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An extensive (extra 40% of the existing European land mass) lanscape was exposed on the continental shelf during the last glacial maximum 20,000 years ago. This now-drowned landscape is known to preserve extensive records of palaeo-shorelines and other traces of the original laCondscape topography, fluvial and lacustrine sediments, and palaeo-environmental and archaeological records of human activity, which hold valuable information on the long-term history of human settlements and of sea-level and climate change. The preservation of this substantial part of Europe's prehistory is being threatened by natural erosion and commercial maritime activities. A major increase in our efforts to explore these submerged prehistoric settlements is urgently needed to safeguard this heritage and support sustainable management of our coastal and offshore resources.
WG SUBLAND (Sept. 2013 to Sept. 2014) of the European Marine Board, composed of 13 interdisciplinary experts, provided a comrehensive overview of recent progress in the study of Europe's submerged cultural heritage and set out key research questions and policy priorities necessary to support this research in the future.
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European Commission Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5 WP2018-2019-2020 Public Consultation (April, 2016)
In the response (Download) issued by the European Marine Board, we reiterate the recommendations from the WG SUBLAND and stress that developping public interest around the the discoveries of ancient human settlement remains found in coastal seas has enormous potential to both tourism and awareness of how our ancestors adapted to sea level rise.
Promoting WG SUBLAND & OCNexus Consensus Statement during UN Climate Talks (COP21) 3 December 2015, Le Bourget, Paris
The recommendations from WG SUBLAND and Ocean-Climate Nexus Consensus Statement were presented at a UNESCO workshop 'Understanding the History of Climate Change and Sealevel Rise' in the Climate Generation Areas of the Le Bourget site, where the COP21 climate negotiations took place.
EU-UNESCO information meeting on underwater cultural heritage - protection and opportunities 1 October 2015, Brussels
European Marine Board former Vice Chair, Prof. Ricardo Serrão Santos MEP, hosted a scientific briefing (1 October) at the European Parliament on underwater cultural heritage organized by the European Commission and UNESCO. The work from EMB WG SUBLAND was listed as references to this information meeting. Several working group experts and scientists from the community attended and discussed with policy makers about its protection and opportunities (further information pdf).
European Maritime Day 2015 Workshop "Maritime Culture Heritage & Blue Growth: What's the Connection" 28 May 2015, Athens
The workshop highlighted the significant but largely unknown cultural heritage of human settlements that exist in the shallow shelf seas around Europe. Public interest in the discovery of prehistoric remains found in coastal seas has enormous tourism potential, a considerable sector in the European maritime economy. The role of the maritime industry in discovering submerged archaeological sites has been very important. Jointly presented by research, industry and heritage management organisations, this workshop showcased that the offshore economy can benefit from a cross-sectoral interaction to safeguard archaeological finds, to aid in their discovery and management, and to avoid unnecessary delays for commercial activities. (more details)
EC Public Consultation (June 2014)
Response to Horizon2020 SC5 stakeholder consultation (EMB response SC5_pdf). In the analysis report (EC report_pdf) from the 139 contributions, Continental Shelf Prehistoric Research is listed as one of the eight climate change-related research topics need to be financed. (EC H2020 news page)
Survey to national cultural heritage agencies in Europe
In 2014, WG conducted a survey to cultural heritage agencies in Europe. The survey provided best available information about the activities and policies of national departments and agencies regarding the submerged prehistoric sites on the continental shelf within national jurisdiction.
Position Paper 21 was launched at the 15th year EMB anniversary event during the EurOCEAN 2014 (Rome, Italy).
EMB Policy Brief 1, a high-level summary of the Position Paper 21, was published in November 2014.
WG contact at EMB Secretariat: Kate Larkin Email


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WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — WikiLeaks claims that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela after a Russian lawmaker tweeted, then deleted minutes later, that Snowden accepted asylum from the South American country.
"The states concerned will make the announcement if and when the appropriate time comes. The announcement will then be confirmed by us," WikiLeaks posted on Twitter.
The Associated Press reports that Russian lawmaker Alexei Pushkov initially tweeted that Snowden accepted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's political asylum request.
"Predictably, Snowden has agreed to Maduro's offer of political asylum. Apparently, this option appeared most reliable to Snowden," Pushkov tweeted.
But the post was deleted minutes after Pushkov tweeted the information.
The AP reports that Pushkov sent another message saying his claim was based on a report from the state all-news television channel Rossiya 24, also known as Vesti.
The channel said Pushkov misunderstood its report, which the anchorwoman had introduced by saying "Venezuela has finally received an answer" from Snowden.
She then clarified that Venezuela had received Snowden's official request for asylum and showed a clip of President Maduro saying in Russian voiceover while talking Monday that "he should decide when to fly to Caracas, if he indeed has decided to come here."
Snowden has been holed up in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport for over two weeks after leaving Hong Kong. Snowden has been in limbo since the U.S. State Department annulled his passport.
In a video released by The Guardian Monday, Snowden claimed the NSA gathers all communications into and out of the U.S. for analysis, despite NSA claims that it only targets foreign traffic.
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Snowden is charged with violating U.S. espionage laws for leaking information about NSA surveillance of Internet and telephone records to detect terrorist plots.
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When most of us think of St. Patty's Day we automatically go the green, Celtic, clover route BUT today I have a clean and modern way that you can celebrate this fun festivity.
