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We can't take credit for discovering this fantastic Midlake tune (it's already been posted on a dozen other MP3 blogs), but "Roscoe" is definitely worth the 7MB on your hard drive. I love how it kicks off with some '70s synth and a mellow guitar riff that wouldn't sound out of place on the Wet Hot American Summer soundtrack.
Midlake – "Roscoe" (MP3 Link Expired)
Never listened to these Texan rockers before, so lemme know if their Bamnan and Slivercork is worth tracking down.

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As an accredited Senior Appraiser with an Appraisal Review designation in the specialty of Equipment and Machinery, Jack Young provides valuable litigation support services. As an expert witness, he offers defendable USPAP machinery and equipment appraisals that can withstand the scrutiny of the legal system and has experience testifying in trials and depositions. Mr. Young teaches and co-authored the ASA Appraisal Review classes for the ARM designation. His services are available to attorneys for plaintiff and defense.
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Case Study: Asset Lists, Inspection & the General Ledger
Jack Young
We're currently working with a speciality harvesting equipment appraisal in the Salinas area that's compiling an asset list for the upcoming equipment inspection. Several conversations and email exchanges regarding how to compile an effective equipment list – in conjunction with some recent interesting inspection experiences – have freshly reminded me of how important a good asset list is to an efficient equipment appraisal, and certainly to asset inspection.
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6 Tips for Divorces with Equipment Appraisals
Jack Young
Divorce is never easy. If your divorce involves a business, it's even more complex. We've worked with many attorneys and business owners to provide appraisals for divorces, some more amiable than others. One thing that all of these situations have in common is that by the time our appraisal firm is called in, the divorce process has usually been going on for some time. Our goal in the process is to help finalize the situation so that the parties involved can move on with their lives. We do our best to make the appraisal process as efficient and easy as we can.
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Successful Acquisitions include Equipment Appraisals
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Sellers almost invariably overestimate the value of their equipment, according to Hahn. The only way to get an accurate estimate, he adds, is through a professional, industry-specific equipment appraisal, the results of which probably will be surprising to many.
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Equipment Fire Loss: Compiling a List for Insurance Claims
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Compiling a list of equipment lost in a fire can be difficult and demanding. We can provide some guidance and tips to help
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Gauging Competency in Appraisal Review
Jack Young
While gauging competency in appraisal review is similar to using a limit gauge in order to determine whether a part is within prescribed limits of tolerance, it's not, of course, that simple. An appraiser's competency depends on a number of factors, ranging from experience with the equipment and its market to the intended use of the appraisal and the analytical method best used to value the equipment.
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Are Your Wine Tanks Excessively Taxed?
Jack Young
What would you think if I told you that the value of wine tanks increases annually? That the longer you use them the more they're worth? You'd think I was out of my mind! It just doesn't sound reasonable, does it? How can it be possible that the value of equipment as standard as wine tanks goes up annually? And yet, because of the way that wine tanks are assessed in California, the assessment value for ad valorem taxes often does increase annually whether the value of the tanks actually increases or not. Considering that wine tanks often make up a large portion of a winery's fixed asset value, this unreasonable alleged increase in value can create an expensive problem.
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Maxxforce Engines: Appraising Value for Litigation
Jack Young
Earlier this year, an Arkansas trucking company became the latest to file a complaint against Navistar in federal court, arising out of the now familiar refrain that Navistar knew its 2010-2013 MaxxForce 11,13, and 15 Advanced EGR diesel engines were defectively designed and would prematurely fail, causing damage to the trucks and economic harm to the trucks' owners and lessees, as well as severely diminishing the value of the affected vehicles.
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Deconstructing Daubert on the Art of Appraisal
Jack Young
Appraisers frequently refer to what they do as an "art." And in fact, the word "art" features prominently in the title of a book on appraisal review published by a major appraisal organization. But the practice of referring to appraisals and appraisal review as an "art" can be problematic, especially when we're providing appraisals to the legal community.
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Wildland Fire Litigation Conference: A Report
Jack Young
Several years ago while serving as equipment appraisal expert witness for the Ophir Fire, I discovered the Wildland Fire Litigation Conference and put it on my appraisal bucket list. Just this year, my schedule finally allowed me to attend the conference. In the intervening years, I've done many equipment appraisals related to insurance loss claims, a number of them for fire loss claims (see below), so I felt prepared. Although the conference is mostly attended by attorneys, a fair number of other experts also attended: mostly in fire science such as cause of action analysis, ignition theory and burn patterns; several vegetation experts representing areas such as noxious weed analysis; and a handful of real property appraisers along with me, the lone equipment appraiser.
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Specialty Equipment: Orchards & Vineyards
Jack Young
Big changes are happening in California agriculture! As farmers convert massive amounts of acreage to orchards and vineyards, abandoning annual crops like tomatoes and rice, farming equipment is changing as well. As one would expect, orchard and vineyard crops use entirely different machinery types, especially for harvesting. This is an interesting transition for appraisers of agricultural equipment because orchard and vineyard equipment is mostly traded at the private party level and rarely at the dealer level, the exact opposite of more standardized traditional agricultural equipment. Orchard and vineyard equipment appraisal, therefore, is often more about who you know than what price indexes and public source materials you can access.
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Case Study: Inventory Fire Loss
Jack Young
Appraising inventory is generally one of my least favorite assignments; in the case of fire loss, however, even a static inventory can become more interesting, if only because of its absence. Combined with an absence of appropriate record keeping, the process of valuing the lost stock takes us into a level of detective work that can be both frustrating and rewarding.
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Factors in Appraising for Fire Loss or Theft
Jack Young
How do we appraise equipment that's been destroyed or stolen? Of course we hope for good records - photos, equipment lists, maintenance records - but rarely are those available. Often whatever records might have existed have been lost in the same fire that destroyed the equipment. In most of the fire cases we've been called into, the underlying problem can be that either that the insurance company doesn't agree with the loss value submitted by the claimant or that nobody can confirm what has actually been lost.
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Expert Equipment Appraiser or Industry Expert?
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Equipment appraisers often claim expertise in particular markets. And we do often become experts through our experience in valuing a particular industry throughout the years. In many situations, however, it's more important to be an equipment appraisal expert than an industry expert! An expert equipment appraiser knows how to research the processes and equipment lines of a specialty industry, is able to locate and interview dealers and other experts in that field, and understands how to calculate values for specialty equipment that often does not have a viable market for used equipment sales. An expert equipment appraiser is an expert in USPAP compliance, producing a well-written report in compliance with the research standards of USPAP.
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Equipment Appraisals for Ad Valorem Tax Appeals
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Considering an ad valorem tax appeal for your business? Business owners who provide independent equipment values researched by experienced, qualified equipment appraisers are more successful in their tax appeal. Whether negotiating assessed values with the county property appraiser or in a value adjustment board hearing, a taxpayer who's prepared with a USPAP equipment appraisal review has a better chance of having their assessed values reduced.
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Several equipment appraisal report clients have recently asked me to include information on California's on-going drought conditions and how current and continuing conditions might affect the value of the equipment appraised.
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Simplify Legal Matters with Shared Experts
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Sharing a machinery and equipment appraiser in a legal conflict is one of the more practical methods of reducing costs and discord. While the concept of shared experts is not new to legal proceedings concerning issues like mergers and collateral lending, I've been encouraged to see this refreshing trend gain momentum in family law cases as well.
