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Volume 18, Number 4
Adventures in Library Land: Stories and Advice for Those New and Needing to Renew (Winter 2012)
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Table of Contents
Jennifer May and Steph Miller
Adventures in Job Hunting
Annie Sprague
Youth Services Today
Jane Corry
Finding a Library Gig
Perri Parise
Not Your Traditional Librarian
Samara Omundson
The Job I Forgot
Jay Hadley
Guest Editors
- Jennifer May
- Multnomah Library
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- Multnomah County Library

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A nice family friendly place to grab a drink or lunch/dinner. The food and service is good, portions on the generous side, kids menu available. Happy hour specials 4-6, nightly specials, don't miss rib night. I've been eating there since they opened in 05 with not one thing to complain about, if that tells you anything. The regulars are a friendly entertaining bunch. Patio area with food service/smoking permitted.
What's sad is so many moron americans actually believe Jo-liar in spite of documented proof otherwise. Perhaps with mandated health care they will get the medical care they need to think for themselves.


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A 29-year-old Las Vegas man will stand trial on charges alleging he stabbed and strangled his girlfriend to death and shot at Las Vegas police in May.
Justice of the Peace Melanie Tobiasson ruled Monday that prosecutors had presented enough evidence to send the case against Michael S. Long to District Court.
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Police said Long opened fire at officers during the standoff. One officer returned fire.
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One thing to note is that in the event of shtf, if the feds setup martial law, even if you have food stockpiled it would be advisable to go to the soup lines for a paltry cup of soup. Why?
Well they could have "anti-hoarding" laws setup, the one house that doesn't send anyone to the food truck would then be raided BY the feds for food and any other stickpiles including guns.
Not only may you get all your stuff taken but may also get a friendly government piece of lead in your head for your trouble.
Keeping up "appearances" is very shrewd strategy in shtf scenarios.
And, I wouldn't go there totally clean, either. I'd have proper attire for that - wrinkled, soiled shirt and wrinkled pants and I'd go out back and put dirt on my hands and shake it off so hands wouldn't be totally clean. Maybe I'd wear slide on house shoes (I have a pair my little dog chewed) so I'd really look like an old lady who didn't even have a decent pair of shoes.
There wouldn't be any light showing from my house but I have light forever.
well, we don't know what will happen but this country is going down economically. I have some boxes with canned food in them that need to be moved and I thought this box is so heavy I can't lift it, I'll have to shove it across the floor. This is grocery store food so it is heavy. These food was bought in the last 4-5-6 months. I saw some cans of Hunts whole plum tomatoes and thought, "I'm glad I got that - whole tomatoes, that's great." I didn't remember I bought them. I guess I'll have some surprise meals of food I didn't remember I bought.
My next possible danger is a hurricane coming this way next year. That possibility will never go away.
"Well they could have anti-hoarding laws setup"
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Had the Ryan-Trump health care bill been signed into law, 24 million people could have lost their health care—and Donald Trump would have received a $2.18 million annual tax cut. Fortunately, the GOP's latest attempt to create a windfall for the wealthy at the expense of the poor and working class was defeated. But this week in Mississippi, residents weren't so lucky.
The conspicuously named HOPE Act (Act to Restore Hope Opportunity and Prosperity for Everyone), introduced by Mississippi State Representative Chris Brown, passed the House and Senate and is now expected to be signed into law. The legislation reads like a compilation of all-time favorites from a Republican wish list: It would enrich a private contractor by outsourcing the work of verifying people's eligibility for social-support programs, including Medicaid and SNAP (food stamps); throw people who likely qualify for assistance off of these programs; and make it more difficult for people to get food and income assistance in the future.
It does all of this under the guise of helping people—Rep. Brown described the bill as "an incredible opportunity" to help people "move out of welfare dependency and poverty to a better life." It's also about eliminating fraud, supposedly, though legislators offered no proof that this is a problem in the state.
The HOPE Act applies to all Mississippians who receive Medicaid, TANF (income assistance), or SNAP. Anyone enrolled in those programs will have 10 days to reply to a written request for information proving eligibility, as deemed necessary by a private contractor hired by the state. That deadline would be tough for anyone to meet, but the fact that many program beneficiaries are disabled, unemployed, lack stable housing, or are simply living under the everyday pressures of poverty makes the deadline all but impossible for many people.
"Just getting that notice to program participants can be a real challenge," said Matt Williams, the director of research at the Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative. "Then you're talking about making sense of a lot of highly technical information, and putting that in written form too."
Currently, a Mississippi Department of Human Services (DHS) caseworker determines eligibility by sitting down with an applicant and sorting through liquid assets, utility bills, loans, child-support payments, child-care costs, employee pay stubs, and other sources of income and expenses. It's a time-consuming process, but the agency has been rewarded for doing it well. Between FY2012 and FY2014, the department received $8.75 million in bonus federal funds for its SNAP-payment accuracy rates.


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New York Editor Olivia Chen and Storeowner Allison Teich
Teich, a new sustainable fashion boutique, has taken NYC by storm and the Inhabitat fashion team was lucky enough to be on the scene for a trunkshow there last week showcasing eco-fabulous designer Ryann! In addition to the very delectable line of handbags for which the shop is named, there was plenty of eye candy in the form of floaty organic dresses, delicate recycled jewelry and, my personal favorite, exclusive NYC name pendants (see storeowner Allison Teich's neck in the pic above) that Junkprints custom-made for the store out of old records!
New York Editor Olivia Chen and I oohed and ahhed over the shop's yummy array of the latest sustainable fashions, but we were just as intrigued by the airy, azure colored space. Allison told us the store's history as we munched on baby carrots and hummus. "It used to be an eyeglass store," she mused, perched behind the glass counter. The crisply painted display cases which showcase Teich styles as bold pops of color were glasses cases in a past life – what a perfect way to repurpose them! We were also intrigued by the multi-use storage/fitting/bath room – as New Yorkers, we all nodded in agreement about the importance of multi-tasking areas in a city as space-deprived as ours. Needless to say, we were impressed with Allison's decision to do very little renovation, and instead work with what already existed in the space as well as her brilliant decorating skills!
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I. Not Today (Yesterday)
Many yesterdays ago, in a feverish time
When Hell bent the world in a peaceful sign,
High over York rose a towering display.
Alas for that hope evil was born to betray.
At his birth seers warned, "The end of the world is today."
Travel'd we there to gaze at the sight,
To witness this twin silver monument to might.
