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Revenue Projections
The overall property tax burden would change only slightly under HJR H. It is likely that property taxes would be slightly higher under HJR H in 1993, and could be slightly higher or lower after that.
Table Three outlines projected property taxes under current law and HJR H in 1993. Under current law, the Headlee amendment would roll back the average millage rate by a significant amount in 1993. HJR H, on the other hand, would not require a reduction in average millage rate, as its special 1993 provision allows assessment increases to raise property tax revenue by the equivalent of two years' inflation, before triggering a Headlee rollback.[21] Even with a slightly lower SEV due to the assessment growth cap on "homesteads," this would result in property taxes being about 1% higher under HJR H than under current law.
In subsequent years, the assessment growth cap might cause property tax burdens to decline to slightly below current law. However, the creation of split millage rates, and the possibility of direct tax increases on only one class of property, might result in overall tax burdens higher under HJR H than under current law. With the considerable uncertainty as to how HJR H would actually be implemented, one cannot predict with much confidence the relative tax burdens more than a year or two out.
Why No Tax Savings?
The lack of any tax savings under HJR H, and the likelihood that taxes would actually increase slightly compared with current law, are mostly explained by the following three factors:
HJR H does not promise any direct reduction in millage rates or the assessment ratio.
Whatever relief results would frequently come to one class of property owners at the expense of another. Since the Headlee rollbacks would occur by class, rather than as a whole, a larger rollback in one class simply means a smaller rollback in another. Similarly, the assessment growth cap on homesteads means a smaller Headlee rollback for other residential & agricultural property.
In 1993 HJR H would allow tax revenue to increase by a rate of two years' inflation, setting a higher base to begin with.
Comparison With Other Revenue Analyses
This study directly calculated Headlee rollback factors to determine millage rates under both current law and HJR H. The reduction in millage rates under current law, compared with no reduction under HJR H, resulted in slightly higher 1993 property taxes under HJR H.
By comparison, Senate Fiscal Agency revenue analysis of HJR H assumed a slight increase in overall millage rates under HJR H, and somewhat lower millage rates under current law. They project a very slight decline in property tax burden in the first few years, growing to about 2% by 1997. Business taxes were projected to increase slightly, with residential tax burdens declining slightly.[22]


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University College Dublin (UCD) is the largest university in Ireland with over 30 000students and 1600 academic staff across a wide range of disciplines. Over 1600 PhD students and 3400 Masters students graduate from UCD each year (28% of Ireland's PhD graduates). UCD is home to over 5000 international students from over 120 countries.
The UCD Earth Institute, of which Prof O'Brien is on the Executive, is a multidisciplinary research and education centre that develops sustainable solutions for many of the pressing Earth-related problems. The Institute currently manages Ireland's largest structured doctoral programme, with almost 60 PhD students across 5 universities. The Institute has approximately 30 dedicated laboratories and a range of equipment in associated laboratories throughout the university. The School of CivilEngineering has a large test hall with 10-tonne crane, internal reaction frame, pavement materials, water/wastewater chemistry and geotechnical testing equipment.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62378888440737642342018-05-27T18:46:45.167-07:00The MOOCowA place to ruminate on the experience of being in a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course); ask questions; think out loud; record what it feels like as I go; contribute and create a presence.Jennifer firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237888844073764234.post-35461703664107090872011-09-27T06:31:00.000-07:002011-09-27T14:30:34.879-07:00Catalysts, Coaches & Guides in self-directed learningThe MOOC is a model that invites questions about the role, perhaps even the redundancy, of teachers in a self-directed learning environment. Although key people deliver what could be called core content in a MOOC (although even attending to that is optional) these people are perhaps not teachers in the conventional sense.

Clearly they have a deeper knowledge of their topics than (most) others in the MOOC and presumably have been invited to contribute because they have spent time thinking about and working in a particular area of specialisation. But their role is as much 'peer' with interested others as it is 'teacher' in a conventional, and admittedly rather antiquated, sense of an authoritative figure who directs the learning of others. Their role could be defined more as content providers or catalysts. Perhaps it makes more sense to give them a formal title like ''Catalyst" - as in this week's Catalyst is Martin Weller - to signify their role as something other than presenter or lecturer. Content Provider sounds too generic and distanced - Catalyst is more inviting. As I mentioned in my last post emotion is important to teaching and learning: education is not the filling of a bucket, but a lighting of the fire (William Butler Yeats). And its important to think about the labels and language we use and their emotional freight.

And perhaps there is a need for some other support, even for self-directed learning and self-directed learners, besides that which might be provided by Catalysts. Perhaps instead of teachers, we need coaches, as explained in
Atul Gawande's piece in the New Yorker

For one thing a coach is focused on the learner, rather than the learner being focused on the teacher which seems a more appropriate power and authority relationship for a self-directed learning experience - and here I'm not thinking just about the MOOC but about what education more generally might look like in the near future - and for another, in a coaching relationship, as Gawande explains, the person who is being coached can be positioned as an already competent practicing professional, in the case of say, a professional tennis player who still has and still needs a coach. Learners in a MOOC, or any self-directed learning environment do already have many competencies, or can learn as they go along, and mostly can make their own way.

Gawande's point is that coaching is about helping people do what they are already doing, but doing it better.

How much more rewarding might it be if there were Coaches who could observe self-directed learners in action and tell us how to do it better. There are already informal Coaches out there in the MOOC membership and it could be argued that the MOOC model positions virtually everyone as a potential Coach to others. But in Gawande's discussion he is talking about much more focused support than generic tips, like say, How to Get the Most out of the MOOC - which is not deny their usefulness, in fact they are essential. But perhaps people who perform this role might better be termed Guides.

We all know how one piece of relatively simple information can make a huge difference, even when we know a practice or a subject pretty well, but someone has to help us identify what that piece of information is.
As Gawande also outlines in the piece, some teachers already teach in this way and are instinctively coaching rather than teaching. Its just that its not what first comes to mind when we think of teaching but it might soon be and perhaps might soon have to be if self-directed learning becomes increasingly the norm.Jennifer email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237888844073764234.post-64183324289915089952011-09-23T19:23:00.000-07:002011-09-23T19:27:48.416-07:00The tale of the 'achingly beautiful' and 'sad' TweetMy engagement with the MOOC has taken a big leap forward because it has helped to increase my confidence and experience in the e-environment. I am already convinced of the value of participating in the MOOC because of this. It has helped to break down my threshold of resistance and fear of going on-line. But, as I mentioned in my previous blog, now I've gotten over my initial resistances its turning out to be fun. Like a game, I'm learning some rules and skills as I go, by trial and error. I think the capacity for fun, the capacity to have fun and its connection with learning is under-rated because fun is, at least partly, a mode of emotional engagement. Its a bit like 'flow' the creative state where you have the wonderful experience of being absorbed in something and forgetting about yourself for a while. Emotions are important in learning, in creativity and in the on-line environment as I happened across recently.