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A previous post introduced the five qualities of a credible appraisal, and in a perfect world, the equipment appraisal report you're basing financial decisions on would always adequately address those USPAP-specified qualities.
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Appraisal Review: Determining Whether an Appraisal is Accurate
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Appraisal review raises the bar on appraisal reports by providing professional, expert review of the appraiser's qualifications, how well the report aligns with standards of appraisal practice, and whether or not the appraisal report itself makes logical sense to a trained professional. Failure of an appraisal report to meet any of these three qualifications indicates that the report under review cannot be depended upon.
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Reconciling Equipment Appraisal Values
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Reconciliation is the final process for the equipment appraiser when more than one approach to value is used in an equipment. valuation. That process involves reconciling the values from the separate approaches and resolving, if necessary, any differences in order to arrive at a final opinion of value. The question here is: "Why in the world would an appraiser use more than one approach to value?"
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3 Ways to Determine Equipment Value
Jack Young
Let's say you're getting an equipment appraisal on your metalworking facility, your food processing plant, or a manufacturing facility, restaurant, or trucking company. When you think about how an equipment appraiser might research the values for your fleet vehicles, your kitchen equipment and dining room furniture, or for your CNC machines, drills, presses, etc., you probably assume the sales comparison approach. And in most cases, you might be right. But don't forget: Uniform Standards of Professional Practice (USPAP) recognizes three distinct valuation methodologies and it's important to consider all three before determining the correct approach for a particular appraisal. These three appraisal methodologies, or approaches to value, are Sales Comparison Approach, Cost Approach, and Income Approach.
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Case Study: Appraisers for Acquisition Accounting
Jack Young
This case study deals with some of the practical considerations surrounding the accounting for the acquisition of a closely-held integrated dairy products operation and the subsequent disposal of a portion of the acquired assets. Specifically use and oversight of appraisers for determining fair value amounts necessary for acquisition accounting is examined. Additionally, the accounting implications of the subsequent disposal of assets are considered in light of the initial acquisition accounting.
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Appraisal Review: Standards & Methodology
Jack Young
When clients call our office asking for an equipment appraisal review, I've found it's important to ask them the purpose of the appraisal review. That quickly opens up the discussion about what an equipment appraisal review is and is not. And believe me, not everyone understands the difference between an appraisal (a quantitative analysis) and an appraisal review (a qualitative analysis). Some think they are going to get an opinion of value to compare to the equipment appraisal they've requested a review of or whether I think the equipment values in the report are "right." That, however, isn't what an appraisal review is really about.
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Machinery and Equipment Appraisals: They're All About Levels of Trade - Appraisal Expert Provides Tips for Several Scenarios
Jack Young
Every machinery and equipment appraiser is most likely familiar with the phone call - "I've got some equipment that I need to have appraised. How much will it cost?"
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Using the Cost Approach for Equipment Appraisals
Jack Young
While equipment appraisals frequently rely on the Sales Comparison approach, researching an opinion of value takes an interesting turn when we appraise items for which there is not an active market. When a piece of specialized equipment cannot be compared to an item of similar utility, we can find a value by using the Cost Approach, known in machinery and equipment circles as "Trend and Bend."
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Considering Absorption In Equipment Values
Jack Young
The concept of absorption is used relatively often in real estate appraisals and the same concept, known as "blockage," is well-documented in the art valuation world, particularly in tax-related appraisals.
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Appraising Equipment For Retail Propane Companies
Jack Young
Retail propane companies may need their equipment appraised for collateral lending situations, buy-sell agreements, family law, estate tax or several other situations. Whatever the reason, when appraising retail propane equipment, it's important for an equipment appraiser to understand the overall retail propane industry as well as how the basic equipment - trucks and trailers, customer tanks, and large volume storage tanks - fits into the big picture.
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When to Worry About the Accuracy of Your Appraisal
Jack Young
An appraisal review is a good choice whenever you feel uneasy about the qualifications of the equipment appraiser or confused about the methodology used in an equipment appraisal report. This could be a report you originally contracted for - or it could be an equipment appraisal report you've received from another party.
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Grocery Equipment Valuations
Jack Young
Next time you walk into a grocery store, take a moment to appreciate all the equipment on the sales floor –– from the cantilevered gondola shelves to the automated checkout stands, the food bar, water dispensing machine, and of course, all the refrigerated display cases: enclosed freezers, reach-in refrigerated cases, the open topped freezer boxes that hold fish sticks and frozen chickens, the deli cases … and the equipment you don't see: the walk-in coolers and freezers and the refrigeration compression system that most grocery store visitors never see.
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An Overview of the California Air Resources Board Diesel Regulations
Jack Young
In 1998, reacting to California's overall poor air quality, the federal government threatened to cut off or reduce the state's allocation of federal highway funds as allowed through the US Federal Clean Air Act, which, overhauled with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, mandates that every state meet the National Ambient Air Quality standards. In response, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in September 2000, adopted the Diesel Risk Re duction Plan (Diesel RRP or Plan). RRP recommends many control measures to reduce risks associated with diesel particulate matter (PM) and achieve a goal of 75 percent PM reduction by 2010 and 85 percent by 2020. These CARB regulations may be a harb inger of national change as many other states, also out of compliance with the Federal Clean Air Act, are poised to adopt similar diesel emission rules.
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Appraising Unique Assets
Jack Young
RN's Beverly McFarland and her associate, Kevin Whelan of The Beverly Group, Inc., recently gave a presentation in San Francisco to the Northern California Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers ("ASA") on "Challenges of Appraising Special Assets". The emphasis was on the appraisal of assets in chapter 11 bankruptcies and receiverships and the differences between the two entities and how they are administered. Through the new acquaintances that we met that evening, we discovered some fascinating appraisals that members of the ASA have completed that we would like to share with Receivership News readers.
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Appraisers for Leased Equipment Valuations: Part 2 of 2
Jack Young
As pointed out in the previous Leased Equipment post, today's equipment lessor must be more knowledgeable than ever before about the value of leased equipment: Many leasing decisions, from the initial transaction pricing through the ultimate disposition of the equipment, are based on the value of the underlying asset. In addition, it's critical to have an accurate projection of residual values.
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Appraisers for Leased Equipment Valuations: Part 1 of 2
Jack Young
Over the years, I've done a number of valuations on leased equipment for various reasons. It's almost aways the case that the folks who are leasing the equipment and the folks who own it don't agree on what the value of the equipment is or even what the premise of value should be for the equipment being appraised. Most equipment appraisers would probably agree that valuing leased equipment is more straightforward if the contract specifies a premise of value, but we know we can't count on that. What we can count on is that equipment lessors will continue to need their equipment appraised. This post is really for them. And I want to thank Bob Podwalny, again, for the generous contribution of his knowledge and experience in this area.
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CHICAGO, IL. – (April 4, 2013) – Equus Capital Partners, Ltd. (Equus), formerly BPG Properties, Ltd., one of the nation's leading private equity real estate fund managers, announced today the sale of 2 East 8th Street, a 330 unit student housing facility in Chicago, Illinois for $58,500,000. The purchaser was a joint venture between Atlas Real Estate Partners, Marc Real Residential and Angelo, Gordon and Co.  Located in the heart of Chicago's South Loop, the 28-story high rise facility is proximate to Columbia College, Roosevelt University and more than 20 other schools. It offers 882 beds and includes 20,000 square feet of first floor retail and a four-story parking garage. At the time of sale, the property was 96 percent leased.

"The stability provided by the recently executed master lease for 60 percent of the beds with Columbia College resulted in strong investor interest for this unique and well located urban student housing community," commented Greg Curci, vice president at Equus who was responsible for overseeing the disposition.

