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2013 Season (Freshman): Competed in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes as well as the long and triple jumps...INDOOR: Named the Field Athlete of the Meet and Co-Freshmen of the Meet at the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 23)...Won the long jump with a personal-best jump of 7.01 meters at the NAC Indoor Championships...The jump of 7.01 meters ranked second in the NAC during the season and 25th in the nation...Placed second in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 13.86 meters at the NAC Indoor meet...Earned a first-place finish in the long jump (6.61 meters) and a second-place finish in the triple jump (12.88 meters) at the UW-Parkside Classic (Feb. 2)...Earned a second-place finish with a mark of 13.67 meters in the triple jump at the Wisconsin Red & White Open (Feb. 15)...OUTDOOR: Battled injuries much of outdoor season but still finished second in triple jump at NAC Outdoor Championships (May 3-4) with a leap of 13.66 meters...Won the triple jump at the Cedarville Collegiate All-Corners Meet with a jump of 14.06 meters (wind aided)...Jumped 6.95 meters in the long jump at the Rex Foster Invitational (Apr. 5), finishing in third place.
High School (Milwaukee Lutheran): An Honor Roll student-athlete...Won the Preisdent's Education Award and Senior Honor Award for achievement in athletics and academics...Finished fifth at the WIAA State Track & Field Meet as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team...Named All-North Shore Conference Frist Team as a running back...Earned varsity letters in football and track & field.
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Plants annuals, biennials, or perennials. Culms 25-300 cm tall; nodes usually glaucous.
Lower leaves usually hairy, others glabrous; blades flat, inrolled when dry.
Inflorescences spikelike, 2.5-12(19) cm, with solitary spikelets; rachis densely hairy on the edges, disarticulating or not.
Spikelets with 3 florets, the lower two bisexual, the third usually sterile or staminate, occasionally bisexual. Glumes equal or subequal, 8-18 mm long, linear-lanceolate to subulate, 1-veined, terminating in a short or long awn. Lemmas 10-19 mm long, strongly keeled, keel conspicuously pectinate-ciliate, gradually tapering into a scabrous awn, awn 10-70 mm long. Anthers 2.5-10 mm.
The number of species recognized varies. Frederiksen and Petersen (1998), the primary source for this account, recognized 3, intermpreing both S. strictum and S. cereale more widely than some other taxonomists. They examined specimens from throughout the range of the genus.
Secale is native from Ialy and Hungary to the Altai Mountains. It is grown far outside this range and is also sown for soil stabilization, resulting in the formation of persistent, feral populations.
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The American Recreation Coalition (ARC) presented its 2011 Legends Awards to seven federal managers in recognition of their outstanding work to improve outdoor recreation experiences and opportunities for the American people.
The awards were presented on June 16 during Great Outdoors Week – ARC's celebration of the value and importance of outdoor recreation. Initiated by ARC in 1991, the Legends Award program calls on federal land management agencies to nominate an individual whose extraordinary personal efforts have made a real difference in enhancing outdoor recreation programs and resources.
The 2011 Legends Award recipients represent the Bureau of Land Management, Federal Highway Administration, National Park Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Reclamation, agencies together hosting more than a billion recreation visits annually.
Winners of the 2011 Legends Awards are: Tracy N. Fancher, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; William Kuntz, Bureau of Land Management; Rita Hennessy, National Park Service; Mark Hoines, Federal Highway Administration; Lynne Beeson, U.S. Forest Service; Jennifer Jewett, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Peggi Brooks, Bureau of Reclamation.


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'High Fidelity' (2000)
Hopeless romantics, here's some advice from the film adaptation of Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity": A relationship is not over until someone is crying in the rain. John Cusack's Rob Gordon, who's on a quest to win back Laura (Iben Hjejle), reminisces about a night in which he made a right spectacle of himself in front of an ex. Reflecting on his time with Catherine Zeta-Jones' Charlie Nicholson, Rob recalls standing outside Charlie's fancy Chicago loft one evening in the middle of a rainstorm until Charlie's new boyfriend ushers her from the window. So here's another piece of advice from "High Fidelity": Do not move on until you have actually seen your object of desire with someone else. It makes the whole thing hit home more.
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Christmas is usually a time to bring goodwill to all. But a few political leaders are turning this year's celebration of Christ into a time to debate the role of Christianity in public life.
Not all of them do it well.
One case comes from a few Republican contenders on the campaign trail in Iowa for the Jan. 3 caucus. This earliest of presidential contests is heavily influenced by the state's conservative Christians seeking a candidate who reflects their interests. That has compelled many GOP contenders to tout their credentials as Christians, promise a restoration of Christian values, or even to campaign in churches.
Newt Gingrich, for example, denounces "a secular, atheist system of thought" in colleges and media while saying he wouldn't be comfortable with an atheist in the White House. Rick Perry decries that public-schoolchildren "can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school." He challenges the Christians to take their values into the public arena.
The more notable case of a politician speaking of Christian values at this time of year is a major speech by Prime Minister David Cameron. In it, he declared Britain to be a "Christian country."
That phrase is just what many Christians in America want a US president to say about their nation. But he couches it in ways that may not be so offensive to non-Christians.
Mr. Cameron was speaking on the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. But he used the occasion last week to frame recent events – urban riots in England, terrorist threats, and a banking crisis caused by greed – as examples of a need for moral principles rooted in Britain's Christian tradition.
The Bible, he said plainly, has made "Britain what it is today."
His talk is far more nuanced than the Republican rhetoric on the campaign trail. For starters, the prime minister admits doubts about his own faith and his grappling with difficult theological questions. Such humility helps in a discussion of faith in the public square.
His talk also honored Britain's many other religions and those people with no faith ties. And he warned against any politician claiming "a direct line to God."
But he says the reading of the Bible by the British people over time has helped them to understand that they are equal with each other through God – and that has led them to "seek equality with each other through government." Such a fundamental idea is the basis for Britain's expansion of human rights and democracy.
And, he said, an understanding of Jesus's mission has also led faith groups to help the most needy and to engage in social action. British Christians have also largely embraced religious liberty for other faiths – and that liberty is assured when Britain is confident about its Christian identity, he asserts.
"So it's right to recognize the huge contribution our faith communities make to our politics and to recognize the role of the Bible in inspiring many of their works," Cameron continued.
The values that Christians cherish – responsibility, compassion, humility, self-sacrifice – speak to anyone of faith (or no faith), he said. But Cameron warns that neutrality on what is moral behavior "should not be an option." Leaders should not be afraid to stand up for those universal values, and by doing so they will not end up bringing down other faiths.
Morality isn't necessarily a function of faith, he said, as there are many Christians who don't live morally while many atheists and agnostics do. But when so many political problems require a moral answer, it's time to draw on a country's spiritual strength. For Britain, that is found in the Bible.
Standing up to problems like greed, violence, and other social ills cannot be done with secular passivity and relativism. To illustrate, Cameron quotes a line from President Obama's book, "Audacity of Hope":
"…in reaction to religious overreach we equate tolerance with secularism, and forfeit the moral language that would help infuse our politics with larger meaning."
It's rare when a politician can both assert faith's role in helping society and yet not insist on using the power of government to compel faith or denigrate those of other faiths.