In my non-MOOC Twitter stream, someone reTweeted a post by David Dobbs (@David_Dobbs) a writer who included a link to what he described as an 'achingly beautiful' and 'sad' review in the NYTimes Book Review of a book about Ernest Hemingway (sorry I still havent taught myself how to include the direct link here - you can get it via David Dobbs Twitter and link to his blog, if you're really keen.) I immediately started following him because he had used those words and tweeted to tell him so, but only because my confidence has increased in the on-line environment through participation in the MOOC. I wasn't expecting a reply - I just wanted to let him know I responded to those words.

About an hour later another Tweet from David Dobbs came through to all his followers saying thanks, and that he had had amazing reaction to the Tweet about the Ernest Hemingway review. My theory is that it generated so much interest because it had the words 'achingly beautiful' and 'sad' in it and that lots of other people had been attracted to it for the same reasons as me. One of my favourite Tweeters is Maria Popova at Brainpicker because she loves things she recommends, she adores them, she swoons over them, she is moved by them and I respond. Enthusiasm goes a long way with me. Of course there's a danger that emotion can be manufactured and faked quite easily online but for the time being, at any rate, I like to think its a relatively authentic space - at least until its more comprehensively colonised by marketeers and profit-mongers.

I suppose as far as teaching and learning goes, explaining to people that getting involved in on-line learning and getting into the on-line environment is likely to be fun - rather than something they 'ought' to do in order to keep up - might attract people, curious people, who like playing but don't like being told what they 'ought' to do. But it won't work if you're faking it. The on-line environment at the moment IS surprising, amazing, unpredictable, as well as frustrating. Continuing my metaphor theme, its a wild, untamed, unruly place - the technical and intellectual equivalent of an undiscovered continent: we don't know what it is yet. I'm talking about the on-line environment in general here but it also applies to the MOOC environment.

The best teachers are ones who are passionate about what they do - hardly a radical idea but one that deserves closer attention for the relationship between emotions and the life of the mind and learning. As is probably not surprising to some, I'm also a fan of Antonio Dimasio who wrote 'Descartes Error'. Descartes was wrong - its not that 'I think therefore I am'; its that 'I feel, therefore I think and connect.'Jennifer firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237888844073764234.post-25884723140492782492011-09-21T14:31:00.000-07:002011-09-21T14:31:31.487-07:00Metaphors for a MOOCBrowsing through the stream of information, links and data attached to and associated with this MOOC, I noticed that some time is spent amongst participants discussing and trying to decide what a MOOC is. I have
been thinking about it too and come up with the metaphor of an interactive library. Part of the learning in a MOOC or from a MOOC is figuring how to 'tame' a MOOC and manage it - deciding on a metaphor is one way that helps me tame it and manage it.

Information overload is a danger that can overwhelm people participating in a MOOC (and being online or on Twitter or just about anywhere on the internet - therefore learning to manage this environment is a 'transferable' learning and really valuable one). I read about the dangers of information overload in one of the first introductory blogs. But it occurred to me that we don't suffer from information overload when we walk into a library - even though there are thousands of books and many millions of pieces of information lurking in the data bases. We don't suffer from information overload in a library (although we can) generally because we go there with a purpose in mind, even if our purpose is just to browse the shelves. That is why the organisers of the MOOC encourage participants to set goals or give themselves a direction - its a potential way of navigating the maze of information and data that appears and is part of a MOOC.

A MOOC is a library that's similar and different to a bricks and mortar, dead trees library. It's different because for one thing some of the 'books' and 'bits' (tweets, etc) can talk back to you and you can talk to them - hello Harry Potter, this is the amazing world we're living in - more than J.K. Rowling could dream of. Its similar because although the information doesn't come bound and printed on paper, a MOOC is a collection and a curated collection, of information that expands, exponentially, as it goes along. This is perhaps the nature of knowledge in this era too. Knowledge expands as it changes as it expands. Its not fixed, static or stable - which is itself a dizzying concept to get your head around at first. But you could argue that knowledge has always been like this - its just that the pace of change has accelerated exponentially and the online environment literally gives us a window into how this happens - we haven't been able to properly conceptualize it until we can see it in more or less concrete terms and see it more or less with our own eyes.

Because it feels a bit like walking into a library perhaps explains why a MOOC is exciting too. Its full of things to browse and explore, new things, unfamiliar things. And because I am lover of knowledge and learning a MOOC seems full of possibilities and potential new discoveries. The thrill of the unknown and the new is why I love learning and the life of the mind. A MOOC (and a library) is kind of like a vast intellectual department store but everything is free.

But the tech stuff associated with the MOOC - setting up this blog, trying to learn how to post and link and find and browse and store - can be treated like a game, if you have the time. I feel like I walk down the same path and come up against a door that won't open. I try another path and come up against another door that won't open. I shut the game down. But I come back the next day because I know that lots of other people have figured out how to open that door and are way, way past me and having more fun than me because they've been through level one, two, three, four, five or whatever and its become second nature to them. But to get to play with the fun stuff you have to learn to master the basic stuff. I want to play but you have practice before you start to get the pleasure - like tennis or scrabble.

As one my favourite educators, Ellen Langer, (a Harvard University psychology professor) said a long time ago, if you can turn something into a game it doesn't feel like learning, it feels like fun. So there's another metaphor to help manage and cope and tame a MOOC - its a (learning) game.

What other metaphors are out there?Jennifer email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237888844073764234.post-27647633480197331782011-09-21T03:19:00.000-07:002011-09-21T05:04:28.464-07:00Tolerance for Frustration & AmbiguityI have wanted to reply to people who have joined/acknowledged, responded 'reached out' in American parlance (sorry guys) but butted up against my limitations again. You have to persevere which is challenging if you're not in the mood but kinda fun if you are.

I was thinking the perfect mentality for this experience is a technical mind AND pleasure in communicating and writing. An atypical combination that perhaps will become more common as it is more and more demanded of us. I suppose its that old connectivity thing again - we can't be either a tech person OR a writer/communicator in this era, we need to be and its better for us to be a tech person AND a writer/communicator. These will inherit the earth or rule the new world. or both.

