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The plasticizers market in China is expected to be stable-to-soft in the first quarter of 2017. Both dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) and diisononyl phthalate (DINP) prices reached a year-high in November 2016. They are expected to track prices of dioctyl phthalate (DOP), the demand of which is expected to be slightly weaker at the start of the year.
The European plasticizer markets remain firm and are expected to do so throughout the first quarter. DOTP, DINP and di-propyl heptyl phthalate (DPHP) all continue to have supply constraints and there are upstream cost rises from ortho-xylene (OX) and propylene too.
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The US plasticizers market will enter first quarter of 2017 with shortages of DINP and di-isononyl-cyclohexane dicarboxylate (DINCH) due to several force majeure declarations in western Europe.
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Music Track Title: R U Ready for Christmas?
Catalog ID: 567682 ISRC: US5UL1250575
Description: Uptempo, Heartfelt, and Festive Christmas Country Pop Song feat. female vocals. Gracefully preparing for the big holiday, shopping and stopping all over town and setting up decorations and tree ornaments, remembering the true meaning (Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Reba MacEntire, Sara Evans)
Social Media Link: https://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Christmas/Christmas-Country/R-U-Ready-for-Christmas/567682
Artist or Group: Kevin Reardon
Keywords: Taylor Swift warm presents ribbons bows lights ornaments tree gifts reindeer carols laughter shopping king x-mas music corporate commercial
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Christmas Music
Christmas Country
Extended Properties
Duration: 2:58 Tempo: Medium BPM: 127
Arrangement: Band / Ensemble
Instruments: Guitar, Bells, Drum Kit, Bass, Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, Slide Guitar, Alto Voice, Keyboard
Vocal Mix: Female Vocals
Language: English
Moods: Festive, Heartwarming, Hopeful, Joyful, Meaningful, Nostalgic, Optimistic, Peaceful, Pleased, Positive, Reflective, Sensitive, Sentimental, Sincere, Soothing, Tender, Thankful, Thoughtful, Warm, Whimsical
Styles: Christmas, Documentary, Family / Children, Family / Teen, Film Vocal, Party / General, Religious, Rural / Country, Soundscape, TV Vocal
Lyrical Topics: Family, Life, Winter, Angel / Angels, Christmas
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Are you ready for Christmas? It's coming, you know,
With presents and packages, ribbons and bows;
The lights and the ornaments are hung on a tree …
And there's gifts piled high for you and for me.
It's time to get ready for Christmas … it's on it's way … the most special day
Are you ready for Christmas? It'll be here right quick!
With snowmen and reindeer and jolly St. Nick.
The carols, the laughter, the jingle bell jings …
With drummer boys drumming and five golden rings.
It's time to get ready for Christmas … it's on it's way … the most special day
The kids are excited … the best time of year
Friends are invited... and soon they'll be here
With shopping and stopping all over town …
The air's all full of holiday sounds…
Are you ready for Christmas? Oh, where to begin?
How 'bout in a small town, with no room at the inn?
With Mary and Joseph, and angels who sing …
And wise men bowing before the new King.
It's time to get ready for Christmas … it's on it's way … the most special day
Christmas is coming! Are you ready for Christmas? (repeat)
Extended Keywords: packages heart snowmen jolly St. Nick Santa Claus jingle bells drummer boys drumming five golden rings small town inn Mary Joseph angels wise men Happy Holidays Christmastime Christmas Day Christmas Eve Christmas night Christmastide Noel Xmas Yule Yuletide liveliness ebullience elation energy enthusiasm excitement exhilaration gaiety passion pep sparkle spirit zeal zest A heartfelt contemporary Country Christmas song fun meaning and excitement of Christmas time with the realization of its true meaning mixed in with the joy of today's modern celebration holiday music

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Accidents happen as they say. But that does not stop an employer feeling nervous when they happen in the workplace. We live in litigious times and reputation is key, as is a happy, incentivised workforce. There is always the fear that an accident in the workplace could have negative repercussions for the employer. The natural instinct may be to check everyone is ok, before swiftly moving on. But what if an employee injured in a workplace accident is actually responsible for causing the accident in the first place? Do you simply check that they are ok and do all you can to assist them, or do you follow up with disciplinary action?
Health and safety is of paramount importance in the workplace. Breaches of your health and safety cannot be ignored. They can affect employees directly, and they consume the time and attention of those who have to resolve the issues post-calamity. It is crucial that lessons are learnt, even if the person who may ultimately be disciplined is injured.
Of course, employers should always seek to ascertain the well-being of their employees and whether there is anything reasonably within their power that they can do to help. But a proper investigation and subsequent disciplinary action, where appropriate, should run alongside pastoral care. Any disciplinary action taken should be with reference to Company insurers to ensure that there is no inadvertent admission of liability that could prejudice on-going insurance claims.
ACAS lists the following as acts of misconduct:
- minor breaches of policies including health and safety;
- negligence in the performance of duties; and
- damage to, or unauthorised use of, Company property.
Higher up the scale, acts of gross misconduct can include:
- serious misuse of Company property;
- causing loss, damage or injury through serious negligence;
- serious or repeated breach of health and safety rules or serious misuse of safety equipment; and
- unauthorised entry into an area of Company premises to which access is prohibited.
All of this should be done with reference to insurers to ensure that there is no inadvertent admission of liability
Investigation of the incident
In the event of an act of possible misconduct, employers should conduct a thorough investigation in order to ascertain exactly what happened. If there is a case to answer, a standard disciplinary process should be followed. Timescales can be adapted to accommodate an injured employee who is in recovery mode. However, memories fade so too long a period should not be allowed to elapse before the matter is resolved.
Post-disciplinary, it is important to follow up with the employee in question to pinpoint any gaps in their health and safety, practical, or technical knowledge that led to the mishap in the first place. Training should be arranged where necessary. It is worth extrapolating wider lessons for the Company to learn, and restating or circulating new, clear, health and safety rules and guidance to all employees.
For graver matters of possible gross misconduct, again, the employer should not shy away from digging down into what happened and apportioning responsibility. A full investigation should be conducted with all of the usual opportunities for the employees involved to make representations and defend themselves. But ultimately, where there has been an act of gross misconduct, without mitigating circumstances, the employer should take action proportionate to the incident in question. If that extends to dismissing the employee, the employer should not dodge that by virtue of its own discomfort at the events that have unfolded. It is crucial to demonstrate that such acts of gross misconduct will not be tolerated.
