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My friends' annual Robert Burns party has come and gone and a great time was had by all. Met up with friend Nils at Barfly and got a lift with Allan and Gail down to Old Montreal. Nils is a talented professional singer and guitarist who has a passion for old Scottish music, so bringing him to the party was a no-brainer. This party, which has been going on for over 10 years now, is a real treat. There's always a large selection of single malt whiskies on hand, great food, and a sing-along led by Johnny Graham and co. Song highlights include "Loch Lomond", "Flower of Scotland", and Stan Rogers' "Barrett's Privateers". Best single malt scotch of the night: Balvenie 12 year old.
Nils played a short but fantastic set of some of these old songs he has from an historic Scottish Music collection he has and stunned the guests with the quality of his voice. Gail, Allan, and I have had the pleasure of hearing him sing at Barfly, but the rest of the crowd had never heard him. Hell, they never even met him before. He's a professional operatic singer, so his voice filled the room. Definitely not sing-along material, but a treat nonetheless. Hopefully he'll put in a set at Barfly soon.
My personal highlight of the night was Will's Scottish dumpling made from his granny's recipe. It was almost as good as my Glasgow granny's was. Now I've got to fry it up and have it with eggs and bacon, just like we used to when we were kids.
Traditional Scottish Dumpling (Clootie) – the only dessert vegetarians can't eat.
So naturally, Nils and I got dropped off at Barfly and lo and behold Rick's there with Carlos. Rick Klucinskas and I go way back with the Soria brothers and have probably seen Alex play more shows than anyone. Alex and I met Rick in our first year in CEGEP back in 1983 through mutual friend Dwight Faithful and have been best of friends ever since. In our way, we all felt like we were brothers.
We reminisced – a lot. Talked a lot about Alex, the music we used to listen to back in the day, how great our combined record collections were, remembering the early Nils shows. It was funny remembering that from the moment I saw Alex and Carlos' collection, I was competitive – I had to have a collection at least as good as theirs. I never managed it, but I know Alex and Carlos always appreciated my tastes and my collection. When my father died suddenly in 1986, I had to bury him on the isle of Eriskay in Scotland where he was born. Because I was going to be gone for a month, I left my stereo and entire record collection at the Soria house on Gilbert Street. That house was the official Nils HQ at the time, and this was just 3 months before they would be forced to move out because their Dad was going away to California. Anyway, I left my records there and my collection was thoroughly raided – in a good way. Many mixed tapes were made from records in our combined collections. It was the only time my records were mixed in with theirs, and it was the ultimate compliment to know that they rated my bunch of LPs, EPs, and singles. Combined, we probably had the best collection of early punk and hardcore I've ever seen in one place. It would probably cost thousands to get those records in a single place today.

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My good friend Jon Lang, Rich Mercier and Morgan Venticinque celebrated their 2nd anniversary of their stand up show – Recess. I thought I would be late as I was taking photos for another friend's upcoming show and it took a bit longer to get over to B Bar than I had anticipated. Luckily, I didn't miss anyone.
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Green is in. With all the talk about global warming and environmental concerns, it seems more important than ever for everyone to do their part to reduce their carbon footprint. From taking baby steps like shortening your shower time, to long term changes like travelling less frequently, every bit now counts in an effort to reduce the damage done to the Earth.
Likewise, companies the world over have been touting their new "green" policies. Capitaland, the real estate giant headquartered in Singapore, has an environmental policy as part of their corporate responsibility plan. Hewlett Packard has their green policy for a host of their imaging and printing options, and even the government has adopted a tax incentive scheme for businesses that go green.
So naturally, it's only a matter of time before even going to conferences can be environmentally friendly. Just think about it. Five hundred or more delegates from all over the world will be flying in on planes in just a few days. When the head back home, they're probably going to be bringing several tons of brochures, flyers and other paper material with them. Imagine the amount of carbon emission those two acts alone produced!
But, all is not lost! Some conferences are already taking steps to reduce their carbon trail with simple solutions that actually work over the long run.
Organizers can start by choosing to hold their conferences or events at venues which uphold environmentally friendly policies. Take for instance, the SKYCITY Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. The centre is big on water conservation. It ensures that all its facilities and outlets are run efficiently to reduce the amount of energy they use. This is turn, brings down the amount of greenhouse gas emissions.
Of course, not every venue that's available will have an environmental policy. If booking one is not possible, organizers and delegates alike can both play their part towards a cleaner Earth.
Some organizers are booking conference venues that are situated within walking distance of hotels in the area. This reduces the need for delegates to drive to the venue. Convention venues that are within the hotel's building itself work perfectly with this idea. There's no need for delegates to rush to attend the sessions, and it in turn helps them save money as well. Even if it is not possible to book a venue close to hotels, organizers can always share about the benefits of car-pooling to their attending delegates. If all else fails, well, there's always public transportation!
Another major reason why conferences may not be very Earth friendly is the sheer volume of paper that must be used to print numerous brochures and presentation material that is distributed to the delegates. Instead, organizers can request for all promotional material to be given out electronically. Delegates can be informed to bring their own USB drives or opt to have the material sent to them via email either before or after the event. It's certainly a big leap away from the norm of giving out the brochures, and there might also be a few delegates who will not take on to the idea as well as others. If it's too much of a risk, recycled paper can be used instead.
Another big step that can be slowly taken up is the purchase of carbon offsets. Quite a number of airlines around the world, such as Virgin Blue, Air Canada, and Qantas, have already taken up this initiative for their passengers. Carbon offsetting involves investing in projects and initiatives that prevent or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is a way of counter balancing for the emissions you already make in your day to day activities.
Other good ideas that could be incorporated would involve setting up recycling bins for lanyards and badges. These could be made with recyclable materials and once the event was over, delegates can deposit them into these bins to be sent for recycling. Bins can also be set up for regular waste materials to encourage delegates to dispose of their waste responsibly.
Remember, all it takes are a few small steps to change the big picture. If you've been to a conference, or any event at all, with an environmental policy in place, tell us about it. Drop us an email or leave a comment to share your thoughts. We'd love to hear from you!


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Created by Luiz Zanotello, Habitat of Recognition explores the material dimensions of digital technologies by examining the intra-active tensions between the distinction and convergence of matter.21/03/2018 in Arduino
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Latest in the series of experiments and explorations into neural networks by Memo Akten is a pre-trained deep neural network able to make predictions on live camera input – trying to make sense of what it sees, in context of what it's seen before.20/03/2018 in openFrameworks
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Created by Ralph Kistler, 'Internet of Shrimps' examines in an ironic and playful way the industries´ promises for an enhanced experience in a completely interconnected smart home, often be acclaimed as the next big technological revolution: the Internet of Things.07/03/2018 in Arduino&p5js
Spirotrope – Stirling Engine powered Spirograph animation
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Objective Realities – Becoming an object in a smart home
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While we are gone on our annual trip to the ocean our homeschool coop is going to make Bow and Arrows. We voted and it came out a clear winner. We are the coordinators for the Handicraft at coop, so we needed to get everything prepared for them to make the craft while we are gone. Furthermore, we didn't want to miss out on making them ourselves!