It soared to the clouds, to conquer the sky.
While others exclaimed, I only could sigh,
"Shadows fall over a day far from today."
Fearfully I stared at the façade's Gothic arch,
Then up the sleek girders gusted by March.
"What think you," asked they, "of buildings so tall?"
Said I, with a shudder, "York's Towers shall fall."
"How say you so, miss?! They rose only today!"
"Peevish nonsense," cried they, "from a girl of thirteen!
'Tis but dizzy heights imagination has seen."
Dazzling towers I'd view'd that rose to great heights.
But no pinnacle had crush'd the heart with such fright.
"The Towers will fall! I've seen enough for today!"
A bright future those slender arches belied;
Beyond their façade lay the ruins of pride.
Above their cold shadow, silver met the gold sun.
But its weight poorly borne, frail beauty'd succumb.
"Pray God, should they fall, let it not be today!"
Up we sped through the tower, my mind ill at ease,
Fears foster'd in magnitude by brothers who tease.
In mind's eye did approach future terror on wing.
'Twixt heav'n and earth, no refuge to cling.
Mist-vanish'd fate's bolt would not strike today.
"How come you to think of such gloomy disaster?
Give us some reason for this Armageddon of plaster!"
"Perhaps an explosion, like the ones that wrack Eire;
A bomb in the basement, or maybe the spire."
"One tower may explode, but not both in one day!"
"To accomplish that feat would need an army of men
To go unseen from floor one to one hundred and ten!"
"A storm then," tried I, "with a wind of such power
To shatter the glass and send it down in a shower."
"The sun shines brightly! There's no danger today!"
"Its supports are outside," one yielded, "'tis true.
A fire could melt it, but could a fire melt two?
For lightning to strike twice would be quite a plan."
Said I, in a caution, "Don't underestimate Man."
"We promise the Towers won't fall – not today!"
Man builds empires up to the sky;
The physical materials God does supply.
But the material world's the Devil's to rule.
Against Man's ambition, he plots chaos most cruel.
Man can't reach Heaven with towers of steel
Nor trade for God's love by making a deal.
Yet York's Towers won't fall by God's loving hand –
The spiteful Devil shall knock down our castles of sand.
"The Towers won't fall. What more can we say?!"
Away in disgust my audience drew.
'Twas impossible for a girl to know what I knew.
Not for my pleasure did I divine the Unknown.
Sight came unbidden, unwillingly shown.
"They won't see the truth. Oh no, not today."
II. Signs of the Times (Today)
Now it's today and people are weeping.
From the inferno, the hopeless are desperately leaping.
One tower wobbles, wagging its finger,
"Calamity's upon you, dare not you linger!"
At Hudson's last bridge, they look'd for a sign;
Their target in sight, with Fate they align'd.
Like a bird in whose reflection an enemy glares,
They slamm'd through the glass with their innocent fares.
To fight such a blaze needs an army of men
To climb from floor one to one hundred and ten.
Ten claxons clang for the World Trade Center;
Into the fiery maw, only the bravest dare enter.
Heroes and victims pass on the stairs.
Fate's the precarious splitting of hairs.
Gasping for breath and toting their gear,
Those who go up must set aside fear.
York halts in horror to stare at the sight;
Billows of smoke turning day into night.
How, on this perfect day of sky blue,
Could tragedy strike, such hatred spew?
Stop up your ears to the thunder of rubble,
To the explosion of rage bursting our bubble.
To safety the panicking crowds madly run
From the hideous cloud that wipes out the sun.
All that is left of the towers I saw
Is the skeleton clinging to life by a claw.
Nothing is left to bury the dead.
Their ashes have buried the city instead.
The shadow of silence befalls our great land;
All music and laughter – even our band.
Not a bird, not a plane, not a single sweet note.
Every sound but crying has the enemy smote.
Six weeks has it taken for peace to return.
Even now, the smoldering ruins still burn.
"How could this happen?" ask we, wringing our hands.
"America was surely the safest of lands?"
Long is the story of sorrow and grief,
Of how America fail'd to keep out the thief.
Of closing our eyes and our ears to the fey.
Of saying too often, "Oh no, not today."
Into our country fanatics were welcome,
No matter how dang'rous their activities made them.
Political correction corrupted the rules,
Allowing them to march onto our planes with their tools.
The mind guards fast an obstinate gate
Against the grim specter of unthinkable Fate.
When safe in the present Men warnings ignore,
The future's a battlefield scarred by war.
III. The Test of Time (Tomorrow)
The long years have passed and now it's tomorrow.
Fate's spared us to finish the tale of our sorrow.
The fall of York's Towers caus'd the breaking of hearts,
Suffr'd even by those with the smallest of parts.
On that terror-fill'd day, York stood not alone;
Against other symbols was death being flown.
Anxiously, Americans scanned the blue sky
For zealots who were praying to Allah to die.
For three harrow'd days after the fall,
O'er York hung bleak a dust-poisn'd pall.
For three days more, the cold North Wind flew,
Restoring the sky to that morning's true blue.
In funerals and ceremonies to honor the dead,
Sad songs were sung and eulogies read.
The Towers deflated to a six-story pile;
An anguish to clear in air cindr'd vile.
One sleepy dawn came a low distant thunder;
With a roar it rent the stricken silence asunder.
The eagle was bound for strife-ridden lands,
Bringing justice's wrath to those hid in the sands.
The grief-stupor'd nation awakened at last.
The Ground Zero flag flew from Ted's mast.
No more taken for granted the Stars and the Stripes;
Freedom's banner wav'd defiant in all sizes and types.
On went the descent of the now-aging year,
Yet the season of fall was loth to appear.
Springtime's red robin, driven off by fall's crows,
Returned to the garden and sang in the boughs.
Straight through the winter robin sang a bright tune.
The rose bloomed at Christmas as though it were June.
A balm of peace offr'd at the gift-giving season.
God's mercy and pity transcend human reason.
Travel'd we back to gaze at the site;
Gone is the twin silver monument to might.
Where once lofty arches loomed fragile but fair,
Naught now remains but columns of air.
'Tis lighter and warmer, but the shadows are chill;
Disbelief and mute awe do the empty void fill.
In the ruins the echoes of footsteps still clatter
And the wind carries whispers of long-ago chatter.
"Sixty years when I'm old?" asks a young voice from the past.
"Will that be how long York's Towers will last?"
"More like thirty;" says the elder, "'tis I who'll be gray."