The Seller was represented by Chris Bancroft and Chris Epp of ARA Student Housing Group and Susan Lawson and Todd Stofflet of ARA Chicago.
An affiliate of Equus acquired 2 East 8th Street as part of a three property portfolio in 2003. The transaction was made on behalf of BPG Investment Partnership Fund VI, L.P., a $384 private equity fund.  In 2005, Equus completed the conversion of the property from a conventional high-rise apartment building to a student housing facility

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Equus Capital Partners, formerly BPG Properties, Ltd. is one of the nation's leading private equity real estate fund managers.  Equus' portfolio consists of over 24 million square feet of office, retail, student housing, and industrial properties and nearly 18,000 apartment units in over 70 communities located throughout the United States. The firm is headquartered in the Philadelphia area with regional offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, Atlanta and Raleigh-Durham. For additional information, please visit the company's website at www.equuspartners.com.

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No longer the (perceived) poor cousin in the creative communications stakes, the Asia Pacific region is emerging as a powerhouse of innovative brand work. In the run up to Spikes Asia – the sister Festival of Creativity to Cannes Lions, eurobest and Dubai Lynx – we chat to Festival Director Andrea Hayes, Lydia Lee, our Chief Strategist, China, and Tim Sutton, Chairman of Weber Shandwick EMEA and Asia Pacific, about what to expect in Singapore this year.
Q: Why is Spikes such an important event now?
Andrea: Asia is such a diverse region, and Spikes really demonstrates its richness, raises the creative bar for the region, and showcases its creativity, including new technology and platforms. Agencies and marketers who come to the Festival can also see first-hand that creativity has a value, and can yield a real return on investment in terms of business results. It may not be on the same scale as Cannes yet, but people do really want the accolade of winning a Spike.
Lydia: Asia is the growth momentum engine for the global economy and Asian consumers have real purchasing power, so as a Chinese who has lived all around the world, Spikes is exciting because it brings all the disciplines together and spotlights Asian creativity and innovation. And it's not just for the marketing community: the Chinese media are starting to pay attention to Spikes as somewhere where they can see how Chinese brands and marketers are performing.
Q: How has the event developed, and what's new this year?
Andrea: Spikes Asia is nine years old this year and it's the biggest creativity festival in the region. It's grown to three full days and this year the respected Tangrams Effectiveness awards and programme are part of the Festival for the first time. Our sister festivals don't yet have that solid focus on results as well as ideas, so we are leading the field in that respect. We've added a fourth stage so we have an expanded programme that will be more inspiring than ever before, including a new Market Focus series that looks at individual markets, from China to India. There are also facilitated Meetup sessions on specific themes, and a Makers Lab where delegates can attend hands-on workshops and come away with practical skills and knowledge to take home and implement with their teams.
Q: How is creativity evolving in the region?
Tim: In the past, there has been a lazy assumption in the West that London and New York were the global creativity centres, but I was based in Asia for eight years and I soon learned just how rich and fertile creativity is in the region. It was a real eye opener. It's a crazily challenging region, geographically, with so many different cultures, languages and systems of government. This obliges and drives people to think in ways you wouldn't do in other regions. There's also the huge appetite of folks in Asia for mobile-led social media engagement. The Chinese market, for instance, has content-to-commerce applications on platforms like WeChat that we simply don't have in the West. I'm not sure that creative work like our much-accoladed Daughters of Mother India campaign would have happened in any other part of the world.
Lydia: To echo Tim, the region is definitely becoming bolder in terms of ideas, and that, coupled with our traditional Asian focus on detail in execution, is exciting. At the same time, we're seeing creativity coming from unusual places. We might think that consumer brands carry the creative flag, but in Asia, partly because of that complex NGO, government and market ecosystem, we are seeing smaller companies and social causes embracing creativity and using the power of communications to carry a message that might be region-specific but has a universal humanity.
Andrea: If you look at some of the results from over 50 countries at Cannes this year, Australia is ranked third for awards, with over 100 Lions, India is ninth with 40, and Japan is in tenth place, with 38 Lions. That's a phenomenal achievement. These countries are not only powerhouses in this region, but have significant impact globally. The top-ranking agency was from Melbourne, and the sixth was from Thailand. Asia is not a backwater of creativity, it's absolutely bubbling over and starting to have global influence.
Q: What value does attending Spikes have?
Andrea: Our goal is to be the centre of inspiration for those who work in the industry in this region. Spikes brings everyone in this ecosystem together – we don't have the opportunity very often to meet and talk to people who do similar things to us. People come away from Spikes with new ideas and discoveries. You already know your own work but you don't know what other people are doing.
Tim: The irony is that the people we're competing with the whole time are also the most like us. It's less lonely if we understand how others are dealing with the same issues. Those of us who are privileged enough to attend in person work really hard to feed back to our colleagues around the world about what we have learned from other people's work, and new ideas and insights.
Lydia: There's a word in Chinese, qi, which roughly means "force" or "energy". At Spikes, there is so much creativity, courage and curiosity, and that qi is contagious. Three days of inspiration recharges you, you make connections and breakthroughs and bring back that energy and passion. If we're not passionate about the brands we communicate for, or their beliefs, we're probably not doing our best work.
Q: What do you expect to be the main themes of the award-winning campaigns this year?
Lydia: This is a unique region with 200-odd languages, and different cultures and religions. I think we'll probably see a lot of work that reflects each market's own wave of creativity and innovation, but with the deep sense of universal humanity I mentioned earlier. Great cases that touch our hearts, with a local flavour, that solve local problems but inspire other markets. We'll also see work using mobile and new technology to engage consumers in a more experiential way.
Tim: I think we'll see work that reflects concerns about how organisations can build trust and authenticity in today's world, as well as brands making political (with a small "p") comments on controversial themes to reflect their own values.
Andrea: I'd add that the awards are the foundation of the Festival: if we didn't start with a rigorous and respected process and a neutral jury (we have 98 jurors this year) then they wouldn't be held in such high esteem.
Q: What are the main themes of this year's speaker programme?
Andrea: We like to have as broad a range of topics as possible in the speaker programme, rather than one overarching theme, but one of the biggest themes will be effectiveness, since we've brought in the Tangrams programmes and awards. As I mentioned, we'll also be focusing on specific markets for the first time.
Lydia: I'll be speaking as part of that Market Focus Programme, with a spotlight on China entitled: "Eastern Promise – How China Is Transforming Global Communications". It's my attempt to give non-Chinese marketers some cultural, political and historical context to why China is the way it is, to explain the nuances of the Chinese market, the development of its innovative digital, social and e-commerce universe, and why campaign ideas, or copy, or visuals will or won't work. I'll also be showing that creativity is possible in China without stepping on red tape!
Q: Any other observations?
Tim: The growing importance of Spikes for the industry reflects shifting geopolitical tectonic plates. Asia has grown in confidence over the past ten years, in terms of its capabilities and engagement with the global picture, and Spikes is a microcosm of those huge forces. I would absolutely back up what Andrea said: there are – perhaps unexpected – hotbeds of creativity across Asia. The European equivalent is the astonishing quality and quantity of creative work that comes out of Sweden. Ten or 12 years ago, the assumption was that the best creative stuff came from London and New York, and the rest of the world followed. Increasingly, Asia isn't waiting for the West, it's generating its own original thinking.
You can find details of the Weber Shandwick session featuring Lydia Lee, scheduled noon local time, Wednesday 27 September on the Spotlight Stage, here.
Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity runs from 27-29 September.


