior
Recursive clauses are the main technique that Prolog uses to support repetitive behavior. However, to control recursion one needs some kind of conditional selection. Prolog implements conditionals through unification and backtrack.
Unification, as hinted above, is the process of matching an argument to a set of logical variables. The form of the variables can be used by Prolog to determine the best matching. For example, this is the standard way of working with lists:
size([], 0). size([A|B], X) :- size(B, Y), X is Y + 1.
The above definitions use matching to answer a question about the size of a list. A list in Prolog is represented by elements enclosed in square brackets. The notation [A|B] means that A is the first element (the head) of the list, and B is the list of remaining elements (the tail). The notation [] represents the empty list. Thus, the rules above present two cases: an empty list and a list that has a head and a tail. If Prolog can match the list with one of the cases, then the corresponding rule is executed.
To use this example, type the two clauses above in a file, say listsize.pl. Then, in the Prolog prompt, use the command
You can now ask questions based on these rules:
size([1,2,3], S). S = 3.
Notice that the first clause works just by unification: When an empty list is found as the first argument, the variable passed as the second argument is matched to 0, therefore a solution is immediately available.
When the second clause is used, however, Prolog applies a recursive call to determine the size of the tail, then adds 1 to that value in order to determine the size of the list. When this happens, all variables have an assigned value and a solution is returned.
Prolog can use the process above to compute not only one, but several solutions for a query, if more than one exists. For example, if we know the facts
employee(john, company1). employee(mary, company1).
Then we can enter the following question
employee(X, company1).
In that case, there are multiple answers. Prolog, by default, will return one answer at a time. Each time a user can type the ";" character and receive a new solution. Another option could be to collect all solutions in a list, for example, before displaying them.
This is just a short tutorial on the features of Prolog. The language provides a lot more, but you can use the information above as a starting point. Above all, Prolog is a nice tool to play with algorithms that would be too complicated to use in more traditional languages. It is a great way to have fun and learn a different paradigm for computation.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Feature film of Liz Wilde. Was presented to the public in 2014, it is a production of UK. You can watch The Scissoring online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
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Runtime: 81 minutes
Samantha Butler, Ryan Preston, Robert Kelly, Nate Richards, Ellie Ferris and Nick Walker.
81-minute film (full movie) directed by Liz Wilde.
The original audio of The Scissoring has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in UK.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2014.
Screenplay written by Liz Wilde.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie The Scissoring has a duration of 81 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Oh no, Microsoft might be actually 'innovating' on the JavaScript language itself, oh no no it cant be ...
On Jomo Fisher's linkedin page: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jomofSenior Software Engineer (JavaScript Team)
September 2010 – January 2012 (1 year 5 months) JavaScript Language Team
Most recently, my work has been on the JavaScript programming language. My focus has been on performance and language innovation. I will post more details as they are made public by Microsoft.


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Try to throw Cheetos at your teammate and make them stick to their head covered with shaving cream.
Game Type
Active. A lot of movement may be required.
6 or more players
What You Need To Play
Plastic shower caps Cheetos Shaving Cream
One person is seated on a chair. A plastic shower cap (or plastic wrap) is placed on the individual's head. Shaving cream is applied over the entire shower cap. The other team member or members stand behind a line opposite the seated player. During a preset period of time (60-120 seconds), team members throw Cheetos
at the seated player and attempt to get them to stick on the shaving cream. The seated player can assist by moving his head to help "catch" the cheetos.
The team with the most Cheetos stuck on the shaving cream wins.


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Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO, PolicyLink
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Pastor Michael McBride, Lead pastor, The Way Christian Center
Youth Speaks, Spoken word performers
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In the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, President Obama called on all of us to have conversations in our communities about race relations. The Commonwealth Club will convene local voices from the worlds of law, politics, clergy, the arts and the community to share their stories and further substantive attention on the politics of being African American in the Bay Area. Bay Area Pastor Michael McBride recently stated, "It's not about the verdict but rather about our values." Join us to take a look at the values and opportunities that can move the Bay Area forward.