Twenty-nine years and six months, give or take an odd day.
When view'd from the past, tomorrow's but today.
Always in mem'ry may York's Towers arise;
Remember their splendor and not their demise.
May those who were lost be found in God's glory
And granted a happier end to this story.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Australia stormed to a surprise victory in the women's 4x100 metres freestyle final at the London Olympics on Saturday.
The Australian quartet of Alicia Coutts, Cate Campbell, Brittany Elmslie and Melanie Schlanger won gold in a combined time of three minutes, 33.15 seconds.
The Netherlands, who had won the gold at the last Olympics and the previous two world championships, flashed home to finish second and grab the silver medal in 3:33.79.


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Ofra Harnoy, cellist (b at Hadera, Israel 31 Jan 1965).
Ofra Harnoy, cellist (b at Hadera, Israel 31 Jan 1965). Prodigious technique, profound musicality and deeply emotional expressiveness combine with personal charm to make Ofra Harnoy one of the most exciting artists in the musical world. Early cello studies begun with her father before immigrating to Canada in 1972 were continued principally with William Pleeth in London and Vladimir Orloff in Toronto. Since her professional debut as soloist with the Boyd Neel Orchestra at age 10, she has appeared throughout the world in recitals and orchestral engagements as well as in radio and television performances. In 1982 she was the youngest recipient of the International Concert Artists Guild Award in 42 years for a New York debut. Dedicated to helping dissolve the barrier between classical and pop music, Harnoy has recorded arrangements of Beatles songs and those of other music composers. Initially becoming widely known through her recordings of the Cello Concertos by Jacques Offenbach, Arthur Bliss and then Vivaldi, she has more than 40 solo recordings on RCA Victor London, EMI, Koch International and Pro Arte. Her solo recordings and her sensitive performances of chamber music round out the picture of an accomplished artist of exceptional maturity, versatility and brilliance. Harnoy has won Juno Awards in 1987-89 and 1991-93 as best classical artist. She won France's Grand Prix du Disque in 1988 and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1995.


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By Trudi Cunningham
About two weeks ago, I wrote about "scams" on the international scene and how gullible people are. Does anyone remember hearing about a person who claimed to have won a lottery, but didn't have a positive bank I.D. to be able to cash in? That person conned a local citizen to take money out of a bank account with the expectation of receiving a portion of the supposed lottery winning. There was a "flim-flam" involved and the person lost the money when the envelope he received had just scraps of paper enclosed. So what else is new?
How about the person finally being arrested after talking people into bogus trips or vacation retreats? Now you have the issue with people being pulled into photographic deals with promises of modeling careers. This is one that surfaced at least 40 years ago with the same "pitch." Believe me, it's one I do remember very well as I had a granddaughter and had fallen for it for her sake. The other thing I do remember was that the pictures were good. When more money was requested, I backed off and it fell by the wayside. However many went for it, I cannot say.
There are any number of various offers of things, such as weight control, vitamins, etc. for a free trial; you only have to pay postage. I recently called for a face cream of some sort. The next comment was that I would be receiving an order for $69 to keep working with the product. This was all done by computer; if I wished to continue, I needed to say "yes" or "no." You can bet your "bottom dollar" my definite answer was NO. You would not believe the persistence involved to try to convince me to say "yes," and all I can say is "sayonara."
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Open Thread: It Happened to You
This is your place to talk about the funny, sad, outrageous things that are happening in your life -- whenever you're ready.
Attention reader: Before you read any further, this is the unexpected sequel to It Happened To Me: My Appendix Tried to Kill Me…Twice. Similar to The Dark Knight, this story can be understood without seeing the first, though it might still be worth taking a look for your own interest and schadenfreude.
Obscure health issues always seem to make an appearance on a normal day. Just like your typical episode of I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant, where Mary is reading bible passages to the old ladies at the senior home when she starts crowning. In my case, I wasn't pregnant of course, but I was bloated after just eating an enormous breakfast at some generic Jersey diner.
As anyone would after a satisfying meal, I decided to lie down and take a nap. I slept for a good half hour before I rolled over and felt a sudden, sharp pain in the center of my chest above my ribcage. It was like someone forcing his or her fist right there and not stopping. It got to the point where I could hardly breathe, so I stood up to try to catch my breath and even walked around a bit to see if I could relieve the pain. Nothing.
After my past health experiences, a multitude of doctors told me never to mess around with pain since apparently I have a high pain threshold, like two years ago when I didn't realize what felt like constipation was actually my insides dying. This time with heartburn, I decided I shouldn't mess around and I needed to go to a doctor. Even though he or she would surely tell me, "Kelly, you ate a pile of eggs and hash browns at 7 A.M. and then took a nap. What did you expect?"
The doctor I saw didn't say that, but after I gave him the lowdown on the symptoms he looked me up and down and said, "I think you're having a gallbladder attack."
And then he rushed out of the room.
What's a gallbladder attack? What's a gallbladder? Where are you going? I had only really heard the word, "gallbladder," when someone would converse with me about useless organs (it happens more often than you think). Something about stones may have been involved too?
He came back in to tell me to go have my blood drawn in another room and he would make me an appointment with the office's gastrointestinal doctor the next day.
"How bad is your shortness of breath?" he asked.
"I don't know… I mean it's just like really bad heartburn."
"Well if it gets worse, please go to the ER."
It had been two years since I had heard any mention of a hospital from a doctor. I wasn't exactly eager to go back after my extended stay there previously. I made the decision to just wait and see what the GI doctor said.
I showed up to my appointment the next day fifteen minutes early and still had to wait over an hour to see this guy. On the surface, this was good because, you know, he must be in high demand if he's got this many patients. I had to keep reassuring myself because doctors' office waiting rooms are one of the most depressing places to be. I saw a cop come in to handle a situation where a man was causing a scene over his co-pay, a very old woman was taken out on a stretcher to an ambulance, and another woman with emphysema talked out loud to no one in particular, all in the span of an hour.
Finally the GI guy called me in and brought me to a tiny room barely larger than Harry Potter's cupboard. He asked me what was wrong and I told him my symptoms and how I was having shortness of breath.
"That's no good!" he said with a goofy smile on his face.
No, no it is not. Are you going to tell me what's wrong with me, or are you just going to make this even more uncomfortable?
"Where do you work?" he asked.
"I work in news."
"Well Kelly, I'm going to send you straight to the ER because of your breathing issues."
"What if nothing's wrong?"
"What if something is wrong? I don't want to end up on the news tonight because you died!"