As ever, the best thing to come out of such a situation is that lessons are learnt. Accidents do happen, but it is what you do in response that matters.
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1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo Sport Utility 4-Door 4.0L
Price: US $450.00 Item location: Belleville, New Jersey, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: Jeep
- Model: Grand Cherokee
- Type: SUV
- Trim: Laredo Sport Utility 4-Door
- Year: 1994
- VIN: 1j4gz58s0rc239237
- Color: Green
- Engine size: 4.0L 242Cu. In. l6 GAS OHV Naturally Aspirated
- Number of cylinders: 6
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Automatic
- Drive type: 4WD
- Interior color: Gray
- Options: 4-Wheel Drive
- Vehicle Title: Clear Want to buy? Contact seller!
1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. As you can see the body on this car is inFairly good condition. The car has been parked for god knows how long. I'm not sure if the engine works or doesn't so i'm basically selling it as a parts car. the tires are deflated. I have clean title in hand. the car is also parked in a very narrow driveway. I will try to inflate the tires so that the car can be pushed to a more accessible location. interior is dirty but appears to be in good shape otherwise. this caris sold asis! it must be picked up in Belleville NJ.
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Whether you're a local or a tourist visiting Singapore, explore and embark on heritage trails and experience the untold stories behind the streets and landmarks of Singapore.
Singapore Heritage Trails documents and showcases different areas that Singaporeans live, work and play. It also provides a social platform for you to participate and leave stories and memories of how these places evoke on you, bringing out rich and authentic emotions behind these historical places.
This mobile application is produced by the Crowd Trails team from Keio-NUS CUTE Center, National University of Singapore, in partnership with National Heritage Board.
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O.J. the Last Word: The Death of Justice
The final word on the trial of the century by America's best-loved criminal attorney and pundit--Gerry Spence--the man originally chosen to represent Simpson in his criminal trial and expert commentator throughout the affair. Spence uses the case not only to address the issue of race, but also to attack the media orgy and the culture of celebrity obsession and materialistic greed.
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After over 30-plus years on the prep baseball scene, legendary coach Rick Mauldin has called it quits.
Following his team's first-round exit to Denham Springs in the bidistrict round of the Class 5A state playoffs on Monday, Mauldin resigned as the head coach at Northshore High on Thursday.
"There were a number of reasons for me to do what I did," he said. "I just think it was time for a change at Northshore. I had been there for over a decade now, and I just feel that the time was right for new blood."
Mauldin, who led both Northshore and St. Paul's to state championships, had to sit out most of the 2014 season after back surgery.
"I felt better this year," he said. "What I don't want to happen is for my back to start hurting me again. It is just the best time to get out right now. For my health.
"I'm 62 years old, and that is not young. The season is just grueling. It will wear you down. You play over 30 games, and you go into the summer season and you pick up another 20 games there. I just think it may be time for some younger blood to come in there, be a little more energetic and get things going."


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Jackie Bradley Jr. walked three times in one game. Have you people forgotten he walked three times…IN ONE GAME! Yeah, that's old news for the Sons of Sam Horn. They have a new fish to park in Harvard Yard. There's going to be a new man in Bo' town soon. The master of no disaster, the king of that's a purdy swing, the man who once impregnated a lady by looking at her while he was in the batter's box, Mookie Betts. Oh, you better, you better, you Betts! I usually don't get caught up in the thrill of the rookie chase (Ha! Of course I do, I'm a damn fool!), but this one looks like he might be mollywhopping like, well, a middle infielder and stealing bases like, well, a middle infielder. Now, now, no deflating. He does look like he can be special and should have middle infield eligibility, which ups the how's your father just a bit. He stole 22 bases in 54 games in Double-A, but he was completely overmatching people there. Okay, in Triple-A, he's doing the same. He's putting up Atari numbers everywhere he goes in the minor leagues. Hard to imagine it continues in the majors, but, if it did, he'd be a 15-homer, 35-steal guy. Sounds like another Red Sox middle infielder from once upon a time ago (no, not dyslexic Ramon). The one that they shipped off to Florida (Hanley Ramirez). If Mookie is available in your league and you have room, I'd stash him. It sounds like he could be up in the landmark case of sooner vs. later. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes
It's deja vu all over again. It was almost a year ago that Tim Lincecum threw a no hitter vs. the Padres. Only thing better would be if they both came on 4/20. After the game, Lincecum said, "I felt unstoppable the whole game. Even if something was hit, I felt like there was a giant baseball mitt in the outfield," then seeing the giant baseball mitt sculpture in AT&T Park's outfield, Lincecum slowly looked around to see if anyone else saw what he did, then said, "Dude," five or six times, then refused to answer any more questions. The Padres are a team that could be no-hit any time they step on the field, so, in some ways, they fulfilled their destiny yesterday. What's the difference between the Padres bats and Tony Gwynn? I remember when Tony Gwynn was alive. "Dude, seriously, do you see that giant mitt?" Yes, Lincecum, leave us alone. In the game following Lincecum's no-hitter last year, he threw three and two-thirds innings and gave up eight runs, so, while this was a nice game, I wouldn't go thinking Lincecum is suddenly the pitcher he was in his Cy Young years. A paranoid Lincecum runs by, "There's a giant mitt out there!" Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
I swear that box score turning blue to alert people there's something historic going on is the mother of all jinxes. Not to mention, all the people talking about the perfect game. Member when that was a jinx? Since we're currently living in the Age of Opinion (which is not the Scorsese movie, though if it gets the green-light, Gary Oldman could play the lead), everyone talks about the perfect game while it's going on. Whether it's Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Twitbook, PinkedIn. In my day, we never mentioned a perfect game on Friendster! And on my General Gist band page on Myspace? Nary a whisper! Well, Jake Arrieta still pitched outstanding yesterday — 7 IP, 2 ER, 3 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.05 — even if the bid for a perfect game came up short. Like Altuve short. Like Kershaw looks at Arrieta's perfect game bid and giggles. Still, this is about where Arrieta's been and where he can go. What I said the other day still remains true — his swings and misses are going up, his control is getting better and he's using his cutter more — a pitch he can dominant with. I'd still look at him in every league. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Pitching my life with his words. One time, one time. What, you don't get down with The Fugees remix? By the by, Wyclef, musical talent, instrumental to success, pun noted. Lauryn Hill bonkers talented, pun noted. Pras? Um… Well… An actual refugee? True story, Wyclef once walked into my mom's chiropractor office and asked her to massage his butt. My mom declined…Or so she tells me! Marcus Stroman did a little dazzle number last night — 8 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks — that hinted at his true talent level. Why has he looked like Pras's career post-Fugees? Because he's a rookie and prone to roofies. The pretty remarkbuehrle thing about his numbers thus far is he averages a 94 MPH fastball (that's terrific) and an under 2 BB/9 (also terrific). A guy that can throw bullets and aim them will translate into an ace very quickly. To see what kind of thing the Royal We is talking about — his Triple-A numbers were 11+ K/9 and a 2.3 K/9. If that happens in the majors, he'll be a top 10 starter. For serious. Unfortch, for now he's a streamer in most mixed leagues with a chance for upside. Yesterday, the Stream-o-Nator liked him and next time out it loves him, so I'd give him a little how's your father, good, thanks for asking, but he's still risky. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