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On premise versus 'Cloud'
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UKOUG Higher Education SIG - 25th April 2017
Date: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Time: 11:00 - 11:45
Session: On premise versus 'Cloud'
Presenters: Jo Hall – Head of Financial Systems, University of Cambridge
Abstract: The University of Cambridge have launched 'Project Beacon' to determine their next steps strategy for the Finance System. A key decision is On premise or Cloud? This case study looks at the Cambridge view so far on this question and the layman's interpretation of Oracle SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
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Caring for Wetlands
…part of the solution to climate changeToday is World Wetlands Day and this year's theme – Caring for wetlands: an answer to climate change – highlights the bonds between wetlands, biodiversity and climate change. "Caring for wetlands is part of the solution to climate change", said Melanie Heath – Senior Advisor on Climate Change at BirdLife. "If we manage them well, wetland ecosystems and their biodiversity have a vital role to play in mitigating against, and adapting to, climate change".
Freshwater ecosystems are vital to life on earth, despite occupying less than 1% of the earth's surface. They provide ecosystem services – such as water, fish, water purification and flood control. "The functions provided by wetlands are essential for human survival and aid our resilience to climate change", added Melanie. "For example, due to their ability to store and slowly release water, wetlands can be a vital lifeline in periods of extreme drought".
But the existence of these wetlands, which are part of the solution to climate change, are themselves vulnerable to climate change, as highlighted by this year's World Wetlands Day theme. There is plenty of evidence that modern living is causing unparalleled losses of species at the global level, and that climate change is making the situation much worse."Wetlands are being lost and degraded faster than any other ecosystem", said Dr Jonathan Barnard – BirdLife's Senior Programme Manager. Nearly one in five waterbird species in the world are considered Globally Threatened by BirdLife on behalf of the IUCN Red List, and where their population's trends are quantified 41% are in decline. "If wetland species are in trouble, wetland ecosystems are in trouble, and this is of serious concern for people everywhere".
The importance of wetlands for people, biodiversity and climate change adaptation is something that is of crucial importance to BirdLife and our Partnership.
The Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands, an Important Bird Area and Ramsar site, lies on the southern edge of the Sahel savanna in north-eastern Nigeria, and is a floodplain comprising permanent lakes and seasonal pools, all connected by channels. The seasonal pools are particularly important as they support irrigation of land outside of the wet season, livestock grazing and fishing for the majority of the 1.5 million people of the floodplain.
Climate change has compounded wetland shrinkage caused by upstream dams built to supply water for irrigated agriculture. These developments did not consider downstream effects, and as waters have dropped and slowed Typha - a native wetland plant species - has thrived and blocked the waterways. This has prevented a natural flooding regime so that water has not been able to reach the floodplain and pools, whilst at the same time flooding areas of productive farmland upstream.As part of the 'Wings Over Wetlands' Project, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF / BirdLife Partner), has empowered local communities to counter the impacts of the dams by restoring wetland ecosystems through clearing the Typha. This work has not only restored a more natural flood pattern, but has also increased household incomes. Building on this success, the communities have now set up their own maintenance programme, and NCF are celebrating their achievements today at an event held at Hadejia-Nguru to coincide with World Wetlands Day.
"I am lost for words to express appreciation on behalf of my people for the effort of NCF … towards improving our livelihoods", said The Emir (leader) of Nguru Alhaji Mustapha Ibn Galadima Kyari. "The channelisation exercise … has done so much that there is now a significant improvement in crop production, fishing and livestock rearing".
"We in NCF, BirdLife International and the people of Hadejia–Nguru wetlands are fighting real climate change", said Professor Emmanuel Obot - Executive Director of NCF. "Join us because doing nothing can do a lot of damage".
This is just one example from the BirdLife Partnership of over 110 nature conservation organisations around the world, who are jointly official partners of International Year of Biodiversity. For BirdLife the International Year of Biodiversity is an important focus of attention on the failure of nations to meet their 2010 targets of halting rates of loss. It also spotlights the need for real and binding future targets to be agreed at the next conference of the Convention of Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan this October.
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Rising Pune Supergiants vs Mumbai Indians Prediction Today Match Preview who will win on Sunday 1st May 2016. RPS vs MI toss prediction Tips, get here full info of where to watch live match on Geo Super.
This Sunday the 2nd match of the day will be played between Pune vs Mumbai. The 29th match of IPL 2016 between RPS vs MI will be live broadcast on Geo Super, Sony Six, ESPN as match starts at 20:00 local (14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT), live from Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.
RPS vs MI Today Match Preview
Led by MS Dhoni, Pune team struggle in the shorter formats of the game, but this is exactly what is happening to Pune who are stuck in the bottom half of the table. Injuries have struck key players and Kevin Pietersen and Faf du Plessis have been ruled out of the tournament. As with all new franchises, the players take time to bond. Their bowling has been their weak point, and they have actually lost matches which they could have won if the bowlers had been effective.
Rising Pune Supergiants vs Mumbai Indians Prediction
Mumbai Indians will win the toss choose to bawl first but Rising Pune Supergiants will win the match. Mumbai have always been slow starters and it is midway that they usually fire and it is no different this time. Key players such as Ambati Rayadu and Kieron Pollard have found form with the bat, while Mitchell McClenaghen has again showed why he is rated so highly taking 12 wickets to stand as the top wicket-taker so far.
Rising Pune Supergiants Possible XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Saurabh Tiwary, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Marsh, Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, R Ashwin, M Ashwin, Ashok Dinda
Mumbai Indians Possible XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Parthiv Patel (wk), Ambati Rayadu, Krunal Pandya, Jos Buttler, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan


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I want to share with you some mods I made for Xenoblade Chronicles X using the code patching feature of cemuhook.
Firstly first, I want to tell a big thanks to rajkosto for its amazing cemuhook (and especially the code patching feature), Xalphenos and epigramx for their helpful posts on this forum.
Now here the list of all my mods so far:
- Damage mod (ground): increase the ground damage dealt to enemies (default x10).
- Overdrive unlocked: Overdrive is usable even before the chapter 5.
- Enemy stats mod NEW: apply modificator on enemies stats (HP, Melee Attack, Melee Accuracy, Ranged Attack, Ranged Accuracy, Potential and Evasion) (default nerf to 75%). Useful to create easy or hard mode!
- Escape distance mod NEW: reduce (by default /2) escape distance from enemies (to lose aggro).
- No QTE NEW: disable the QTE (with B button) in battles (they are still activated for Skell destroy and bind). Sometimes those QTE are preventing you to react quickly in a tough battle!
- Catch range mod: increase the distance from which you loot the collectibles. By default, you'll get them just when you're close enough to see the blue gem (distance increased by 40.0). There are 3 kind of distances in the game, each with a value of "Range" and "Height": "Inner" (which means when you are at foot), "Doll" (when you have a Skell at land) and "Flight" (which I believe is when you flight, generally in a Skell). All values are editable in the file patches.txt. Please note that the random selection of items is unchanged (rare items are still rare).
- Ignore 100th: stop collecting a collectible when you already have 99 of them, and doesn't sell it. This is for endgame runs in which you have plenty of money, many collectibles and doesn't want to be spammed with selling messages when you walk around in the world.
End Game content:
- DLC quests unlocked: unlock DLC quests in the BLADE console, even if the story is not finished.
- Lv60 skells unlocked (+cheat): unlock the post-game skells and equipment as soon as you are a BLADE member (it also consider you have a Skell License). And in patches.txt you can also unlock a cheat that ignores all requirements for crafting. Yes, that means you can get an Ares 90 for free, right after Chapter 2!
- Armors can have 3 augment slots: go to L' shop, select a ground or skell equipped (right now this won't work on unequipped) equipment, look at how many max slots you can have, and enjoy ;-) (of course the display of the equipment cannot show all of them, but they're still used by the game).
- Unlimited augment upgrades NEW: allow you to infinitely upgrade all the augments inside a piece of equipment (as long as you have the resources of course). Warning: with low level armors you'll not be able to upgrade augments at their maximum. Instead, the augment will get back to Lv 1! So be careful, at least until I find how to prevent that. Meanwhile, you can activate a cheat inside the patches.txt file to ignore all requirements for the upgrades (like for the "Lv60 Skells unlocked" mod).
Experience mods:
- Inner Exp Points X: increase or reduce the experience points given in battles (default x2).
- Class Exp Points X: increase or reduce the class experience points given in battles (default x2).
- Battle Points X: increase or reduce the battle points given in battles (default x30).
- Friend Points X: increase or reduce the friend points given in battles (default setting is 500). BEWARE as this can lead to freeze of the emulator when opening the Affinity Chart (not sure this is related to the mod but free warning).
- Blade Points X: increase or reduce the Blade points rewards (default x10).
FrontierNav mods:
- Probe income frequency: increase the frequency of the FrontierNav rewards (miranium, money and resources). By default all values are halved (in vanilla you get money every 15 minutes, now it's every 7 minutes).
Graphics mods:
- NPC info bubbles distance mod: increase the distance from which NPC's yellow speech bubbles are seen. I made this mod to get rid of the frustration not being able to get information from NLA people unless I get very close to each one of them. With this mod, the gathering of informations is, in my opinion, less tedious (so more enjoyable).
- Camera mod: allow to change the default zoom (which is reset after most cutscenes and this was boring me) and, more interesting I guess, the FOV.
Loot mods (activate only one mod or the game will likely crash!):
- Materials chance mod: set a minimum drop ratio of materials (armor and weapon loots are not impacted). The default minimum ratio is set to 30% but can easily be tweaked (if you set to 100%, as long as the enemy drop a chest you'll get all materials from it). This mod also includes a setting to "push the luck" for dropping at least a chest of the desired quality (more details in the patches.txt file of the mod).
- Drop only equipment UPD: with this mod, you'll only drop equipment of the specified type (see patches.txt). You'll always get gold chests with 3 equipments inside and no materials. This mod is designed for best end-game equipment farming purpose. UPDATE: and now the equipment looted is always the best quality possible (like x60 skells weapons).
- Drop only materials: the counterpart of the previous mod, with this one you'll only drop materials (in bronze chests). Makes the farm of materials for crafting of augments faster (no need to waste time to check the loot, just take everything!).
Music mods:
- Overdrive disabled: disables the Overdrive music (after some time using Overdrive a lot during battles, I missed the other musics, especially the one for tyrants).
- Skell Flight disabled: disables the flight music (at the beginning the music is awesome, but after some time I wanted to listen to the field musics again).
Physics mods:
- Run Forrest, run!: increases the speed of the sprint.
- Jump to the Moon!: increases the height of the jump.
Squad mods:
- Gain Offline Tickets from TA/DLC missions: adds Exchange Tickets in reward of completing Blade missions. This mod comes with 2 flavors: one which adds tickets to Time Attack missions (formula is the experience divided by 10) and another which adds tickets to DLC missions (formula is money divided by 100). I don't feel this setting it's game breaking (any suggestion welcomed), while it allows to eventually buy some materials hard to get before being able to do Nemesis missions. Only activate TA or DLC mod, not both, or the game will likely crash!
- Global Nemesis Squad missions offline: adds the Global Nemesis missions (Telessia and Yggralith) at the BLADE console, in the Time Attack menu. Strangely the mission with the Telessia appears twice, I don't know why but still it's working. Since the emulator cannot go online, it cannot set the remaining LP for world boss so I arbitrary set it to 5 but you can customize the value. And before you ask, yes, I also activated the option in the BLADE console to exchange the boss appendices to Reward Tickets .
- Tasks and missions offline NEW: Squad tasks and missions become available for offline play! With some differences: at the start of the game, a Squad quest is randomly selected and the timer is infinite. So you have all your time to complete all tasks and missions! But what if you don't like this quest? Go to the main menu, Social entry and "Select Squad" entry, and tadam! The Squad quest will be removed and a new one will popup after a few seconds! Warning: this is a Work-In-Progress mod, it may change in future (goal is to replace the 2 mods above with this single one, currently it doesn't unlock the World Enemies missions).
Most important requirement is of course cemuhook. All my mods have been tested and are known to work with cemu 1.11.0c and cemuhook 0.5.6.3. They may NOT work with cemu versions above!
All mods should be compatible with Xenoblade versions 1.0.1E and 1.0.2U, and are not supposed to impact savegames but be sure to make save backup just in case!
I currently not support cemu 1.13.x because the game freezes sometimes (and I'll wait for a new release of cemuhook compatible with cemu 1.14 before working on this version).
Well, tell me what you think now! Download the packs from this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/weulhuj82v..._mods.zip?dl=0
The mods will also be available in slashiee pack soon (https://slashiee.github.io/cemu_graphic_packs/)


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Whitman made inroads with undecided voters, poll shows, at least before housekeeper controversy
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was making significant progress with previously undecided voters during the summer and early fall, according to a poll of California voters conducted by USC students that concluded just before Whitman became enmeshed in a controversy surrounding her former housekeeper.
The poll indicated that the previously undecided voters surveyed favored Whitman over her Democratic rival, Jerry Brown, by a significant margin and viewed her more favorably than they did Brown. By large margins, they believed Whitman would do a better job than Brown in tackling major issues, including the state's economy, government spending and taxes.
The poll was conducted Sept. 20-27, ending two days before Whitman's campaign was thrown off course by the news that for nine years she had employed undocumented immigrant Nicandra Diaz Santillan as a housekeeper. Whitman fired Diaz Santillan more than a year ago after learning of her immigration status.
The controversy has overshadowed the Whitman campaign for the last week, and whether it has damaged her status among voters remains unknown. In contrast with Whitman, the poll indicated that the Republican candidate for Senate, Carly Fiorina, had made considerably less progress with the previously undecided voters. By a small margin, they supported incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
To conduct the survey, USC students overseen by political science faculty members contacted registered voters who had said in polls this spring by The Times and USC that they were undecided about their vote either in the Senate race or the contest for governor.
The poll was conducted by phone and contacted 286 previously undecided voters who were randomly selected from the total pool of 1,003 undecided voters in the previous surveys. Voters were interviewed in both English and Spanish. The margin of error for the sample is +/- 5.8 percentage points.
The respondents favored Whitman over Brown, 43% to 32%, and favored Boxer over Fiorina, 39% to 34%, a narrow lead that is well within the poll's margin of error. In comparison with voters overall, those who said they were undecided were more likely to be women and more likely to describe themselves as independent. They were also slightly older on average than the overall voter population.
Among those who had settled on a candidate, almost 1 in 5 said they had made up their minds in the previous two weeks, with another quarter saying they had made up their minds since early July.
When asked, regardless of which candidate they supported, to predict which candidate would win either the U.S. Senate or governor's race, pluralities said both races were too close to call. In the Senate race, 40% called the contest too close while 31% said they thought Boxer would win. Only 7% predicted a Fiorina victory. In the race for governor, 45% labeled the race too close to call, and 25% predicted a Whitman victory. Only 12% gave the edge to Brown.
-- David Lauter
Heated exchange between Brown, Whitman on housekeeper issue
Jay Leno lampoons Gloria Allred; suggests she gets deported
Photo: Jae C. Hong / Associated Press


