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Nobody outside of the organisation seems to think this is a good idea, but Nominet is going ahead with the .uk domains anyway.
As we have reported before, the plan for the new domains will force many online businesses to grab extra domains, thereby paying extra renewal fees and more.
There are no convincing benefits for online businesses, though Nominet and its members look set to profit from the move.
No matter though, as Nominet has announced that the new domains will be rolled out from summer 2014.
The changes
According to Nominet CEO Lesley Cowley:
In an industry that is seeing an unprecedented level of change with the upcoming introduction of over a thousand new top level domains, we're hard at work to ensure innovation in .uk keeps UK web users and businesses ahead of the curve.
At the same time, we're holding ourselves to a higher standard – expanding the choices available to our customers, upping the bar for security, data quality and the way we engage with our registrars to ensure everyone registering, managing or visiting a website with a domain ending in .uk can be proud to be part of a strong, trusted community.
According to the release, existing .uk domain holders will be offered the shorter version of their current address, with five years to decide whether to use instead of, or in addition to their current domains.
Where there is conflict, holders of .co.uk domains will be given preference over, for example, .org.uk. This piece of news will come as a relief for some, though charities and others may disagree.
@ChtyCommission Nominet plants to deny charities and other org.uk registrants equal access to direct.uk. Completely unfair.
— Adam Barker (@AdamBarker6) November 20, 2013
Many feel that Nominet has ignored feedback at its consultations and ploughed on regardless:
Why did @nominet bother having a consultation if they're going to ignore overwhelming majority against? http://t.co/S7tYhc0mGO
— Nicholas Jackson (@njj4) November 20, 2013
Nominet did hold another consultation back in September, and two-thirds were 'for the most part against the proposal'. It seems this feedback has been ignored.
In fact, it's hard to find anyone outside Nominet with a good word to say. For example, Dan Barker has yet to receive an answer to this tweet:
Feedback seems to be 100% that releasing [anyname].uk is about @nominet self interest and will cost uk business money. *Anyone* disagree?
— dan barker (@danbarker) November 20, 2013
It has at least dropped the price, with new domains set to cost £3.50 for a year and £2.50 for annual renewals. The initial proposals were to charge £20, so business will be relieved by this.
Why is it a bad idea?
I previously outlined several arguments against the proposals, but here's a quick recap...
No convincing business case
One thing is that Nominet has yet to put forward a convincing business case for the extensions. Bizarrely, it even says this isn't its purpose when carrying out consultations.
Surely a body which is committed to 'acting in the public interest', as it states on its site, should consider the needs of business owners?
Does a .uk domain benefit the UK's online businesses enough to offset the costs? I've yet to see a convincing argument.
As this article suggests, the organisation seems to exist to serve the interests of its members more than those of the digital economy, or the public in general.
There is no real demand for it
The .co.uk domain works perfectly well for the country's online businesses, and there is no urgent need to change it nor any major sign of demand from businesses or consumers.
In fact, the only justification I can find comes from research that "79% of British consumers prefer to use a .uk domain when buying online".
This figure comes from Nominet's own research, carried out in 2011 and, since I cannot find the full survey or methodology anywhere, it's hard to make sense of that statistic.
Does the fact that users theoretically have to type two fewer characters make any difference? I doubt it, and besides, who even types in URLs these days anyway?
It's effectively a tax on the UK's digital economy
If you have a site on the .co.uk domain, then you're effectively obliged to buy the .uk version. This is for several reasons:
- If .uk becomes the domain for the UK, you can't afford not to have one for your site.
- Fraud. Someone could easily buy the .uk version of your site and use it for phishing, as the distinction between .uk and .co.uk is a subtle one.
- Exploitation by competitors. A competitor site could buy the .uk version of your domain and use it to siphon off a chunk of your search traffic.
Estimates vary, but some guess that the new domains could cost the UK's digital businesses between £50m and more than £100m when you take into account the costs of acquiring the new domains, changing stationery, staff time, technical changes, PPC and so on.
This is a lot of money for businesses to spend, effectively to maintain the status quo for them and protect against potential domain squatters.
The security justifications for the new domains are not backed up by the facts
Nominet has tied the new domain changes into security measures meant to reduce the £27bn lost annually to online crime in the UKr.
Much of that £27bn comes from IP theft, which the new measures won't deal with. Secondly, if security is an issue, why not introduce these measures for existing domains?
Security is not a justification for .uk domains.
It devalues .co.uk
This Nominet site is still promoting .co.uk as a great place to be, but it's about to reduce the value of these domains by introducing an alternative.
How? Here are just two ways:
- SEO. Will the new .uk domain carry more weight with the search engines? If so, then your search position is at risk.
- Security. If the new domains are billed as more secure, this implies that the others are riskier.
In summary
This seems to be a proposal which doesn't have any major benefits for the digital economy, and indeed will place extra costs and workload on businesses, while the 'domainers' who make up many of Nominet's members, should make a tidy profit.
Two-thirds were against the proposals when consulted, so it's hard to see any other motive for going ahead with the new domains.
What do you think? Will the .uk domains benefit online businesses? Will you be moving to .uk? Let us know below...
Comments (19)
Good article. Awful idea. A bit like MPs voting for payrises...
I'm one for progress, but I can't fathom how this will help consumers or the industry, other than through the creation of un-necessary work, and the employment that it creates.
I can understand why consumers would trust a .uk domain - providing as it does a useful differentiator between a UK based company and an overseas one. If you're visiting a brand operating in multiple geographies, you know you've got the right country. But we already have a .uk domain. At least we all save time on key presses, so instances of RSI might drop off?
As you point out, the cost of the domains is less than a pint (in my local at least). The hidden costs could be considerable, and this is at the expense of competing in a global economy - just working to stand still.
Thanks Nominet.
So everyone opposes it and nominet pushes forward no matter what. Personally I think this is a money making scheme for Nominet and they are the ONLY ones to benefit.
Brands who already rely on the the .co.uk to align themselves with the local UK consumers will be forces to register their brand .uk just to stop domain squatting or competitors etc taking the .uk of their "brand" term. Would there be some kind of copyright issue or preference to brands who have that trading name? Lets see..
This is just another way that things in the UK are going, from politicians to Internet businesses.. It's about the fast buck and not the bigger picture.. #Nominetfail
The problem here is that the board and the Nominet members are making the decisions.
If you take a look at the list of members it is abundantly clear why this decision has been made. I have only skimmed the list, but it's made up of ISP's, web consultancies and anyone else that has a vested interest in increasing revenues and workflow for themselves.
I also note that the members come from all over the world. If I was a member of the Danish top level registrar, I'd vote in favour of every single increase in domains. Why do I care if the domain owners have to pay more for extra domains.