When Jaime Garcia was a kicker in high school for his Flick Football team, he lined up the paper football, just left of the finger uprights across from him, adjusting for the southwesterly wind coming from a student's handheld fan. Like it was happening in slow motion, he flicked hard, the paper sailed through, poking the kid's eye that was holding the finger uprights. Unfortunately, Garcia also pulled a finger tendon and had to watch from the sidelines the rest of the year as his team marched to the playoffs. Ever since then, he's never been able to shake the injury bug, and yesterday he hit the DL with a shoulder injury. Unfortunately for the rest of us, the Fantasy Baseball Overlord's hunger for ruining pitchers' arms didn't stop at Garcia, and Michael Wacha is out with a shoulder injury too. Wacha, Wacha, f**ka! Wacha has a stress reaction on his shoulder, and the Cards are saying no surgery is required, but his fantasy owners may still want to make a Kenesaw Mountain Landis out of Doritos and pray to it. The good news, Carlos Martinez will now be in the rotation for at least another month. He went 5 IP, 3 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks yesterday, and I'd grab him in most leagues now that he's staying in the rotation. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
The Sciosciapath gave Ernesto Frieri the dreaded vote of confidence the other day, so, of course, he wasn't there when a save presented itself in the 10th inning of a 3-1 game. Cam Bedrosian entered the game with his 10+ ERA. He's the one guy I would trust less than Frieri, but not to worry, The Sciosciapath had Frieri come in once Bedrosian was in a jam, and Ernesto promptly gave up a grand slam to Nick Swisher, who is batting .200 this year. Joe Smith would seemingly be used to get all future saves, but The Sciosciapath ties his shoes with Crazy Glue and uses the non-pronged side of the fork to eat and thinks Alan Hunter was better than Martha Quinn and once bought Styrofoam peanuts to snack on and his voicemail is "Siri, how do you leave an outgoing voicemail message?" and he thinks arithmetic is the work of witches, so I have no idea where he's going the next time the Angels have the lead in the ninth. He says they'll go to a committee, but I'd own Smith. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Yesterday, there was a pitching performance that truly captured the minds and hearts of the general public. You know, the general public — the people you smile at on the street and wonder how they got their shirt on because they look so dumb. Those people! This pitching performance wasn't done by just any average pitcher. No, it was done by…an outfielder. Travis Snider struck out Joey Votto! Whaaaaaaat?! Oh, and Clayton Kershaw threw a no-hitter. It should've been a perfect game, but Hanley didn't feel like it. It's okay, Hanley, don't beat yourself up over it too much. Let Dodger fans do it for you! Kershaw's game wasn't perfect in the strictly record book sense, but it was in the fantasy sense. 15 Ks, no hits, no walks — you now have the best pitching performance of this year, and it might be a top ten fantasy start of all-time. I wonder if you could buy him low. I keed! Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
The Royals are Daddy Rich from Car Wash or Max Scherzer owed Verlander a favor. "Hey, Scherzer, do me a solid and do a solid on the mound so my Monday start doesn't look so bad. You feel me? If you do, I got a Ms. Upton to feel you." Little did Scherzer know that Verlander wasn't talking about Kate Upton, but about Justin and B.J.'s sister, Misshapen. "Misshapen, your legs are so curvaceous they remind me of the coastline of Africa." Or maybe Verlander is just spreading something around the clubhouse. Anibal, you better not touch him or I will know it! Scherzer only lost once all of last year at home, which is slightly misleading like I'm saying he is that much better at home. He only lost twice on the road last year and his ERA on the road was almost a run and half lower. Yesterday, it all went to pot — Lincecum, "That's where I want to go!" — as Scherzer gave up 10 runs in four innings. Leyland was right. Pitchers are like barbecuing pork. You need a lot of indirect smoke to tender up their shoulder and get 'em right. If this allows a buying opportunity on Scherzer, unlike Verlander, I do think this was a hiccup rather than a long, extended burp. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
I love when I tell you to pick up a player and he comes up days later. It makes me smile, and not one of those weird Japanese emoji smiles, but a full-faced grin. So, Andrew Heaney, you're already okay in my book, even if that book is called, "Rookie Pitchers Will Fill You With Enthusiasm Until They Actually Pitch For Your Fantasy Team." If you missed my Andrew Heaney fantasy with Friday's Buy, where were you? Playing Patty Cake without your hands on the dance floor to Jason Derulo's Wiggle song? Good story, brah. You should turn that into a novella. I'm giggling with excitement for Heaney like I'm Lisa Simpson, only instead of hehe I'm going HeHeaney. Pitching his home games in Crayola Canyon won't hurt him, and the NL East is filled with a bunch of sad, sad hitting teams. Didja know the Marlins are the best NL East hitting team, and it's not close? Fact! The Braves, Phillies, Nats and Mets could hold a two week round robin tournament and score less runs than goals scored in the World Cup. I went over the dangers of rookie pitchers in my Friday Buy, and what Heaney's been doing this year in the minors. It's all there. I will say now he should be owned in every league and is capable of winning the NL Rookie of the Year in only a little over a half a season. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
David Price is one of the most interesting pitchers right now. Snooze! Okay, Random Italicized Voice, I'll try not make this too boring. No, I thought I heard an alarm and was yelling for it to snooze. Oh, okay. So– Snooze! You're not hearing an alarm! Maybe it's your voice, Random High-Pitched Voice! Snooze! So, Price's K/9 and BB/9 are at 10+ and sub-1. He should be a top five pitcher with those numbers. It's not rocket surgery that if you're striking out ten guys per nine innings and walking less than one guy good things will happen. This isn't like when your mom says if you're good to people, good things will happen back to you, cause I'm pretty sure any millionaire will tell you that's a crock. The odd thing is not enough good things have happened to Price. See, Mom! Price's ERA is at 3.93 on the year. That couldn't be further from what is going on. Right now, he's having the best season of his career from a strictly peripheral sense. This is all happening while his fastball velocity continues to fall. It doesn't add up like Joan from Mad Men being married to that guy that looks like a young Jeff Goldblum only geekier. As each great start happens like yesterday's — 8 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 10 Ks — it's going to make it harder to buy Price low, but I would. Snooze! Ugh, I hate you. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?