He laughed to himself as he led me out of the room. He scribbled some ancient runes on his prescription pad and told me to hand it to someone at the hospital when I got to the ER.
After multiple tests at the ER and trying to explain my medical history to fifty medical professionals ("Yes I'm serious, my appendix tried to kill me twice, look at my records"), it was confirmed that my issues were indeed from my gallbladder and it had to go. Even better, the surgeon who had taken out my appendix the second time was going to be doing the procedure. The best part was that we were planning the surgery. It wasn't some scary last minute life or death situation.
Until it was.
I went in for my surgery a few days later as scheduled. The surgeon said that he could do the surgery laparoscopically, meaning he would make small incisions to get it out. This didn't really matter to me because my stomach already had heavy scarring similar to John Hurt's midsection after Alien.
According to my surgeon, since the gallbladder was far enough away from where my appendix trauma was, there wouldn't be any adhesions, or internal scar tissue, to cause issues either. The whole procedure would most likely be an in-and-out deal.
"Hi there, yes I'd like one gallbladder removal and a large fries. Thank you."
After the surgery, I woke up in a hospital room surrounded by familiar faces. My family stared down at me and nurses that I remembered from my last stay were trying to take my blood pressure.
"That's too low," I remember my mom saying.
"The machine's probably broken," someone said, and they ran to get another one.
While this was all happening I was out of it and not saying much. I stared around the room as different people rushed in.
"She must be internally bleeding."
"She'd be dead if she were older."
"She's so pale."
"I haven't been outside much," I said.
Back to the operating room I went. Afterwards we found out that I was internally bleeding because of complications with all my adhesions. They underestimated just how bad the scarring was from my previous surgeries. The surgeon clamped whatever the leak was and that was that.
I then had to stay in the ICU for three and a half days. I needed two blood transfusions and my body had an allergic reaction to the foreign blood. My mom joked, "Maybe that blood belonged to someone with a dog. Haha!"
I also broke an eleven-year streak of no vomiting, which was heartbreaking for me, as an emetophobe, and the nurse on duty who had to clean it up.
The rest of the week was spent on the recovery floor. I caught up with employees who still remembered me after two years, and I kept trying to convince people to let me eat and go home. I mentioned earlier how doctors' offices are depressing, but hospitals are even worse. In the ICU or in recovery, I am guaranteed to be at least forty years younger than someone already there. And if you're in the ICU, it's very likely someone is dying next door.
Now, all is fine. I was released, I'm back at work, back to my Netflix queue, and feeling relatively normal again. I can't help but think this all started with something as silly as heartburn, and if I hadn't had severe medical trauma before, I'm not sure I would have gone to the doctor or the hospital.
I recently saw my surgeon for a follow-up and he thanked me for giving him yet another exciting case.
"It's a pleasure doing business with you."
I told him I would see him again in two years for my spleen or kidneys. Place your bets.


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A multi-criteria method for assessment of spatial data infrastructure effectiveness
Zwirowicz-Rutkowska, A., 2017. Earth Science Informatics pp 1–14, First Online: 09 February 2017 (open access)
Abstract: There is a demand for evaluation of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs), to justify and monitor the relations between investments in SDI initiatives and the results obtained. It is also essential to pay particular attention to identifying user communities, and eliciting their assessment of effects deriving from an SDI. The paper introduces a concept of a multi-criteria method which allows to assess effectiveness of the SDI from the user perspective. The application of the proposed method in the Polish Spatial Data Infrastructure (PSDI) and its main access point to spatial data and services called 'Geoportal 2' as well as two groups of the national geoportal"s users (spatial planners and land surveyors) presents its potential. The total scores for the Geoportal 2 indicated the investment has potential and is quite effective, although some components of the PSDI (e.g. main access point, datasets, network services, software, hardware, procedures) may need improvements and additional analyses in the future. The contribution of this paper is the multi-criteria method which enables the analysis of outcomes, benefits (impacts) and business value of using SDI business project's artifacts (outputs) considering the following dimensions: information and support provided, use process, user organizational performance, strategic alignment and business impact on user enterprise.
Keywords: User perspective Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) usefulness Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) usability Business project IT investment Multi-view SDI assessment framework
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OBV reported on the plight of Vivienne Lyfar-Cisse back in 2017 when a petition was set up to force Sussex NHS trust to reinstate her. That is still ongoing, but OBV can report today that this tenacious Black woman has won the first of her six year battle against the hospital at an employment tribunal. The tribunal concluded that she had suffered both racial discrimination and victimisation by her employers.
After a six year battle, far from apologise that Trust said it was disappointed in the Tribunals findings.
In response Lyfar-Cisse said:
The racial discrimination that I have been subject to by way of victimisation, because I have chosen to raise my head above the parapet to expose the institutional racism of this trust has continued unabated, culminating in my unfair dismissal last year."
That case will be heard later this year.
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Injured Nonu ready to 'move on'
Ma'a Nonu admitted that the Blues fans may not embrace him after his highly publicised walk-out on the franchise in 2012.
The return to action of the veteran midfielder, who re-joined the Blues squad this week along with the rest of the All Blacks, will be delayed by an injury.
However, he is "excited" about being back at the franchise and hope to silence his critics – and the wavering fans – by doing his talking on the field.
The 31-year-old made the move back to the Blues for the 2014 Super Rugby season after playing for the Highlanders in 2013.
Following another impressive campaign with the All Blacks at the end of last year, where he continued prove himself as one of the best midfielders in New Zealand, Nonu said he was highly motivated to perform for the Blues.
"It's good to be back, it's exciting times and I can't wait," Nonu said.
"I'm pretty motivated, I'm really excited about the challenges ahead and I'm excited to be back in this group."
However, Blues fans might not see Nonu back on the playing field for another month.
The dreadlocked wrecking ball had a clean-up on his ankle at the end of last year and may miss the first couple of competition games.
"I had a bit of a tidy up in the off-season, I'm starting to run hopefully in the next couple of weeks at full speed and I just want to get things right and don't want it injured again," Nonu said.
And Nonu has the full backing of head coach John Kirwan.
Kirwan welcomed the All Black back into the fold and said, as with all the returning players, getting them in peak condition was the key priority.
"I want Ma'a to be well physically," Kirwan said.
"His well-being is the most important thing so we'll get him right and then we just want him to play when he's ready. He wants to play but I'm just going to hold him back."
