text: Lancaster Mills was a cotton textile manufacturer in Clinton, Massachusetts, that also controlled several other cotton mills in Massachusetts. The collection is notable for a long run of payroll records from 1852 to 1913. In 1852, the vast majority of over 400 weavers and 200 spoolers were women. Women also worked in carding, frame spinning, reeling, quilling, and warping rooms. In addition, they were present in the mule spinning department, usually an exclusively male occupation. Accident reports from 1893 to1905 contain considerable information about the physical tasks included in various job descriptions, as well as the name, age, occupation, nationality, marital status, ability to speak English, and wages of each injured worker.Twentieth century records contain many women's names and addresses in stockholder lists from 1927 to 1931 and the appearance of two women in the administrative offices of the mill, including Miss Barbara Hammond, a secretary who earned $125 a month in 1925.Wage and time accountingPayrolls: Volumes 99-129 (1852-1913)Time books: Volumes 91-98 (1905-1931)Company reports and registers; office recordsAccident Reports: Volumes 45-54 (1893-1930)Family and financial recordsStockholder records: Volume 9 (1927-1931)


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The basic hypertension symptoms among subjective complaints is the headache which is connected with increase in arterial pressure. More often the headache appears in the morning in occipital area and is combined with feeling of " a stale head ". Patients are disturbed with the bad dream, the raised irritability, decrease in memory, easing of cerebration. In due course there are complaints to pains and faults of heart, a short wind at physical activity, deterioration of sight.
Distinguish clinical variants of current ofВ hypertension.
Under pressure (hypertension symptoms )
In days of a serious economic crisis stress test all. It is a lot of reasons of it: fear to lose work, uncertainty in tomorrow, the general intensity in a society. Someone complains of a headache, someone even more often catches at heart, at someone pressure skips. But, it appears, often we write off the chronic sores to which never gave due attention and which during this period receive long-awaited chance loudly on stress to declare ourselves.
Symptoms of hypertension
Hypertension - disease for which proof increase of arterial pressure above borders of the physiological norm (120/80) is characteristic, connected with infringement of a vascular tone. Contributing factors can be: the mental trauma, the raised maintenance of table salt (NaCl) in food, an inactive way of life, excess weight, smoking, abusing alcohol. The important role is played with the hereditary factor.
Hypertension symptoms - the raised arterial pressure
The world organization of public health services (CART) at the United Nations recommends to consider raised arterial pressure more than 140/90 mm of a mercury column (irrespective of age).
According to last years, РђH it is marked at 40 % of the population of Russia (from them - 70 % of persons with moderated raised the HELL which do not get in sight the doctor more often). About presence РђH knows 60 % of women (from them 46 % are treated) and 36 % of men (from them 26 % are treated). Without active revealing РђH and belief of patients in necessity of treatment the situation will not change. In Russia schools for sick by a hypertensia (on the sample of schools for sick of a diabetes and a bronchial asthma) are created.
Arterial hypertension symptoms
Hypertension, В« the raised pressure - we often hear these terms in a life, and tablets В« from pressure В» for certain are almost in each family. Now the arterial hypertensia symptoms is the major medico-social problem - at 30 % of adult population of the world the raised level of arterial pressure, and at 15 % - a proof arterial hypertensia is defined. These are diseases is one of principal causes of sharp diseases of heart (a heart attack of a myocardium) and a brain (insult) and underlies chronic diseases of heart and a brain, kidneys and eyes - so-called bodies-targets.
Hypertension. Symptoms of hypertension
Hypertonic illness (arterial hypertensia symptoms). Disease which is characterized by increase systol and diastol arterial pressure as a result of infringement regulation of a vascular tone with defeat of heart, a brain and kidneys. The arterial hypertensia can be primary (hypertonic illness) and secondary. The primary hypertensia is not consequence of any disease of internal bodies. Secondary - develops at disease of kidneys, andocrine bodies, coarctation aortas, etc.
Arterial pressure at the adult person of 140/90 mm hg, 160/95 and above - raised, between 140/90 mm hg and consider normal at a level 160/95 mm hg - boundary. Borders of normal arterial pressure are conditional. At people with for the first time revealed increase of arterial pressure it is expedient to measure it on both hands. The normal difference of arterial pressure on the right and left shoulder should not exceed 15 mm hg
Secondary arterial hypertension (symptoms of hypertension)
Secondary arterial hypertensions very often proceed with complications as weight of a condition of the patient is caused not only increase of arterial pressure, but also other displays of concrete disease. That is in this case, the arterial hypertension symptoms is only one of symptoms of illness, therefore its second name - a symptomatic arterial hypertensia. The symptomatic arterial hypertensia meets much less often hypertonic illness - on different data from 5 up to 15 % of all patients the raised arterial pressure. In most cases the reason of a secondary arterial hypertensia is not one, and some diseases, more often - two. For example: a chronic pyelonephritis and an atherosclerosis of an aorta, a stenosis arteries and consequences of a craniocereberal trauma and etc,
The hypertension symptoms is described periodic or constant increase of pressure of blood. In norm pressure of the healthy person hg Cannot be spoken of 120/80 mm about a hypertension if the person has small deviations from this parameter. Such phenomenon can be a specific feature of an organism. But if pressure exceeds 140/90 mm hg it is a question of development of a hypertension. As it is not sad, ill to recover completely it will not be possible, it is necessary to support only a normal condition of an organism, not provoking attacks.
THE RAISED PRESSURE (hypertension symptoms) SHOULD BE TREATED!
Hypertonic illness always was one of the most widespread diseases. The number of the people, having hypertension symptoms, has considerably increased during our restless time.
What is the arterial hypertensia, than it is terrible, how with it to struggle?
Let's recollect, how the blood system works. In its center there is a heart - the pump at which each reduction blood forces the way through system of arteries. The blood pressure specifies under what pressure blood flows on arteries. The size of pressure depends on 3 major factors: quantities of blood in system; forces from which work the intimate pump; a tone arterial стенок. Healthy heart every minute pumps over 5 litres of blood, and it proceeds smoothly during all human life. The Normal rate of intimate rhythms is individual, it is within the limits of from 60 up to 100 impacts in a minute. At the trained people the normal intimate rhythm in rest can be 30-40 impacts in a minute.
Hypertension symptoms: how to live without tablets?
Alongside with a syndrome of chronic weariness the hypertension symptoms, alas, became an attribute of modern generation. The person has got used to not notice illnesses, to transfer indispositions on legs, having drunk pair tablets at pressure jumps. Talently having adopted the western rate of a life and the values regarding professional growth as of paramount importance, the person has not learned to remove the pressure which has collected in run on a career ladder. East medicine directed on improvement of all organism, irrespective of disease to the aid comes.
Symptoms of hypertension - the most widespread disease of all cardiovascular system. Today doctors regretfully mark, that the hypertension "has noticeably looked younger". Moreover, among complaining problems with pressure more and more than young men. As doctors explain, men conduct a wrong way of life is more often. And the notorious careerism at all does not promote strengthening of health. The high responsibility, insistence force to be in a constant pressure. In "gift" many men quite often receive the diagnosis for excessive work capacity - " Symptoms of hypertension ".


