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Sony isn't standing still when it comes to releases of the new PS3 Slim and has now confirmed a 250GB model will arrive on November 3rd.
A 250GB model has been known about since August when PS3 News uncovered a document on the FCC website which listed two models of the PS3 Slim one of which had the larger drive. We then expected the announcement to be made at the Tokyo Games Show last month, but it did not appear. Now it's official and the price will be $349.99.
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Only an extra $50 for double the storage space makes this a no brainer for most gamers. I can also see a lot of gamers who just picked up a 120GB model feeling a little bit angry and upset, but unless you are going to go digital game crazy 120GB should be more than enough. Don't forget you can also extend the hard drive space yourself with an external drive.
As for the game bundles Engadget has a picture of the Uncharted 2 packaging, but only in Spain. I suspect Sony may roll this out to most territories though, as it is a system seller and it wants to carry on the momentum the PS3 Slim brought with over one million consoles sold already.
If the 250GB model sells well I wouldn't be surprised to see the 120GB model disappear next year. That would benefit Sony who get an extra $50 on every sale, but they may also have the option of dropping the 250GB model to $299 and really putting the pressure on Microsoft.
Whatever happens, I think the PS3 Slim is exactly what Sony needed and it has meant many more Christmas lists will have a PS3 at the top.


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With the another AFL premiership season almost upon us, I'd thought I'd bring back the ever-so controversial Top 50 AFL players today on Bulldogs Centre. I loved doing it and it recieved a lot of feedback too, some positive, some negative. That is the beauty of putting together a top 50.
Like there was last year when I did two sets of top 50s - one pre-season and one post-season, I found it so hard to settle on a top 50, but I eventually did, with many apologies to players from every club.
For those wondering what I based the top 50 on, I've blended together past successes, along with 2016 form and projected 2017 form. There might be some bias here and there for some players, but I've tried to keep it as unbias as possible.
Here we are. The top 10. It wasn't easy to settle on a top 10 - it never is.
In case you missed the any of the previous parts: Here is players 50-11:
50. Tim Membrey (St. Kilda)
49. Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs)
48. Jack Viney (Melbourne)
47. Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)
46. Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions)
45. Zach Merrett (Essendon)
44. Sam Docherty (Carlton)
43. Jeremy Cameron (GWS)
42. Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)
41. Patrick Cripps (Carlton)
40. Andrew Gaff (West Coast)
39. Luke Dahlhaus (Western Bulldogs)
38. Dayne Beams (Brisbane Lions)
37. Callan Ward (GWS)
36. Luke Shuey (West Coast)
35. Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
34. Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs)
33. Rory Laird (Adelaide)
32. Michael Hurley (Essendon)
31. Dylan Shiel (GWS)
30. Daniel Talia (Adelaide)
29. Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne)
28. Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
27. Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)
26. Toby Greene (GWS)
25. Jack Steven (St. Kilda)
24. Heath Shaw (GWS)
23. Jeremy McGovern (West Coast)
22. Lachie Neale (Fremantle)
21. Dustin Martin (Richmond)
20. Adam Treloar (Collingwood)
19. Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)
18. Dan Hannebery (Sydney)
17. Sam Mitchell (West Coast)
16. Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)
15. Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
14. Rory Sloane (Adelaide)
13. Max Gawn (Melbourne)
12. Joel Selwood (Geelong)
11. Tom Lynch (Gold Coast)
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Part One: 50-41
Part Two: 40-31
Part Three: 30-21
Part Four: 20-11
So now let's get stuck into who I think are the top 10 ahead of season 2017.
10. Luke Parker (Sydney)
Career Games: 127
Career Goal: 103
Parker bounced back in 2016 after missing the entire finals campaign in 2015 due to injury and provided another solid season, averaging 27 disposals a match and kicked 25 goals to be awarded his first ever All-Australian selection. Parker plays a vital role in a star-studded Sydney midfield, as exemplified by his second-placing in the Brownlow medal last year. Not only has he got the ability to win at the coalface, he's got that knack to push down forward and kick a goal or two.
9. Eddie Betts – Adelaide
Career Games: 253
Career Goals: 479
Since crossing over to Adelaide from Carlton at the end of 2013, we've seen Eddie Betts evolve from a solid forward pocket who will give you 30-40 goals a season to a bona fide star. So much of a star is he that the Adelaide Oval have a pocket dedicated to him and all of his freakish goals. 51 goals in 2014, 63 goals in 2015 and 75 goals last year, and on top of all that, he's been Adelaide's leading goal-kicker in all three of those seasons. So go ahead and tell me Eddie's not a top-10 player.
8. Josh Kennedy - West Coast
Career Games: 188
Career Goals: 450
Kennedy will have his detractors due to the fact that he preys on the much weaker sides and disappears against the stronger sides, but the stats won't lie. Two consecutive Coleman medals in which he has logged 80 goals or more. The aim of the game is to kick more goals than the opposition right? Kennedy comes in and does the job with minimum fuss each week, kicking at least a goal in all 23 games the Eagles played in last season. It's hard to argue he's a top 10 player right now, can he be the next person to break the 100-goal barrier?
7. Scott Pendlebury – Collingwood
Career Games: 236
Career Goals: 152
Surely Scott Pendlebury would have to be amongst discussion for one of Collingwood's greatest-ever players. In the span of the last six years, Pendlebury has won five of the last six best and fairest awards at the Pies – his most recent coming last year, and with broken ribs mind you! He finds himself one award away from tying his coach Nathan Buckley's record of six and at 29, has every chance of not only tying it, but smashing the record. He's been consistently solid for years, averaging 28-29 possessions a year since 2011, which highlights how damn good he's been for Collingwood as they've ebbed and flowed since the Pies' last Grand Final appearance.