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For most Americans, pink and fleshy chicken breasts come hygienically packaged from the nearest fluorescent-lit grocery store. Most people have no idea how they get there, so artist Amber Hansen wanted to show them: Her plan for an art installation involved raising five chickens with the help of volunteers, and then enlisting a farmer to humanely slaughter them, before serving them at a potluck dinner.
Except for the public display, it's not a far cry from what happens at farms across the country, and it seems like a far better short life for a chicken that once lived on a factory farm, where cruelty is more common (see the documentary Food Inc.). Nevertheless, Hansen's project was banned by Lawrence, Kan. city officials for animal cruelty. The Associated Press reports that Hansen plans to abide by the city ordinance.
Hansen's project, "The Story of Chickens: A Revolution," was designed to call attention to the fact that many Americans don't understand the origin of their food. She invited volunteers to care for the birds, building a relationship with them — just as families in the olden days would. At the end of the exhibition, they're meant to be eaten.
"The public will be invited, and encouraged to witness this phase of the life cycle that is often hidden from our perception. Such slaughter takes place on a mass scale every day, but each generation becomes further removed from this reality," wrote Hansen in her artist's statement.
Hansen's art, and the city's reaction to it, raises the question: Is chicken slaughter still animal cruelty when it's not defined as art — when it's done on a farm or in a factory instead? Animal activist groups, of course, allege that this is the case. The ban on Hansen's project has elevated the profile of these issues, and of the artist.
Hansen isn't the first artist to touch upon issues of animal cruelty in her art. Artist Navin Thomas was recently accused of torturing pigeons by placing them in a room booming with the sound of radio chatter, with a giant antennae as a perch. Artist Tom Otterness was recently denied the installation of a $750,000 work by the city of San Francisco after it was discovered that he shot a dog on film in 1977. And famously, artist Guillermo Vargas exhibited a starving dog in a Nicaragua gallery in 2007.


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George Washington Ochs-Oakes, who died on Oct. 26, 1931, a brother to Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of The New York Times, left a gross estate valued at $439,877, according to an appraisal of the State Transfer Tax Department made yesterday.
Of this sum, $10,000 went to the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, $2,000 to the New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, $3,000 to the Chattanooga Times Neediest Cases Fund, $1,000 to the Library of Chattanooga and other institutions there. Five thousand dollars was designated for an addition to the Ochs Memorial Synagogue in that city.
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hi all first time poster and very new to the 1955 servers.
i have a blade server rack witch im working on and i have installed 2 of the blades with xenserver. im having problems with connecting any think to the internet here are a few questions i have.
1. what do i plug my broad band cable into kvm/drac/gigabit switches? the only thing that makes the lights turn on is plugging into the drac but still no connection to the net.
2. i have set everything to dhcp but am not getting any ip address allocated to the machine.
3. do i even need the gigabit switches?
please help i have been struggling with this for many weeks and i cant find anything on google and im very lost.
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What is the Broadband cable you are referring to?
Is it the cable from an Internet router? If so which one?
Is the enclosure going on a network or is the goal, just internet access?
What switches are installed/being used?
Let me know.
Here is a guide that can assist you. It also has alot of good information. - ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-1955_Reference%20Guide_en-us.pdf
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hi thanks for your reply.
yes it is the cable from the internet router ADSL2 router so just the standard home broad band and network cables. its running to a standard home router.
the goal is to host my own websites and vps's and run some bitcoin mining pools all on the internet.
as for the switches im not to sure heres the model number bmx-phy it has 10 inputs and there are 2 of these in the enclosure.
so i should get a gigabit switch for the enclosure? and would the network cable connect to the switch and then the switch to the gigabit pass through for each blade?
Hi there. You need to install either the ethernet passthrough modules. ( 10 ethernet jacks per module. One jack per blade per module. Left side of the chassis would be one of the NICs on each blade, the right side of the chassis would be the other NIC on each blade. There are 2 other switch models available, a dell and a cisco. I'd recommend starting with the passthrough module until you understand what's going on with the hardware.
You would want to plug your internet/modem into a router or a switch. then plug individual blades ( from the above 10 port passthrough modules ) into the switch. If you had all 10 blades running, you'd have 20 ethernet cables coming from one chassis. 2 cables from each blade.