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As many of you may know we are ambassadors for As You Wish. When we were deciding on our St. Patty's Day project I wanted something I could use year round. If you know me you know I love all things clean, modern and in shades of gray/white. Basically polar opposite of St. Patty's Day (oops hehe!) But this is how I married my personal style with this festive and VERY GREEN holiday!
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Location-based services appeared here, there and everywhere at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, as service providers maneuvered to take advantage of the increasing number of mobile phones shipping with integrated GPS (Global Positioning System) modules. Many of the services put the emphasis on finding your friends, not finding your way, as GPS evolves into more of a social tool.
Yahoo announced a service called oneConnect that will to alert you when contacts arrive in town, warn you what mood they are in and show you a list of their recent e-mail messages that you have left unanswered. Yahoo intends to collect this information by combining status updates from sites like MySpace with GPS data from mobile phones and other information from Web mail and instant messaging services, a kind of aggregation for social networks. The service will go live by June, and will work with services including Google's Gmail and GoogleTalk, AOL Instant Messenger and Microsoft's Outlook Web mail, said Marco Boerries, executive vice president of Yahoo's Connected Life division.
Communology, of Cologne, Germany, promoted a similar notion of social-network aggregation. Its Mobile Mash-Up can help sites like Facebook or Xing offer mobile users the ability to locate friends or tag photos with information about where they were taken. Communology sells "white label" services, using its Live Media software platform to build social-networking services for other brands.
Linking up with Facebook is a strategy that also occurred to Wayfinder: it now offers a GPS widget for Facebook users called LocateMate. The company also introduced a forum for users of its software to share favorite routes and locations at MyWayfinder.com, with links to digital mapping tools such as Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth.
GyPSii showed a BlackBerry client for its mobile social-networking service. It already offers versions for handsets running Symbian OS and Windows Mobile. The service allows users to share photos, videos and other information, tagging it with location data. Last year, GyPSii, based in Amsterdam, acquired Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Benefon, one of the first to build GPS modules into mobile phones.
One of the strangest location-based mobile social networks revealed at the show allows users to share information about ... public toilets. MizPee.eu offers reviews of toilets in Barcelona, London, Paris and Rome posted by community members, with ratings for cleanliness and cost. Showgoers hoping to use the site to beat the long lines for toilets on site were disappointed, though: the nearest one listed is 1.45 kilometers from the showground.


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The Nissan Micra has lost the distinct individuality that made it one of the UK's favourite supermini of the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Gain a practical understanding of the underlying concepts of the 802.11n standard and the methodologies for completing a successful wireless network installation Practical, start-to-finish guidance for successful deployment of 802.11n wireless LANs With the ratification of the 802.11n wireless LAN standard, thousands of companies are moving rapidly toward implementation. However, 802.11n is very different from legacy 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g wireless standards, and successful deployment requires new knowledge and techniques. In this book, leading wireless expert Jim Geier systematically presents all the information and guidance that network architects, engineers, administrators, and managers need to maximize the performance and business value of new 802.11n networks. Drawing on extensive experience with real-world 802.11n deployments, Geier guides you through the entire project lifecycle: planning, design, installation, testing, monitoring, and support. Each phase of wireless LAN deployment is organized into clearly defined steps, and multiple case studies and hands-on exercises show how to apply each technique. Youall find practical guidance for deploying in enterprises without existing wireless infrastructure, as well as migrating from legacy 802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11g networks. For convenient reference, Geier also provides an extensive, up-to-date wireless networking glossary. Understanding 802.11n MAC, physical layer, and related standards Designing 802.11n wireless networks for diverse scenarios: considering architecture, range, performance, roaming, and RF issues Migrating from 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g wireless networks Choosing the right tools and equipment, and using them effectively Planning effectively: scoping projects; creating work breakdown structures; organizing teams, schedules, and budgets; defining requirements, and more Securing WLANs via encryption, authentication, rogue access point detection, RF shielding, and polices Performing site surveys and identifying optimum access point locations Installing and configuring wireless LANs: planning, staging, deployment, documentation, and more Systematic testing to improve signal coverage, performance, and security Managing wireless LANs: help desk support, network monitoring, maintenance, engineering, configuration management, security, tools, and more Troubleshooting 802.11n networks: identifying issues with connectivity, performance, and more... indicate noncompliance with the policies, and it would enable a hacker to possibly reset the access point to factory default settings with no security enabled . ... Or, the hacker could attach a laptop to the console port to reset the access point.
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Mitsubishi have released a wide range of model series which have gained recognition for their style, power and luxury. Purchasing your Mitsubishi can be frightening when you first start considering your car insurance, but you don't need to be paying over the odds. We'll help you understand which factors affect your insurance premium and how to find the right deal.
Mitsubishi has been manufacturing cars since 1917, starting with the traditional Model A. With their newer models, such as the powerful Lancer Evolution model, the demand for Mitsubishi has continued and resulted in import demand to such extent the Lancer Evolution series was sold into Europe. The bestselling Mitsubishi in recent years has actually been the bigger L200 pick up, which shows the Mitsubishi popularity of power within their range.
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13/10/2017 - Philadelphia Police Accompany us to Wolwes River
13/11/2013 - SAPS Womens Network
The SAPS Alexandra Road station hosts an event to honour police women by celebrating their achievements in the line of duty. GOTG distributes 100 Personal Hygiene Packs to the women.
