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The integrated system of stretch-blow moulding, filling and capping featured by SMI ECOBLOC® K ERGON EV series combines the functions of an EBS K compact rotary stretch-blow moulder, of an electronic rotary filler and of a rotary capper.
The ECOBLOC® K ERGON integrated system stands out for:
SMI's ECOBLOC® K ERGON series models are the ideal solution for manufacturing, filling and capping PET, PEN and PP containers of many different sizes and shapes, from the simplest to the most complex and innovative. Combining stretch-blow moulding, filling and capping in one single machine offers major economic benefits:
All models are equipped with an innovative bottle transfer system, minimizing the risks of product contamination and increasing the machine's overall performance; ECOBLOC® K ERGON integrated systems can be employed in the bottling lines of the following products:
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1Preforms feeding
The preforms are transferred from the hopper to the unscrambler through a lifting belt; the unscrambler conveys them to an inclined guide, from where they reach the spacing star wheel at the heating module infeed, by gravitational fall. The star wheel feeds the rotary mandrel chain, through which the preforms are "captured" and let into the heating module.
2Preforms heating
Before entering the heating module, equipped with infrared lamps, each preform undergoes accurate checks, which detect its size and vertical position and automatically eliminate the preforms not compliant with the pre-set parameters. The preforms, supported by the mandrels, start moving along the heating module. During the heating process, the preforms constantly turn around themselves, so as to ensure an excellent and symmetrical heat distribution. The heating module is equipped with two different cooling systems: a liquid-fed cooling system, in order to cool the protection ring preventing the preforms thread deformation during the heating process; an air-fed cooling system, in order to keep the temperature inside the heating module as low as to avoid the exposure of the preforms outside walls to too high temperatures. At the heating module outlet, a sensor detects the preform temperature and compares it with the temperature set point; if the two values do not correspond, it increases or decreases the heating module lamps power.
3Empty bottles transfer
After being manufactured by the stretch-blow moulding machine of the EBS K ERGON, empty bottles are conveyed from the blower to the filler by "neck-handling" direct transfer through a starwheel-starwheel system. The star-wheel at the blowmoulder outlet is equipped with grippers electronically synchronised with the brackets of the starwheel at the filler inlet.
4Preforms stretch-blow moulding
A special rotary group of grippers picks up the preforms from the oven and sets them into the stretch-blowing stations. The stretch-blowing process includes two phases:
- stretching and pre-blowing, which occur simultaneously through the descent of the motorized stretching rod and the supply of low-pressure compressed air;
- final blowing with high-pressure compressed air, through which the containers take their final shape. A counter-pressure air system ensures the perfect locking of the moulds, whereas the mechanical locking of the mold-holders allows bearing the strengths generated by the stretch-blow moulding process with the maximum reliability. Also the stretch-blowing stations are equipped with a liquid-fed cooling system, which keeps the molds temperature constant.
5Electronic filling
A sensor detects the presence of the bottle at the filler inlet; the filling process starts only if a bottle is detected. The product to be bottled is fed from a small external tank to the filling valves by means of a pump or by gravity in the case of foam products. The filling process is electronic volumetric with magnetic flow-meters (EV models for conductive products) or electronic massic with mass meters based on the Coriolis' principle (EM models for nonconductive products). A flowmeter positioned upstream of each filling valve gauges the amount of product flowing through. The flow amount is gauged by pulses-counting: upon reaching the set amount of pulses for the current format, a signal is sent to the filling valve to be closed.
6Pick & place capping system
Full bottles are transferred to the capper by means of a star-wheel equipped with grippers. Caps are oriented in the correct position by a hopper-unscrambler standing outside the machine at an easy-access height, and are transferred to a pick & place device positioning the cap under the capping head, which moves downwards and applies the cap on the bottle.
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During the blowing process, an accurate measurement system checks that the process follows the pression profile required. In fact, a pressure drop would alter the container shape which would cause the automatic rejection of the container. The finished bottles are picked from the stretch-blowing stations by another rotary group of grippers and put onto an air conveyor which finally transfers them to the filling machines.
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Winters Hollow Nut Brown Tapping
Jan. 12th
McMenamins 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop
2290 NW Thurman St
Portland OR 97210
10 am
Come warm up with a pint of McMenamins latest seasonal, Winters Hollow Nut Brown. Prost!
Fillr Up Friday
Jan. 12th
Portland Brewing Co.
2730 NW 31st Ave,
Portland, OR 97210
11am - 7pm
EVERY FRIDAY Buy one growler fill & get a second fill free. Limit 2 free 64oz fills per person, some specialty beers excluded.
Cascade Sang Rouge 2015 Release
Jan. 12th
Barrel House, 939 SE Belmont St, Portland
The Lodge, 7424 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Portland
12 pm
We are incredibly excited to announce the release of Sang Rouge 2015 following a three-year absence! It will be available in bottle and draft on Friday, January 12 through our wholesaler network and at both of our Portland pubs. Sang Rouge is a blend of sour red ales aged in select red wine barrels and oak puncheons for up to 24 months. Highlighting the depth and complexity of our base red ale without the influence of additional fruits or spices, Sang Rouge serves as the foundation of our Sang series. This rare project features notes of roasted malts, dried currants, aged red wine and toasted oak.
Backcountry Festival Presented by Three Creeks Brewing Co.
Jan. 12th AND Jan. 13th
Hoodoo Ski & Recreation
27400 Big Lake Road
Sisters OR 97759
1 pm (F)/7:30am (S)
2018 BC Fest Itinerary: January 12-13, 2018
Backcountry Festival, presented by Three Creeks Brewing Company, returns to Hoodoo on Jan. 12-13 with a wide selection of 2018 all-terrain demo equipment on site. The event includes seminars Central Oregon Avalanche Association, beacon training from Corvallis Mountain Rescue, industry professionals, live music, a beer garden and a variety of races scheduled throughout the day. Trophies and prizes will be awarded to the top two male and female racers in each race. Blazin Saddles will have fleet of bikes on site to test on the terrain course in the. Kids can earn their Junior Ranger Snow Badge by participating in the four levels of winter science and wildlife.
Interactive displays on the snow will showcase the best backcountry hardgoods and accessories, while providing skiers and riders with critical safety information. Guests can also try out the latest models of fat bikes, skies, boots, bindings and lightweight goods.
Pack your snow tent and 800-fill sleeping bag and campout for two full nights of backcountry culture at its finest.
This is your chance to celebrate every form of human powered touring into the backcountry. Whether you ride, glide, slide, bike, run or walk into the backcountry, you wont want to miss BC Fest 2018.