In case you want to make your own, we have included a link to instructions for making Bow and Arrows yourself. It will open as a PDF document.
How I Modify Mason's Streams of Science (forms 3-6) - I mentioned in my last article, that I diverge from Charlotte Mason's science plan, a bit, starting in form 3. I want to explain why and how I do that. We ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — With 1:26 to go in the game, John Cooper Jr. grabbed his father by the arm and jabbed a tiny rose pin into his jacket lapel.
It took John Sr. a moment to realize what his son was doing. For the last three hours the elder Cooper had held his breath as the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes teetered toward a collapse against feisty Indiana. But as the clock wound down on the Buckeyes' 27-17 victory Saturday at Memorial Stadium, the long-suffering head coach gazed down at the little red rose on his chest and began to weep.


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Damore: No one expects the Google inquisition, but …
… you¬Ýshould, James Damore warns in today's Wall Street Journal. a author of a most famous internal memo of a year writes about his firing from Google, which in this case Drunk Newspears more like an excommunication from a cult. Raar than pick up a thread of his objections to a gender diversity policies within Google, Damore focuses on a second main argument of his asis, which dealt with Google's inflexibility on intellectual diversity. & why not? It's a argument Google proved by treating him as a heretic, & expelling him from a monastery.
That is actually an Drunk Newst description of a environment Damore relates — a cult more than a workplace. & it might also raise questions about companies that grow "too big to fail" not just in size, but it scope as it relates to air internal environments:
Google is a particularly intense echo chamber because it is in a middle of Silicon Valley & is so life-encompassing as a place to work. With free food, internal meme boards & weekly companywide meetings, Google becomes a huge part of its employees' lives. Some even live on campus. For many, including myself, working at Google is a major part of air identity, almost like a cult with its own leaders & saints, all believed to righteously uphold a sacred motto of "Don't be evil."
Echo chambers maintain amselves by creating a shared spirit & keeping discussion confined within certain limits. As Noam Chomsky once observed, "a smart way to keep people passive & obedient is to strictly limit a spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum."
But echo chambers also have to guard against dissent & opposition. Whear it's in our homes, online or in our workplaces, a consensus is maintained by shaming people into conformity or excommunicating am if ay persist in violating taboos. Public shaming serves not only to display a virtue of those doing a shaming but also warns oars that a same punishment awaits am if ay don't conform.
Echo chambers in homes & offices are really nothing new. Most people have worked for a boss who refuses to tolerate dissent, or had a parent or gr&parent around whom certain topics are never mentioned. One eiar learns that in ase cases selective discretion is a better part of valor, or ay look for anoar job. Even in a online world & on social media especially, one can find like-minded people on any heretical or heterodoxical position contrary to public consensus, even if it creates some ostracization among oars.
a difference in this case is power. At most businesses, ase problems tend to be localized, with upper management more concerned about profit & shareholder relations; employees can shift to oar units or more easily ignore & work around a problem. On social media, most of a power is distributed among its users, although Twitter has a bad reputation for interfering in that process. Google, however,¬Ýhas an enormous amount of power, both economic & political, because of its sheer size & lack of competition.
That prompts a larger question of a limits of Google's power, & not just within a cult compound from which Damore got exiled this week. Hundreds of millions of people rely on Google & its products, if not a billion or more, all of which have to do with communications & social interaction. Can we trust a company that expels Damore for offering a challenge to internal orthodoxy to h&le external user heterodoxy fairly & equitably? How long will it be before Google begins to impose its ideological dictates on its users as well as its employees, & what precisely would stop am from doing so? We have allowed Google to build a near-monopoly on its services though acquisitions as well as innovation, & transformed a pioneering & plucky start-up into an organization that could easily partner up with Big Broar if a opportunity arose.
Two weeks ago, I warned that Republicans need rethink air¬Ýlaissez-faire Drunk Newsproach to anti-trust enforcement in order to protect against consolidation of economic & political power:
It's that economic, cultural, & political disconnect that fueled populism on a Right, on which Donald Trump cDrunk Newsitalized by acknowledging & legitimizing it. Republicans took this as a culture-war opportunity, but ay're missing a large part of a problem by overlooking Main Street economics.
Republicans may feel uncomfortable taking a more aggressive policy on antitrust enforcement, but it does fit with a dedication to small government & federalism. Increasing consolidation in a marketplace concentrates economic power into fewer h&s, & economic power eventually will get expressed in political terms. Our massively complicated tax codes & regulations serve as traditional vehicles for rent-seeking behaviors by corporations less interested in free markets than in squelching competition.
If a GOP truly wants to bring conservatives & populists togear on economics & governance, ay need a measured & assertive Drunk Newsproach to antitrust enforcement. Populism is all about returning power to a people, while modern conservatism has limited government & subsidiarity in power at its core.
Google's expulsion of Damore is a warning signal of what comes next, & it won't be a comfy chair. Putting our communications into a h&s of a few ideologues without any oar options is a recipe for disaster on its own, but a consolidation of economic power in general will become an increasing obstacle to personal liberty & equitable government. Google will just be a canary in a coal mine, & may already be,
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'2nd CENTURY PROJECT' | Public kickoff on Thursday
The "2nd Century Project," a consortium of business owners and community leaders who want to create a brand for and interest in Sanford and Lee County, have been at work for several months now developing strategic initiatives and goals to market our area. You can read more about it in reporter Jonathan Owens' article in Sunday's Herald.
The group's four primary goals:
1) to create a comprehensive brand for Sanford and Lee County
2) to incorporate all the studies and efforts of the past three decades into a results oriented action plan
3) to create a consortium of both public and private stakeholders to implement the action plan
4) to make Sanford and Lee County a primary destination to live, work and play in the greater Triangle region
2nd Century is hosting public kickoff meetings Thursday – a session at noon for key stakeholders and Committee of 100 members, and a second session at 7 p.m. for interested citizens. Both will be held at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center.
Rose & Associates Southeast Inc., of Davidson, N.C., together with ArnettMuldrow & Associates of Columbia, S.C., are jointly collaborating as the consultants on Phase I of the project. Kirk Bradley, chairman of the research team, said the group has been doing "initial reconnaissance, taking photographs, collecting data and reviewing the many plans, initiatives and studies that have been completed and approved over the past 30 years."
The consultants welcome public participation and input. They have set up a website (www.secondcentury.org) as a venue for ongoing public information, updates and commentary, and will make surveys/input forms available on the website.


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Cool atmosphere, quiet, comfortable instantly felt when I got the sights Giri Tirta Wana. Near the main road entering the village Ngipik pass road leading down to the lake, we can look at the expanse of the wide blue green water. Overland travel fatigue more than an hour from the city of Surabaya was immediately vanished.
In simple stalls along the path, found many local travelers to spend long hours staring at man-made attractions that, while sipping coffee with delicious. The wind blew fresh breeze add to the atmosphere. Inhaling air hilly town of Gresik make the joints and the body becomes more fit and peace of mind.
Giri Tirta wana more popular by the name Ngipik Lake is one of the resorts are managed by PT Swabina Gatra slick, one of PT Petrokimia Gresik Group since 2002. Name giri wana Tirta adopted from the characteristics of the location of lake Ngipik. Among Kebesaaran of Sunan Giri Giri means that his tomb is located in the town of Gresik. Wana means that forests and trees that surround this resort, and Tirta which means water, intentionally used because the present lake Ngipik which has the element of water.