Total Project Value: R40 000.00
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22/08/2013 - Womens Month Distribution
GOTG in partnership with SAPS distributes Food Parcels and various other aid items to women in Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
P. Pillay Home for the Mentally Challenged, Pietermaritzburg
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Isabel Beadmore Home for the Aged, Pietermaritzburg
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31/05/2013 - Child Protection Week
The SAPS embarked on a community awareness campaign to support Child Protection Week. They visited 4 local hospitals in Pietermaritzburg, namely Medi Clinic, Northdale, Greys, and St Annes Hospital and addressd the mothers in all maternity wards regarding issues around child care, sexual offences, and domestic violence.
GOTG supported the campaign by contributing 200 Personal Hygiene Packs.
06/04/2015 - SAPS Family Assistance
2 police officers were killed in a shootout with gunmen on the N3 highway near Modderfontein. Each family has lost a father, husband, brother and friend and we the community have lost guardian angels.
The police officers served at the Sandringham Police Station near the Gift of the Givers Gauteng Logistics Centre. We have always maintained a good relationship with the SAPS who have on severalRead more
24/10/2012 - SAPS Mpumalanga Women's Prestige Awards
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22/09/2012 - CPUT EMS Swimming Project
A swimming safety education programme was recently offered by paramedic students from Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). The programme was part of a Service Learning Project, which was a joint initiative between Gift of the Givers and the Service Learning and Emergency Medical Sciences Departments of CPUT. The programme included a poster making competition at Silukhanyo Primary SchoolRead more
21-23/09/2012 - CPUT EMS First Aid & Fire Safety
A first aid and fire safety course was offered by paramedic students of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), in partnership with Gift of the Givers, from 21 to 23 September 2012. The initiative was part of a CPUT Service Learning Project. Eleven community members from Lwandle and other areas around Strand attended the course. The Lwandle SAPS assisted in identifying appropriateRead more
18/07/2012 - Mandela Day Spent With Children & Elderly
GOTG visited the Children's Ward at Northdale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg.It was amazing to see their faces light up with shock and excitement as we distributed a box full of toys and 60 Personal Hygiene Packs. Thereafter the team made their way to the Isabel Beardmore Home for the Aged and distributed a further 75 Blankets and Personal Hygiene Packs.
Chief Commander Brigadier Bantam & otherRead more
16/06/2012 - Youth Day
On Saturday June 16th, GOTG in partnership with SAPS Lwandle celebrated Youth Day by encouraging the youth to be conscious about their surroundings and be more caring for their communities. Because of poverty being so rife in these areas we decided with the youth of the Lwandle Township to feed the sick, the disabled, the elderly and the kids in the three biggest informal settlements. In the early
15/09/2012 - CPUT Alcohol Abuse Awareness & EMS & Patient Rights Projects
GOTG in partnership with CPUT EMS, paramedic students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) held two workshops at Silukhanyo Primary School hall in Asanda Village, Strand, on Saturday 15 September 2012. The first workshop started at 10am and ended at 2pm, this was to advise the public about the adverse health and social consequences of alcohol abuse.
It was attended by about 150Read more
17/05/2013 - Plessislaer Police Station
The Plessislaer Police Station hosted a workshop focussing on crimes against children. 250 learners from the Sanzwile and Muzi Primary schools in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg attended the event and were educated on the appropriate measures to take should they find themselves directly or indirectly involved in violence.
GOTG was contacted by Fisani Khuboni from the Centre for Community Justice and
24/08/2012 - Women's Principal Support Network
GOTG honours women principals at the Women's Principal Support Network event held at the Arthur Blaxall hall in Pietermaritzburg. 250 principals came together to celebrate Women's Month and their sterling leadership at their respective schools. Principals from the Umgungunlovu District stood together to agree that they will to add value to their schools and continue to support their teachers and
03/08/2012 - Womens Month Contribution to SAPS
Ensuring the rules of our roads are followed, our local Moutain Rise SAPS police women were given the opportunity to work as a team. Their task was to issue tickets to drunk or speeding drivers as many have lost their lives prematurely as a result of this recklessness. A road block was set up on 1 of our busiest roads in Pietermaritzburg, Bombay Road. Being Women's Month the ladies were rewarded
23/06/2012 - Building Self Esteem Through Soccer
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01/11/2017 - Naledi Community Police Forum
Gift of the Givers together with the SAPS in Naledi distributed 100 Shoprite Food Buckets and 10kg Bags of Maize Meal to the Naledi Community Police Forum.
Naledi police introduced a crime prevention programme that involves community members taking an active role in guarding their streets. The volunteers get a thumbs up from Gift of the Givers.
20/12/2013 - Feeding at Truro Hall
GOTG in partnership with the SAPS fed 2000 underprivileged people who met at the Truro Hall in Pietermaritzburg. Each recipient also received a Sibusiso Ready Food Supplement.
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28/02/2011 - SAPS Awareness Day
- Assorted Sweets and lollipops
- 336 packs Picasso Biscuits
- 330 x 250ml Sama juice.
Total Project Value: R12 260.00
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21/08/2013 - Imbali Seniors
GOTG in partnership with SAPS distributes 100 Personal Hygiene Packs to underprivileged senior citizens who met at the Imbali Community Hall in Pietermaritzburg.