Nonu's split with the Blues in 2012 was highly publicised after he walked away from the franchise, but Kirwan said that was all water under the bridge and it was great to have him back.
"He's been fantastic, his communication has been outstanding and he wants to play, it's just that we need to make sure that he's 100 per cent fit just like we do with everyone else in the team."
Nonu conceded he was unsure whether Blues fans would embrace him after chequered seasons with the Hurricanes, Blues and Highlanders, but said he just had to do his talking on the field to win them back.
"I guess it's been in the back of my mind. Hopefully 2014 will be a better year for me in Super Rugby. I can't look back on previous experiences, I've just got to move on.
"I'm not sure (whether I'll be embraced by Blues fans), I hope so. I've just got to perform on the field."
The Blues play their first pre-season match against the Hurricanes in Masterton on Saturday- with Benji Marshall poised to play his first game of Rugby Union at No.10.
The team to face the Hurricanes will be named on Thursday.
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Four male undergraduates from North Carolina State University designed a nail polish that would detect unwanted drugs in a woman's drink. All she needs to do is stir the drink with a finger. The drink would change color if GHB, a common type of date rape drug, is added. This is a great step taken by these guys to fight rape. The number of rape incidents has been on the rise. Here are three ways we can solve the rape problem in our society.
We should teach men not to rape women. Women should buy products that will make them safer. As the four young guys from North Carolina State University, men should take responsibility regarding their behavior. They should become the advocate to speak against rape.
2. Make sure the legal system doesn't blame women for rape
In most cases, rapists don't spend a day in jail. They go out free. The legal system, in some cases, goes against the victims instead of the rapist. An Australian jury lets a rapist go free as the victim was wearing 'skinny jeans.' These perspectives must change. The legal system should give justice to the people.
Rape is very common on college campuses. 1 in 5 college women become a victim of rape. There should be clear college reporting system so that the rate of rape cases decrease. If the administrative response can be strengthened in colleges, then the incidents of sexual assault on campus will decrease.
By taking these steps, we will be able to lower the number of rape incidents that take place in colleges and the society. Rapists must be punished severely so that they don't repeat this type of act in future.


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1991 Fiat Tempra SX I.E. 1.8 petrol inj.
Original, reliable, good looking
Oil leaks. Not of major concern. A usual Fiat problem so don't worry if you've got it.
I bought it with a snapped wiper which I need to replace, cheap to replace though, c.50USD.
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Very rare in NZ. I'm sick of Japanese cars, not cos they're all bad, because they are all the same crap design.
Because your car is different you want to look after it more. Fast, big interior, galvanized so no rust whatsoever. No complaints, love the car.
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13th Feb 2004, 15:46
Other windscreen wiper broke off while on motorway.. I'm sure I can be sued if that hit someone. $100NZD.
Main fuel line cracking - spotted by mechanic. $70.
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Driver window electrics replaced. $150.
Central muffler replaced. $200.
Engine thermostat for injection system replaced. $300.
Radiator leaked - in the city. Whole radiator replaced. $500.
Rear brake cylinders leaked - replaced along with subsequently damaged rear brake pads. $450.
Front left tyre constantly wear faster than the rest even after alignment.
Knocking sound at front due to damaged bushes - $250.
Exterior rubber trim not fitting properly - no leaks yet.
Car graunches into 3rd if engaged too fast.
Reverse gear is unwilling.
'Economy' light on dash no longer going.
I often find random spings/screws at my feet...
15th Oct 2009, 02:11
I got my one cheap as chips, and was very happy with it. Nothing at all went wrong with it, although I replaced the rear locks which weren't locking on the C locking. It went well. A sublime chassis I'd have to say. Super accurate steering, with load of feedback. A few oil leaks including one that sporadically dropped onto the exhaust resulting in an oil burning smell. In the end I sold it as it was surplus to requirements. Would love to try an Alfa 155, which is essentially the same car. That extra 45 bhp from the 2L twin spark would make this a very tasty car indeed..


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Following in the footsteps of Las Vegas and Lisbon with their well-known CES and Web Summit conferences, Paris tried its hand this year with its own event tailored to an international crowd. The first edition of Viva Technology took place June 30-July 2, at Porte de Versailles and was dedicated to new technologies, especially French Tech. The weekend-long event was initiated by the CEO of Publicis, Maurice Lévy, and the CEO of Les Echos, Francis Morel, with the goal of placing France at the center of digital innovation, and of bringing large corporations and startups together under one roof. This year was a total success, with more than 5000 startups, and 300 renowned speakers, Viva Tech positioned itself as an event that will influence the future landscape of new technologies in France and abroad. The numbers alone indicate France's enthusiasm : Viva Tech welcomed 45,000 people, far exceeding the originally expected 30,000.
According to Maurice Lévy, the event responded to, "a frustration with France and its inability to appear welcoming enough for startup investments." Viva Technology also responds to a frequently-raised issue, that the CEO of Publicis grapples with himself, "France is absent from the big masses of technology internationally. Meanwhile, digital is transforming our way of life, transforming our jobs, and shaping our future. To reenergize startups, and reach out to the big players, we must ensure that France is at the heart of digital and that the big global actors are participants."
The global players clearly answered the call, not only through their presence as companies, but also through the speakers that appeared to discuss the problems and solutions of our time. The celebrated names of digital participated in great panel discussions that addressed everything from cybersecurity to missing out on technology cycles. Many of the main discussions are viewable now on YouTube. At Viva Tech, the audience heard from Eric Schmidt, CEO of Alphabet, Jimmy Wales, the Founder of Wikipedia, and Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo, to name a few. In keeping with the inclusive atomosphere, Viva Tech was equally open to big-name entrepreneurs as to the new generation like Frederic Mazzella, co-founder of BlaBlaCar, and Philippine Dolbeau, founder of New School, or William Shu, Founder of Deliveroo.
The approach of mixing well established and newly budding successes wasn't limited to the conferences ; Google, Ernst & Young, JP Morgan, Samsung and others, all proposed challenges in preparation for the event, and allocated spaces at their stands to the winning startups. This was a fantastic way to build relationships between large corporations and startups with a view to discovering synergies and developing future partnerships.