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Deerborn, Michigan Muslims Lynch Christians- Guess Who the Police Blame?
Yep, the Christians. Watch this video to see just how American Muslims view freedom of speech.. Please note the foul language and violence against peaceful Christian men that the Muslim parents encourage their children to use. Do not be fooled for one instant that Sharia isn't making inroads in our nation. Do not be fooled into thinking this is a 'peaceful' religion. When parents teach their kids violence, then the thing being taught is violent by nature. It is a cancer that must be cut out.
Boy, remember when those good ol' boys rode their American-flag-laden truck around a mosque right after a bunch of Muslims killed over 3000 innocent Americans on 9/11? Think the mainstream media would give the same pass to Christians who committed the following violence on Muslims?
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- American Muslims Stone Christians in Dearborn, Michigan (iranaware.com)


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jo'-da (Westcott-Hort, Greek New Testament, Ioda; Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Iouda):
(1) A Levite, whose sons were "over the works of the Lord," corresponding to Sudias (1 Esdras 5:26), Hodaviah (Ezra 2:40), Judah (Ezra 3:9), Hodevah (Nehemiah 7:43).
(2) An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy (Luke 3:26, the King James Version "Juda").
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But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. (Isaiah 64:8 ESV)
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Search the Bible
During my normal course of searching the internet I found a really neat feature with using Internet Explorer 7 or Mozilla Firefox. I was doing my daily bible reading on the web (gnpcb.org) and while I was reading I looked up to the top right corner and saw an orange glow on the search box down arrow. I clicked the arrow and saw that listed was the ESV Bible. So I tried it out, I selected ESV Bible and searched for a simple word, content, and it found 25 verses in the Bible containing content. If you like it a lot you can click the drop down button and the third selection says "Add Search Providers" and when you highlight you can then select ESV Bible. That way you have the ability to search the bible at your fingertips. For those that use firefox, you can add the search feature as well, just go to the website and click the down arrow to the left of your general search box and select the "Add ESV Bible" listed second from the bottom. I hope everyone enjoys this as much as I did.
Posted by David Hankins at 10:21 PM
1 comment:
- Mrs. David Hankins said...
That's pretty cool sweetie...thanks for sharing!
I love you!!!!!!!!!
- January 1, 2009 at 10:54 PM
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Payday 2 is getting some new DLC in the near future. Check out the trailer, its companion website, and some new information on "Election Day."
N4G is a community of gamers posting and discussing the latest game news. It's part of NewsBoiler, a network of social news sites covering today's pop culture.


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[random_images] shortcode will display a simple set of random images.
It was originally designed to be used by theme developers, so the styling is very simple. It was also released as a shortcode so people could use it in content areas if they'd like. You can enable your theme to display the
[random_images] shortcode in a text widget by adding a snippet of code to the
functions.php file in your theme or child theme. See the FAQ for more info.
It uses any attached image in the blog for the source images.
[random_images] will display 6 images at thumbnail size linked to attachment pages by default.
To change the number of images and the size:
[random_images total=4 size=medium]
To make the links point to image files instead of attachment pages:
[random_images link=file]
If you have any questions, please ask in the support forum.
- Download archive and unzip in wp-content/plugins or install via Plugins – Add New.
- Start using the
[random_images]shortcode in your content.
- How can I use the random_images shortcode text widgets?
To enable the random_images shortcode in text widgets, add this to the
functions.phpfile in your theme or child theme.
/** * If the Random Images plugin is active, allow the random_images shortcode to work in text widgets **/ if ( method_exists( 'Random_Images_Plugin', 'random_images' ) ) add_filter('widget_text', 'Random_Images_Plugin::random_images');
- How can I use random images in a WordPress theme?
This example will display a set of random images from a theme file:
if ( method_exists( 'Random_Images_Plugin', 'random_images' ) ) echo Random_Images_Plugin::random_images( array( 'size' => 'thumbnail', 'total' => 9 ) );
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If you thought designing email for your subscribers' ultra-short attention spans was limiting, then usability stalwart Jakob Nielsen has some more bad news for you. Not only do you have just mere seconds to convey your message, but your readers are likely to 'overlook things outside their area of interest'.
As Jakob explains in his recent Alertbox, selective attention is a common problem. Simply put:
"Users don't look around much. They often stay highly focused on the screen section that they're engaging with or that they assume contains the answer to their problem."'Tunnel Vision and Selective Attention', Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, August 27, 2012
For email designers, the challenge is in creating campaigns that are as 'highly focused' as the subscribers that read them. For example, if you're announcing the launch of a new site, your best bet is to stick to focus on providing obvious links and buttons to the site itself. At best, secondary content like mission statements and special offers will be ignored. At worst, they could draw attention from what really matters.
Pairing related information
In a similar vein, Mr Nielsen warns that separating related information or design elements can result in vital parts of your message being misunderstood, or missed. While the closeness gestalt principle is generally applied to user interface design, it's relevant to email copy, too. For example, try skim-reading the following two paragraphs:
- If you purchase from our store today and enter the code "20OFF" at checkout, we'll take 20% off your order total. Buy now.
- Receive 20% off your order total today only by entering the code "20OFF" at checkout. Today only: Take 20% off with "20OFF"
Now, if a subscriber is strictly fixating on prominent links like you probably did, are they more likely to realize that they will receive a discount in Example 1, where this information is aside from the link, or in Example 2? Likewise, if a product description is placed away from an attention-grabbing image, will it be read at all?
Let others test your designs
Jakob Nielsen ends his Alertbox with this little pearl:
It's only human: focus on a few things and ignore the rest… designers don't have the same problem. They know which information is important — in our example, the year — and thus focus on it when analyzing the layout.
This is why you should test with real users.
By real users, Jakob doesn't mean that you should recruit your barista or best friend to provide their opinions on your email design prior to sending – although you're more than welcome to. Running A/B tests on your email content can reveal which of two designs has a more focused message. Plunk can be used to observe how people respond to simple tasks when your email is viewed on a mobile device. Finally, previous email overlay reports can be mined to see what people are really clicking on in your newsletters – it may not be what you think.
Do you subscribe to, or have you designed a newsletter that clearly commands your attention? Kindly share it with us below – we'd love to take a look!


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The University of Michigan's card catalogs are scheduled to be removed from the library stacks tomorrow. We desperately need the space but I'm still a little sad to see them go. Even though I'm firmly stationed in the digital realm, I still love the analog world – especially artifacts that have such a lovely tactile quality that can even produce a visceral response. So, here's my attempt to capture a little of that feeling.
See also:my full set of photos | dfulmers card catalog flickr set (includes some interesting history) | Ann Arbor News article


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Last week in Missouri, Muslims had been attempting to buy hundreds of cell phones from several Walmart stores. Now, this new discovery made by a hunter in the forest is chilling.
The mystery into the Missouri Muslims buying up hundreds of cellphones from several Walmart stores, just took a concerning turn for the worst, because of what was discovered buried near where the purchases were made. One alert man noticed something strange about the ground and called police to the scene, but nobody was prepared for what was found right under foot. (Mad World News)
According to Fox 2 Now:
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Pulaski County authorities say a deer hunter found a cache of explosives along a trail in the Mark Twain National Forest.
Trending: James Woods Wants To Know How A 'Migrant Caravan' Is Moving So Fast?
Sheriff Ron Long says in a news release the hunter found the explosives Saturday on a jeep trail where he normally camps and called 911.
A bomb disposal unit from Fort Leonard Wood responded to the scene along with sheriff's deputies and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers.