But I'm also thinking tolerance for frustration and ambiguity are characteristics of adventurous and creative, inquisitive people - and a lot of academics/learners could be described this way - who can put up with ambiguity and like finding some sense in it all. Somewhere in the stream of things I have read around the MOOC someone mentioned sense-making as a critical capacity that is developed in a MOOC also. I would like to be able to keep records of things I read so I can share them more effectively.

I was just getting the hang of the bibliography business and this is a whole other realm.

I can also feel how writing in this space, the blog space, can easily become addictive, if only for the fact you have an imagined audience that is listening to you and wants to hear what you say. Who's ego can resist that? Again it flatters and soothes the academic ego quite nicely - whether or not there are any actual readers.Jennifer email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237888844073764234.post-44077006601853954772011-09-19T01:55:00.000-07:002011-09-21T02:54:48.421-07:00Getting startedI've dipped into the Twitter stream a few times to see what's happening and to get oriented. I have read a couple of other blogs and watched a really informative video/interview. My problem is I don't have the skills/ knowledge to track these pieces of information that could enrich the blog and my personal record of the whole experience.

I am fortunate to have not one but two tech advisors - friends of whom I can ask dumb questions. But it really is an exercise in problem solving at a detailed level, at least at a level of detail I find difficult and I can't call on them at every and any moment. It's down to me to make it work.

So I guess what I'm doing here is keeping a blog about what it's like to venture into an on-line environment without many skills.

I have set up this blog and I have I think successfully registered it at the appropriate place.

I do have a Twitter account in an entirely different name that I also started as an experiment. I guess it's find to experiment except that you/one hears/reads about the importance of managing one's on-line identity and being careful. How forgiving is an on-line environment of experiments? I hope someone in the course will talk about on-line identity management and creation.Jennifer email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237888844073764234.post-83728406695458903452011-09-15T04:37:00.000-07:002011-09-15T04:55:32.675-07:00Uncomfortable, unfamiliar and in publicJoining a MOOC is exciting but nerve wracking too because it's unfamiliar and public. Adult learners learn in the privacy of their own space and time but in an on-line setting it feels public even if no one or only a few read what you write. People who read this blog are still strangers with whom I have not had an opportunity to build trust or to size up. In a classroom there are loads of visual clues you can cue in to to get information - these are non-existent on-line.

As I write too I'm aware that I'm unsure of the appropriate form of address. Is it 'you' 'we' or 'they'? The grammar of on-line communication is something you learn as you go too.I'm trying to do two things simultaneously - write to record my own perceptions in a way that makes sense to me but do it in a very public forum. Its an unfamiliar juxtaposition, especially for someone like me who considers herself an experienced writer.

I don't have a problem with learning as I go. It suits me fine. But it takes a bit of courage to be prepared to fail in public or make yourself look silly in public because you don't know the most basic things. When you are starting on a PhD this fear might be more intense - you feel like a fraud and are unsure of what you do know, what you should know and what you don't know. I'm thinking about this experience in relation to doctoral study because my colleagues and I are thinking about trialling on-line learning for doctoral candidates as a way of offering support and assisting their candidature. Part of the reason for diving into this course is to get a first hand experience of going on-line and learning on-line: Lesson No. 1 - it won't suit everyone.

People in the MOOC who are experienced bloggers, Facebook users and Twitterers will enter into it with more confidence than those of us putting our toe in the water for the first time. This is not my first blog ever but it is only about my third of fourth ever. I have Twittered a bit lately but not very actively.

On the other hand, at this point, the experience of being in a MOOC seems to parallel the experience of doctoral study. I watched Dave Cormier's YouTube video on Knowledge in a MOOC and if you substitute the word 'thesis' for MOOC it seems a pretty useful description of the doctoral process, that beginning candidates might find helpful to orient themselves and get an insight as to what they're in for.

With on-line learning, perhaps all learning, you have a steep learning curve. You learn a lot, fast and then forget what it was ever like not to know the ropes. That's why I want to keep a record of this. Because we try as fast as we can to get away from that feeling of bumbling around not knowing and a lot of academics never ever want that feeling again, yet that is, for a lot of the time, what it feels like to learn and in particular what it feels like to start doing a PhD.Jennifer firstname.lastname@example.com


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And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
And many believed on him there.
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
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But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
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Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
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Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
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Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
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And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
Jesus wept.
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
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Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
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And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
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Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
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Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
* All biblical origins have been researched and checked but some locations still remain archeologically ambiguous.