6. Alex Rance (Richmond)
Career Games: 150
Career Goals: 6
Many experts will say this man is miles ahead of the next best key defender, and I very much agree. Already a triple All-Australian and a best and fairest winner, Richmond were an absolute basketcase last season, and had it not been for the efforts of this man, the Tigers would've faced much severe floggings than what they were given. Not only can he lock down on direct opponents and win, but he also provides rebound out of defensive 50, take intercept marks and can find himself plenty of the ball, averaging just under 19 disposals a game last season.
5. Josh Kennedy – Sydney
Career Games: 183
Career Goals: 115
No matter how many times I think about it, I always keep finding myself at that familiar question: "How could Hawthorn let this man go?" Enhanced his reputation as one of the game's elite midfielders with a fantastic 2016 season, topped off with an equally-stunning finals series – his Grand Final in particular was incredible, he nearly carried the entire Swans team to the flag that day. Now captain ahead of 2017, it'll be interesting to see if the three-time Swans best and fairest can elevate his game even further.
4. Marcus Bontempelli - Western Bulldogs
Career Games: 63
Career Goals: 58
At 21 years of age and with just over 60 games of AFL under his belt, it's hard to believe that Marcus Bontempelli is already a premiership player, an All-Australian and a best and fairest winner. Yes he's that good, and the scariest thing about this guy is he's not through improving just yet. He's arguably the most important Bulldogs' player in the midfield with his ability to not only win from the inside, but he can push down forward and become a marking option too, kicking 26 goals last season. It's scary thinking that he's only going to get better.
3. Lance Franklin – Sydney
Career Games: 247
Career Goals: 787
He might be 30 years of age, but one would have to suggest that the Buddy train isn't going to slow down just yet. Last year, he bounced back from a mental illness issue that forced him to miss 2015 and more importantly, he looked as if he was enjoying his footy again. Franklin played every game in 2016 and kicked 81 goals for the year, resulting in a sixth All-Australian in his career. Only needs 13 goals to get to 800 goals for his career, I have no doubt he will be the next player to join an exclusive club – players to kick 1000 career goals in the AFL.
2. Patrick Dangerfield – Geelong
Career Games: 178
Career Goals: 187
After coming home from Adelaide at the end of 2015, Dangerfield put in a blinder of a season, averaging career-highs in disposals (31.7), marks (5.1) and inside 50s (8.1) as well as averaging a goal per game en route to his first Brownlow medal. The one aspect that needs work though is his kicking, both around the ground and his set shots, kicking 24.24 last year, but with Geelong's disappointing Preliminary Final loss to the Swans still fresh in the memory, there is no doubt that Dangerfield will be hell-bent in trying to get the Cats another flag, which means we could have an even better 2017 from him, and that's saying something.
1. Nathan Fyfe – Fremantle
Career Games: 117
Career Goals: 104
I know it's a little strange to give the number one to a bloke that only played five games last year due to a broken leg, but hear me out. Fyfe's 2015 was outstanding, taking home the Brownlow medal, All-Australian for the second-successive year and was named the AFLPA MVP for the second-straight year. Before he went down last year, Fyfe continued his great form, averaging 24 disposals a game and had nine goals to his name. His ability to be a dangerous threat down forward is probably what separated him from Dangerfield for the number one spot, but it could all change come round one, when the two will go head-to-head.
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A proposed takeover has collapsed, exposing the full extent of the financial turmoil in which the club remains, while director of football Sven-Goran Eriksson has yet to be paid his January wages.
The League Two side are nine days into a 28-day reprieve granted by HM Revenue and Customs over an outstanding winding-up order. On Wednesday they failed to meet a 10am deadline for a takeover by a consortium of entrepreneurs with whom they had been negotiating.
"There was no mention of any specific investment into the club," executive chairman Peter Trembling explained. "We are carrying on in our search for investment."
However, Telegraph Sport understands that the consortium, led by Sukhi Ghuman, the founder of Nottingham company Octavian Security, had been prepared to inject an eight-figure sum provided they were allowed a 14-day period of due diligence – an acceptable caveat, given the circumstances.
It was Trembling who approached Ghuman, one of County's main sponsors, last Tuesday, the day before the club were due to appear in court in London over an unpaid tax bill of £600,000. It was agreed, during County's fixture at Dagenham and Redbridge, that they would take over 20 per cent of the club, in return for paying the players and settling debts of around £2 million.
Yet before the deal could be completed County were understood to have been promised £25 million from another investor. The guarantee was used to obtain a 28-day reprieve from HMRC, although the deal later fell through, forcing Trembling to return to the consortium, according to one source, "with cap in hand".
Ghuman, and fellow businessman Tony Barney, agreed to invest in the club nonetheless, this time insisting on a full takeover. Trembling, Eriksson and Gary Townsend, the club's chief executive, met members of the consortium last week at The George Hotel in Stamford, and agreed a deal.
It was during negotiations that the extent of County's financial predicament became clear. Sources close to the deal last night alleged that Eriksson, his assistant, Tord Grip, Trembling and Townsend had not been paid last month's salary, while the consortium were asked for an immediate £300,000 to help settle the players' wages.
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Bonus Ball Draw
Last weeks' bonus ball was 43 – congrats to the winners – Anne & Brendan Murphy. There are still a number of unsold numbers, so get in touch if you would like to be in with a shot at the weekly prize.