Adding more excitement to the weekend, Politicians didn't miss their chance to dip their toes in the water and show their support for France's efforts. Even France's President, François Hollande, made his way through the crowds to try his hand at flying drones and see the latest innovations! Others present included ; Anne Hidalgo, Axelle Lemaire, and Emmanuel Macron. In his address to the audience, Macron expressed his enthusiasm, "We are the startup nation of Europe. We create more than 1000 startups a year, but it's time to move from startup to scale-up. The market has become a global symbol : we can no longer say 'first I'm going to target France, then Europe, then the world'…in this new economy, we have to innovate a great amount, with speed, on a large scale, and sometimes partnerships between startups and corporations enable exactly that."
The Minister of the Economy then got to work speed mentoring, giving advice to the youth and newly graduated on how to succeed. See the video for yourself:
On its third day, Viva Technology opened its doors to the public, departing from the idea that events like this should be reserved only for professionals. July 2 was dedicated to showing the public the exciting world of technology. Entire families came to try out the myriad new technologies. Fans were invited to see long-awaited unveilings, like Google's self-driving car, or Sony PlayStations's Virtual Reality helmet, drones, and dancing robots. Children and adults alike took short programming courses, took a shot at digital painting, or worked with a coach to create a video resume.
Viva Technology was truly a success, and showed that France can and will play a central role in global innovation. The Founders have already announced that a 2nd edition of Viva Technology will take place in Fall 2017 ! See you next year #VivaTech!


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Bear in mind that this technique works best for authoritative and trusted websites. Simple tests to see if your website is ready include the following:
Step 1. Select any post in your website or blog which you are sure is already indexed by Google. For
example: http://www.seochat.com/c/a/Google-Optimization-Help/Geo-Targeting-Techniques-in-Google-for-SEO/
Step 2. Get the title tag of that post or content. The title element is in the <head> section and enclosed by <title></title>.
The title in the example above is "Geo Targeting Techniques in Google for SEO."
Step 3. Paste the title tag in Google's search engine search box, and then press "Search."
Step 4. If you can find your post on the first page of results (not necessarily in the first position), then your website can benefit from the content planning technique discussed in this tutorial.
Here is a screen shot that illustrates this point:
The screen shot shows that the post title ranks in the first position on the first page. So www.seochat.com is ready to implement this technique.
If you are not convinced yet, you can try other posts to see if their titles rank well in Google. If your site posts are still not ranking, you can still follow the tips discussed in this tutorial while you do a lot of work to get related quality links to your website.
Researching high demand topics
Of course, since your posts are fairly ranking well in Google, the first thing you need to do is research high demand topics for which you can write content. These are basically content ideas that will help your content planning. Below are the tips where you can find high demand topics:
1. Frequently asked questions by your readers in post comments. Take a look at the user comments on your blog or website. What are their common questions? You can extract the topics of the questions, put them in an Excel spreadsheet and then label them "High demand topics." Example: "How do you get organic links pointing to your website?" The topic that you can list is "Getting organic links to a website."
2. Commonly asked question in the email from your readers. Sometimes users do not write comments on the site; they just send you an email.
3. Related forums. Try visiting the most popular forum in your niche; you can find a lot of high demand topics listed in the threads. Add them to your list of "High demand topics."
4. Related blogs. Sometimes you can visit other, related authoritative blogs, and you can get a lot of topic ideas.
5. Yahoo Answers. Go to this URL: http://answers.yahoo.com/ and then type in a broad keyword under "What are you looking for?"
For example, if I am doing research for SEO-related topics, I type SEO in the box, and a lot of related questions will pop up. You can then write topics related to these common questions.
6. Brainstorming. You can find out yourself which are high demand topics for your niche. To do this, simply think and jot down as many ideas that you can remember based on your experience, and add them to your list of "High demand topics."
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Now you have long lists of high demand topics for which you know the content you can write. It's time to sort it out. To do this, you need to find high opportunity key phrases to target in Google based on the given topic. It's not enough just to have a content idea or a list of topics in high demand. You still need to research what key phrases to target that can bring new visitors to your website.
This is the most important step. Since your website posts can easily rank in Google, finding these key phrases can further increase long tail traffic to your website.
This is because these high opportunity key phrases have some visitors who put the "exact" key phrase into Google.
Step 1. Go to Google's keyword tool: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Step 2. Using the previous example, say you have listed the topic "Getting organic links to a website." Identify a broader search term associated with that topic and enter it into "Word or phrase." An example of a broader search term for that topic is "organic links."
Type the captcha, then set the location to "All Countries" and select the language of your choice.
Step 3. Click "Search." Under "Match types," change it from "Broad" to "Exact."
Step 4. Of course, you will not be targeting broad phrases because they are difficult to rank. The best way is look for low to medium traffic key phrases associated with your content topic.
To do this, click the "Global Monthly Searches" heading twice to sort from lowest to highest.
Step 5. Examine the resulting key phrases carefully, list the candidate key phrases in the Excel spreadsheet, and label it "Candidate key phrases to target."
Below are the candidate key phrases based on the example and their estimated traffic figures in Global monthly searches:
- organic link optimization = 22
- organic link exchange = 28
- organic link building = 170
Formulating the final post title based on the key phrases
It's now time to formulate the final post title based on the lists under "candidate key phrases to target."
Below are the tips:
- Combine the key phrases into logical phrase combinations.
- Associate it with the high demand topics you already researched. This will add more usefulness to the content to be written.
- Follow good SEO guidelines on the title tag. Google has some good tips on writing great titles: www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf
As of November 2010, you can write up to 70 characters in the title tag, and Google will show the full title in the search result.
For example, our three candidate key phrases — organic link optimization, organic link exchange and organic link building — can be logically combined into: Organic link optimization, exchange and building
The resulting combination of key phrases is around 48 characters. Google's title tag character limit is around 70 characters. So you can improve on this by associating it with high demand topics.
For example, suppose you have this common inquiry/demand topic: "Getting organic links to a website."
Then you can improve the post title to: Getting Website Organic Links | Optimization, Exchange and Building
This is your final post title for that single research topic. You can do the same for the rest of your high demand topics. These long lists of "ready to write" post titles makes it very easy for you to continue writing content on a periodic basis.
You can list this in your Excel spreadsheet under "Final Post Titles to write."
Writing your Content: Effective Guidelines
Assuming that you will now be writing your post content based on the "Final post titles to write," below you will find some effective guidelines.
- Write content which you are sure can help readers to solve their problems.
- Write original content, not content that you have copied or that already exists in other sources, even paperback books.
- Avoid plagiarism. If you extract a portion of content that exists at other sources, state the sources in your content.
- Write with substantial information. A good number of words in your content is around 450 to 600.
- Logically arrange your content into paragraphs, headers, and even a bulleted/numbered format to improve readability.