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324. Good afternoon to you, gentlemen. I apologise
for making you wait. As you can understand, one of the hazards
of having important jobs is that you will occasionally find yourself
in a situation where people are asking you and your colleagues
difficult questions. Can I ask you to identify yourselves for
the record?
(Mr Bennett) I am Clive Bennett, Chief Executive of
(Mr Harvey) I am Derek Harvey, Chief Executive of
the Vehicle Certification Agency.
(Mr Newey) I am Maurice Newey, Chief Executive of
the Vehicle Inspectorate.
Chairman: Do you, collectively or individually,
have anything you want to say to us before we start? You are happy
to face the firing squad. What additional duties are going to
be placed on you if the Vehicles Crime Bill is enacted?
(Mr Bennett) We have been working quite hard with
the Home Office and the police. In terms of what DVLA are bringing
to that, with the current Bill everything we are doing is in line
with police requirements, which is of importance to us because
they are our major customer. For us it means, largely, the movement
towards the regulation of number plates, which for years have
been unregulated. People can buy a number plate and put it on
their vehicle, and also the control of the layout of that number
plate, so that we are moving towards enforcement for automatic
number plate use as, indeed, do the police and other authorities.
325. Do you expect to have additional staff?
(Mr Bennett) The number of staff is very low. In fact
the total staffing for that is about two.
326. Two!
(Mr Bennett) You register the outlets, they are put
into place and we simply ensure that should there be a problem
the police identify a problem in enforcement. Then we can obviously
take away the licence for that particular outlet.
327. You would say that because you are working
with the Home Office and because you are doing things that you
are building on something that you already have been doing and
you would assume that you are going to be able to absorb the effects
of this particular Bill?
(Mr Bennett) It is the establishment of the register.
We are not talking about huge numbers, about 27,000 outlets, but
once you have got those the actual management of them is simply
on the basis of when they step out of line of the responsibilities
they have to maintain the criteria for number plate issue, then
we would remove that registration. So it is more of a negative
control than a positive one.
328. What difficulties do you face as a result
of the introduction of the graduated Vehicle Excise Duty regime?
(Mr Bennett) Really two-fold I think. We have been
working very closely with the DETR and Treasury on this because
it was part of the move towards the green movement, and it revolved
around the emission of CO2, and the problem for us was that there
was no authoritative CO2 data on DVLA records so that needed to
be established. The move towards grad VED is starting in March
based upon the fact that we will get that information directly
from manufacturers now, which goes on to the data base and drives
the rates. That was one issue, actually collecting the data and
making sure we could get that data from manufacturers. The second
issue related to the whole question of physically being able to
handle the rebates in relation to the new grad VED rates, and
that has been deliberately done in a slow but sure way to make
sure we could honour the rebates which were issued.
329. On the numbers of staff, the staff has
gone up 16 per cent in two years to 4,700, but your number of
transactions has only gone up by 4 per cent. It is therefore quite
possible that when you say to me you only expect to have a small
percentage increase in your staff that is because you have actually
done rather well ahead of it.
(Mr Bennett) That is on the VCRAT issue. On grad VED
of course it is very different. If you take things like graduated
VED, the SORN implementation and you take photocards on licences,
all of which have been three major activities taking place in
the last year to 18 months, that has had a huge impact on staff,
for example, the photocards on licences is now a more complex
process so it has added to the quantity of work. Sixty per cent
of the increase we have experienced has been on those three areas.
Miss McIntosh: May I just remind the Committee
of my interest in the RAC, sitting on their Public Policy Committee.
Chairman: We are learning to appreciate your
many and varied interests.
330. Can I also declare an interest as I do
sit on the Standing Committee for the Vehicles (Crime) Bill. If
you read the explanatory notes on that Bill the cost to the public
sector of that Bill is going to be substantial, therefore I want
to ask you
(Mr Bennett) Sorry to stop you, but the total cost
would be in DVLA terms about £11 million but there are four
items in the Bill and a number of items outside, for example,
mandatory mileage recording alone which is £3 million.
331. Relating to the question which was put
by Madam Chairman, are you convinced you are going to have sufficient
resources in terms of manpower and budgetary resources to meet
these new responsibilities?
(Mr Bennett) All of the resources for the items within
the Bill and outside the Bill are within the SR 2000 settlement,
we had that money agreed within that settlement, so I think the
answer to your question is yes.
332. I was assured by the Home Office, and I
have no reason to doubt that information, that certain technology
at the moment does not exist. I am going to ask a very technical
question for which I apologise, the bar code on the back of the
new driving licence enables a certain level of information to
be read from the bar code, at what stage do you think the technology
will be available so you can have a similar bar code on the registration
plate that would enable that information to be read in the same
way as when you go through the Dartford Tunnel?
(Mr Bennett) You are talking about the DECAL on the
number plate?
333. Yes.
(Mr Bennett) I think the technology exists, I think
the issue is around the implementation of that kind of control
and being able to use it, so I do not think it is a technological
issue, it is really the process of getting that on to number plates.
That is being looked at very closely by the Agency at the moment
as part of the VCRAT initiative.
334. When do you think it will be available?
(Mr Bennett) Precisely I cannot tell you, I can find
out and let you know. My understanding is that it is dependent
upon the other side of the Bill and not the Bill that is going
through Parliament at the moment, so it needs that passage through
Parliament for the balance.
335. Will the Vehicle Inspectorate also have
duties under the Bill?
(Mr Newey) I think our duties will be limited to giving
any technical support to DVLA if they require it.
336. One of the issues which has to be addressed
is if a vehicle is stolen, as happened in the case of my parents,
and never seen again, if it is broken down into spare parts, is
it possible within the provisions of the Bill to trace those parts
and make sure they do not turn up on another vehicle?
(Mr Newey) That would not be a role I believe the
Vehicle Inspectorate could take on because of the sheer size of
it compared with the number of resources we have.
337. Could I ask a more general question within
the role you currently perform, what percentage of foreign, ie
European, registered vehicles are currently checked for both road-worthiness
and any illegal fuel they may be carrying?