Riverbend Brewing Can Release
Jan. 12th
The Bier Stein
1591 Willamette St
Eugene OR 97401
5 pm
In the next beer town over, Bend, Riverbend Brewing opened in 2013 and has built up quite a library of beer. Lately theyve gotten into the haze craze with canned releases like Berry the Hopetition. Now we get to present some of their freshest beers, with Hawaiian Crunk, Lifes a Peach and then you Die in cans and on tap, and Dream Team Hazy Pale and Indulgence Chocolate Porter nitro on tap. Meet the brewer and win some swag in a raffle!

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Stocks edge higher, pushing Dow near record
March 4, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing higher, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average near its record high.
The market overcame an early loss caused by new steps from China to rein in its booming housing market.
The Dow closed up 38 points at 14,127 Monday, a gain of 0.3 percent. The index is 37 points shy of its all-time high reached in October 2007.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose seven points, half a percent, to 1,525. The Nasdaq composite rose 12 points, or 0.4 percent, to 3,182.
Apple fell 2.4 percent to its lowest level in a year. Energy company Hess jumped 3.5 percent after saying it would sell its retail business.
More stocks rose than fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading volume was thin at 3.3 billion shares.


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Kink.com Owner Inoculating Against Piracy By Selling The Scarce
from the the-wrath-of-pron dept
But, as reader Flix alerts us, in the diverse population of pornographers, some of them do see the opportunities in the digital revolution. Such is the example of Peter Acworth (possibly NSFW, check your local listings), founder and CEO of Kink.com, who took part in a Reddit AMA. One of the first topics discussed was the impact of piracy on his business and what he plans to do about it.
Q: When its as easy as typing "the name of the movie" + torrent into google and getting at least a dozen sites that have the torrent. How do you deal with piracy of your videos?Note that he doesn't list off all the reasons why piracy is such a huge problem for him and his business. He just goes straight to how he's improving his business model to inoculate against piracy by supplying un-pirateable content, like live shows and connections/interactivity with models.
PA: Good question!! We are investing heavily in live and social aspects of our products and then integrating them together. I.e. in the future you will join divinebitches.com, and that gets you the material, but also live shows with models, interactivity on their blogs, etc.
This is CwF + RtB at its core. Moreover, assuming the content he's supplying is of a quality that his customers enjoy, it's unbeatable. Sure, you can pirate the films if you like, but you forgoe the rest of the product. It's a wonderful response to all the boobs (okay, that one I did on purpose) shouting "you can't compete with free!"
Of course you can. Sell the customers something scarce in a way that also connects with them.


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Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn; the sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Here is the original fabric relief illustration for the rhyme, Little Boy Blue, from my book, Pocketful of Posies. My work is first mounted on foam core board for the photographer. Afterward, I stitch a felt border, remount, and frame each piece, making it ready to hang.
I tried out some different shades of upholstery fabric for the background and selected this warm brown with a vine pattern. Then I cut the border sections out of wool felt.
I used variegated pima cotton to edge the pieces with blanket stitch. Later, I added chain stitched curly cues with variegated embroidery floss.
Sheep are so fun to make, with their curly fleece. Yes, these are all french knots, but they are spaced out a bit, compared to the dense knots in the lambs from my Mary Had a Little Lamb book. (see lambs here)
The haystack is padded with wool stuffing and the texture is stitched with tapestry wool, with real pieces of straw sewn in, too.
Little Boy Blue's hat is made from thread wrapped wire and his horn is a cactus thorn.
This original illustration from Pocketful of Posies is on display (along with 44 others) in the children's gallery at the Danforth Museum in Framingham, Mass. until Jan. 23rd, 2011. I will be signing copies of my book at the museum on Sunday, Dec. 5th from 1:30-3:00.
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Mission and History
The Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research (CMHPSR) was established in 1986 and is one the centers in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pennsylvania's (Penn) Medical Center, an outstanding international research institution. The psychiatry faculty at Penn is among the most creative and productive in this university and ranks second among departments of psychiatry in America in competition for National Institutes of Health research funding. The CMHPSR (previously the Section on Public Psychiatry) consists of a group of multidisciplinary faculty and staff interested in the public behavioral health care system.
Mission and Vision
The goal of the Center is: "To improve the quality and performance of behavioral health for public sector clients through research, evaluation, and education." The CMHPSR researches the organization, financing, and management structure of mental health care systems and the delivery of mental health services and provides consultation and technical support to those individuals and programs involved in implementing system change. The Center has attempted to use the results of its research and evaluation efforts to inform the decision making of public policy makers at local, state, and national levels.
The research agenda of CMHPSR takes a longitudinal and system-wide view of the mental health service system with a focus on persons with serious mental illness who are likely to be long term recipients of care. These individuals require services from multiple systems over long periods of time and across diverse funding sources. Research studies examine resource inputs (i.e. manpower, mix of services, intensity), program interventions and outputs such as client outcomes and cost. The research is designed to identify patterns, determinants, and related outcomes of different interventions. The effects of closing state hospitals and implementation of large-scale mandatory managed care programs are of current interest.
CMHPSR collaborates with many other research centers at Penn including the Centers for the Study of Addictions and Schizophrenia and the Geriatrics Program in the Department of Psychiatry, the Leonard Davis Institute (LDI) for Health Economics, a joint program between the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School, and the Penn School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2).
The nature of service system research for the seriously mentally ill population requires the use of a number of large claims level databases (i.e. Medicaid and Medicare files), as well as the collection of primary clinical services data from interviews and surveys. Many of the Center's studies employ a unique longitudinal database on services provided to public mental health consumers in Philadelphia assembled over the last decade. This database provides an opportunity to examine the system-wide dynamics of service utilization and cost among the mentally ill and those with substance abuse problems in a major urban setting. Center intervention or clinical services research efforts use client interviews, surveys or chart reviews to obtain data.
Program Evaluation
Program evaluation methods are used to inform the development of effective services for person with serious mental illness. Current projects in this area include jail diversion interventions for dually diagnosed individuals, family education interventions, involuntary outpatient mental health services, the process and outcome of clinical services under managed care, and the role of primary care physicians in the provision of mental health services. These methodologies are also employed in the Center's studies on the prevention of adolescent substance abuse and other high-risk behavior. A current project focuses on substance abuse prevention for parenting adolescents.
