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From the Japanese media reports:More from NHK: "NPT Review Conference ends"
Chugoku Shimbun
Comment by Tanaka Terumi, Executive Director of Nihon Hidankyo, a national organization of A-bomb survivorsJiji reports comments by Hiroshima Mayor Akiba and Nagasaki Mayor Taue:
"This conference is a step forward from the 2000 review conference. The participating countries cooperated in order not to make the conferenced fall apart (like it did in 2005). I am dissatisfied with the fact that the concrete schedule for nuclear disarmament, which was in the original draft, was removed, and no clear path for abolition was presented. I want all the participating countries to take more concrete actions. "
Akiba: It is meaningful that all participating nations, including NWS, agreed upon taking actions toward nuclear disarmament and abolition.From Mainichi Shimbun, the main points of the final document are:
Taue: NPT would have collapsed if the nations could not reach an agreement, so I recognize the achievement of the final document. However, the content of the document has taken steps backward. As a city that experienced atomic-bombing, I am dissatisfied."
• Work for a peaceful world without nuclear weapons
• NWS (Nuclear Weapon States) reports their progress at the preparatory conference in 2014
• To hold a conference in 2012 for a nuclear-free Middle East
• Demand Israel, Pakistan and India to join NPT
• Condemn the nuclear testing done by DPRK and demand their return to NPT
• Introduce "nuclear security," a scheme to prevent nuclear terrorism
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Although a compromise was made, which was of course a lot better than no compromise, there was general dissatisfaction within non-nuclear states that nuclear states refused to set a exact timing for total elimination or to hold a conference for disarmament in 2014 to set a schedule for abolition. Arab states were satisfied and Obama dissatisfied about Israel being named, and vice versa about Iran not being named. All participants were together for their position on DPRK, Pakistan and India. 2010 Middle East conference seems to be the most concrete agreement in the final document this time, but US is already expressing dissent.
A UN conference reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has adopted a final document that confirms signatory nations' efforts to achieve a nuclear-weapons-free world.
The final document was unanimously approved on Friday, the last day of the month-long conference in New York.
The document says nuclear-weapons states under the treaty are committed to work for the total abolition of their arms. It asks these countries to start negotiating on ways to achieve that goal and report back on their progress to the conference's preparatory committee by 2014.
Japan's permanent representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Akio Suda, told reporters that he is not satisfied with all aspects of the agreement but it includes forward-looking steps, such as reporting by nuclear powers on their efforts during the next 4 years.
France's disarmament ambassador Eric Danon stressed the importance of not backtracking on nuclear disarmament. He explained that France will proceed with the reduction of its nuclear arsenal at its discretion, saying it is not desirable to set a specific international timetable.


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As part of her opening tour of the Hannover Messe 2015, Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel visited the stand of the automation company Pilz. She was accompanied by Narendra Damodardas Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, this year's partner country of the exhibition. Renate Pilz, Chair of the Board, welcomed the guests and introduced the family business and its global commitment to the safe automation of plant and machinery.
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Renate Pilz: "Safe automation is a success factor for the industry of the future" – Chancellor Merkel visits Pilz at the Hannover Messe
"As ambassadors for safety, we are committed to ensuring that people all over the world are able to work in safety", said Renate Pilz. In emerging industrial nations in particular, Pilz is keen to work with companies, research institutions and public bodies to create a culture in which the declared objective is to protect man, machine and the environment.
Shaping the future of industry
Renate Pilz also explained the important role that safe automation technology plays in Industry 4.0, the exhibition's keynote theme. "Production of the future will be networked. When humans, machines and materials communicate with one another, it places particular demands on safety. And that applies to occupational safety as well as data protection", Renate Pilz explains. The Chancellor was delighted with the success of the medium-sized business: "Mushrooms are known for their rapid growth", said Angela Merkel with a wink, playing on the company name Pilz (German for mushroom).
The Senior Director of this family business believes safety is critical for success. She emphasised the joint commitment of government, associations, Pilz and other industrial companies in the Research Alliance. This is where Industry 4.0 was launched as an initiative. "Our company is grateful to have had the opportunity to shape the issue of Industry 4.0 from the start", says Pilz.