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Friday, June 30, 2006
Ok, this is a Cut-out puppet for animation purposes that I made. Some of you may have seen it. He is in some sort of akward dance pose right now, but there are many different emotions that I can work into him through poses. I might do some animation with him over this summer, and put it on here. Yo! He must be in a forrest!
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
So to kick things off, here is a birthday card I made for my grandma the other day. Kind of bizarre for a grandma, but she seemed to like it. It was sort of a last hour-ish thing so I just banged it out, with love, of course. Ok, later.
The time has come
Hello all my fellow humans! Everyone else I know has one of these things, so I figured it is my time to jump on this wagon and share stuff I like and my art and carp with everyone else. So... let the nifty network begin. I'll try to post stuff often, enjoy!
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DELRAY BEACH — Martha Weinstein, 82, frowned, closed her watery blue eyes and said it wouldn`t be right to spoil a love story like theirs by dwelling on the subject of old age.
It`s the music, not the years, that is important, she said, because musicians always have been ageless.
``Age doesn`t matter. Age can`t be the focus,`` said Weinstein, a violinist all her life and now conductor of the 25-member Kings Point String Orchestra. Her musicians, all senior citizens, are not retirees, she said. They are simply people who have turned their energy and affection from career to art.
Some of them have been playing chamber music together since the orchestra was founded nine years ago, she said. Most have been away from music and have come back to it again.
``Sometimes people hear about us. Then they call me up on the phone and say they haven`t played the violin for 40 years,`` Weinstein said. ``I say, `So what else is new?`
``We do what we do for fun. We are a loving group and we care about the music. We have a marvelous rapport.
``I suppose you could say we`re almost like a love story.``
Morris Snyder, retired grocer and self-taught violinist, took a center seat in the big room at the Kings Point Country Club and, for a while, he just listened. Weinstein was conducting the orchestra in a piece by Mozart. For the moment, Snyder was half of an audience of two.
``You know,`` he said smiling, ``I`m always up there playing. I never sat back here where I can listen. They sound pretty good.``
Snyder, 81, was taking a break during the orchestra`s weekly practice session so that he could explain what the music does for him. He said it is therapy and food for the soul. He said it is a very old love.


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Inside Moscow's Secret Arsenal
When the U.S. ended its bioweapons programs, the Soviets responded by ramping up their efforts.
On March 26, 1975, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) came into force. The 85 nations ratifying it, including both the U.S. and the Soviet Union, pledged never in any circumstances to develop, produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire or retain biological weapons or toxins for hostile purposes.
Yet at precisely the same time that the Soviet regime was openly committing the state to dismantling its biological-warfare programs, it was covertly expanding them. In the years following the BWC's implementation, the Soviets built...


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Aly Raisman & Nastia Liukin: Nanette Lepore Front Row
Aly Raisman and Nastia Liukin hit up the Nanette Lepore Fall 2013 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week held at The Stage at Lincoln Center on Wednesday afternoon (February 13) in New York City.
The two Olympians sat front row for the new collection's presentation.
"Obsessed with the new collection @nanettelepore. So CHIC. I loved every piece! Xoxo," Nastia tweeted.
Over the weekend, Nastia met up with BFF Tara Lipinski for the Mara Hoffman show and Aly was spotted at the Elie Tahari show.
20+ pics inside of Aly and Nastia…
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Islamic Republic Day ‑ Iran
|Event Name
|Islamic Republic Day - Iran
|Start Date
|31st Mar 2019 12:00am
Islamic Republic Day is celebrated on Farvardin 12 of the Iranian calendar to mark the anniversary of the 1979 establishment of the Islamic Republic. A referendum on creating an Islamic Republic was held in Iran on 30 and 31 March 1979. The referendum asked "Islamic Republic Yes or no?". Although some groups objected to the wording and choice and boycotted the referendum, it was approved by 99% of voters. Farvardin 12 falls on or around April 1 in the Gregorian calendar.
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Location : Pune, Maharashtra
Presiding Deity: Lord Shiva
Amidst modern high-rise structures and developments, at Jungli Maharaj Road, housed in caves, one can see this ancient rock cut temple dating back to 8th century. This temple is similar in style to that of temples found in Ellora. The temple has been carved out of a single boulder of awe-inspiring size, which includes massive pillars. It houses a Shiva shrine, a 'Nandi' (bull) and images of Sita, Rama, Lakshmana, Lakshmi or Laxmi, Ganesha under its roof. More importantly, it's an active temple. In front of the excavation is a circular Nandi Mandapam. Adjacent is the Jangli Maharaj temple, dedicated to a Hindu ascetic who died here in 1818.
HOW TO GET THERE: Air: Nearest airport is at Pune . Rail: Pune is well connected with all the places by rail. Road: Pune being a major commercial city of Maharashtra is well connected by road with all the places in Maharashtra and other parts of the country. Local Transportation: Tourists can easily reach this place by auto-rickshaw.
WHERE TO STAY: Accommodation is available at the hotels in Pune.
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|Rashtrakuta period
|Dedicated To
|Lord Pataleshwar- the God of Underworld and Lord Shiva
|Temple Timings
|8:30 am – 5:30 pm
|Nearest Railway Station
|Pune Railway Station
|Nearest Airport
|Lohegaon Air Force Base Airport in Pune
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Coverage Map
The coverage map below shows the area of Dundee that the GB7DD MotoTRBO DMR UHF Repeater covers, there are some black spots to the west of the repeater due to the geographics of Dundee with the Law Hill and Balgay Hill partly in the way and also due to the land going downhill from the vertical line of the Law Hill towards the West.
If another DMR Repeater was sited in a good location in Ninewells or Newport then this may well fill-in the blank areas to the west of Dundee.
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You can check out the line of site-v-elevation view with the tool at the Solwise website. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS


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Twelve more acts to perform in the quarterfinals for a chance to win the $1 million prize
Kenichi Ebina, winner of the eighth season of "America's Got Talent," will return for a performance during the top-rated summer series' Aug. 13 live results show (9 p.m.). The innovative dancer wowed viewers with his elaborate stage productions, outshining thousands of acts, including season eight finalists Cami Bradley, Collins Key, Forte, Jimmy Rose and Taylor Williamson.
Ebina is a self-taught dancer who infuses illusion, mime and special effects of sound, light and video into each dance performance. He grew up in Japan until he was 20 years old, then moved to Connecticut as a student. In college, he started dance as just a hobby, but it quickly became his passion.
In 2001, Ebina founded a dance group that won the grand championship of "Amateur Night" at the famed Apollo Theater. A few years later, he returned as a solo performer and won the grand championship again. Since his last appearance on "AGT," Ebina has performed and taught classes around the world, and continues to astonish his fans with out-of-this-world talent.
Follow Ebina on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KenichiEbina.
Next week, "America's Got Talent" continues the quarterfinal rounds on Tuesday (9 p.m.), where 12 more of the top 48 acts will perform live including the first-ever "Today's Got Talent" contest winner, Cornell Bhangra. Announced live by Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie in last Wednesday's results show, Cornell Bhangra was chosen by "Today" viewers among thousands of submissions.
This week, America voted and Aerial Animation, Andrey Moraru, Jaycob Curlee, Mara Justine and Mat Franco will move on to compete against Baila Conmigo, Dan Naturman, David and Leeman, Emily West and Miguel Dakota in the semifinals.
The 12 contestants performing on Aug. 12 are:
•AcroArmy http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/acroarmy
•Adrian Romoff http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/adrian-romoff
•Anna Clendening http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/anna-clendening
•Blue Journey http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/blue-journey
•Christian Stoinev http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/christian-stoinev
•Cornell Bhangra http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/cornell-bhangra
•Dragon House "The Agents" http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/dragon-house-the-agents
•Kieran & Finian Makepeace http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/kieran-finian-makepeace
•Mike Super http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/mike-super
•Paul Ieti http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/paul-ieti
•Sons of Serendip http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/sons-of-serendip
•Wendy Liebman http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9/wendy-liebman
•More information, including bios and social media contacts for each act, can be found at www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/cast/season-9. Fans can visit the official show site at http://www.nbc.com/agt.