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GLOUCESTER — Not long ago, for the first time in years, Peter Anastas pulled out his divorce papers. His son Benjamin — like his father, a writer — was working on a memoir, and he had a few questions about the collapse of his parents' marriage in Gloucester.
Tucked away in the file was the manuscript for a long-forgotten short story the elder Anastas had written based on the divorce. "I wrote that story and forgot about it," he recalls. Finding it after all this time was a surprise, and a blessing.
"Freud says there are no accidents," he says.
The heartbreaking story helped Benjamin Anastas complete his new memoir, "Too Good to Be True," which was published in October and has been hailed as one of the best books of 2012. Covering Ben's own failed marriage, his crushing debt, and his desperate efforts to regain some of the literary luster he'd earned with his 1999 debut novel, "An Underachiever's Diary," some readers have been uncomfortable about the depths of despair the book plumbs.
Yet more than anything, the book is about Benjamin's life-affirming relationship with his young son, Isaac, whom he calls Primo. And the process of writing it has given him a renewed appreciation for his own father, who has spent his life chronicling his beloved hometown.
From 1978 to 1990, Peter Anastas wrote hundreds of columns for the Gloucester Daily Times, many of which he has gathered for a forthcoming collection. In the introduction to the book, "A Walker in the City," his son recalls Peter's outsized affection for his hometown.
"I was always a little jealous of Gloucester, to be perfectly honest," Ben writes. "In the zero-sum emotional logic of childhood, Gloucester had our father's ardor all the time, seven days a week, while we only got him on the usual divorced-Dad schedule of alternating weekends, every-other Christmas, etc. How could our father love a city, I wondered — one that smelled like ripe fish on certain days, no less, and didn't even have a video arcade — more than he loved us?"
But the younger Anastas knows better now. The breakthrough he had when his father shared the short story with him made it seem as though they were collaborating in some way on his memoir, he says, speaking on the phone from Bennington College in Vermont, where he teaches. (He lives in Brooklyn.)
"I felt I couldn't write it without him," he says. "It was a nice feeling."
The title of "Too Good to Be True" comes from a phrase on a sign that was draped around young Ben's neck when he and his siblings joined their mother, who was battling severe depression, in a "fringe-therapy" group held in Peabody in the 1970s. Despite its grueling accounts of emotional distress, the book has been noted for its abundance of comic relief, with one vivid scene recalling the Anastas children's simultaneous amusement and horror when their high-spirited father moons a friend in a hometown parking lot.
Ben laughs when told his father called his children's embarrassment with him the "squirm factor."
"When you're a teenager, pretty much everything about your parents makes you squirm," Ben says. He's still uncomfortable when he confronts the nude portrait of his father that hangs in Peter's house. Yet his father's commitment to openness taught Ben, 42, to be brutally honest in his own writing.
"I would never not want him to be honest about his experiences," says Peter, 75, sitting in a tea shop in Gloucester on a recent afternoon.
"There are certain episodes I'm not proud of," he continues, "but what he writes about me is the truth. . . . It's amazing how accurate memories of me and Gloucester are. . . . I have to say, he's got my behavior down — all my raps."
One day, while our mother is in group, they bring us to the room where they watch us playing and sit us down...for each of us they have a sign: mine says TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...We are far away from home. We miss our father. Sometimes we get scared. - Excerpt from "Too Good to be True"
Peter Anastas, who befriended the late Gloucester poet Charles Olson when he was young, has written several books, including "At the Cut," a reminiscence of his youth on Cape Ann. Olson, he says, visited Ben when he was a baby, and Peter met the novelist Gilbert Sorrentino, one of his favorite authors, in Olson's kitchen. In a bizarre twist, the late Sorrentino's son has been identified as the mysterious "Nominee" — the writer who took Ben's place in his ex-wife's life — whom he declines to name in his book.
It's a messy business, writing frankly about the most difficult parts of your life. "Ben is one of those people who doesn't like to attract attention," says his father. "He's very modest. My sense is that he felt, both personally and artistically, he needed to put himself out there. It was therapeutic, in the same way I needed to write about growing up in Gloucester."
For the second time in his career, Benjamin Anastas has achieved the kind of mainstream literary success that has never come into view for his father. In one of the many heavyweight blurbs the book has received, Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket) writes that the author of "Too Good to Be True" "has taken disheartening failure and turned it into searing, soaring success."
Peter Anastas says he's been asked a lot lately whether some part of him might be faintly envious. Not in the least, he replies. Having studied the Beats and the Black Mountain writers, he's always considered himself an "underground" author. Just as he wouldn't dream of begrudging his other son, Jonathan's, lucrative career as a Los Angeles marketing executive, or his daughter Rhea's PhD in art history, he is thrilled for Ben's literary achievements.
"What excites me is how well he writes," he says. "That's a great feeling."
In some ways his father is "too generous," says Ben Anastas. "The last time I saw him, he said, 'You're lucky your father isn't a big important writer. Wouldn't that be awful if, say, your dad was Martin Amis?'
"I said, 'Dad, sure, I guess that's true.' But walking around Gloucester, he's certainly a well-known writer. Which is where I see him."James Sullivan can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I get it. I understand the need for more content to serve to an ever-growing flow of content consumers. The art of recycling content is important, particularly on sites like Twitter where a piece of content can and should be used multiple times in order to get the message out to everyone. It's a chronological feed, after all, and posting it once will only get it seen by an extremely small portion of your audience.
With that said, it's getting out of hand. I have been finding posts that are months old and no longer relevant hitting my feed from car dealers around the country. There's a limit. Old news is old news. In the case of the Tweet above, the article posted on Twitter by a Toyota dealer on March 30, 2014, is a link to an article from July 4, 2013. That's too long for this type of news.
When recycling posts on Twitter, here are some things to keep in mind:
- Is it relevant? Old posts are find if there's context that makes it work today. For example, posting an article about Tesla's early days in trying to launch with dealerships would make sense to post considering their current stance.
- Is it timeless? Some posts, particularly advice posts that give the reader information they can use today, can be posted up until the point that they're obsolete. An example of this would be a video that demonstrates how to change the batteries in a key fob. Until they change the way you open the key fob, it still makes sense to post for months, even years after the original.
- Is it nostalgic? There are times when old posts are even better than new ones. A picture of an old Honda ad from the 70s would play well to show how far the company has come over the years.
- Has it been posted very recently? This is one of my biggest pet peeves. If a post comes through today that is just a different wording on something posted yesterday, than it's not acceptable. The exception: timely events. If you have a big sale or charity event this weekend, then posting a different variation of the same thing over and over again is acceptable and demonstrates focus on the event.
As more companies use content libraries to keep the feeds flowing, it's important to keep in mind that the libraries must be refreshed. They must be pruned. In the case of the post above, it's simply not acceptable. That was news for about a month. There is plenty of content out there in the form of current news about every manufacturer and the local area. Don't get stuck beating a dead horse with your posts.


