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Mike's Musings – Your vote doesn't count
By Mike Wilcox, Publisher
It's nearly September and in two months voters will decide who will lead the United States for the next four years. We may choose Clinton, or Trump or a third party candidate like Johnson.
That's popular opinion, anyways. In reality the next president like the previous forty-three, will actually be chosen by an archaic institution called the Electoral College. The vote of the people means very little.
Here's how it works. In 48 states the Electoral College is chosen in the same manner (Maine and Nebraska have slight variations. After the vote of the people in each state is counted, the political party whose candidate received a majority in a particular state is allowed to choose a slate of electors who will cast the real votes for President.
One might say, "big deal." Electors still must follow the wishes of the popular vote. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Presidential elections lately have been extremely close when it comes to popular vote. Not so within the Electoral College because it is an all or nothing situation. This means if a candidate wins a state by 50.1% (assuming there are only two candidates) of the popular vote, his slate of Electors will cast the real votes for president.
Another problem with the Electoral College is that smaller states get more electoral votes per person than larger states. According to fairvote.org this essentially means that "each individual vote in Wyoming counts nearly four times as much in the Electoral College as each individual vote in Texas."
Because of this disparity between small states and large states, and the winner take all system, it becomes possible to win the presidency by winning just 21.8% of the popular vote.
"In other words," according to a study by Jesse Ruderman, "a candidate could lose with 78.2% of the popular vote by getting just under 50% in small states and 100% in large states."
In actuality, just 16 years ago, George Bush defeated Al Gore with only 47.9% of the popular vote. However when it came down to the Electoral College, Bush won 271 to 266, thus was declared president, despite you and millions of others tipping the popular vote scale for Gore.
I have long been an advocate for the abolishment of the Electoral College. I believe you and I should elect our president, not the so-called representatives of the candidate that wins a particular state. After all every other representative of the people- senators, congressmen, state officials, local officials, etc are elected by popular vote. Why is the most important position, the U.S. Presidency left up to the Electoral College?
Can you imagine if two months from now the presidential candidate with less than a majority were to win the presidency? All hell would break lose. Whether the loser by Clinton or Trump, either would create a huge fuss and the top office would be in a state of chaos.
Furthermore, there is always the possibility that the Electoral College may end in a tie vote. That did happen in 1800 when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied. It could happen again, and in that case the election would be decided by the House of Representatives where each state would get one vote.
If this were to happen, Wyoming with a population of 563,000 would have an equal vote as California, which sports a population of 31 million. This is essentially the same problem inherent with the Electoral College.
Let's end this disparity now. An election should be based on popular vote. Your vote should hold equal weight and significance as does John Doe's vote in Wyoming. We shouldn't be voting only to instruct a bunch of electors in our state how to vote. Which of my representatives in Congress is going to lead an effort to abolish the Electoral College? I'm watching!


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We implemented the SaaS model applications. The SaaS model means that Oracle holds the hardware/software and provides accessibility through its unbreakable network.
There are two ways of using these Oracle Apps:
- On-Premise Model: The hardware/software is the responsibility of the client
- SaaS model: Hardware/software is Oracle's responsibility. It is like renting an apartment from a skyscraper, where maintenance is the responsibility of the building owners for a nominal fee.

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Looks like the barons of bangalore are running out of ideas.
Press has it that the Infy management is asking its employees to give an undertaking that they will not join any of its competitors for a period of six months after their job termination at Infosys. It seems that the employees have to sign this when they receive their annual hike letters.
According to the reports, the non-compete agreement specifies Infosys' competitors as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Accenture, IBM Global Services, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Wipro.
In one stroke, the step seems to have spelt out an "us" and "them" divide between the Company (leadership) and the employees. Doesnt sound like good HR at all. One wouldnt expect to find employees falling over each other to sign this pledge of fidelity.
In this day and age, why would a professional company want to take such a step? Surely the company's intellectual capital comprises far more than just employees. Surely the sum of employees is more than the parts. The corporation's core competence, knowledge bases, process assets, innovation culture, education infrastructure,organization network, the brand, the customer relationships – these and such are the ones that ensure that business moves ahead despite people moving out – to named competition or elsewhere.
Seems that the Emperor of Electronics city is worried. The usual panache hasnt been spilling out of national and world media screens. Last couple of quarters results have not been super-duper. Facing the music has been coincident, perhaps, with what looks like a game of musical chairs at the helm of affairs. And in the background, the recent instrumental music at mysore…
But then, why would a company zero in on 'bind the employee' kind of strategy for protecting its business? It sounds like the old story of searching for the lost coin under the brightest lamppost. Its the easy thing to do – although not the wisest.
Ho-hum…The world doesnt seem so flat after all, does it? At least not as far as employees go.


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THIS will drive the Left NUTS !!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Our new reader, Nanc put up a link or two that I checked out. A reader on a blog that she frequents had this article linked in the comment area. It doesn't appear to have a URL of its own, so I will paste the whole article here:
Memorial To Be Dedicated June 12A monument in Washington memorializing the victims of communism - Just when you thought America was already in the shit from things like communism on our soil, a (hopefully) big monument goes up alerting the world to its evils. Do you think America will get it now?
Rep. Tom Lantos Will Deliver the Keynote
President George W. Bush Invited
"The world has been reluctant to acknowledge the horrors of Communism... Now at last they will be memorialized." - Washington Times
The Victims of Communism Memorial will be dedicated on Tuesday morning, June 12, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Rep. Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will give the keynote address while Rep. Dana Rohrabacher will deliver remarks. President George W. Bush has also been invited to speak. A crowd of 1,000 including Congressional leaders, members of the diplomatic corps, ethnic leaders, foreign dignitaries, and Memorial supporters, is expected to attend the historic event.
The dedication will take place at the Memorial site at the intersection of Massachusetts Ave., N.W., New Jersey Ave., N.W., and G St., N.W., two blocks from Union Station and within view of the U.S. Capitol. A reception will follow the ceremony.
The day's activities will conclude with a gala dinner at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, at which a Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom will be presented to William F. Buckley, Jr., and the late Senator Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson. Senator Joe Lieberman will present the Medal of Freedom to Senator Jackson's daughter, Anna Marie Laurence.
To make reservations for the day's events and for further information, please contact [name deleted] at [contact information deleted].
June 12 will be an historic day for the victims of communism and for those who love liberty. We hope to see you there!
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Copyright 2007
Don't hold your breath. The handouts that communists and socialists promise are far too tempting, and those who have taken advantage of those already in place have allowed themselves to become dependent upon them.