Cameron's speech, in effect, points out that Christianity works through individual hearts, not the halls of government. He sees a leader's role as reminding his country of that.
For Christians, the opening of their hearts began when a child was born 2,000 years ago, bringing the truth about reality. That truth, reaffirmed in their prayers, helps hold them accountable, not just to God but to each other.
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One of President George W. Bush's most injudicious statements was his suggestion in 2007 that anyone who could not afford private medical care could always go to the emergency room.
It is true that emergency rooms are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are required by law to accept all comers regardless of their ability to pay (although many will do whatever they can to turn away those without insurance or cash unless they are critically ill or injured or brought in by ambulance). And in this no-house-calls era, doctors' answering machines commonly advise their patients with a medical emergency to call 911 or go to the emergency room.
But even people who have a personal physician are often inclined to go to the emergency room when they have a bad sore throat or a persistent cough and are unable to reach their own doctor. And as any responsible medical professional will tell you, emergency rooms are hardly the place to go for run-of-the-mill ailments.
That is especially true now that millions of Americans have lost their jobs and the medical insurance that comes with them. Lacking any option, they are showing up in emergency rooms, contributing to ever-longer waits and a higher risk of cursory treatment by overworked doctors and nurses.
The new federal health care legislation should take some of the pressure off. It includes $11 billion to establish more than 1,200 community health centers to provide treatment -- and, one would hope, preventive care -- to low-income patients who now rely on emergency rooms for their health needs.
My family's experience with emergency rooms better reflects when and how they should be used.
For me: I suffered what turned out to be a hemorrhage in my ear on a flight to Arizona and, in the middle of the night, was in such pain I was banging my head against a concrete wall. Likewise, on a trip to Florida, while packing to go home, I threw my back out and couldn't stand or walk despite a fistful of pain medication.
For my son Erik: When he was 10, on a visit to Minnesota on Labor Day weekend, he suffered a terrible bite from a neighbor's dog and was bleeding profusely from his ear and mouth.
For my husband: In his 40s when he was still a smoker, he developed severe chest pain which, fortunately, turned out not to be a heart attack. Decades later, during treatment for cancer, he awoke one morning unable to walk and his oncologist said to call an ambulance because he was at risk of paralysis.
For my grandson Stefan: At age 6, he fell from a monkey bar in the schoolyard and broke his arm.
For my daughter-in-law Kris: At a skating party, she fell backward on her head and blacked out, unable to recall what had happened.
In a real emergency, like severe chest pain, difficulty breathing or profuse bleeding, the fastest route to care is to call 911 for an ambulance. The patient will be taken directly to an ER bed and evaluated immediately. Even before arrival, the ambulance personnel will have alerted the emergency room to the patient's condition and expected time of arrival so that the proper help will be on hand without delay.
For those who go to an emergency room on their own or are taken by a relative or friend, personnel at the front desk will ask about symptoms to determine if immediate care is needed. If not, a triage nurse will assess the patient's condition to assure that the sickest people are seen first.
Thus, you will not necessarily be taken in the order of arrival and you might have to wait a long time -- even hours -- to be seen by a doctor if your condition is not deemed serious by the triage nurse.
My son, husband and daughter-in-law were seen right away because their symptoms warranted immediate attention. But despite excruciating pain, my grandson and I had to wait; our symptoms were not considered a threat to life or limb.
As the demand for emergency room services rises, the waiting times can get longer and longer, sometimes reaching as long as eight hours, with occasional horror stories of patients who die while waiting to see a doctor.
In his well-researched book "The Essential Hospital Handbook" (Yale University Press, 2009), Patrick Conlon lists the following conditions to help people determine who should go to the ER, based on recommendations from the American College of Emergency Physicians:
- Difficulty breathing.
- Chest or upper abdominal pain or pressure.
- Fainting, sudden dizziness, weakness.
- Changes in vision.
- Confusion or changes in mental state.
- Any sudden or severe pain.
- Uncontrolled bleeding.
- Severe or persistent vomiting or diarrhea.
- Coughing or vomiting blood.
- Suicidal feelings.
- Difficulty speaking.
- Shortness of breath.
- Unusual abdominal pain.
In addition, children should be taken to the emergency room if they persistently refuse to eat or drink (especially those younger than 5) or have persistent fever above 100.4.
Conlon writes that the ER is seldom the right place for people with minor burns or injuries; sprains or strains; coughs, colds or sore throats; ear infections; fever (except as noted above) or flulike symptoms; skin irritations and rashes; mild asthma or any chronic health problem.
Yet the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports that among the top reasons people seek emergency care are sprains, strains, bruises and other superficial injuries. (Chest and abdominal pain, legitimate reasons for seeking emergency care, are the others.) Minor ailments like sore throats and infections are not high on the list, but people with such complaints contribute to long waits for everyone in the ER.
When emergency care is needed and time permits, Conlon suggests considering what to take and what to leave at home. Bring a list of any medications and over-the-counter remedies the patient takes; the name and phone number of the family doctor; proof of insurance; a brief health history; enough cash for incidentals; plenty of reading material; and, I would add, a fully charged cell phone. But leave home all jewelry and other valuables.
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Fractal Design ARC XL Review
Fractal Design ARC XL Introduction:
Today we take a look at Fractal Design ARC XL full tower, which marks the first product review of a Fractal Design case here at OverclockersClub. Fractal Design is a Swedish based company that has popped up in North America this past year. It has been steadily growing while moving into the power supply and computer case markets. Currently priced at $129.99, it's the largest chassis under the Fractal Design ARC series. Fractal Design falls right in the middle of the competition compared to other full towers price-wise. So far I have heard nothing but good things about this company, so let's see what all the fuss is about.
Fractal Design ARC XL Closer Look:
Let's look at the box! It's important to remember not everyone has things shipped to their home or know exactly what they want. When it is shipped, it's often squashed and bounced around. This is why companies need to protect their product. If a customer is checking it out at the store, the company also should provide a good deal of information on the outside. So here we have it, a simple brown box with the brand and model number in giant letters. Each side of the box is different and you will need to turn the box around to see everything that is written. The front is an accurate ink outline of the chassis. One side lists specifications for different configurations, which is also listed on page five. On the opposite side is a small ink outline of the inside of the chassis with the serial number and barcode. Lastly the back has a blown out diagram of the computer chassis with a list of eight majors features the chassis has to offer. These include features like multiple hard drive bays, and USB 3.0 and advance water cooling support, each written in English, German, French, and Spanish.
Once the box is open we are able to take a peek at the packaging. The case is held in place with the standard Styrofoam on the side. Normally that would be enough for a light chassis, but this one is a bit heavier weighing in at 30lbs (13.8kg). As you can see in the picture below, the box has a bit of a bend in the middle. Nothing was damaged but maybe Fractal Design can add something on the sides to avoid a potential issue. Removing it from the box wasn't an issue; it came out smooth enough.


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Studying may not be the most enjoyable thing you have on your average to-do list, but that doesn't mean it has to be boring or difficult. The right kind of lighting can make the job just a bit easier, and because PBteen offers a variety of different task lamps in fun colors and styles, you might feel a little more cheerful about the job at hand, too. From lighting up your homework to providing illumination so you can get the details on a piece of art just right, our task lamps are perfect for putting on a table or other work surface so you can focus and see what's in front of you.