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Duncan has 22 and 12 as Spurs beat Jazz 100-84
Now that Tim Duncan is playing well again, the last thing he
wants to do is sit.
Duncan told teammate Tony Parker he was "very convincing" when
lobbying San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich to keep him in the
lineup, even if it was the Spurs' fourth game in five nights and
they were facing the team with the worst record in the Western
Popovich usually rests his 37-year-old forward during stretches
like this, but Duncan rewarded the club with another double-double.
He had 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Spurs to their fourth
straight victory Saturday night, 100-84 over the Utah Jazz.
Sparked by his 23-point, 21-rebound performance against Atlanta
on Dec. 2, Duncan has returned to vintage form after a slow start
to the season. He is averaging 17 points and 13 rebounds over his
last six games.
"The first 20 games, it's not really that hard to do much
better," Duncan said. "I'm still not shooting the ball well, but
I'm trying to play hard and find ways to contribute."
Kawhi Leonard added 13 points to help the Spurs (19-4) coast
comfortably past the Jazz (6-20) after a big first-half run.
"We were never worried about Timmy. I've been saying (it) since
the beginning of the season," said Parker, who had 15 points.
"He's the last guy we ever need to worry about. But now he's
getting aggressive and he's getting his shot back."
From the beginning, the Jazz pressured Parker and dared Duncan
to shoot open elbow jumpers. Duncan missed his first three outside
"He executed well, the shots just didn't go down. But he kept
playing like he always does, so it was great," Popovich said.
Trey Burke had 20 points and Gordon Hayward scored 18 for the
Jazz, who shot 39 percent from the field.
The Jazz were coming off consecutive road wins, including a
103-93 victory Friday night in Denver. They had reached 100 points
in three of the last four games but were no match for San Antonio's
smothering defense.
"We didn't play with the pep we have had the last few games
because of the back-to-back. But I thought the effort was there,
just didn't have the same spark," coach Tyrone Corbin said.
On the other end, the Spurs set a series of picks to allow
penetration and then passes for open 3-pointers. If that failed,
they went to their famously fundamental post player on the block.
In just 28 minutes, Duncan showed much of his repertoire with bank
shots, fallaways, hooks and tip-ins.
"In the post, he's aggressive and making strong moves," said
Parker, who was creative in getting Duncan the ball where he could
gain confidence.
San Antonio played its fourth consecutive game without the
defensive influence of starting center Tiago Splitter, who has a
strained calf. The Spurs, per 100 possessions, score 14 more points
than they give up when Splitter is on the floor. But they hardly
missed him against the Jazz in the first of a four-game road trip
for the Spurs, who are 10-2 away from home.
"They are a veteran club. They know what to do, when to do it
and how to do it. They showed us," Corbin said.
On Nov. 15 in Utah, the Spurs needed a fourth-quarter rally to
wipe away a seven-point deficit and win 91-82. Parker scored 14 of
his 22 points in the fourth quarter of that one.
After a dreadful start when Burke was out with a broken finger,
the Jazz recovered enough to split their last 10 games. The rookie
point guard was hot early and gave Parker a taste of his own
medicine on a series of floaters and step-back jumpers in the first
More than 6 minutes into the game, the Spurs had only six
points. But over the remainder of the first half, they used an
especially efficient offense to build a 55-40 lead at the break.
The reserves, led by Marco Belinelli and Patty Mills, sparked a
21-6 run to help San Antonio gain control.
"Our job is to come off the bench and bring that extra gear to
turn it up a bit, intensity-wise. It starts on defense and if we
can capitalize, it translates to good offense," Mills said.
Belinelli and Manu Ginobili each had 11 points off the San
Antonio bench, which contributed 47 points. The Spurs outrebounded
the Jazz 55-42 and outscored Utah 50-36 in the paint.
"They hit the glass really hard and they have a lot of big
bodies, so we knew that was going to be a big part of us winning
this game. But we had good focus from everybody and when the balls
were there to be had, we just went and got them," Duncan said.
Richard Jefferson made a 3-pointer to draw the Jazz within
double digits for the only time in the second half at 61-52, but
Duncan scored twice around a 3-pointer by Leonard and the Spurs
were back in control.
"It was a very good win against a young team that is starting
to play better. We respect them and did a good job of playing horn
to horn," Duncan said.
NOTES: Utah C Rudy Gobert and G Ian Clark were assigned to the
club's D-League affiliate in Bakersfield. Both earned playing time
earlier this season when the Jazz were dealing with multiple
injuries. … Belinelli made all three of his 3-point attempts to
improve his NBA-leading mark to 56.5 percent. … Jeremy Evans
matched his career high with 11 rebounds for Utah. . Oddly, the
Jazz had a season-high 11 blocks to one for the Spurs.


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All can participate by offering their product, skill or service to the community free of charge. It could be your new app, free membership on your site, consultation, etc. All offerings small and big are important, as they have the same goal - to strengthen the community and help each other.
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Everyone will vote on Twitter (bring your smart phone or other smart device) for the most attractive offers and the winners will be announced at 9PM. Sponsors will have special prizes and raffles, free beer and more.
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Come and learn what technology can do! Social media experts will show you how to use Twitter to benefit your business and grow your customer base.
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Promanent needed a new twitter background design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 23 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
Vaarwinkel is the leading online marine bookstore in the Netherlands. Originally we are specialised in training- and studymaterial for boating education. This has grown to a broader range of "information products" for boatingenthousiasts, like charts, plotters, sailingdirections, software etc.. Vaarwinkel is part of our total online business for boating and shipping. Besides Vaarwinkel we run an information service website, weblog and of course we tweet about all this and more ... We are also publishers of training software for all Dutch boating certificates and are market leader in this very specialised segment.
Language of all our activities is in Dutch. Vaarwinkel is a trademarkt of Promanent b.v. the Netherlands.
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PORTSMOUTH — Celebrating a nine year partnership, members of the Greater Portsmouth's Black Heritage Trail, Inc. met for tea Sunday afternoon to recall the historical events connecting the Granite State with Accra, Ghana, Portsmouth's sister city in Africa.
In 2004, the City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Sister City of Accra and pursue the relationship. The following year, the BHT sponsored a visit to Portsmouth by two kings from Ghana. In 2008, a tour to Ghana was led by the organization.
Black Heritage Trail member Valerie Cunningham, with the assistance of BHT member Brad Randolph, presented a slide show of images from her trip there in 2008, when the country had recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence.
Cunningham also said the state of Ghana is not what she imagines most people envision or anticipate when they think of Africa. The images of despair and hunger sometimes portrayed through various media is not what she saw there when she visited as part of a group of 12.
"It's not necessarily what you're going to see," she said.
Cunningham, shared history and facts dating back to 1957 regarding issues of race and equality in the state that contrasted events taking place at the time in Ghana, which during the same year became the first African state independent from Colonial power.
Cunningham said her interest in venturing to Ghana was in part because of its language — English — and also due to the strong ties to the Seacoast.
The Atlantic slave trade, employed during the 17th century, she explained, had direct ties to Portsmouth with many engaging the practice. She said the location of Strawbery Banke was the site where ships would bring young boys and girls to be sold as slaves.
"Every place in the country was benefiting from slave trade," she said.
Attending the talk was local photographer Peter Randall who in 2006, visited Ghana with others to create the book, "Ghana, an African Portrait Revisited."
"The New Hampshire connection with Ghana is really pretty strong," he said.
He spoke of another and more current connection to a location near Ghana by a local resident who began The Women's Trust to help empower women there through micro-economic loans, funding for girls to attend school and assistance with the elderly.
"Women there seem to be the most industrious," Randall told the group.
For information on the Black Heritage Trail and updates on events and trips, visit www. http://pbhtrail.org.