This whole exercise is a cynical revenue generating project. Yes the board will come out with the old, "..well this would give UK businesses the flexibility...and any addition revenue will be used to..." blah, blah, blah.
The only people that should count in this are the ones that operate domains - whether it be businesses running stores or the little blog guys.
We pay a fee (for basically nothing) to control these domains (we only own them for the time we pay the fees). We should be given a vote on whether to increase the number of domains.
Personally I have been relinquishing domains at an alarming rate this year as they become less effective (in terms of SERPS). At this very same time Nominet are operating a wind fall tax on UK businesses.
Nominet should be ashamed of themselves. I cannot believe that the board cannot and will not make a decision based on common consensus and common sense.
If this was a football club I'd have my "sack the board" banner out.
I was incensed by this - and wrote to my MP about.
Nothing much happened.
I guess I'll write again today. (living in hope)
Just received a press release:
"Confirmed new TLD is good news for British businesses, says 123-reg.co.uk"
What an utter disgrace, absolutely no need for it. UK businesses who already own .co.uk domains should get this for free.
I'm a Nominet member and I've consistently opposed the introduction of the .uk, as has the majority of the members. It's certainly not in the interest of my clients.
Unfortunately, the Nominet voting system is not one member one vote, so companies whose business is primarily domain sales like 123-reg will do very nicely out of this change.
How is this fair..? Organisations such as the National Portrait Gallery (npg.org.uk) will be penalised by missing out on the .uk version, just because they used the system as it was intended ('org.uk' for non-profit organisations). To an outsider, the whole thing seems dodgy in the extreme.
Further to my previous comment - I should add I'm not saying that if a 'bigger' organisation owns the .org.uk, that the .co.uk owner should be ignored. Perhaps it would have made more sense to allow the party with the older registration to be the first to access the .uk - it's not like that information isn't available.
Hi Graham,
Good article.
IMO it's a complete and utter shambles that is about Nominet et al feathering their own nests at the expense of UK companies who will be paranoid about brand jacking.
There is zero need for these new domains and the PR slant that Nominet gives is crass and patronising.
I refuse to get a new domain on principle but i expect large brands in competitive markets will buy simply to preserve brand presence. Easy money. It's like MPs voting for their own pensions.
What a complete and utter waste of time. Well done Nosoulinet.
We can't believe in a so called democratic system these blatant move to fill up their own coffers can't be stopped in its tracks! How is that possible? Surely we as holders of .co.uk or other .uk (e.g. .org.uk) domains and businesses should be able to put our case so that they start to see sense.
Like most of the article states and the many comments have reiterated, there's absolutely NO sensible point in doing this. It is Nominet's responsibility now to let everyone know why it's a good idea and why we need it, just in case EVERYONE has missed something!
All our clients are baffled by this move as are our own people.
Quick update Graham,
I asked people on Twitter what they thought and @Nominet responded with:
"Not about financial return. About offering choice, meeting biz demand & relevance. Profits invested in safer trusted internet."
Despite the fact their own consultation showed 2/3 felt negative about it.
So they're still trotting out the party line despite having given no clear evidence to support their view.
I'd welcome genuine evidence that there is a real business demand and relevance. I think they're deluding themselves.
Given that most domain owners owning own one, and an extra 50p per year won't break anyone...
Why not just provide .uk as an enhancement to .co.uk domains. Every existing .co.uk owner gets a .uk for free. You then get the option of forwarding your traffic to .uk for 50p per year, or ignoring it.
That way, the UK wins by getting a shorter URL, and only the people that want it pay a tiny fee.
Hi Rob,
I get where you're coming from but why is it needed? What problem does it solve?
There is no problem with .co.uk - it works fine and the public are used to it.
The effort is not justified if there is no clear commercial/financial benefit and as far as I can tell nobody has made a convincing business case for this.
I have a .co.uk forwarding to a .com. I don't need a .uk domain. If i don't buy my .uk, then someone else will be able to thus competing on my brand name at a domain level. How does that add value? It simply creates confusion.
I personally think it's ludicrous and the only people who win are the domain registration companies who make money for old rope.
However, if someone can present a rational and conclusive business case i'd be happy to reconsider.
@James - I have put a few questions to Nominet, discussing the issues raised in this article and elsewhere. I'll publish as and when I get a response.
My MP has written back, saying he's put a question about it to the Minister.
Not sure what will come of that.
As .uk is now a thing, I would be interested to see how people think about it now?
In my objection as a registrar I pointed out that this will generate more work for lawyers because unscrupulous people will attempt to register existing domains in co.uk in uk and pass-off.
This has happened to my own company before this change in regard to existing co.uk name variations not effectively policed by Nominet.
Nominet did not take account of my objection.
Nominet don't take account of much: via Dr Willie Black the current organisation came about and took control of the .uk namespace and are accountable to nobody other than themselves in my opinion. .UK namespace was originally run by volunteers who participated in the 'Naming Committee'. The history of Nominet deserves detailed scrutiny. It is worth asking how it is that this non-elected body has come to own and control and legislate for the UK namespace. Their habit of 'consultation' with their membership has - in my opinion - all the hallmarks of self-legitimisation.
Currently this consultation has moved into onerous regulation, requiring existing registrars to adhere to more and more arbitrary changes in registration methodology and - again in my opinion - having the general effect of squeezing-out small independent domain registrars. The governmental regulatory burden is not the issue for most of us - it is the burden imposed by the un-elected entity NOMINET.