As the name indicates, these lamps are designed specifically to help you accomplish tasks. That means they make a great accompaniment to other types of lamps and light fixtures, allowing you to create just the right amount of light for a cozy ambience. Many of our task lamps have adjustable shades and necks, so you can point the light source in a specific direction to customize your lighting. If you want to light up a book you're reading, you can point the lamp toward the book. If you want to create a moody atmosphere in your room, try turning off bright light sources and point your task lamp straight upwards or at the wall for some diffused illumination.
With their bright colors and cool styling, our task lamps can be part of your decor rather than just a useful piece of equipment. We have a bunch of different styles for you to choose from, and we may also offer several different color options for your chosen style. You can choose from bright, neon, pastel and neutral tones to suit your exact taste and personality. Go glam or industrial with a metallic lamp, or stay casual and light-hearted with a candy-colored option. The choice is yours, so have fun and pick what you like most.
A task lamp is the perfect choice for your desk These lamps are small and flexible, so they take up minimal space and can adjust to shine light where you need it. That's a helpful feature for those times when you're hitting the books hard and have stuff spread out all over your desk. Some of our task lamps even clip onto things like shelves or windowsills to give you light where you need it, even if you don't have a good surface for a lamp to sit on.
In that sense, task lamps are a bit more versatile than table lamps, though they both serve a similar purpose. If you don't see a task lamp that's just right for your study space, consider checking out our table lamp options as an alternative. Of course, there's no rule that says you can't pick both. More lighting options gives you more freedom to make your room look exactly the way you want it to. Combining a clip-on task lamp with a table lamp, for example, can give you the ability to adjust the amount of light in your workspace depending on the project you're doing.
Along with handy desk accessories that allow you to stay organized and add some pops of color to your work area, our task lamps give you an ideal setup for getting down to work. Even if there's a bunch of other stuff you'd rather be doing, having a well-organized study area can make focusing and doing your work a lot easier. And hey, the sooner you finish, the sooner you can do all that stuff you really want to do.


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X.org 7.5 has been released. This version includes DRI2, Multi-Pointer X, Input device properties, X Input Extension 2, RANDR 1.3 (adds support for panning and for Projective Transforms, which can be used to scale the screen up/down as well as perform projector keystone correct or other effects) and video and input driver enhancements. Here are the release notes.


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Stefanie has always found it harder not to draw, and has always felt compelled to sketch away and try out new techniques. Since childhood, she's been interested in tiny creatures like insects, frogs and newts, and drawing them. Her earliest commissions came when she was still a student, and helped fund her studies. She's also worked in set design, and was a sketch artist for a top German TV channel before becoming a full-time freelance illustrator.
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Theora is a video codec with a small CPU footprint that offers easy portability and requires no patent royalties. While the Theora bitstream format was standardized in 2004 and our beta releases have been used by millions, this 1.0 release is an important milestone reflecting the maturity and stability of the Theora codebase. A number of leading multimedia web groups already support Theora. Upcoming releases of Mozilla Firefox, the world's most popular open source browser, will support Theora natively, as will releases of the multi-platform Opera browser. Top-10 website Wikipedia uses Theora for all of its video.
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I would love the see an (output, not tools) comparison between theora (including the recent encoder work), Dirac and h.264.
There was a comparison between Theora and h.264 that linked here aswell. Maybe a year ago or something. The final conclusion was that h.264 had much better quality/filesize ratio.


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The purpose of this document is to act as a technical guide to the Kalkati.net XML representation of city of Tampere timetable data, also known as the timetable dump file. The dump file represents the line and timetable data of the city of Tampere timetable database exported into a single file. The dump file facilitates the interchange of timetable data between city of Tampere and external parties.
Kalkati.net is the name of the XML format used in the dump file. The purpose of the Kalkati.net timetable data transfer format is to unify timetable data presentation between different systems. In this document is described how the Kalkati.net XML format is applied to city of Tampere timetable data. The main goal of this documentation is to provide a developer with the essential knowledge of how to utilize the dump file data in building new applications. It should be noted that this guide does not try to act as complete specification or documentation of the dump file but rather a technical guide to it.
The dump file represents the line, route, and timetable data of the city of Tampere timetable database exported into a single file. As mentioned in the introduction, the role of the dump file is to enable easy interchange of data between city of Tampere and external transport providers and to enable third party developers to utilize the timetable data.
In technical level, the dump file is basically a zipped XML file which contains a variety of different data artifacts. The XML of the dump file is based on the standard Kalkati.net schema. The dump file is generated from the database data once every week. The generation date and validity period of the dump file is visible in the flag.txt file (located in the same directory). The dump file is downloadable from the journey planner server by authorized users. The URL of the file is listed in chapter "2.1 - Links". Downloading the file requires the use of a password. The password may be obtained from city of Tampere.
Journey planner is an online travel guide for public transport in Tampere area. Journey planner allows users to search for the best public transport connections between two selected locations. The service suggests the most suitable connections available at the given time.
The dump file is associated with the journey planner in that the file's timetable data actually originates from there. In other words, the timetable data in the dump file has been exported from the journey planner database – not from the city of Tampere timetables database.
Kalkati.net is a transport and cargo standards project initiated by the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications. It is basically a set of standards aiming to standardize the communication between Finnish public transport operators. Kalkati.net standards benefit also cargo companies. The main goal of the standards is to allow companies to exchange data more easily. This is expected to lead in a better collaboration in the field of Finnish transport operators and companies. The standards include a set of process diagrams specifying the communication patterns of how to exchange data, and a set of XML Schemas specifying the structure of the exchanged XML documents.
XML Schema is a standard by W3C that is used to specify data models of XML documents. In a schema document is specified the elements and data types that may be used in the instance documents (in documents that are based on the schema).
Below is listed some links for a developer to get started with XML Schema. The links include the official XML Schema specification, references and tutorials.
XML documents, especially XML Schemas, are often difficult to read as plain text files. To get a more convenient view of a XML/Schema document, one may use an XML visualization tool. Below is listed some (freeware) tools for this purpose.
This chapter serves as a guide to the Kalkati.net XML Schema. In this chapter we explain the most important elements of the schema and their attributes. This chapter applies also to the structure of the journey planner dump file. This is because the dump file is an instance document of the Kalkati.net schema. Thus, this chapter is a guide both to the Kalkati.net schema and the dump file's structure.
We do not intend to give a thorough explanation of all elements and attributes of Kalkati.net XML here but to provide a short overview of them. The exact details about the use of elements and their attributes can be always found in the Kalkati.net XML Schema document. Get the latest dump file and schema from the URLs specified in chapter "2.1 - Links".
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"Occurrences" means how many times an element has to (or is allowed to) occur in the document. The possible values for occurrence are 0..1 (at most once), 1..1 (exactly once), 0..* (any number of times including zero), 1..* (at least once). In the "attributes" -section of element definition, the optional attributes are marked with "optional" text. If there is no "optional" then the attribute is always used. In the "notes" sections some special instructions may be given about the dump file's interpretation or how to deal with some specific issues of Kalkati.net XML in general.