The Government of Gresik Regency Lake Tours also makes Ngipik and Giri Tirta Wana as a source of local revenue the tourism sector. However, over time, the resorts are located in the middle of the petrochemical industrial area of PT Gresik, neglected its management.
In front of the gate when entering the sights of this, none seen a billboard that reads the Tour Lake Ngipik, Giri Tirta Wana. It had a direct impact on the lack of recognition of this tourist attractions to the public. The management explained that the installation of a tourist, for reasons of tax financing has not been taking care of the area.
If you simply want to enjoy the panorama of the lake, the pier's water skiing sports groups can also be visited. From this pier, visitors can see the cool lake water, especially in the morning or late afternoon.


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Here's my weekly link-up with Lindsey at The Pleated Poppy and What I Wore Wednesday.
Skirt: JCrew
Necklace: Me
Earrings: McKenna Hallett
Also on Wednesday. Quick wardrobe change so I can clean the bathroom.
Shirt: Cafe Press
Chilling in the back yard with the kids, the kiddie pool, and the sprinkler.
My 4 year-old took this picture.
Tank: Old Navy
Skirt: Target
Flip Flops: Old Navy
Swim Suit: Target
Everything: from about 8 years ago
Shorts: Old Navy
Flip Flops: Target
Long Necklace: Target
Cardigan: Old Navy
I'm in a hotel room because we got to go to Kansas City for the weekend WITH NO KIDS!!!
I love my kids. A lot. But it's nice to get away.
Jumping on the bed. Because we're in a hotel room. With no kids.
{Thad thinks this is stupid, but is being a very good sport}
Tank: Charlotte Russe
Shorts: Old Navy
Husband: Thad
I love wearing T-shirts, and am trying REALLY hard to branch out, so finding a shirt like this, that's T-shirt material, is HUGE for me! I can be comfy all day and still feel cute.
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|'Woh Lamhe' an emotional journey
Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt are adopting the same approach as Yash Raj by incorporating the promo of a forthcoming release in their new movie.
The Killer, which previewed last week in India, gave the audience a teaser of what to expect from Woh Lamhe, slated for a September release
Directed by Mohit Suri (Zeher, Kalyug), the film stars Shiney Ahuja, Kangana and newcomer Shaad (nephew of actress Mumtaz). Going by the promo, the film promises to be an emotional roller coaster ride.
Composer and playback singer, AR Rahman, recently enthralled audiences at the Hollywood Bowl, one of the largest amphitheatres in the world.
Having attracted a strong following from non-resident Indians in Asian countries, he has now endeared himself to US music lovers.
The show titled Bollywood Night with AR Rahman, had snippets of Bollywood movie clips, with guest artists and dancers
The song which rocked the evening was Chaiyya Chaiyya, performed by Sukhwinder Singh.
Other performers included Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam and Madhushree.
According to a report from India-FM, representatives from Warner Bros, Fox and Universal Studios were among those in attendance.
It is said that they were so impressed they were toying with the idea of adding a Bollywood flavour to next year's Oscars.
It was Kashmiri who was keen on the idea of having her belt out two tunes. Is this because Sanjay Leela Bhansali got Dixit to croon in the movie, I wonder?
Meanwhile, choreographer Saroj Khan is conducting intense rehearsals with Meera.
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|A.R. Rahman Rocks the Hollywood Bowl
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LOS ANGELES - A.R. Rahman and his orchestra launched into the opening strains of the song "Chaiyya chaiyya" in an outdoor concert at the Hollywood Bowl July 16, as twilight descended on a warm Southern California evening.
It was the defining moment of a day set to make musical history, as the 84-year-old venue - itself an icon in American music - hosted its first-ever concert devoted entirely to the music of India.
Images from Bollywood movies filled five giant al fresco movie screens as Rahman led his orchestra and some of India's top vocalists on a whirlwind ride through many of his best-loved hits from Dil Se, Taal, Rang De Basanti, Yuva, Lagaan and Roja, as well as a side journey to "Bombay Dreams" and the Chinese feature film Warriors of Heaven and Earth.
The popularity of "Bollywood at the Bowl," presented as part of KCRW-FM's 2006 World Festival, was evident by the energy of the sold-out crowd, which spanned the ethnic spectrum and got up to dance to songs like "Humma humma" and "Ramta jogi."
Rahman's performance started on a gentle note, with a flute solo from the haunting orchestral "Theme from Bombay," led by longtime Rahman conductor Srinivasa Murthy.
Rahman, diminutive yet charismatic in an ecru knee-length linen jacket over white trousers, then strode onstage and sat down at the piano, humming a jazzy interlude that soon blossomed into his trademark "Dil se re ..." and built to a crescendo as he threw his head back to cry out the chorus. Images of Shah Rukh and Manisha Koirala played overhead, and the crowd clapped along.
The show continued with "Khal bali" (Rang De Basanti), with background singers Naresh Iyer and George Peters; "Chup ke" (Saathiya) from Sadhana Sargam; and a percussive "Dhol dhol" (Yuva) from rapper Blaze.
Rahman stepped out from behind his piano to lead the vocals on "Sona sona," a wedding qawaali from his hit stage show "Bombay Dreams," and joined vocalist Anisha Nagarajan, star of its New York production, for a version of "Love's Never Easy," a poignant ballad set to the melody of "Ishq bina," segueing from her English version to his Hindi one. Nagarajan, in a brilliant blue sari, also gave an impassioned performance of the musical's stirring ballad "The journey home."
Vocalist Hariharan, sporting his trademark ferocious silver mullet and a luxurious silk Indian suit, gave a sensitive reading of the ethereal "Roja," and later Bombay's "Tu hi re" that segued into its Tamil version, "Uyire uyire."
Before singing "Deemi dheemi" (1947), he briefly mentioned, "This song is for Nandita," referring to actress Nandita Das, who was sitting in a box seat enjoying the show. Das starred in two films with Rahman soundtracks: Mani Ratnam's Kannathil Muthamittal (A Peck on the Cheek), and Deepa Mehta's 1947.
One of the most touching moments in the show was Madhushree's performance of "Kabhi neem," a song sung by a young wife praising the bittersweet qualities of her husband in Mani Ratnam's Yuva. Madhushree, whose strong, flexible soprano recalls Alka Yagnik's, was resplendent in red, and gave her loving attention to every line as her voice soared on the song's difficult and beautiful high parts.
Rahman is famously generous with his stage time - two of his sisters are even in his backup singer lineup - and as always with a Rahman show, plenty of time was given over to guest artists who made their own memorable impact on the show.
Most visible among them was Global Rhythms, an orchestra and choir from Miami University of Ohio. The group, which has accompanied Rahman in several of his live shows, plays Western instruments (the American singers learn all the Hindi and Tamil lyrics phonetically) and added a full-throttle sound to Taal's "Ramta jogi" and Lagaan's "Chale chalo."