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April 18, 2018
Canada is on the brink of legalizing recreational marijuana and Cannabis companies are seeking new ways of meeting the potential demand. demand will not be met by the current infrastructure, as Canada is currently an 11 billion dollar industry.
The western state of Cauca is home to 35,000 acres of Cannabis growing land, located only an hour from Cali. This region is known for ideal growing conditions, being positioned near the equator with a 12-hour sun cycle. Often nicknamed the 'Napa Valley of Weed.'
A few Canadian companies have been stationed in Columbia with the vision of exporting marijuana worldwide. , an online dispensary allowing customers to has spoken with RAD laboratories and NEW Canna Hub to find potential ways to import the crop to Canada.
"We flew to Columbia to see what was possible, flying over 35,000 acres and seeing the production capacity of this nation we couldn't believe our eyes. There is a lot said about growing in Canada, but like tobacco and alcohol, we believe there will be potential to import in the near future" said James Casey, President of .
RAD laboratories is looking to process up to 5 tons of freshly harvested Cannabis flower a day for a fraction of the cost of production by a licensed producer in Canada. Growing Cannabis in Canada is roughly 1000% more expensive, a cheaper alternative would open up more possibilities in the Canadian market.
The managing group of MJN visited the 35,000 acres plot of land and saw first-hand the capability of producing cannabis in Columbia, as a result MJN Express is seeking partnerships in the future with licensed producers to enable the importation and distribution of cannabis and cannabis bi-products.
Head of has authorized the harvest of 40.5 tons of Cannabis plant for export-only purposes, by comparison Australia has only allocated 2.5 tons for both internal and external use. Which means that Columbia's government is serious about the potential of exportation, once countries allow importation.
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From Steve Potash, OverDrive CEO:
Since Friday, we've heard directly from many library partners about the new eBook licensing terms instituted by HarperCollins. As an initial step, here is what OverDrive is doing about it.
Beginning March 7, we are making changes in the eBook ordering process. HarperCollins eBooks and their catalog of titles will be moved from our general eBook catalog to a separate collection. Until we have time to review the effect of these new terms with our library partners, HarperCollins eBooks will not be listed in our Library Marketplace. You will be able to review and order HarperCollins eBooks from a separated catalog, if you so choose.
For those librarians who are less familiar with me or OverDrive, we know that you have expressed concern that OverDrive failed to stand up for you and your readers in this situation with HarperCollins, and that OverDrive did not do enough to prevent these changes. This sentiment does not accurately characterize my and OverDrive's work in the library market over the past decade, nor does it reflect our discussions with HarperCollins regarding these changes. OverDrive did not invite, recommend, or suggest the need for any changes in terms.
We did have an option to stop carrying or distributing HarperCollins eBooks to our library partners. Instead of taking this approach, we made the decision to continue to make the world's second largest publisher's catalog of eBook titles available to you, communicate the changes in advance to our library partners, and offer the option to make informed purchasing decisions.
As a library advocate, my team has made dozens of presentations to publishers and their associations in the US and abroad communicating the marketing and discoverability, and the economic opportunities the library market represents to publishers. We are aware of the challenges you face because of increased demand, shrinking budgets, and incompatible devices entering the market. As a result, we are prompting publishers to consider less restrictive licensing for eBook and digital media lending. OverDrive's advocacy efforts for libraries have been ongoing for most of the past decade, most recently with the UK Publishers Association and at Digital Book World 2011. Last year we also released a White Paper to encourage library eBook lending.
We are also a firm believer and supporter of open standards and greater compatibility for digital content. OverDrive was one of the founders of the IDPF (EPUB standard), introduced iPod-compatible MP3 Audiobooks (no DRM), provided thousands of DRM-free Project Gutenberg titles, and developed the first mobile apps for direct over-the-air access to library eBooks. We proudly partner with Bookshare.org for LEAP, which supplies accessible eBooks to your visually-impaired customers.
I have been listening to public librarians for more than 10 years on how you want your digital book lending system to work. We have visited with you in all 50 states (and a dozen countries) hosting events with your libraries, your associations, and via the Digital Bookmobile. We will continue to listen to your concerns and are actively asking for your direction, through initiatives like our OverDrive Library Advisory Council and our user group conference this summer, Digipalooza. We're also following the unofficial channels with which many of you are already familiar (#HCOD).
I can promise you that we will make the OverDrive platform even easier to use for you and your customers. We will protect your ability to make informed choices and we will work with you to set the direction and policies that serve your customers' interests. Most importantly, we will continue to innovate, invest, and advocate for libraries so readers will have the best options for accessing digital books, anywhere and everywhere.
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Wednesday, March 02, 2011
A message from OverDrive on HarperCollins' new eBook licensing terms (OverDrive's Digital Library Blog)
Posted by Grace Lee at 5:48 PM
Labels: ebook, ebooks, HarperCollins
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Nothing but lip service. Actions speak louder than works and OverDrive's actions are despicable.
When will librarians learn? We need to stick up for things that actually matter. Addressing IP rights, open access and ease of use are far better uses of time and resources for the American Library Association than TSA scanning protests.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
studio 5 birth story segment. utah birth photographer
20 comments:
- Valerie Joy said...
Awesome verbal description of EVERYTHING! You did amazingly! Very convincing!
- October 4, 2011 at 7:32 AM
- becky k said...
oh jess!!! i'm so happy for you! you look gorgeous and you did awesome...
- October 4, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Valerie said...
What a great job! Makes me wish I was still havin' babies! And you look gorgeous...
- October 4, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- kimsueellen said...
You were amazing! You were simply glowing. LOVED LOVED LOVED.
- October 4, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- Ashley Hawkes said...
Oh I am so glad you did this!! I know that so many people are hesitant about birth stories or don't fully understand what it is so this is just perfect. You did an excellent job describing it and you are such a natural on tv. I would probably have thrown up. Great job Jessica!
- October 4, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- Laurel said...
Great work, Jess! You did amazing, and your photos are, as always, stunning. :)
- October 4, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- City on a Hill Photography said...
Way cool, you are super cute! Thanks for sharing.
- October 4, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- Mr. Taylor and his Lady said...
ah, so perfect! you look gorgeous as always!! i'll definitely be hiring you for this when the time comes!
- October 4, 2011 at 6:23 PM
- Rachel said...
wow. these are amazing and so tasteful!
- October 4, 2011 at 8:15 PM
- Marie Photographie said...
Awesome!! I loved seeing you on film! You did a fabulous job and I love your photos. :)
- October 4, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- SIKA FAMILI said...
I love this!!!! You are AMAZING!!! I hope i can have another baby and you can take my birth photography!!!!! :)
- October 5, 2011 at 4:02 PM
- Sarchet Family said...
Great job! Too bad I am done having babies! The photos are very precious! Love it!
- October 6, 2011 at 10:34 AM
- Melissa Kelsey said...
You did wonderfully! Too bad the news lady had to say "gory". I forgot about that by the end, with your great performance, though. :)
- October 7, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- Rebecca said...
All the photos are so gorgeous and you're just too cute! Don't know how you make such gorgeous under those hospital lights - amazing!
- October 9, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- Steve and Nicole said...
You did an amazing job! You are beautiful too, you look GREAT!
- October 10, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- kali said...
AMAZING!!!!!!! I love this interview so much. I just sat smiling the entire time.
- October 10, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Groupdmt said...
oooooooo your Bebe video is amazing thanks & god bless :)
- October 27, 2011 at 12:59 AM
- The Aprecios said...
Jess, that's amazing. YOU are amazing.
- November 6, 2011 at 10:07 PM
Amazing photography, as always! I'll never regret having a photographer there for the birth of my babies.
- November 10, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Me and My Boys said...
Oh Jessica!!!! That was so amazing!!! I can not look at these birthing pictures and not cry. So beautiful, it makes me want another baby NOW and wish I had been doing this with Baby #1. I was just looking at Rachel's home birth pictures. So Precious! Thank you for doing this! AMAZING!
- December 17, 2011 at 8:56 AM


