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With noted hesitancy, the United States is increasing its involvement into Syria's civil war. Late last week, President Barack Obama reluctantly agreed to send arms to rebel forces attempting to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
That the violence in Syria needs attention is without question. Years of fighting have left almost 93,000 dead, millions displaced, and problems are spilling over into Iraq, Turkey, Jordan Lebanon. There also is credible evidence, according to the White House, that chemical weapons are being used by al-Assad's troops.
That the United States should be involved at all is a question worth asking, in our opinion. Unlike other recent uprisings in the Middle East, the battle for Syria is not a push for democratic reform. It is simply a civil war pitting the well-supplied military loyal to the government against under-armed civilians.
The so-called rebels should benefit greatly from weapons and ammunition coming from the U.S., but we wonder why this isn't being resolved through an international organization such as the United Nations or NATO.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed Obama's decision, then demanded Syria to "grant access to the United Nations to investigate all reports of chemical weapons use."
Obama said the U.S. will not put troops on the ground there, will not send sophisticated weaponry, nor will we attempt to enforce a no-fly zone.
But even limited engagement is too much.
What purpose can be served by choosing sides in another country's civil war? It strikes us that such a move will help create even more enemies than we already have in the region.
The ability to afford such an engagement shouldn't be the deciding factor to intervene but, let's face it, we aren't in the best financial position at the moment. Our national debt has ballooned with wars we couldn't afford in the past decade, and it makes little sense to add even one more dollar to such efforts. Particularly when we're cutting back on services and assistance for our own citizens because of that debt and the lingering spending problem.
We don't want to sound callous or indifferent to the people of Syria, but we simply don't share the president's belief the United States should be involved there at all.
Apparently the best we can hope for is our role is short term -- and that it doesn't expand.
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The gallery has a superb collection including works of Picasso, Mondrian, Warhol, Lichtenstein and also Scottish artists. You can visit the permanent exhibitions for free.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 187 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
StyleRev is an ecommerce site (still in development) that sells niche, hard to find apparel and fashion accessories.Our customers come to us to find things like gloves to match a prom dress, a hat for the Kentucky Derby, a feather boa for a New Years party, or a zebra cowboy hat for a bachelorette party.
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Comfort and Confidence: We will be doing business through an online channel and want our customers to feel confident and comfortable about buying products from us online.
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Atlanta (CNN) -- The lights go out.
You know the drill: Call the utility company. Wait for their trucks. Maybe complain about how long it takes.
Outages suck, but you might be surprised to learn how much energy it takes to restore energy during the middle of an ice storm like the one the South is currently enduring.
man where is Georgia Power ... im trying to Cook me some and my phone dying!— June 24 (@_SincerelyNeNe) February 12, 2014
In Georgia, where the greatest number of outages have been reported and are growing, not only are utility trucks on the streets, but a whole cadre of behind-the-scenes players are coordinating housing, food and other logistics for thousands of out-of-state workers who arrived to help restore power.
The help from other states is essential to restoring power.
"But where are they going to sleep, what food are they going to eat?" asks Steve Lewis, logistics director at Georgia Power.
That is the challenge that he and a team at the utility company have to solve on the fly.
Georgia Power provides energy to about 2.4 million customers, many of whom awoke to find their streets looking like the world's largest snow cone had spilled on them.
As the ice storm rolled into Georgia, a room typically kept dark and empty -- Georgia Power's Storm Center -- sprang to life.
There were voices chattering, keyboards clacking and newscasts projected onto a wall. Intense, but not chaotic.
"People don't realize all the behind-the-scenes stuff that goes on so our people can be in the field," Georgia Power spokesman John Kraft said.
With an extra 2,500 to 3,000 outside workers added to the ranks, everything from lodging to laundry to fuel becomes a challenge, he said.
The storm center is where decisions that affect customers are made, such as where staging areas will be set up and where supplies to repair poles and power lines will come from.
But there is no secret formula. You might feel that your neighborhood is being neglected, but the utility company claims it is unbiased.
No electricity in Union City, Georgia. Waiting on Georgia Power...Praying and Waiting. #IceAtl #Brrr— Jennifer Govan (@jdgfavor1) February 12, 2014
Its priorities, Kraft says, are areas where vital community services, such as hospitals or water treatment facilities, have lost power. After that, it basically targets the areas with the largest number of affected customers and works its way down.
The storm center includes an internal system that reports on outages circuit by circuit, but there is no lack of transparency. Anyone can visit the company's outage map and see where the largest blackouts are.
At the storm center, there is someone in charge of manpower and forestry.
Power lines can usually withstand some ice accumulation, Kraft explained, but tree limbs can break under the weight and knock out lines. So that forestry position in the storm center is key, he said.