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A region with a long cultural heritage
The Hall-Wattens region is proud of its cultural heritage - in both religious and secular respects. In rural parts many customs have been protected and are still nurtured to this day.
Thaur, in particular, with its tradition of crib-carving, the "Mullerlaufen" Shrovetide characters and the famous Palm procession, has made quite a name for itself.
For more than 200 years, a traditional Christ on a Donkey procession has been staged in Thaur. This custom, which used to be performed in many places, was successfully revived in Hall a few decades ago.
Towards the end of the Middle Ages, almost every village had its own palm donkey for the Palm procession, a ritual symbolising Christ's arrival in Jerusalem. Often it was a life-sized model donkey, upon which a carving of Christ was often seated. The procession with the palm donkey was once widespread not only in the southern parts of the German-speaking world, but also in some Dutch and Belgian regions.
People also used to sit on a donkey among "Christ's followers". In the first year after their election, Salzburg's archbishops would join in the palm procession to the Nonnbergkirche − not on a lowly donkey, but on a white horse.
According to a report of 1785, in the area around Salzburg and in southern Bavaria, children were allowed to ride on a live palm donkey until the Council of Cardinals banned the "Donkey Festival". Usually wooden donkeys, decoratively adorned and with a seated Christ figure, were placed on a float and pulled along in the procession.
At the start of the 19th century, a very special, and much admired, processional donkey, was kept under Salzburg's Nonnberger Gate. The wooden creature was thought to have miraculous powers as it had special device, which cast out figs and locust beans.
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The NFL and its players union are going into overtime -- while trying to avoid a not so sudden death to the 2011 season -- after agreeing to a 24-hour extension to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.
"To all the fans who dig our game, we appreciate your patience as we work through this, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said in a remark directed to NFL fans as he exited the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service building Thursday.
"We're going to keep working. We want to play football."
Q&A: What does extension mean for NFL, union?
The current CBA was set to expire at midnight as Thursday changed to Friday and any number of outcomes could have followed.
"A day full of hard work, lot of good discussions," said NFL lead negotiator Jeff Pash while praising the impact of federal mediators on the talks. "We're looking forward to another day of discussions and keep at it as long as it takes.
"A lot of issues -- it's complicated."
NFL Network's Jason LaCanfora reported that tonight's extension could be a precursor to a week-long extension. ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting that the league and union will not meet face to face Friday but instead separately sit down with the mediators, who will then determine if and how long (perhaps 7-10 days) a second extension will be implemented.
"I don't see how we can be that close right now unless somebody is going to pull a rabbit out of the hat; I just don't see it," said Redskins defensive end Vonnie Holliday, a player rep.
The sides participated in their 10th day of federal mediation Thursday, trying to stave off the league's first work st0ppage since 1987.
Now the league and union have at least an extra day to strike a deal while the owners weigh the merits of a lockout, and the players ponder decertification and subsequent antitrust litigation.
If the players opt to go to court, they would do so with QBs Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning leading them as plaintiffs.
The current impasse has put free agency on hold -- teams made a flurry of restricted tender offers on their players Thursday, tags which may or may not ultimately prove relevant -- and will impact everything from offseason workouts to the health care of players and their families long before it potentially jeopardizes the 2011 regular season.
Even President Barack Obama offered his two cents Thursday.
"I'm a big football fan," he said, "but I also think that for an industry that's making $9 billion a year in revenue, they can figure out how to divide it up in a sensible way and be true to their fans, who are the ones who obviously allow for all the money that they're making.
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Ancient China
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The Sui Dynasty:
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Founded by a man named Yang Jian, also known as Wendi of the noble class in northern China, The Sui Dynasty began between 581 A.D and 589 A.D with a centralized government inspired by the dynasties that had come before his. During Wendi's rule, he reunified China by defeating each of the separate nations, which created peace and allowed for economical development. He also created new legal codes, polices to provide male men with land for farming, and reformed the bureaucracy.
Wendi also built the 1,000 mile Grand Canal that linked northern and southern china to allow each region access to the resources found in the other. Yang Jian however, did not get to see the Canal finished because the long process resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands of peasants was completed under the short lived rule of Wendi's son, Yang Di, after Wendi's death. The Son of Emperor Wendi continued to attempt large scale projects like the building of the great canal, but because these projects involved forced labor from the peasants, who more often than not, died by the end of the projects, People began to resent Emperor Yang Di. In the year 618, Yang Di was assassinated by one of his government officials. Lastly, the death of Emperor Yang Di brought an end to the Sui dynasty and rise to the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty:
The Tang Dynasty was founded by a Sui general named Tang Kao Tsu in 618 A.D. The Empire lasted to 907 A.D. The Tang Dynasty had two main capitals that were located in Chang'an and Luoyang. The Tang rulers maintained a centralized government with a bureaucracy of talented officials that were obtained through the use of something called the "Civil Service Exam System". Another of the Tang Dynasties great achievements was the regaining land of Western Central Asia. The Tang dynasty also increased influence in many neighboring states such as Korea.