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Howard County National Register Listings
Bedford, Edwin and Nora Payne, House, 308 S Main St., Fayette (01/23/98)
Boonslick State Historic Site, 1 mile N of Boonsboro on MO 87, 2 mi. SW on MO 187 (S6, T49N, R17W) (12/30/69)
Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 602 Commerce St., Glasgow (11/13/97)
Cedar Grove (Amick-Kingsbury House), Franklin vicinity (S35, T49N, R17W) (7/19/82)
Central Methodist College Campus Historic District, roughly bounded by Mulberry, Elm, Church and MO 5, Fayette (9/15/80)
Coleman Hall (President's House), 502 N Linn, Fayette (6/11/86)
Fayette City Park Swimming Pool, Memorial Park, Fayette (4/15/99)
Fayette Courthouse Square Historic District (Map), roughly along S Main and N Main, W Morrison, E Morrison, N Church, and W Davis streets, Fayette (2/05/98)
Fayette Residential Historic District (Historic and Architectural Resources of Fayette, Missouri MPDF; Map), roughly bounded by Church St., W. Morrison St. and Cleveland Ave., Fayette (9/03/09)
Finks-Harvey Plantation, W of Roanoke (S7, T52N, R16W) (12/11/78)
Glasgow Commercial Historic District (Map), 501-623 First St., 100-195 Market St., 603 Second St., Glasgow (1/16/92)
Glasgow Presbyterian Church, Commerce and 4th streets, Glasgow (9/09/82)
Glasgow Public Library, NW corner Market and 4th streets, Glasgow (5/21/69)
Greenwood (Estill-Parrish House), Fayette vicinity (3/29/83)
Harris-Chilton-Ruble House, 108 N Missouri Ave., New Franklin (9/04/80)
Hickman, Thomas, House, 10 Research Center Rd., New Franklin (7/19/06)
Inglewood, 701 Randolph St., Glasgow (6/21/90)
Jackson, Prior, Homeplace, S of Fayette on MO DD (S14, T50N, R16W) (3/10/80)
Morrison, Alfred W., House, 1 mile SW of Fayette on MO 5 (S14, T50N, R16W) (4/16/69)
Oakwood (Abel Leonard House), 1 Leonard Ave., Fayette (9/23/82)
New Franklin Commercial Historic District, 106-136 & 101-113 E. Broadway, New Franklin (1/23/2013)
Rivercene, Rt. 1, New Franklin vicinity (S5, T48N, R16W) (2/16/73)
South Main Street Historic District (Map), 200, 202, 204, and 208-312 S Main St., Fayette (9/15/99)
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 104 W Davis St., Fayette (9/09/82)
Wright, Dr. Uriel S., Office, 120 Church St., Fayette (12/22/87)
*Each bold-faced link in the list above leads to a word-searchable NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION for that resource; other links provide maps or additional context for the resource. The items may be downloaded (right-click) or viewed in your Web browser (double-click). File sizes range from 1 MB to several hundred MB, the time required for loading will depend on your connection speed. You may obtain a free copy of Adobe Reader software required to read the materials by visiting our Help page.
*Please note that the maps and nominations reflect the terms used to categorize significance at the time the properties were listed in the National Register. A district or building that may have been determined to be a contributing element in a district when it was listed in the National Register may have been so altered since that point that it is no longer a certified historic district or a certified historic structure for the purposes of historic rehabilitation tax credits — this determination is made based on the nomination supplemented by recent photographs provided with the Part 1 (federal) or Part 1a (state) form submitted at the beginning of any historic rehab tax credit project. Also note that Thematic Resource (TR) and Multiple Resource Area (MRA) nominations were essentially survey documents; ONLY the individual properties or districts listed on this Web page were actually listed in the National Register. Finally, nominations for some properties and districts are provided for their historical value -- the resource itself may have vanished.

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- When students in Carah Reed's Ethnic Studies class realized that the mass media wasn't sharing the truth about Standing Rock, they dug deeper to learn more. These inner-city high schoolers shared their findings on social media and took action to support the water protectors. This is Carah's story.
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- In 2010, former Los Angeles Superior Court law clerk Luis Escamilla traded the courtroom for the classroom, where he teaches his immigrant and refugee students English, history, and a worldly understanding of identity and justice. This is Luis' story.
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- Low-income communities continue to look for the best ways to improve their schools as the income gap grows across America.
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by Marcus GriggsJan 29, 2016
- Marcus Griggs' father grew up in a violent home, but the cycle of abuse stopped when he had his own children. Through example and discipline, Marcus was taught how to be a strong and loving man. Today, Marcus helps young men who have experienced violence or abuse develop the skills to have healthy relationships—and become the best young men they can be. This is Marcus' story.
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- When Joe Grabowski's students reacted with horror to his stories about sharks, Grabowski took a novel approach to help these sharkaphobes get over their fear. Joe found shark researchers from the Bahamas to chat with his students online. Since that day, Joe's students have gone on over 100 global expeditions—meeting penguins, astronauts, and scuba divers. This is Joe's story.
Monarchs and Ballerinas: How Butterflies Turn My Students Into Earth Heroes
by Minnuette RodriguezMar 13, 2015
- In 2012, Minnuette Rodriguez started a small butterfly nursery to help her students strengthen their connection to nature. As students watch the butterflies' transformations from egg to adult, Minnuette watches her students transform themselves. This is Minnuette's story.
Practicing Awareness: A Living Memorial to Four Slain Kent State Students
by Karen CunninghamJan 01, 2015
- In the spring of 2013, Kent State Professor Karen Cunningham used the YES! Magazine article "What Can Change When We Learn to See Each Other," to challenge students to practice empathy and compassion in their everyday lives, and then write about their experiences. The results, for both Professor Cunningham and her students, were life-changing. This is Karen's story.
Getting to Know You: Home Visits Help Teachers and Parents Become Super Partners
by Nick FaberOct 17, 2014
- In Saint Paul, Minnesota, teacher and union leader Nick Faber helped establish a local home visit project because he believes that, when a teacher knows his student's family, together they are the best partners in that child's learning.
Pause, Breathe, Draw: Art and Consciousness in the Classroom
by Elizabeth TrainaApr 18, 2014
- As a young girl, Elizabeth Traina had a teacher tell her that she wasn't an artist. Now she helps empower teachers and students through the belief that we are all artists. This is Elizabeth's story.
My Love Affair with Breadfruit (And Other Stories from the Waiʻanae Youth Garden)
by Tasia YamamuraFeb 17, 2014
- Tasia Yamamura is a FoodCorps service member on the beautiful Waiʻanae coast of Oahu, Hawai'i. To combat diabetes and heart disease, she is teaching young people how to grow and prepare real, healthy foods.
Fresh and Fly: Denver Rapper Teaches Kids to Be Gardeners Not Gangstas
by DJ CavemJan 28, 2014
- For Ietef "DJ Cavem" Vita, HIP HOP is not just a form of music, it's a way of life—one he's using to teach kids about cultivating the earth and eating fresh veggies.
Art for the Sky
by Daniel DancerNov 18, 2013
- Daniel Dancer's Art For the Sky is a unique, team-building activity for schools and special events. These enchanting creations on acres of land are a whole-body way of stimulating imagination and understanding the interconnection of people and all life.
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- What calls Aletha Fields, English teacher at Iroquois High School in Louisville, Kentucky, to continue to teach each and every day? Friends, family, mentors, students, faith, and care for one's self.
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Buried unceremoniously in amidst the 'forgotten' films avail. for streaming on Netflix is a film you must see: BURN, WITCH, BURN (1962), an AIP film from the UK, based on Fritz Lieber's perennial ghost tale, "The Conjure Wife." There was a vastly inferior adaption in the 1940s called WEIRD WOMAN, part of a B-list series of films based on the popular Inner Sanctum radio show. And there was this, which is awesome. But which of the two is available on R1 DVD? Right you are, but that's all moot now, thanks to the 'flixstream. Known in the UK as NIGHT OF THE EAGLE, it turns out BURN, WITCH, BURN is the best-kept secret in early 1960's black-and-white British horror.