- Add original and related images to your content. Images can really help the user understand complex topics.
- Add originally made videos. Videos can explain a topic further in ways that still images cannot. Sometimes this is necessary (as with a difficult "how-to" tutorial on a topic such as laptop repair). Most of the time it is not.
- Read your content twice before publishing it to check for spelling errors and inappropriate sentences.
- Write content frequently. If you have time and commitment, you can write daily.
- Observe proper writing style for better readability. Long sentences can be hard to understand. Use periods, commas, and other proper punctuation.
- Check to see if you have added your targeted keywords into your content naturally. This is easy if you've already formulated your post title carefully. This is because it's very likely you will repeat the title keywords in your content. If you do not have the keywords targeted by your title in your content, then maybe the content is not directly related to your post title. This can cause a high bounce rate for visitors coming from search engines.
Once your post title lists are exhausted, you can repeat the entire process discussed in this tutorial to generate another batch of topics/post titles for your next session of content planning and implementation.


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Bringing important message on how accounting changes impact business
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Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario's leadership team will be available to discuss the rapidly evolving environment for Canadian financial and accounting services when they visit Timmins on November 28. Brian Hunt, President and CEO, and Past Chair Rod Barr, FCA, National Securities Partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP, can provide background on how international events and legislative changes are having profound effects on Canadian businesses from Bay Street to Main Street.
Among the topics they can address are:
- The future of the CA profession, including expanded training opportunities for students
- The role of auditors in keeping the business community strong
- The new Public Accountants Council and licensing regime
- How legal liability issues in the accounting industry are affecting businesses of all sizes
Media interviews can be arranged through the Institute (Contact information below).
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Originally posted by Selahobed
reply to post by UmbraSumus
I dont know if its a fetish or a real psycological disorder. I have read that these people feel imprisoned in their own bodies and consequently a lot have commited suicide. I guess i would rather have a live sister than a dead brother. But im still unconvinced. My bro is such a macho guy, he followed me into the army! His girlfriends are many, but that may have been a overcompensation on his part i dont know.
Originally posted by Selahobed
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He did have a propencity to play with dolls as kid as i recall, and was always shuffling about in my moms high heels as a toddler.
His girlfriends reaction kind of spoke volumes too. I dont know or want to know what went on in private with them but it wasnt such a big shock to her as was us.
I can assure you also that his past girlfriends were real women lol.
Originally posted by Annee
It is as normal as being born with Red Hair.
We are all variations of a physical/chemical cocktail. It all depends on how it got mixed while we were being made.
There is no black and white "perfect cloned human" -- we are all shades of gray.
It is only man-made society that expects one to fit in "prescribed approved" boxes.
Be who you were made to be - - - as long as you cause no harm to another.


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Frederic Bastiat Quotes About TaxesQuotes about: Taxes
Legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways; hence, there are an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, bonuses, subsidies, incentives, the progressive income tax, free education, the right to employment, the right to profit, the right to wages, the right to relief, the right to the tools of production, interest free credit, etc., etc. And it the aggregate of all these plans, in respect to what they have in common, legal plunder, that goes under the name of socialism.
You compare the nation to a parched piece of land and the tax to a life-giving rain. So be it. But you should also ask yourself where this rain comes from, and whether it is not precisely the tax that draws the moisture from the soil and dries it up. You should also ask yourself further whether the soil receives more of this precious water from the rain than it loses by the evaporation?
I believe that my theory is correct; for whatever be the question upon which I am arguing, whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or economical; whether it affects well-being, morality, equality, right, justice, progress, responsibility, property, labor, exchange, capital, wages, taxes, population, credit, or Government; at whatever point of the scientific horizon I start from, I invariably come to the same thing—the solution of the social problem is in liberty.
Which countries contain the most peaceful, the most moral, and the happiest people? Those people are found in the countries where the law least interferes with private affairs; where the government is least felt; where the individual has the greatest scope, and free opinion the greatest influence; where the administrative powers are fewest and simplest; where taxes are lightest and most nearly equal
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- Died: December 24, 1850
- Occupation: Economist
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Professor Ph.D. Cornell University, 1965
Professor Franklin's research is on the
history and philosophy of science, with particular emphasis on
the role of
experiment in physics. He has done historical studies on parity
nonconservation, CP-violation, and Millikan's oil drop
experiment. On the philosophical side, he has worked on the Duhem-Quine
problem, the question of how one can
localize support or refutation, and on confirmation theory, using a
Bayesian approach. He has also discussed an
epistemology of experiment, a set of strategies that provide rational
belief in experimental results. These strategies
distinguish between a valid experimental result and an artifact created
by the experimental apparatus. More recently he
has worked on the fallibility and corrigibility of experimental results
and the resolution of discordant results. He has also
completed studies of the interaction of theory and experiment in the
development of the theory of weak interactions from
Fermi to V-A, a history of atomic parity violation experiments and
their relation to the Weinberg- Salam unified theory of
electroweak interactions. He gas also worked on the history of the "Fifth Force" in gravity and a
review of the history of
the proposed 17-keV neutrino.
He has written a history of the neutrino, from its proposal in 1931 to
the present and his
most recent book Selectivity and Discord: Two Problems of
Experiment deals with the issues of experimenter bias and of
the resolution of discordant experimental results.
Selected Publications
Neglect of Experiment, (Cambridge University Press, 1986).
"Experiment, Theory, Choice and the Duhem-Quine Problem" in Theory and Experiment,
D. Batens and J.P. van Dendegem (eds.), D. Reidel Publishing Co. (1988).
Experiment, Right or Wrong (Cambridge University Press, 1990).
"The Appearance and Disappearance of the 17-keV Neutrino," Reviews of Modern
Physics (1995).
The Rise and Fall of Fifth Force (New York: American Institute of Physics, 1993)
Can That Be Right? Essays on Experiment, Evidence, and Science. (Dordrecht: Kluwer
Academic Publishers (1999)
Are There Really Neutrinos? An Evidential History (Perseus Books, 2000)
Selectivity and Discord: Two Problems of Experiment (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002)
For a recent article on "Experiment in Physics" click here.
I am a professor in the Physics Department.
|Allan Franklin
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|(303) 492-2998
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Stars football team of Baltimore, Philadelphia, College Park, Md., and most other stops on Interstate 95 won their second consecutive USFL Championship Game Sunday night and will take the trophy home as soon as they can figure out where their home is.