You know, this tinfoil hat just isn't making me any more liberal. I think it's time to retire it.


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According to Wikipedia world peace is an ideal of freedom, peace, and happiness among and within all nations and/or peoples. World peace is a Utopian idea of planetary non-violence by which nations willingly cooperate, either voluntarily or by virtue of a system of governance that prevents warfare. Although the term is sometimes used to refer to a cessation of all hostility among all individuals, world peace more commonly refers to a permanent end to global and regional wars with future conflicts resolved through nonviolent means.
Surrounding the anniversary of the 9/11 event there have been many debates about terrorism, violence and other atrocities, and how we ever can get away with it. I believe that many people have good intentions, and even the politicians have peace as a noble goal.
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Jewish-German-Swiss-Austrian-American Physicist.
The problem is that war (opposite of peace) was not created on the physical plane. The consciousness that created war was that of jealousy, anger, conflict and fear. Unless we can overcome these negative emotions we will never be able to create peace on earth.
It started with the spiritual fall of Eve and her premature unity with Adam. Rather than becoming mature first, our first human ancestors disobeyed God and never reached their full potential of heart. This immaturity became more complicated and magnified over the ages where greed, hatred, control over land and people took center stage, rather than spiritual growth and responsibility. It is crucial for all women to recognize their position and let go of guilt and inferiority, and for men to practice forgiveness and allow women to take their proper place in the home. It doesn't help us at all to blame and accuse each other for past mistake (which we inherited from our ancestors). Rather, we have to learn to create love, and gratitude, within ourselves as individuals and on that base create unity within the family with mutual respect and accepting each other for who we are in the sight of God, our creator. God doesn't judge us for our past; he has only grace and mercy for all of us.
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
Holy Bible ~~ John 14:27
I am sure that I am not he only one who can see a solution for peace but it is not a matter of peace talks, or world leaders deciding how to make it right. Let's face it, we are a blame society. And that's just within one country. We all know that blaming the other person just doesn't work. With some heartistic (including our heart to make decisions) awareness and taking responsibility, to apply the principles of peace which are love, gratitude, kindness, tolerance and forgiveness, we all can make a difference in our everyday life, after all, peace is a state of mind, not something which can be achieved. For more heart-centered living and to discover your heart's intelligence, check out: http://www.heartmath.org/.
Maybe you have heard of the 100th monkey phenomena.After a certain number of monkeys (not exactly 100, but it's hard to pinpoint) had learned to wash their potatoes in the stream, the researchers began to see monkeys on other islands who had no communication with the original batch of monkeys begin to wash their potatoes before eating.
The story goes like this: The 100th monkey principle stems from the story about the Japanese Islands, where researchers saw one very talented and brilliant young female (imagine that) monkey who learned how to wash the sand off her sweet potatoes, and then she taught it to her young.
The story goes like this: The 100th monkey principle stems from the story about the Japanese Islands, where researchers saw one very talented and brilliant young female (imagine that) monkey who learned how to wash the sand off her sweet potatoes, and then she taught it to her young.
There is a theory that after so many people learn a concept, that it is embedded in the morphogenetic field, a level of Universal Consciousness above our perception, but available to all of us. Once that knowledge is in the M(onkey) field, it becomes "Common Knowledge" and no longer has to be struggled with. It's just "known" They call it the "100th Monkey" principle.
It may not be exactly 100 monkeys, but the principle remains the same. If there is only a limited amount of people aware of such an activity than nothing will happen. Once a certain critical mass has been reached, this awareness can be picked up by almost anyone.
"By applying proven technologies of the Unified Field to all areas of society, we can eradicate violence, disease, and poverty" — Dr. John Hagelin
John Hagelin, PhD, is the Director of Science, Technology and Public Policy at Maharishi University of Management, and Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace. He is also the Founder of the United States Peace Government.
There are many individuals who are promoting peace today. I found one website which suggests a Peace Day on November 17.
Here is a web page with all kinds of interesting information where you can register peace events: http://www.worldpeacenewsletter.com/.
Here is a link to the Middle East Peace Initiative: dealing mostly with the Middle East issues; and the link to the World Peace Day 2010.
When a person chooses to live in integrity, he is at peace with his own heart and mind.
More than depending on an organization we all can be the 100th monkey who can take the initiative to create peace. Because peace starts on the internal level, we all can be peacemakers. If we can teach our children peace principles they will grow up to be adults who are tolerant, kind and respectful to others. We have to check ourselves constantly to detect resentment, anger, and hostility and let go of these kinds of negative emotions. If terrorism is an issue, we have to consider our own inner fears of judgment and criticism of others.
The lesson for all of us to learn here on earth is to love, pure and simple. We are here to learn to love, starting in the family, in an unconditional way. This can easily translate into loving all people, disregarding of their religion, country, or ethnic background. I believe it's really one of the most important reasons we are here on this earth; to learn to develop this kind of love.
What we are really looking for is the primary shift of consciousness that more and more people will become aware of this new reality and its heart-centered values.
Is this what some of us are expecting to happen in 2012?


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Remove outliers from a vector based on Peirces criterion. Method follows the original technique in the paper by Gould below.
PeirceGould(v, m = 1)
Calculates R, the maximum allowable absolute error for a value in the vector, and removes those values exceeding this value.
m, the 'number of unknown quantities', may be treated as degrees of freedom of the system of observations, or the number of independent processes giving rise to errors.
For practical purposes m should generally be restricted to 1.
For efficiency,
Peirce is preferred.
A numeric vector, with outliers removed; ordered by value of absolute error.
Gould BA (1855). On Peirce's Criterion for the Rejection of Doubtful Observations, with tables for facilitating its application. Astronomical Journal, 4(83), 81(87)
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aliens exist. We are caught in an
Endless Recursion of time.
Kyon-kun, denwa!note Ugh...
—Highwind Most bored Haruhi
Speak not unto her the Truth:
She is Lord and God
—Whitewings Her name: Haruhi.
Undisputed Queen of Tropes.
Bit of a Jerk Ass.
"Stupid Kyon! Do it right now!"
All's right with the world.
—EarthScorpion I want some smoked cheese,
"You ate it all, didn't you?"
I wimper, "Nyoron." note Yuki plays H-Games?
It's always the quiet ones.
* Sigh*, give her headphones. Universal love
Then came the arc "Endless Eight"
Now the haters cheer. The Movie appears
It is all now forgiven
Even Endless Eight. Nothing makes sense but
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I can't believe it's almost the end of October. Soon it will be the end of the year. Time really flies by but lets not think too far in advanced. I've found a couple ideas to try on the spookiest day of the year.