The group also lent an exciting presence to the title track of Rang De Basanti, spurred on by the vigor of the bhangra troupe Sher Foundation and a dynamic and surprising performance in Hindi by lead vocalist John Gennett.
Raagapella, an a capella men's group from Stanford University, also accompanied the artists on "O humdum" from Saathiya.
The flamboyant Sivamani, who is a fixture in nearly every Rahman show but a new face to the Westerners in the crowd, transfixed the audience with a turbulent drum solo that earned him a well-deserved standing ovation.
The 20-member Bollywood Step Dance troupe from Southern California added sparkle to many of Rahman's numbers. Twirling and jumping, incorporating elements from Bharatnatyam to urban hip-hop in their moves, the group's presence made the difference between merely an exciting song and one with Bollywood glitz.
Musafir, a small Rajasthani folk troupe, opened the show with an over-long one-hour performance whose intimacy was inappropriate for the vastness of the venue.
Bollywood Night at the Hollywood Bowl, presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and introduced by KCRW's Tom Schnabel, wasn't as much a "typical" A.R. Rahman concert as a sampler created with a mix of listeners in mind. So instead of plumbing the depths of Rahman's repertoire, the artists ran the breadth of it - a dim sum banquet of musical delights.
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For those of you who just received my e-mail and fall under the "long lost family and friends" category, here is a brief update on what is going on in my life.
I moved back home to North Carolina back in September of 04′. The last two years have been two of the hardest and best years I can remember. It took a while to adjust back into my family and church, but after about a year, it was like I never left. I worked at several jobs and tried starting up my own photography business, but I didn't like the stress and now I only do it on the side. I am currently working as a secretary at my church and I have to say that this is probably the most enjoyable job I have ever had. So far it has been very slow and easy, but next month things should start to pick up and my multitasking abilities will be put to the test.
I still do some photography on the side…mostly children and a few weddings. If you are interested in seeing my web site go to… http://www.melissajoyphotography.com.
Since moving home our church has also become involved with an orphanage in Guadalupe, Mexico. It is called Rancho 3M http://www.rancho3m.com. This has been an answer to many family prayers and it is such a joy be able to serve in this way with my church. We are planning our 3rd annual trip this October. My parents lead the teams and that means that I get in on a lot of the planning/organizing also. We have a great time together and it is fun to work together on something we all love so much. I usually get to plan the game time with kids at the Ranch, but last year ended up without a translator most of the time. So…I started taking Spanish classes this year. I hope it helps!!!
This past January my brother John got married. John and Deana are having a great time. They just (well, a month or so ago) found out that they are pregnant. !!!I am going to be an Aunt!!! My other brother Nick, also started courting a girl from our church a couple months ago. It is really an exciting time for our family.
Ben (11) and Abbey (13) are still home schooled by my mom. They are doing really well and recently put down a brick patio in our back yard. (Talk about some talented kids)
The biggest mark of the past two years has been God's amazing grace and mercy. He has so faithfully led me through all the joy's and difficulties of the past couple of years. It is been a marked time of growth for me as I have been challenged to fight for my joy and contentment to be found in God alone. By His grace, I am thankful not only for the joys of the past couple of years, but also for the difficult times and hard lessons. I can look back and see how each step has brought me closer to Him. I am excited for this next season and look forward to everything that God is going to do in my life and in those around me.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
I was shocked
John Krause and I drove to Resurrection this afternoon to look around and John wanted to know where Gail was buried. As we approached from afar I stopped. There was nothing there yesterday and there it was. I was humbled, sad, happy and shocked. It was emotional. I am so happy with how it looks. I am so happy how Gail's writing of our names look and the bench is wonderful. I also like the granite better than I thought I would so thank you Lord for your goodness.
Not much else to say, just thank you Lord.
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Very beautiful! What does the rest of the writing say?
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- July 24, 2010 at 11:46 PM
Great choice Carmen the stone is beautiful. Like the verse on it. Joan
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I once had a co-worker rush up to me as soon as I walked in the door, get in my face and say "I want to be saved! Tell me how, I don't want to go to hell!"
I was working at a golf course inPennsylvania for the summer and one day got talking with a girl in the pro shop on a slow day when there weren't many golfers and no one else was working. I honestly don't remember her name but I'll call her Brenda. We were just making small talk when she brought up some recent pain and suffering she had gone through, between a death in the family and some tragedy her family members suffered. She shared that she consulted a psychic and tarot card reader and that she was very spiritual. I shared some thoughts with her about my faith in God and how we can deal with suffering. She was open and wanted to hear more.
Earlier that day, I had sent out a golfer who after chatting with him found out he was a pastor. So when he was done with his rounds, he walked into the pro shop at just the right time. I introduced him to Brenda and the two of us shared our faith in Christ. No one else entered the pro shop; God put this together perfectly. I wanted to be sure neither of us were forcing anything on Brenda. She was open to hearing about Jesus and wanted to hear more. The pastor's words cut to her heart and she began to cry. We prayed with her right then and there to be saved and become a follower of Jesus. The pastor had to go, but I continued talking with her about getting connected to a church, getting a Bible, etc. I had to get back to work and we left it at that for the day.
The next day when I walked into the pro shop, Brenda was there again and before we could even finish saying hello, her friend and co-worker Jaime came from the storage room and rushed up to me. "I want to be saved! Tell me how, I don't want to go to hell!" She was dead serious. After her first encounter with Jesus, Brenda had immediately started telling people. Jaime heard and also wanted to be saved. I talked to her about the basics of the gospel and prayed with her to accept Christ.
I spent the last few weeks there talking with them about God and trying to disciple them. They started going to a church Brenda had attended as a child. I still think about them sometimes, how incredible it was to see someone storm through the door, desperate to hear about Jesus.


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|Huntington CEO Stephen Steinour
While including Huntington as the only buy-rated name among covered regional banks best-positioned for rising short-term rates Penala also said that Huntington was among two regional banks "best positioned to defend" their net interest margins, also including Capital Bank Financial ( CBF) of Coral Gables, Fla., which she also rates a "buy," with a price target of $23.00.
Defending the Net Interest MarginThe Federal Reserve has kept the short-term federal funds rate in a range of zero to 0.25% since later 2008. Since September, the central bank has been making monthly purchases of $85 billion in long-term securities in an effort to hold long-term rates down. So most banks have already seen the bulk of the benefits from lower funding costs, while their assets have continued to reprice lower. This has led to net interest margin pressure for most banks. The margin is the spread between the average yield on loans and investments and the average cost for deposits and borrowings.
The year-over-year net interest income growth reflected a 4% increase in in average loans and leases, with commercial and industrial loans growing 14% to $17 billion in the first quarter. Meanwhile, average interest-bearing liabilities were down slightly year-over-year. Average noninterest bearing checking account grew 8% year-over year to $12.2 billion, although they were down 7% from the fourth quarter, because of the bank's "effort to reduce collateralized deposits," and because of "a recent uptick among our business customers of drawing down cash balances to support working capital needs," according to comments by CEO Stephen Steinour in the company's earnings press release. Speaking at a conference on Thursday, Steinour said Huntington's "net interest margin is down 5 basis points over the last 3 years, while the peer average is down over 20 basis points." "Our growth in non-interest bearing deposits has helped us re-mix the balance sheet very significantly, providing one of the key factors that allowed us to maintain, generally maintain, our net interest margin, despite pressures from the yield curve," he said. Looking ahead, Steinour said "I think what we're likely to see is that the asset yield pressures will, frankly, abate," meaning that the market will drive loan rates higher, as securities yields continue to rise. He also expects Huntington to continue to benefit from its focus on building multiple relationships with each customer, to drive a continued increase in noninterest-bearing checking accounts.