The KVM and drac are for managing the chassis, but not for connectivity from any of the blades. The blades need some networking to be installed in the top left and top right slots on the chassis.
The servers are power hungry but work well even up to 2012 server.. havent tried 2012R2 yet. I've installed 8GB DIMMs so you can definitely get 64GB RAM per blade.. I will try and get 16GB DIMMs, I wonder if it can handle them.. 128GB/blade with quad cores would be a nice server node.


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One of Smithville's busiest intersections upgraded to a four-way stop this week. Multiple vehicle accidents have occurred at the intersection, prompting officials to find a solution. With the intersection so close to Smithville High School and its softball fields, officials recommended a four-way stop to also help slow down the traffic on the main road. On the Main road, Smithville Rd or also known as Smithville-Hatley Rd, the County installed two Sign Alert Stop Signs – A Stop Sign with embedded LEDs that flash 24-7. Also, above the four-way stop, the County installed a four-way 24-hour flashing beacon to help notify oncoming traffic of the new stop sign. After installing the Sign Alert Stop Signs and the 24-hour flashing beacons, a law enforcement officer parked near the intersection with its lights on to draw attention to and help transition residents to the new Four-Way Stop.
Read more on the new four-way stop in Smithville at WTVA: http://www.wtva.com/news/New_Traffic_Signs_.html
Four way stops are great slowing down traffic, controlling traffic flow, and minimizing accidents on high volume city and county roads. Many optional upgrades are available for stop signs and 24-7 flashers to help increase the visibility and notify drivers of the upcoming intersection. Sign Alerts and Radars are just two:
1. Sign Alerts: Embedded LEDs in the stop sign that flash 24-7
2. Radar: Adding a radar to a 24-7 flashing beacon or Sign Alert increases battery life and helps eliminates drivers immunity to the flashing 24-7. When the radar detects oncoming traffic, it'll trigger the LEDs to start flashing.


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On a recent adventure Nyjah Huston, Nick Garcia, Mark Appleyard and Levi Brown headed out for a week in the the land of the rising sun… Japan. Once on they arrived, the team met up with Element Japan riders to skate the streets, put on a demo, and discover new terrain.
I know Mark Appleyard and it looks like the dude's not out the game just yet, showing these young bucks what the deal is. Japan is big on skateboarding and its nice to see the love they got for it. What did you think about the vid?


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PHF In The News: Easthampton fundraiser raises money for research into debilitating condition
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EASTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – One Hampshire County parent prays that one day science finds a cure to the disease that's afflicted her daughter since birth.
Denise Sacharczyk of Westhampton organized a fundraiser Sunday at the American Legion Post 224 in Easthampton. Her daughter suffers from Hydrocephalus, or as it is more commonly called, "water on the brain."
Sacharczyk told 22News, "My daughter has had 23 brain surgeries because of that. She lives with chronic pain, any day not being able to walk. A couple of times, she's had surgeries and learned to walk all over again."
Sacharczyk is active in the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation on behalf of her daughter and other young people suffering from "water on the brain."
It's estimated that out of 1,000 newborns, two will be afflicted by this disabling condition.


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Thank you for visiting limerickpoems.org, the site for limerick lovers. Here you will find all sorts of limerick poems. The latest poems that have been added to the site are displayed below. Be sure to share your limericks if you have them or if you don't then learn how to write them.
There was a young man from Kerry
Who tried to escape on the ferry
Then came a phone call
He'd been left a windfall,
So he rushed back ashore in a hurry.
There was three legged table,
which makes it stable with the help of cable;
on which there was some food
where the food is kept is made of wood
at last, it broken into one leg table
There once was a dog named Annie.
She always sat on her fanny.
Her fur was brindle
Until she chewed on my kindle.
Then she licked my dear, old granny.
There once was a lass named Maddie-
who discovered a talking cow patty
that she found in the pasture-
when it suddenly asked her:
"Which way is it to Cincinnati?"