Santa Dash
Put December 14th in your diary now for a fun family day. More details to follow later.
The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 12th. All welcome.
Fancy Dress
Fancy dress night in the Crossroads' Inn, Lisryan on November 1st. A fun night guaranteed for all with music by Ger Long.
Dance classes are continuing every Wednesday night at 9pm - get your groove on in time for the holiday season - and practice every Saturday night in the Crossroad s Inn!
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The club held its' annual members clay shoot on Saturday last, and we will have full results in next weeks' notes. The first round in the club open Christmas league clay shoot will be held on the 13th November and it will be run on Thursday evenings until 18th December - full details later. On this Saturday night, 1st November, we are having our presentation night in Devine's, Lismacaffrey. On the night we will have our annual pheasant competition for club members only. Also on the night we will have the club person of the year award , landowners free draw, presentation of the Pat Denning Plaque to the 2014 vermin competition winner and we will also present the prizes to the winners of the 2014 members clay shoot. On behalf of the club we again thank Devine's pub, Lismacaffrey and Pat Denning for their kind sponsorship for the prizes for the above awards.


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Looks like the Motorola DROID RAZR HD can't get enough of the leaky spotlight. After appearing in a Cellebrite system late last month and then posing for some leaked photos yesterday, the upcoming Verizon 4G LTE smartphone has now appeared in a Nenamark benchmark test. The test results show that the RAZR HD features a processor clocked at 1.5GHz and an Adreno 225 GPU, the latter of which means that the processor is of the dual-core Snapdragon S4 variety. Other features named by the Nenamark benchmark include Android 4.0.4, Verizon branding and a screen resolution of 1196x720, likely indicating the presence of on-screen navigation keys.
Overall there's nothing terribly surprising to be found in these benchmark results, but for anyone that's looking forward to the next member of Verizon's DROID RAZR family, it's nice to continue to see the pieces of the puzzle come together. Unfortunately for those same people, though, we're still without one of the most important details of the RAZR HD: the release date. Droid-Life has heard that the phone may still be a couple of months out, so folks that are interested in the RAZR HD may want to begin hoping that these leaks to continue, otherwise they may be tempted by another Verizon LTE smartphone that's right around the corner.
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This book addresses the needs of the newly defined basic surgical trainee. Most BSTs now take part in prolonged rotations, with rela tively brief exposure to a wide range of different specialties. This book is designed to go with the trainee through the rotation, to provide a practical guide to the procedures that s/he may be expected to perform in each specialty. The Editors have deliberately avoided including major procedures at which the BST will be an interested observer. The emphasis throughout is on a clear practical guide to the minor and intermedi ate procedures which the trainee will perform. Undoubtedly, the first attempts at most of these procedures will be well supervised, but we hope that the descriptions in this book will help the trainee to master each procedure rapidly and with confidence. In addition we have included chapters on general aspects such as medical management, local anaesthetic techniques and basic surgi cal skills such as knot tying and instrument handling. We have adopted a direct, didactic style, because basic surgical trainees need clear direction. There are of course many other ways of doing most of the procedures described in these pages, and such variations will doubtless stimulate helpful discussions on practical points. Discussion and justification have been kept to a minimum, because we have focused on the essential practical steps of the procedures described."
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Wave and Tidal Power Could supply 20% of UK Needs
We have read enough Patrick O'Brian sea stories to know that the British Isles are surrounded by rough waters and high tides. A new study by the Carbon Trust calculates that marine energy can replace nuclear power and provide up to 20% of the country's needs. They investigated eight different wave energy technologies, summarized here, some of which have been Treehugger favourites . They also look at tidal stream energy resources, which are more dependable but environmentally more difficult as they can disrupt shoreline ecosystems. Read the in-depth newsletters from the ::Carbon Trust. via ::The Guardian


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AUG. LCT: The top operators in the luxury transportation industry who attended this year's exclusive annual executive conference offer some best practices that can work in your operation.
If 2017 brought one big take-away point for operators, it's that the chauffeured clientele prefer the ease of technology from front to end in taking a luxury ride.
To help operators embrace the most advanced tech concepts, LCT is revamping its signature Leadership Summit into a Technology Summit. The event, now 17 years strong, will follow the same format in the same place with many of the five-star amenities attendees have come to appreciate.
But the substance of the executive-oriented conference now will connect operators with the most advanced tech tools, resources, and ideas needed to carry a ground transportation into the next decade and beyond.
The Technology Summit will be held April 29-May 1, 2018 at The Edition Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.
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AUG. LCT: The top operators in the luxury transportation industry who attended this year's exclusive annual executive conference offer some best practices that can work in your operation.
AUG. LCT Cover: Two-time Operator of the Year Award winner Harry Dhillon grows revenues by taking some risks.
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Patrick Kiesel brings many years of experience managing large sports events throughout his career.
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JULY LCT: Trinity Machan hasn't had an easy life, but she has never let that get in the way of pursuing her calling: Making all clients feel welcome.
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Add a plumper property tax bill to the myriad scary things headed your way around Halloween.
The semiannual round of tax bills will soon arrive in mailboxes in Cook County. Collectively, homeowners and businesses across the county are being hit up for 4.2 percent more in property taxes this year than last. In Chicago, the increase in the total property tax burden is even higher -- a little more than 6 percent.