One of the challenges on Wednesday for Lewis, the logistics director, was finding a bus company in Atlanta willing to transport workers to their hotels in this weather.
Finding a bus line with chains handy to handle the icy conditions is not easy, but Lewis is confident something will turn up.
"We'll find a solution by tonight," he said.
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He works on a team of creative people who tackle challenges that seem insurmountable at the outset, he said.
The difficulty is not just in providing the food and lodging to workers. Another challenge is that the weather can suddenly shift, and those resources must be moved elsewhere quickly, he said.
"It's very stressful on a normal storm. On a storm of this magnitude, it is extremely stressful," Lewis said.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
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(INUVIK, NWT, CANADA – June 19, 2011) No sooner had Ruler On Ice crossed the Belmont Stakes finish line that the new New York Racing Association began planning for Saratoga. An announcement regarding how to apply for media credentials was issued tout suite and an invitation for a pre-season press conference at The Desmond in Albany to hear what the brass had to promise for the upcoming season was emailed to appropriate parties.
Although these events occur annually, you will notice the word "new" that describes NYRA. The use of that word was purposeful, of course, because, for the first time in several years, the nation's number one horse racing franchise is acting the part of a leader.
An enormous percentage of all monies wagered are wagered on NYRA's races. NYRA's tracks host the most graded stakes, offer the country's highest prizes and feature many of the sport's greatest stars. As a verse to a popular song goes, "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere." Yet, looking back at the past several years, effort has not caused performance, so the change in behavior is welcome.
Following New York City's OTB demise in the winter, NYRA operatives have stood up to the plate and shown gumption. Instead of crying out loud that they're treated unfairly, which they often are, they began acting responsibly. They saw attendance and handle grow in response to meaningful steps they took to gain back the losses they felt when the shops closed. More importantly, they stopped saying that they were a business that couldn't survive without help from outsiders.
The way NYRA has recently behaved is startling to many. The franchise has rarely taken to proactive measures except for seeking the assistance of others. With its problems behind, there's a good chance that 2011 will be the start of a new golden era. At least, it is looking that way. Past won't be prologue this time.
Last July, despite Hayward's denial that business would be adversely affected by negative publicity, attendance and handle at Saratoga decreased in accordance with a decade-long trend. Three months before the track opened, Hayward warned people that horse racing might not take place at the Spa unless the State would come through on its promise to bankroll the franchise while the Aqueduct casino was being built. In return, fans made other summer plans, causing hotels and motels to panic.
In addition, New York Thoroughbred Breeders chipped in with their own ill-advised moaning. They added coal to the fire by saying that a cessation of the sport in the Empire State was imminent. The actions of both organizations were in no sense a good way to build enthusiasm. Well, you know the rest of the story.
Business at Saratoga declined. There were Thursday and Mondays when there weren't 10,000 fans in the seats, even though there were more reported. In fact, business has declined in all but two of the last 10 summers. This year would be a good time to end that string. Count on PJ Campo to write races that lure big, bettable fields. Hope the weather stays sunny and cool. But, by all obvious signs, the track is at least several more years away of accomplishing a true revival.
Two weeks ago, Hayward told Ray Paulick of the paulickreport.com that designs are all but complete for a new permanent structure to rise on the clubhouse turn replacing the temporary At the Rail Pavilion. The proposed building is intended to serve those fans that want air-conditioning and favor more modern amenities. The price of construction will be high and it'll take two years to build. In true "cover your behind" fashion, the association has hired experts from out of town to help with decisions. Nevertheless, a common refrain is "if you build it, they will come," and that's what everyone's counting on.
Throughout the Triple Crown season, horse racing has proved that putting on a good show is all that it takes to make friends. Although there is little to sell in the way of charismatic horses now that it's over, Saratoga's festivities offer a similar stimulus. The historic racecourse's charms are unrivaled and the meet's 40 days, while not 24 or 30 or 36, still constitute to some extent a "get it while you can because later you can't" energy.
In the end, corporations are still a lot like leopards – they never change their spots. Everyday operatives learn quickly that if they want to advance in the ranks, they must act like their bosses do. By and large, NYRA's middle management operates in the manner it does because that's what's expected of them. The guy on the bottom looks up to the guy above him who looks up at the guy above him and so on. Yet, there are signs that seem to indicate change in the Empire State.
NYRA wants the Breeders Cup back at Belmont Park, for example, and won't rest until it has its own OTB operation. In the meantime, laying low with the complaining has helped matters. Having said that, don't expect many decisions at NYRA to be made for the sake of the fans, if they cause discomfort with horse owners. The franchise became horse racing's epitome by offering Big Apple-inflated purses, writing stakes for the best horses and making rich folks feel welcome.