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I've disabled the PING health monitor, but if I run tcpdump, I see that Stingray is still sending ICMP pings to my back-end nodes. What's going on?
Go to Solution.
This is expected behavior; it's a consequence of the connectivity ( Feature Brief: Clustering and Fault Tolerance in Stingray Traffic Manager) performed by each traffic manager to verify that it is operating correctly:
Stingray will attempt to ping its front-end gateway to verify it has external connectivity, and it will attempt to ping some of the back-end nodes; as long as it can ping both the gateway and at least one active node, it will manage traffic normally.
If one of the two tests fails, Stingray will conclude that it has lost network connectivity and it will voluntarily drop any traffic IP addresses or traffic shares. It will also broadcast a 'failed' status in the internal health status messages so that its peers in the cluster know that it has dropped its traffic ip addresses and shares.
You can change or disable the front-end 'gateway' test by configuring an alternative IP address to ping (see the global setting 'flipper!frontend_check_addrs').
You cannot disable the back-end node test, but if none of your nodes are able to respond to ping requests, then you can create a dummy pool that contains a node on localhost (127.0.0.1) - this local IP address should always respond to pings.
Note that if you do disable or work around these connectivity tests, then the Stingray device will be unable to detect front-end or back-end network failures and initiate a failover to a working machine.


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Same thing. Test is test.
I was watching showtime and there was a girl who turned into a man. He did it with out surgery accept maby breast I don't know. He said he has to get testosterone injections almost everyday. How is that testosterone different from steroids. Is he injecting 1test or just regular testosterone? How would that effect a normal male?
Same thing. Test is test.
if someone would use it for bodybuilding purposes would it have a great deal of effect or would they have to use a lot of it?


text: What the Brits, Afghanis, and USA do have in common is: "Foreigners Out Of Afghanistan in 2010." "Out of Afghanistan in 2010." Gordon Brown: London summit to decide end game in Afghanistan - Telegraph Gordon Brown is otherwise famous for discussing the concept of "credit," at the Davos meeting, earlier on in the year. Still, the former U. S. Colonials: Would Not Attend, and not because they had already heard enough about it! Uncle Sam Lee was still on board. President Obama, later in the year, would travel to Asia to meet with the newer concept, "Uncle Sam Lee:" Just possibly to try to calm the new lenders, propping up the U. S. federal government support of the "credit market(?)". In fact, it almost seems like, "Only yesterday," another concept that the West Wing Likes, from a Trajectory Time that caused the whole mess. The "Great Spirit of Entrepreneurship," has earned the disgrace it deserves. From an earlier time, Bush would eventually leave for the Ranch, and the borrowing binge, originally caused by the Reagan Trajectory, would get well underway again--mainly in the name of Iraq. That was in name only. The Ivy League educated, mortgage bankers: Would even go further with the same Trajectory: Claiming they were making viable loans, just like the Pentagon was enaged in a viable military strategy. The first was apparently Afghanistan(?), where the Taliban were put on the run(?). The second was apparently in Iraq, wherein internal stability would be replaced with near Civil War(?). Uncle Sam Lee was eventually tapped: To pay for it all(?), including the mortgage banking(?). And so there will finally be a likely meeting In London, at last. Al Qaeda is gone, which the Taliban would just as likely have done in on their own--eight years ago, at their own expense. Mainly, the Asians are now left holding, "Change You Can Believe In," created by the GOP! "Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!" (What anyone learns from two Bush Family Presidencies? Clearly Two Wrongs can't get it right, especially given the basis Trajectory!)


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Windham officials hope levy will lift village
Tom Prusha
WINDHAM - Many of the village residents are perfectly happy with where they live.
"This is a delightful community. Many of us chose to live here. We have a lot of terrific people. I personally wouldn't choose to live anywhere else," said Councilwoman Marian Garrett.
This happiness exists in spite of the village's deep financial problems which trace back to the early 1940s. That's when the U.S. government built the Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant which took about a third of Windham Township, effectively stopping all development to the south.
As part of that construction, the government built apartment buildings to house arsenal workers.
"This was a good place to come and live. It had a waiting list," said Mayor Jesse Starkey.
After World War II many ex-military people came to live in the government projects, Maple Grove Park, and attend Kent State University on the G.I. Bill. Others worked at the arsenal.
"People couldn't find housing during the war years. People living in Windham worked in Warren, Newton Falls, Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland," said Garrett.
Council President C. James Moore said one of the ironies is that the government brought its projects into a small rural community in the 1940s and then sold them.
"They washed their hands and never looked upon the impact of what they did for the community," he said.
The difference is that in the 40's, there was no expectation of the government to look upon the impact of the community. Instead of worrying about the possible bad effecs, the community was more concerned about their day to day lives. Surely people recognize that the comraderie of community is lost on our village today.
The buyer was the Philnat Corporation.
And thus the true problem begins. Mismanagement of owned properties by private owners.
"Philnat allowed the projects to deteriorate and it was sold to private owners in the early to mid-1950s," Garrett said. "There are now many individual apartment owners. The government no longer owns this."
Is this a condemnation of the government for selling the project homes? I'd likely be complaining more if they still owned them. The government has a *stellar* record when it comes to management of anything in the private sector.
Yes, that was sarcastic.
"We all care about our community. We prefer to take positive attitudes and hope and pray that the levy will pass," she said.
The levy, Issue 21, asks for approval of a half percent income tax increase. If approved, the measure would generate about $110,000 annually
for the village, which would be used to maintain services at the current level.
"Right now we are in a pinch. Our police officers should be training. There are a lot of places this levy will help," Starkey said. "We need a new one-ton dump truck. If we have to repair a water break, our only truck is set up for snow plow. We have to rent one."
Umm, huh?
"You can't spend what you don't have," he said.
Village services remain bogged down by Maple Grove Park.
Wait, I just realized the Maple Grove Park is the official name for the projects! See, you do learn something new every day.
"We figure we house 27 percent of Portage County's poverty and that is ridiculous," Garrett said. "Windham has more police calls than any other village in Portage County and 96 percent of the calls come from the projects."
So it really seems that we don't necessarily have a village problem. We have a Maple Grove Park problem. Perhaps our solutions should be directed in that area.
The village has long-range plans and ideas which will officials hope will ease the financial crises.
Zoning has been changed to prohibit rebuilding the apartment buildings in Maple Grove Park.