text: On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Peter Skomoroch wrote: > This reminds me of a similar issue I had. What approaches do you take for > large dense matrix multiplication in MPI, when the matrices are too large to > fit into cluster memory? If I hack up something to cache intermediate > results to disk, the IO seems to drag everything to a halt and I'm looking > for a better solution. I'd like to use some libraries like PETSc, but how > would you work around memory limitations like this (short of building a > bigger cluster)? You can build a cluster differently, maybe -- designing a bunch of nodes that basically just form a memory-network-memory cache. Spending more money on memory and network, less on CPU. But if you have a fundamental limitation of less aggregate memory than the size of your matrix, you pretty much have to store it somewhere, the only question is where and how fast the store is and how much it costs to build it. rgb > > > > > >>>> I don't speak fortran natively, but isn't that array >>>> approximately 3.6 TB in size? >>> >>> Oops, forgot to put the decimal in the right place. >>> >>> 9915^3 * 8 bits/integer / 1024^3 bytes/GB = 907 GB. >>> >>> It could be done with a 64 bit kernel. Too big for PAE. >> >> Yeah, if you had a box with several hundred memory slots.... >> >> Which I say only semi-sarcastically. They sound like they're coming, >> they're coming. Who knows, maybe they're here and I'm just out of >> touch. >> >> If it is a sparse matrix, them just maybe one can do something on this >> scale, but otherwise, well, it's like telling mathematica to go and >> compute umpty-something factorial -- it will go out, make a herioc >> effort, use all the free memory in the universe, and die valiantly >> (perhaps taking down your computer with it if the kernel happens to need >> some memory at a critical time when their isn't any). Large scale >> computation as a DOS attack... >> > > > > -- Robert G. Brown Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977


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Definitions of call
v. t. - To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. 2
v. t. - To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church. 2
v. t. - To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen. 2
v. t. - To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name. 2
v. t. - To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate. 2
v. t. - To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work. 2
v. t. - To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. 2
v. t. - To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company. 2
v. t. - To invoke; to appeal to. 2
v. t. - To rouse from sleep; to awaken. 2
v. i. - To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to. 2
v. i. - To make a demand, requirement, or request. 2
v. i. - To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders. 2
n. - The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call. 2
n. - A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty. 2
n. - An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. 2
n. - A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal. 2
n. - A divine vocation or summons. 2
n. - Vocation; employment. 2
n. - A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders. 2
n. - A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds. 2
n. - A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty. 2
n. - The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry. 2
n. - A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land. 2
n. - The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. 2
n. - See Assessment, 4. 2
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|Walk for me, Johnny.
At least Johnny Walker Red was on sale at the liquor store. So coming back to a snowy mess wasn't a complete bust.
|It really looks like this.
Bodrum rocks in the winter. It's a good thing few people realize this, otherwise the plane tickets wouldn't have been so damn cheap. A dear friend of mine from Istanbul moved down there a few months back, so the main reason for going was to see her and let our kids (both around LE's age) raise hell for awhile. Raise hell they did. As soon as we started glowing about how nicely they were getting along, they immediately started bickering and crying a lot.
|Cuter in Calvin & Hobbes.
Kids argue about really dumb stuff, seriously.
|Mommy's friend.
Anyway, their house is gorgeous and cozy, and I totally would have moved in, if they let me. Some houses are pretty because they're pretty. Other houses aren't so pretty but they're nice because they're full of love and good food. This house was both pretty and full of love and good food. So that alone made the visit worth it.
But then there were some things that were just icing on the cake.
Best Things About Bodrum, From Least Best To Most Best:
1) There's no one there except for nice Bodrum people, and our kids could play outside and on the beach. The beach was almost entirely free of broken glass. My kid, predictably, didn't quite get why it's not such a good idea to go in the water when it's 55 degrees outside, but was happy enough with some pants-free beach time. Only one teyze bawled me out for this, kidneys you know, but she was satisfied with my promise that I would give him a bath as soon as we got home.
When the kids got suspiciously quiet for a long time, this is what they were doing.
|I was completely amazed!
2) Bergamot.
|It's not an ugly lemon.
3) Meeting, in person, Jack Scott and Liam of Perking the Pansies fame. They're just dear. Several times I regretted bringing the kid along because I could have hung out with them over drinks until the sun went down and came back up again. They're way more interesting in person than on the blog, which is saying something because they manage to come off as pretty interesting on the blog too.
|I got a signed copy. Hooray!
Jack broke the ice by asking why BE and I split up. I totally like it when people don't hold back on the good stuff and when they're better at asking questions than I am. But LE was next to me and, though I've been pretty honest with him about the whole divorce thing, he doesn't need to know everything just yet, especially not the stuff about his dad that would either confuse him or that he would report back to BE and Babaanne. So I was pretty reticent about explaining, which isn't like me at all because pretty much anyone who will listen knows every gritty, excruciating detail about the failure of my marriage.
And after a few moments of obligatory shyness and hiding between my legs, LE took to Jack and Liam immediately. The kids even started fighting over them for piggy-back rides. LE's liking strangers on the first meeting hardly ever happens, though I do notice a trend of him having a big soft spot for gay men. Or maybe he just really likes men. Or misses them. Men are definitely more fun, in both of our humble opinions, but for different reasons entirely.
So maybe I feel a little guilty for removing the man in LE's life from our house, okay? Also for enjoying it so damn much.
Yesterday, we left Bodrum with plans to come back during Ramazan when it's cheap, empty, and hot. I can't imagine how it could be a better trip, but I bet it will be.


text: On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, David Kewley wrote: > By the way, the idea of rolling-your-own hardware on a large cluster, and > planning on having a small technical team, makes me shiver in horror. If > you go that route, you better have *lots* of experience in clusters. and > make very good decisions about cluster components and management methods. > If you don't, your users will suffer mightily, which means you will suffer > mightily too. I >>have<< lots of experience in clusters and have tried rolling my own nodes for a variety of small and medium sized clusters. Let me clarify. For clusters with more than perhaps 16 nodes, or EVEN 32 if you're feeling masochistic and inclined to heartache: Don't. Or you will have a really high probability of being very, very sorry. 16 node clusters I've done "ok" with, in the sense that the problems were manageable. >32 node clusters, especially if you encounter ANY ex post facto problems with the hardware configuration -- including ones that passed through your original prototyping runs (and yeah, they exist) -- rapidly descend into circle of hell type experiences. Expensive ones. Much more expensive in real money, let alone time, than just buy nodes from a quality vendor of nodes with a 3-4 year onsite service contract, so if they break they'll come fix them (but they don't break -- see word "quality" in the above:-). Other than thinking that "shiver in horror" is somehow inadequate to describe the potential for misery, I endorse pretty much everything else David (and Mark) said -- both these guys know whereof they speak. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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Sometimes the only way to really know how much you like a particular watch is to simply see how much you wear it. I've had plenty of watches which I thought I was going to love — watches with all the right features and materials — but that ended up getting almost no wrist time whatsoever for one reason or another. And then I've had watches which I didn't really expect to care for all that much, but that I found myself reaching for over and over. The Casio G-Shock GW-M5600BC turned out to be the latter.
The features of the G-Shock GW-M5600BC are pretty consistent with almost every G-Shock I review:
•Solar powered (with battery indicator and power-saving function).
•5-band atomic (calibrates with all atomic clocks in the world except the new one in China)
•World time (48 cities).
•Stopwatch with a resolution of 1/100th of a second.
•Countdown timer (max 60 minutes).
•Five daily alarms (one with snooze option).
•Electroluminescent backlight.
•Perpetual calendar (day and date are visible simultaneously, which I really like).
•Waterproof to 200 meters, or about 650 feet.
The Casio G-Shock GW-M5600BC certainly isn't all that much to look at which is why I never expected to become so attached to it. The case is the standard retro G-Shock square with the corners cut off and the traditional four small stainless steel buttons. It has an inverted LCD (white on black) which, on the one hand, sets it apart from most of its G-Shock siblings, but on the other, makes it more difficult to read than modules with regular LCDs. The overall look is so much that of a standard and anachronistic G-Shock that the only comment I've ever gotten on it was from a Rolex-wearing doctor who said something along the lines of "Wow, they still make those things?"
So what is it about the GW-M5600BC that I like so much? It has all the right features (atomic, solar, world time, etc.), and it's much smaller and lighter than your average G-Shock which makes it more compatible with my narrow wrists. But what I like best is that it has the most unusual band I've ever seen on a Casio.
The bracelet is a combination of metal and hard plastic links held together with spring pins rather than the traditional pins and collars. There are several advantages to this type of band over the resin straps you usually get on a G-Shock:
1.It can be sized and adjusted without any special tools.
2.It can be sized for a more precise fit (most G-Shock straps are too big for my wrist).
3.It's very quick and easy to put on and take off.
4.The bracelet is so light that it doesn't add much weight to the watch at all.
Admittedly, the bracelet seemed kind of cheap when I first inspected it, but after wearing this watch on and off (mostly on) for the last six months, I've come to really like it. And I'm not alone. I've seen this G-Shock model for sale on forums without the bracelet from people who removed it to attach it to another G-Shock. Interesting idea.
The GW-M5600BC doesn't seem to be available in the US (I was only able to find it in Casio USA's product archives), but it is available overseas from the usual retailers. It goes for about $230 which may seem a little steep for a retro-style G-Shock, but if this watch is your kind of thing, it's worth every penny.