Consultation and Training
The Center's research efforts are enhanced through a comprehensive program in consultation and training for mental health, drug and alcohol, and geriatric service providers. Our objective is to link the best research and evaluation findings to policy decisions, and the delivery and implementation of services. The consultation/technical assistance function of the Center supports the planning activities of service providers and aids in the implementation of system change. In addition, consultation is provided to help others evaluate clinical outcomes of programs and the effectiveness of new services.
The Center's training activities are aimed at supervisors, program directors, and other middle managers in state and local community mental health, drug and alcohol, and aging services. In addition to management training, the Center provides a variety of service specific training programs designed to upgrade and support the redesign of service delivery programs, address the needs of special populations, and enhance the cultural competence of service delivery organizations and staff.
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I think fall is my favorite season. Not because the weather is nice but because that is when all the new shows start on television. It is hard to keep up with them all considering I have 200 channels.
This is probably why I don't have time to make pancakes from scratch and homemade jams. My mother was always cooking things from scratch. It seems like she made biscuits every week. On the weekend she would cook a cake, brownies, or cookies that would last most of the week. My mom worked full time but always had time to sew, clean the house, play with me, and make these amazing meals. I wonder how she had the time. Then I realized she hardly watched television.
We had this amazing huge television when I was growing up. The screen seem pretty large but the encasing around it was huge and made of wood. Now we have little flat screen tvs. With our old huge television, we had about eight channels. We got more channels as the years past but nothing in comparison to my 200 channels I have now.
Before I had my baby, Caesar, I would cook these exotic meals like homemade Korean barbeque. Now I search the internet for great slow cooker all in one meals. Not only do I have my favorite television shows, I have the internet to contend with. I am constantly on Facebook, Twitter and various news sites throughout the day on my computer.
All of this does not include the time I spend on my smartphone doing the exact same thing. Recently my smartphone broke and I felt so helpless. It is sad that a few years ago I did not own a cell phone, did not have cable television, and did not have internet service.
I know times change but I do not want to lose some of the things I grew up on. I remember the anticipation of my mom making homemade ice cream which seemed like it took hours to make. Every morning before school we sat at the dining room table and had breakfast. Most of the time it was something she cooked and not just cereal. Every night was the exactly the same. She always had a great meal cooked. The weekends were always fun filled. Sometimes we went fishing, shopping, and even the days we stayed at home it seemed like we were always busy doing something that did not include watching television.
There are times when I am talking to my husband and he is so busy watching the television, he can't repeat back to me what I just said. We have a dvr and so when we want to talk to the other person the conversation starts with hit pause please. That is very sad.
I have vowed that at least once a week I will turn off the television and turn off the computer and spend quality time with the family. I hope to cook something great or at least burn something while trying to cook something great.
I know this should not be a hard thing to do but I think it will harder than I can even imagine. If the thought of not watching television one night a week seems hard to you also, maybe you should join me in this challenge.
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Facebook & The Charitable Deceptions Of Nostalgia
Facebook trends proceed at a spooky (in the quantum sense) pace. It took the New York Times all of a week to pick up on 25 Random Things. I've noticed a subtler trend lately, one that is perhaps a more obvious sign of the times. The nostalgic photo album.
It seems that every time I open my account I have been tagged in a new photo from the late 80s or early 90s. I click the link and there I am again in a black and red flannel. And this trend knows no boundaries. I grew up in Italy and was tagged in a group photo from scuola elementare. You can see me in the back row, white shirt tucked into blue sweat pants, followed by two dozen comments along the lines of "che tremendo" or "dai, troppo forte!"
Where is this global flood of nostalgia coming from? I think my generation is finally scared. I think we're looking at two wars and a bad economy and remembering when Smashing Pumpkins came out and cruelty could still be confused with flirtation. As outlets go, however, I'd say this is fairly healthy. After a historic but short-lived unity, the post-911 Bush years brought ugliness—we saw increased interracial violence and a spike in sales at the box office for horror movies as we tried to muddle through the trauma. I'm fine with a trip down memory lane. We could use, to borrow from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, some charitable deceptions of nostalgia.


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Watch The ::God Is Imaginary Videos On YouTube ::
We are even supposed to report and investigate "near miss" incidents - cases where someone narrowly avoided being hurt, by chance or skill - to make sure they are not repeated with less fortunate outcomes. Does that seem like a reasonable approach when talking about dropping bombs on people?
...We need to find ways to win these kinds of wars. Otherwise we will continue to lose war after war after war as we have Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq.
... aerial bombardment is a terrible way to go ... Just kill everyone. Cheaper, simpler, easier to "win". Or a different kind of win. But for at least the last 250 years or so (1000 years?) that has been considered socially unacceptable and a war crime.
Oh, this is good. Blame the people being bombed for being bombed. I take it you've given up defending your position.
Here's a thought, perhaps we could stop killing their children.


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WALTHAM, Mass. — Nine players scored points and three of them were involved in more than one goal tonight as the Brandeis University men's soccer team routed visiting Wentworth Institute of Technology, 6-0, in a non-conference showdown on Gordon Field. With the win, the Judges – ranked #25 in the nation by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and #9 by D3soccer.com – improve to 8-1. The Leopards fall to 1-7 with their second-straight loss.
Brandeis was led by junior forward Tyler Savonen (Orleans, Mass./Nauset Regional), who scored the team's second and fifth goals on the night. It was the second multi-goal game of his career. With his four points, Savonen vaults into the Judges' career top 30 in scoring with 46 points on 17 goals and 12 assists. He is now 27th on Brandeis's points list.
Junior transfer forward Michael Soboff (Framingham, Mass./Newton South) added a goal and an assist. Soboff scored his first goal since Sept. 1 in the 11th minute for what proved to be his second game-winner. Rookie Evan Jastremski (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) earned the assist on some nifty footwork and a terrific cross that Soboff one-timed into the net. Soboff also assisted Savonen's second goal in the 53rd minute for his second three-point performance of the campaign.
Senior back Ben Applefield (Avon, Conn./Avon) added a pair of assists, working free to feed Savonen across the box in the 25th minute and putting a corner kick onto the head of classmate Sam Ocel (No. Attleboro, Mass./No. Attleboro) in the 35th. Ocel's goal moved him into 12th on Brandeis's career scoring list with 73 points and 14th with 26 goals.
In addition to Savonen's goal in the second half, Brandeis also got a score just 64 seconds earlier by senior Kyle Feather (Ridgewood, N.J./Montville Township). It was Feather's team-leading eighth of the season and the 24th of his career, moving him into 18th on the career scoring list with 58 points. He has now scored in four of the Judges' last five games.