Total Project Value: R40 000.00
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02/04/2013 - Sobantu Community
Ridding the Sobantu community of crime is of utmost importance to the SAPS in Pietermaritzburg. The resounding voice of the community was heard bringing 200 police men and women together to the Sobantu hall. Discussions took place and plans were made to help make the community feel safer. The SAPS provided a meal to the community whilst GOTG distributed:
- 40 x 5 Ltr Water
- 38 Ecclair Sweet Packs
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24/11/2012 - Umthombomuhle Primary School
Total Project Value: R175 000.00
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27/09/2012 - Feeding Orphans
Mrs Bantam takes care of 10 orphans at the Ladysmith Orphanage. Although these children have been abandoned, they are surrounded by much warmth and love at the home. GOTG distributes bulk food which we hope would make a substantial difference in their day to day living. The parcel consisted of:
- 10 x 12.5 Cake Mix
- 25kg Washing Powder
- 1 x Large Unilever Detergent Pack
- 80 x 250g Glen Teabags
- 40 Packs of
22 - 23/09/2012 - CPUT EMS Motivational Hike Project
On the morning of Saturday, 22 September 2012, an intrepid group of young adventurers set off on an overnight hike in Cape Point Nature Reserve. This was part of a Service Learning Project, which was a joint initiative between the Service Learning and Emergency Sciences Departments of Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), and the Gift of the Givers. Ten Grade 10 students from
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05/09/2012 - Mountain Rise Police Women
Colonel Ursher of the Montain Rise Police Station in Pietermaritzburg organized an Appreciation Day for Police women at her station. These selfless women dedicate their lives to serve and protect our communities daily. The event took place at Golden Horse Casino's Rockafellas where the ladies enjoyed a delicious meal and received 60 Personal Hygiene Packs.
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The elderly women of Umbumbulu gathered at the community hall to receive 100 Blankets and Personal Hygiene Pack from GOTG.
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What is rabies?Rabies is a viral infection of the nervous system that can infect almost all mammals, including humans. Foxes, dogs, raccoons, bats and skunks can all act as reservoirs for rabies. Worldwide, the principal hosts for rabies are the domestic dog, and bats, particularly insect eating bats. Once infected, the virus becomes concentrated in an infected animal's saliva and is passed on through the animal's bite. It can also be passed on by contact of infected saliva through scratches, licks on broken skin and mucous membranes. It is one of the oldest recognised diseases in man. Rabies is a notifiable disease in Ireland.
How does rabies make you ill? After being bitten by an infected animal, the disease usually incubates for about 3 to 8 weeks, but can be very variable. The virus multiplies in the initial wound and spreads through the nerves to the spinal cord and brain. When the virus reaches the brain, it rapidly multiplies and passes to the salivary glands. After this time early symptoms of malaise, fever, or headache followed by anxiety, convulsions and paralysis appear. Due to spasm of throat muscles, an affected person may find it difficult to swallow even water (hydrophobia). Not everyone who is bitten by a rabid animal will develop the disease. By the time symptoms develop, the disease has become very advanced and it is almost always fatal.
Can rabies be treated? There is a vaccine against rabies, licensed for use in Ireland, that is very effective at preventing the disease. The vaccine works by stimulating the body's defences to produce antibodies that will neutralise the rabies virus. When someone is strongly suspected of having been bitten by a rabid animal, specific antibody (called immunoglobulin or Ig) is also given at the same time as the vaccine, regardless of whether the person has been immunised in the past. This gives a booster dose of antibody that provides a very high dose of antibodies to combat the rabies vaccine. The earlier the vaccine and immunoglobulin are given, the better are the chances of survival. If given within hours of a bite recovery is generally 100%. Once symptoms of encephalitis appear (confusion, paralysis, coma), the disease is almost invariably fatal.
Where is rabies found?Rabies is found in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America, but it also can be found in northern Europe. In developed countries such as the United States very few people die of rabies, despite the disease being quite common among animals there.
Throughout the world, however, according to the World Health Organization, 40,000 people die of the disease each year. At least 30 countries, including Ireland, are officially rabies-free, usually because of strict regulations about animal movement. There has not been a case of rabies in animals in Ireland since 1902.
How likely are you to catch rabies? Rabies is very hard to contract. A deep bite from a rabid animal is the most likely way in which it can be passed on. Although possible, the likelihood of contracting rabies from licks of a rabid animal or from touching a rabid animal is tiny.
Are bats a risk? A tiny proportion of bats in Europe carry bat rabies (caused by European Bat Lyssavirus - very similar to normal or sylvatic rabies). Bats carrying rabies have been identified in the UK and there is at least one instance of a British bat handler dying of rabies following a bat bite. As bat populations are potentially quite mobile, the supposition must be that bats carrying rabies can fly to Ireland and so, given the seriousness of rabies, the assumption must be that any bat in Ireland (most especially a species known as Daubenton's bat) poses a risk of rabies. Accordingly, if a person is bitten by a bat in Ireland, they will be offered rabies preventive treatment, on the very slender possibility that they may have been exposed to the virus. However, it must be remembered that the likelihood of a member of the general public contracting rabies from a bat is extremely small; and it would only be in the circumstance where a bat were to bite a person that the disease could be spread.
Bats are a protected and valuable species. It is important that members of the public should not approach a bat they come across. If a bat is seen during the day or allows a person to approach them, they are unwell and should not be approached. Bats should only ever be approached and handled by those trained and qualified to do so. By avoiding bats, members of the general public will have a risk of developing rabies that is very close to zero.