A Balanced Rate play"For investors looking to add 'rate sensitive' names, we would point to HBAN, a less recognized rate sensitive bank which in our view trades at a reasonable absolute P/E (10.5x) and a discounted relative P/E (0.75x)
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Now that Tiki Barber has made it known that he intends on returning to the NFL despite missing the last four years and being 36 years old, we can turn our attention to the potential suitors for Barber.
Buccaneers & Steelers
Early reports suggested that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Pittsburgh Steelers could two possible options for Barber but very little momentum has gained behind wither idea. In fact, the Steelers have already downplayed any interest in the idea which basically means that you can cross them off of the list.
SI.com's Peter King wrote yesterday that "I think I'd put my money on Tiki Barber being in training camp with either Tampa Bay, Oakland, New England or the Jets."
New York Jets
Ok, we've already mentioned that the Buc's are a long shot and the New York Jets will have Shonn Greene and LaDainian Tomlinson come next season so it would be surprising to see them add another veteran running back to their backfield.
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders could be an option because Michael Bush is set to become a free agent depending on the unrestricted free agent rules. As of now, Darren McFadden is their main running back but the problem is that no one know how affective Barber can be which makes it even less likely that any NFL team will be willing to commit to him as a consistent No. 2 running back.
New England Patriots
Of the listed options, the New England Patriots make the most sense mainly because of Bill Belichicks tendency to go with veteran running backs that he sees as smart players. The problem for Barber is that the Patriots tend to use several running backs and do not like to over pay for the position.
The more that I look at the situation the more I think that it's a ridiculous idea. I'm willing to say that there's no chance that Tiki Barber is going to secure a solid contract and find a team willing to give him enough playing to make him a intrical part of their offense. If he's able to either, I'm more than willing to admit that I was wrong and give him credit. Good luck Tiki.


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# Add the culprit with the built-in windows command reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /ve # Check that the unwanted (default) empty value has been added Get-Item HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run # Try to remove it Remove-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run -Name '(default)' # -> it failed as you can see # Clearing the content works but that's not what we wanted Clear-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run -Name '(default)' # See! Get-Item HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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Plans Withdrawn for Buffalo Wild Wings Location on North Atherton Street
The State College area won't be getting a Buffalo Wild Wings any time soon.
Development plans for a proposed local location for the restaurant , which were first submitted to the Ferguson Township Planning Commission in December 2015, were withdrawn on Friday, township planning director Raymond Stolinas said.
CSC Northland, LP and Bohler Engineering had submitted plans to develop a 5,440-square foot Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant on a portion of a 3.55-acre parcel at 1308 N. Atherton St., near the intersection with Blue Course Drive. But the land remained undeveloped as multiple extensions were requested on deadlines to move the plans forward.
Stolinas said that as the most recent deadline was approaching this month, township officials reached out to the engineer to find out if they had any plans to move forward with building. Bohler representatives said the best option at this time was to withdraw the plans and a formal withdrawal letter was sent on Friday.
"It doesn't sound like they'll be developing on the site," Stolinas said.
The restaurant would have included 241 total seats and a 753-square-foot outdoor patio.
The letter from Bohler to the township does not state a specific reason for the withdrawal.
Several engineering issues, which Stolinas said "were not insurmountable," were identified in the plans. Traffic improvements would have required a right turn-in from North Atherton Street. A connector sidewalk also was needed.
Ferguson Township never received a proposal for a new or transferred liquor license for the location, though Stolinas said he doesn't know if that was at all related to the withdrawal.
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A Fair Way to Tax Dynastic Wealth
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are trying to one-up each other over how best to tax dead millionaires and billionaires.
This is part of their competition to show who cares more about economic inequality. But neither Democratic candidate's plan to increase estate taxes would get at the root of the problem: Few people pay these taxes anymore, thanks to myriad deductions, exclusions and loopholes that tax lawyers easily exploit.
Even if the loopholes are closed, the estate tax is an ineffective way to close the economic divide created by the accumulation of wealth of those at the top of the income scale. Both Clinton and Sanders are overlooking a fairer and more productive way to tax inheritances.
Clinton would increase the estate-tax rate to 45 percent from 40 percent and decrease the amount excluded from $5.45 million now to $3.5 million. Sanders would exclude the same amount but, not to be outdone, raise the top rate to 55 percent, with a special 65 percent rate for billionaires.
But about 99.8 percent of U.S. deaths trigger no estate tax, says a 2015 report by the Joint Committee on Taxation. When an estate does pay up, the effective rate -- after taking advantage of ways to shield assets -- is about 17 percent. In 2014, estates paid $16 billion in tax.
What about those iconic family farms and small businesses that lawmakers cite as victims of the "death tax?" They're as mythical as the unicorn: A grand total of 20 owners of small farms and businesses left taxable estates behind in 2013; their average tax rate was a mere 5 percent.
President Barack Obama's fiscal 2016 budget would increase the estate-tax yield by taxing the appreciation of stocks, bonds and other assets held by an estate. Take the example of an owner of 1,000 shares of stock bought for $25 a share in 1990. If the stock is worth $100 a share when he dies, the $75,000 gain ($100,000 minus $25,000) wouldn't be subject to tax under existing rules. His heir would pay the 20 percent capital-gains tax if and when she sold the shares, but only on the increase in value while she owned them. Obama would tax all the unrealized gains. (Congress hasn't taken up this idea.)
Even that approach wouldn't get at the real challenge: Over the next 30 years, U.S. non-spousal heirs are expected to inherit more than $6 trillion, on which little tax will be paid, allowing estates to grow ever bigger with investment.
It makes sense to tax wealth in a way that doesn't begrudge success but aims to make sure it doesn't hamper upward mobility and opportunity for others.
A good way to do this would be to substitute inheritance taxes for estate taxes. Such an approach wouldn't tax the entirety of an estate all at once at the time of death, but instead would tax individual recipients when they receive their money. And rather than apply one national tax rate, inheritances would be taxed at each heir's ordinary income-tax rate. The gaming that now takes place would be minimized -- although not eliminated -- because there would be less to gain by preserving wealth through generations with trusts and other artifices.
It would also be highly progressive: Those who earn more than $415,000 in regular income would pay the top income-tax rate of 39.6 percent on inheritances. Those with incomes below that would pay inheritance taxes at lower income-tax brackets.
New York University Professor Lily Batchelder, a former staff member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, proposes such a system. She would tax inheritances at ordinary income-tax rates, plus a 15-percent surtax. She would exclude amounts below about $2 million and, like Obama, include unrealized capital gains, except she would tax the full gain after an heir sells the stock or bond, not at the time of the donor's death (to avoid forcing heirs to sell assets to pay inheritance taxes). To prevent manipulation, such as a beneficiary who quits a high-paying job to get into a lower tax bracket, she would average the previous five years of income to determine an individual's rate.