Industry needs intelligent safety
At the Hannover Messe, Pilz presented technologies for the "Industry of the future", including control systems, sensors and drives. Using the Industry 4.0-compatible automation system PSS 4000, Pilz demonstrated in Hannover how control and visualisation of networked, decentralised plant and machinery can be user-friendly. "We have answers to these questions already", Renate Pilz was able to tell guests.
India, a future market
The Chancellor showed particular interest in Pilz's commitment to the exhibition's partner country, India. "We are delighted that India is the exhibition's partner country this year," says Renate Pilz. As an export-oriented company, the country is a very important market for Pilz. The Chair of the Board firmly believes that automation is a key to further economic development in India. Pilz established its own subsidiary there in 2011. The headquarters is in Pune and Pilz has regional sales offices in Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi. In addition to components and systems for safe automation, Pilz also supports customers with a comprehensive range of services, consisting of consulting, engineering and training. Customers include German global players and Indian companies.
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Thanksgiving is almost here! Making these simple little pins to wear on turkey day as a fun Thanksgiving craft. Chalkboard paint makes this DIY customize-able: write what you're thankful for, write your name, or write just a hearty "gobble gobble!" Your Thanksgiving dinner guests are sure to love them!
- wood discs (you can size these based on how big you want your pins to be)
- hot glue gun
- scissors
- felt, in yellow, orange, and red
- pin back
- chalkboard paint
- brush
Step 1: Paint your discs with the chalkboard paint. You will need at least two coats, and up to one hour of drying time for each coat.
Step 2: Cut out feather shapes from the felt. If you need a guide, draw the feathers onto the felt before cutting them out. Or, just cut out a long almond shape and then cut fringes. I made 7 feathers per pin to get the full "turkey" effect.
Step 3: Glue the feathers on to the pin in whatever colors order you like.
Step 4: Glue on the pin back and let it dry completely
Step 5: It should look a little like this when it's finished! You will want to let the chalkboard paint cure for a day and then treat it before using it. Enjoy your pins and happy Turkey Day!
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My Turn: Why Canyon Springs meetings are being held at Town Hall
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TRUCKEE, Calif. – The Town has received several requests both directly and indirectly (via letters to the editor) to conduct public meetings related to the proposed Canyon Springs development in Glenshire instead of at Town Hall. While our practice is not to reply to letters to the editor, I believe a Town response could be helpful in this instance.
The Town of Truckee promotes neighborhood discussions between developers and the adjacent neighborhood as early as possible in the process when project plans are still being developed and refined. Such informal discussions often lead to early design changes that effectively address neighborhood issues.
The Town actively promotes such discussions and functions as a facilitator but cannot force developers and neighborhoods to work cooperatively. Meetings were held in Glenshire on early versions of the Canyon Springs development. At this point, the Canyon Springs development team has requested a final decision based upon their current project design.
With Canyon Springs, we are now in the formal portion of project review. The Town's role is to function more like a judge to ensure that the California Environmental Quality Act is complied with, that the project receives a fair hearing with the ultimate decision based upon the project's consistency with the Truckee General Plan and Development Code and the interests of the entire Truckee community. Information used in this decision-making process must be in the formal public record for this project.
All meetings now are official Town business and are conducted at Town Hall because it contains all of the video and voice recording equipment necessary to ensure a legally adequate public record. Town Hall is located roughly in the geographic center of Truckee and is equally accessible to the entire community.
The Town is committed to a transparent process in the consideration of Canyon Springs. The comment period on the draft Environmental Impact Report is 31 days longer than the 45-day minimum required by the California Environmental Quality Act. The Town staff stands ready to answer your questions or provide information based upon your request. In addition we are posting all relevant information on the Town website for all to view.
I strongly encourage all interested parties to review and submit written comments on the DEIR to the Town prior to the March 6, 2013 comment deadline. In addition, once public hearings are set to consider approval or denial of Canyon Springs, please make plans to come to Town Hall to state your position and/or concerns to the Truckee Planning Commission. I guarantee the Town will be listening.