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There was a bold fellow named Trump
Who brought his best stuff to the stump
He was big on the telly
Til he miffed Megyn Kelly
Now he's takin it right in the rump
Once there was a dog named K-9
It drank song dangerous blue wine
It sat on the ground
Then heard a loud sound
For it never knew it was sitting on a mine
There once was a girl from the Valley
Who had a big sister named Sally
They liked to hang out
And wander about
Till their bodies were found in an alley.
There Once was A Man From New York
He Always did Love to eat Pork
He Would Shout
For he had Gout
For he Loved Pork
There once was a girl named Lucia
who liked to give us hugs,
See ya the heart it tugs,
but watch out for your mug,
cause Lucy's kisses could be mighty juicy.
There was a young farmer of Leeds
Who swallowed six packets of Seeds
It soon came to pass
He was covered with grass
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Garden City, NY – The Nassau Community College Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Kathy Weiss, Ph.D. has been elected by the NCC Board of Trustees to be its Vice Chair.
"Members of the Board appreciate the wisdom, expertise and common sense that Dr. Weiss will bring to her new position on the Board, and I, personally, look forward to working with her as part of the Board's leadership team," said Dr. Jorge Gardyn, who is the Chair of the NCC Board of Trustees.
Dr. Kenneth Saunders, Acting President of NCC, added, "With her experience as a professor and in educational administration, as well as with her depth of knowledge on issues of importance to the College community, Dr. Weiss will be able to share with us her perspective and wisdom that we will all surely value and from which we will all surely benefit."
Dr. Weiss has devoted most of her career to the administrative aspects of education. She is currently an adjunct professor at LIU Post's education school and a special compliance officer for sexual harassment, ethnic harassment and workplace discrimination for school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Previously, Dr. Weiss served as the Superintendent of Schools for the Baldwin school district for twelve years. In addition, she served as an assistant superintendent, high school principal, and elementary and high school teacher. Dr. Weiss has spoken on the local, state and national level about such topics as shared decision-making, using data to improve instruction, and school/community communications.
Dr. Weiss served as President of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents, President of the Nassau County District Curriculum Officials and as President of the Nassau County District Curriculum Officials, as well as on the Superintendents' Board of the Section VIII Athletics. Active in her community, Dr. Weiss is presently the treasurer for the Board of Directors of The Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education and has served on the board for the past sixteen years. She also was a member of the Long Island Blood Services Leadership Team.
After receiving her BA in Mathematics from Syracuse University, Dr. Weiss obtained an MA in Mathematics from the Courant Institute of New York University and a Ph.D. from New York University. She is a resident of Oyster Bay. Dr. Weiss's term on the Nassau Community College Board of Trustees extends through 2017.
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Carl now has opportunity to prove he is best in the world
All boxing fans - as well as devoted supporters of Carl Frampton - will welcome the announcement of next February's super-bout with Scott Quigg to be staged in Manchester.
Both men are superb boxers, but each one understandably wants to prove that he is the best.
The fans' wishes to see the two go head to head are finally going to be fulfilled.
Although victory in the ring is the priority, both will earn a small fortune, win or lose.
Of course, we all hope that our own 'Jackal' comes out on top. Certainly, it is a fight we all can't wait to see.
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Saratoga County is expected to become a battleground in New York's new gun laws Thursday morning, when anti-SAFE ACT activists protest the arrest of a man who police say illegally sold an assault-style rifle through Facebook.
William G. Greene of Moreau is scheduled to appear in Moreau Town Court at 9 a.m. Thursday, according to a court clerk. Greene, 51, became one of the first persons in the state to be arrested under the state's SAFE Act legislation on April 16, when police charged him with trying to sell an RGuns .223-5.56 caliber assault style rifle with a pistol grip to an undercover officer.
The NY2A Grassroots Coalition released a statement Wednesday saying its members would join Greene's friends and family in a rally before and during his court hearing. Some will attend the hearing.
"Bill Greene was an upstanding citizen quietly going about his life," the coalition's statement reads. "That was before he was entrapped by a secret State Police unit in a sting operation earlier this month to enforce the unconstitutional and fundamentally flawed NY SAFE Act." (full statement below)
State Police say Greene advertised the firearm on a Facebook page for gun enthusiasts, and they were tipped off through the New York State Gun Tip Line. An undercover officer met with Greene and purchased the rifle, according to State Police. Greene was charged with unlawful transfer of an assault weapon and disposing of a weapon without a NICS background check, both misdemeanors.