(Mr Newey) It is roughly the same proportion as UK
vehicles which are checked. Last year, if you take both the traffic
checks and vehicle condition checks, I believe the aggregate total
was around 16 to 17,000[4].
338. What action are you able to take against
EU-registered vehicles which are proved to have committed an offence
under the provisions that you are entitled to stop them for?
(Mr Newey) If it is a serious fault with the mechanical
condition of the vehicle, we can place an immediate prohibition
on it. What we cannot do is place a delayed prohibition on a vehicle
in the way we would with a UK vehicle. Similarly, if there is
a driver's hours offence, we can prohibit the vehicle from proceeding
in the same way we can with a UK based vehicle[5].
So we are getting closer in terms of treatment but the fact is
that the legislation which governs European vehicles and UK based
vehicles is slightly different. I have to say that the defect
rate we find on foreign vehicles and UK based vehicles, to the
extent that we do check the same thingsthe serious faultsis
about the same on the two sets of vehicles.
339. There are what I think to be quite serious
allegations made by a number of road hauliers, some of which are
based within my constituency, and others which we heard from in
the context of the evidence which the Committee took on road haulage
and in particular fuel duties. There is a concern that our hauliers
are being penalised by respecting the law and not carrying illegal
fuel, whereas they do feeland I do not know if this is
borne out by evidence which your Inspectorate would like to share
with the Committeethere is a rising opportunity which is
perpetrated by particularly Dutch, Belgium, French, Spanish hauliers
of availing themselves of the lower rates of duty, plus the fact
their currencies are currently on a more competitive rate against
the pound, and really carrying more fuel than they would otherwise
be entitled to, giving them an unfair competitive advantage against
our hauliers. Do you have any evidence you could share with us
in that regard?
(Mr Newey) Our checks of vehicles would certainly
look to see whether there was any illegality in the fuel system.
I do not mean red diesel, for example, which is a different matter
and a matter for Customs & Excise, I mean if the vehicle had
tanks filled above the safe level to a level where it might be
a safety factor. That could come into our checks. The other thing
to say about trying to keep an even playing field with foreign
vehicles is that we are increasingly exchanging information and
intelligence with our European partners about operators who are
doing things which are outside the law, either here or in their
own countries. We have set up and are increasingly setting up
more effective networks to do that.
Note by Witness: Powers to prohibit UK vehicles for drivers hours
and tacho offences come into force on 1 February 2001 under the
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The City Council of Blaine, Washington, voted last week to hire former Town of Mammoth Lakes Town Manager Dave Wilbrecht as their new City Manager.
An article in the News Tribune/ Bellingham Herald says that the Blaine City Council picked Wilbrecht to replace the 13-year, retiring City Manager. The article says Wilbrecht will start June 24th and that his salary will be $110,000. Leaders in that City seem fully aware of Wilbrecht's participation in Mammoth's major financial problems and his eventual resignation.
Although Wilbrecht's departure from his position with the Town of Mammoth was cloaked in considerable secrecy, his separation agreement did go public. That document confirmed that Wilbrecht resigned and received nine months' salary and accrued comprehensive leave money, roughly $150,000. The Town and the Manager both agreed not to make disparaging remarks about each other or to sue each other.
Wilbrecht left his job in Mammoth in mid-February in the aftermath of intense negotiations toward the MLLA lawsuit judgment settlement. The News Tribune article, reported by Kie Relyea, quotes Blaine Mayor Harry Robinson saying that Wilbrecht was "selected for his years of experience as a city administrator and for being at the helm of Mammoth Lakes as the town grappled with a $43 million judgment from a development lawsuit that forced it to file for bankruptcy in July 2012."
The article goes on to say that Mammoth reached a settlement agreement for $29.5 million. Blaine Mayor Robinson said "Wilbrecht had to make some tough decisions and he was responsible for getting Mammoth Lakes out of its difficult financial situation." The news article said Blaine city leaders want Wilbrecht to help them out of their financial troubles.
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Best of Van Heusen India Mens Week 2011
Indian fashion designers congregated at hotel The Grand, New Delhi to present the Van Heusen India Mens fashion week 2011. I visited the event last Saturday on 3rd September to attend the Krishna Mehta show. It is a strange that mens fashion week is still a baby in India considering the fact that India is one country with larger menswear market than womenswear market.
Fashion Design Council of India and Mr. Sunil Sethi deserve all extol for bringing forward the mens fashion week in India. As I had mentioned above, it's just the start while the best is yet to come.
Big names like Tarun Tahiliani, Zubair Kirmani, Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Manoviraj Khosla, Karan Johar + Varun Bahl presented their collection while my favourite pick among all was the relaxed collection in shades of ice blue, peach, coral, and pink from Ashish n Soni. I also loved the traveler inspired collection from Sanchita.
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Hood's 8.2 innings on the hill helps Susquehanna derail No. 13 Keystone 4-1
FT. PIERCE, Fla. -- Sophomore starting pitcher Casey Hood went 8.2 innings on Saturday as Susquehanna upset No. 13 Keystone 4-1.
Hood surrendered only four hits while striking out nine Giants and allowing one unearned run. Matt Smith came on in the ninth with the bases loaded to complete the win and earn his second save of the season.
The Crusaders (3-8) had nine hits in the contest, as Nick Kennedy went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Dylan Glassmire and Chris Ryan both had two hits apiece.
SU jumped out to an early lead as Kennedy reached on a single and Rob Marcickiewicz was hit by a pitch. Glassmire laced a base hit to left field, scoring Kennedy and giving the Crusaders a 1-0 edge.
The Giants (7-2) tied the game at one in the third and worked the bases loaded. However, Hood struck out the last batter to work out of the jam and keep the contest deadlocked.
The Crusaders tacked on two more runs in the third as Kennedy cracked another single and Marcickiewicz reached on a fielder's choice. Bryan Palsi singled through the left side, scoring Kennedy. Glassmire advanced the runners a base with a sac bunt and Ryan picked up an RBI with a single to right field that gave SU a 3-1 advantage.
Ty Raubenstine singled up the middle and later stole second to begin the bottom of the fourth. Kennedy brought him home with a base hit to right, making the score 4-1 in SU's favor.
The Giants looked to threaten in the fifth after a pair of walks issued by Hood, but a crucial 6-4-3 double play helped the Crusaders escape the inning. Hood remained poised on the hill until the ninth, when Smith came in and shut the door on Keystone.