What can be done if one is bitten by a rabid animal? If bitten, and treated straightaway, the risk of dying is tiny. The wound should be cleaned thoroughly with soap and water. The person should then seek immediate medical attention. Vaccination and, occasionally if medically indicated, immunoglobulin are given. This would be particularly important for bites acquired outside the UK and Ireland.
Who should be immunised against rabies? Various groups of people should be immunised against rabies. Groups for whom vaccination should be considered include: anyone who travels to remote places where medical treatment may not be available; people who handle bats; anyone whose work involves working with imported animals; health and laboratory workers who work with the virus. The vaccine comes in three doses, and should be boosted every two or three years. It is a very safe vaccine with few side effects and is virtually 100 per cent effective.
Where can I get further information on Rabies?
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has extensive rabies information.
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text: I'm watching this on TCM right now. 1963, right on the closing edge of the code, and the way it rides the rail dividing the immediate past and the immediate future is INSANE. Jane Fonda plays a suburban girl––twenty-something, smart, dryly quippy, dishy but naive––who takes the train into Manhattan on a Sunday afternoon with the apparent goal of losing her virginity before she leaves. She picks up obvious cad Cliff Robertson and, when a sudden rainstorm sends them running from Central Park, they repair to her airline pilot brother's split-level bachelor pad. Jane promptly slips into something a little more comfortable, plies Cliff with multiple drinks, and all but tugs his collar until he's flattened her on the couch. Then there's an elipsis, and when we come back, our young lovers are in bathrobes, and pissed. After about ten minutes of quadruple-entendre laden conversation that couls have been ripped from a script from thirty years before, we finally get the hint: she told him she was a virgin, like a second before penetration, and he wouldn't go through with it. Ten minutes later, Cliff is pretending to be her brother in order to cement Jane's engagement to an obviously-drippy Albany suitor. Drippy suitor "doesn't drink," and much is made of how this makes him even drippier. There's 50 minutes left to go, but it's clear what's going to happen: Jane's gonna lose the drip and stay in New York to be with Cliff. Moral of the story: drinky sluts find domesticity together—thereby nuetralizing the threat of two drinky sluts roaming around the city seperately. The "racy" 60s antics have just enough room to mildly titilate, but in the end, the morals get laid on thick, and no one goes home unmarried. This is having the Code and eating it too, and it's why the 70s had to happen.


text: Joianne Bittle's paintings, installations, and films are visions simultaneously prehistoric and post-apocalyptic, inspired by natural history and geology. Bittle, who once worked as a dioramist for the American Museum of Natural History, observed that viewers "get emotional about [dioramas]. It has something to do with making the real non-real." While her works are based on observation and research, the flora and fauna appear fantastical and are sometimes exaggeratedly personified. Frequently recurring protagonists in Bittle's work include jackrabbits, primates, various plants, and astronauts, whom she considers pioneers of new worlds. Her installations employ animal specimens, fossils, and found objects, in addition to liquid plastic, resin, and pigments.


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David Rouzer, a native of Johnston County and former State Senator, is battling Woody White, also a former State Senator and current county commission chair, for the Republican nomination in North Carolina's 7th Congressional District.
It's a seat that U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre, a Democrat, has held since 1997. The only Democrat seeking the seat is New Hanover County Commissioner Jonathan Barfield.
In 2012, Rouzer came within a few hundred votes of unseating McIntyre. And, as he tells WHQR's Rachel Lewis Hilburn, he's running this time to stop what he calls the continuing intrusion of government on individual freedoms.
RLH: You talk about the founding principles, this trend toward socialism. Specifically, how is that manifesting itself right now?
DR: Well, it's manifesting itself in the form of Obamacare, socialized medicine. Once the government has control of your healthcare, they control everything that you do. When the government has control of your healthcare, they can control every action and dictate every component of the economy as well because it's such a huge aspect of our economic life.
RLH: Providing you're successful in repealing Obamacare. What then?
DR: There are issues in health care that need to be resolved. The accessibility and the cost of health insurance are issues that do need to be tackled. And the way you tackle them is create more transparency, more competition in that healthcare market. That helps to drive down costs…
You have tort reform across the board, too. In fact, I helped to lead charge on medical malpractice reform in the state legislature – which has been a great benefit to the healthcare industry in this state. And I plan to do the same thing at the federal level.
RLH: In what other specific ways do you see the federal government as curtailing individual liberty?
DR: In addition to healthcare, you've got all the rules and regulations being promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency. You've got all kinds of rules and regulations coming out of every facet of the federal government under this president and this administration.
RLH: You've talked also about cutting spending. Where would you start?
DR: There's not one bureaucracy out there that I'm afraid to cut. In fact, we need to cut them all and a lot of that money we could send back to the states so they could have more money to give their teachers a raise. So they could have more money to deal with Medicaid shortfalls and so forth.
RLH: You mentioned the EPA as one of the bureaucracies that you see as burdensome. What are some of the other bureaucracies that you'd really like to go after?
DR: Well, all of them across the board. You've got the Department of Energy. You've got the EPA. You've got the Department of Agriculture. All those agencies full of fluff these days because there's never been any cuts in spending.
RLH: Didn't you work for the Department of Agriculture at one point?