Brandeis's final goal came in the 77th minute, when rookie forward Zach Vieira (Andover, Mass./Brooks School) tallied his first collegiate goal, deflecting home an effort by sophomore Michael Chaput (Holliston, Mass./Holliston).
Shots for the game were relatively close, 18-15, in favor of the hosts, but Brandeis put 10 of those shots on net compared to just one for Wentworth, off the foot of rookie Alec Watkinson (Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack) in the 14th minute. WIT senior Cody Gibb (Foster, R.I./Ponaganset) made four saves and allowed five goals in 72 minutes of work, while sophomore Kevin Pepin (Fairhaven, Mass./Fairhaven) allowed one goal in 18 minutes. Brandeis sophomore Kenn Fryer (Wilmington, Mass./St. John's Prep) had one save for his second win and second shutout of the season.
Brandeis returns to action next Tuesday afternoon at Wheaton College at 4 p.m. Wentworth travels to Endicott for a Commonwealth Coast Conference match Saturday at 3 p.m.


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In this pack you will find 3 of my ambient tracks. They're 3 soft chilled tracks that you can also use as background music for a place where you want to get your guests to relax and chill (like a SPA or an artistic exhibition).
1.Gentle Touch – 3:39
2.Night- 2:18
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St. Patrick's Day was just the ticket for one Quincy resident.
A self-employed salesman from Quincy won a $1 million lottery jackpot on Monday.
Yakup Yokus received $430,000 after taxes. He told lottery officials he will buy a house with the winnings.
He is the fourth person to win a top prize in the "$1,000,000 Jackpot" instant game since its release last June. Two million prizes remain..
Hancock Tobacco on Hancock Street in Quincy will receive a $10,000 commission for selling the winning ticket.
The odds against winning $1 million in the $5 game are 4.2 million to 1.


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Hey guys!
Boom Boom Satellites will be performing this month in Los Angeles AND San Francisco and we have THREE pairs of tickets to giveaway to each show.
How to Enter: Post a reply to this thread telling us WHY you want to go to the concert with the city you would like to see them at.
Contest deadline: Saturday, 10/23 11:59pm (Winners will be notified the following day and given 24 hours to respond with the necessary information. Failure to do so within the time frame will result in an automatic disqualification.)
Prize: Winners receive two Boom Boom Satellites concert tickets. (So yes, you can bring a friend if you win.)
Los Angeles - Monday, 10/25 at Troubadour at 8pm PDT
San Francisco - Wednesday, 10/27 at The Independent at 8pm PDT (doors open at 7:30pm)
You can check out clips of their videos on our site by clicking here. You can check out their official website by clicking here.
Here's a shoutout they did for us at NYAF/NYCC:
Enjoy and Good Luck!
Disclaimer: No purchase necessary. Winners will be chosen at random and chances are dependent on the number of participants. We reserve the right to cancel or modify the contest at any time.
Why do I have to live on the East Coast!??!?!
I want to win a ticket for Los Angeles concert because I love Boom Boom Satellites and by love means I love their music Now for the reason why I should win because I'm the 2nd one to post. LOL
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Hooray I live only 2 hours away!!!!
I've never really been to a concert in my life. So actually going to one, especially one that's in San Francisco (where i live) would be one of the most enthralling experiences everrrrr!!!!
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Good luck, citizens of the United States
mad at the world that chooses morality over reason and logic
Never heard of them in my life.
lol good luck to everyone that wants to go! xD cuz i can't haha
That's pretty cool It kinda makes me hope that something will coincidentally happen late november when I vacation to San Fran. But for now I'll just have to be envious. This one I cannot enter. Interesting band though.
I want to win the tickets for the Los Angeles Concert because I absolutely love their music and I would probably do anything in my power to get these tickets.
I loved them since the first time I heard their music and they are one of my favorite bands. I have always wanted to hear them play live and I would really love to have this chance. I have been to a few concerts before but never ones with my favorite bands. Being able to go would mean everything to me.
Does air fare come with the tickets too cause i live in Miami.......
Uh this haitus was serious...
I want tickets because I live in SF... and I have no clue who they are >.>
I want to go because I'm currently living in LA so PLLLEEEEEESSSSSEEE let me go?My birthday is also coming at the end of the month around Halloween so it would be an awesome early birthday present
The intergral of an impulse is a step.Crazy?Not really.
I would love to see the Boom Boom Satellites, unfortunately I live outside of Toronto so a day trip to see them isn't exactly do-able. None the less, if they are ever in this neck of the woods, I would love to hear them.
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Development: Linux Media Infrastructure API
From LinuxTVWiki
The Linux Media Infrastructure API provides a common body of knowledge for kernel to userspace application programming interfaces used by media drivers. It converges two historically separate API, namely the Video for Linux (V4l) API and the Linux Digital Video Broadcasting (Linux DVB) API, plus adds the IR input event mapping API.
It is released with each new kernel revision. The latest version is 2.6.32 released 31 August 2009 and is available here
Historic References
The original V4L and DVB API specs are still available as separate documents. However, only the Linux Media Infrastructure API will be updated.
Also See
- What is V4L or DVB?
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Yet another change of leadership in Japan and the prospect of more aggressive monetary easing have sent the safe haven yen tumbling to a six-month low and currency strategists tell CNBC the days of a strong yen may finally be over.
The yen fell to 81.2 against then U.S. dollar in Asian trade on Friday, building on the previous day's slide, after Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Wednesday he would dissolve the lower house for a snap election next month.
Polls point to a defeat for his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and this will pave the way for the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which will press the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to embark on unlimited easing, analysts said.
"There is a very good chance that the LDP will win majority. A LDP win means easy monetary policy will become a way of life for Japan," said Kathy Lien, managing director of BK Asset Management in New York. "This is bearish for the yen."
The LDP head Shinzo Abe, who is likely to be the next prime minister, called for unlimited monetary easing to spur inflation after years of deflation. The current inflation target is 1 percent, but Abe wants to raise it to 3 percent.
This target means that the BOJ make have to adopt easing for years to come, Lien said.
"Considering that they have difficulty meeting their 1 percent inflation goal, the 3 percent target that Abe supports will take years of money printing to achieve," she added.
On Friday, however, the LDP called for setting an inflation target of 2 percent, Reuters reported.
All this points to further weakness for the currency, which has shed more than 4 percent of its value against the dollar since hitting a peak in mid-September.
Sebastien Galy, senior currency strategist at Societe Generale in New York said the yen is weakening fast because of Abe's comments and foresees more room for the currency to fall.