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Readers, you now have 12 hours or so to bid for a slice of computing history: a Kim-1 single-board computer, released some 36 years ago by the company that would become a key part of Commodore.
Kim stood for Keyboard Input Monitor, and the device, based on the MOS 6502, was the equivalent of the Sinclair MK14 or the Acorn System 1.
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Head Coach Michelle Bento-Jackson
On the game:
"We did play very well today for the first 30 minutes, and especially for the first 10 minutes of the second half. We did get a little bit sloppy there in the end, and we just have to be able to play solid and continue building our leads for 40 minutes."
On Kasey Monteith's and Jen Gottschalk's performances:
"Kasey and Jen were very sharp for us today. We're always looking to have that balance in our scoring, and I thought that Kasey came in, was very intense and aggressive, and made very good decisions on the floor today. When she makes solid decisions, she puts herself in a good position to succeed."
On Chandice Cronk's 16-point performance:
"I've talked to Chandice about mixing up her game, and today she did a very good job of playing in attack mode and definitely being the aggressor out there today."
Forward Kasey Monteith
On matching her career high with 16 points:
"Fortunately the Portland posts were playing behind us today, so when I set up underneath, I just tried to get as low as I could and it worked out."
On bouncing back from Thursday night's loss:
"It was very important for us to take that energy from Thursday night's game and channel it today in a positive way. We did a good job of putting the game behind us and focusing on getting the job done today."
On the performances of the post players in recent games:
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Alcatraz is a cat with a serious attitude, and a lot of friends. These friends also have issues of their own, which all come out in the hilarious improvised puppet show Friends of Alcatraz. You read that correctly, its a puppet show.
Friends of Alcatraz begins with the titular cat (played by actor/director/designer Kelly Vrooman) explaining the format of the show. The stage for Friends of Alcatraz is set up with a camera so that the audience may watch the puppeteers on their left, or a screen showing just the puppet action to the right. The set up lets the actors play with the space and the camera to make for an extremely visually interesting show. The cast uses the depth of the stage and the different size of puppets to fill in background characters and create a complete visual world around the puppet work, and audiences can see how they do it for themselves.
The technical work is just one of the excellent aspects of this show. The cast (Vrooman, along with Joe Sabatino, Jason Stockdale, Rob Cutler, and Dave Jadico) does a great job bringing the puppets to life and giving them each a depth and soul beyond their plush exterior. The design of the puppets helps in this, each crafted with a unique look that seems to draw the characters' voices and personas out of the actors.
An audience member's suggestion of "a breakup" when asked for something incredible that recently happend to them initially drew ridicule from Alcatraz the cat, but lead to a show full of relationships with their ups and downs, break-ups and make-ups and big laughs throughout.
Friends of Alcatraz is an extremely unique theater experience and is thoroughly satisfying for it's comedy, showmanship, and presentation. Here's hoping the end of it's Fringe Festival run is not the last we see of Alcatraz and the gang.
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It's always a tough call rebooting beloved movies from decades past. For every gripping "Star Trek" update and Dark Knight tale, there's a "Pink Panther" or "Conan the Barbarian" remake to balance the scales.
Now comes the first trailer for "RoboCop," an update on the bloody 1987 sci-fi action flick of the same name from director Paul Verhoven ("Total Recall," "Basic Instinct") that starred Paul Weller as a fatally-injured police officer who is revived by a shady mega-corporation and rebuilt in the form of a cyborg law enforcer. The original was such a hit it spawned sequels, spin-offs and various video game interpretations.
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The reboot stars Joel Kinnaman ("The Killing") as Alex Murphy, the destroyed officer resurrected as RoboCop, with Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman and Abbie Cornish along for the revised ride.
Fans of the original flick have already taken to Twitter over the trailer in equal parts celebration and derision. Diehards instantly noted that RoboCop gets a new suit of armor, this time in black. Though the original silver suit is given an early visual nod in the teaser. There's also the inclusion of that famous line from the 1987 version that celebrities like Olivia Munn can't help quoting:
Dead or alive, you're coming with me. #Robocop !!!!! http://t.co/R265qITD0o — oliviamunn (@oliviamunn) September 6, 2013
RoboCop (2014), Would't Buy It For a Dollar http://t.co/QwG7JD72jw — Мишка (@MishkaNYC) September 6, 2013
Audiences will have to wait until until Feb. 7, 2014 to decide for themselves whether the new RoboCop has the armor to withstand criticisms it's too similar to the original or a well-timed update suited to a new generation of action fans already used to the idea of unmanned attack drones and the physical meeting of man and machine.