"We changed the zoning from multi-family and as they come down, they can be replaced only by single-family dwellings. That's a move to correct the situation and it will take a long time to do that," Moore said.
Village officials are hoping that an industrial park could be built.
But there are problems. Most of the available property is individually owned and is not served with water and sewers.
"We currently have one property owner who has acreage with the services," Moore said.
The village is in a good location for such an industrial park.
"We offer easy access to the turnpike, about 10 minutes to the east on S.R. 5, and 10 minutes to the west at S.R. 44.
The fight against the village's poor finances is united.
"We seem to be working as a team all the way," said Starkey.
"And we all care about our community. We prefer to take positive attitudes and hope and pray that the levy will pass," Garrett said.
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Monday, July 22nd
Hi, my name is Elli Blue. They say I'm a regular teenage girl with my regular teenage needs and my regular teenage interests. I like pop stars, bubble gums and I like romantic movies. My parents Doris and Leander moved into Sunset Valley because of a conflict with my uncle and my grandfather. Fled from my past, I landed in this strange, though interesting town.
When we were unpacking, someone called at the door. I looked out of the window of the door and I saw a girl, a bit older than me. She looked nice and I asked her if she wanted to come in.
"Hi", I said.
"Hi", she said back, "my name is River McIrish, I live her across the street. I saw that this house is finally inhabited and uhm… I just wanted to come out! It's a beautiful summer day today!"
"Well, how nice of you", I said, "shall we take a walk? I'm a bit tired of all that unpacking."
"Allright, I'll take you to the beach! It's one of my favourite places around, and it's a beautiful, sunny day which makes it perfect to hang out on the beach."
Then we left the house off to the beach. She was very nice to me, but… she seemed a little strange. I asked her a few questions:
"So, do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"Nope, I don't even have a father. My mom's a famous journalist, she comes on TV a lot, you should watch tonight, there has been an accident this morning at Maywood Glen and she was the reporter. My mom had a difficult youth and now her and my life are under control. Well, they were…"
"It must have been two years ago, my mother's best friend Molly French was at the door. She stood there in terrible tears, carrying a baby. I called my mother. She asked her to come in. We both sat in the living room listening to her story: "He's left", she said in tears. My mother tried to console her and after five minutes she felt strong enough to tell: "We were so happy. We loved each other, we partied together, we drunk together, and then… I got pregnant. He relied me and he said he was fine. And I showed him our little Sandi, and he was gone!". Tears streamed down her face. And now that slob lives with her annoying baby. She goes out every night and at 1 PM, she comes out of her bed to go to work. So actually we have to take care of Sandi."
"Oh gosh, what terrible. I think I know why you wanted to spend your Sathurday somewhere else."
"Well, I have a friend in town, Claire Ursine. She's almost 30 years old, but we understand each other, her heart was also broken…"
"What do you mean also broken?"
"Well, Molly's heart was broken and unfortunately I have to live under the same roof with that b****."
"All right, all right. So Claire, what was her problem?"
"Well, she is attending a baby with Jared Frio, an insensible jerk. He heard she was pregnant and he knew they would have come serious, so he left."
"What a pretty little town up here."
"Well, there are very fortunate people here too. Why don't you join us at the diner Wednesday? I'll introduce you to some of the friends of our age."
"Sounds like fun!"
So, I made my first move to be a social butterfly around town and that makes me quite proud at myself. We lied at the beach for a couple of hours and we chit-chatted for a little while. I told her about my life so far and she told me she's graduating soon and she would like to be a famous artist later on. Everyone in the village has its own interesting story, and I think there are still a lot to discover.
I went back home and we had dinner in silence. The feel has been like that for a few months and now I'm getting used to it. Our house is getting liveable again and tonight I first slept in my own bedroom. Full of curiosity for what the next day will bring and processing all the stories River told me, I went to bed.


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Two Wisconsin grocers are clashing in court over logos.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Metcalfe, Inc., which runs two supermarkets in the Madison area and one in Wauwatosa, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Festmark Inc., which does business as Festival Foods. The lawsuit contends that both Metcalfe and Festmark have been using logos shaped like road signs to indicate locally grown foods. The lawsuit alleges Metcalfe Festmark copied its concept for the logos, amounting to trademark infringement.
The lawsuit asks a judge to block Festmark's use of the logos and pay Metcalfe unspecified damages.
Festival Community Involvement Director Brian Stenzel said Friday the company believes the lawsuit lacks any merit.


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Live updates
- ITV Report
Bridge closed after workers cut into pipe
Village bridge to remain closed for four weeks
Villagers near Cockermouth are facing a fifteen minute detour to get to the other side of their only bridge, after workers cut into a gas pipe.
The main road in and out of Great Broughton will be shut for four weeks.
Man tries to abduct girl, 9, in Cumbria
Police are appealing for information after a man tried to abduct a 9-year-old girl in a small Cumbrian village.
On Wednesday 20 January, between 4:45pm and 5pm, he approached the girl, who was playing outside her home address in Great Broughton.
The man engaged in a brief conversation with her, before grabbing hold of her hand and trying to pull her away.
He was, however, disturbed, and left the scene in a Blue van.
He is described as in his 50s, with short brown hair, wearing a black leather jacket and blue denim jeans.
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Q: The SARS
directive for municipalities is specific that VAT is zero-rated, however landlords
now claim that VAT is applicable when they charge their tenants assessment rates.
Is this correct?
A: Municipalities
are vendors and therefore make taxable supplies. It is true that a "municipal rate" (as
defined in section 1(1) of the Value-Added Tax Act) levied on "rateable
property" of an "owner" is zero rated – refer to section 11(2)(w).
The supply of the service is therefore by the municipality
to the owner of the property and not to the tenant. If the landlord then
"on-charges" this (the municipal rate) to the tenant, output tax must be levied
at 14% (section 7(1)(a)). In other words, the landlord is not making the zero-rated
supply. The landlord is really only
making one supply and the fact that an amount is separately billed and termed a
recovery of rates does not change this.
If other municipal charges are recovered the value-added tax
consequences would depend on whether or not the landlord acts as an agent for
the tenant. In that instance the
recovery would be tax neutral in the hands of the landlord.
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If anyone has been paying attention, I am sure you have noticed the discussion about the current gold market and its sky rocketing prices. In the past few months gold has been reaching record heights of over $1250 and ounce. There are many factors at play that have caused this rise in the market. The gold market is tied into the global economy and money supply. It is in demand as a luxury item,
industrial material, and as an investment. Supply is affected by mining production and the rate that recycled gold reenters the market. The market can be volatile and predictions range as to what the gold market will do next; however, many experts are predicting that gold will continue to rise to even greater heights in the next 5 to to 10 years.