What makes this film work is its moody black and white photography and AIP talent roster, including Corman Poe screenwriters Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson, who always instill 'classic' material with an edge of modern wit that does nothing to dispel the unease and terror. It's directed by Sidney Hayers, a TV director who's worked on The Avengers, and Baywatch, among others, but hey - it's all about the script and the actors, and these are top flight, even if there's nary a familiar face in the bunch: Janet Blair is the wife, Peter Wyngarde the brooding Rod Taylor-ish lead, Margeret Johnson the limping rival; Judith Stott an amazing and odd face as the charmed co-ed.
I've been shy about this film since I was afraid half of the running time would be spent with the husband condescendingly lecturing and belittling his wife about her black magic habits. He does, but she fights back with scathing wit and makes her conversion to logic something that's a result of her own self-doubt, rather than his stern paternal berating. Part and parcel to this left brain belittling the right thing is the whole code-enforced demoting of women from sexy independent thinkers to smiling slave drone Stepford wives. I love women! I think they're great / they're a solace to a world in a terrible state. What a nightmare to have no women in the world (Lou Reed). Or as BWB shows, it's a nightmare either way, but beautiful (Bing Crosby).
Filmed in black and white, BURN has the arty photography of the British countryside, rocky beaches, and cloudy English skies of the British new wave, and stands up against the cream of Hollywood's post-Lewton / Tourneur ambiguous shadowy horrors like THE HAUNTING, as per this delicious review from Unkle Lancifer on Kindertrauma:
Black and white film adds something unique to the movie viewing experience overall but it adds something super unique to horror films and something super special gonzo incredible unique to the supernatural horror film. How can anyone wonder if witchcraft exists? Black and white film IS witchcraft! You just can't get this effect with color film (unless your name happens to be MARIO BAVA.)Indeed. It is hard to think of who other than Bava could ever get this chilled in color, and harder to think who other than Lewton could sneak so much genuinely intelligent female characters into a black and white horror film The evil witch has great lines, mocking our hero's 'desperate stretching of logic' to continually deny that which he knows to be true. Meanwhile a whole litany of superstition rolls by: charms, spells and obscene phone calls, all topped off by some wild ass NIGHT OF THE DEMON-style monsterizing. So while the world knows to bow for the stealth-intellect and shadow-shelved soul of the Lewton box and the CURSE OF THE DEMON and HORROR HOTEL DVDs, no one, at least here in the states, knows that BURN, WITCH, BURN deserves not only bowing to, but scraping, bowing and scraping... and more scraping... scraping until the very celluloid emulsion under your nails strikes sparks and we're all in black and white flame... engulfed?


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On Monday I've finally installed the VS 2008 on my system. I put the installation DVD in, choose custom install, pressed run and went to lunch. After I returned, my computer was one VS 2008 richer. And this is where the fun started. We use command line MSBuild and when I fired up the Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt I got this:
Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 x86 tools.
\Utilities\Bin\x86";C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\
ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\IDM Computer Solutions\UltraEdit-32;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\8
0\Tools\BINN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Too
ls\binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Bin
n\VSShell\Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\;C:\Program Fi
les\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\T
ools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsof
t SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;"
was unexpected at this time.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC>
Running msbuild /? resulted in this:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC>msbuild /?
'msbuild' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
The same thing happened if I tried csc.exe. To make matters more interesting one other coworker got the same problem while two others had no problems at all.
My first thought was to add MsBuild path to the PATH system environment variable but that proved to be futile. Let us turn to Google then. There were some results that proved useless until I found a link to MSDN forums post. And of course because Murphy works his law like a magic the MSDN forums were down for maintenance.
Ok... let's dig into those darn *.bat files then. The first is %comspec% /k ""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"" x86 which starts the Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt from Start->Program files->\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008->Visual Studio Tools. Looking at the contents of vcvarsall.bat we can see that x86 parameter runs this: call "%~dp0bin\vcvars32.bat"
The file that is called is located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat and it only contains one line which is "%VS90COMNTOOLS%vsvars32.bat". This points us to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat which is broken. This is the broken part:
@if not "%WindowsSdkDir%" == "" (
set "PATH=%WindowsSdkDir%bin;%PATH%"
set "INCLUDE=%WindowsSdkDir%include;%INCLUDE%"
set "LIB=%WindowsSdkDir%lib;%LIB%"
Have you spotted it yet? Probably not.
The problem lies in the ( and ) of the if condition. For explanation let's look at my PATH system environment variable:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2006)\Utilities\Bin\x86";C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDO
WS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\IDM Computer Solutions\U
ltraEdit-32;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\BINN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools
\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\DTS\Binn\
;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual St
udio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShe
ll\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft S
QL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;
Because I have "C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2006)\Utilities\Bin\x86" in my PATH system environment variable the expression
@if not "%WindowsSdkDir%" == "" (
set "PATH=%WindowsSdkDir%bin;%PATH%"
gets terminated by the %PATH%'s " ... June 2006)... " closing ) which results in the weird message that I got when I started up the Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt
This leaves us with two solutions of the problem:
1. Remove any path that has ( or ) from your PATH system environment variable. This is what I did.
2. Rewrite the If to use goto like this:
@if "%WindowsSdkDir%" == "" goto SkipSDKVariableSet
@set "PATH=%WindowsSdkDir%bin;%PATH%"
@set "INCLUDE=%WindowsSdkDir%include;%INCLUDE%"
@set "LIB=%WindowsSdkDir%lib;%LIB%"
The problem with this is that any upgrades can overwrite this so you have to remember and reapply this change.
Hopefully Microsoft will fix this real soon as I see this as a major bug that has to be hacked in an ugly way.
Also note that there is a similar known problem when you install windows SDK after you install VS 2008. A solution to it is described here.
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Gui Schils (JR, Shaker Heights, OH) and Larry Wang (JR, Orange) won the NCAA Division III Men's Doubles Championship on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Andy Bryan/Charlie Paukert of Gustavus Adolphus. This is the first title for both and CMS' fifth doubles championship. Schils and Wang reached the semifinals of the NCAA Championships in 2006 and the quarterfinals in 2007.
The pair had their most difficult match in the first round as they beat Dan Greenberg/Bret Thacher from Williams 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. They beat the #4 seed - Randy Loden/Kaz Murata of Mary Washington 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals and the #1 seed - Jared Kamel/Marc Vartabedian of UC Santa Cruz 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) in the semifinals. Wang and Schils had played all four teams earlier this season. They lost to the Williams (March 29) and UC Santa Cruz (April 13) teams and beat the Mary Washington (March 5) and Gustavus Adolphus (March 26) teams earlier this season. In the team championships, they beat the UC Santa Cruz team in third round play and the Williams team in the quarterfinal round.


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Baggies hit back
Luka Modric shot us into the lead at the Hawthorns but West Brom mounted a speedy response and it finished a point apiece on Saturday afternoon.