Funny how effectively that's worked, as a matter of fact. Let the party begin.
Vic Zast has filed this column from Inuvik, nearly 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. He completed a drive by RV in 16 days to get there for golf at midnight on the longest day, which is today. Learn more at http://www.ourlongestdrive.com.
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If nearly two decades of covering sports and living in the nation's capital have taught me anything, it's that when someone tells you it's not about the money, it's probably about the money. And when that same someone won't even acknowledge said money, it's definitely about the money.
Case in point? Last week, a group of Native American petitioners and representatives of the Washington Redskins appeared before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in Alexandria, Virginia, to debate the appropriateness of the team's 80-year-old nickname. The petitioners argued that the word redskins is a racial slur -- like chink or wetback or raghead or the n-word -- and therefore shouldn't be entitled to federal trademark protection; playing defense, the team's lawyers countered that the moniker is wholly well-intentioned, an inoffensive honorific of sorts, rooted in pride and tradition. (Note: all-American football tradition, not all-American ethnic cleansing tradition).
Following the hearing, Redskins general manager Bruce Allen met with a group of reporters, including Mike Wise of the Washington Post. Allen talked about great football games and great football players. About enthusiastic fans. About the team's charitable work. About -- no, really -- surging television ratings.
At one point, Allen was asked an obvious question: isn't this case really about money?
"You would have to ask the, uh, I think they're called the plaintiffs in this case what their motives are," Allen reportedly said.
Wise has met with Native Americans on reservations in Montana and South Dakota. He repeatedly has argued in favor of changing the team's nickname. He was dumbfounded.
"That was a nice little political pivot, like his brother George [Allen, a former United States Senator from Virginia]," he says. "He turned the question around and made it seem as if the American Indians were asking for money. That's startling. I looked at all the patent cases on the docket that day. They're full of people who feel ripped off. People who want money. But these people just want the team to stop using the [Redskins] name. They are not asking for reparations."
Freud had a psychological term for Allen's neat bit of verbal aikido: projection. Granted, Allen has a deep emotional attachment to the Redskins' nickname and logo, the be-feathered bust of a rust-red Native American man that wouldn't be out of place on the lid of a Civil War-era tobacco tin. Allen's father, George, coached the team in the 1970s. According to a story former Washington defensive end Deacon Jones told Wise, a teenaged Allen once cold-cocked a guy on a rival team's sideline for badmouthing the franchise. Likewise, Washington owner Daniel Snyder is in thrall to the team's history and iconography. After all, he's a local boy made good, a kid who famously grew up wearing a Redskins belt buckle. It's likely the case that both men are obliviously sincere when they say that don't mean to offend anyone by retaining the team's current nickname; it's definitely the case that both men are blithely untroubled by the status quo, never mind that the moniker is inarguably offensive to many Native Americans, in the way that a team nicknamed the "Sambos" and sporting a blackface caricature on the side of its helmet would be offensive to many African-Americans … or a team with a picture of Daniel Snyder decked out with a goatee and devil horns on its uniforms would be offensive to, well, Daniel Snyder.
Still, for Allen to brush off a legitimate question by implying that a couple of greedy Native Americans are making some kind of sneaky statutory cash grab is ludicrous. For Snyder to tell CNN's
Specifically, protecting Snyder's money.
Lawyers for the Native American plaintiffs in the case are working pro bono. Lawyers for the Redskins are not. If the plaintiffs win the case, they won't pocket a dime. If the Redskins lose the case, they'll lose the exclusive rights to their logo and moniker, which in turn means losing the exclusive ability to cash in with branded ballcaps, beer cozies, keychains and lottery tickets. Native Americans have tried personally urging former team owner Edward Bennett Williams to change the nickname. They've tried peaceful protests. They've tried appeals to shame, embarrassment and basic human decency. No dice. So they're going after the one thing that moves the needle, at least with Snyder, a man who once charged fans to attend training camp. During a previous trademark case, lawyer Robert Raskopf said that if the team no longer had the sole marketing rights to the Redskins name, it would suffer "every imaginable loss you can think of." He was not talking about a low-budget North Korean propaganda video fever dream. He was talking about cold, hard cash.
In other words: the Washington Redskins are perfectly happy to keep on kicking symbolic sand in the face of an ethnic group that has been hunted and herded into social, cultural and geographic exile, so long as there's a few extra bucks to be made on the back end.