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In partnership with Association of Governmental Accountants (AGA) we now are offering Budgeting Classes for everyone interested. It is a three week course that helps explain what YOUR money is. Whether you are employed, get SSI, SSD, Food Stamps, TANF, Tribal help, or an allowance from a friend or family member this course is geared to show you how to make whatever you are bringing in monthly work for you! It is designed to show you how to budget your money and stretch it. Transportation and Babysitting is provided if needed and a Meal is provided for all participants and their children before the class begins. Class is offered three times a year. If you are interested all you have to do is call the office and register. All participants that finish the 3-week course will receive a Certificate of Completion and an added Incentive for finishing. (to sign up just call the office at 224-8731)
The program is designed to assist individuals who are not able to obtain legal representation because of their inability to pay a private attorney. Only civil cases and tribal court criminal cases are accepted. No state court criminal, or fee generating cases will be considered. Dakota Plains Legal Services provides an attorney who interviews potential clients at the Pierre Area Referral Office on Fridays from 10:30 am to Noon and from 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm. ALL Individuals must make appointments by calling Dakota Plains Legal Services Office at 605-245-2341. Dakota Plains Legal Services does not handle bankruptcies, personal injury cases, Workmen's Compensation, malpractice or any case where a private attorney can provide representation without cost to the client. If Dakota Plains' attorney cannot take the case, clients may apply to Access to Justice, Inc. (1- 855-287-3510) which provides pro bono volunteer attorneys and reduced fee attorneys in certain areas of the law.
The program provides a holiday feast to local families who may not be able to afford one otherwise. In 2016 a total of 770 households received a holiday meal for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We were also able to provide 240 people a full dinner through serving the Banquet in December. The meals are purchased annually from local donations raised specifically for this purpose. (Both Applications to Apply and Purchase are in Application Section)
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Partnering up with Lutheran Memorial Church, First United Methodist Church, Edward D Jones- Marc Ulmen Office, Salvation Army and with financial support through a Mini Grant with United Way and our wonderful community PARS has been able to provide new back packs full of brand new supplies to any child Kindergarten through 8th grade in Hughes and Stanley County Schools. In 2016- 383 school children received brand new school supplies to kick off the school year in the right fashion. We were also able to help approximately 30 High School Students with notebooks, pens and pencils and folders.


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Purdue workshop to focus on role of simulation in addressing challenges of photovoltaic science, technology and manufacturing
July 27, 2012
This graphic shows color-coded simulation results from advanced computational models used to characterize the properties of materials used in organic photovoltaic solar cells in efforts to better understand the physics involved and to improve the technology. The Network for Photovoltaic Technology, led by Purdue and funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation, aims to develop such computational capabilities for broad range of PV technologies for higher efficiency and reduced manufacture cost. (B. Ray, P. Nair, E. García, and M. Alam, Purdue University)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Leading researchers from industry, national laboratories and academia will join federal agency officials for a Purdue University symposium next week, focusing on the use of photovoltaic cells for converting sunlight into electricity as an affordable alternative energy source.
"Challenges in Photovoltaic Science, Technology and Manufacturing: A Focus on the Role of Theory, Modeling and Simulation" is scheduled for Aug. 2-3 at the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, Room 1010.
The event also will celebrate the launch of the Purdue Network for Photovoltaic Technology, which was established in 2011 as part of a $5 million energy research initiative funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) to team companies with university research centers to work on alternative energy technologies.
"What are the challenges in moving photovoltaic forward? Where have theory, modeling and simulation been most effective? Can modeling and simulation play the same enabling role in the PV industry as it did for the electronics industry?" said event co-organizer Mark Lundstrom, the Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and co-director of the Purdue Network for Photovoltaic Technology.
"Looking to the future, how important will theory, modeling and simulation be? What are the specific opportunities and how should the photovoltaic community address them? This workshop will provide different perspectives on the questions to be addressed and set the stage for lively discussion."
The invitation-only event is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Purdue Energy Center and is being organized by the Purdue Network for Photovoltaic Technology, the SRC and the Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Photovoltaics is a clean energy source for converting sunlight into electricity, and few other power-generating technologies have as little environmental impact. The technology, however, faces several hurdles - primarily costs, efficiency and reliability relating to power generation and transmission.
During the two-day workshop, Purdue will highlight the interactive website, nanoHUB.org, and its success in disseminating and sharing research simulations globally. The work is associated with nanoHUB.org, which makes available scientific simulations, seminars, interactive courses and other specialized nanotech-related materials. The Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), a six-university network funded by the NSF and based at Purdue, operates nanoHUB.
The SRC's 30 years of success in fostering research between industry and universities also will be showcased. The Durham, N.C.-based organization has been instrumental in expanding the industry knowledge base and attracting premier students to help innovate and transfer semiconductor technology to the industry. Recently, the SRC launched the Energy Research Initiative, which is working to bring its experience in managing industry and academic partnerships for addressing the fundamental problems of energy generation, transmission and storage.
Event co-organizer Pankaj Sharma, managing director of the Energy Center in Discovery Park, said the workshop also will highlight Purdue's partnership role in a newly funded DOE program, Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States (SERIIUS).
This $50 million consortium on the U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy R&D Center on Solar Energy is led by Larry Kazmerski, who is executive director for Science and Technology Partnerships at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
"The institute's goal is to accelerate development, at a lower cost per watt, of photovoltaics and concentrated solar power," Sharma said. "This bi-national consortium is focused on readying emerging disruptive and revolutionary solar technologies that span the gap between fundamental science and applied R&D, leading to sustainable industries."
For a complete workshop schedule, visit https://nanohub.org/groups/pvworkshop.