DR: I did. That's why I know all this stuff so well, which is a great advantage for me in this race because I've been through those legislative battles. I know how this works. I've been in the executive branch. I know how the bureaucrats operate. The only way we're going to get the federal government under control is to cut the spending.
RLH: Several weeks ago, we aired an interview with your opponent in the Republican primary, Woody White. And he said, referring to you:
"He's led a public life in Washington, for the most part, lobbying for things like amnesty for illegal immigrants and the 2006 bill that he lobbied on behalf of a client to benefit China."
You take issue with the truth of that statement.
DR: I take issue with all of it. In fact, I read that and I thought to myself, 'you know, even Nancy Pelosi's crowd didn't misrepresent the truth that bad.'
I have no idea where this issue of china in 2006 comes from. In 2006, in fact, I was working for USDA Rural Development. [laughter] And I have never done any work for China – period. Ever.
RLH: What does it mean to promote liberty around the world and economic empowerment for some of these nations? What does that mean in practice?
DR: Well, in practice, you're talking about hope and opportunity for billions of people. And if you take America off world timeline and tyranny dominates, nobody has economic freedom. Nobody has individual liberty. Nobody has the opportunity to prosper and succeed and develop their God-given talents.
RLH: David Rouzer, thanks for joining us today.
DR: Thank you.
David Rouzer beat Ilario Pantano for the Republican nomination in 2012, but he lost the November election by less than 700 votes to incumbent Mike McIntyre.
During the campaign two years ago and now in 2014, Rouzer is defending his stance on what opponents call his support of "amnesty for illegal immigrants". But his critics don't understand two fundamental truths about illegal immigration, says Rouzer. Truth number one: agriculture is a gateway.
"You take the other fundamental truth that we either import food or import labor. And I'm quite honestly much more in favor of importing the labor than I am importing the food for economic reasons and also national security reasons – particularly in this age of terrorism. You talk about – you know 9/11 was bad enough. But you wait 'til our food supply is tainted. And everybody around this country is sick."
But he doesn't support granting citizenship to those who come here illegally.
"What I am for is a system to be put in place so that employers can get the labor they need when they need it. I know a lot of conservatives out there. I'm a conservative myself, and I believe in the free enterprise system. And if you're going to believe in free enterprise, which is the free movement of goods and services in a competitive marketplace, you've got to believe in the free movement of labor to produce those goods and services, as well."
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Abbott's first major photographic project, documenting New York City, began in 1929, shortly after she returned from Paris. Her documentation of this growing and changing but ultimately timeless city is one of Abbott's finest accomplishments. There is little doubt it is the best known. Abbott's earliest photographs were simply notes, taken with a small camera for future reference. The size of her negatives and scope of her project increased until finally, by 1932, all were made with her 8" x 10" Century Universal. Many of her well known New York images were produced under the auspices of The Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939. However she continued to photograph New York City through 1956.


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With Multiple Free Services, Choosing FreedomPop As A Wireless Carrier Is Easy
What makes one FreedomPop review stand out over another? Since a review can be enough to influence the decision of a potential customer, it's important to know which review is best when an important decision about services needs to be made. Fortunately, there are a lot of different reviews about FreedomPop that are very informative and can help to influence one in their buying decision when they want services from the company. Whether a person is looking for Internet or cell phone services, they'll be able to find great prices from FreedomPop, even if they choose to get the free services.
FreedomPop is proud to be able to offer free phone and Internet services, and the services go as follows. The free cell phone service doesn't require any payment on a monthly basis and can be set up by anyone who has an email account, and they can go online to set it up. There are many retailers that can also set up the cell phone service, giving the customer the ability to go into a store to get service as opposed to going online. Once a cell phone is chosen, either from FreedomPop or if they bring in a cell phone, then the service can be chosen.
GSM phones that take a sim card must be unlocked for the FreedomPop network, and FreedomPop sells their sim cards online for the low-cost of $4.99 or even less. Anyone who has a Sprint phone can simply transfer it over to FreedomPop. The free cell phone service will give the user 200 minutes of talk time, unlimited text messages, and 500 MB of data. The other free service is the Internet service that comes on the FreedomPop Hub for the home or on the FreedomPop portable hotspots.
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If the Urban Decay Naked palette is a crucial part of your daily makeup routine, we've got important news.
The cosmetics company has released a new version of the eyeshadow set, just in time for summer. It's called Urban Decay Naked Heat, and it features warm, rich ambers, burnt siennas, and other sizzling shades that are perfect as the weather heats up.
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WoodSpring Hotels today announced that it has begun the final process of its previously announced brand repositioning, with 171 hotels having completed the process and an additional 15 properties in the final stages.
The transition touched on virtually all aspects of the hotel, ranging from new employee uniforms and name tags to brand-wide free wireless internet access in all public spaces and guestrooms. All hotels also received new interior signage, in-room collateral and marketing materials, as well as new bedding and exterior signage.
"The entire rebranding process was a direct result of an enormous amount of consumer research that allowed us to target what is most important and valuable to our guests," said Gary DeLapp, WoodSpring President and CEO. "We now are well-positioned as the leading value, extended-stay hotel company in the country. This allows us to better communicate the quality of our portfolio and expand our reach to new customer segments."