The first explanation as to the current state of the gold market lies with gold's positive correlation to an increased global money supply and our current global economic situation. There are two situations that can cause an increase in monetary supply and both can result in an increase in gold prices. An increase in monetary supply can occur as a result of economic growth. Increased general wealth means that there is more disposable income to be spent on luxury items such as jewelry and gold causing a greater demand for these products. The second scenario is more closely matched to the one we currently find ourselves. If there is increased money supplies and little to no economic growth, this causes fears of inflation and causes investors to find safety by investing in hard assets. Since 2007 we have been in the midst of an economic downturn in the United States and worldwide. The most recent financial crisis occurred in Europe where the European Union approved an unprecedented $1 trillion dollar loan package for emergency loans, bail outs, and IMF support. As the euro fell 12% against the USD, the global stock market took a big hit. In the wake of this economic melt down, governments across the globe have instituted policies to soften the economic blow and to attempt to create some recovery. One of these strategies is quantitative easing. This is a monetary policy that is used to increase money supplies and therefore stimulate a stagnant economy. Central Banks purchase assets from financial institutions using money that they have ultimately, created out of nothing. This strategy has the potential to backfire by devaluing currency and causing inflation. As the global money supply increases with little economic growth, fears of inflation increase causing investors to turn to hard assets, such as gold, to protect their wealth. People are seeking the safety of gold in a market where currencies are falling and fluctuating. This has caused the gold market in Europe to take off. It looks as though gold is benefiting, as it represents some stability to investors in an unstable market.
It is impossible to look at the gold market with out taking on a global perspective because, the global demand for gold is very diverse. Over that past 5 years, the largest global demand for gold came from jewelry and more than 50% of this demand came from India, China, Turkey, and the Middle East. Demand for investments only accounts for about 20% of demand coming mostly from India, Europe, and the United States and only 12% of demand comes from industrial needs, mostly from Japan. To understand the gold market fully it is important to look at the global influences. Since the gold jewelry market creates the largest demand, we will look briefly at what influences are at play. Jewelry demand tends to fluctuate seasonally brought on by various holidays and celebrations around the world. The fourth quarter usually results in the highest gold jewelry demand. This is caused by the occurrence of end of the year celebrations, Christmas, and Diwali. The 1st quarter usually lends the second highest demand due to the Chinese New Year, National Day, Valentine's Day, and the Italian Wedding Season. India has the largest market for gold jewelry with the U.S coming in second. Jewelry demand is also expected to stay strong in China and India in the coming years
Another factor affecting the fluctuations of the gold market is supply. Gold can be mined from every continent on Earth except for Antarctica where it is prohibited. In the past several years mining output has leveled off and supplies have actually fallen in 5 of the last 8 years. This is due to a decrease in spending and exploration. With investments increasing and jewelry consumption expected to jump 19% this year, it is a simple situation of supply and demand. Demand has been increasing while supply has been staying relatively constant. In addition to new production driven by mining, much of the gold in circulation comes from recycled gold. Recycled or scrap gold plays an important role in the gold market and represents approximately 1/4 of the gold supply. Since gold is virtually indestructible, in theory, all of the gold ever mined still exists today. Recycled gold comes mostly from jewelry and only applies to jewelry that has been melted down refined and turned back to gold bars. Because the gold price has risen so high, imports have decreased in some areas making recycled gold an important addition to keep up the flow of supplies.
Because of the increases in the current gold market, many people have decided that now is a good time to sell. Gold prices have reached all time highs over the past several months due to numerous factors including the current global economic situation and the increase in global monetary supply. Many people who are in need of extra income in a rough economic time, are turning to their own gold possessions and are thinking about selling. With prices higher than they have ever been, and for those who don't want to risk a possible down turn in the future market, now is the perfect time to sell (granted one has done their research and has found a reputable company to sell to). Predictions as to how far this current market will rise are wide spread. Some are unsure how much further the market can push before reaching its ceiling while others predict that among this economic uncertainty, that gold will continue to $2,000 an ounce or higher. Either way it seems that things are bright for gold right now whether you are buying or selling and with a market that is influenced by such a wide variety of factor in a changing global market it is hard to tell where the gold future lies.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Understanding the Gold Market
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I was listening to the Today programme this morning and was amazed to hear a serious discussion about whether mums were getting too uppity about their rights to push prams on pavements or take them onto buses. The argument seemed to be that modern prams are the Humvees of the sidewalk. I can't say I agree ... and it made me wonder what this says about our society's attitudes to babies and children.
I heard this piece as I was on my way to a meeting with students from around the country. When we got on to the topic of antisocial behaviour it was obvious they felt very strongly about the demonisation of young people - and that's also been my experience talking to sixth-formers during my City Summits around the country.
These students wanted more protection against antisocial behaviour - as they were far more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators.
The demographics of our society are really shifting - the ratio of older to younger people is rising. Surely we can get older without condemning all young people - or seeing babies and toddlers as an annoyance?


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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- For the past two-plus years, super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute has gone about his business as the outsider. While six of the top 168-pounders -- eight when you include the two replacements -- were duking it out in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, Bute was on the outside longingly looking in.
Bute was clearly one of the top fighters in the division when former Showtime boxing chief Ken Hershman, who masterminded the tournament, declined to invite him to participate. That incorrect decision was a double-whammy for Bute. Not only was he left out of a tournament he obviously belonged in, but with so many of the division's top fighters tied up in the event, Bute's field of attractive opponents became that much smaller.
So Bute made do with the opponents available. He defended his title six times during the course of the tournament, winning five bouts by knockout, as he defeated Librado Andrade (for the second time), Edison Miranda, Jesse Brinkley, Brian Magee, Jean Paul Mendy and Super Six replacement Glen Johnson, who was eliminated in the semifinals. That's a good, but hardly stellar, group.
But before the Super Six finally concluded Saturday night, with Andre Ward dominating Carl Froch to unify a pair of belts and claim the pure silver cup, Bute (30-0, 24 KOs) said he felt like it was Christmas and New Year's Eve all wrapped into one because, with the tournament finally ending, he and promoter Jean Bedard could finally be free to pursue a fight with the winner, which would obviously be the biggest fight in the division.
Bute and Bedard, who met with a handful of boxing media a few hours before the final, made it clear that their priority was the winner. The main reason Bute signed with Showtime in late 2010 was to position himself to face the winner, who is also tied to the network.