One of the most admired Emperors of the time was Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Taizong was a strong military leader who led the Empire to victory in battle numerous times, but was also known for his creation of different schools to help people prepare for the Civil Service Examinations. Taizong Died in 649, leaving his throne for the taking of one of his sons. Emperor Gaozong, took the throne but only ruled for a short period of time. Gaozong suffered from a series of strokes that left him un able to rule even before his death when the throne was taken by his wife, Wu Zetian. Empress Wu Zetian was an efficient and harsh ruler that remained in power from 690 to 705.
The Song Dynasty:
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After around 53 years of separation in china due to the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Song dynasty was finally formed. The Song Dynasty was separated into two sections, The southern Song Dynasty, Lasting from 906-960 and the Northern Song Dynasty that lasted from 960-1127. The southern Song Dynasty set Hangzhou as their capital, and turned it into a wealthy trading city that would help the Dynasty to prosper greatly. The Government of the Song Dynasty also build a powerful navy that would defeat many attackers. The northern Song people were distracted by attackers which prohibited their shifted their focus from innovation such as cultural and trade development.
Autumn Colors on Rivers and Mountains, ink and color on a silk handscroll, an anonymous painting of the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127 AD), although later Ming Dynasty owners falsely attributed it to Zhao Boju (act. c. 1120–1162), now located in the Palace Museum of Beijing.
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Here are 10 things you'll learn and be able to see at this interesting new exhibit, which runs through Oct. 31.
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Huge ships of weird design were crisscrossing the air above, obviously looking for something.
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Something was crossing and crisscrossing inside him like two rings tossed back and forth by jugglers.
First he will run round the hill half a dozen times, crisscrossing his trail.
The big bowl of porridge had a crisscrossing of powdered cinnamon over the top.
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1818, from Middle English crist(s)-crosse "Christ's cross" (late 15c.), earlier cros-kryst (late 14c.), "referring to the mark of a cross formerly written before the alphabet in hornbooks. The mark itself stood for the phrase Christ-cross me speed ('May Christ's cross give me success'), a formula said before reciting the alphabet" [Barnhart]. Used today without awareness of origin. As an adjective, 1846; as a noun, 1848.


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What to eat and do - and what to avoid - to gain the most weight this holiday season
Enjoy snow angels, not snowball fights Pelting the in-laws with icy spheres may have appeal, but that brand of vengeance burns 319 calories an hour. Making snow angels only burns 214 calories. And looking down at that wide angel will give you motivation to hit the gym in January.
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Drink eggnog latte, not hot chocolate A Starbucks grande-size eggnog latte has 460 calories, while the same sized hot chocolate has just 290 calories. The hot chocolate also only has five grams of saturated fat compared with the eggnog's 12 grams. Of course, both are delicious.
Down stuffing, not mashed potatoes One cup of bread stuffing has 354 calories. Compared with that, mashed potatoes are just, well, small potatoes: One cup of mashed potatoes prepared with whole milk and butter has 237 calories. In the battle of carb vs. carb, your choice is clear.
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Pour on cranberry sauce, not gravy This may be the one time gravy isn't named the best in any contest it's ever entered. One cup of canned beef gravy has 123 calories, whereas one cup of sweetened cranberry sauce has a crantastic 418. Let the gravy train pass you by.
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Pile on the ham, skip the turkey One slice of regular (not extra lean) ham has 46 calories. One slice of turkey breast has 22. Pass the turkey? I don't think so.
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Eat Quality Street, not Turtles One tin is nearly twice the heft of a box of Turtles (725 grams compared with 417 grams) and packs a walloping 3,590 calories. A box of Turtles, meanwhile, has just 2,160 calories, though more fat (120 grams to Quality Street's 90).
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Shovel the driveway, skip the skating Clearing snow from your driveway will burn 408 calories an hour, while ice skating burns 476 calories. It's clear what you should do. Pick up that shovel.
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It would be awesome to be able to have the Computer Model Number of a system such as a Lenovo or IBM link directly to its support page on the Lenovo/IBM site. It would also be really nice to have the serial number link to the system's warranty information or to have that information pulled from the site and populated into SW with some automated link.
I am sure this could be done for many of the large computer manufacturers as they all have standard links for these lookups.
Lenovo link for Warranty Information: (type [1st 4 of model] and serial number variables bolded)
Warranty information
Serial number:
Expiration date:
Out of warranty
Warranty service upgrades and maintenance services
This product has a three year limited warranty and is entitled to parts, labor and on-site repair service. Service is available Monday-Friday, except holidays, with a next business day response objective. Many parts can also be delivered to you using the Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) method.
This information may be easily parseable, although all we would really need from this page is the Expiration date and the first sentence of the Description - which would tell us the purchase date (3 years before the expiration date) - to be added to the notes section possibly.
Lenovo link for Support Information: (model bolded)
I see that there are scripts that have been created for pulling the Dell and HP support information. Using the various information from these to link to the related data for all major manufacturers would be very helpful.
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Dec 8, 2009 at 7:30 UTC
akp982 is an IT service provider.
I think this already happens with dells stuff?
You could also make a plugin to add the link in if you knew how to send the model and serial across
Dec 8, 2009 at 7:42 UTC
Yes. It would be nice to actually have all the vendors create the plugins necessary to get this information in for their own equipment.
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Police have arrested three men for allegedly stealing about $300,000 worth of high-end watches from a Columbia jewelry store last week.
Police said the men entered the Edward Arthur Jewelers on Little Patuxent Parkway, displayed a gun and demanded jewelry from a case on March 30. Store employees handed over the watches and the men fled. No one was injured during the robbery.
Deontaye Derrick Harvey, 20, Gary Donnell Braxton Jr., 25, and Aaron Pratt, 19, were charged with armed robbery, first and second degree assault, use of a handgun in the commission of a felony, reckless endangerment and theft. All three are Baltimore residents.
A person recognized the suspects from surveillance photos of the robbery distributed by police and tipped off authorities. The suspects were arrested over the weekend and are being held at the Howard County Detention Center. Harvey is being held without bond. Braxton and Pratt are being held on $250,000 bond.