Figure 1 presents the structure of the dump file visualized in Netbeans XML Tool. In Appendix B presents the same but visualized in XMLSpy tool.
Figure 1: Structure of the dump file
<jp_database version='1.0'>
<!-- elements here -->
Occurrences: 1..1
Description: Is the root element of the XML document.
Occurrences: 1..1
Description: Gives the period of time over which the following timetables are valid and identifies the providing company. Unless otherwise noted, the first date in a footnote vector is the date of the delivery period's start.
<Company CompanyId='1' Name='YTV' Time='0000' Code='YTV'/>
Occurrences: 1..*
Description: Defines a timetable provider or transport operator that provides transport services..
Notes: Time should never be used in routing calculations – it's role is purely informational. The companies in the <Company> elements involve not only the main transport operators but also the subcontractor operators. Name is always the original Finnish name of the company. It is possible that also <Company> elements have synonyms (translations).
<Country CountryId='fi' Name='Suomi' Inland='1'/>
<Country CountryId='se' Name='Ruotsi'/>
<Country CountryId='ru' Name='Venäjä'/
<Country CountryId='en' Name='Englanti'/>
Description: Defines a country that is involved in the in the transport service.
Notes: In the dump file, <Country> is always Finland. CountryId values are always in lower case. Name values are always in the default language (Finnish).
<Timezone TimezoneId='1'>
<Period Firstday='1970-01-01T00:00:00.0+00:00' Lastday='2100-01-
01T00:00:00.0+00:00' Difference='+02:00'/>
Occurrences: 1..*
Description: Defines a time zone that is in use in the transport service area. The time zone details are defined in the <Period> child elements.
Note: In journey planner data timezone is not used to handle winter/summer time. Therefore data is always in +2 timezone.
Occurrences: 1..*
Description: Defines the offset from the mean time (UTC+DST) during a period of time.
Notes: In the dump file the time zone is always UTC+DST+02:00. Currently DST is +1 hours between the last Sunday of March 01:00 (UTC) and the last Sunday of November 01:00 (UTC). Note that the periods should never overlap!
<Language LanguageId='fi' Description='Suomi' isDefault='true'/>
<Language LanguageId='sv' Description='Ruotsi'/>
<Language LanguageId='en' Description='Englanti'/>
<Language LanguageId='ru' Description='Venäjä'/>
Occurrences: 1..*
Description: Defines a language used in the service.
Notes: <Language> elements are analogous to <Country> elements. LanguageId is normally two letters but may be also three. LanguageId is always written in lower case. Note Swedish language is "sv", not "se"!
<Station StationId='2241206' Name='Mankkaankallio' Minchangetime='0' TimezoneId='1' CountryId='fi' city_id='2' X='2542631.0' ='6676314.0' type='0'/>
Occurrences: 0..*
Description: Defines a station or stop in the service area.
<Trnsattr TrnsattrId='1001' Name='Makuupaikka'/>
<Trnsattr TrnsattrId='2001' Name='Makuupaikka, 1. luokka' AttrType='1001'/>
<Trnsattr TrnsattrId='2002' Name='Makuupaikka, 2. luokka' AttrType='1001'/>
Occurrences: 0..*
Description: Defines a transportation attribute. These elements are used to provide additional (free-form) information about services (<Service> elements).
Notes: Service elements refer the <Transattr> elements through the <ServiceAttribute> elements. TrnsattrIdattributes
are always intergers. Name is always in Finnish. The Attrtype global codes may be found in a
database or code specifications (such as in Trident Project).
<Trnsmode TrnsmodeId='6' Name='Metroliikenne'/>
Occurrences: 0..*
Description: Defines a single transport mode (vehicle type) used in the transport service area.
Notes: Modetype-attributes are always integers. Name is always in Finnish.
<Synonym LanguageId='sv'>
<Station StationId='6020215' Name='Masaby bibliotek'/>
<Trnsmode TrnsmodeId='1' Name='Buss'/>
<!-- more.. -->
Occurrences: 1..*
Description: <Synonym> elements are used for providing translations of texts in other elements. A <Synonym> element is actually only a container element, the translations are given as child elements for it. The child elements are always of form <Element id='key' name='translated text'/>. The Element may be one of the following: Language, Company, Country, Station, Trnsattr, or Trnsmode. The id attribute refers to the ID of the element that has been translated. The name attribute, which is the actual translation, overrides the value in the original element.
Notes: In the case of <Language> translation attribute Description is used instead of the Name attribute. This is because the <Language> element has no name attribute.
Occurrences: 0..*
Description: DEPRECATED - Enables the definition of new services by combining the existing services (<Service> elements).
Notes: The element is deprecated and is not in use in the dump file. <Change> elements are used now instead of <Thrusrvc> because they are more easily interpreted.
<Change ServiceId1='123' ServiceId2='345' userVisible='true'/>
<Change ServiceId1='432' ServiceId2='455'/>
Occurrences: 0..*
Description: Defines a possible change from the stop of one service to that of another. It merges two services into one so that the last stop of the first service is linked to the first stop of the second service. With <Change>, the changes are always guaranteed.
Notes: The passenger should be notified that the second service waits for the first service in case the service is guaranteed in guaranteed attribute.
<Service ServiceId='66842'>
<!-- service contents -->
<!-- more services -->
Occurrences: 0..1
Description: The role of the <Timetbls> element is to act as a container element for the timetables in <Service> elements (see below).
Attributes: none
<Service ServiceId='28695'>
<ServiceNbr CompanyId='3668' ServiceNbr='1024 1' Variant='24' Name='Erottaja - Seurasaari'/>
<ServiceValidity FootnoteId='10'/>
<ServiceTrnsmode TrnsmodeId='21'/>
<ServiceAttribute AttributeId='743' FootnoteId='27'/>
<Stop Ix='1' StationId='1030130' Arrival='0550'/>
<Stop Ix='2' StationId='1020174' Arrival='0551'/>
<Stop Ix='3' StationId='1040128' Arrival='0552'/>
<Stop . . . />
Occurrences: 0..*
Description: Defines information about a single departure (= a service in Kalkati.net). The <Service> elements of <Timetbls> represent the actual (all) timetable data in the system. <Service> elements appear only as child elements of <Timetbls>.
Contained elements:
Notes: In the dump file, the FootnodeId of <ServiceAttribute> always references the same <Footnote> as the FootnodeId in <serviceValidity>.
<Footnote FootnoteId='27' Vector='11111101111110111110011111101111110111111011111' Firstdate='2008-06-02'/>
Occurrences: 1..*
Description: Defines a validity period. Footnotes are used by <ServiceValidity> and <ServiceAttribute> elements in <Service>. Validity periods are specified as a set days where the timetable is either valid or not.
Q: Can you explain the XML Schema keys and references?
A: Keys are used as the unique IDs of elements. For example, serviceId attribute of the <Service> element is a unique ID (a key) of that element. A reference is a relation between elements A and B. The key (or ID) of element B is specified in the reference attribute of element A. For example, element Stop references element Station through StationId attribute. Now element A is said to be in a relation with element B and is linked with its data. References in XML Schema are analogous to relations in relational databases.