Of course, that's the rub. The truly infuriating part. The insult added to, well, insult. Adopting a new, non-reprehensible nickname would cost the Redskins something. It would be a procedural, legal loop-jumping headache, a complicated process experts estimate could take two years. But it wouldn't break the bank. Definitely not by Washington standards. A new moniker wouldn't come close to the price tag of a single F-22 Raptor (an estimated $377 million per stealth fighter jet designed to dominate a Cold War battlefield that no longer exists); it wouldn't come close to the cost of a single Albert Haynesworth ($35.6 million for a defensive tackle designed to perform in-game turf inspections that don't exist).
The exact price of a nickname change is hard to estimate -- in part because the teams and schools that have switched monikers typically haven't shared their costs publicly; in part because unaffiliated sports branding and marketing experts don't have access to the proprietary team financial data needed to calculate a number. That said, it's possible to make a reasonable, educated guess. In 2010, Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan told Charlotte Observer writer Scott Fowler that it would cost him between $3 million and $10 million to change the team's little-loved nickname. (NBA insiders say Jordan's estimate is accurate). A source with knowledge of financial operations in professional football estimates that the cost for a "significant NFL team" might be as high as "$10 million to $20 million." Where does the money go? Think naming consultants. (Someone has to come up with replacement monikers, like "Warriors" and "Pigskins.") Think lawyers. (Someone has to vet those same names, a tedious affair; according to New York-based brand expert Allen Adamson, "for every ten names you think of, nine are going to be unavailable.") Think having to revamp every single thing -- from stadium signs to uniform patches to front office stationary to the pixels in "Madden NFL" -- featuring a team logo or nickname.
"There's so many points of touch that need to be changed," Adamson says. "People think it's only the name on the top of the stadium. But walk in. It's probably everywhere. In neon. Etched in stone. And you have to rip off the old name and put in a new name. That's a fixed cost, and it's not insubstantial."
Some have speculated that a revised name and logo could boost merchandise sales for Snyder's team -- first by transforming remaining old-school Redskins items into fly-off-the-shelves collectibles; next by introducing shiny new gear for fans to buy. That's entirely possible. Yet as a person familiar with the team's operations pointed out to the Washington Post, 31 NFL teams pool and equally split merchandising revenue, which means a new-look Washington wouldn't disproportionately benefit from an uptick. (Predictably, the Dallas Cowboys are the lone holdouts from the profit-sharing plan; according to a 2006 article in the Fordham Intellectual Property Media and Entertainment Law Journal, the Redskins made about $5 million from NFL Properties in 1999, a number that likely has grown).
"People are going to buy new sweatshirts," Adamson says. "But I think when you factor in the cost of changing a name, it's probably a wash."
The Redskins are a significant NFL franchise. Last year, Forbes estimated that the team was worth $1.6 billion -- the third-highest valuation in the league -- and that the club turned a $109 million profit in 2011. As such, suppose a name change would actually cost Snyder as much as $20 million. That's nearly a fifth of an entire year's profits. Pretty substantial. On the other hand, the Redskins have made a number of pretty substantial investments over the last 15 years, including:
Adam Archuleta, $10.6 million;
Steve Spurrier, $10 million;
Deion Sanders, $5 million-plus;
Jeff George, about $2.5 million;
Jim Zorn, $2.4 million to not coach.
The upshot? The Redskins can afford the one-time sunk costs of a nickname change, because: (a) Snyder isn't exactly afraid to spend; (b) owning the club is the next best thing to having Wall Street access to the Federal Reserve's "discount window." Moreover, it's highly probable that the franchise could withstand a possible, accompanying dip in brand equity -- that is, the difficult-to-quantify financial value that comes with having an established identity. On name alone, the Washington Redskins are more valuable than, say, the Jacksonville Jaguars: sports economist Daniel Rascher once calculated that over a multi-year span, the team ranked five spots higher in licensed merchandise sales rankings than non-brand factors would otherwise predict. If Snyder changed the team's name and subsequently sold the franchise -- an unlikely hypothetical given his emotional investment --would the switch knock $5 million off the sale price? $10 million? $100 million? A sports marketing expert with deep NFL ties says "the damage to the brand would be incredible." By contrast, Adamson argues that it would be significant in the short term, but also manageable, akin to Anderson Consulting changing its name to Accenture -- a once-derided corporate switch that now is largely forgotten.
"Some of this is splitting hairs," says Jason Maloni, chair of the sports and entertainment practice of the Washington, D.C.-based public relations firm LEVICK. "When the Washington Bullets changed their name to Wizards, that perhaps did not enhance their brand. But maybe that's because they didn't enjoy success on the court. The greatest way to enhance a brand is to win. That, more than the colors or the name, is going to dictate what fans feel about your brand. You could argue that the Redskins could weather a name change easily if they win the next few Super Bowls."