To inform current and future guests of its new messaging, WoodSpring also refined its marketing efforts. The brand's new messaging centers on the "Suites, Kitchens and Wi-Fi, Oh My" theme through its digital components, while on-property assets encourage continued engagement by downloading its newly launched Mobile Quick Link and encouraging guests to book direct with WoodSpring. All components, digital and otherwise, are now live.
"Now that the repositioning process has entered its final phase, we are embarking on an ambitious plan, utilizing all the marketing tools at our disposal, to get the word out to customers on the local, regional and national levels," said Wendy Hoekwater, WoodSpring Chief Marketing Officer. "Along with physical improvements to the hotels, we have completely upgraded and improved everything from our website to our mobile booking capabilities, all in an effort to let value-minded travelers know that we have listened to the marketplace and responded with the best product available in our space."
Additionally, targeted sales strategies and plans were created for each local market to convey the new changes to consumers. On the national level, the brand launched its new website, www.woodspring.com, which included new photography guidelines, as well as making content updates across all sites, contact centers, social media guest review and consumer feedback portals. WoodSpring also updated its phone systems and scripts.
"We constantly are engaging with both our guests and Franchise Partners to ensure that the WoodSpring brand provides what they want and need at a reasonable rate," DeLapp added. "WoodSpring helped to create the value extended-stay segment, and today we move that much closer to perfecting it."
To celebrate the rebranding and the spirit of hospitality with both associates and guests, WoodSpring is distributing a brand launch kit to all hotels. The brand launch kit contains guest-facing collateral for use in common areas, as well as engaging contests for the staff. Items include a wide range of logoed, customized keepsakes for guests, as well as posters and graphics to be used throughout the property. As an added bonus, hotels have the option of hosting small events with custom cakes. WoodSpring plans to upload pictures of these completed conversion parties on its various social outlets, and hotel associates have the opportunity to win gift cards by demonstrating their engagement in the campaign.
"At the end of the day, it's about giving consumers what they want, and we have taken great pains to make sure we asked the right questions and heard the actual answers on our path to rebranding," Hoekwater concluded. "Now that we have completed the 'work' portion of the equation, we look forward to enjoying the fruits of these labors with associates and guests alike in all 225 hotels in our company."
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Call us completely confused. The Verizon Motorola Droid supports multitouch but does not do pinch zoom in the browser. The Motorola Milestone (European counterpart of the Droid) does do pinch zoom in the browser.
We wanted to know what was up with the lack of pinch zoom for the Droid and got the following response from Motorola:
"Thanks for following up. In regards to pinch and zoom, we work very closely with our carriers and partners to deliver differentiated consumer experiences on our mobile devices. At times, similar devices come to market with different features, depending on the region, carrier preferences and consumer needs." – Motorola
The only difference between the Droid and the Milestone is the carrier. This might lead you to believe Verizon is behind the lack of pinch zoom. However, Verizon's second Android phone, the HTC Droid Eris, does in fact feature pinch zoom.
You can see the pinch zoom of the Eris in a video posted on the Verizon YouTube channel (3:51 mark).
So whose fault is it? Verizon, Motorola, or Google?
- It can't be Verizon since they included it on another device.
- It can't be Motorola since their European phone has pinch zoom.
- It can't be Google because they built multitouch support into Android 2.0.
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Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/17/2014 -- This report covers the full picture of how electric vehicles by land, water and air will be externally charged. They are hugely increasing in number - we give the forecasts by type - and most will have a plug in feature to save money and the planet. Charger market value will increase more than fivefold over the decade but car charging grows much faster and other vehicle charging peaks, for reasons we explain. In this new report with its comprehensive scope, we examine slow, fast and fastest charging stations, including contactless charging and battery swapping with a blunt appraisal of the pros and cons. Each option is illustrated by many supplier profiles.
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Analysis is the essence of this report with many figures and tables comparing the pros and cons and giving detailed new forecasts for 2014-2024. Uniquely comprehensive in scope, it appraises work from New Zealand to Canada and Japan. The charging issues and equipment employed with electric land, water and air vehicles are considered, both hybrid and pure electric, and the solutions now and in future. The recent opinions of many interested parties are quoted. The impact of alternatives is considered such as gas turbine and fuel cell charging of on-road vehicle batteries, with no roadside charging, and the declining percentage of hybrids that do not plug in.
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I am hoping to get a quick answer here from the web gear Gurus. Where was Zephyr Loom and Textiles? I know it was in Peterborough Ontario, but where? Anyone have an address or photograph of the buildings? I am very interested to see what the area is like some 60+ years after the end of WWII.
My folks are from the Peterborough area, in fact they have returned to the area for retirement. Neither of them recall the company.
Hi Clifford,
Zephyr Looms and Textiles was actually based in Guleph, Ontario. They had 4 plants that were all within walking distance of each other in downtown Guelph. I have been to Guelph a few times to photograph the buildings, so send me an email and I'll pass some of them on to you.
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March 30, 2016
"How long does it take for a sold customer to get into the F&I office?" That was the question a frustrated sales trainer posed in my Ethical F&I Managers Facebook group. I've written on this subject before, but his question offered a little twist.
See, his dealer client has an overscheduled F&I manager delivering what I believe is too many units. As a result, the store's CSI scores were hurting and the dealer wanted a solution. The answer seemed obvious to me: Add a second producer.