Inheritance taxes, used by six states, would encourage the breakup of large estates if applied nationally. That's because it would confer a tax advantage to including more heirs in a will, particularly those in lower tax brackets. Currently (and theoretically, given the loopholes), Grandpa Joe's $100 million estate would be taxed at his death, and it would pay the same amount of tax no matter how many heirs he has, or what their income levels are. But under Batchelder's proposal, Grandpa Joe could give just under $2 million to 50 people, and none of them would pay the tax.
The U.S.'s estate tax dates to 1916, and its goal then was to reduce inequality. At the time, accumulations of wealth by industrial barons were seen as un-American. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said in 1935 that "inherited economic power is as inconsistent with the ideals of this generation as inherited political power was inconsistent with the ideals of the generation which established our government."
Democrats today would agree with that. Now their presidential candidates just have to propose a more equitable and effective plan to address it.
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Juba, Sudan (CNN) -- On Sunday, the people of Southern Sudan began casting ballots in a historic seven-day referendum in which they will choose between continued unity with northern Sudan, or secession to become a new state.
While a successful referendum now appears likely, the Sudanese must confront a host of critical problems to ensure sustainable peace and development. To facilitate this, the United States and key international actors including the African Union, the United Nations, the Arab League and others in the region must remain actively engaged and offer critical support.
As part of the Carter Center's 100-plus-person observation team in Sudan, I witnessed massive turnout at the opening of the polls in the southern capital of Juba and an outpouring of heartfelt celebration.
Earlier, there were widespread fears about the potential for violent conflict and a possible rejection of the process by the Sudanese government in Khartoum. However, the atmosphere improved dramatically in recent weeks. Leaders in both the North and South have taken positive steps, including a speech in Juba by President Omar al-Bashir in which he said that the Sudanese government will accept the outcome, and will celebrate the results together with the people of Southern Sudan, regardless of their choice.
The referendum on self-determination is one of the key steps in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or CPA, which ended a 22-year civil war that caused more than 2 million deaths and displaced 4 million. For decades before and during the war, the people of Southern Sudan demanded the right to determine their political future in an open democratic process. Although the official referendum results might not be known until early February, a vote for secession is widely assumed.
The CPA was intended to commit the governments in the North and South to make the prospect of continued unity an attractive option, and to democratize their societies. Unfortunately, there has been little progress in these areas. Relations between the North and South were mostly strained, and the elections held last April were seriously marred by manipulation and coercion in both regions of the country.
In the event of a vote for secession, Sudanese leaders will need to resolve a series of critical issues to manage a peaceful separation into two states and to create a strong foundation for friendly and prosperous bilateral relations.
In spite of their differences, there are many ties that bind their closely integrated societies together. They are destined to share their lives/common futures in the porous border regions, which encompass roughly one-third of the total population of Sudan.
War to wipe out "fiery serpent"
Key challenges include demarcating final borders, resolving citizenship issues, building a framework for economic cooperation and managing the division of revenue from oil, most of which is currently extracted from fields in the South, but refined and pumped through pipelines crossing the North for export via Port Sudan on the Red Sea. An especially critical problem concerns the disputed oil-rich border area of Abyei, which remains unresolved and a source of much tension.
On these and other issues, the international community should assist both sides to reach acceptable agreements and to manage the difficult political and economic changes they must undergo. Further, in the event of a successful referendum and continued good will to resolve tough issues, the United States should resume normal relations with the government in Khartoum and support debt relief for the governments in both the North and South. In addition to the loss of one-third of its geographic area, the economic cost to the North of losing a large share of current oil revenues will hurt the economy significantly.
Regardless of the outcome of the referendum, the leaders in both the North and South must demonstrate a serious commitment to building genuine democracies. The ruling party in the South recently formed a broad-based political council to meet after the referendum and chart a course for an inclusive transitional government, a new constitution, a constitutional assembly and new elections.
In the North, the government needs similar reforms to accommodate interests of a broad range of civil society and opposition parties. Khartoum should explore ways to improve relations between the center and the outlying ethnically diverse areas, especially in locations far from Khartoum, including in South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur. A final resolution of the Darfur conflict is essential for Sudan to have lasting peace.
After the referendum, Sudan's friends and neighbors should continue to help the Sudanese to build lasting peace and prosperity in the region.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jimmy Carter.


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World War I was called the "war of the camera." While many earlier wars fought after photography's invention were documented by the medium, WWI represented a turning point. One of the most important changes was the way in which both the Allied forces and the Central Powers used photography as a tool: to spy, to provoke and to persuade. The official photographs made during the war were telling in terms of strategies, censorship and the constant need to whip up public support for the cause. In sharp contrast to the political and military uses, the importance of photography for personal use was undeniable. Studio portraits of soldiers and their families and sweethearts were widely popular; personal photo albums created permanent records of lives that were suddenly placed at risk. This volume and the exhibition it accompanies, bring together a diverse and remarkable selection of photographs drawn from international collections to illustrate the many important roles that photography played during the war.
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There have been a series of bizarre events over the past few days in the Indian domestic airline sector. What triggered it off though was not. The government owned airline, Air India which was facing dire losses asked the government for a bailout for about Rs 20,000 crores. The government was aware of the losses and the finance ministry made it mandatory for all government officials to fly Air India while travelling on work, on both domestic and international sectors. A couple of days later the airlines popped the big question – "Could we get some of that booty you stashed away from the taxpayers?" The aviation minister, Praful Patel went to the extent of saying that a government bailout was on the cards for Air India with the only condition being that the government would only dole out a fraction of the requested amount.
Watching this trend, the domestic private airlines jumped in and apparently asked to be bailed out with the ultimatum that if the government failed to bail them out – all services were slated tp be terminated on August 18th or worse – even indefinitely if the government refused. Barely a day after the airline chiefs announced that they wouldn't fly on August 18, Delhi based low-cost carrier Indigo withdrew from the industrial action. The government flatly refused to yield and even cut Air India's bailout "which was on the cards" and the other airlines gave in.
In my opinion, the airlines demand does not even constitute a bailout in the first place. Responding to a question in an interview Ajay Singh, Director, Spice Jet said,
"Let me just clarify. You said when introduced the story that the airlines were looking for a bailout. The airlines are not looking for a bailout. Essentially, what the airlines are saying is that let us create an environment for aviation in which the cost of aviation in India is comparable to the cost of aviation anywhere in the world. Today, airlines in India are paying 60-70% higher tariff on aviation turbine fuel (ATF). Sales tax is averaging 26-30% and we are requesting that this sales tax be put in a level of which is sustainable and which is comparative to any other airline in any other part of the world. Similarly, airport charges landing and parking fees are very high. There is a new ground handling policy, which increases the cost of aviation further. We believe that we should be in terms of cost put at the same level as airlines in other parts of the world."