"Whether the LDP can make good on promises to end deflation is uncertain but we're in for a month of them trying to," he said in a note on Friday. "The U.S. dollar-Japanese yen (chart) is rising far too fast compared to any model we can build. We expect it to reach 85-90 in late 2013."
Jens Nordvig, managing director with Nomura in London who oversees G10 forex strategy, also expects the yen to weaken to 85 by early 2013.
Changing Fortune?
Worries about the outlook for the global economy and the crisis in Europe have driven investors into safe-haven Japanese bonds and currency, driving the yen higher, which in turn has hurt Japanese exports.
Foreign inflows to Japan have kept the yen at an average of about 80 to the dollar over the past two years, compared to an average of 115 in the few years before the global financial crisis.
As the government favors a weaker yen to help exporters, Tokyo spent a record 8 trillion yen ($101 billion) in unilateral intervention in the currency market on October 31, when the yen briefly hit a record high of 75.78 against the dollar. It spent another one trillion yen in early November but has stayed out of the market since then.
(Read more: Markets on High Alert for Yen Intervention)
But the rhetoric to step in to intervene in the currency market has cranked up again as the need for a weak yen becomes more pressing given the poor economic outlook. Data released Monday showed Japan's GDP (gross domestic product) contracted 0.9 percent in the three months to September from the previous quarter, and resulted in a 3.5 percent drop annually prodding the economy into recession.
(Read More: What Will Save Japan's Battered Economy)
The contraction was driven by slowing global growth and heightened tensions with China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
This economic weakness could spell further weakness for the yen, said Greg Gibbs, senior forex strategist with RBS in Singapore, who expects the currency to drop to 85 next year.
"It is hard to call the timing but it does feel like the yen is shaking off the perception of being a safe haven," he said. "The tide, in our view, has turned on the yen."
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Contributory Retirement Saving Plans: Differences Across Earnings Groups and Implications for Retirement Security
This article examines how savings in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans vary across the earnings distribution. Specifically, the authors investigate the extent of an earnings gradient in access to, participation in, and levels of contribution to DC plans. Using a nationally representative sample of Survey of Income and Program Participation respondents linked to data from their W-2 tax records, the authors find that DC plan access, participation, and contributions increase as earnings increase, even after controlling for key socioeconomic and labor-market covariates. They also find that, despite changing economic conditions, the earnings gradient changed little between 2006 and 2012.
Distributional Effects of Applying Social Security Taxes to Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums
This policy brief analyzes how applying the Social Security tax to employer-sponsored health insurance premiums could affect Social Security beneficiaries. Specifically, the brief examines an option presented by the Social Security Advisory Board in which both employee and employer premiums would count as wages for Social Security tax calculations, and later for benefit calculations. Using the Modeling Income in the Near Term model, the results show that for most Social Security beneficiaries aged 60 or older from 2017 to 2080, benefits would gradually increase and the poverty rate would decrease faster than the rate under current law. Counting employer-sponsored health insurance premiums as wages for Social Security purposes would increase Social Security taxes for most individuals and those taxes would increase more than Social Security benefits for individuals at all earning levels.
Retirement Income Among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the American Community Survey
The authors present data on annual retirement income of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) from the American Community Survey and include separate analyses for AIANs of single-race and multiple-race backgrounds. The authors also compare retirement income of AIANs with that of whites and blacks and find that, overall, annual retirement income among all AIANs was significantly lower than that of whites and also of blacks.
Effects of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs on Social Security Taxable Wages
The rising cost of employer contributions for employee health insurance reduces the percentage of compensation subject to Social Security payroll taxes. This article uses the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to analyze trends in the cost of employer health insurance contributions relative to money wages and total compensation. The analysis shows how increasing employer health insurance premium costs from 1996 to 2008 reduced the percentage of compensation subject to payroll taxes, and it predicts the effects of health insurance reform on taxable compensation.
Profile of Social Security Disabled Workers and Dependents Who Have a Connection to Workers' Compensation or Public Disability Benefits
This note provides a comprehensive profile of the characteristics of disability beneficiaries with a connection to workers' compensation or public disability benefits (PDBs). The 8.3 percent of disabled workers who have this connection tend to be economically better off, more frequently middle aged, male, afflicted with a musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorder, and tend to wait longer to apply for social security disability benefits after onset than the general disabled-worker population. In our analysis, we have included a special focus on California, as this state represents a large portion of the PDB workload, and its experience has a substantial effect on the national picture.
Workplace Injuries and the Take-Up of Social Security Disability Benefits
Workplace injuries and illnesses are an important cause of disability. States have designed their workers' compensation programs to provide cash and medical-care benefits for those injuries and illnesses, but people who become disabled at work may also be eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and related Medicare benefits. This article uses matched state workers' compensation and Social Security data to estimate whether workplace injuries and illnesses increase the probability of receiving DI benefits and whether people who become DI beneficiaries receive benefits at younger ages.
Assessment of Retirement Plan Coverage by Firm Size Using W-2 Tax Records
Of particular interest in this article is the relationship between firm size and pension coverage and participation because small businesses tend to be less likely to offer retirement benefits to their employees than do large businesses. This relationship is particularly important given the current administration's retirement proposals to create automatic individual retirement accounts. Obviously, accurate information is important not only in formulating retirement income security policies that target workers without retirement plan coverage, but also to assess the impact of such policies on workers' retirement plan participation.
Defined Contribution Pension Participation and Contributions by Earnings Levels Using Administrative Data
This article examines the relationship between earnings levels and participation and contribution rates in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans. Specifically, the article estimates DC plan participation and contribution rates in 2006 both by the worker's current earnings and by the annual average of real earnings over the 10-year period 1997–2006. Using these two different measures of earnings allows us to assess whether employing a longer period of earnings, such as a decade, provides a better representation of pension outcomes than the short-term measure of current earnings.
The Impact of Response Error on Participation Rates and Contributions to Defined Contribution Pension Plans
The accuracy of information about coverage and contributions to defined contribution (DC) pension plans is important in understanding the economic well-being of future retirees because these plans are an increasingly important part of retirement income security. Using data from the 1996 and 2004 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) merged with information from W-2 tax records, we examine the extent to which estimated participation rates and contribution amounts to DC plans derived from SIPP reports differ from estimates obtained from tax-deferred contributions in the W-2 tax records.