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N.B. Doing any of the things in this document will void your warranty and may turn your cloud into a brick.
That said the WD My Cloud box is quite a handly little device and as it's running Debian Wheezy you can do quite a lot of fun stuff with it. How much you want and can do will obviously depend on what you're using it for, but keep an eye on load and it's really quite capable.
Back everything up! Frequently!
Seriously, I mean it make back ups of all the system files before you start doing anything
and make backups after each change. The My Cloud device doesn't have convenient console
access so it's not too hard to lock yourself out. Though the reset/restore funtion
is actually very forgiving and mainly just loses changes to the
I also suggest putting as many of the files (especially configuration files) on the
partition and then use symlinks, just to save work in the event that
you do have to do a reset
Now first the bad news more recent versions of the Firmware severely restrict what you can do with the device. If you're running anything a 4.x version or later you'll need to downgrade, which they've also made trcikier.
First steps after you've done all the normal set up, and probably before you put vital data on the device, enable SSH. Then once you've logged in as root change that default password.
Now make a back up of stuff.
- Downgrading your cloud
- Updating the packages
- Changing the DLNA player
- Installing PDNS recursor
- IPV6 tweaks
- Additional apache web server
- Final tidying
Downgrading your Cloud
I've only tested this with 4.00.00-607 (7/2014) firmware, they may lock the device down even further with subsequent updates.
Turn off automatic updates, otherwise all your hardwork will be for nothing.
I found the "how To" for downgrading on the WD supportforums but just incase that vanishes I'll repeat JoaquinAR's instrustions here.
Get the latest 3.X version of the firmware from:
(Cached copy Here - in case WD decide to remove it from their site.)
"You'd have to edit the file
commenting out the lines 256 through 259 since it won't allow you to apply
any version lower than the existing one:"
# if [ -z "${update_container}" ] && [ "${vnew}" -lt "${vnow}" ]; then
# error="failed 200 \"invalid firmware package\""
# pre-update_error $error
# fi
You can now install the downgrade either from the command line as per JoaqinAR or just use the web interface.
Updating the packages
Now you're on a useful 3.x version and have backed everything up, time to update the list of pakcages available,
it's a debian system so this is really quite easy. Just enable the wheezy-backport distrubtions
so that you get a larger number of more recent packages. You might be able to do a full upgrade to a later
version of Debian but I wasn't brave enough to try that. If your're not familiar with how
Debian handles packages you probably ought to reconsider if you actually want to carry on with this
as it's really easy to break things. That aside just as with any other Debian system
to add a line like:
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main
You may as well also change to using a local mirror while you're at it.
Now run
apt-get udpdate
N.B. If you try to update your distribution on a later version of the firmware (4.x or above) you will brick your device. I speak from bitter expereince here. But fear not this is not the end of the world there are exellent instructions on how to recover from a bricked device over on the WD Forums - (Local copy with my updates)
Changing the DLNA player
Changing the DLNA player from Twonky to something else was an obvious and easy place to start
as someone else had already done all the work. I basically followed the instructions from
To summarise the process and to details the slight changes to what I did here's a terse step by step guide. If you need more details refer to the guide above.
- I'm assuming automatic updates are already off, SSH access is enabled, you can connect to the internet and you've updated your packages.
- Turn off the Twonky server via the web GUI.
Via SSH as root run the command:
apt-get install minidlna
Create a directory on the
/DataVolumepartition for the databse and art cache.
mkdir -p /DataVolume/programs/minidlna/cache
Create a directory on the
/DataVolumepartition for log files.
mkdir -p /DataVolume/programs/logs
Edit the MiniDLNA startup script
Edit the MiniDLNA configuration file
To match the My Cloud Twonky configuration you'll want to add the lines:
media_dir=A,/DataVolume/shares/Public/Shared Music
media_dir=P,/DataVolume/shares/Public/Shared Pictures
media_dir=V,/DataVolume/shares/Public/Shared Videos
Change the DB path to match the directory you created earlier:
Change the Log path match the directory you created earlier:
Enable automatic discovery:
- You can change the presnetation URL if you want to but there's no need.
- To match the My Cloud Twonky configuration you'll want to add the lines:
Add the MiniDLNA user to the Share group:
usermod -a -G share minidlna
- Make sure the cache and logs directories are writable by the minidlna user
You might want to edit the startup script to allow you to save the configuration file on the
- Backup everything you've changed password, group, startup and configuration files
Start MiniDLNA:
/etc/init.d/minidlna start
- Check MiniDLNA is running happily and serving yor files.
- Reboot your My Cloud and make sure everything is still working.
Installing PDNS recursor
This is another easy addition though one I admit many people probably won't care for. I play with DNS for my day job, so I really like having well behaved local DNS even for my few home machines, and to control my own DNS based protection, and to avoid the current trend of ISPs blocking sites at the DNS level. So as it's what I use at work I installed PowerDNS recursor to provide local DNS. As I'd already enabled the Wheezy backports a simple apt get installed the latest 3.6.0 release with LUA support.
- Make sure you've backed everything up.
To install PowerDNS just run:
apt-get install pdns-recursor
/etc/powerdnsonto the
/DataVolumepartition and put a symlink in place back to
As I'm installing a few things I actually created both
logdirectories to keep the various ocnfigurations and log files in.
Edit the PDNS configuration file
Change the
allow-from-fileline to:
- Add any local authzones you might want (Consult the PDNS documentation for help with this)
Allow PDNS to listen on all interfaces:
Make PDNS authoritative for RFC 1918 addresses
- Change the
Update the start up script to generate your allow from file
Using something like:
echo 127.0.0.0/8 > /etc/powerdns/allow-from.lst
/usr/local/sbin/getActiveLocalNetwork.sh --addr | sed 's/ /\n/g;' >> /etc/powerdns/allow-from.lst
Start PDNS
/etc/init.d/pdns-recursor start
If it starts check that it can resolve everything you expect it to both locally
and from other machine son your network.
Checking locally is tricky as things like
digaren't installed by default.
- If everything is happy, make sure you have backups and then restart your My Cloud and check it's all still happy.
IPv6 tweaks
As the "My Cloud" is basically just a Debian box it's already IPv6 capable and in fact does IPv6 out of the box. At least it would if WD hadn't got a few things in palce that rather break it.