The private airlines are not asking for a positive – i.e. a sum of money from the government but on the other hand are asking for a negative – to cut back breaking taxes which are making it impossible for the aviation industry to stay in business. Praful Patel, Minister of State for Civil Aviation said, "The government understands the difficulties of the sector and also would see whichever way we can be of help. We understand aviation is very important to the economic development of the country but to say we will cause inconvenience to the passengers and to the people, I think, that is not acceptable." If the government really understands the difficulties of the sector and would like to be of service, why don't they simply roll back all the crushing taxes they have enacted in the first place?
The answer to that would most likely be that government needs the revenue from taxes to fund all the programs that they would enact in favor of the "public good". Even speaking only in terms of free market economics and "public good", one could point out that taxes have the seen and the unseen effects as illustrated by Frédéric Bastiat in the Broken Window fallacy. Were the money from the airlines not snatched away then they could have more money to spend on building their business which would result in creation of more jobs, cheaper air fares and more "public good" than any government program could ever attain. If anyone ever doubted the efficacy of freedom in a market, one simply has to look at India before and after 1991 – and what's more, all the fruits were a result of only partial freedom that was allowed to seep in.
But the good as the minister puts is that the individuals in the airlines industry should self-sacrificially work themselves and run a business that is hardly profitable but what's "unacceptable" in the whole matter is that they may "cause inconvenience to the passengers and to the people". Mr. Minister, could we please ask how do you expect any good if you pursue policies that are contrary to man's life such as the initiation of force against private individuals who decide to sell their product at a particular price? What is "unacceptable" then is for people to ask the question: "What's in it for me?" As long as the airline industry is willing to slave away, devoid of any profit to their own selves, for the general public – they are moral and good and to the extent that they would like benefit from their own actions, they are immoral or at best amoral. I think this is the root cause that is literally plaguing mankind on earth. All welfare programs that are eating away the freedoms of individuals eventually justify themselves that they are noble because the beneficiary of one's actions is somebody else.
If the airlines are to stand a chance the next time around, it is the principled stand against such arbitrary power they must take. They should do precisely what they are omitting to do now – assert that the governments function is to protect individual rights from agencies that initiate force which includes the government also. If the principle is conceded that the government may initate force and collect taxes – the question then is only how much should it tax or take away. How much of taxation is permissible is only a measurement with the principle conceded. They should not employ pragmatism by conceding that such taxes are great in theory but impractical in reality. It is not merely the "non-initiation of force principle" that they should invoke but also assert that being moral consists of acting in a fashion that promotes man's life and that anything that thwarts it is evil – and deserved to be condemned to be so. As Leonard Peikoff puts it his famous essay, "Health Care is not a Right",
"This is not a case of noble in theory but a failure in practice; it is a case of vicious in theory and therefore a disaster in practice. I want to focus on the moral issue at stake. So long as people believe that socialized medicine is a noble plan, there is no way to fight it. You cannot stop a noble plan—not if it really is noble. The only way you can defeat it is to unmask it—to show that it is the very opposite of noble. Then at least you have a fighting chance."


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DemoUsage - Demo of CGI::Portable that tracks web site usage details, as well as e-mail backups of usage counts to the site owner.
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#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; require CGI::Portable; my $globals = CGI::Portable->new(); use Cwd; $globals->file_path_root( cwd() ); # let us default to current working dir $globals->file_path_delimiter( $^O=~/Mac/i ? ":" : $^O=~/Win/i ? "\\" : "/" ); require CGI::Portable::AdapterCGI; my $io = CGI::Portable::AdapterCGI->new(); $io->fetch_user_input( $globals ); if( $globals->user_query_param( 'debugging' ) eq 'on' ) { $globals->is_debug( 1 ); $globals->url_query_param( 'debugging', 'on' ); } $globals->default_application_title( 'Demo Web Site' ); $globals->default_maintainer_name( 'Tony Simons' ); $globals->default_maintainer_email_address( 'email@example.com' ); $globals->default_maintainer_email_screen_url_path( '/mailme' ); my $content = $globals->make_new_context(); $content->current_user_path_level( 1 ); $content->navigate_file_path( 'content' ); $content->set_prefs( 'content_prefs.pl' ); $content->call_component( 'CGI::Portable::AppSplitScreen' ); $globals->take_context_output( $content ); my $usage = $globals->make_new_context(); $usage->http_redirect_url( $globals->http_redirect_url() ); $usage->navigate_file_path( $globals->is_debug() ? 'usage_debug' : 'usage' ); $usage->set_prefs( '../usage_prefs.pl' ); $usage->call_component( 'DemoUsage' ); $globals->take_context_output( $usage, 1 ); if( $globals->is_debug() ) { $globals->append_page_body( <<__endquote );
Debugging is currently turned on.
 __endquote } $globals->search_and_replace_url_path_tokens( '__url_path__' ); $io->send_user_output( $globals ); 1;
Please see the included demo called "website" for this file.
my $rh_preferences = { email_logs => 1, # do we want to be sent daily reports? fn_dcm => 'date_counts_mailed.txt', # our lock file to track mailings mailing => [ # keep different types of reports in own emails { filenames => 'env.txt', subject_unique => ' -- usage (env) to ', }, { filenames => 'site_vrp.txt', subject_unique => ' -- usage (page views) to ', }, { filenames => 'redirect_urls.txt', subject_unique => ' -- usage (external) to ', }, { filenames => [qw( ref_urls.txt ref_se_urls.txt ref_se_keywords.txt ref_discards.txt )], subject_unique => ' -- usage (references) to ', erase_files => 1, # start over listing each day }, ], env => { # what misc info do we want to know (low value distrib) filename => 'env.txt', var_list => [qw( DOCUMENT_ROOT GATEWAY_INTERFACE HTTP_CONNECTION HTTP_HOST REQUEST_METHOD SCRIPT_FILENAME SCRIPT_NAME SERVER_ADMIN SERVER_NAME SERVER_PORT SERVER_PROTOCOL SERVER_SOFTWARE )], }, site => { # which pages on our own site are viewed? filename => 'site_vrp.txt', }, redirect => { # which of our external links are followed? filename => 'redirect_urls.txt', }, referrer => { # what sites are referring to us? filename => 'ref_urls.txt', # normal websites go here fn_search => 'ref_se_urls.txt', # search engines go here fn_keywords => 'ref_se_keywords.txt', # their keywords go here fn_discards => 'ref_discards.txt', # uris we filter out discards => [qw( # filter uri's we want to ignore ^(?!http://) deja mail )], search_engines => { # match domain with query param holding keywords alltheweb => 'query', # AllTheWeb altavista => 'q', # Altavista 'aj.com' => 'ask', # Ask Jeeves aol => 'query', # America Online 'ask.com' => 'ask', # Ask Jeeves askjeeves => 'ask', # Ask Jeeves 'c4.com' => 'searchtext', # C4 'cs.com' => 'sterm', # CompuServe dmoz => 'search', # Mozilla Open Directory dogpile => 'q', # DogPile excite => 's', # Excite google => 'q', # Google 'goto.com' => 'keywords', # GoTo.com, Inc 'icq.com' => 'query', # ICQ infogrid => 'search', # InfoGrid intelliseek => 'queryterm', # "Infrastructure For Intelligent Portals" iwon => 'searchfor', # I Won looksmart => 'key', # LookSmart lycos => 'query', # Lycos mamma => 'query', # "Mother of Search Engines" metacrawler => 'general', # MetaCrawler msn => ['q','mt'], # Microsoft nbci => 'keyword', # NBCi netscape => 'search', # Netscape ninemsn => 'q', # nine msn northernlight => 'qr', # Northern Light Search 'search.com' => 'q', # CNET 'searchalot' => 'search', # SearchALot snap => 'keyword', # Microsoft webcrawler => 'search', # Webcrawler yahoo => 'p', # Yahoo }, }, };
This Perl 5 object class is part of a demonstration of CGI::Portable in use. It is one of a set of "application components" that takes its settings and user input through CGI::Portable and uses that class to send its user output. This demo module set can be used together to implement a web site complete with static html pages, e-mail forms, guest books, segmented text document display, usage tracking, and url-forwarding. Of course, true to the intent of CGI::Portable, each of the modules in this demo set can be used independantly of the others.