"I am ready to fight the winner," said Bute, a native of Romania based in Montreal, in his ever-improving English. "If Carl Froch wins, I'm ready to fight in Nottingham [England] to make this fight happen. And if it's Ward, I can go to Oakland."
Bute is a major draw in Montreal and Quebec City, so the money flows because his gates are so large. But he wants to fight in the United States, even if it means taking less money.
"I fought in Montreal only because I sold 15,000, 16,000 tickets and I receive no offer from any fighters to fight outside of Montreal or Quebec City," Bute said. "It's not because I don't want to fight outside [of Canada]."
Interbox's Bedard said Bute is willing to go on the road to boost his profile.
"What we want in 2012 is to have the best fights," Bedard said. "The Super Six was a great tournament, but for us, we were not invited. So we had to get the guys who were ready to come to fight Lucian. Lucian knows we draw a lot of people in Montreal or Quebec City, but he's ready to take a step back in terms of money to have the possibility to fight these guys in a neutral place like New York or Vegas, or even go to Nottingham or Oakland. We are open to all the scenarios to try to make it happen."
Sadly, it doesn't seem like Bute or boxing fans will get the fight they want. Ward showed little interest in Bute at his postfight media conference after his masterpiece against Froch. Sure, Ward earned the right to do what he wants after such a tough road in the Super Six, but it's still disappointing to hear.
"To be perfectly honest, no disrespect to Bute and his team, but they've sat back and they've fought B-level and C-level guys and he did what he was supposed to do," said Ward, failing to grasp that Bute wasn't invited to the Super Six and had no A-level opponents available to him. "He stopped them and he's gotten them out of there. But he's just been sitting back, waiting, while we've been fighting for the past two and a half years against top-level competition.
"So I don't have to go to Lucian Bute right now," Ward said. "We're going to sit back and I'm going to rest and we'll see what's next. I'm open for a Mikkel Kessler clash. I would love to get that rematch and settle that score, since he feels like it wasn't a legitimate victory [in the opening round of the tournament]. Going up to light heavyweight for the right fight -- not to campaign up there, but for the right fight -- is an option. So we've just got to sit back and see what makes sense. I think I earned the right to pick the right fight for the right price."
Rather than talk up a fight with Bute, Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) instead tried to play matchmaker, suggesting that Bute face the vanquished Froch, who has trash-talked Bute and riled up his Canadian fans over the past few years.
"That's a tremendous fight for Carl because I know Carl doesn't like Bute," Ward said. "To be perfectly honest, I think Bute has to beat somebody. I'm just gonna be frank with you: He has to beat somebody, an A-level guy, to get a shot. We'll sit back and talk as a team, but off the top of my head, he has to beat somebody. You can't sit back and just take your time while everyone else is working hard and you come in and get the same pay that everyone else gets. It don't work like that. This is a sport, but we also use our brains for business, and we'll sit down and make a solid business decision."
During the earlier session with the media, Bedard seemed to already know this was what Ward would say after the fight.
"I think it will be tougher to make a fight with Ward instead of Froch," Bedard said a few hours before the fight. "I think there is more of a story regarding Froch in Canada -- but you never know. For our fans in Canada, Froch has been talking against Lucian for the past five years, so it's a very easy fight to promote for us."
As it turns out, just a few days removed from Froch's loss there is already talk of a two-fight deal between Froch and Bute, with one bout taking place in England and one in Canada.
Still, Bute held out hope that he would get Ward.
"Priority is to fight the winner because I want to unify the titles," Bute said.
Another option brought up was for Bute to move up a few pounds and see if light heavyweight champ Bernard Hopkins would drop a few pounds to meet at a catchweight of 171 pounds. Hopkins has often mentioned Bute as a potential opponent, although given that Hopkins is with HBO and Bute with Showtime, that could be dicey. But Hopkins does have a big name in Quebec after his draw with Jean Pascal in Quebec City last December and his victory in the rematch in May in Montreal to become, at 46, the oldest fighter to win a world title.
"Hopkins still has a belt and a story in Montreal and could help me be more exposed in the United States, so that could be a good option, a good Plan B," Bute said. "We want to be recognized in the United States, and if the two guys [Ward and Froch] don't want to fight us, Hopkins would be a good option."
Showtime's priority, however, is the same as that of many boxing fans: to see Ward face Bute. New Showtime Sports chief Stephen Espinoza, who replaced Hershman when he left for a similar gig at HBO Sports that begins next month, made that very clear.
"That is the natural fight and something I'm prepared to turn the heat up and put [on] pressure to make it happen," he said.
So let's all hope for Ward-Bute, but realize that it is seemingly unlikely for the time being.
Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter @danrafaelespn.


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Thanks and I will be the first to admit I am not the brightest bulb in the box, With Edit Pro 14 waves tune monitors perfectly, corrects pitch and what you hear out of the monitors is great. While playing I get an error message in the scanning part of Waves Tune at the top that says Rewire link cannot be established please check you settings. In my plugin chooser and everywhere else I look I cannot find anything titled or associated with Rewire. Except the installer which I ran 3 times but still could find anything that has to do with Rewire. When I burn a cd the pitch correction does not transfer to the cd. When I render to another track the pitch correction does not render to the new track. Not sure what else to try. Others here tell me Waves Tune will not work in Edit Pro 14. At least to burn to cd or render. Waves website does not list Vegas as a supported DAW, I'm not sure what else to try. I would be a really really happy guy if it worked, burned and rendered.
Ah, ok. I see how the two might appear to be related.
For what it's worth, my instances of Waves Tune always say "rewire link cannot be established".
It simply means if I navigate around the timeline in Waves Tune, Protools will not follow it.
There are other implications, but all related that that basic idea.
If you're familiar with Vegas/Movie Studio, then Reaper will be second nature to you. Reaper was initially designed with Vegas as an inspiration. So the basic editing and behavior is really similar between the two.
I've gotta wonder what's going on with that VST. I use Waves L1 and L2 on audio tracks and the master bus in Movie Studio Platinum 13. It kills my computer's audio performance, but it does work and render with the effects applied. I just have to do that step last, because I can't stand listening to the audio constantly glitch, pop, crackle all the while.
Meanwhile, Sony and now Magix seem oblivious to these complaints, and just released version 14...with the exact same problems.
So you've tried to render to a CD, and bouncing/rendering a new track. what happens if you render the video to disk (hard drive, not compact disc)? Also, what audio and video format are you using?