Back to Allen. After last week's trademark hearing, he told reporters that the Redskins' history was "something to be proud of. Five world championships. Some of the greatest games, some of the greatest characters who have ever played in the NFL were Washington Redskins. I don't think you can just turn your back on that, and we don't plan on doing that." Only a name change is not an eraser. Persia is now called Iran; King Xerxes remains a historical legend. Contrary to Allen's assertion, dumping "Redskins" would not toss Joe Gibbs, John Riggins and the Over the Hill Gang into a memory hole. (Nor would it blot out Heath Shuler, John Beck and Dana Stubblefield. Alas). Robert Griffin III will still line up in the pistol formation. FedEx Field will still host tailgating. The cheerleaders will still produce swimsuit calendars. For the people who care about the Redskins because they care about the experience of professional football -- a.k.a. the customers -- a name change would be just that. Life would go on. The sport would go on.
"One of the lawyers [for the Native American plaintiffs] put it to me perfectly," Wise says. "The Redskins are trying to say they're not offending anybody. It's just the name of the team. It's just about the 11 guys on the field. Well, if it's just about the 11 guys on the field, then who cares what you call them?"
Don't take the lawyer's word for it. Nor Wise's. Nor even mine. Instead, ask Brad Andrews, senior vice president for academic resources at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. For decades, the Division III school used the nickname Redmen. Its logo was a nod to Native Americans -- two feathers adorning a circle, surrounding a "C." Alumni were content. So were students, fans and athletic boosters. No one filed a trademark lawsuit. No one even complained.
In 2005, however, the NCAA adopted a policy prohibiting the use of Native American nicknames, mascots, logos and other imagery at postseason events. Carthage officials decided to act. They changed the school's nickname to Red Men. Changed its logo to a "C" on a shield. Changed its mascot to "Torchy," a muscular male character with fiery red hair. They changed uniforms, scoreboards, murals, letterhead and the school's website; over a six-month span, they spent about $100,000. The whole time, they fretted that donors and alumni would reject the new name and look. Carthage is a small school. It does not turn a $100 million-plus yearly profit. As Andrews says, it can't afford to lose any "support, loyalty or love."
"There were expenses involved, headaches, feelings to manage," he says. "People were fond of the old logo, and it was perceived by some as more of a political issue than a problem where somebody was coming to use and saying, 'look, this is offensive.' Some of our alumni and fans of our sports teams did feel sad."
And today? According to Andrews, the school enjoys the same level of fan and alumni support. No drop-off in donations. No sag in game attendance. No mass exodus from team booster clubs.
In fact, Andrews says, there's only one noticeable difference.
"People still have the old spirit wear, but with our t-shirts and sweatshirts, I rarely see it on campus," he says. "It was a process. Was there a sense of loss? Yes. But [the change] made sense. In the end, we wanted to do the right thing."
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Since it seems a bit quiet here, I'll ask a question: What are some of your favorite features of 3D printers (Nicholas' designs or others)?
Of the printers I have, I really like that the Wally and CoreXZ have large flat surfaces for stickers, logos, and other "branding". My MendelMax 1.5 (extrusion built A-Frame) and customized mini-Kossel (extrusion built triangular prism) don't have any decent places for stickers.
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Five people died and one woman was badly hurt in a fiery car crash early Saturday morning in Burbank.
Authorities said the driver lost control of the car, crashed through a guardrail around a curved portion of San Fernando Road and then slammed into the concrete abutment of a freeway underpass and burst into flames.
A call came in to the Burbank Police Department art 4:13 a.m. reporting the single-car accident near the Scott Road exit off the 5 Freeway, officials said.
First responders found a Nissan sedan engulfed in flames. Firefighters were unable to pull anyone from the car, and once the fire was extinguished they found the remains of five people who had been trapped.
An 18-year-old female passenger escaped the fire and was found injured nearby the car. She was transported to L.A. County Medical Center and is expected to survive, officials said.
It is unclear how she was able to escape the car, but she was traveling in the back seat. The five-seat Nissan was equipped with just five seat belts, but there were six people traveling in the vehicle.
Investigators said early indications showed that excessive speed played a role in the crash. The stretch of road is just off the freeway, and speed limits reduce quickly from 65 mph to 40 mph around the curved portion that leads to the freeway underpass. The road can also be accessed by surface streets.
Reports have conflicted as to where the car was coming from.
Paramedics smelled alcohol on the breath of the young woman who survived, the Associated Press reported, citing Burbank Fire Department Battalion Chief Ron Barone, but officials later declined to speculate if alcohol was a factor in the crash. The woman was not the driver.