This class does not export any functions or methods, so you need to call them using object notation. This means using Class->function() for functions and $object->method() for methods. If you are inheriting this class for your own modules, then that often means something like $self->method().
You invoke this method to run the application component that is encapsulated by this class. The required argument GLOBALS is an CGI::Portable object that you have previously configured to hold the instance settings and user input for this class. When this method returns then the encapsulated application will have finished and you can get its user output from the CGI::Portable object.
This POD is coming when I get the time to write it.
Copyright (c) 1999-2004, Darren R. Duncan. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. However, I do request that this copyright information and credits remain attached to the file. If you modify this module and redistribute a changed version then please attach a note listing the modifications. This module is available "as-is" and the author can not be held accountable for any problems resulting from its use.
I am always interested in knowing how my work helps others, so if you put this module to use in any of your own products or services then I would appreciate (but not require) it if you send me the website url for said product or service, so I know who you are. Also, if you make non-proprietary changes to the module because it doesn't work the way you need, and you are willing to make these freely available, then please send me a copy so that I can roll desirable changes into the main release.
Address comments, suggestions, and bug reports to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Researcher admits fraud in grant data
Wellll nowwww, here is a story from Boston.com about a health researcher who falsified his findings to gain Federal and private grants.
"Some colleagues speculated that Poehlman buckled to an exaggerated perception of the pressure to publish papers and win grants to keep his laboratory going. Or perhaps he was so sure he knew the right answers that he cut corners to get to them, they said."His assistant, who was led down the path by the researcher, led investigators to this charlatan ...
"At first, DeNino assumed he had made the mistake. But when he compared the original data against the revised data from Poehlman, he could see that, in women who seemed to be getting healthier over time, Poehlman had reversed the order of test results, making it appear that cholesterol levels and blood pressure readings had gotten worse, not better. ''He was trying to exaggerate the age-related deterioration of menopause,' DeNino said."Stories like this make me wonder. If a "researcher" can skew real data to make his or her conclusions convenient, what could this say about the GLOBAL WARMING crowd? Not only do they get more money for research, they can also support the anti-capitalist and anti-American agendas many of them have. Verrrrry Interesting, No?


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Global Voices (GV) author, special interest in Rising Voices, GV Odia translator, educator and free knowledge evangelist, originally from Odisha and based in Bengaluru, India; Mozillian, long time Wikimedian, OpenGLAM Working group member and ambassador for India and currently at the Wikimedia Foundation's Program Capacity & Learning; and at the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program. Works on building partnership with GLAM institutions, universities, language research organizations, government departments and individuals for bringing more scholarly and encyclopedic content on language, culture and history under free licenses. Author of "Rising Voices: Indigenous language Digital Activism" in Digital Activism in Asia Reader; learning interests in building low cost models for academic education programs. Voiced in many language related conferences, policy and implementation discourses around open knowledge and open source.
Views expressed in my Global Voices articles are my own and do not necessarily reflect the organizations with which I work or are affiliated to. Catch me on Twitter @subhapa.
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The Political Youth Association Dresden (PJR Dresden, for its name in german) is a registered association for political youth welfare. Our goal is to offer a variety of sociopolitical learning opportunities, especially for young people between the ages of 10 and 26.
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Following is an Opening Address by Mr. Alan Wong, Director of Information
Technology Services at the "Wireless Forum 2003"
Dr. Keung, Mr. Duck, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good morning!
I am honoured to be invited to the Wireless Forum 2003 and have the opportunity to share with you our views on wireless technology.
In Hong Kong, about 6.4 million people are mobile phone subscribers. That is more than 90% of the population. Among them, 0.36 million people are using the 2.5G services. The number of 2.5G users was increasing at a rate of 10% each month during the first half of 2003. It is still going up.
The prices of the mobile phone and other mobile devices are coming down all the time and have become very affordable. New style handsets with attractive screens and user-friendly features can support much higher data speed and capacity. There is little doubt that when the 3G services are fully launched, together with the complementary wireless and mobile technologies, such as Global Positioning System (GPS), wi-fi¡M Bluetooth, J2ME and mobile security, the impact will reach beyond the consumer market.
Enterprises will face another major wave of transformation in the way they operate and reach out to their customers, who will then be "online", if line is still the right word, truly anytime, anywhere and through different means. The final piece of wire, between our workstation and the wall, would become optional. That will unleash great opportunities for our enterprises. What is more important, that will unleash great opportunities for our InfoComm industry.
But in order to realize the full potential of "ubiquitous" services, we will have to address a number of issues that pose both challenges and opportunities to us all. The consumers need mobile devices and user interfaces, for example input methods, that are truly user-friendly and multi-media with good quality, for example high resolution images. They need content and services that deliver value. They need a stable, reliable and secure channel to conduct e-Business. They need interconnectivity among carriers and interoperability among systems to deliver seamless services. The IT and the telecomm industries and professions have individually been making steady progress in all these areas. The developments in the wireless technology bring bigger challenges in interoperability and integration but the opportunities and rewards will be even bigger. And I am confident that this phase of convergence in the InfoComm technologies will deliver spectacular synergies.
We recently set up a Working Group on the Promotion of Wireless Services and Technology under the Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee (IIAC). It's objective is to examine the obstacles that the industry and the business community would face on the adoption of wireless services and technology in enterprises and to recommend concrete measures to overcome them. Industry experts and I will be working on this in the next three months and I invite you all to contribute your views.
The government is also providing funding support for a Wireless Solutions Development Center (WSDC) to be set up at Cyberport in the 4th quarter of 2003. The project is undertaken by the Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA). The mission of the Development Centre is to support developing Hong Kong into the regional mobile and wireless hub in the Asia Pacific Region. It aims to generate a viable market demand on mobile and wireless solutions by providing marketing support; to act as the focus for all stakeholders, that is, operators, developers, user industry and the community to interact; and to provide infrastructure support to mobile and wireless developers.
Within the government, we will also identify services that can exploit the wireless and mobile technologies so as to provide more convenient public services, and to enhance the productivity of our knowledge workers and field workers.
This Forum today has assembled experts from the information and communications industry and the academia. It provides an excellent opportunity to share experience and exchange views to help us all ride this new wave of development, to sow the seed for closer co-operation and to make new business contacts. I wish you all a most rewarding and enjoyable day.
Thank you!
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