Luka Modric shot us into the lead at the Hawthorns but West Brom mounted a speedy response and it finished a point apiece on Saturday afternoon.
It was an entertaining encounter but not one that encompassed that many real clear-cut chances. The loss of Modric to injury shortly after his 27th-minute goal was a blow, his quickness of thought and feet bring so much to a game, as well as that ability to unlock tight defences.
West Brom were galvanised by their goal four minutes before the break and were much more purposeful in the second period as the atmosphere in the stands increased in volume.
Indeed, Carlo Cudicini was forced into two fine late saves as the Baggies went in search of a late winner.
The headline news ahead of kick-off was the team included two debut-makers in the shape of William Gallas and Rafael van der Vaart. The Frenchman lined up alongside Younes Kaboul at the heart of defence, while the Dutchman dropped in behind Roman Pavlyuchenko. Another new recruit, Stipe Pletikosa, was our substitute goalkeeper.
There was a very patient opening to the game, with possession kept for a lengthy period before Kaboul arrowed over the top in the direction of Gareth Bale, who turned back on himself before scooping towards Modric, but the returning Croatian could not hit the target.
Van der Vaart and Aaron Lennon combined just before seven minutes showed on the clock, with the new boy producing a sumptious piece of skill to lay on a shooting opportunity for the winger, who unfortunately shot over the bar.
The home side were chasing shadows a little bit as the half progressed as passing and ball retention were an impressive element of our game - Bale, Modric and van der Vaart were nicely warming to their task, with skipper Tom Huddlestone pulling the midfield strings and Wilson Palacios tenacious beside him.
On 27 minutes a deserved lead was recorded when van der Vaart chipped into the air towards Pavlyuchenko. Gabriel Tamas won the headed duel, but not convincingly and the loose ball was smacked home by Modric past Scott Carson into the bottom corner of the net.
Sadly, Modric was forced off with an injury he tried and failed to run off and Niko Kranjcar was called upon to replace his countryman.
Paul Scharner unleashed a fierce drive six minutes before the break that had the home crowd bellowing a hopeful gasp but they were able to celebrate for real seconds later. Marc-Antoine Fortune tested Carlo Cudicini with a drive on the run from an angle and the ball flew up and was headed across goal to the far post by Peter Odemwingie for Chris Brunt to head home.
After a sluggish start to the second half it was a dash infield by Lennon and imaginitive play from van der Vaart that resulted in Bale sprinting in on goal. It took a crucial one-handed stop by Carson to deny another lead being taken.
A thumping drive from Kaboul also tested the reflexes of Carson before there was a chance on the turn for Gallas from a Bale corner and a Kranjcar knockdown, he fired over.
Harry Redknapp elected to make a change on 64 minutes with the introduction of Robbie Keane in place of Pavlyuchenko.
Half chances came and went in front of a crowd of 23,642, Harry then played his last card in the shape of Peter Crouch with 12 minutes left on the clock - Lennon was withdrawn.
A crucial block from Huddlestone denied Jerome Thomas a clear blast on goal as West Brom upped the tempo in the closing minutes and Cudicini then had to react smartly to save from Jonas Olsson.
With just over a minute left, Cudicini had to perform an outstanding save to his left to prevent Odemwingie steering in what would have probably been the winner.
Tamas then perhaps should have scored after being in pole position following a Odemwingie backheel inside the area. Keane fired the last effort on goal, a 20-yard volley fielded by Carson and it ended 1-1.
West Brom (4-4-2): Carson, Jara, Tamas, Olsson, Shorey, Mulumbu, Odemwingie, Scharner (Reid 73), Brunt (Barnes 78), Thomas, Fortune (Tchoyi 86). Unused: Myhill, Pablo, Bednar, Cox.
Spurs (4-4-1-1): Cudicini; Corluka, Gallas, Kaboul, Bale; Lennon (Crouch, 77), Huddlestone, Palacios, Modric (Kranjcar, 32); Van der Vaart; Pavlyuchenko (Keane, 64). Unused subs: Pletikosa, Assou-Ekotto, Bassong, Jenas.
Goals: West Brom - Brunt, 41. Spurs - Modric, 27.
Attendance: 23,642.
Referee: Mr H Webb.


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As the Chinese sage once said: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single blog post. Or something like that…
Anyway, we at YESFest couldn't be more excited to be starting in earnest on next year's festival. As we've seen at the YES Cinema over the past few years, the demand for independent films in Columbus has been growing and we're looking forward to introducing our audience to some great new films they might otherwise have missed. Equally important to us is that we want this festival to be a real treat for our film-makers, and their connection (both personal and artistic) with the audience is a top priority for us. Above all else we look forward to showcasing some great stories, both fictional and factual, long-form and short.
We'll be tweaking and expanding the site over the next few weeks, so do bear with us as we get up and running.
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CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida's leader has urged Muslims in Arab Spring countries to unite to institute an Islamic state, while warning France that its intervention in Mali will be bogged down.
"I warn France that it will meet in Mali, with God's permission, the same fate America met in Iraq and Afghanistan," Ayman Al-Zawahri said in a 103-minute audio message posted on militant websites late Saturday.
France launched a military operation in Mali last January after being asked to intervene by the country's interim president. Since then, French and Malian troops have liberated main towns in the north, but remnants of an al-Qaida cell remain active there in some of the vast, rural areas.
In the recording, al-Zawahri urged Muslims to liberate their lands from oppressive regimes and foreign troops, apply Islamic law, halt the plundering of Muslim wealth, support rebellious Muslims and oppressed people worldwide, and establish the Islamic Caliphate, or religious state.
The audio was produced by al-Qaida's media arm, As-Sahab, and was presented alongside video footage showing Iranian revolutionary guards captured in Syria, and other events in the Middle East.
The al-Qaida leader praised the mujahedeen, or holy warriors, in Syria, urging them to step up their fight against the regime of President Bashar Assad. But he also warned them against letting the country fall under the influence of the United States, the Arab League, the United Nations and Israel should they gain control of it.
"(They) want to steal your sacrifices and your jihad to give them to their supporters in Washington, Moscow and Tel Aviv."
Al-Zawahri also lashed out against Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Iran for their support of Assad, saying that "the true faces of Iran and Hezbollah have been exposed, and their ugly reality has appeared in the field of holy war in Syria." He called The Syrian government a "criminal secular" regime.
Al-Zawahri, an Egyptian, criticized the country's ruling Muslim Brotherhood for a weak response to the country's poverty, saying "the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Have the Islamic movements provided better education, health or transportation?"
He also attacked the country's new constitution, drawn up by the Brotherhood and other Islamic movements, for not being religious enough. The charter, he said, approved by referendum last December, fell short of promises made by the Brotherhood, an Islamist movement that is the country's most powerful political force.