The Coroner's office is still working to positively identify the victims of the crash and notify families. It had not yet identified any of the victims Saturday night.
Burbank police chaplains have been asked to assist families and friends of the victims as they are notified.
Despite the lack of official identification, a makeshift memorial had popped up at the site by Saturday afternoon, with visitors leaving flowers and candles at the side of the underpass, where debris from the accident and the charred ground could still be seen.
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my first post in this forum and I hope you can help me
I'm searching for a background picture that were used by LEGO f.e. in set 6080 or 6074. Or someone had made this by his own in this style and can provide this?
I like this simple made backround and wanne use it in MOC's or diarema etc.
I think it's better than a pure white one!?!
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I'm using xfce 4.4.2 and xfmedia. Regarding the playing of CDs, xfmedia works fine, but the names of tracks in the playlist do not appear; instead the playlist features tracks names such as "cdda:/1" and so on (that is, the filenames). If I right click on any track, and select the track info, the track name is there, as well as the artist and album name. The file name is "cdda:/1", but I would rather display the track name! (Who wouldn't?) The track name appears in the window titlebar.
How do I get the track info to display in the playlist? (The xfmedia webapge implies it just happens, according to the screenshots there.)
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11/19/2013 | By Allen Kenney
Nicholas Schorsch, chairman and CEO of American Realty Capital Properties (NASDAQ: ARCP), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2013: NAREIT's Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis.
American Realty Capital has completed a series of high-profile acquisitions and mergers this year. Schorsch talked about the market conditions that have made 2013 the right time to be so active, including the $11.2 billion deal for Cole Real Estate Investments Inc.
"The great thing we're seeing in the market is that transaction was a strength-for-strength merger. Creating the largest net lease REIT is a great thing for both the cost of capital and both size and scale. The net lease space was an 'other' space for so long—it wasn't even its own designated space. Today the net lease space is pushing up on $70 billion."
Schorsch noted that his company's market capitalization of approximately $22 billion "really gives us that ability to raise capital, have more float, lower the cost of capital and also be able to do larger transactions on an organic basis with the actual large corporate credits—whether it be a McDonald's or a Lowe's or a Wal-Mart—and not have a concentration issue."
Schorsch discussed some of the other benefits of growing larger as a result of his company's recent deals.
"Most people think size is for size," he said. "It really isn't. It's really about building something that has a lower cost of capital. It gives us lower operating expense. It gives us scale and trading volume. And then it comes down to how does the investor see it. From a capital standpoint, a lot of the larger funds are able to buy it because we have the fund flows."
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as Ikelite ruined my annual divetrip with the wrong port recommendation I have only some pool shot examples.
The results are much better and quite acceptable with the Ike 8"dome and my calculated dome positioning. But probably with a 9" dome it might be even better.
Here are some examples:
Some more pics of this shooting you can find here:
What really pisses me of is that Ikelite is still recommending the wrong port, eventhough I provided my informations to them and they told they might update the port chart. This is ingnoring the customers and will lead to the fact that everybody with a Nikon FX + 16-35mm will be dissapointed. I really don´t get it. It costs them 5 min to update the port chart.
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Thanks Rene, great info and luckily there are sites like this to 'help' potential customers rather than the OEM themselves!?!?
Those pictures are stunning, and really nice site you have there.
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Gruber, 61, has resigned his post as top administrator of Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (HPHRC) in order to spend more time with his wife, Joanne, who is battling what he called a "life-limiting illness."
MIDDLEBURY— A dedication ceremony for the third "ARCH Room" (named the Addison Room) at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (HPHRC) on Dec. 7, was attended by board members from the two organizations as well as Helen Porter staff and residents, families and friends.
MIDDLEBURY — She's been visiting Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (HPHRC) just about every Tuesday for more than three years, but the senior residents still line up for her arrival, hoping to get some eye contact and a handshake or two. No need for an exchange of words.
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Practically all stakeholders in Germany consider the freedom of choice for consumers and farmers an important goal in the debate on agri-biotechnology. However, the points of view on how far this freedom should reach and how it can be realised differ widely. Critics of GMO usage demand that a completely GM-free production chain must be possible, thus calling for strict regulations on co-existence and liability. Other stakeholders find an absolute separation of GM and conventional products neither reasonable nor feasible, since low levels of admixing can hardly be prevented in agricultural production. They demand equal rights for the cultivation of GM plants and for conventional and organic agriculture. According to them, the labelling threshold of 0.9 percent should be accepted as the guideline for regulations on co-existence and liability.