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Theater's power couple: Diane Paulus, Randy Weiner
NEW YORK (AP) — She's the darling of Broadway. He's the champion of cutting-edge theater in New York.
Her Tony Award-winning musicals — like the revivals of "Pippin" and "Porgy and Bess" — soar with emotion and splendor. His are likely to involve a cocktail, a mask or a half-dressed dwarf.
Talk about drama in a relationship: Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner are celebrating their 19-year marriage this year, he a producer and writer winking on the outside of the conventional theater world, and she a director fighting for change from within.
"We're always looking for ways out of what people think is traditional theater," says Weiner during a joint interview with his wife. "Audiences want to go along. They really want to try something different."
Paulus and Weiner were high-school sweethearts, both graduates of Harvard University who return to teach. They're also parents of two girls, ages 9 and 7. Most couples finish each other's sentences. In this marriage, they retell each other's stories.
"Was that yours?" she asks him after comparing theater to the world of sports. "Yes," he laughs. "That's something I said to you. I have proof — I love sports."
They are also a couple with a full plate: Paulus on this day is working on "Finding Neverland," a Peter Pan musical she will take back to Harvard. Weiner is about to visit his "Queen of the Night," a new immersive nightclub-opera-circus in the basement of the Paramount Hotel in Times Square.
They have also teamed up to help open their female-centric Cirque du Soleil show "Amaluna" in New York, a show that perfectly captures their twin loves — Shakespeare's "The Tempest" melded with jaw-dropping circus tricks.
Paulus and Weiner have simply become the ones to watch to see how spectacle, commercial and cool come together, but they are also deeply invested in trying to save the theater experience, one in danger of withering.
This is what they despise: a passive audience comes in and sits in a theater. The houselights go down and go up on the stage. Over the course of two hours, the audience cries or laughs or spaces out. Then they clap at the end and sleepily file out.
"We're in a profession where a patient can be dying on the operating table and everybody just lets it happen," Paulus says. "If you're in an operation and it's not going well, you bring out the electric paddles. You don't fall asleep and let it happen."
Few fall asleep at their shows. In fact, one of Weiner's biggest hits is "Sleep No More," an immersive, mask-filled, genre-bending show he helps produce that mixes film noir and "Macbeth." He's also behind "Beacher's Madhouse," shows in Las Vegas and Los Angeles that are populated by burlesque dancers and midget impersonators, and The Box, a club in New York and London that features nude transvestites.
As naughty as his shows are, Weiner is not. He doesn't smoke or drink and says he likes to explore dark places but not stay there. "He's the straightest guy," says Paulus, laughing. "Our daughters are like, 'What does daddy do?' We're like, 'He runs the circus.'"
For her part, Paulus has quickened pulses on Broadway with a revival of "Pippin" that includes fire jugglers, knife throwing and contortionists. Her "Hair" had actors running around the theater and ended with a dance party onstage with the audience. She recently directed the musical "Witness Uganda" at Harvard that hosted a discussion session after every show.
For them, a theatrical experience shouldn't be limited to the staid Broadway venues and their aging, mostly white audiences. Vibrant theater can be found in nightclubs, rock concerts, street fairs, even their daughter's fourth-grade musical. That doesn't mean their twists work everywhere.
"You can't force it. I think we're always very sensitive to that. Far be it from us to dictate," says Paulus. "Yeah, do your Chekhov play and don't have cellphones on and don't let anyone eat popcorn. That's right for that. But theater can be all these other things. Why not open up the form?"
The show that put them on the map was "The Donkey Show," a 1999 reimagining of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a disco-era karaoke. It ran for years downtown and has traveled across the globe. But it came after years of toiling on the Lower East Side with no money.
They tried all kinds of tricks to get attention for their quirky shows, including hosting ladies' nights, offering money-back guarantees and even borrowing red velvet ropes from restaurants to make everything seem exclusive.
"We'd get a little review in the Village Voice and we'd be like, 'Wow. We made it!' And then six people would show up," Paulus recalls. Those were years that taught them about how marketing meets art.
"This idea that popular equals commercial, which equals pandering, is something I think we just both rejected because of our deep respect for the highest forms of pop culture."
These days, the couple is in high demand. Paulus is the artistic director of the American Repertory Theater at Harvard and will direct two shows next season, and Weiner has become the go-to man for immersive theater. He's had a hand in the David Byrne musical "Here Lies Love" and the electro-pop opera "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812."
"Every day I have some new cool project that comes my way," he says. "It's kind of an enviable position. But I have to admit, there's a side of me that says, 'So immersive's so hot, maybe I should get back into proscenium.' It's the contrarian in me."
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Martinez dismisses Barkley exit
Roberto Martinez says he can "guarantee" that Ross Barkley will not leave Everton in January.
Barkley has been linked with a £50m move to Manchester United after an eye-catching first season as a Goodison Park regular that has seen him rewarded with three England caps.
Martinez has repeatedly insisted the 20-year-old midfielder was not for sale, even claiming a Gareth Bale-style world record bid would not be enough to force the club's hand, and struck a bullish tone again on the eve of the January transfer window.
Asked if he was confident of resisting big-money bids for the likes of Barkley and full-back Leighton Baines – who was a summer target for David Moyes at Old Trafford – Martinez said: "Yes. Absolutely. There is not even a doubt.
"I have said it many times that in football you can't fight the trend of the game but what you can dictate is the timing and everything you do should be for the good of the club.
"We have done it (resist bids) before. Everything that happens needs to be to improve the squad, to give it a longer-term in relation to the strategy of the youth of the players and the blend you have with experience.
"That is based on football decisions and I can guarantee that will be the case in January 100 per cent.
"(Barkley) has a long-term contract. The first half of he season has been a real joy to see him grow and the second half of the season will be even better.
"There is nothing to comment on. The stability we have from a financial point of view allows us to make football decisions and this January window is important for us to make sure we kick on and finish stronger than we started."
Martinez has said previously he would consider allowing Holland international John Heitinga and Croatia striker Nikica Jelavic to leave in January with a World Cup looming.
Heitinga has been linked with West Ham but the Toffees boss said there was no movement on either player so far.
"We are still focusing on tomorrow's game," he added. "It is such a busy period all that matters is preparing game by game."