Q: What is meant by local and global keys?
A: The keys in Kalkati.net XML are divided into three categories based on their scope (namespace): local keys, global keys, and provider specific keys. The key scopes are defined in the <key> definitions section in the schema. A single key's scope can be seen from the <key> name attribute. The <key> names follow a pattern of [ElementType][Scope]Key. For example, a key CompanyLocalKey defines CompanyId key is defined in a local scope.
Local scope means a key is unique only in that current data file. For example, ServiceLocalKey means the ServiceId's are only valid in that document it has been defined in. Thus, the ID's have no meaning in any other contexts.
Global scope defines a key is a commonly recognized code that may have been defined in some universal code specification. For example, the keys of <Country> elements come from the ISO specification for country codes.
Provider (specific) scope means a key is unique to the timetable data provider only. For example, StationProviderKey means the StationId is unique ID for a station only within the data of that timetable data provider.
Q: Where are the departure specific notes (e.g. low-floor bus) specified in the XML data? Where are the short codes (e.g. M for low-floor bus) specified.
A: The special notes are known as transport attributes in Kalkati.net XML. They are specified in the <TrnsAttr> elements. A transport attribute is linked to a departure (service) via the attributeID attribute of the <ServiceAttribute> element (a child element of <Service>).
Unfortunately, in Kalkati.net XML there is no such specific attribute where the short codes could be specified. However, it is possible to overcome this limitation by using the short codes as the TrnsAttrId attributes.
Q: How are the departures of special days presented in data?
A: There is no concept of a special day in Kalkati.net XML. All days are basically equal to each other. In the data, if a service is not being operated on a special day such as Christmas day, it is indicated in the corresponding <Footnote> bit vector string of the service (see <Footnote> for details). Instead, if there is a service that is being operated only on a special day and with a special timetable, such a service is specified in an extra <Service> element of its own.
Q: Is it possible to have substitute timetables for the timetables of weekdays that are actually holidays? For example, to use Sunday timetables on Easter days?
A: Not really. In Kalkati.net XML there is no such a concept as a substitute timetable. Special timetables have to be always specified in their own <Service> elements. It is possible, however, to define a single timetable for a line that is valid throughout the year on all holidays. This is done using a <Footnote> that specifies the timetable is valid only on the holiday days. The bit vector string of the <Footnote> would look something like: 10000000000000000000000100000000000000000010.. (= with a lot of zeros for regular days).
Q: Are the elements always in same order in Kalkati.net XML file?
A: Yes. This is because if an element in Kalkati.net XML element groups always appear in sequences. The sequence indicator in XML Schema means that the elements must always appear in the same order they are declared in a sequence. In general, parsing of sequenced elements is often much faster than parsing of unordered elements.
It is notable that this applies also the <Synonym> element. The different elements must be grouped so that that the groupings appear in the same order as in the rest of the file. However, within the groupings individual elements can be in any order.
Q: How are the over-midnight departures presented in Kalkati.net XML?
A: In Kalkati.net XML the departure times in <Stop> elements are specified using a 32 hour clock. This means there may be buses departing from a stop, e.g., at 24:15 hours (= 0:15 am). In terms of Kalkati.net XML, thus, there may not be departures (services) that run through the next day. Below is an example of the representation of an over-midnight departure (service).
<Service ServiceId="27">
<ServiceNbr ServiceNbr="540" Name="Espoo - Ikean liittymä – Helsinki- Vantaan lentoasema" CompanyId="2" />
<ServiceValidity FootnoteId="4" />
<ServiceTrnsmode TrnsmodeId="1" />
<ServiceAttribute FootnoteId="4" AttributeId="DT.s"/>
<ServiceAttribute FootnoteId="4" AttributeId="NT.27"/>
<Stop Ix="1" StationId="2987743" Departure="2350"/>
<Stop Ix="2" StationId="2345553" Departure="2352"/>
<Stop Ix="3" StationId="2837456" Departure="2400"/>
<Stop Ix="4" StationId="2223048" Departure="2403"/>
<Stop Ix="5" StationId="2304894" Departure="2405"/>
<Stop Ix="6" StationId="2008737" Departure="2408"/>
<Stop Ix="7" StationId="1439457" Departure="2410"/>
<Stop Ix="8" StationId="1483633" Departure="2413"/>
<Stop Ix="9" StationId="1098744" Departure="2417"/>
<Stop Ix="10" StationId="3943774" Departure="2421"/>
<Stop Ix="11" StationId="3303008" Departure="2424"/>
<Stop Ix="12" StationId="3098573" Departure="2425"/>
In the following table is presented the "Trident project codes" for different vehicle types (transport modes).


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|FILE : Biblioteca Laurenziana 8
|TITLE: Grotesquerie with the duke Cosimo I's Arms 4b
LOCATION: Florence - Biblioteca Laurenziana wind. sVIII
DIMENSIONS: 200 x 86 cm
PROVENANCE: original location
ASSIGNMENT: Cosimo I grand duke of Florence
SUBJECT/S: the Medicean coat of arms with six balls, attribute of the ducal power, stands out in the middle, in a sumptuous niche in mannerist style, with grotesqueries in the background. The central image of the Arms is repeated through others cross-references: above the niche, the ducal crown with three feathers of different colours and, below, hold by two puttoes, the imperial honour of the Golden Fleece. The encomiastic iconography is completed by Cosimo I's devices : the Capricorn, the duke's ascendant star sign; a device probably worked out by P. Giovio with the motto: 'Fidem fati virtute sequemur', motto that is not written on the windows. The device acquires a further allusive meaning as the Capricorn is emperor Carlo V's ascendant and it's under his protection that the duchy becomes more powerful. Below, the other Medicean device, consisting of two 'crossed Anchors', with the motto 'Semper [ duabus]'. On the sides, two emblems of the 'turtle with sail' frame a cartouche with a mascaron. The same cartoon was used with unimportant variations for other stained-glass windows with an equivalent subject that close the windows in an alternating sequence with the ones representing grotesqueries with pope Clement's Arms.
CRITICAL NOTES: the sole critical mention to this interesting corpus of windows, noteworthy for its great quality, is due to Marchini . In a short note at foot in his book on the Italian stained-glass windows (1955), the scholar considers the assignment traditionally ascribed to Giovanni da Udini (G. Rossi) as wrong. The attribution to Giovanni da Udine was most likely advanced as he had decorated Michelangelo's New Sacristy's dome with grotesqueries. On the analogy of that also the Colloquio windows at Val d'Ema Charterhouse (see Firenze Certosa Val d'Ema 1-6) dated 1560 were attributed to Giovanni; but according to Marchini, 'they are more refined for the exquisite little stories'.
In the history of Italian stained-glass windows still all to be written, the stained-glass windows with grotesqueries would be a nodal point in the chapter dedicated to the Mannerist style; nonetheless there is not a systematic and a thorough study yet, as the only research carried out on the matter concerns, besides the already cited windows at Val d'Ema Charterhouse (Chiarelli), the stained-glass windows at Villa Farnese in Caprarola (del Nunzio) and the ones in the Prior's Rooms at Pavia Charterhouse (Pirina).