The current German Federal Government, which took office in autumn 2005, states in its coalition agreement the intention to modify the regulations on genetic engineering in a way that promotes research and the application of technology in Germany. The goal of the German legislation on genetic engineering has been defined as the protection of the consumers' and farmers' freedom of choice and the co-existence of the different agricultural systems. However, the drafting of the actual modifications to the existing Gene Technology Act is still being hotly debated within the government both between and within political parties. Some members of the government consider biotechnology an opportunity for innovation and fear that without it, Germany could lag behind in international competitiveness. Others emphasise safety concerns and the freedom of consumer choice. The Minister of Agriculture, Horst Seehofer, who is responsible for the legislation on agri-biotechnology, has announced strict regulations on the cultivation of GMOs for avoiding conflicts over liabilities. For maize he states a possible minimum separation distance of 150 metres. According to the minister, no other GM plants are currently suitable for the cultivation in Germany.
The governmental parties CDU/CSU and SPD both argue for more research in biotechnology and genetic engineering. Both fractions stress the importance of freedom of choice for farmers and consumers. Politicians of the SPD support stricter regulations on co-existence and liability. Along with some members of the CSU, the SPD point out that there is a need for further research on the impact of the cultivation of GMOs. The politician Markus Söder (CSU) even calls for a moratorium on the cultivation of GMOs until open questions have been answered. Dominant opinion in the CDU is that farmers must be able to grow approved and thus safety-assessed GM plants. They fear that a strict legislation on genetic engineering could weaken Germany's research, agriculture, and food industries. This argumentation is similar to that of the liberal party FDP, which fights for less restrictions on the cultivation of GMOs. The Greens and the new socialist party PDS/Die Linke are opposed to GMOs in general. Greens and PDS/Linke call for restrictive co-existence regulations.
The German Association of Biotechnology Industries (DIB) and the German National Association of Plant Breeders (BDP) demand that co-existence measures be practical. They also ask that co-existence and liability regulations not discourage the use of approved GM plants. Or in other words, they must not be so cost- and labour-intensive that they preclude farmers even from considering the cultivation of genetically modified plants. Regulations on growing and separation distances should be derived from scientific data and practical experiences. The biotechnology industry considers claims to guarantee a complete absence of GMOs from organic or conventional products to be impossible to realise. The industry calls for a consequent application of the labelling threshold of 0.9 percent. Practical maximum thresholds for adventitious GMO presence in seeds are considered essential for co-existence.
The German Farmers' Association (DBV), representing more than 90 percent of all German farmers, demands clear and fixed coexistence rules and protection from liability for farmers if measures for co-existence are upheld. At the moment, with detailed co-existence regulations and liability protection still absent, the DBV recommends to its members to be wary of planting GM crops.
The organisations of organic farmers (BÖLW, AbL) want to keep their products GM-free. Therefore they argue for strict rules on co-existence and liability, claiming compensation even for accidental GM admixing below 0.9 percent. The organisations of organic farmers support the establishing of GM-free regions.
In June 2006, some farmers who support the cultivation of genetically modified plants founded the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Innovativer Landwirte" ("Working Group of Innovative Farmers"). They demand freedom of choice, which includes the freedom to cultivate genetically modified plants, and they call for practical regulations on co-existence.
Associations of the food industry insist that they take consumers' wariness of genetically modified foods seriously. At the same time, the Federation of German Food and Drink Industries (BVE) points out, for example, that the world-wide presence of agri-biotechnology has become a reality. They consider a permanent denial of it to be neither possible nor responsible for the German food and drink industries due to the development on the international market for raw materials and processing aids in the food and feed sectors. Currently, however, food producers try to avoid GM ingredients which would make their products require labelling. Therefore, consumers have difficulty finding labelled foods in supermarkets.
The German feed industry, in contrast, markets a considerable quantity of animal feeds containing GMOs and labelled as such. Conventional soy-based feeds which are not genetically modified are offered for a premium. A premium is charged due reflect the additional work for producers and suppliers involved with transporting and processing conventional and GM products separately and documenting the process.
The environmental organisation Greenpeace puts pressure on German dairy companies for not guaranteeing that they only process milk from farms that reject GM maize and GM soy. The companies respond by claiming the markets make it difficult to obtain guaranteed GM-free feed.
The results of a recent public opinion poll (Eurobarometer 64.3) show that a majority of German consumers (within a subset of the population considered "decided" on the issue) would buy GM foods if they were healthier, contained less pesticide residues or if they were produced more environmentally friendly in general. On the other hand nearly 40 percent of German consumers reject all reasons for buying GM foods. Asked about their current position on the application of genetic engineering in agriculture, a majority of Germans remain sceptical. Only 30 percent consider GM food useful and morally acceptable, and believe that the technology should be supported. Consumer associations emphasise the consumers' freedom of choice. Therefore, they postulate strict co-existence rules.