With funding from the SRC, Purdue launched the Network for Photovoltaic Technology in July 2011 to build on previous research by Lundstrom and Ashraf Alam, a Purdue professor of electrical and computer engineering. They are applying to photovoltaics the same developed advanced models for predicting the performance and reliability of new designs for silicon transistors.
Alam, who co-directs the Purdue Network for Photovoltaic Technology, said computational models and simulations are helping researchers test concepts and reliability in an effort to accelerate the aging of solar cells to see how long they will last.
"Estimates for the cost of photovoltaics assume the cells will only last for 20 to 30 years, but what if they're more likely to last 60 years?" Alam said. "The cost landscape among competing clean technologies would be altered dramatically as a result."
The Purdue-led network, based at Discovery Park's Birck Nanotechnology Center, also aims to train and educate students, providing them with the expertise and skills needed to transition these new methods into the marketplace. The initiative also includes a smart grid research center at Carnegie Mellon University to support the incorporation of renewable energy resources and provide modeling, simulation and control tools needed to manage, optimize and secure the power grid.
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"I'll be a President for all the fans!" Uli Hoeneß declared after his election to the top office at Bayern at last autumn's AGM. "I intend to institute regular consultation meetings, where I'll speak directly to the fans about their wishes, ideas and problems." Some of those present at the AGM may have regarded the notion sceptically, but Uli Hoeneß is a man of his word!
Some 250 members responded to a call in the match programme and via fcbayern.de, submitting their desired topics for a personal discussion with the club President. The executive committee sat together prior to the Champions League match in Florence, sifted through the suggestions, and made a final selection.
Committee meets sixteen fans
Sixteen lucky club members made the inaugural cut, and gathered at the Allianz Arena in advance of Saturday's Bundesliga fixture against Freiburg. The group was many and varied, ranging from an away season ticket holder based in Munich, via the chairman of an established fan club from Franconia, to a supporter living 600 kilometres away from Munich. The committee deliberately chose a cross-section of FCB's highly diverse fan base.
The entire executive committee of the members' club attended the consultation. Hoeneß was joined by his vice-presidents Dr Fritz Scherer and Bernd Rauch, fan liaison officer Raimond Aumann, ticketing systems manager Oliver Meßthaler, and Allianz Arena managing director Jürgen Muth.
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I've just got my kitkat on nexus 4 and I've got 2 questions.
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2) I noticed one thing that I couldn't find an answer after a quick google search. In the dialer settings, under call settings there is an option at the bottom to route calls through internet. one option is "all calls". Has anyone tried it? How does it work? Does it go through google voice?
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In a new report, 85 New England conservation organizations are urging federal lawmakers to help meet the region's economic challenges by investing in the region's forests.
The twenty-third annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium will be held March 20, 2012 from 9:00am - 5:30pm at the Harvard Forest. This year's symposium will feature talks on New Science, Synthesis, Scholarship, and Strategic Vision for Society.
Registration is now closed - as we are full to capacity
Abstract submissions are now being accepted.
On March 1, registration opens for the Harvard Forest Summer Field School in Archaeology and Paleoecology, a 6-week, credit-bearing course offered via the Harvard Summer School to undergraduates and graduate students from any institution.
2012 program dates are June 25 to August 3. The course will be taught by Dianna Doucette, an associate of the Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Harvard Forest postdoctoral fellow Sydne Record has received a Professional Development Award from the Harvard FAS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
The funds will enable her to present her ragweed and climate change research with HF Ecologist Kristina Stinson at the LTER All-Scientists Meeting in Estes Park, Colorado this fall.
More Than a Woodlot: Getting the Most from Your Family Forest, released this week by Harvard Forest Bullard Fellow Stephen Long, is an indespensible companion for landowners looking to take a more ecological approach to managing their woods.
From the book: "Whether you want to cut your annual firewood, see more wildlife, protect special places, sell timber, or plan for the future of your land, this book will be your trusty guide."
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What Are Your All-Time Favorite xoVain Articles?
It's gonna get sappy up in here.
I was going through old emails today and I totally found my edit test for this job -- which is like an application in publishing, an "audition," of sorts, that you hand in before coming in to interview. I thought it would be fun to republish -- my pitches were crazy! I hope Jane doesn't still want me to actually do any of them [I do! --Jane]. But first, let me tell you the whole story! It's like a little xoJane.com history lesson! Fix yourself a
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OK! Let me set the scene! It was, I think, February 2011. Nothing was known about Jane Pratt's mysterious new website except that it was launching sometime in the summer and that was is to be called JanePratt.com (wrong) and that Tavi was going to be involved (wrong again).
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Where was I at this time?