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AK Interactive has released a completely new line of paints and these are some of the informative videos they have put out covering their origin and use.
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The next will be true color or realistic real color
Yes because calling your kit making company "Accurate Armour" didn't invite criticism. Perhaps people should wait and see what the communities consensus is before simply jumping on a marketing decision. Goodness knows there have been some dubious name choices in this industry in the past, but personally I don't think a name that indicates color accuracy is ever a bad choice. What would you prefer they have called it? SUPER PAINT?
And as I noted in my most recent Mail Call video (as we got some of these as samples) Pawel (Vodnik) has used these and posted on FB that he likes them a lot. Which is no small praise coming from him. I guess we will see what our own content contributors can do with our samples.
I guess we will see what our own content contributors can do with our samples.
I just think they are a overpriced. $2.69 for 10 ml, when most other companies are $1.5-2? Why bother
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"Racetrack Memory is an exciting and highly innovative concept that builds upon IBM's significant accomplishments in the research and development of nanomaterials and nanodevices based on the manipulation of spin-polarized electrical current," said Dr. T.C. Chen, IBM Fellow and Vice President, Science & Technology, IBM Research.
In April of this year, IBM announced a milestone in its Racetrack Memory research that could lead to electronic devices capable of storing far more data in the same amount of space than is possible today, with lightning-fast boot times, far lower cost and unprecedented stability and durability. The joint development team, led by Dr. Parkin and ITRI's Vice President Dr. Ian Chan, will study new materials and structures for Racetrack Memory that could lead to a paradigm shift in storage and memory technologies.
"We expect that our exploration of a wide variety of materials and structures will provide new insight into the dynamics of Racetrack Memory, making possible an entirely new class of information storage devices," said Dr. Ian Chan, Vice President of ITRI. "This could change the design of information processing systems."
Racetrack Memory, so named because the data "races" around a nanowire "track," could lead to solid state electronic devices -- with no moving parts, and therefore more durable -- capable of holding far more data in the same amount of space than is possible today. For example, this technology could enable a handheld device such as an mp3 player to store around 500,000 songs or around 3,500 movies -- 100 times more than is possible today -- with far lower cost and power consumption. The devices would not only store vastly more information in the same space, but also require much less power and generate much less heat, and be practically unbreakable; the result: massive amounts of personal storage that could run on a single battery for weeks at a time and last for decades.
Racetrack Memory: A closer look
Racetrack Memory promises a high capacity, non-volatile memory storage device with high performance and low energy consumption. This approach stores data in the form of domain walls -- boundaries between oppositely magnetized regions -- in magnetic nanowires. Many domain walls are stored in each racetrack, enabling very high data density and thereby low cost -- as low as FLASH memory using horizontal racetracks and potentially as low as magnetic disk drives using vertical racetracks. The data within each Racetrack are read and written by shifting them to reading and writing elements. IBM recently demonstrated that short pulses of spin polarized current can be used to controllably move several domain walls back and forth along a racetrack, the key underlying principle of Racetrack Memory. (See Science, April 11, 2008.)
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Affluent individuals, especially those who live in high-profile areas like New York City or Washington D.C., often have heightened concerns about events that could pose a threat to their families. From acts of terrorism to natural disasters, we generally receive little or no advance warning of a major emergency. Establishing a plan for such situations can put "what-if" worries to rest.
Financial advisors may not be well-versed in survival skills, but a partnership with a trusted local security firm or specialist can go a long way to setting clients' minds at ease regarding the safety of their loved ones and the lives they've worked hard to build.
When it comes to starting the conversation, a client's portfolio review is often a good time to ask about personal security protocols for emergency situations. Start with the basic to-do's outlined below, and be prepared to connect clients with a reputable expert.
1. Plan multiple escape routes.
When major emergencies occur, clients need a way to get out safely with their families – and fast. Each family should identify multiple destinations where they will rendezvous in the event of an emergency situation. Depending on the incident, this may be the home of a friend or relative who lives in a suburban or rural area removed from a major city, or a more remote location within driving or walking distance.
It's also important to develop escape routes for a variety of scenarios. For example, a client with school-age children will need one route directly from home to the meeting place; one route that includes picking up their children from school or daycare; one route from their place of work to the home, school or daycare, etc. In an emergency situation, having the logistics worked out in advance – including who will be responsible for each aspect of the plan – will save precious time and reduce stress.
2. Pack a "bug-out bag."
A "bug-out bag" is a prepared survival kit that can be easily carried along in the event of a truly dire emergency. In addition to a supply of clean water and nonperishable food, recommended items include a drinking straw with a built-in filter that allows the owner to drink from ponds or streams if needed, as well as goods that can serve as currency in a situation where money holds little value: preferably gold or ammunition.
Clients often ask whether this kit should include documents like birth certificates or Social Security cards; while it's important to safeguard those items on a day-to-day basis, they will not serve basic survival needs – leave them behind (ideally locked up).
3. Practice the plan of action.
Once a meeting place is established, clients should practice their emergency plans. Each escape route should feel familiar, and everyone in the family should understand his or her role in the plan: who will drive the car, exactly where each family member will be picked up from school or work, how they will communicate, and who should and should not be told the location of the safe meeting place.
No amount of money or planning can totally guarantee the safety of a client or their families – but preparing them to face an emergency situation and providing them with "peace of mind" is one of the most valuable services a trusted advisor can offer.
Paul Pagnato is a managing director and partner for HighTower's Pagnato-Karp Group which specializes in meeting the unique needs of the nation's ultra-affluent individuals and their families. Follow him on Twitter at @PagnatoKarp.
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Goldie Taylor is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). A prior service active duty U.S. Marine Corps public affairs broadcaster, Taylor has been a working journalist and communications executive
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A St. Louis native, Taylor is also the author of In My Father's House (Wheatmark Press, 2005) and The January Girl (Warner Books, 2007/ Hachette Grand Central 2008). After a 10-year hiatus, her third novel, Paper Gods, will be released in late 2017. She
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Taylor Swift Valentine's Day plans: no boys allowed!
Taylor Swift is finally laying off the boyfriends. The serial dater is happy to spend Valentine's Day with her 15 best friends — no boys allowed!
Despite Taylor Swift's crazy love life, with many boyfriends of years past, this Valentine's Day, Swift says she plans to enjoy the holiday single — as in, no dating.
Swift spoke with Ryan Seacrest on Thursday morning during his popular radio show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, and made it clear she is finally happy to be single and focusing on her friendships.
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Seacrest mentioned to Swift that he's looking forward to her next single, "22," which is an upbeat track about friendship and life when a girl is, well, 22 and single. Seacrest asked Swift her thoughts on this past year, and she was all smiles.
"It was the best. Thank you for mentioning that, I'm really stoked that is going to be the next single. I wrote it about my friends — finally I've got this amazing group of girlfriends and we tell each other everything. We're together all the time. I think that was kind of the marker of me being 22 — is like having all these friends and there are a lot of question marks like where you're going, who you're going to meet. All those things. But the one thing that you have is each other."
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Swift continued, "It's a big circle [of friends]. I'd say I'd have like 15 best friends… I'd rather have more than friends rather than put up all these walls around your life and not trust people. I've trusted more and more as this [career] has gotten thankfully, bigger."
When Seacrest asked Swift about how she plans to spend the upcoming romance-themed holiday, Swift was open and confessed she's taking a brief break from love — for the day anyway.
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"I'm probably going to be with my friends or rehearsing… I'll be like working on the lighting rig and like, the lighting cues," said Swift. "And I don't think I'd rather be anywhere else to be honest."
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Data released by S&P Case-Shiller indices indicate that in the Los Angeles area, prices are still on the rise.
Increases for Los Angeles are 2.58% which is somewhat higher than the 20-city or 10-city national composite of 2.45% and 2.48%, respectively.
Interestingly enough, there are two opposing pressures on the housing market:
- The rise in interest on mortgages puts downward pressure on buyers. Their buying power decreases as the interest rate goes up.
- The decrease in defaults and foreclosures means a decreasing inventory of property on the market, exerting an upward pressure on housing prices.
The Case-Shillerindex measures prices across the nation in 20 cities. The trends across the country are showing different results. Many cities. like Los Angeles, that were hardest hit with the price decreases in the downturn, show the fastest price growth.