He objected to the fact that the current constitution designates Islamic law, or Sharia, only as "the main source" of legislation, rather than the "sole source."
Al-Zawahri's previous message, in which he urged Muslims to join Somali militants, was in November.


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And the 2014 Writers Guild Awards Nominees Are ...
Props to Spike Jonze, Woody Allen, and David O. Russell.
Today, the Writers Guild of America announced its nominees for this year's Writers Guild Awards, which honor writers in original and adapted screenplay as well as documentary. Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell is nominated for Documentary Screenplay alongside Jeremy Scahill and David Riker's Dirty Wars. Terence Winter gets a nod for adapting Jordan Belfort's memoir, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Tracy Letts for adapting his own play, August: Osage County. Spike Jonze's original screenplay Her is nominated alongside Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine and David O. Russell's American Hustle — all three of them also directed the films they penned.
See the entire list of nominees below.
Original Screenplay:
American Hustle, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Her, Written by Spike Jonze
Nebraska, Written by Bob Nelson
Adapted Screenplay:
August: Osage County, Screenplay by Tracy Letts; Based on his play
Before Midnight, Written by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty
Lone Survivor, Written by Peter Berg; Based on the book by Marcus Lutrell with Patrick Robinson
The Wolf of Wall Street, Screenplay by Terence Winter; Based on the book by Jordan Belfort
Documentary Screenplay:
Dirty Wars, Written by Jeremy Scahill & David Riker
Herblock – The Black & The White, Written by Sara Lukinson & Michael Stevens
No Place on Earth, Written by Janet Tobias & Paul Laikin
Stories We Tell, Written by Sarah Polley
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Written by Alex Gibney


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I'm happy as long as the synopsis isn't as long as a chapter. It's just an overview. So two pages is okay, but possibly verging a little on the long side. 700 words is fine.
The key is to communicate briefly where the story is going so that we can see whether the promise of the first chapter is likely to be fulfilled in the entire story.
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Come on, these don't add to the conversation about android, it's cool apps, great phones, key accessories or how to save money on your bill.
Don't get me wrong, I want to win a tablet as much as the next guy, but let's not cheapen this area to do it.
please Vote up a comment if you think its worthwhile and adds to the conversation, not if you think it will help get a slightly higher rank.


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Troops Out, Drones In
Policing the world with remote-controlled aircraft.
Client states can be so annoying. You can't get them to police terrorists along their borders; you can't get them to countenance publicly your troops inhabiting their country. So when you can't be there in the flesh—and you can't persuade your ally to help—the next-best thing is to be there in the nonflesh. Send in the drones.
That's what we've been doing in Pakistan. Remotely operated American unmanned aerial vehicles have been hunting and killing al-Qaida and Taliban honchos there for years. Six months ago, we took out a high-level al-Qaida commander. Monday morning, we took out another. After complaining for weeks that Pakistan isn't doing the job, we took care of it ourselves, killing a top al-Qaida trainer and weapons expert with missiles fired from a "remotely piloted aircraft." In an interview with Reuters, a local tribesman identified the killers: "We had heard the sound of a drone engine just before the explosions. These drones have been flying since late Sunday night."
Drones, as I've said before, are the future of warfare. The tactical reason is that they don't bleed. They let us hunt enemies abroad at no risk to ourselves. The political reason is slightly different: They spare us the difficulties of an official troop presence. Pakistan's government doesn't have to approve or explain our incursion into northwest Pakistan on Sunday night, because, strictly speaking, we weren't there.
The U.S. military doesn't even control our killer drones over Pakistan. The CIA does. This doubly insulates the Pakistani government from responsibility. "The Pakistani military, as is its custom, denied knowledge of the missile strike and whether it had been carried out by the United States," the Los Angeles Times reports. "One U.S. official familiar with the incident said the Pentagon was not involved and that 'it was an agency-run op all the way.' "
That deniability came in handy Monday morning, when Pakistan's prime minister met with President Bush at the White House a few hours after the killer-drone attack. Here's a lovely picture of them standing together on the South Lawn. "Pakistan is a strong ally and a vibrant democracy," the president declared. "The United States supports the democracy and supports the sovereignty of Pakistan." The prime minister proudly agreed. He said of the insurgents on his border, "This is our own war."
An hour later, reporters asked Bush's press secretary about the missile strike. "I'm not able to comment," she replied. They ask three more times. She repeated her nonanswer.
So that's our M.O. in Pakistan. And guess how we're going to patrol Iraq after we "pull out"? That's right: with drones. According to the New York Times, Iraqi leaders and American politicians of both parties agree that
there are three critical military tasks the Iraqi forces still cannot fulfill: providing combat support and logistics, carrying out high-tech surveillance and conducting close-air support for combat missions. So American forces can be expected to perform those three requirements for the foreseeable future.
Lt. Gen. Gary North, commander of allied air forces in the Middle East, tells the Times that he plans to "complement our manned airplanes with an increased amount of unmanned attack platforms." In fact, the transition is already underway:
For the first time in Iraq, the Air Force is flying missions this month with the new Reaper, a large remotely controlled vehicle that carries not only advanced surveillance sensors, but also bombs and missiles comparable to those on top-of-the-line piloted fighters. Not only do Reaper pilots sit in a trailer at a safe distance from the front lines, but the vehicles require less refueling and thus can stay aloft for long periods, so the number of airborne tankers would diminish as Reapers take on a growing role. "The capability that I am providing comes at less manpower on the ground," General North said.
That's our future in Pakistan, Iraq, and the next theater of war: less manpower on the ground, more unmanned power in the sky. We promised to pull out our troops. We didn't promise not to replace them.