Nowhere good. Prescription drugs had finally, finally broken me in half -- I'd quit my beauty editor job at Lucky months earlier and had been in bed ever since except when I went out at night to get even more broken. Wrecked! Smashed. Smooshed. Finally I went to my grandmother's in Charlottesville for three weeks. One night on Twitter, which I scrolled through endlessly on my Blackberry every night bored out of my mind in the country, Amy -- we followed each other -- tweeted something like, "Does anyone know of a health blogger that's not so...healthy?" Jane Pratt, I thought. Janeprattjaneprattjaneprattjaneprattjanepratt.I DM'd her immediately, hopped on a train the next day, and wrote the (crazy) informal email and edit test (which is basically a list of ideas for stories) on the train trip back to New York.The funny thing is, there wasn't even a beauty job open at the time! No, correction -- the really really funny thing is that I had literally no interest in working in online; I'd never even had Internet at my apartment before. But Jane is Jane is JANE. Is JANE. Oh yes.For beauty, they already had Hannah, who was and still is in Canada -- so I was going for a full-on HEALTH EDITOR role (and we all know how well that would have worked out). I didn't say anything, but I knew they'd need beauty fulltime in New York, and I knew that if Jane wanted someone Vice-y like Amy, she'd probably also like me. (That's not arrogance -- that me knowing my industry better than I literally know my little brother Phil) (who incidentally just moved to South Korea -- why?).I was also asked to submit stories for the Sex and Relationships Editor job, which was a joke, since I was a functioning long-term drug addict who rarely had sex, really never had relationships (pills replace people), and also just happened to hate writing about sex (though I love reading about other people doing it). Guess who beat me out for that job? YUP. Madeline. No, just kidding; obviously it was Em.The third job I applied for, as you'll see, was the Celebrity Editor, which I guess is now entertainment editor -- Julianne. I hadn't read the Janepratt.com mission statement about not tearing down celebs yet, so my submission for that job (which I actually sort of wanted; I love writing about celebrities) was fucking VICIOUS! The piece I link to on Lindsay Lohan below is one of my favorite things I've ever written. You'll see.Anyway, so Amy showed Jane my crazy ideas, which you're about to read, to Jane, who I guess liked them, and then I wrote a writing sample -- THE most boring first story ever. It was supposed to be about health and I literally couldn't think of anything from day one, so disinterested am I in health; can you imagine?! And hence my very first "audition" piece, "Does Anyone Else Gag Down Water?" was born.
And then they called me into a Thursday meeting, which still happens today, where I met Jane for the first time (she was wearing a flannel shirt and I remember thinking she was so nice [And I remember thinking that the look in your eyes -- I didn't yet know the post-PCP facial paralysis look; that would come later -- was because I didn't look the way an editor should look, based on your past experience. --Jane]; I was so late [but so was Emily for once!], and Jane looked literally 13 years old), I was hired (and then, like, four months later, they actually started paying me).And then Amy, whom we all love, randomly got a dream job as a photo editor somewhere swag, so she left and everyone was excited for Emily to step in and take her job so beautifully and seamlessly, right before launch. I guess Em has never seen this edit test either, so...enjoy my sex article ideas, dude.
Anyway, sorry for the epic intro. Here it is -- a little piece of xoJane history!
Hi Amy!
I did, however, get to write creatively on the Lucky beauty blog (which only launched about a year ago); I got to be funny there, and that peaked [sic] my interest in writing for online. My archive of blogs for Lucky is here. I particularly like "How to Have Dandruff like a Chic Parisian Ingenue" and the lamely titled "Not a Morning Person? Meet Your New Body Wash" best, if you only have time to check out one or two. Okay, so I really want to do this new site not because I love the internet or anything—far from it—but because like everyone else I am obsessed with Jane Pratt (whom I've never met, FYI).
Forgive my 3:30 AM email but I've been in Virginia with my grandmother for like EVER and only got back tonight. Plus I'm all freelance-style like that. Anyway.
So I attached my resume and everything but we vaguely know each other and all, so I can just tell you that basically I left my last job because I was bored. [Uh huh, and because I was a massive sicko pillhead. -C]
Conde Nast is obviously an amazing place to spend the formative years of your career but I'm a zany person and so quite frankly I got squirmy! I am not one for sitting in a cubicle, writing dry beauty stories, and going to events. Tea parties for new mascaras and things. I'm just not!
I have missed JANE magazine so much in adulthood, and I'll write a lot of silly stuff in this email but I mean that. It was the only women's magazine that didn't talk to girls like they were stupid babies! You know? Like being called an "-ista" everywhere these days makes me want to die.
Here are a few ideas off the top of my head for the different subjects you mentioned: sex, health, celebrity.
Thanks for looking!
WELL. Here's why I'd be both good and bad at this: I don't have boyfriends and never have; I have dumb intimacy issues so diagnosed by comparably dumb psychiatrists and I sleep with people and totally want a boyfriend but don't know how to have one and go around loudly announcing as such to people, mainly potential non-boyfriends. And my parents are both terrible shrinks. I talk about everything.
If that's the kind of sex and relationships stories you're looking for, I could totally be awesome at them. Like, hmm:
Like if they'll have phone sex with a MAN for four dollars a minute, wouldn't someone at 800-HotSlut (sorry) dish out advice to a woman? I originally thought of this as a beauty article, like get a dude to call pretending to have a beauty fetish and get the phone sex hotline worker to describe her beauty routine with product names and everything.
One of my favorite websites is LARRY FLYNT'S HUSTLER HOLLYWOOD, which has the best-worst unsexiest sex toys ever! Look at this inflatable talking sheep with action-activated sound! Or this horrifying vaginal speculum kit! Why not bring 'em into the bedroom and terrify someone with it by demanding it be used?! And then write about it on the internet?
I could do innumerable things to 'get a boyfriend' and work on my intimacy issues that I would never do normally, like mixers or literally responding to crazy Craigslist ads or joining J Date though I'm not Jewish which worked for my MOM) (my parents are grown-up divorcing! I'd be happy to write about that mess too). Perhaps even...the Scientology Center. Maybe that's a Heath and Fitness blog. They have a sauna!
These guys who advertise mutually beneficial ARRANGEMENTS on Craigslist are so lame. Obviously I want to talk to them. Like I could go meet up with them in a public place pretending to be interested and HASH OUT the deets, but secretly I'd be an investigative sex journalist! Like how much sex for how much money are these losers talking? How will I be pampered (UGH)? WHERE will we go shopping? Will I have to do anything weird? WHO ARE THESE DUDES?