I think we can all agree it takes a couple of hours to complete a deal once the customer steps onto the lot. The process usually includes needs discovery, demo, negotiation, and completion of the credit application. Keep in mind that most customers begin their shopping process online, which can take hours, if not days or months. So the clock is ticking even before the customer enters the dealership.
We also need to keep in mind that customers' clocks start to spin at light speed once they commit to buy. In their minds, they've already passed through the most difficult part of the process when they enter the F&I office. But as we all know, the F&I office is where the real work begins.
In a perfect world, it shouldn't take more than 20 minutes for an F&I manager to load the deal and complete all the necessary compliance checks before they're ready for the customer. By my count, that puts the sales and F&I process at two hours and 20 minutes. So far, so good, right?
Well, research from J.D. Power and Associates reveals that customers are actually spending a lot more time in the dealership than ever before — 4.3 hours to be exact. The report blamed the extra time it takes salespeople to demonstrate all that fancy new in-vehicle technology during the post-F&I delivery.
If we agree that time is of the essence, let's reconsider the trainer's question. Remember, he wanted to know how long it takes for the customer to transition into F&I. While there are a number of reasons the F&I producer might delay delivery, there had better be a really good reason for delaying the customer's turnover to F&I.
Ideally, the salesperson should immediately deliver the completed deal to the F&I office. After an initial deal analysis, examination of credit as well as OFAC and identity checks, the F&I manager should walk into the showroom to greet the customer and set realistic expectations as to how long everything will take. The producer should then return to his or her office to submit the deal for approval and load it into the DMS. Assuming the customer's credit and deal structure are adequate, this should take around 15 to 20 minutes.
Unfortunately, that's not always the case, especially when handling nearprime and subprime deals. There are also situations where a deal involving a good-credit customer doesn't fit the finance source's loan-to-value limits. Unfortunately, the customer's clock doesn't stop ticking while we work our magic.
So what's the answer? Well, eliminating mistakes and making sure nothing is missing in the deal before it reaches F&I is a good starting point. In fact, salespeople and desk managers should be responsible for that final review. And if that doesn't work, grab a stopwatch and time just how long it takes for a customer to reach F&I once he or she commits to the deal.
While you're at it, time how long it takes customers to actually enter the F&I office after the F&I manager's initial meet-and-greet. You should also time how long it takes to get an approval for nonprime, subprime and prime deals. You'll also need to measure how long it takes for a deal to be entered into the DMS, and how long it takes F&I producers to complete the various steps in their process.
With this information, you can begin formulating an action plan that should be shared with all departments, so everyone knows what to do if a deal is taking longer than normal.
Hey, a lot of money and resources are invested in other departments. Why shouldn't that be the case for F&I? According to the National Automobile Dealers Association, F&I profits represent more than 40% of the dealership's net profit. So doesn't it make sense that we do all we can to fine-tune the process and the people who drive it? Good luck and keep closing.
Marv Eleazer is the finance lead at Langdale Ford in Valdosta, Ga. Email him at email@example.com.
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I agree 100% on this one! It makes all the sense in the world for dealers, especially lager ones that do more volume, to have multiple F&I producers. Can you think of a reason why dealers would be hesitant to do so?
Good afternoon, Dan.I appreciate you following along and am glad I wrote something you can finally agree with. :-) The reason a dealer might be hesitant is the fear of losing the F&I manager since his pay would essentially be cut in half because they're are paid off what they produce. If the dealer hesitates too long then sales can suffer so eventually the second producer would have to be hired.
What I always found interesting is that I could have a A-paper customer committed to buy at 11:00 am on a Wednesday when we weren't busy and it would take at least an hour for them to get in the box, yet I could have a B-paper customer come in at 7:30 pm on Friday night (we closed at 8 pm) and they would be in and out of the box in 30 minutes. The F&I managers wanted to go home. They can control the time it takes and they should treat every deal the same way...yet we all know it doesn't happen.
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Few new details have emerged since the Princeton, N.J. payment processor revealed on Tuesday that a global cybercriminal operation breached its systems to install malicious, data-sniffing software -- even as the company was in compliance with payment industry guidelines.
The malware was able to silently siphon credit and debit card numbers as they traversed the company's internal network, the spokesman said.
The company has not revealed how many accounts potentially were exposed to the cyberbandits, but Heartland each month processes about 100 million card transactions from 175,000 merchants, the spokesman said. The breach occurred during the last half of 2008, and Heartland first was notified about it in late October when Visa and MasterCard called to report suspicious activity on accounts Heartland had processed.
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But even if they were, cloaking these networks is difficult because of encryption format issues, he said. Instead, other controls, such as firewalls and network segmentation, are recommended.
"Service providers are a lot different than merchants in how they handle data," Bergert told SCMagazineUS.com on Thursday. "They're in the business of processing credit card details. There's a point in time where they need to send it in clear text to these other parties involved in the payment system."
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Unicom's announcement on Friday ended months of rumors about a tie-up with Apple, which has been trying to bring the iPhone to some of China's nearly 700 million mobile subscribers. Apple said the Unicom deal was not exclusive.
Unicom did not give a price for the iPhone, but Chairman and Chief Executive Chang Xiaobing told reporters that it would be competitive. The company said the launch is expected in the fourth quarter of 2009.
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Unicom said its first-half monthly average revenue per user (ARPU), a key indicator of profitability, for its mobile services fell to 41.7 yuan, from 43.6 yuan a year ago.
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