text: Tillamook Launches New Farmstyle Greek Yogurt December 18, 2013 06:07 AM Tweet Tillamook Farmstyle Greek is a thick, creamy and less tart yogurt made with buttermilk cultures. © Tillamook TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By News Release Email Source: Tillamook County Creamery Association Tillamook, the farmer owned cooperative, announces the release of their new authentically strained Farmstyle Greek Yogurt in innovative and classic flavors. The line is made with no artificial flavors, no artificial colors, no artificial sweeteners, no high fructose corn syrup and with the highest quality milk from cows not treated with artificial growth hormones*. Tillamook Farmstyle Greek can be found in the yogurt aisle at major retailers across the West in 5.3- oz. cups for a suggested retail price of $1.25. Tillamook Farmstyle Greek is a thick, creamy and less tart yogurt made with buttermilk cultures, while providing 14g of protein per serving. To make their better tasting Greek distinctively 'Farmstyle', Tillamook slow churns farm fresh milk with seven active yogurt and buttermilk cultures. "This is a product unlike any other Greek yogurt available" says Jay Allison, Tillamook Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Our Farmstyle Greek Yogurt is made the right way and we're confident that our fans will love this product. It took a while, but we got it right." Some of the innovative flavors available in the 5.3-oz cups include Coffeehouse Blend, Honey Peach, Cinnamon Hazelnut and Oregon Strawberry. The Oregon Strawberry was recently preferred over Chobani Strawberry in a blind taste test**. Made with fruits and nuts locally sourced from the Pacific Northwest, Tillamook Farmstyle Greek has a naturally delicious taste. Tillamook Farmstyle Greek comes in classic cream and gold cups, part of a current packaging redesign to update and energize the brand's premium image. Additionally, Tillamook Farmstyle Greek is available in 32-oz. containers in select flavors including Plain and Simple and Old Fashioned Vanilla with a suggested retail price of $5.99-$6.99. For more information on Tillamook Farmstyle Greek, visit www.tillamook.com/trade-farmstyle-greek-yogurt.html. About Tillamook County Creamery Association Established in 1909, the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) prides themselves on their commitment to providing families with the most consistent, best tasting, highest quality dairy products made in the most natural way possible. Earning top awards for their cheese, ice cream, sour cream, butter and yogurt products, the farmer-owned cooperative has quickly become one of the top dairy brands in the country. For more information on Tillamook, visit Tillamook.com. Back to news


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Gainward has introduced an improved version of the generic ATI Radeon HD4850. The graphics card we have in our labs today features a faster GPU and memory and has 1GB of DDR3 memory. Before starting with our usual presentation of the card's features and specifications, let's say a few words about AMD's HD48xx series.
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series GPUs is a "TeraScale graphics engine " according to AMD, promising to offer HD gaming and Blu-ray/HD content playback with incredible visual fidelity.
The new graphics engine combines the power of one teraFLOPS, 800 stream processors and next generation GDDR5 memory. It also supports tessellation, DirectX 10.1 and scalable ATI CrossFireX technology.
Like their predecessors, the ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series graphics cards offer optimal performance and efficiency with platform-independent intelligent power management. Regardless of platform, these graphics cards deliver the power needed during gaming while conserving energy at idle or when demand is low.
According to the system requirements, the Gainward HD4850 1GB GS needs a PCI-e based PC with one X16 lane graphics slot and a 450Watt (or greater) power supply with 75 Watt 6-pin connector. For CrossFire configurations, a 550 Watt PSU with two 6-pin connectors is recommended.
Our sample comes with a different cooling system than the generic ATI Radeon HD4850, potentially offering better conditions for overclocking. Our sample comes with a massive 700MHz core (625MHz for generic HD4850) and 1000MHz of memory (vs 993MHz for generic HD4850) clocks. As we have mentioned, it has an 1GB memory onboard (0.8ns) with a bandwidth of 256bits.
- Retail package
Below you can see the photo of the retail package of the Gainward HD4850 1GB GS. The graphics card is available for approximately €180.
All the included box contents are well-packaged and secured. In the box you will find a printed manual, a driver's disc, a power adapter and the DSub15-to-DVI converter. No retail game is included.
The attached cooling system has a 80mm fan. Despite its big volume, it will occupy a single PCI-E slot inside the box. On the other hand, two empty slots are required in the rear panel of your PC:
The available outputs include two DVI-D ports and one analog HDTV jack. However, not such cable is included (?). Two additional slots are available on the top side of the card for connecting two cards under CrossFire X
The HD4850 series need a 6+2pin power supply work properly. In case your PSU offers 6-pin power cables, the included adapter will work for you.
For all the tests we used the latest ATI Catalyst drives (8.9). The Catalyst suite provides basic information about our sample:
The popular GPU-Z utility gives us some additional information. Notice that the RV770 GPU of our sample has been manufactured using the 55nm technology:
By default, the fan speed runs at 50% while the GPU temperatures are rather low, at least at idle mode.


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Feb 25, 2013
Bristol, Tenn. - The King University softball doubleheader versus Lincoln Memorial University has been cancelled due to expected rain. The teams have yet to set a make-up date.
The Lady Tornado will travel to Spartanburg, S.C. for the Mid-South Classic on Saturday, March 2. They will open up the weekend with Lander, first pitch is set for noon.


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CLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials say a cleaning worker was killed Friday when he fell into a running meat blender at a Clackamas plant.
He was identified as 41-year-old Hugo Avalos-Chanon of Portland, who worked for DCS Sanitation Management.
KOIN reports (http://bit.ly/ZPKOaW ) he was cleaning equipment at Interstate Meat Distributors when he fell into a machine that blends meat. A co-worker hit an emergency stop button, but it was too late.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating. An OSHA report on the plant in February found machines were not locked during the tear-down process for cleaning.
Mesaros said the agency inspected DCS Sanitation Management's operations in 2001, 2002 and 2004, finding no violations.
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What are your goals for the next year?
We need to get TMF back to it's original spirit. I'm gonna be up to date with OP in a few days, so we can start from there. We need to have lively and interesting debates again.
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Dean Flynn receives presidential Volunteer Service Award
Marilyn L. Flynn, dean of the USC School of Social Work, has received the President's Volunteer Service Award in honor of her commitment to strengthening the United States by making a difference through volunteer service.
The award program, an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service, recognizes outstanding volunteers to set a standard for service, encourage a sustained commitment to civic participation and inspire others to make service a central part of their lives.
"In my inaugural address, I state that we need a new era of responsibility — a recognition on the part of every American that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world," President Barack Obama wrote in a letter to Flynn. "These are duties that we do not grudgingly accept, but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit than giving our all to a difficult task. Your volunteer service demonstrates the kind of commitment to your community that moves America a step closer to its great promise."
Clinical Professor Murali Nair, who has been affiliated with the corporation for 25 years as a consultant and grant application reviewer, nominated Flynn for the award.
"Dean Flynn's commitment to helping others and making new connections that bring us closer together as part of the USC School of Social Work family is one of the highlights of my nomination effort," he said. "Her demonstrated commitment and example inspire others to engage in volunteer service and make service a central part of our lives."
Flynn has dedicated much of her life to the betterment of others through advancing social work education as well as the profession of social work. She became dean of the School of Social Work in 1997, and under her leadership, the school significantly expanded its research capacity by recruiting a nationally recognized faculty to conduct clinical and intervention studies in health, mental health, behavioral health, aging, homelessness, and child development and services.
She established the school's military social work program, the first of its kind at a civilian research institution, and obtained the first congressionally directed appropriations ever received by a school of social work to create the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families. She also led the launch of a Web-based Master of Social Work degree program, the MSW@USC, which has allowed the school to become the first national school of social work, serving a diverse group of students who otherwise might not be able to earn an advanced degree.
"I could not be more honored to accept this recognition, which reflects so clearly the commitment of our school and all social workers to the well-being of communities and community organizations," Flynn said.