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NFL conference championship picks: Give Seahawks, Patriots the edge
The NFL's version of the final four doesn't get any better than this. The real surprise is that the league's four best teams in 2013 are the ones left standing.
We get two compelling conference championships and two great rivalries, adding up to one ratings-friendly doubleheader and soon, one marquee Super Bowl. Because defenses still tend to win championships, we've giving the NFC top billing in this twin billing (all times Eastern).
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San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks (Sunday 6:30 p.m., FOX). Russell Wilson has lost only one home game as the Seahawks' starting quarterback. Colin Kaepernick has helped the 49ers win three consecutive playoff road games. So what gives between these two athletic young guns?
It figures to be another physical defensive grind for the familiar foes where every yard will be earned and the big plays will be few, Wilson has the weaker receiving corps vs. the weaker secondary, while Kaepernick has the stronger receiving corps vs. the stronger secondary.
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That's been the difference when teams get together in Seattle. Kaepernick has his mightiest struggles there, as Richard Sherman and the Seahawks' cover men make it rough on him. The pass rush and the crowd noise are obvious additional factors in forcing him to give away the ball.
The teams are both stingy against the run, but Marshawn Lynch has enjoyed great recent success against the 49ers. He got warmed up against the Saints to power through, and he provides a little more pop than Frank Gore, especially behind a healthy Seahawks line. The energy Seattle has at home is more than your typical X-factor, and it also wins in an exceptional battle of special teams.
Jim Harbaugh has won the most rounds from Pete Carroll since their Pac-12 days, but in the Pacific Northwest, the Seahawks will use their homefield advantage to get to Super Bowl XLVIII. Prediction: Seahawks 20, 49ers 17 | Video preview | Primo soundbites |
AFC Game of the Week
New England Patriots at Denver Broncos (TRACK LIVE). The Patriots didn't need to play the Bengals, and blew by the Colts. Now they that survived to get to the Broncos, it's easier to trust them to advance. While the expected hype is around Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning, the real matchup is Bill Belichick vs. John Fox.
It's been 10 years since Belichick's Patriots beat Fox's Panthers in the Super Bowl. In this game, it's about pushing the right buttons at the right times. The Patriots always come in with a physical, attacking mindset, and they are back to a familiar formula that ended with their three Super Bowl victories: big plays on defense and steady, powerful play from the running game.
It's weird, because they have Brady, but the Broncos need to make the Patriots throw. And will the Broncos be aggressive enough with Manning's arm early, and will they be willing to throw it late with a lead? The Patriots get a break through the air without Broncos top cover man Chris Harris, but won't win if Brady needs to chuck. Their weapons (see Julian Edelman and Shane Vereen) are underrated, but don't match Manning's (the Thomases, Eric Decker, Wes Welker) to keep up in a shootout.
TUCKER: Without Chris Harris, Broncos can't cover the slot | Running game is key
Mannning must be sharp to Decker and Welker, because Demaryius Thomas should see plenty of Aqib Talib, and with Jamie Collins the Patriots can contain Julius Thomas. Denver's Knowshon Moreno was the one who ran wild in the first meeting, but LeGarrette Blount is one rolling behind a New England line that's finally playing its best.
The Broncos are favored, but you still feel like they are the underdogs here given Manning's history vs. Belichick and how they fell short last season. Here's thinking they steal a game that's more ugly than you would think. Prediction: Patriots 26, Broncos 23 | Video preview | Manning vs. Brady | The underdog Pats
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I've always said status quo is mediocrity's best friend. While static thinking is the best short cut to obsolescence you'll ever find, why would you want to travel that path? The sad thing is, I observe many more people willing to travel a path of ruin than I do people willing to change their thinking. While companies destined to fail reward average thinking, successful companies reward the bold thinking revealed through the microscope of what if.