Estimating the First Instance of Substantive-Covered Earnings in the Labor Market
Trends in Elective Deferrals of Earnings from 1990–2001 in Social Security Administrative Data
Effective Retirement Savings Programs: Design Features and Financial Education
This article provides an overview of the literature on best practices for retirement savings plan design and financial education in the workplace. Without a successful plan design, financial education will not be effective and even a well-structured plan can fail to achieve retirement savings goals without financial education. The main components of a retirement savings program that employers must consider include options for enrollment, investment choices, employer matching of contributions, and distributions over the working career and at retirement. In addition, employers control the core aspects of financial education, such as the topics covered, the delivery methods used, the frequency with which it is offered, and its general availability.
The Evolution of Japanese Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans
This article examines the development of Japanese voluntary employer-sponsored retirement plans with an emphasis on recent trends. Before 2001, companies in Japan offered retirement benefits as lump-sum severance payments and/or benefits from one of two types of defined benefit (DB) pension plans. One DB plan type was based on an earlier occupational pension model used in the United States. The other DB plan type allowed companies to opt out of the earnings-related portion of social security. Landmark laws passed in 2001 introduced a new generation of occupational retirement plans to employers and employees, creating three new DB plan designs and two new defined contribution types of plans. Since that time, the mix of employer-sponsored retirement plans offered in Japan has changed significantly, and overall employee coverage has declined. On balance, employer-sponsored retirement plans have remained largely DB in design.
Characteristics of Disabled-Worker Beneficiaries Receiving Workers' Compensation or Public Disability Benefits Compared With Disabled-Worker Beneficiaries Without These Additional Benefits
Benefit Adequacy in State Workers' Compensation Programs
This article summarizes several different methods used to measure the adequacy of wage replacement in state workers' compensation systems in the United States. Empirical research casts serious doubt on benefit adequacy, especially in the case of more serious disabilities.
[Errata: The electronic versions of this article that were originally posted contained incorrect labels on the lines in Chart 3. The labels have been updated in the electronic versions and are correct in the print publication.]
Variation of Employee Benefit Costs by Age
How much an employer pays for employee benefits varies widely and depends on the age of the workforce and the structure of the benefits package offered. In general, costs increase for older workforces. The factors driving the differences in cost by age are the time value of money, employee pay, and rates of health care use, disability, and death. Case studies show how the benefit package varies by age in a large traditional company, a large financial services company, and a medium-sized retail company. An illustration is also provided for retirement benefits from two sample plans to show how the benefits are earned over time.


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Modern Cabana: Prefab for the Rest of the Family
If you've got an extra $2,200 to spend on your kid (or $650 for your furry kid), Modern Cabana offers mini-sized — but equally sustainable — versions of their prefab backyard "cabanas" so your little ones can be just like Mom and Dad.
Modern Cabana's scaled-down lineup includes the Kiddo, a children's playhouse fully stocked with chalk paint interior walls, a paper roll art station and fold-down table. Sustainably speaking, the Kiddo is fully built with FSC-certified lumber construction, non-toxic paints and eco-friendly finishes. It retails for $2,200 and ships for free nationwide as a DIY kit of prefabbed, easy-to-assemble parts. If you happen to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, it comes with free assembly if you choose to pick up from Modern Cabana's local warehouse.
The company also offers an even tinier structure, aptly named the Dog, for your four-legged friend. This weatherproof doghouse is built using the same sustainable lumber and paints as the Kiddo, plus a ready-to-plant "living roof" (who knows, your furry companion may even have a green paw). The Dog ships for $650 and comes ready to assemble as a DIY kit, or fully assembled for pickup within San Francisco.
Besides the mini offerings, Modern Cabana prefabricates a full line of "grown up" cabanas and studios. (They're the same people behind Sunset magazine's Idea House concept, the Modern Cottage.)
The fully finished units start at $11,500 and come with a range of green options, such as FSC-certified framing, lumber and siding; recycled denim insulation; bamboo flooring; and dual-pane low-E windows. You can even customize your cabana with green roofs and composting toilets, among many other features. Every structure is built by local carpenters in the company's San Francisco-based shop.
To view the full range of Modern Cabanas for the whole family, click here.
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Gender identity is your internal sense of whether you are male or female. When you are transgender, this feeling doesn't match your actual sex. Your body is male or female, but inside you feel you are really the opposite sex. You feel "trapped" in the wrong body.
The feeling that something is different may begin early in life. Many adults who are transgender remember noticing a difference as children between what their bodies looked like on the outside and what they felt on the inside. Other transgender people make this discovery as adults.
Sometimes a person feels so strongly that his or her body is incorrect that the person decides to have medical treatment, from hormones to surgery, to make the body match how he or she feels inside. People who have gender reassignment surgery to make these changes may be described as "transsexual."
Sexual orientation and gender identity are related, but they aren't the same thing. For example, a person can be transgender without being homosexual.
Some people use makeup, haircuts, or clothing styles to look like members of the other gender. This is called cross-dressing and is not the same thing as being transgender. Cross-dressers may be heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.
The pressure and stress caused by feeling alone and sad can lead to depression, a very serious problem. Depression can lead to suicide. Teens with depression are at particularly high risk for suicide and suicide attempts.
If you are transgender, it's important to realize that there are lots of people like you. They have the same problems, emotions, and questions that you have, whether you are openly transgender, are still hiding the fact that you are transgender, or have a friend or family member who is transgender.
It can be very comforting and helpful to talk to people who know what you're going through. You can find such people through local or online groups. If you don't know where to find support, ask:
Stress is a fact of life. Most of us have periods of stress at various times in our lives. But extra stress can have a serious effect on your health, especially if it lasts for a long time.
If you are openly transgender, you may be under a lot of extra stress because of discrimination in the community. If you are still in the closet, you may have stress from hiding who you really are. Rejection, discrimination, fear, and confusion cause long-term stress in many transgender people.
Constant stress can be linked to headaches, an upset stomach, back pain, and trouble sleeping. It can weaken your immune system, so that you have a harder time fighting off disease. If you already have a health problem, stress may make it worse. It can make you moody, tense, or depressed. Your relationships may suffer, and you may not do well at work or school.
People who are under long-term stress are also more likely to smoke tobacco, drink alcohol heavily, and use other drugs. These habits can lead to serious health problems.
It's important to recognize the effects that stress can have on your life and to learn how to cope with stress to stay healthy.
For more information, see the topic Stress Management.
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information and brochures on a number of topics, including stress, anxiety, and
depression. Visit www.apa.org/helpcenter for information on the
mind/body connection, family and relationships, and how therapy works.
Family Equality Council works to ensure equality for families with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender members. Parenting protections, adoption, health insurance reform, safe schools, and workplace equality are some of the many issues the organization works on. Its website includes news updates and resources for families.