You may for instance notice that if you try to go the web UI via it's IPv6 address you get denied access.
That's because of a very sensible security measure which restricts access to the local subnet only,
sadly the script that impleements that isn't IPv6 aware, but fortunately it's an easy problem to fix.
The script to edit is
So back it up and then make the following change:
< ip addr show dev $NETWORK_DEVICE | awk '/inet /{print $2}'
> ip addr show dev $NETWORK_DEVICE | awk '/inet /{print $2}' | tr "\n" " "
> ip addr show dev $NETWORK_DEVICE | awk '/inet6 /{print $2}' | tr "\n" " "
That's it, restart Apache and the web UI no longer tells you to go away.
It still doesn't actually work which is annoying, but I don't really want to muck about with that too much.
I'd still recommend "fixing" this script though as i tmay be used elsewhere and it can be made use of for other ACLs such as for PDNS.
If you need/want to add a static IPv6 address for your Cloud then again it's just Debian so
and add the relevant lines.
iface eth0 inet6 static
address 2001:db8::80
netmask 64
Depending on your local IPv6 configuration that may be all you need to do. Well aprt from making sure everything is backed up, and restarting the My Cloud to make sure it all works.
N.B. Remember that the My Cloud effectively has no console access so
mucking up the network settings is a good way to lock yourself out.
You should be able to get back in via the reset function if that happens but then you will lose some changes.
A better plan may be to have the network configuration backed up and a
task configured to restore
a default network configuration and reboot the My Cloud in 30 mins or so time,
just remember to remove the
task if everything works.
Additional apache web server
This is an obvious one but there are a few gotcha's. As I do the odd bit of web development having a local web server sto test things on is handy. It's also a sueful think for sharing household calendars, the WLAN configuration and all that sort of good stuff. So as the My Cloud is already running Apache 2.4.4 and php 5.4 with quite a few mods enabled may as well make use of it.
The first thing I did was to create a new Share so that I could upload content easily. Once that was done I added a virtual interface to the networking so as to not interfere with the web UI.
The new network interface was added to
in the same way
as for any other Debian based system. I just added the following:
auto eth0:0
iface eth0:0 inet static
address 192.168.1.80
netmask 255.255.255.0
Then restarted networking, I've left the primary interface set to be configured by DHCP just to reduce hazzard if I break something.
Following my normal practice of keeping as many of my changes as possible off the root partition,
I created
. I then created a normal virtual server
configuration in there:
< VirtualHost 192.168.1.80:80>
ServerAdmin email@example.com
DocumentRoot /DataVolume/shares/Web/
ServerName web.mycloud
< Directory /DataVolume/shares/Web/>
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride FileInfo
< /Directory>
ErrorLog /DataVolume/logs/web_error.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog /DataVolume/logs/web_access.log combined
< /VirtualHost>
To avoid filling the root partition I'm keeping my logs on the DataShare volume, for security reasons you'll notice that
none of the log or configuration files are in sahres.
then add an include statement to
to include my new virtual server directives:
Include /DataVolume/etc/apache/
To make the web UI more user friendly WD configure apcahe with a global rewrite, which obviously
isn't ideal for the new virtual server, so the file
needs to be edited to add two lines:
< IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
< Directory "${DOCUMENT_ROOT}/UI">
< If "%{DOCUMENT_ROOT} == '/var/www/htdocs'">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /UI/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /UI/ [R]
Final tidying
Working on the principle of don't run anything you don't need to
especially on a box with limited resorces as I don't have any Apple devices I left TimeMachine disabled I also then added
a crontab to stop
from running.
@reboot /bin/sh /etc/init.d/netatalk stop
This could be done by editing the startup script or renaming the
but being paranoid I want to avoid as many changes to the system as possible.
As I don't want to use the remote access mycloud functionality, very nice though I'm sure it is -
I disabled that via the web UI which doesn't seem to actually stop the process running so I added
@reboot /bin/sh /etc/init.d/wdmcserverd stop
This doesn't seem to have affected Smartware or anything else.
Finally as I don't need thumbnails of my photo's to be made nad I'm not running Twonky server anyway I added another
task to stop the
from running as well:
@reboot /bin/sh /etc/init.d/wdphotodbmerger stop
There's a more detailed explanation of these processes on the WD support forums:
There's a few more processes I'm temtped to kill off to save even more CPU, but I've not tested them yet. I also plan to stop using NTPdate and run a proper NTPd.


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How to enable hidden special features in Windows 10
1 answer
1> G-dMode:
2> Battery Saving Mode:
3> Offline Map
Top Hidden Features of Windows 10 are:
1> G-dMode:
Lets you operate your personal special setting gathered at one place.
To enable all you have to do is create a folder on your root drive and name it as the GodMode.
2> Battery Saving Mode:
Enable the battery saver in the setting while going into the start menu
3> Offline Map
In setting and download and update your Map application.


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A Reference Resource Bibliography A list of books (or sometimes other materials)
that can be organized by title, author, or subject. What is a bibliography? Since the 7th century, BCE,
when the Library of Sennacherib at Ninevah kept a list of clay tablets. How long have bibliographies existed? Yes. There are four types of bibliographies:
a listing with bibliographic information, like Books In Print
most are this type
physical description of a book
full physical description of a book
studies the printed text(s) versus the text as conceived by the author, such as a study of Shakespeare's Folios Are there different types of bibliographies? Important information about
the book is included in the listing. Other early examples include:
A catalog compiled in the 14th c. CE by Franciscan monks, listing manuscripts in over 180 English monasteries.