Much has been written about the power of creative thinking, ideation, disruptive innovation, etc., but little has been written on how to successfully implement these processes. If you've ever wondered how to find those "ah-ha" moments, they all begin through observations inspired by asking what if. Just because what I'm espousing today is simple doesn't mean it isn't effective.While many so-called business gurus sell profit through complexity, the reality is leaders rarely profit from complexity – real profit is found in the pure elegance of simplicity.
Change doesn't need to be complex. In fact, what's more simple than using the filter of what if? It doesn't require any special skills or ability, just the willingness to look beyond what presently exists. Let me be as clear as I can – there is simply no reason to continue to do things that make no sense. Leadership and herd mentality should have nothing to do with one another. If you want to become a better leader stop doing things the way they've always been done – don't copy create.
What if Larry Page and Sergey Brin didn't ask what if search could be more simple and relevant? What if Steve Jobs failed to ask what if you combined technology and design to create the ultimate customer experience? What if Richard Branson didn't ask what if about almost everything? Real leaders are open to the possibility that most things not only can, but should be improved upon. They understand it's the ability to innovate and change which creates competitive advantage, adds value, and ensures sustainability.
The process of unleashing what if begins with not painting yourself into corners. Perhaps the single greatest barrier impeding the transition from what is to what if is allowing yourself to fall into the trap of either/or thinking. The best leaders realize there's rarely a good reason to juxtapose one option against another. This is simply a false paradigm created by intellectually dishonest rationalizations. The use of A/B frameworks as a decision making model unnecessarily limit opportunity by impeding creative thought and innovation. The job of a leader is to create, expand and preserve options – not limit them.
Utilizing what if thinking allows you to maximize the present while securing the future. The best leaders know how to attain desired outcomes while remaining discovery driven. It's clearly important to achieve short-term hurdles, but not at the expense of long-term sustainability. Smart leaders understand the present is simply a springboard to the future. Absent an aggressive forward leaning bias, short-term wins will represent little more than pyrrhic victories as the innovators, the what if thinkers, pass you by.
My recommendation is a simple one – not only do I suggest you put everything you do through a "what if audit," but ask your team to do the same thing. Question: What if you challenged everything, slaughtered a few sacred cows, and stopped holding false truths as real? Answer: creativity would be inspired, innovation would occur, and things would change for the better. Remember, conventional wisdom usually isn't.
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While they may be slightly more two-dimensional than traditional entertainment talent, the message of these iconic avian and porcine personalities is no less important: Stop this senseless Angry Birds war.
Who knew there were so many celebrity birds and pigs, heartbroken over the constant conflict waging from iPhone to PlayStation Network every day? From Darkwing Duck to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle antagonist Bebop, these brave heroes have banded together to put an end to hostilities, showing Rovio that the two sides can come together for the common good.
Maybe once this war has ended they can band together to get Donald Duck a little speech therapy.


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At the bottom of the PowerPoint Font dialog box are the Effects options. The PowerPoint text effects have various uses, some utilitarian and some strictly for fun. Be careful with text effects. Use them sparingly and make sure they add to the content of your presentations rather than distract from it. Go to the PowerPoint Home tab and click the Font group button to open the Font dialog box and choose an Effect option.
Following is a list of text effects for you to choose from.
Strikethrough and double strikethrough: By convention, strikethrough is used to show where passages have been struck from a contract or other important document. Double strikethrough . . . well . . . that must be used to show where passages have been struck out forcefully. Use these text effects to demonstrate ideas that you've rejected.
Superscript: A letter or number that has been raised in the text. Superscript is used in mathematical and scientific formulas, in ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd), and to mark footnotes.
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We've seen just about every iteration of comfort food go upscale—burgers with foie gras, macaroni and cheese with white truffles, barbecue served with (gasp) white napkins. But Jewish comfort food, that of latkes, gefilte fish, and Friday night roast chicken, is a whole new territory.