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FAITH + IDEAS =: last updated 04/25/2012
April 17, 2012 Volume 5, Issue 7
Faith + Ideas= an e-conversation with the faculty of Gordon College
By Moises Park
As a high school ESL student in Chile, I was assigned to read poetry by John Donne, the 16–17th century British poet. I panicked. I also wondered if I should quit learning this language altogether and just be satisfied with what I then thought were essential English skills: understanding the lyrics of The Beatles, Queen and Nirvana. Nonetheless, I followed the instructions of my English teacher and read Donne's poems out loud, over and over again. As I did, I found something captivating about the sound of those verses, even in my heavy Spanish accent.
The first lines of the poem are still engraved in my mind: Batter my heart three person'd God, for, you / as yet but knocke, breathe, shine and seek to mend; / that I may rise, stand, o'erthrow me, and bend / Your force to breake, blow, burn, and make me new. After my first reading, I figured out that it was about God, maybe. Beyond that, I was lost, and began guessing at the meanings of the words. Still, for days, I couldn't stop repeating breake, blow, burn. I thought that it was the best way to describe drastic change; somehow I understood the artistic care for the expression, the careful choice of monosyllabic verbs that started with the letter b and how they cleverly meant renewal, repentance, sanctification. The rest of the poem was a riddle, but no matter. I was hooked.
I think of that experience each April during National Poetry Month. And as a result, I've begun to wonder if perhaps an International Poetry Month would be more appropriate in our increasingly global world. Here's why:
Twentieth century Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro was a key figure behind a literary movement called Creacionismo (not to be confused with the theological term). Poets, he said, should be creators, small gods (pequeños dioses) who create worlds through their words. He proposed that one verse should "open a thousand doors"; in other words, when one reads a verse there should be multiple interpretations.
But in second language learning, reading poetry means opening the dictionary a thousand times. Reading poetry in any language can be difficult. At times it might seem easier than prose and drama, simply because of the brevity. Poetry in a language that is not one's native tongue, though, means we have to read a line repeatedly. This is not usually considered the best strategy towards fluency, but now as a language and literature professor, I've begun to see poetry as a means to something beyond proficiency and fluency: the ability to guess.
By guessing, the language learner is forced to imagine creative scenarios, allowing translation to be a rightful vehicle to err creatively. Of course, reading poetry in a second language is first a translation exercise, yet it is also an act of creativity. Initially, we guess at a meaning—like I did at Donne's—often falling into false interpretations and seeing the poem as a riddle. In fact, the words read and riddle have similar roots. So, especially in poetry in a second language, reading means guessing.
But by guessing many interpretations (translations) of words, our imagination kicks in and we begin to create alternate worlds that the poet (small god) might—or might not—have intended. A world of ideas is discovered that never was in the original language.
Perhaps, the greatest value of studying poetry for anyone is noticing how careful poets are in selecting their words. But when the reader can't yet recognize an adjective from a noun, or a verb from a name, they miss the adventure of exploring a poem's landscape. Even if they jump from dictionary consultations to the alien language, guessing a word's meaning creates a path to deeper discovery.
Sure, it's satisfying to know the real meaning of a poem's verse, but exploring the many possibilities and interpretations allows readers to consider new meanings. That experience is a thousand doors monolingual readers will never have access to.
And how much more satisfying for a language student to finally understand, to close some doors and find new places altogether. How much greater the moments when readers suddenly arrive at understanding without translation! The hours of dread, the intimidation of codified verses, finally turn into befriending the alien language.
Guessing is never gone in poetry, but the panic time is shortened, tamed as the reader masters the language and opens a door to something so exciting he picks up another poem. Then another. And then international poetry month happens all the time. We keep reading, guessing, partnering with the creationist poets by discovering worlds, until the verses continue to breake, blow, burn in our minds, long after we've read them.
Moises Park is an assistant professor of Spanish at Gordon College in Wenham, MA. He and his family live in Hamilton, MA.