The GLBT National Help Center provides free and confidential support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and for those with questions about sexual orientation and/or gender identity. The organization offers information about GLBT issues, safer-sex info, and local resources for cities and towns across the country, as well as peer counseling for people going through a difficult time.
This online resource is provided by the American Psychiatric Association for anyone seeking mental health information. It includes information on many common mental health concerns, including warning signs of mental disorders, treatment options, and preventive measures.
PFLAG is a support, education, and advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families, friends, and allies. PFLAG is a nonprofit organization and is not affiliated with any religious or political institutions. On the website you can find information about local chapters, advocacy issues, and more.
Other Works ConsultedAmerican Psychological Association (2008). Answers to Your Questions: For a Better Understanding of Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Available online: http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/orientation.aspx.APA Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns (2011). Answers to Your Questions About Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Available online: http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/transgender.aspx.Biggs WS (2011). Medical human sexuality. In RE Rakel, DP Rakel, eds., Textbook of Family Medicine, 8th ed., pp. 1000–1012. Philadelphia: Saunders.Eliason MJ, et al. (2009). LGBTQ Cultures: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know About Sexual and Gender Diversity. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Available online: http://www.nursingcenter.com/upload/Journals/Documents/LGBTQ.htm.Hillman JB, Spigarelli MG (2009). Sexuality: Its development and direction. In WB Carey et al., eds., Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, 4th ed., pp. 415–425. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.Sadock VA (2009). Normal human sexuality and sexual and gender identity disorders. In BJ Sadock et al., eds., Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 9th ed., vol. 1, pp. 2027–2060. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.Zucker KJ (2011). Gender identity and sexual behavior. In CD Rudolph et al., eds., Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22nd ed., pp. 346–348. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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I have a 2008 G1G1 that was functioning normally until last week when it suddenly would no longer boot up. The system freezes after displaying, as noted in the thread title, the first dot of the loading clock. The all-mighty power of Google yielded no success.
I did a clean re-install of 8.2.1 with no change in the situation, and am currently downloading the 10.1.2 img to see if that might go better.


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Saturday and Sunday, 5th and 6th of February 2011, at FOSDEM2011 in Brussels, Belgium.
FOSDEM is simply the biggest free software developers event in Europe. For the last 11 years, on one weekend in February, a campus from the Brussels Free University gets raided by some 5000 open source developers and enthusiasts. There are main tracks with high profile talks, there are project specific devrooms with talks and hands on session, there are booths, and all of it is free (although donations are appreciated).
coreboot+flashrom talks
Sat 14:00-14:15 Coreboot: x86 system boot and initialization Rudolf Marek, Room Ferrer (Lightning talks)
Sat 14:20-14:35 flashrom: Run your BIOS/EFI/firmware updates under any free OS Carl-Daniel Hailfinger, Room Ferrer (Lightning talks)
Sun 14:00-14:30 Cold boot attacks on RAM readout Carl-Daniel Hailfinger, Room Lameere (Embedded devroom)
Sun 14:30-15:00 Really fast x86 boot Rudolf Marek, Room Lameere (Embedded devroom)
coreboot+flashrom booth/stand
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Due to extreme health problems, (open heart surgery) I need to sell my Excalibur. Included is original box, disk, power supply sma adapter and USB cable. Device works perfectly and uses the latest updates from WinRadio website. retail price is $950 plus tax and shipping. Will accept best offer over $500 received by Nov 12th. I accept paypal or USPS Money Orders.
Radio includes the virtual sound card!
If you are interested in this great radio, make me a reasonable offer or I will put it up on e-bay. My e-bay rating is 100% positive user name is neilbell.
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FORT WAYNE (AP) -- Looking for a home with a lot of history and built-in features that requires very little maintenance?
Has a Fort Wayne couple got a steal for you.
Actually, make that steel -- as in the all-metal Lustron house at 316 W. Fleming St. they have owned for the past nine years.
"We wanted something unique. This house is kind of cool and I couldn't afford a Ferrari," Jared Sickafoose said as he stood in the living room of the 1,096-square-foot, two-bedroom house that is one of just seven remaining local examples of the 2,500 prefabricated homes erected nationwide to ease the post-World War II housing shortage.
The 30-year-old Sickafoose and wife Karina, 32, still love the house but want more room in which to raise their two young children. The way they see it, their move represents the perfect opportunity for someone willing to appreciate features most potential buyers might consider just a bit, well, quirky.
People whose refrigerators have no more room for magnet-supported school artwork, photos, calendars and other doodads would love the Lustron, where everything from the roof to the walls to the kitchen cabinets to the built-in bedroom vanity is made of steel. The brainchild of Chicago businessman Carl Strandlund, Lustrons were produced in a nine-mile-long former aircraft plant in Columbus, Ohio, about 1946. Offered in various one- and two-bedroom models for between $10,000 and $12,000, about 20,000 were ordered.
But less than 2,500 were delivered before the company went broke in 1950, despite the $23 million in loans he secured to create it.
"This is affordable luxury," Realtor Brad Noll of the North Eastern Group told The News-Sentinel. He plans to stress the home's history and uniquely low-maintenance features in his sales campaign. Who
wouldn't want a house impervious to fire and termites?
With the exception of the bathroom, the house retains most of its original characteristics. Listed at $71,900, it has a large yard and oversized garage, which Noll said helps explains the cost difference with a similar Lustron on Webster Street that sold recently after being listed at $22,900.
Karina's college architectural training gives her an aesthetic appreciation for the house's character, but she also appreciates its practicality.
"We didn't have to buy dressers or put any holes in the walls," she said, pointing to the magnetized children's doodads and utensils that still hang in the kitchen and living room.
Noll suspects the law of supply and demand should work in the home's favor. Not only are there one-third fewer houses available in Fort Wayne today than there were in 2004, he said, but there is also one fewer Lustron house than there was just a few years ago.
In 2009, Ohio contractor Don Smith bought a Lustron near West Jefferson Boulevard and Aboite Center Road, then disassembled it with the intention of rebuilding it as a retirement home for his mother. The house was on land cleared for development of a medical park that still has not been built.
No such fate seems in store for the city's remaining Lustrons, however, which pleases the Sickafooses and the cult of devotees Lustrons have attracted over the years.
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Figured I'd better give a status report in case anyone's listening. During my last week at work I finally got my program (under Linux) to use the laptop's serial port correctly. I got the robot driving around and even implemented some functions not available in the original program. I'm hoping to work again in the ISD at NIST over winter break.