They won last year's title as the Philadelphia Stars, and most of the players still live in that city. They are known now as the Baltimore Stars but have never played in that city. ''Adversity'' has been their middle name, but ''champions'' always turns out to be their last.


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From Ashland, Kentucky, USA:
I was diagnosed with diabetes at 18 months of age. Now 19 years old, I always ate a very high carbohydrate diet, followed by low blood sugars that had to be elevated through more carbohydrate consumption, eventually leading to weight gain. My dietitian does not "believe" in a low carbohydrate diet for diabetics, but all I keep hearing is how good this way of eating is for diabetics, especially those on insulin. Common sense just tells me that more insulin leads to more stored fat, which leads to more weight gain, which leads to a greater need for more insulin...also known as the "vicious cycle" of diabetes. I remember the doctor telling me, when I was little, that the only "safe" sugary treat for me was angel food cake. Now, I seem to be fighting the biggest battle of my life, trying to decide to eat more carbohydrates, getting fiber, but requiring more insulin, or, eating fewer carbohydrates, lowering my insulin, and losing weight. Is it safe for a diabetic to follow a low carbohydrate diet to cut medications and lose weight? How many carbohydrates are safe for a diabetic to eat on a low carbohydrate diet? I know that cutting too many causes adverse affects. I am just so frustrated.
Any highly restrictive diet is not "satisfactory". A balanced diet is the most appropriate for any individual. High protein diets in individuals with diabetes may put undo stress on the kidneys and muscular system. I would speak with your physician and dietitian about designing a diet for your lifestyle and insulin regimen. If they cannot give you the answer you are looking for, then I would suggest that you obtain a second opinion. Either way, don't get frustrated but get they answers.
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LAS VEGAS – Hyundai Blue Link, a telematics service announced today, matches and raises the competition with three telematics packages with an embedded cellular data modems, like GM OnStar. The cheapest level with crash notification and roadside assistance, is expected to be about $100 a year.. If so, that halves the cost of the competition. Higher levels include remote start and stolen vehicle location, and turn by turn navigation even on cars without embedded navigation.
"Blue Link should be the most full-featured telematics service on the market," said longtime industry consultant Egil Juliussen, the principal analyst in automotive research for iSuppli. "Hyundai picked the best features of OnStar, BMW, Mercedes." Barry Ratzleff, director of service operations for Hyundai, said the first cars to get Blue Link will be the 2012 Hyundai Sonata and the Hyundai Veloster, a sports crossover due to be introduced next week. Eventually all Hyundais will offer Blue Link. It comprises an in-car hardware module with a cellular data modem – like OnStar, BMW Assist, and Mercedes-Benz Mbrace, unlike Ford Sync where the connection is via the user's cellphone – and call center services to Hyundai provided by ATX.
Blue Link will use enhanced voice recognition for function control such as searching for POIs, helped along by background operator assistance to complete queries not fully parsed by the voice input. The driver won't know the operator is there (and thus want start a long conversation that drives up the cost of the service). Hyundai didn't provide initial pricing but it's believed the basic tier would be about $100 a year. OnStar is about $200 and $300 a year for its services.
The middle tier package includes a bunch of Big Brother, actually Big Parent, tools meant to track what your teenager is doing and at what speed.
The Blue Link Packages: Good, Better, Best
The three Hyundai Blue Link packages are:
Blue Link Assurance
Automatic crash notification & assistance
SOS emergency assistance
Enhanced roadside assistance (beyond Hyundai's existed roadside assistance)
Monthly vehicle report
Blue Link Essentials
Blue Link Assurance plus
Remote access: remote door lock, remote door unlock, remote horn & lights, panic notification, remote vehicle start
Convenience: alarm notification,quick tips, location sharing, voice to text messaging
Vehicle self diagnostics: automated diagnostic trouble code notification, maintenance alert, recall advisor, web vehicle diagnostics
Theft protection: stolen vehicle recovery, stolen vehicle slowdown, vehicle immobilization
"Safeguard:" valet alert, geo-fence, speed alert, curfew alert. Speed alert is an absolute setting (e.g. more than 60 mph) not relative (5 mph over the posted speed limit as determined by map data, if available).
Blue Link Guidance
Blue Link Assurance and Essentials plus:
Turn-by-turn navigation
Point-of-interest by voice recognition
Point-of-interest web search
Daily route guidance with traffic condition
Gas station locations & gas prices
Restaurant ratings
Hyundai made the announcements at the Consumer Telematics Show held annually in Las Vegas the day before the Consumer Electronics Show opens. CTS drew a packed house of about 350 attendees. ces is even more car-centric this year with keynotes from the heads of Audi and Ford plus major announcements that just a few years ago that would have been saved for next week's North American International Auto Show in Detroit.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The act of contriving.
- n. The state of being contrived.
- n. Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
- n. a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
- n. something overly artful or artificial
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
- n. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning the disposition or combination of things or acts, for a particular purpose.
- n. The thing contrived, planned, or invented; a device, especially a mechanical one; an artifice; a scheme; a stratagem.
- n. Synonyms 2. Plan, invention, design; machination, stratagem; Device, Shift, etc. See expedient, n.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- n. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- n. any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- n. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- n. the act of devising something
- n. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
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When the level of narrative contrivance is such that anything can happen or be forgotten in the space of a week, then nothing matters.
The contrivance is seen to hold a function, and it is recognized by its inherent design.
A contrivance is some abstract contortion that is said to describe reality, except that the contrivance comes with a felt emotionality that may invite deeper revelation, or the emotionality may come off as deceptive.
Although the Down East accents of the lyrics are a Hammerstein contrivance, the setting is harshly realistic in ways we tend to forget, perhaps because we usually think of Maine as a scenic travel destination.
What else would you call a contrivance that can take you to cities where ancient civilizations once flourished?
Sir Thomas had indeed proposed to her at the ball, an event which reflected great credit on her mama's sagacity, if not upon her skill in contrivance; I rather incline to the belief that she had first laid her plans, and then predicted their success.
The life of this contrivance is short when used in open stopes, owing to the dangers of bombardment from blasting.
Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration
All mechanical contrivance is habit materialised; it is continued action without any effort of will, except in the beginning.
The contrivance is wonderful, the design being laid by infinite wisdom; the performance is wonderful, being put in execution by infinite power.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
Therefore, speculation and conjecture create the contrivance, which is promoted (continuously, mind you) as the controversy, and then wrapped in the 'nobleness' of a conspiracy – period. by