Kutsher's in Tribeca is stepping up to put a modern spin on bubbe-influenced cuisine. Named after the storied Catskill's summer resort, Zach Kutsher is hoping to pay homage to the "Borsht-belt" institution run by his father and grandfather (the family's tenure ended in 2007).
"This is in honor to them both," Kutsher told us, gesturing around the airy restaurant, as his waitstaff enjoyed a family meal and celebrated a birthday with loud laughter and applause.
The space manages to evoke the lodge-type feel of the Catskills in their mid-Century heyday (is that Baby I see in the corner?) with high ceilings, golden blond wood, and half moon booths flanked by subtly space-age lighting. You'll see no Cadillac-style bombast, but you'll get a hint of its spirit.
And as for the food? Kutsher, working with China Grill's Jefferey Chodorow, and chef Marc Spangenthal, has crafted a menu that has the belly-warming familiarity of the most comforting Jewish staples, but with more attention to ingredients and presentation. Latkes taste like latkes, but are served with a trio of salty, briny caviars. Gefilte fish has the salty-sweet flavor of memory, but banishes the goo of the jarred version to supermarket shelves. Cocktails playfully evoke the spirit of the summer camp or the soda fountain; you can drink boozy bug juice, or enjoy a rum-spiked cherry lime Ricky.
Kutsher's is open for dinner, and will eventually be open for lunch and brunch as well. Check out some of the food and drink offerings in the slide show above.
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This morning, it was announced that DC Entertainment's new president Diane Nelson had named Dan DiDio and Jim Lee as DC Comics' co-publishers, and Geoff Johns as Chief Creative Officer. TECHLAND spoke to the three new appointees about what comes next for DC.
So Jim and Geoff: are you going to be moving to New York?
JIM LEE: I actually have a place in New York–I've been living here for a long time. Obviously I have a place in San Diego, but we're commuting a lot.
GEOFF JOHNS: Last year I spent four or five months in New York; I travel here quite a bit.
Obviously, there have been rumors for a while that DC will be moving at least some of its operations out to the West Coast; can you talk about that at all?
DAN DIDIO: One of the things we want to do right now, rather than speaking about structurally what might be changing, is focus on the new creative team we've got in place. We're really excited about the fact that we've been brought in by Diane, and charged with forging a relationship between DC Comics and DC Entertainment, and we'd like to keep it focused on that.
Tell me a little more about how DC's liaison with the film division and other parts of Warners is going to work.
GEOFF JOHNS: That's actually a big part of what I'm going to do. I've already worked with Dan for years in the DCU, and my job now is to kind of work with everyone, Dan and Jim and all the imprints, and keep writing comics, keep working in the DCU, and also take that stuff and shepherd it out into the world outside the comic book business. I've been spending the last few months working on "Green Lantern" [the movie], and for me that's the first big sign of what the new DCE is: the collaboration with the filmmakers and the studio and everybody at DC on our characters and stories.
How much editorial oversight for the print comics does your new job involve, Geoff?
GEOFF JOHNS: It's like I've been doing now–I've got a lot of creative input. I love collaboration, and it's obvious from the way I like to work with everybody in comics in the DCU. I'm going to continue doing what I do, but in an official capacity.
Jim, how is this going to affect the future of the WildStorm imprint?
JIM LEE: I think it's going to be exciting for WildStorm. Obviously, it's one of my passions–we talked to them over the phone as we were announcing this, and the response I heard was laughter–that they were happy, and they were excited, and they know that this means incredible things in the future.
DAN DIDIO: I'm going to go one step further on that. Being one of the New York-based guys, we've always had 3000 miles between these two parts of the company. And Jim and I are going to work extraordinarily hard to bring those two aspects together and work much more closely. There's incredibly talented people at WildStorm, and we want to make sure we tap all their talent and abilities, not just to serve WildStorm but the entire company.
Dan and Jim, can you talk a little about what the division of labor is going to be like? Are there aspects of the publisher role that one of you is more inclined toward than the other?