Environmental groups such as Greenpeace and BUND are campaigning against the usage of GMOs in agriculture and food production. In their view, co-existence in agriculture will be hard to realise. The NGOs demand that GM-free agriculture be permanently ensured. Thus they find it unacceptable if organic and conventional farmers receive compensation only if the GM share of their harvest exceeds the labelling threshold of 0.9 percent. They believe thresholds for seed should be lowered to the detection limit. In addition, NGOs call for bans on certain GM plants, arguing that safety assessments have been insufficient.
Greenpeace is also campaigning against dairy companies that do not reject milk from cows fed with genetically modified feeds.
Before presenting a draft for an amendment of the Genetic Engineering Act and for a detailed co-existence regulation, the German minister for agriculture Horst Seehofer invited stakeholder groups, associations, and companies to discuss those topics. The arguments communicated at the consultations will be considered when drafting the amendment to the Gene Technology Act.
In 2009, radical opponents of genetic engineering repeatedly destroyed plots of GM plants. Field trials with maize (http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/681.docu.html) and apples (http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/692.docu.html) for the purpose of biosafety research were among the affected fields. GM maize cultivations for variety approval processes were also destroyed. In addition, co-existence field trials by the Ministry of Agriculture were affected. Several associations sharply criticised the destructions. Since 2005, an initiative called "Gendreck-Weg" ("gene-filth begone!") implores for help with such destructions on its website. The group's organiser has now been legally prohibited from going near fields of GMOs.


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You can see my 5'10 200lb ass in the post a pic thread. That's scientific proof or something.
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As Paul noted earlier this week, the Senate confirmed John Kerry as Secretary of State Today by a vote of 94-3. Many have noted the record of Kerry's opinions in American foreign policy is distinguished by its devotion to mischief, error and misjudgment. To take only one small example, Jay Nordlinger documented Kerry's wayward ways on Latin America in the 2004 National Review article "Back in Sandinista days…," kindly made accessible online by our friends at NR. Please check it out.
I noted in December when Kerry's name was floated for the position he has now assumed (and I ask you to forgive me for repeating myself) I vividly recall seeing Kerry speak at Dartmouth in the lounge on the second floor of Hopkins Center — "the top of the Hop" — during his entry into public life as a spokesman for Vietnam Veterans against the War. It was in the spring of 1971 just after his notorious appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in April.
I had read about Kerry's testimony in the New York Times. At Dartmouth I heard him repeat his infamous statement that our soldiers had "personally [sic] raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephone to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war, and the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country." The Boston Globe placed Kerry's testimony in the context of his career in part 3 of its excellent 2003 biographical series.
Kerry repeated these incredible allegations in his appearance at Dartmouth. They were part of his stump speech for Vietnam Veterans Against the War. I was a sophomoric antiwar student who had turned out to hear the new antiwar celebrity. I believed him. I bought it all. Why not? He'd served in Vietnam and held himself out as speaking from his personal experience. I was a fool, of course, but Kerry cynically exploited my own ignorance and that of many others like me.
Kerry's appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with its absurd allegations formed the basis of his subsequent career in politics. This is a guy who knows how to seize the main chance, whatever the cost. Kerry's glide path to the prominent office he now holds is astounding to me. It shouldn't be, given how close he came to winning the presidency despite his past, but having seen him in action at the time with my own eyes, it is.
UPDATE: I meant to note that Howie Carr sticks to Kerry's recent effusions to compile a list of his greatest hits.


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A nasty surprise in a sandwich,
A drawing-pin caught in your sock,
The limpest of shakes from a hand which
You'd thought would be firm as a rock,
A serious mistake in a nightie,
A grave disappointment all round
Is all that you'll get from th'Almighty,
Is all that you'll get underground.
Oh he said: 'If you lay off the crumpet
I'll see you alright in the end.
Just hang on until the last trumpet.
Have faith in me, chum-I'm your friend.'
But if you remind him, he'll tell you:
'I'm sorry, I must have been pissed-
Though your name rings a sort of a bell. You
Should have guessed that I do not exist.
'I didn't exist at Creation,
I didn't exist at the Flood,
And I won't be around for Salvation
To sort out the sheep from the cud-
'Or whatever the phrase is. The fact is
In soteriological terms
I'm a crude existential malpractice
And you are a diet of worms.
'You're a nasty surprise in a sandwich.
You're a drawing-pin caught in my sock.
You're the limpest of shakes from a hand which
I'd have thought would be firm as a rock,
'You're a serious mistake in a nightie,
You're a grave disappointment all round-
That's all you are, ' says th'Almighty,
'And that's all that you'll be underground.'
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