I can also do that, lest I've given you the wrong impression. I'm not disgusting.
I don't know if this includes MENTAL health, but if so, let me know; I have a million ideas for you. I obviously went to the mental hospital at least one time while employed by Conde Nast. Otherwise...
1. I'm totally about to get in shape this spring anyway! It could be chronicled. Like the SELF thing that's so popular, except not soul-sucking and with personality. I'll do anything. I know lots of publicists for things like Yogaworks and Physique 57. I always make them tell me which celebrities go there and when I can go and be in the class with them or at least what their skin looks like up close. I'd be good at this because fitness is incredibly boring and I like to write about boring things and make them funny. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE in beauty and it applies all around.
2. THE ASHRAM The cheapest stays at yoga ashrams are like $20 a day and you have to sleep on a community porch in like a hammock! This sounds terrible. Fun to write about. I am not exactly zen.
One way to keep fitness interesting is to make a list of the workout DVDs on Netflix and do a different one every day! I like a healthy mix of great-looking DVDS and really, really stupid-looking ones, like The Girls Next Door Playbunny workout. I could review these.
This could be a friggin' book! And I could write it! I like REAL TALK for a lot of self-destructive behaviors young women are engaging in these days. I know ALL OF THEM.
There are innumerable ridiculous tips and rituals to gather up and do things with: try them to tear them down ('ICE BATHS'), have analyzed by doctors, etc. I'd like to actually interview these thinspiration website girls. Not meanly, but interestingly. Like, "What IS kneefat?" My mom was a serious anorexic for a long time and I too have dabbled in starvation, so I've always wanted to start a satirical pro-ana blog moment that's totally anti-RIBCOUNT.COM or whatever which is not a real blog name but I wish it were.
This is news-ier, no? I have secret celebrity blogging dreams. I can talk and write endlessly, endlessly about celebrities. I love their style; I love their narcissism. I can celebrate them or tear them down. Here's an example of a Lindsay Lohan article I wrote. I think it sort of does both!
I know you have a beauty writer, but...I mean, in my honest opinion? I could do beauty for your site that no one has ever done in the history of editorial beauty ever before. If that sounds braggy, it's not; it's just that no one really takes risks in beauty because beauty advertisers are squares; I believe in drawing an audience by being different and not giving a fuck, writing beauty like a guy would write a story -- with no fear of people condemning him for not being a good girl (obviously) -- and I believe that the audience will come in droves. And then the advertisers will pay attention. I always take risks, and I won't write for a site that won't let me.
And I've attached some pieces from Lucky.
And THAT is the LONG and exhausting story of how I got hired to xoJane.com! Did you learn anything? And should I actually do any of those stories I pitched? XO
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Back when I wrote about the Deseret alphabet I mentioned in passing a place called Molossia. As it turns out, y'all are somewhat interested in the micronation near Carson City, Nevada. I can tell because the link repeatedly turns up in the "clicks" section of my blog dashboard.
I can see why. It's a happening place.
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That said, today's History Wednesday isn't about Molossia or micronations. That story has been covered elsewhere. Although inspired by Molossia, today we'll take a look at the Kingdom of Sedang, one of the more bizarre chapters in the never-boring history of Southeast Asia.
This story has its roots in the mid-1880s when colonialism was all the rage throughout Europe. After a relatively successful war against China, France established control over the majority of Southeast Asia east of present-day Thailand. They called it "French Indochina."
This caused some problems later on, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Anyway, shortly after the Sino-French War in 1888 Chulalongkorn the Great, king of the independent Siam, began claiming lands on his border with French Indochina. Unsurprisingly, this prompted the French to take steps to bolster their claims to the areas in question. Enter a certain Marie-Charles David de Mayrena, a rather sketchy character who owned a plantation in the area. Prior to his involvement in French Indochina, Mayrena worked as an arms dealer. He was suspected of embezzlement back in Metropolitan France. He had also been kicked out of the Dutch East Indies, which we know today as Indonesia.
In other words, a 19th Century Destro.
Ever the opportunist, Mayrena convinced the Governor-General of French Indochina that he was the perfect guy to negotiate treaties with people in the area who weren't definitively subjects of the French-controlled Emperor of Annam. Upon arrival he magnanimously negotiated fair treaties to everyone's benefit.
Heh, no. He totally took advantage of the ambiguous political situation in the immediate area. In June 1888 he was somehow elected by several local tribal leaders as their king. He took the title "Marie the First, King of Sedang."
Because nothing says "Vietnam" more than a guy calling himself "King Marie."
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Mayrena rather incongruously declared Roman Catholicism Sedang's state religion despite the fact most of his subjects in present-day central Vietnam were Muslims. Eventually recognizing his demographic error, Mayrena converted to Islam himself and promptly took advantage of the religion's liberty regarding plural marriages. He also set about to create a flag, print postage stamps and establish a national award, named after himself of course.
Now Mayrena wasn't the first random foreign dude to take over a distant land on charm and bullshit alone. He was, however, somewhat more pragmatic than some of the others. Much like the leaders of the short-lived Republic of Texas and the even more short-lived California Republic, Mayrena's Sedang almost immediately resolved to negotiate a union with a stronger power. However unlike Texas and California, Sedang was, shall we say, less than successful.
He first tried his native France, offering the country to them in exchange for "monopoly rights" over the area. He also told the French government that if they weren't interested, the Prussians might be. Predictably, Paris – infuriated this guy created a kingdom in "their" territory in the first place – passed on his offer.