In other news, I'm in college now, specifically the University of Maryland. You can check out my brand spankin' new college website here. It doesn't have very much on there now, but it does have some cool links to information about Lunokhod, a mobile robot that Russia sent to the moon in the early 70s. Since I'm in college now, I haven't had a lot of free time for tinkering, but I'm still planning on trying to do a mobile AtariBot. That's it for now.


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LONDON (AP) -- London's Olympic Park will stage professional boxing in September at the Copper Box Arena, a venue that hosted handball and fencing in the modern pentathlon during last year's games.
A multi-fight agreement was struck Monday for Sept. 21 at the 7,000-seat venue nicknamed the "box that rocks" during the Olympics, including a British middleweight title bout between champion Billy Joe Saunders and John Ryder.
Organizers hope the deal will re-establish east London as "the spiritual home of boxing in the U.K." and demonstrate to tax-payers that venues constructed for the Olympics can have lasting benefits.
Promoter Frank Warren says "the Copper Box is what all the investment in the Olympics was about - legacy and giving London a fantastic arena."
The north park of the Olympic Park re-opens to the general public next month for the first time since the games.
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NEWTON — Democrat Joseph P. Kennedy III won a decisive victory tonight over Republican Sean Bielat, in the race to fill the open Congressional seat left vacant by the retirement of US Representative Barney Frank.
With 42 percent of the vote counted, Kennedy, the 32-year-old son of former US Representative Joseph Kennedy II and grandson of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, led with 64 percent of the vote in the redrawn 4th Congressional District, which extends from Newton to Fall River.
"This is an incredible moment for me, and I can't think of anyone I'd rather share it with than you," Kennedy said. "I'm humbled, I'm grateful and I'm ready to get to work," Kennedy said.
He also expressed well wishes to Bielat, who has 34 percent of the vote.
Cheers went up and people in the crowd hoisted Kennedy signs in the ballroom at the Newton Marriott where the campaign party is being held. But the crowd remained huddled around the television watching presidential results.
"We did expect it, but we're very happy," said Mark Trachtenberg, 60, of Newton. "We think he'll be a wonderful replacement for Barney."
The cover band at Bielat's event cut short their rendition of The Beatles' "Come Together" as Bielat, joined by his wife and two young children, entered the room of supporters, who all stood as he entered.
"The night has not developed as we had hoped," Bielat said, never letting his smile slip. "We ran the campaign we wanted to run." Bielat said he had already called Kennedy to congratulate him, and reminded voters to support their new congressman in Washington, and hold him accountable. "He's representing all of us now," Bielat said.
Many of the 50 people attending Sean Bielat's event stared ahead silently, somber expressions ubiquitous in the room as polling results flashed on a television screen.
"It's surprising," said John LaRosa, who managed Bielat's social media throughout the campaign. "The district has changed to a little more GOP-friendly than 2010."
In other congressional races, Democratic incumbent US Representative Niki Tsongas retained her seat in the third district, Democrat Edward J. Markey retained his fifth district mandate. Democratic incumbents Michael E. Capuano won in the seventh district, Stephen F. Lynch won the eighth district and William R. Keating in the ninth district retained their seats.
Kennedy's win restores his family's long connection to the nation's capital, which dates to 1947, when 29-year-old John F. Kennedy became a Massachusetts congressman. For the next 64 years, at least one member of the Kennedy family served continuously in the House, Senate or White House. The family's steak was broken in 2011, with the retirement of Rhode Island US Representative Patrick Kennedy, son of the late Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Senator Kennedy died in office in 2009.
Kennedy, a former Peace Corps volunteer and county prosecutor, had for several years been considered a potential candidate for office.
Kennedy had to wait an hour in line to vote for himself Tuesday morning, due to long lines at his polling place in Brookline, according to the Kennedy campaign. Kennedy and his fiancée, Lauren Anne Birchfield, chatted with other waiting voters, and then cast their ballots around 8:30 a.m.
For Bielat, the race marks his second loss in two years; the 37-year-old Marine Corps Reserve officer gave Frank a tough race in 2010.
Kennedy widely outspent Bielat in 2012, raising more than $4 million to Bielat's $866,000, according to mid-October numbers compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Throughout the campaign, Bielat accused Kennedy of trying to coast to the office on his family name. The attack resonated with voters who are tired of the state's famous political dynasty.
"I'm so fed up with the Kennedys," said August Arns, 78, outside his polling place in Easton on Tuesday. "They think because their name is Kennedy they should be in office."
For others, the Kennedy political brand is still the gold standard.
Craig Barger, 64, of Easton, said he voted for Kennedy, "first of all, because he's a Kennedy." Barger said he was "a big supporter of Teddy Kennedy, and Joe has a lot of the same qualities."Globe correspondents Jaclyn Reis and Brock Parker contributed to this report. Mark Arsenault can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Every law school app has what is called a character assessment section. The question that concerns me usually goes: Have you ever been charged of or convicted of any offense except a minor traffic violation? In my case, the answer is yes. When I was thirteen years old, stupid, and eager to fit in, I smoked some weed, and got busted. I dont understand how what I did ten years ago, as a stupid kid, has any bearing on the quality of my character as a professional adult. I dont want to check yes. What should I do?
What should the addendum look like? I smoked some pot when I was 13. I am no longer a drug user. Please excuse my poor judgement. What a bunch of BS. Just another way to help out the good ol' boys.


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Authors Guild Asks For $750 For Every Book Google Scans; While Google Points Out That There's No Evidence Of Any Harm
from the fair-use-fight dept
But, really, all this is doing is highlighting the insanity of statutory damages in copyright law, which have no connection to reality. Even at this "low end" of the scale, the amounts would clearly make it cost prohibitive for Google to scan any more books, and that would be a shame.
In fact, on its side of the legal fight, Google is arguing that the authors have completely failed to prove any harm, while making the argument that the scanning project is fair use. Basically, Google points out that it's creating an index of everything in the books, not acting as a substitute for the books. Thus, the purpose serves to make useful information more widely available (which likely can increase the demand for the books, by helping users find new books). Not surprisingly, I find the arguments in favor of fair use compelling (and have been saying so for many years -- so much so that I was disappointed when Google first tried to settle this case, rather than standing behind its fair use claims).
While, in the end, it's likely that the case will depend on the fair use ruling, it should also be seen as a case that highlights the insanity of statutory licenses in copyright law. There is no doubt that Google's book search is a useful tool that helps expand access to knowledge. The idea that such a thing could only be created with an additional $750 per book scanned being sent back to the copyright holder, seems ridiculous -- but it's a factor of a broken copyright system that has such out of touch and out of proportion statutory damages.