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Patrick Stewart Quotes About MothersQuotes about: Mothers
I heard police or ambulancemen, standing in our house, say, 'She must have provoked him,' or, 'Mrs Stewart, it takes two to make a fight.' They had no idea. The truth is my mother did nothing to deserve the violence she endured. She did not provoke my father, and even if she had, violence is an unacceptable way of dealing with conflict. Violence is a choice a man makes and he alone is responsible for it.
As a child, I heard in my home doctors and ambulance men say, 'Mrs. Stewart, you must've done something to provoke him.' 'Mrs. Stewart, it takes two to make an argument.' Wrong. Wrong! My mother did nothing to provoke that - and even if she had, violence is never ever a choice that a man should make. Ever.
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Monday, 2 November 2015
Down Among the Dead Men by Peter Lovesey - review
The Secret Hangman is an entry in the consistently excellent Peter Diamond series, and so is Peter's latest, Down Among the Dead Men, in which Diamond is reunited with an old acquaintance, Hen Mallin. One of the reasons why this long-running series remains so fresh is that Lovesey is constantly varying his approach. You never quite know what to expect, even though Diamond is a reassuring and likeable presence, and the blend of originality and familiarity works a treat. This is a strong entry in the series.
The first chapter is set seven years in the past. A car thief gets more than he bargained for when he nicks someone's motor, and something unexpected is found in the boot. We move rapidly to the present day, and a group of A Level students are introduced to their new art teacher, whom they instantly fancy. But what happened to his predecessor, who disappeared suddenly and without explanation?
The plot thickens as Diamond and his boss Georgina Dalloway are called in to investigate apparent serious misconduct on the part of a senior officer in another force. The case causes Diamond anguish for more than one reason, and in due course he and Georgina find themselves drawn into the mystery of the missing teacher. What's more, other people have been going missing as well...
Peter Lovesey possesses many talents as a writer, but to my mind one of his great gifts is that freshness of approach. It's easy, when writing traditional fiction, to remain in the comfort zone of formula, but Peter, like his good friends and contemporaries, the much-missed Reg Hill and Bob Barnard, has remained determined to keep trying something a little different, while making sure that his army of fans are supplied with enough ingredients to keep them satisfied, and hungry for his next story, whatever it may be.
7 comments:
- R.T. said...
I confess that I reached a stumbling block with Wobble to Death (?) and could not bring myself to try another by the same author. It sounds as though I need to reconsider his work. Your posting is just the right persuasion.
- 2 November 2015 at 16:35
- Martin Edwards said...
You'll have gathered I'm a fan! And by the way, I finally tracked down your blog post!
- 2 November 2015 at 17:42
I love the Peter Diamond and Hen Mallin books; I'm not a fan of the Inspector Dew books. If someone is looking for a place to start (and isn't worried about not starting from the beginning), I'd recommend A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS or THE HEADHUNTERS. Great stuff!
- 5 November 2015 at 17:51
- R.T. said...
Deb, your comment arrives just in time. I'll try to recover from Wobble to Death by going to your recommendations. Your enthusiasm and Martin's have persuaded me that I need to give Peter Lovesey another chance. Again, thanks from R.T. at http://thesimpleartofmurder.blogspot.com/
- 5 November 2015 at 19:49
- Martin Edwards said...
Thanks, Deb. I'd add that The Vault is great fun also. R.T., I am confident you won't be disappointed.
- 6 November 2015 at 14:42
- Clothes In Books said...
I'm a fan of Lovesey, nice to hear there's a new one to look for. I've enjoyed Diamond's career, despite the shocker that happened mid-series. And the False Inspector Dew is an all-time favourite.
- 8 November 2015 at 20:26
- Martin Edwards said...
Yes, Moira, it's a great story, I think, and one that will stand the test of time.
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LINDSAY, CA – Nestled in the foothills of the Sierras and best known for olives and orange groves, Lindsay, CA isn't your typical cutting-edge metropolis. Yet this quiet San Joaquin Valley agriculture town (pop.10,571) has become known for some very innovative municipal programs promoted by its forward-thinking Mayor Ed Murray , along with City Manager Scot Townsend, Head of City Services Mike Camarena, and Associate Engineer Neyba Amezcua.
Lindsay's motto sums it all up: "Small Town, Big Dreams!" So when the city recently undertook an extensive downtown makeover that included new roads, sidewalks, street lights and trees, Mayor Murray and his team wanted to do something that would really put the town on the map and make it stand out.
Anyone who visits Lindsay will see they succeeded in stunning fashion! Hundreds of ornamental Chinese pistache and palm trees that line a 5-6-block area in the city's downtown district are now aglow in brilliant color -- pinks, purples, blues, oranges, and a whole spectrum of dramatic hues. The trees are lit up with inground color-changing RGB LED fixtures from Acclaim Lighting, designed and supplied by Illuminate Production Services (IPS).
Rick Franke of IPS said that his company won the bid for the Lindsay project after demo-ing the Acclaim LED fixtures and submitting a proposal. "The City Manager asked me to help him think of something innovative they could do to their downtown area that would enhance the town's atmosphere and make it more inviting and friendly," said Franke. "He wanted something that would have the potential to be very festive and thematic during each season. We created this by lighting the trees with unique color sequences."
The fixture used for the project is Acclaim's X-Drum HIP, an IP68-rated outdoor RGB LED fixture in rugged diecast stainless steel housing. Mountable inground, it is powered by 36 bright Luxeon RBG LEDs. Franke said he chose the X-Drum HIP because it is "a powerful LED fixture. To my knowledge there is not another LED fixture as bright that is rated for inground and even submersible applications. It has great intensity and color saturation, along with a nice beam angle for many things, specifically trees on this project."
Some 225 downtown trees have been "lit up," with 2-3 fixtures per tree. The fixtures are controlled via a wireless DMX system from Acclaim's sister company Elation Professional, the EWDMX system. Three universes of DMX are transmitted wirelessly from a 50' mast at City Hall to more than 20 pedestals filled with power supplies throughout the downtown area. Inside each pedestal is an EWDMX receiver with an individual IP-rated antenna designed for signal boost as well as all-weather application.
Designing such a massive outdoor wireless DMX lighting installation presented some challenges, said Franke. But now that it is up and running, "the EWDMX system has been flawless," he reported. "The first challenge was where to locate the power supplies. We determined that each side of each city street would need a pedestal to house the power supplies. They would also need to have thermostat-controlled fans as well as filters to keep out dust. The second challenge was upsizing the multi-conductor cable to account for voltage drop to get the long runs required on each street. We sold miles and miles of Tray Cable for the installation, which was installed in conduit from the pedestal to each tree.
"The wireless DMX system itself is working very well," Franke added. "We are broadcasting over a Southern California Edison Substation to the furthest street from City Hall. We were concerned we would have significant field interference from the substation – but surprisingly there has been none at all!"
Programming of the trees is done at City Hall, using Compu 2048FC PC-based DMX lighting control software from Elation. The entire installation is run off two Compu 2048FC USB dongles on a single computer, which are set to activate with the computer's internal clock. "Right now we have three full DMX universes," said Franke. "The Compu software has provided good, solid control for the great shows we are creating. We have festive shows for different seasons and holidays, and we also do a little extra for the big Friday Night Street Fair that the city has during the warmer months."
Acclaim LEDs are also being used at one of downtown Lindsay's newest indoor attractions – a Slot Car Track in the city's huge 170,000 sq. ft. sports and recreation facility. The lighting on the top side of the track is done with Acclaim's X-Band 300 Pro, an IP65-rated indoor/outdoor LED wash fixture that contains 36 RGB LEDs. The X-Bands are being programmed to simulate a dawn-to-dusk environment that runs via Elation's AR-32 DMX recorder/playback system. The underside of the track is lit with 72 Acclaim X-Chips. "This too is a very innovative project," said Franke. More information about the Slot Car Track can be found at http://www.mcdermontfieldhouse.com/attractions/slotcartrack/
So pleased are Lindsay's leaders and residents, Franke reported, that the city has just placed an order with IPS for more Acclaim lights to expand the project. A Warm-White version of the X-Drum will be used to highlight the Lindsay Gateway of Palm Trees, which line the streets entering the downtown district.
In this small town with very big dreams, "the feedback has been amazing," said Franke. "I met a guy on the street and he said, 'I've lived in this town my whole life and never thought I would see anything like this. It's beautiful!'"
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Based on Sato Watanabe's extremely popular sew-it-yourself Japanese fashion book Chokusen nui nanoni kireina shiruetto no suka-to, Tuttle Publishing has announced the publication of their new English edition under the title: Stylish Skirts. With this book, the avid DIY Japanese sewing enthusiast can sew skirts to match every possible body shape, taste in fabrics, texture and color to mix with their favorite tops, shoes and accessories. The Japanese DIY sewing movement is now sweeping the world and Sato Watanabe is a leading exponent of this new fashion trend.
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Established in 1948 by Charles Egbert Tuttle Jr. in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan, Tuttle Publishing is the premier publisher of English language books on Asian culture. Today, Tuttle maintains an active offering of books on a wide range of topics, including Asian culture, Asian literature, Asian architecture, Eastern spirituality, gardening, cooking, martial arts, crafts, travel, health and wellness, and fine art for a worldwide audience. For more information, visit http://tuttlepublishing.com.


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There was a thread some time ago about a movie theater that had 30.06 printed on the back of the receipt.Abraham wrote:rtschl,
That's interesting, but I'm puzzled about the mechanics of someone printing (presumably) hand size cards with all the 30.06 wording and how they go about distributing them?
If I enter your business as a concealed carrier, am I supposed to grab a card, like folks who pick a number as the next customer in line when his number is called for service, or are they in a case outside the business and I'm encouraged to pick one up and read it before I go any further into the store....what the heck?
This approach sounds like nuttiness on a grand order or am I simply over looking everyone else but me knows the answer to...?
Also, if you went somewhere (doctor's office?) that had a sign-in sheet with 30.06 printed on it, you've received notice... and signed to say so.


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Fortress Investment pulled back yesterday, and the bulls piled in.
OptionMonster's trade scanners detected the purchase of 2,200 September 6 calls for $1.25 to $1.40. The volume exceeded the strike's previous open interest of 1,438 contracts, indicating that new positions were implemented.
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