"To many, guns are a way of life, but this is proof that the days of easily acquiring assault rifes are coming to an end, and quickly," said Charlie Samuels of Saratoga Springs, a member of Saratogians for Gun Safety. "Protesting in support of a law breaker is an American right but in this case, myself and the majority of the country is happy there's one less assault rifle out there."


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US doesn't need orbital battlefleet - pundit
1900s style space-dreadnought arms race would be Bad
A heavyweight Washington thinktank has issued a report which says that it makes no sense for the USA to build an enormous, horribly beweaponed space battle fleet in the immediate future.
Normally, one might say "duh, thanks for the tip", or similar, but in fact there are a fair number of people in and around the US capital who think that powerful American space forces would be a good idea. Quite apart from the obvious threat from aliens - flagged up last month by Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani - there are other issues.
Firstly, the ability to build intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) - which travel mostly through space on their way to their targets - is expected to spread around the globe in coming decades. Some in the Pentagon believe they need detection satellites at a minimum to deal with this threat, and perhaps space-based raygun cannons or interceptor "kill vehicles" too.
Secondly, there's a strong push in Washington behind the idea that the USA should be able to intervene militarily anywhere on the face of the globe within a matter of hours, or even just minutes. America can do this already, actually, but today the only guaranteed, quick, anywhere-at-all option is a nuclear bomb. Various radical plans are circulating within the US defence department to use suborbital space transportation of some kind to deliver less devastating payloads. This might be as simple as putting a conventional bomb or bombs in an ICBM instead of the nukes. Alternatively it might be as complicated as firing some US Marines round the world on a rocket of some kind. (Options for getting them back again remain unclear at present.) There is also a scheme to shoot off a one-shot robot spyplane rather than going straight to the nuke, ordinary bomb or spaceborne suicide squad.
It's occasionally argued that this type of thing would be easier if the stuff was already up in space, so that you wouldn't have to fire it up there. That's another school of why-we-need-space-forces thought. (It's also the main military justification for hypersonic plane projects.)
Then we get onto more realistic stuff. It is a fact that the US has a lot of very important space infrastructure in orbit already. Examples include the Global Positioning System (GPS) nav-sats - also used by the rest of the world - much of the US military's comms backbone, swarms of secret spy satellites etc. etc. What with the inscrutable Chinese commies having recently demonstrated that they can shoot down satellites, various hopeful people in the Pentagon are predicting beautiful capital-intensive future satellite wars, which would of course require loads of kinetic-intercept or raygun hardware in space.
The new report, Arming the Heavens: A Preliminary Assessment of the Potential Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Space-Based Weapons, from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, assesses all these things.
"Space has been militarized for many years," writes the author, Steven M. Kosiak. But "it has not, at least as far as can be determined from unclassified sources, been weaponized... satellites have been used to provide intelligence, targeting and other support to terrestrial-based forces and weapons."
That sounds pretty fair, though the Cold War Russian ASAT programme came quite close to being a space weapon. It would normally circle the Earth twice before intercepting and blowing up its target satellite. (The Russkie ASAT was only ever used in tests against Soviet-owned targets, and seems to have been binned in the early '80s.)
Kosiak goes on to say that:
Some analysts believe that the weaponization of space is inevitable and that the United States can and should move rapidly to acquire and field a range of space-based weapons. Others argue that the United States has more to lose than any other country if space is weaponized... sparking or accelerating an arms race in space that the United States should... be seeking to avert or, at least, delay as long as possible.
Old Blighty faced a similar debate in its own days as sole superpower, when the all-big-gun dreadnought battleships were on the drawing boards at the turn of the 20th century. Should Britain build the new battlewagons, thus triggering a dreadnought arms race - and so wipe out its painfully-accrued global dominance in older types of warship?
Had he been around, Kosiak might have advised against the Royal Navy's decision to get into dreadnoughts - certainly if his conclusions on the desirability of a US space battlefleet are anything to go by.
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"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden." Matthew 5:14
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