As for Prussia's Bismarck, he reportedly asked if the day's Wienerschnitzel was properly tenderized.
Next Mayrena tried the British up in Hong Kong. They were similarly disinterested. Finally Mayrena went to Belgium, where he convinced another shady character named Somsy to provide him with money and arms in exchange for mineral rights. Finally fed up with his shit, the French refused Mayrena's entry into Vietnam upon his return and seized his arms shipment in Singapore. The erstwhile king spent his last days in exile in present-day Malaysia, where he died in November 1890 under mysterious circumstances.
And so that was the end of Sedang, even though today a Canadian group wants to inexplicably revive it. As for Molossia, there may be a story there if I went to visit. Indeed, it's on my shortlist after my planned junket to Thermopolis.


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Paris, 20 September 2016 - On 20 September 2016, ICC's Marketing Commission, along with the French self-regulatory organization Autorité de Régulation Professional de la Publicité (ARPP), met with representatives from the Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce. The meeting was kindly hosted by ARPP and highlighted the role of the Consolidated ICC Code in global advertising self-regulation, as well as provided practical insight on the French self-regulatory system.
Raelene Martin, Policy Manager of the Commission on Marketing and Advertising elaborated on the ICC Code and its use as a global reference for advertising self-regulation, particularly highlighting ICC's engagement to promote the alignment of advertising standards across the Asia-Pacific region. Ms Martin noted that the APEC Policy Support Unit study identified the ICC Code as the global reference for advertising self-regulation and its flexibility to adapt to local needs. Stephane Martin, Director General of ARPP and Chairman of the European Advertising Standards Alliance, discussed the elements of a well-established and functioning self-regulatory system, how these elements function in practice and the relationship between self-regulation and the law. Eve Magnant, Commission Vice-Chair and Corporate Social Responsibility Director, complemented the discussion by describing the advertising ecosystem and expressing the interests for business and consumers in having such a system in place. The Chinese Advertising Code, released in September 2015, includes provisions for advertising self-regulation and ICC confirms its support and commitment to work with China to developing advertising self-regulation.
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I just got back from the start of the 125th Thaipusam celebrations here in Kuala Lumpur. The silver chariot procession began earlier tonight and throughout shooting the photos i kept wondering what the heck was different with the chariot! And wahlah - its the OM - the OM is missing! I'm kinda sad - i loved the OM but the new chariot and its lights are quite pretty and they kept it classy and its all golden hues. And Muruga looked so pretty with his red garland - the decorations were just perfect.
This is my 10th year photographing the Thaipusam celebrations! Yes 10 beautiful years!! ;) And I just realised it while writing this post. Damn, I need to put all this in a book soon!
For memories sake - here are the chariot photos from the 9 years.
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CPE made its first presentation at Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa
CPE had a sit down with a group of photographers to discuss the importance of critical dialogues about photography and photography institutions as well as informally announce the upcoming projects of the organization.
The meeting that was held at Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa on the 27th of February was led by German curator and researcher Katrin Peters – Klaphake along with Zelalem Gizachew and Maheder Haileselassie each presenting on their recent photography trips to Nigeria and South Africa respectively.
Zelalem briefly discussed his account of the trip to Nigeria where he represented Ethiopia for the first time in a meeting organized by Centers for Learning of Photography in Africa (CLPA). Knowledge production of Photography in Africa and Funding in Africa being the main themes, the concept of producing counter narratives and the complication of funding were discussed and argued upon.
Maheder also presented the output of the Professional Networking Programme with Photo: in Johannesburg and introduced the mission of CPE (Center for Photography in Ethiopia) and broke down the list of projects that will be launched until the end of June 2018.
Following the presentations, the participants, ranging from beginner to more advanced photographers, discussed the lack of visual literacy and critical thinking in the industry in Ethiopia with giving emphasis to the importance of training as a tool of skill enhancement for Ethiopian photographers.
CPE also expressed hope for arranging more similar meetings that will involve the community of photographers in Ethiopia.
CPE Workshop #1: Applications now closed.
However, these supports usually come after the "completion" of the work and there's little room left for the photographers to learn before & during an implementation phase of a photography project.
Accordingly, the first workshop of our annual schedule is designed to link photographers with experts that will provide support at the beginning stage i.e. developing critical project concepts, implementation mechanisms followed by editing & sequencing of project images ending with a public session where a selection of few participants will present their work.
Additionally, participants will also be introduced to the history and practice of Ethiopian & African photography and critical skills of research.
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Larry Schug is the author of eight books of poems–Scales Out of Balance (1990), Caution: Thin Ice (1993), The Turning of Wheels (2001), Arrogant Bones (2008), Nails (2011), At Gloaming (2014)and A Blanket of Raven Feathers (2017) all published by North Star Press of St. Cloud, Minnesota, and a chapbook, Obsessed with Mud, published by Poetry Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota. Caution: Thin Ice was a 1993 Minnesota Book Award finalist and Arrogant Bones was a 2008 Midwest Book Award finalist. Larry has won two Central Minnesota Arts Board Individual Artist awards, a 2014 Central Minnesota Arts Board Established Artist award and a 2008 McKnight Fellowship for Writers award. Larry lives beside a large tamarack bog with his wife and their dog and cats in St. Wendel Township, Minnesota.
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Hold the bird in your hands a while,
hold it in your heart forever.
When the light returns to its eyes,
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Mammography is the most effective breast cancer screening tool used today. However, the benefits of mammography vary by age. Read more
Here's where you can find a comprehensive list of local breast cancer resources for Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. Read more
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