Forwarding here some preliminary results of a research that has just started, it must be specified that the typology of the Medicean windows breaks with those used in the two cycles of both the Florentine charterhouse and Villa Farnese, where the lines of the drawing created by the frame follows the sinuous lines of the mannerist figures : the structure of the Biblioteca Laurenziana windows consists of small squares hinged by the square grid of a frame that often interrupts the drawing ductus of the painted figures. An unusual constituent structure in Italy but that can be compared to some contemporary stained glass windows beyond the Alps. In particular, the analogies may be found in the extraordinary group of 'civic' panels by Dirck Pieterz Crabeth, coming from the windows of the house Pieterkerkgracht 9 in Leida, recently re-proposed to the critics attention by T. Husband in the exhibition that took place at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
The present results of the studies on the matter do not justify to proceed further. However, much has still to be studied in depth, such as the role that the Flemish artists played, as mentioned by Vasari. Among them Gualtieri di Fiandra, author of the windows at the Florentine cathedral and of the Venus being dressed by the Graces panel, the only window left of the cycle at Palazzo Vecchio; but there are also other masters glaziers such as Wanter and Jorio Crabeth, that worked at the windows for the Florentine baptistery.
CONDITIONS: There are various heavily re-leaded breaks. There are dirt sediments. In various parts the painting traces are faded and repainted. As all the other windows of the Biblioteca, this one as well shows the signs of several interventions and long deterioration. A relevant tampering to the windows corpus was the construction of the adjacent 'Delciana tribune' and the opening of the entrance door. In that occasion four windows on the northern side were walled up (two of which – nV, nVIII – are still closed, while the other two – nVI and n VII, next to the door – were re-opened with their relative windows in 1899).
The relation on the considerable damage occurred at the Biblioteca during the earthquake in May 1895 (see Conservation/earthquake damages) does not mention the present corpus , and their condition was all but satisfying if soon after the earthquake , on January 15 1896, Guido Biagi made a request to the regional head office for the preservation of the monuments in order to provide the restoration of some windows that, he asserted, 'are in bad condition, nor can they bear strong blowing of the winds'
In that same relation Biagi notes the following: 'for the restoration in question they should need the glasses of other two windows taken out when the Tribuna Delciana was built'. Tests on the stained-glasses made during the restoration presented in detail the use of original ancient glasses coming from other panels of the same series, here used as stop gaps ; a fact that at the moment already turns out to be clear even because of its difficult reading in situ .
According to the archive sources (ASBL – Archivio Storico della Biblioteca Laurenziana – Amministrazione 1895, issue 29), the restoration , carried out by Natale Buschi between February and May 1896, concerned mostly an undefined window. Probably, Bruschi in that activity stage or in the following one of the years 1899-1901 (see Firenze Biblioteca Laurenziana 0) had to extend his work to several other windows, this one included, as from what has been pointed out above.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: see Bibliografia Laurenziana
PHOTOGRAPHIC FILES: Foto Niccolò Orsi Battaglini, Firenze
EDITOR: Caterina Pirina, April 2002


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The book Contemporary Perspectives in Corporate Social Performance and Policy - The Middle Eastern Perspective is our endeavor to deepen the current discussion about business and institutional activity in Middle Eastern countries and disseminate the new perspective of the scientific inquiry in the responsibility of various organization operating in this part of the world.The book is divided into four parts: "Introduction", "Reality and Challenges of Corporate Social Performance - The Middle Eastern Perspective", "Corporate Social Responsibility in Middle Eastern countries", "Corporate Social Performance –specific problems". There were included some theoretical and practical contributions into the topic of corporate social responsibility and corporate social performance based on experiences from different countries (such as Israel, Turkey, United Arab Emirates). We hope that this volume will help to understand better this specific region and its business activities
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Solving complex problems and selling their solutions is critical for personal and organizational success. However, it doesn't come naturally and most of us haven't been taught how to do it well. Research shows a host of pitfalls trips us up when we try: We're quick to believe we understand a situation and jump to a flawed solution. We seek to confirm our hypotheses and ignore conflicting evidence. We view challenges incompletely through the frameworks we know instead of with a fresh pair of eyes. And when we communicate our recommendations, we forget our reasoning isn't obvious to our audience.How can we do it better?In Cracked It!, seasoned strategy professors and consultants Bernard Garrette, Corey Phelps and Olivier Sibony present a rigorous and practical four-step approach to overcome these pitfalls. Building on tried-and-tested (but rarely revealed) methods of top strategy consultants, research in cognitive psychology, and the latest advances in design thinking, they provide a step-by-step process and toolkit that will help readers tackle any challenging business problem. Using compelling stories and detailed case examples, the authors guide readers through each step in the process: from how to state, structure and then solve problems to how to sell the solutions.Written in an engaging style by a trio of experts with decades of experience researching, teaching and consulting on complex business problems, this book will be an indispensable manual for anyone interested in creating value by helping their organizations crack the problems that matter most
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Colin Carlson
I am a first semester Honors junior in EEB, and at the moment, I work with Tobias Landberg on a research project studying the behavior and morphology of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), based on footage from a Crittercam project. This project is, however, approaching an end, though we've just come out with a publication (!!), and I will soon begin another project, the topic of which is as of yet undetermined. I am known by a great many names across campus, including "Colin," "Col," "the 13-year-old," or "that really little dude."
Research Interests
Phenotypic plasticity; herpetology; morphological constraints on behavior; environmental law and conservation biology.
Snapping Turtle Research
This project analyzed the behavior of three Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina) along the Connecticut river. The footage, collected over the summer, was from three turtles: Jawless and Lafayette from Wethersfield Cove, and Snippy from Shenipsit Lake. (see the snapping turtle research team page for the full story on the turtles). Also, for more information on Crittercam itself, visit National Geographic's Crittercam Homepage. This analysis encompasses the breath, dive, pausing, walking, and other aspects of locomotion of the three turtles. If you would like to read more about the actual data analysis going into the project, check out Snapping Turtle Research: Analyses and Conclusions.
My research on this project was divided into two main stages. First came an analysis of the duration and frequency of breathing and diving behaviors, an analysis that revealed a strong positive relationship between breath and dive duration. Second, I analyzed behavioral patterns in the turtles through an analysis of locomotion divided into five sub-categories, and found strong differences between their average limb frequency cycles.
Conservation Philosophy
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." - George W. Bush
One of the major problems that faces conservation and environmental advocacy is that advocates don't get the environment, and environmental biologists aren't skilled advocates. This gap between activism and science is one that I have found to be a major obstacle in my environmental work as director of the Cool Coventry Club and steering comittee member of the Connecticut Youth Activist Network, and is one that has shaped my career goals profoundly. I'm also part of the EcoHouse living community on campus, and am a 2009 nominee for the Udall Scholarship. After UConn, I plan to go to graduate school to receive my Ph.D., but I won't stop there - law school seems to be a reasonable next step. After all, science and policy should go hand in hand - so even though I might end up in either field, both degrees will be of use to me.