I have burned to disc, no, waves tune, I have rendered to a new track , no waves tune, There is no video this is just an audio recording. The format is whatever they use for redbook cd, 16 bit 44.1k, and the track renders are what ever my Edit pro defaults are for that process everything else is there but no pitch correction and the vocal timing is a little off with the music.
If you're just doing audio, grab reaper and don't look back. Vegas isn't all that great for audio, and reaper works very similarly.
Got Reaper, have played with it for about a month and it is going well , Got Waves Tune working, I'm not sure it does as good a job as Antares when playing pack on the fly but the way it scans and allows you to fix bad notes with the curser tools is pretty cool. I imagine Antares does that too I just never used that part of it. As with all things there are a few do's and don'ts you need to learn to keep from screwing things up but that is to be expected. Like once you have scanned and tuned a vocal or section up , do not move it on the timeline. It will try to apply the same corrections to the original time placement. In other words the corrections do not move with the audio event. However if yo have to move a vocal or section you can re-scan just that section and re-tune it. If it is the entire song you can do that as well.
Little tip for you - maybe it's obvious but it took a while for me to realise.
If you have a session that exceeds the maximum allowed length in wavestune, just insert a second wavesTune, go to the point in the session where 'out of bounds' starts, then in waves tune there's an option to 'acquire start from timeline', or something like that.
That way when the first plug runs out of bounds, the second kicks in.
Bit of a faff, but easier than moving stuff into bounds, tuning, bouncing, and moving back.
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Yesterday Maya Angelou passed away and it made me think about being a writer. One of my favorite quotes of hers states, "You can't use up creativity the more you use, the more you have," and I could not agree more. I write Young Adults Fiction, apparently. I never thought about genre or labels until I had self-published my first book and had to know how/who to market it. But as a writer I don't sit down and think okay let's write some YA with some action/adventure and possibly a touch of paranormal romance . No the reality of what occurs is, the uncontrollable urge to write suddenly consumes me and no matter what I'm doing bits and pieces of a story being to appear.
Sometimes I'm blessed with a full plot but not usually. Most of the time it's an expression or a mannerism that later develops into a character. Sometimes it's just a feeling. A feeling that later becomes a reoccurring theme or the tone of the entire novel. The point is, writing is hard but more than that it is a naturally occurring thing that I know, at least for me, can't just turn on or off.
Luckily writing my Masters thesis and having to crank out 20 page research papers has made me extremely familiar with deadlines in terms of writing assignments-it didn't however help with the creative aspect hence the dreaded writers block that so many of us encounter. So how do you get the creative juices flowing?
I have noticed the more I read the more I write and the more I write, the more I write. More characters fight for my attention and more stories fought to be told once one story is occupying my thoughts.
The issue then becomes-how do I add more hours to the day? Which all in all is a good problem to have.
The issue then becomes-how do I add more hours to the day? Which all in all is a good problem to have.
Happy Writing and Cheers to an amazing human being, Dr. Maya Angelou


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Injury-causing motorcycle accident occurs in New Jersey
Collisions between motorcycles and other vehicles can be a very serious matter. Such accidents can cause motorcyclists to get injured. Injuries suffered in such an accident can affect a motorcyclist's life in many ways.
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It is extremely important for motorists to not get behind the wheel when drunk. When drivers engage in drunk driving, they can be putting the safety of many people at risk. One type of individual whose safety can be put at risk when motorists drive drunk are pedestrians, as drunk driving can lead to car vs. pedestrian accidents.
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The improving global economy has given media executives confidence for fiscal improvement in 2014 -- a year that could be punctuated by mergers and acquisitions in the media and entertainment sectors, according to a new report.
Consulting firm Ernst & Young on Tuesday released its 9th Capital Confidence Barometer for the media and entertainment industry. The report -- a survey of senior executives of large media companies -- is intended to glean corporate concerns and boardroom trends.
The firm found that 68% of the executives surveyed were confident that the global economy was improving. That represented a dramatic increase from last year, when only a quarter of the executives expressed confidence in the economy.
The EY survey found that 13% of the executives said they would likely cut employees. But 55% said they intend to maintain the size of their current workforce.
About 32% of media executives said they expected to add to their workforce in the coming year. However, the executives acknowledged a greater emphasis on cost-control measures.
Two-thirds said they were under pressure to control costs. There was a "a greater focus on efficiency and cost control for their companies than a year ago," the report found.
Merger-and-acquisition activity is expected to rise. Nearly three-quarters of the executives predicted an uptick in deal-making. A quarter of the executives said they expected their company to pursue acquisitions in 2014.
An overwhelming majority -- 85% of those questioned -- said credit availability was stable or improving. That compared to 55% a year ago.
More than half said they planned to use cash on hand to finance deals. A quarter said they would likely tap debt markets and 18% said they intended to use equity as currency to make deals.
"Growing confidence in the global economy, a focus on investments in core products and services, and an improving transaction outlook all point to the potential for larger and more significant deals within the M&E industry," Tom Connolly, EY's global media & entertainment transaction advisory services leader, said in a statement.
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SudokuPDQ an extremely fast-paced sudoku environment. Didn't think that was coming, did you? No more lying around, relaxing, playing sudoku. No. This is a seriously fast-game that requires your utmost attention in order to win. The principal is simple. Get the highest score out of all the players in the game, and you win. Here's how it works. Each game consists of 5 rounds. Each round consists of 1 number to guess. That's right. Just one number. You have 20 seconds to find a number that fits. If you get it right, your left over time becomes your score. If you get it wrong, your score for that round is 0. At the end of the 5 rounds, the score is totalled and the player with the highest score wins. Also, each game requires financial input. Not real money, just in-game cash. At the end of the game, the winner takes all. Which bring me to the next point. The players. There can as little as two. Or as many as twelve. The game is very fast-paced, very intense and can become extremely competitive if played with people in the same room. But it doesn't have to be with the people you, feel free on play with anyone who is online. Just join any game you like and start playing!
SudokuPDQ is a very unique take on Sudoku, which I must say, I enjoyed very much. I don't mind conventional Sudoku once in a while, so a new spin on it was really exciting to witness. If you're a Sudoku player or would just like to try Sudoku for the first time, SudokuPDQ is a great alternative for anyone. It is a ton of fun and always has the practice option available if you're feeling 100% on your skills. After the practice, feel free to hit the game room and win some fake money! Or loose some, depends on how you're feeling that day.
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China and France reinforced their ties with new deals in nuclear power, aviation and ecological protection on Jan 29, with the two sides promising to reduce Beijing's widening trade gap with Paris.