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I'm looking for a way to pass web-application transaction information on to the underlying database process. In my Java code I might have a transactional method ReservationService#search(), which runs one or several SQLs. On the DBMS I just see a SPID along with some locks. I'm looking for a way to add a tag "ReservationService#search" to the database process.
jTDS / Sybase ASE have an appName which can be passed in as a connection property. As we're using a connection pool, existing connections are re-used, but to my knowledge the appName is only read on establishing a new connection.
How can I re-set the appName on an already existing connection (without closing/opening)? Or, if that simply is impossible, are there any other ideas to get transactional context information from Java to the DBMS?
- Tomcat Webapplication (Java 6)
- C3P0 Connection Pool (only supports JDBC 3)
- jTDS connecting to Sybase ASE 15
Thanks Simon


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Sushi: Delicious and Nutritious [INFOGRAPHIC]
Eating right doesn't need to be a challenge, especially if you enjoy going out to sushi restaurants! If you're counting calories or just trying to cut out fast food, Japanese cuisine can be a great choice!
"Is sushi healthy?" is a common question we receive, and the answer is an emphatic "Yes!" Check out this awesome sushi infographic, which outlines the many health benefits of eating at a sushi bar. For instance, did you know that gari (ginger) has been studied for its cancer-fighting effects? We've also included tips for ordering healthiest sushi meal on the menu!
If you enjoy the infographic, feel free to share it with friends, or bring them in to our Burbank sushi bar to enjoy a healthy meal.
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This is a semi-graphic account of what happens in the hours and days after birth. Not for the faint at heart and certainly not for anyone with a weak gag reflex. I will be swearing like a sailor, because to understand the full effect of things you really need a couple F-Bombs. These are the things I experienced and after talking to countless moms, I know I am not alone.
First of all, hands up if you a little shocked by the moments after giving birth and what happened in the immediate days after? Yeah, this girl right here. Birth, I was prepared for. I researched the heck out of every aspect of it and had a natural birth. The days after giving birth I wasn't so prepared for.
You are in the throes of contractions and are about to push out your precious new baby. Eager to see what he looks like and scared at the same time, but PLEASE get him out! So you birth your beautiful baby, and notice "Hey, he doesn't look like me." or "Hmm, why is head cone shaped" or "Thank Fucking God it's finally done!" You are probably thinking all of those things and loving your new baby to no end when all of a sudden you feel contractions, yes it's starting all over again. This time you don't have a beautiful end result to look forward to, you have some ugly placenta roughly the same size as your baby being pushed out of your cooter.
Ok, your baby and placenta are born, you are bonding with your new nugget and then all of a sudden he starts to breastfeed and "HOLY Fuck" it's starting all over again. Yes, the moment your adorable little bun starts suckling those contractions start again. Yes, they serve a purpose, to contract your uterus back into place. But after the marathon that is birth, you don't want to see those ugly fuckers for quite some time. As the contractions continue, you are physically exhausted. Your body just completed one of the most trying events of its life and the pain continues.
Baby falls asleep, you look at your husband and both cry about your beautiful baby and then all of a sudden you have to pee. So you try getting up, oh wait all your abdominal muscles have been maxed out and you need assistance getting out of bed. On the way to the bathroom you realize, Oh fuck I just pissed myself. I'm glad I'm wearing that hospital pad at this point.
A little while later you realize that not only you have no bladder control immediately after giving birth, it burns so bad! They give you a little squirt bottle to try to relieve some of that burning, hell no, get your man to spend $50 and install a mini-shower attachment on your toilet. The two times a day you will have time to pee your lady bits will be very thankful.
Nurses come in to check on us, make sure Atticus is eating and that I'm doing fine. Then I go to the bathroom to shower up and I notice a giant clot… like the size of a softball. Freak out, dance around in a panic until the nurse comes and be told, "that's normal," we just don't want a lot of those happening.
Alright so you shower up, put on a little make-up and feel somewhat human and then Dun Dun Dun… a nurse asks if you have shit yet. Hell NO. She reminds you it's important and to take your stool softeners.
(three days later you try to poo)
FUCKKKKKKK…. MOTHER FUCKKKKER! It's like birthing shards of glass out of your ass. Of course this doesn't go away right away, actually, I'd love to say it goes away entirely, but I have yet to have the joy of saying that.
In the days after birth you may experience sore nipples, engorgement, cracked nipples, etc. I was lucky not to have any of that other than sore nipples, but we used a shield.
You may also want to realize that chores will go out the window, a clean house to the wind and you and your beautiful baby will be bed bound for at least the first week. Enjoy those days, they really go by too fast. Park yourself on the couch or in bed with comfy pillows, your breastfeeding pillow, your iphone, a giant pitcher of water and some granola bars. If you are like me, you won't eat in the days after giving birth. As much as losing weight feels good, your baby and body need those calories, so eat up.
I'm sure there are a 100 more things that suck in the minutes and days after giving birth, but your new baby really makes it all worth it. I would give birth again in a heartbeat, but hope next time our time after giving birth is a bit easier.
After 5 months I have finally realized why no tells you any of this… nope still haven't figured it out.


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There have been a few cases against the Cupertino tech giant which say that the company has not honored the warranties of its iPhones and iPod Touch devices. And to get done with this class action accusation, the company has agreed to pay $53 million. The agreement to pay the said amount of money will be submitted to the San Francisco federal court in the coming weeks. You can get a .PDF copy of the document from here.
According to the document, the company will be declaring pay outs to literally hundreds of thousands of customers who did not have their iPhones and iPod Touches serviced under warranty by the Apple Store employees. And this includes all the users under the standard Apple one year warranty and the extended two year warranty. It is said that the company would just reject the warranty claims. "Apple chief litigation counsel Noreen Krall signed the agreement Wednesday. Apple admits no wrongdoing in the settlement, which needs a judge's approval," writes Wired.
"According to several lawsuits combined in San Francisco, no matter what the problem, Apple refused to honor warranties if a white indicator tape embedded in the phone near the headphone or charging portals had turned pink or red. However, the tape's maker, 3M, said humidity, and not water contact, could have caused the color to at least turn pink."
The devices included in the class action include the first generation, or the original iPhone, the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, and the first, second, and the third generation iPod Touches. The cash payouts average to around $200, but the pay out may go down than or even double depending on the number of claims.
There has been no official word on this from the Cupertino tech giant. But if anything, we will keep you updated.
Source: Wired