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BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 12, 2009) - Authorized Encorp Pacific (Canada) Return-It Depot, The Bottle Depot - Pt. Alberni, is getting involved in a province-wide initiative to build awareness and participation in BC's beverage container recycling program.
The recycling promotion, dubbed 'Return-It to Win-It', will run for two months from Friday, May 1 to Tuesday, June 30, 2009. On top of receiving the usual refund, members of the community get a chance to enter to win a grand prize gaming system of their choice each time they bring in their empty beverage containers to The Bottle Depot - Pt. Alberni. On Saturday, June 20, 2009, from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, the site will celebrate beverage container recycling with a fun family event that will feature an appearance by Return-It Man, music, giveaways and special prizes, including a top brand MP3 player prize package.
The Bottle Depot - Pt. Alberni is just one of 43 locations in BC participating in the campaign. Encorp Pacific (Canada) is determined to unite all communities across the Province to really embrace beverage container recycling. "There's no doubt that people know recycling is good for the environment and it's easy to fit it into your daily routine," says Neil Hastie, Encorp Pacific. "Just by recycling, last year, BC residents saved enough energy to power 41,000 homes, took the equivalent of 27,000 cars off BC roads, and reduced about 127,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent from being released into our atmosphere."
The Bottle Depot - Pt. Alberni is located at 3533 - 4th Avenue in Port Alberni and is open Monday - Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM. For more information and a list of all participating depots, visit return-it.ca/locations.
Over 1 billion beverage containers are kept out of BC landfills every year but, in actual fact, there's always room for improvement. Individuals are asked to remain conscientious and continue their ongoing efforts to recycle their beverage containers.
About Encorp Pacific (Canada)
Encorp Pacific (Canada) is a federally incorporated not-for-profit stewardship corporation with beverage container management as its core business. They are committed to developing and managing a consumer-friendly and cost-effective system to recover beverage containers from consumers and ensure that they are recycled and not incinerated or landfilled. They also provide their stewardship services on a contract basis to the Electronics Industry for the collection and recycling of regulated products, as well as the Dairy Industry to manage their voluntary Milk recycling program. To learn more about Encorp Pacific (Canada), visit return-it.ca.
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It's spring, and love is in the air, but it's still full-on war in the smartphone industry.
On the Google GOOG, +0.00% Android side, the two big phones of the moment, Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8, have a big task ahead of them: help their makers thrive, or at least maintain course, in an increasingly strained smartphone market. But of course, what everyone wants to know is: Where does the Apple AAPL, +0.36% iPhone 6 fit in here?
Last quarter, Apple shipped 51 million iPhone units, disappointing Wall Street, which expected 55 million. The problem was simple: Apple made too many of the less expensive iPhone 5C units and not enough of the fancy 5S. Whether Apple would have beaten expectations had it gone all-in on the 5S is unknown.
That lack of clarity, combined with the smartphone market's natural slowdown after years of enormous growth, makes iPhone 6 a product Apple has to get right.
So here are the six things that can make iPhone 6 not only a great product for consumers, but for Apple investors as well.
1. One big, one small
On Minyanville's Buzz & Banter, I've been closely tracking investor expectations for iPhone 6. The one universal expectation is the addition of a large-screen iPhone with a display size of about 5.5 inches.
There are rumors of a 4.7-inch screen for the iPhone 5S replacement, which would make it slightly smaller than the Samsung and HTC flagships. My hope is that Apple sticks with a 4-inch screen size.
The bigger model should keep Wall Street happy, but for many people, a 4-inch screen is a great compromise between usability and pocketability.
2. No more megapixels!
The iPhone 5S camera, like the 5 and 4S, has eight megapixels.
And eight is enough. The Galaxy S5's camera has 16 megapixels and the Sony Xperia Z2 has an insane 20.7, but for most people's use, all that's going to do is take up storage space.
An uncropped eight-megapixel iPhone photo has a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels.
That can more than fill the screen of Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, which has a native resolution of 2880 x 1800, and it's certainly sufficient for social applications like Facebook FB, -0.28% Twitter TWTR, -0.23% and Instagram.
Besides, anyone who's truly concerned about camera resolution probably already owns a serious camera.
And kudos to HTC!
The One M8 has just five megapixels, though HTC calls them "ultrapixels." Reviewers are applauding the One M8's low-light performance — something that can actually be hampered by a high-megapixel count.
So Apple, don't give us more pixels. Just give us better ones!
3. Improved battery life
Some people love Apple. Some people love Android. Some people want big phones. Some people want little phones. But what does everyone want? Better battery life!
In December 2013, I read a great essay in Forbes from Antony Leather titled "Why Battery Life Should Be the New Smartphone Battleground."
I can't put it better than this: The trouble is, few, if any, manufacturers seem to have cottoned on to just how much each of us uses our smartphone. They, and sadly many consumers, have been obsessed with size and weight, but they forget that smartphones are no longer just things we use lightly for an hour a day.
Many of us play games, check out Facebook or news apps, navigate using a Sat Nav app or Google Maps, download, read and reply to emails and all manner of other things in addition to make cellular calls and send text messages. We'll do these things on the train, at work, while we're in the bathtub and even in bed.
Sadly, while the processing power and features of modern smartphones is more than up to the task, especially with 4G data speeds coming on tap in many different countries, their batteries simply aren't.
Phones are thin enough as it is. Let's make the iPhone 6 battery a bigger priority.
4. Off-line Siri
If Siri is so smart, why can't it set an alarm clock or set a reminder if my iPhone's not connected to the Internet?
Obviously Siri needs the Internet to bring up sports scores or restaurant locations, but preventing off-line usage seems like a cheap way of ensuring Apple collects maximum data on our Siri search queries.
Many iPhone users spend a great deal of time on subways and planes, and it's possible that off-line usage of Siri could increase total usage of Siri.
In fact, I stopped using Siri altogether because I couldn't set my alarm clock in my bedroom, which seemed to be a bit of a dead spot for wireless service with my iPhone 4S. The 5S has performed much better for me, but it just never occurs to me to start using Siri again.
5. Allow customization of control center
By far, my favorite feature of the iPhone's iOS 7 operating system is the Control Center, which you bring up by swiping up from the bottom of the screen.
But why can't you customize the Control Center screen itself without a jailbreak app?
For example, I'd love to get rid of the Do Not Disturb and Calculator buttons, and replace them with the Podcasts and Reminders.
Or what if someone uses Instagram exclusively instead of the iPhone camera app? Why can't that be in there?
6. Tougher!
Last Thursday, I attended PepCom's Digital Focus event in New York City. I was struck by how nice the HTC One M8 was, and wanted to compare it with my iPhone 5S. I quickly realized that I forgot what my iPhone looks like because it's been in a case since the day I owned it.
There are rumors circulating that the iPhone 6 will have a completely scratch-proof crystal sapphire screen. But iPhone screens are already pretty tough.
What I want is for the rest of the phone to be as durable so there's no need for a $30 case!
Covering a beautiful phone with a $30-plus piece of plastic just seems wrong.
Conclusion: By default, technical specifications will always get better. And in all likelihood, the iPhone 6 will have a much faster processor and graphics capabilties. But what really sets Apple products apart is the one thing that actually matters: the user experience. Everything else — NFC capabilities, biometric sensors, 3D displays — is secondary.
And as good as the iPhone experience is, it can always get better.
Michael Comeau is a Minyanville contributor.