The agreements, signed after Premier Li Keqiang met with visiting French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, will see the two countries join forces to design nuclear power stations and cooperate with maritime satellites. They will also jointly develop a wetlands park in North China's Shanxi province, in addition to other cooperation.
"Economic ties between China and France remain as the cornerstone of bilateral ties," Li said at a news conference after the meeting. "China is not purposely pursuing a trade surplus with France."
Trade volume between the countries reached $51 billion in 2012. That figure was reduced to $49.83 billion in 2013.
A multibillion-dollar trade deficit with China is seen in Paris as unsustainable. In the first 11 months of 2014, the China surplus accounted for nearly 40 percent of France's total trade deficit.
Li called for more cooperation between Beijing and Paris in nuclear power, aviation and high-speed railways, as well as in medical care, ecological protection and finance.
He urged France to lift restrictions on high-tech products exported to China and to offer an easier business environment for Chinese investors in France.
Valls, on his first visit to China as prime minister, said one important goal of China-France economic cooperation is to rebalance the large trade deficit, and he called for more access by China to French products and more Chinese investment in France.
"A single message for Chinese enterprises: France welcomes Chinese investment," Valls said at a media briefing after the meeting.
"As we commemorate the past, we are happy to build a brighter future," he said. "There are no real obstacles to further Sino-French cooperation."
Valls said France issued its first government debts denominated in yuan earlier on Jan 29, a move to push relations ahead on the financial front. Paris is one of a handful of European cities with a yuan clearing service.
Cai Fangbai, former Chinese ambassador to France, said China's links with the country had transcended the "simple buy-and-sell relationship".
He said France is looking forward to stronger economic ties with the world's second-largest economy to shake off a long-standing slow economy.
French economy has been stagnant for three years, as investment and job creation declined under a high tax burden. Its economy expanded 0.4 percent in 2014 and is expected to accelerate to 1 percent this year with lower oil prices and a cheaper euro.
As the world's top tourist destination, France has an ambitious goal to welcome 5 million Chinese visitors annually by 2020.
Before the meeting with Li, Valls visited an Airbus factory in Tianjin to kick off his three-day visit celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations.
Valls is expected to meet President Xi Jinping on Jan 30, before delivering a speech on competitiveness and reforms and visiting a Beijing exhibition of work by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, accompanied by Li. He will fly to Shanghai to meet Chinese and French businesspeople on Jan 31.


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The 20-year-old signed for Tony Pulis' side in January before being loaned back to Birmingham for the rest of the season, and he says that at this stage in his career he is looking to develop his skills and did not feel he would get enough games to do that with Chelsea or the Premier League champions.
"I had the chance to speak to Chelsea but I didn't feel like I needed to," Butland told The Times. "It's a fantastic club and it would be a great honor to play for them at some stage, but I've got a chance to join a club where I feel I can better develop my game and take it to the next level, which I didn't feel at some of the other clubs I rejected.
"I turned Manchester City down about a year ago. Again, I was flattered, but Joe Hart is their undisputed No. 1 and he was a main factor."
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People are often surprised to learn that Omaha, Nebraska, located on the western bank of the Missouri River, offers both visitors and residents a long menu of activities from which to select. The city of approximately half a million is the state's largest and interestingly boasts a large population of millionaires per capita.
Much of Omaha, Nebraska's nightlife seems revolves around food, drink, and live music. So if any of these appeal to you, and you're not already there, hit the road to Omaha!
The Omaha riverfront has experienced a revitalization with new riverfront paths, parks, and pedestrian bridges connecting downtown's Old Market area to Iowa just across the river. Old warehouses converted into trendy restaurants, art galleries, and upscale boutiques make up the 12-block neighborhood of Old Market bordered by South 10th Street on the east, 13th Street on the west, Farnam Street to the North, and Jackson Street to the South. Old Market is a popular nightlife destination thanks to some of Omaha's top restaurants and its charming brick streets and old architecture. Take a nighttime stroll in this area and you're likely to see outdoor entertainers dotting the streets.
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Term: August 28, 2017 – April 27, 2018
Background: The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working to make a positive impact for people and nature around the world in 69 countries, all 50 United States, major US cities and in your neighborhood. Founded in 1951, the mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. One of our core values is our commitment to diversity. Therefore, we are committed to a globally diverse and culturally competent workforce. Visit www.nature.org/aboutus to learn more.
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Duties: The Fire Management Technician will participate in preparing fire lines, maintaining equipment, post-burn monitoring and other tasks. As part of the incumbent's ongoing professional development, he/she will be responsible for keeping abreast of new burn techniques and equipment to enhance skills and maintain/grow professional fire certification credentials. In addition, they shall work to build and maintain relationships in the professional fire community and in the local community where the Conservancy works. This may include participation in fire activities in partnership with other non-profits, local fire departments, and local, state and federal agencies.
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Indian Army notifies the employment circular for the recruitment Lower Division Clerk and MTS for Records Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, Jabalpur (M.P.). Eligible and interested persons may apply through prescribed application format latest by 31st January 2017.
Highlights of Indian Army Recruitment 2017:-
Vacant Position Details – Indian Army Recruitment Notification is published for the following vacant post.
1. Lower Division Clerk
No. of Vacancy – 04 Posts
Educational Qualification – 12th class pass from recognized Board or University. Typing speed of 35 words per minute in English on computer or a typing speed of 30 words per minute in Hindi on computer (35 words per minute and 30 words per minute corresponding to 10500/9000 KDPH on average of 5 key depression for each word).
Age Limit – 18 to 25 Years as on 16th December 2016 (Relaxation in upper age limited for OBC/SC/ST/PH/Ex-servicemen as per Govt. of India rules)
Pay Scale – Rs 5200-20200/-, Grade Pay – Rs. 1900/-
No. of Vacancy – 01 Post
Educational Qualification – Matriculation from recognized Board or University.
Age Limit – 18 to 25 Years as on 16th December 2016 (Relaxation in upper age limited for OBC/SC/ST/PH/Ex-servicemen as per Govt. of India rules)
Pay Scale – Rs. 5200-20200/-, Grade Pay – Rs. 1800/-
Selection Procedure – Selection will be based on Written Test & Skill Test. .
How to Apply for Indian Army Recruitment 2017–
Interested and Eligible candidate can apply by sending his application along with requested data and self attested certificate copies to "OIC Records, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, PIN- 908774, c/o 56 APO" on Apply within 27 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in Employment News paper.
Important Dates for Indian Army Jobs –
Last Date for Submission of Application – 28th January 2017