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The 2013 Niagara County Community College Distinguished Alumni Award will be presented to Dr. Paul Churder '75 and Peter Robinson '91.
The awards will be presented to Churder and Robinson at the 23rd annual NCCC Scholarship Gala on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute. Tickets for the event are $125 per person and are available by contacting the NCCC Foundation office at 716-614-5910 or online at www.niagaracc.suny.edu/foundation.
Churder was known for his success in both academics and athletics as a student at NCCC. He was an All-America honors recipient, was awarded the President's Cup in 1975, and recently he was inducted into the NCCC Sports Hall of Fame.
After graduating from NCCC, Churder went on to earn a bachelor's degree from the University of New York at Buffalo and a doctoral degree from SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. He has been a member of the dentistry community for more than 30 years.
Churder's support to NCCC is exceptional. He has contributed to the institution through many avenues, including advising academic programs, chairing the NCCC Foundation Board, and regularly contributing to fund-raising initiatives and events at the college. He is also a founding coordinator of the Roy E. Sommer Memorial Golf Tournament, which raises funds for NCCC athletic scholarships.
Peter Robinson graduated from NCCC in 1991 and went on to earn a bachelor's degree from SUNY at Buffalo. He currently serves as a state court officer and instructor for the New York State Department of Criminal Justice Services in general topics, police firearms, CPR and first aid.
Robinson's desire to serve the community overflows from his professional life into his personal ambitions. He is the founder and organizer of the Winter Wonderland Project, member and community co-chair for the United Way Fund Drive, commissioner and president of the City of Lockport Department Fire Board, member of the Niagara County Youth Board of Commissioners, and is founder and spokesperson of the Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive. Robinson continues to give back to NCCC by singing at college and alumni events and previously serving on the NCCC Alumni Board.


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Bank robber claimed to have a bomb
MILFORD -- A man who held up The Milford Bank branch in Devon on Tuesday morning warned tellers that he had a bomb, police said.
The suspect entered the bank, at 205 Bridgeport Ave., at 8:35 a.m., walked up to a teller, placed a paper bag on the counter and indicated that it contained a bomb, Lt. Vaughan Dumas said.
The man handed a note to the teller demanding money and was given an unspecified amount of cash, Dumas said. There were no injuries, he said.
The suspect fled, leaving the bag on the counter, and the bank was evacuated as a precaution, officials said. The surrounding area was also cordoned off and the State Police Bomb Squad was called in to assist.
State police determined that the scene was safe at about 10:30 a.m., and detectives entered the bank to begin their investigation.
The bomb squad determined there were no explosives in the package and investigators were allowed to enter the bank to conduct an investigation.
The suspect is described as about 6 feet tall with a medium build, wearing an AT&T hard hat, safety glasses, work gloves, a red flannel shirt jacket and dark pants, Dumas said.
When the suspect left the bank he ran toward Lenox Avenue, where a vehicle may have been waiting, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Jeff Cortes at 203-877-1465.


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What We Learned about First-Year College Students
Ways Parents' Support Facilitates Adjustment
- Students acknowledged that parents' willingness to pay for college was encouraging because it freed them from worrying about college expenses.
- Students described the emotional support they received from their parents.
- Students also valued the support they received from parents' letters, packages, and phone calls. Although letters and packages were not as common as phone calls, the students all expressed joy and excitement when they received a package or letter in the mail. Students indicated that they appreciated the time family members put into preparing the packages because they demonstrated how much they cared.
Ways Parents' Support Hinders Adjustment
- For these students, parents' phone calls were a source of pressure.
- For example, one student described how his mother called him while she was going through a difficult divorce, while another student discussed how her mother often asked why she did not choose a school closer to home.
- In these instances, students felt their parents were calling to receive, rather than provide emotional support. As a result, students might have felt obligated to return home to spend time with their families than spending time on campus settling into college life.
What Can Parents Do To Help Children Adjust To College?
- Accompany your child to new student orientation and visit throughout the semester.
- Provide ongoing support by emailing, texting, calling, and sending letters and care packages.
- Show interest by asking questions about your child's college experiences. For example, ask about his favorite classes, what he likes most about college, and if he has joined student organizations or met new people.
- Even if you are unable to pay for college tuition, try to cover expenses like books, groceries, or everyday necessities.
- Have a conversation with your child and ask her how she would like to be supported once she leaves for college. This can begin a dialogue with your child so the relationship can best meet each of your changing needs.
- Encourage your child to solve his own problems. Help him to set his own goals, make responsible decisions, and accept responsibility for the consequences of those decisions.
- Encourage your child to spend time on campus rather than pressuring her to frequently return home.
- Focus more on providing support for, rather than receiving support from, your children.
*The findings from this study are based on research previously published in Yazedjian, A., Purswell, K. E., Sevin, T., & Toews, M. L. (2007). Adjusting to the first year of college: Students' perceptions of the importance of parental, peer and institutional support. The Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 19(2), 29-46.
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Krolewski to Be Presented With Award at World's Largest Diabetes Meeting
ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwired - Apr 23, 2014) - The American Diabetes Association will present the Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology to Andrzej S. Krolewski, MD, PhD. Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck, this award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of diabetes epidemiology. Dr. Krolewski will be recognized with this honor at the Association's 74th Scientific Sessions®, taking place June 13-17, 2014, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Currently head of the Section of Genetics and Epidemiology at Joslin Diabetes Center and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Krolewski has advanced our understanding of diabetic nephropathy with research that uses epidemiology and new omics technologies. He has also trained more than 40 research fellows in genetic and epidemiologic approaches to studying the etiology of diabetes and its complications.
Dr. Krolewski's seminal 2003 report in The New England Journal of Medicine challenged the widely held belief that microalbuminuria is the first step on the path to end stage renal disease (ESRD). Subsequently he discovered that renal disease begins with early, progressive renal decline, a process independent of microalbuminuria, that starts when patients still have normal renal function. Recently, he also discovered that high serum concentrations of TNF receptor 1 and 2 are strong predictors of ESRD.
Dr. Boyko will give the Kelly West Award Lecture, "Time to Retire 'Microalbuminuria': Early, Progressive Renal Decline is the New Paradigm," on Sunday, June 15, at Scientific Sessions.
More than 14,000 top scientists, physicians and other health care professionals from around the world will share the latest cutting-edge research and learn the most up-to-date information on prevention, treatment and care, at the Association's Scientific Sessions taking place June 13-17, 2014.
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The Orthodox Center for the Advancement of Biblical Studies (OCABS) Press has released a new book titled Mark, Canonizer of Paul. The book, authored by Tom Dykstra of the University of Washington, "draws connections between Paul and the Gospel of Mark that are stunning, surprising, and original, and leave readers with a sense that the evidence deserves a better interpretation than traditional Synoptic models can offer," noted David Trobisch, author of The First Edition of the New Testament.
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