Landberg, T., Carlson, C. J., Abernathy, K., Luginbuhl, C. Gemme, P. and Mergins, Craig. Natural History Notes: CHELYDRA SERPENTINA SERPENTINA L. (Eastern Snapping Turtle). SURVIVAL AFTER INJURY. Herpetological Review Dec. 2009
Snapping Turtle Research: Analyses and Conclusions) can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com


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by Becky St. Clair
The first item addressed in the President's report was the issue of diversity. The current trend is a reduction in the number of white students at Andrews University, while the number of Asian and Hispanic international students is rising.
The President also reported that in the Midwest half of all private colleges and universities and one third of public colleges and universities did not reach their enrollment and budget expectations this year. Trends are the same across the country but less pronounced. This could possibly be related to the fact that the number of high school and academy graduates in the country is dropping, particularly in the Midwest and East.
Randy Graves, vice president for enrollment management, spoke to the board about initiatives to give the recruitment team an edge in attracting students. One is to reward students for finishing their degree in four years, and another is to give transfer students a similar financial aid option to what freshmen are offered. An important initiative that was completed in November was installing an accurate, up-to-date cost calculator on the Andrews website. The University's commitment is to get more information out earlier so parents and students can determine their bottom line sooner.
A report from the audit committee included no corrections or complaints from the auditors.
Although tuition during summer sessions in 2013 put budget a couple hundred thousand dollars ahead, fall enrollment patterns put it behind. Andreasen pointed out that the bigger challenge to operations this year is that health benefits are above budget by several hundred thousand dollars. The enrollment budget for 2015 will be built on 98 percent of the current year. Tuition and fees will increase by three percent, the smallest increase proposed in the last five years, and Church support will increase by two percent at the General Conference level and one percent at the North American Division level. To achieve the board requirement of increasing operating expenses budget by 3.3 percent, Andrews will reduce expenses by $900,000 across campus next year.
The Governance Committee updated their bylaws to reflect changes in procedures.
The Academic Committee shared information on two new degrees: a Doctor of Missiology in the seminary focused on missions abroad and a Bachelor of Science in music through the College of Arts & Sciences.
Finally, Larry Schalk, vice president for financial administration, shared preliminary designs for the health and wellness center, developed by committees with help from the architecture program at Andrews. Though its proposed interior and exterior designs are preliminary, its location has been determined to be northwest of the Howard Performing Arts Center and south of PMC.
The second part of the wellness initiative is more mission driven and less to do with the facility, involving things like food service, the exterior campus environment and hiring a wellness advocate.
Current funding for the wellness center totals just over $11 million, and conversations are in progress regarding another $3 million. Additional commitments totaling in the hundreds of thousands were made during the board meeting.
The board also voted the following faculty and staff appointments:
Staff Appointments
Lori Abbot, course manager, School of Distance Education; Lilian Akawobsa, employment/benefits manager, Office of Human Resources; Eric Paddock, interim Gymnics coach, School of Health Professions; Becky St. Clair, media communications manager, Integrated Marketing & Communication
Faculty Appointments
College of Arts & Sciences
Twyla Smith, assistant professor, Department of Social Work
School of Health Professions
Beverly Sedlacek, assistant professor, Department of Nursing
Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
Petr Cincala, director, Institute of Church Ministry and assistant professor, Department of World Mission; Oliver Glanz, assistant professor, Department of Old Testament
Change in Position
Karen Benjamin, accreditation coordinator, Department of Graduate Psychology & Counseling; Ashleigh Burtnett, enrollment counselor, Undergraduate Enrollment; Steven Huset, ALC content manager, School of Distance Education; Jason Kidder, retail manager, Office of Dining Services; Benjamin Panigot, assistant director, Office of Campus Safety; Joseph Shoemate, production manager, Office of Dining Services; Ivan Sierra-Rivera, patrol lieutenant, Office of Campus Safety; Michelle Wallis, compliance lieutenant, Office of Campus Safety; Stephen Yeagley, assistant vice president, Student Life
Promotion in Rank
College of Arts & Sciences
Alina Baltazar, assistant professor, Department of Social Work; Marcella Myers, chair, Department of History & Political Science
Department of Agriculture
Thomas Chittick, professor emeritus
Department of Aviation
Duane Habenicht, chair
Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
John Baldwin, professor emeritus; Fernando Canale, professor emeritus; Tom Evans, assistant professor, Christian Ministry; Paul Z Gregor, chair, Old Testament; James North, professor emeritus


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Janet is ageless
She really is.
You bitches will probably say it's because of the plastic surgery and yeah sure, she's had a lot of work done but still... there's a skin amazingness here that can't be bought. Just take a look at Katherine Jackson. Mrs Jackson is about to turn 80 and doesn't look a day over 70. Maybe even 65.
Janet hit up the premiere of Why Did I Get Married Too in LA last night. As you can see, we are currently on a yo-yo skinny swing. Janet fluctuates once every couple of years. She looks great, yes, but there's always been an emotional fragility behind the weight change, a fragility that seems almost genetic in that family, no doubt exacerbated by MJ's death last summer, and perhaps the incentive for her to battle through it one last lasting time. For her health. Hopefully.
Why Did I Get Married Too opens on April 2nd. As all Tyler Perry movies go, it's expected to do big business. Janet released a song for the film called Nothing. Makes me a little sad but I can't really articulate why. Perhaps because she sounds so much like him at certain points. Just me?
Photos from Wenn.com and Flynetonline.com


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Amazon has recently changed their payment process which may allow a debit card payment to go through as a PIN-less debit transaction. Although the transaction will be processed like a PIN-debit transaction, the Personal Identification Number (PIN) won't be required. FORUM members may be charged a fee for payments Amazon processes as a PIN-less debit transaction. In order to avoid this fee members must disable this PIN-less debit card function through their Amazon account.
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Following a budget can be restrictive, tiresome and grows old really fast. Unfortunately, budgeting is the best way to stay in control of your money, live within your means and have less financial stress in our lives. Don't worry, there are ways to avoid budget burnout especially if you recognize the causes of being overwhelmed by your budget.
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I was on a recent panel in Memphis, TN, for The Recording Academy called "Grammy GPS: A Roadmap for Today's Music Business." The topic of my panel was Direct-to-Fan (DTF) commerce. In preparation, I pored over data (anecdotal and empirical) from the last 3+ years of working with Artists, Labels and Managers, including recent data from our online DTF product Reverb Store that launched in January of this year.
The first thing that dawned on me was how much DTF commerce is already taking place, offline, in the form of the ubiquitous merch table at virtually every concert on the planet. The Artist Revenue Survey we conducted in 2008 revealed that more than 50% of our Artists total revenue came from playing live shows and selling merch and music at those shows.
It seems logical that we should consider the principals behind the merch table (offline DTF) if we're going to be properly equipped to maximize DTF online. Core to that is understanding why fans buy products.
The following illustration is an attempt to visualize four types of fans that buy for different reasons. Any given Artist may have fans in any or all of the buckets, depending on where they are at in their career. You'll notice that I added a 'value' arrow that increases as you go up the illustration. This value arrow is based on a combination of the price each type of fan is willing to pay multiplied by the number of potential fans in each group. Your biggest supporters are willing to pay more than some of the other groups, but there will likely be fewer of them, especially as you tour farther from home:
Let's unpack this illustration a bit more by looking at each type of fan in detail. First up is the Supporter:
Supporters are people like your friends and family. These are the people who know you and who come to your show to support you – they want you to succeed, and will wear your shirt or don your bumper sticker to help you.