The first printed bibliography (1494), compiled by Johann Tritheim, listed ecclesiastical writers in chronological order and in alphabetical order.
http://tudigit.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/show/inc-iv-2/0001/thumbs?sid=916a1388e02871bf0280471a3c54ae3e#current_page Ask the wise owl about bibliographies. Some types of enumerative bibliographies: library catalogs
national bibliographies
trade bibliographies
retrospective bibliographies
periodical & newspaper bibliographies
non-print material bibliographies
bibliographies of bibliographies
subject bibliographies Factors to consider: authority
publication date (esp. print bibliographies) How are bibliographies used? to identify or verify information
to locate materials
for collection development
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2009-11-10 at 10:54:07 am #22900http://www.reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?ID=25612
50 years ago, a California technology company moved to
Loveland, changing the region forever.Monday marks the 50th anniversary
of the announcement that Hewlett-Packard would build a manufacturing
plant in Loveland. Several residents who were here at the beginning
share their remembrances.Loveland resident and business owner Bill
Beierwaltes remembers in the 1950s watching the weathermen (they were
all male) on TV give their reports wearing cowboy hats."A lot of farmers
depended on the weather to make a living," Beierwaltes said.More than
50 years later, many of the dirt roads and farms in Beierwaltes'
hometown are gone.So is computer manufacturing giant Hewlett-Packard,
which was the impetus that changed.Loveland from an agricultural
community to one with a technology and manufacturing focus."HP has been a
huge, huge influence on this region and the entire state," Beierwaltes
The move of Hewlett-Packard to Loveland in 1960 — announced
50 years ago Monday — provided the city with a manufacturing base,
though there is little manufacturing here today, said Loveland author
and historian Kenneth Jessen, a former Hewlett-Packard employee.At the
time, Hewlett-Packard wasn't a household name, but the designer and
manufacturer of electronic test equipment brought technology not only to
Loveland, but to the area and the state, Beierwaltes said."When HP
first set up, there was no IBM in Boulder, no technology in Northern
Colorado," Beierwaltes said.
After Hewlett-Packard came to
Loveland, it built plants in Fort Collins, Greeley and Colorado Springs,
and IBM located in Boulder, Beierwaltes said.Hewlett-Packard also
spawned several other companies through the years, led to cottage
industries that supplied the company, brought in an educated work force
and raised the quality of life throughout the state, Beierwaltes and
Jessen said.Hewlett-Packard brought in an industry with high wages and
good benefits, said Walt Skowron, a retiring member of the Loveland City
Council and former Hewlett-Packard employee."In actuality, it converted
a primarily agriculture state to a high-technology state," Skowron
said. "Most of the technology was in California in what we call Silicon
Valley and in Massachusetts," Skowron said.Skowron was the 24th employee
hired by Hewlett-Packard, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.
He started in 1961 as a technical writer and held 18 different positions
during the 37 years he worked for the company."I miss the old HP,"
Skowron said. "The old HP valued their employees as the most important
asset. The new HP is about the bottom line."
In the old days, he
said, the company would respond to a slowdown in business by temporarily
reducing the salaries of everyone in the company, from the CEO on down.
Now, Skowron said, HP lays off its workers — a fate suffered by many in
Loveland.In its early years, Hewlett-Packard encouraged employees to
volunteer and get involved in city and county government by serving on
boards, commissions and the City Council, Jessen said.Jessen, who
volunteered with the United Way and served on several city boards,
started with Hewlett-Packard in the mid-1960s and worked there for 33
years in a variety of engineering and management positions, then for
three years as a contract engineer."Their involvement with the community
was their biggest contribution," Jessen said.
At one time, theHow
company and the former Bell Labs alternated being ranked the best
employer in the country with the best employee policies and work
environment, said Beierwaltes, who started at Hewlett-Packard in the
mid-1960s as an intern and became a full-time employee in 1966.He
managed the marketing activities for one of the company's products,
leaving in 1974 to become an entrepreneur.Beierwaltes helped found
Colorado Memory Systems, which sold tape drives in the 1980s and 1990s
to the personal computer market, and sold it to Hewlett-Packard in 1992.
Most recently in 2002, he found Colorado vNet."Loveland was blessed by
having recruited probably one of the two finest companies in the world,"
Beierwaltes said
HP came to choose city
Hewlett-Packard announced
on Nov. 9, 1959, its plans to locate its first domestic plant outside
the San Francisco Bay area in Loveland.Stan Selby, who became the first
division manager of Hewlett-Packard's Loveland plant, scouted Colorado
to locate the new plant, according to Loveland author Kenneth Jessen's
"How It All Began: Hewlett-Packard's Loveland Facility," published in
Selby went to the state where company co-founder Dave
Packard was born.
Packard and Bill Hewlett, Stanford University
classmates who founded Hewlett-Packard in 1939, were interested in
Boulder, where there was a major university and close proximity to the
Denver airport, Jessen said in his book.Paul Rice, president of
Loveland's First National Bank, and appliance dealer Bob Hipps,
organizers of the Loveland Development Fund, learned of Selby's plans
and encouraged children in Loveland to write letters to Hewlett-Packard,
said Walt Skowron, a retiring member of the Loveland City Council and a
former Hewlett-Packard employee."Please come to Loveland because our
dads can't find jobs," the children wrote, according to
Skowron.Hewlett-Packard sent a team of managers unannounced to Loveland
and interviewed people on the street to find out about the community and
learn about its work ethic, Skowron said.
After the visit,
Hewlett and Packard decided to build a plant in Loveland. They bought 7
acres of land and almost immediately started building a
12,800-square-foot interim plant at Lincoln Avenue and Southeast Third
Street, Jessen said in his book.Crews broke ground Feb. 15, 1960.
Hewlett-Packard began producing voltmeters and power supplies in that
plant July 5, 1960, with 28 employees on staff, Jessen said.
year later, Hewlett-Packard broke ground on a 140,000-square-foot
facility at Taft Avenue and Southwest 14th Street, Jessen said.During
the fall of 1961, construction began on Building A, the first of the
company's current buildings, Jessen said. Move-in was in mid-July 1962,
he said. Four additional buildings were constructed on the
campus.Buildings A through D occupied 800,000 square feet on the
323-acre campus, according to Reporter-Herald archives.
employed 3,700 people at its peak in the mid-1980s.
"Those jobs are
gone," Skowron said. "I know a lot of engineers in Loveland who can't
find work. They used to work for HP."In 1999, Hewlett-Packard split its
test and measurement division into Agilent Technologies and retained its
computing and imaging business.In 2006, Agilent downsized into Building
E, the fifth building on campus, and moved its 650 employees there.
Buildings A through D still are for sale.Hewlett-Packard has moved all
of its operations to other sites."The closing of HP is a loss for
Loveland," said former Hewlett-Packard employee Bill Beierwaltes