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Ricoh offers a full-service Copy Center to UK students, located on the 1st Floor of Young Library in Core 3 (southeast corner). Services include b/w and color copying and printing, comb binding, scanning and faxing. Students may e-mail jobs to be completed to the Copy Center using this email address: firstname.lastname@example.com. They will also do departmental jobs and take procards, credit cards and plus accounts. See the Ricoh Copy Center website for more information: see the Document Service Center for special services, the Student Printing Services for Library printing. If you have any questions, please contact Ricoh.
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Computers on the 1st through 5th floors in the library will print from any print station throughout the building. When you select the print command, a window titled "Pharos Popup Client" will appear. Type in any brief name you choose; that name will then appear in the menu on the print station screen when you swipe your ID or printing/copying (Plus) card. If you wish to print from a wireless connection, you can use Mobile Printing. See this video for helpful tips about setting up mobile printing:
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Young Library's DART (CSVT) machine is located in core 3 on the 1st Floor, near the Copy Center.
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My puppy was spayed today!
I put it off for so long. She is almost 8 months old and weighs 52 pounds. It was priced at $167.00 for dogs under 50 pounds and $187.00 for dogs over 50 pounds. 2 extra pounds cost me $20 bucks. (My mom sent me the money)
So--my advice to young kids who are considering what profession to study for is to go into veterinary medicine----that's where the bucks are!
Oh, well, I can't be too mad. This was a good thing. (I am physically handicapped and a dog who is in the house a lot with a period would be a total mess.)
I'll miss her though, but she can come home tomorrow.
After a couple of days of recovery its back to her dog school homework. She is doing so well. We're practicing sit-down-stay and sit-wait.

Edited by: Cheryl Anna at: 6/21/04 11:01 pm

You are so fortunate to have a dog.
I loved my dogs, sadly, I had to have them
put down, and that was one of the worst days of my life.
I had such great fun with them, we'd go toboganning and dog sledding.
Yes, animals are expensive but they are great friends,
they love you unconditionally.

I wish I had dogs too! I've grown up around dogs and I love them. In fact, there was a puppy at school today. I forget what kind it was, but it was so cute and so friendly. It looked like it was about seven months old. It was a sweetie. I miss having a dog of my own.

Kelly is home now.
Kelly is home now, sleeping. She has been very thirsty today. It's hard to keep her from jumping, sometimes-she jumps on my bed and because she's a puppy she jumps on people.
This morning she was so happy to go home that she jumped in Russ's, my friend, car.
After my other dog died in October, I was dog-less for four months. My life seemed so boring. (Since I am handicapped I am also a little reclusive.) She is a lot of company-and excercise.
I'll have to hold off on her homework from dog school until she recuperates a little, although, mostly she seems unfazed.

Re:Kelly is home now
I love puppies. What breed is it Cheryl Anna?

I had a Duck Attack, yesterday!
I'm glad Kelly is recuperating.
I had a weird experience yesterday.
I was coming out of the library and I heard these peeps,
I was curious and saw about 4 or 5 baby ducks, their
mother was hiding and there was about a 6" jump up.
The babies were running around so, I boosted some of
them up to the mother, then left.
Later that day I was passing by the same spot, so I
looked in on them and there they were following their
mother this time, I guess I came a little too close and the mother duck flew up at me, I quickly turned around and she slapped the back of my coat with her wing.
I was laughing and in shock at the same time.
And of course the mother duck was so loud that
people in the library even saw it happen.
I wonder if being attacked by a duck is light being attacked by the Paparazzi????

She is mostly golden retriever
She is very smart, too. We had a short walk today (Kelly has so much energy that I was afraid if she didn't have a walk she would start to bounce off the walls.)
She does not get her paws in my lap when I'm working on the computer. She did and I yelled at her "no", She doesn't do that anymore. But, if I stay on the computer too long, she growls at the computer.

Retrievers are great!
Retrievers are great dogs.
They are so dedicated to their master and loving.
They are also good water dogs.
Sounds like you have a great dog.
We use to take our dogs to the beach with us.
One of them loved the water, the other didn't.

Re: Retrievers are great!
Awww, she sounds a little sweetie! It's best to get them spayed though. Every dog and cat I've ever owned has been spayed, they seem happier and friendlier too once it's done.

Re: Retrievers are great!
That´s so true that Retrievers are great. I´ve Golden Retriever, who is 1,5 years old.
But guys! Can you take the dogs to the beach with you?!
In Finland we can´t do that. It is against the (stupid) rules.
Fortunately my family has a cottage where my dog can go and swim so much than she wants to.
Beach & Dogs
I don't think there is any rule, that I know of.
We are just suppose to use pooper scoopers and clean up doggie doo.
The city may not dogs in public swimming places beach etc.
but in the country I don't think there
is any set rule that I know.
Just don't let the dog run after people and stuff.
Some parks don't allow dogs, others do, it all depends where you are
in Canada.
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Blending elements from "Drumline," "Stomp" and "Glee," the new music-centric "Mickey's Soundsational Parade" opening at Disneyland on Friday delivers on its fun and energetic party premise without feeling forced or contrived.
There are no show stops with false interactivity, no overtly clever design features that feel more manufactured than creative and no painful attempts to appear hip by playing on fleeting contemporary cliches.
Instead, "Soundsational" manages to be whimsical and imaginative, with moments that are at times quirky, weird and flat-out crazy. "Soundsational" is everything a Disney parade always sets out to be but rarely achieves -- an effortless and spontaneous street party that makes visitors smile and dance.
Photos: "Mickey's Soundsational Parade" at Disneyland
The idea for "Soundsational" started two years ago during the "blue sky" creative stage of development, said Steve Davison, vice president and director of parades and spectaculars atWalt Disney Imagineering, the company's creative arm.
"I think I did six parade designs of different themes," Davison said during a backstage interview near the Disneyland parade-staging area. "At one point we were looking at doing a full 'Princess and the Frog' parade because the music was strong. I was sitting at my computer one day and I said, 'Why don't we look at a music parade?'"
Related: Float-by-float preview of "Mickey's Soundsational Parade"
"Soundsational" combines musical styles -- Caribbean, Latin, Bollywood, jazz and gospel -- with arrangements by "Glee" vocal director Tim Davis to create a multi-layered soundtrack featuring a quicker tempo than most Disneyland parades.
The parade kicks off with six trick-stick drummers recruited from the "Drumline" touring show who set the pace and energy level for the upbeat procession that follows. Throughout the parade, a 2 1/2-minute soundtrack loop is supplemented by live music, including a seven-piece horn section and Mickey Mouse ably playing a full drum kit.
"It has a very youthful sound to it," Davison said. "It's current, but its classic, which is tricky. I like doing old and new together."
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The nine floats represent super-sized musical instruments with a pop-up book motif made to look like intricate paper cut designs. My favorite floats included the "Princess and the Frog" riverboat with flute-like smokestacks and the "Mary Poppins" carousel with spooling player piano reels.
The modular configuration of the parade will allow show producers to swap out elements when a new movie debuts, Davison said.
"Over time you're going to see the parade morph and change," he said.
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The parade's 92 performers, whittled down from the 1,000 who auditioned, have been rehearsing nightly the last month. "Soundsational" features two-dozen Disney characters, including two rarely seen in the Anaheim theme park, Jose the parrot and Panchito the rooster from the 1944 film "The Three Caballeros." Among my favorite characters: the "Mary Poppins" chimney sweeps that perform a percussive "Stomp"-inspired dance routine at the end of the parade.
The musical theme extends as well to the colorful costumes – from the piano keys on Minnie's skirt to the xylophone pinstripes on Goofy's pants. The parade's most visually stunning troupe: the maraca-shaking piñata dancers wearing crepe paper-like dresses.
It's been a while since I've been excited about a parade at Disneyland, but I'd put "Soundsational" on my must-see list every time I visit the park.