When Supporters buy your merch, they view it as a donation to your cause. If you have a lot of fans in this category, consider removing the prices from your merchandise and let them pay whatever they want for it. Displaying prices may actually limit the amount of the 'tip' that these fans will leave for you. Stock your merch table with a variety of simple, low cost items — the cheapest t-shirts, hats, CDs, stickers, and buttons that you can buy. Remember, these 'patrons' are likely going to give you a $20 bill no matter what you give them in exchange, so maximize your margins here. By providing a variety of items, they can buy different pieces at each sequential show ($20 over and over again). Print your band name in one color (saves cost), and print it big and bold. These are the folks that want to advertise your band to the world to help you. Let them.
While they are huge supporters, forcing them to an online store may lose a big portion of them. They came out to support you, so make it easy for them to donate to the cause by having the merch items on site. There are lots of folks who can supply you with merch to sell, from local shops to online wholesalers. ReverbNation can make your products for your merch table as well.
Next up is the Local Entertainment Seeker
Once you get past playing at coffee shops to your cousins and start playing out at larger venues, you'll start getting this group of fans. These are people who just happen upon your show because of the date/time/place combination. Maybe they're celebrating a birthday or spring break at the bar you just happen to be playing at, or they're local music fans who go to that venue every Friday — no matter who's playing — because it's their favorite spot.
These fans are going to buy your merch because it's a commemoration of a great night they had — a souvenir. At this level, merch should be event-specific (if possible) so that people will want to buy it so they can remember the experience — even if that experience, such as a birthday, has little to do with your band.
"Spring Break 2010 at Bubba's with Scotty and the Reverbs"
This one takes a bit of planning ahead, because these fans most likely won't go online to buy your merch either. They want something right at that moment, so you need to get them before they walk out of the building. Consider making a special t-shirt or sticker just for that event. The Reverb Store was designed with this use in mind. Use it to create event-specific merch and buy it in low quantities for each show (it costs nothing to create an event-specific item). Follow up with an e-mail to the fans that live in the area where you played (our FanReach email system lets you target emails to specific geographies). If that is not do-able, consider making special stickers or even having a 'Spring Break Deal' on your merch that makes it fee special to them.
General Public
The next group is the General Public. These are people that go to your shows specifically because they saw you were playing locally and wanted to see you. They want to shop your entire catalog. Maximizing the DTF to these fans requires a real shopping experience at the merch table. Lots of product, packaged well, credit cards accepted. These folks may consider shopping online for your stuff, so make sure you give them your Reverb Store URL (or whoever your e-commerce provider is) printed on a sticker, receipt, or thank you note.
The final group is True Fans. These are the ones who mark their calendars when you come to town. They are already in the Supporters category, but instead of coming to see you to help bolster your identity as a band, they believe that affiliation with your band helps define their OWN identity. They will buy whatever you put out, and they are willing to pay to get it. This is where you release really special, super limited-edition merch, such as box sets or lifetime passes to shows, signed by members of the band.
This kind of merch is the kind of super-exclusive stuff that you only want to sell online, with maybe a couple of copies at the merch table. This stuff should be as special as possible — hand numbered, signed — and priced as high as you're willing to go. The examples that you bring to the merch table are about making them aware that they can buy even more.
Once you have enough of this type of fan (the true fan) you are in a good position to make a viable career out of your music product.
In summary, selling directly to your fans is the oldest form of merchandising for Artists. Learn why your fans are buying from you, and make it easy for them to realize their goals. You will make a lot more money in the process.


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This company manages and recycles america's waste products such as paper, aluminum, plastic etc. They also provide trash cans for residential and commercial applications.
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The 16-year-old accidentally shot himself with a handgun believed to have been reported stolen 10 years ago.
ORANGE CITY -- The Orange City 16-year-old who police say was playing with a gun in a library when he shot himself in the eye has died, Detective Ken Jones said.
Yardeh Gautier, 16, was pronounced dead at 2 p.m. Friday at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Jones said.
According to police, Gautier, another 16-year-old and a 19-year-old went to the Dickenson Memorial Library at 148 Albertus Way after they left University High School on Thursday afternoon. The students went into an unoccupied room at the library where Gautier took out a handgun and started showing it to the others about 3:26 p.m.
"The other teens said that he was playing with it, fooling around with it, when it discharged, shooting him in the head," Jones said.
According to an incident report released Friday, the teenager was found with a gunshot wound to the right eye, sitting in a chair in a room on the north side of the library with the gun next to him.
The library was closed Friday.
Police don't know yet how the teen came into possession of the firearm but detectives were working on tracing Gautier's whereabouts Thursday and Wednesday night. The two other teens with the victim at the time of the shooting told police Gautier found the gun Wednesday night, Jones said.
"The other teens said he found the gun but we are still trying to figure out where he got it," Jones said.
The gun, a .38 special Taurus, was reported stolen, possibly during a burglary, at a home in Deltona 10 years ago, an incident not connected to Gautier, Jones said.
"It was just a tragic accident," he said. However, if investigators determine someone gave Gautier the firearm, Jones said that person would be charged.
Volusia County schools spokeswoman Nancy Wait said a team of counselors was at University High School on Friday to assist students with counseling and would also be there Monday.
"On behalf of University High and the school district, we are deeply saddened by this loss. Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to Yardeh's family and friends. We will do everything we can to help support them during this difficult time," Wait said in a statement released after she learned of his death.
The shooting is an "unusual incident," considering where it occurred, Orange City Police Chief Peter Thomas said.
"So far, the investigation does not show that anyone in the library was endangered," Thomas said. "There was a limited number of people in the library at the time."
With her son hospitalized in critical condition earlier Friday, Maria Gautier was overwhelmed with tears and could not speak.
"Yardeh, te amo," Maria Gautier cried out in Spanish in her North Carpenter Avenue home. "Yardeh, como quisiera que estes aqui (Yardeh, how I wish you were here)."
Tammy Parker, her sister, said the family was surprised her nephew was in possession of a gun. He did not get into trouble and had never been involved with any criminal activity, Parker said.
Maria Gautier and her son moved to Orange City almost two years ago from Massachusetts. He played football last spring but not in the fall.
The boy recently developed an interest in the military and planned to join the U.S. Army after high school. Gautier, a freshman, liked to show off his ROTC uniform, Parker said.
"He was so much into it that he joined the ROTC program at the school," Parker said.
Yardeh Gautier, who loved football and played basketball by his home every day, had been struggling with his grades at school. But his sudden interest in the military encouraged him to do better. Because of that improvement, his school counselor had recommended him to attend a military camp to improve his performance and earn school credits, Parker said.
He was scheduled to attend an orientation at the camp Monday, she said.
"He was set to go to the Florida Youth Challenge Academy in Starke for credit recovery school," Parker said.
The family is still struggling to comprehend how the boy got the gun.
"We were very surprised," Parker said. "We didn't want to believe it was so."