JIM LEE: I would say yes, but overall we have a lot of overlap in responsibilities. Obviously, we're charged with maintaining the integrity of all the different imprints that make us DC Comics, and because we've known each other for so long, we've got a really good sense of our individual takes. That said, we also have other aspects of publishing creator-driven or creator-owned projects that we want to champion, and we're still going to have that, to maintain that diversity across the line. I'll have my hand more in the digital space–obviously digital publishing is going to be a big part of our future, and I'll be working with John Rood, who's in charge of marketing, sales and business development. That's going to be a big project for us to work on going forward.
Is there anything you can say about how these changes are shaping the digital publishing initiatives, and if that connects to the DCU Online project that Jim and Geoff have been working on?
JIM LEE: Those are fairly independent of each other–the game itself is a massively multiplayer online game. The digital comics side is really about trying to capture the comic book experience in digital form, off paper. The problem is there's no established standard yet, in terms of length, size, is there animation, is there music… we're still really very much in the exploration phase, but obviously that whole business is coming to a critical tipping point. We're going to see some exciting things come out of all this research and thought.
Dan, I'm curious about your thoughts about where DC's publishing is moving with print comics, and how that relates to other media.
DAN DIDIO: All of us believe in the strength and viability of the print marketplace, still. We have a very loyal fan base, and a very strong fan base, because of the collectibility of the product, so we will continue to produce the strongest possible books out there that we can. Also, in conjunction, we see growth, and we've been seeing continued growth, in the bookstore market, with the original graphic novels and collected editions that we put out for DC, for Vertigo and for WildStorm. And we'll continue to push that marketplace as well. One of the things that we've done with the Earth-One line and the DCU is we're aware that different products exist better in different marketplaces. Vertigo has done extraordinarily well with creating original graphic novels to be sold in the bookstore market, and we're going to take that idea and move it into the DCU with the Earth-One books and, again, we will continue to push print just as aggressively as we always have.
Geoff, how do your new responsibilities relate to the workload you've been taking on? You've been writing four or five books a month for a while; are you going to be able to continue doing your own writing work in addition to this other work you're doing?
GEOFF JOHNS: You've got to look at my career as a whole: I've been working in TV and film outside of the comics for quite some time, writing and developing things on "Robot Chicken" and "Titan Maximum" as well as things like "Smallville" and other projects outside of comic books. What I'm doing now is focusing all my creative energies toward DCE. I'll still be writing a lot of comic books–it's something I love doing, it's a passion, it's part of my job, which is great. I've already been involved in editorial for quite some time. Quite honestly, I don't know how it will affect me; I'm certainly not going to be doing six or seven books a month like a lot of guys, but I'm still going to be writing "Green Lantern," "Flash," "Brightest Day," "Batman: Earth-One," all my projects I've got lined up are going full steam ahead, and there's even some new ones on the horizon.
What kind of guidance do you think DC needs right now in terms of relating to the broader Warners structure–the film division and the other divisions? What sorts of things are you going to work on making run more smoothly?
GEOFF JOHNS: The big message is DC is working together with Warner Bros. It's all about collaboration. That's kind of the word–a closer working environment across the board.
DAN DIDIO: I can't tell you how excited I am–you know, I've worked with Jim and Geoff on so many projects over the years, and the final project always even exceeds my expectations. And I feel that, with them bringing their creative energy across the entire publishing line, it just makes DC that much more valuable and that much more exciting.


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At San Diego Comic-Con this year, the traditional go-to event for studios to showcase and tease their upcoming major projects, Marvel Studios was noticeably absent. They didn't avoid the place entirely of course - that would cause a riot - but they did not host a panel presentation to talk about and show off The Avengers and other upcoming film projects, a major disappointment after bringing the entire cast on stage last year.
Instead, Marvel stuck to the show floor, handed out The Avengers character posters and brought some of the cast in to do signings for the fans. Next week, New York Comic-Con will be the place where Joss Whedon unveils his movie to the fans with new footage and the first ever full official trailer for The Avengers, a trailer which has just released online.
Our first look at The Avengers came attached as the post-credits "button" at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger, which acted as a brief teaser to the ultimate comic book movie team-up. Then in August, Disney brought a panel and footage to their D23 event, much to the dismay of con goers who were hoping to see that same panel a month earlier in San Diego. This footage introduced the team members of The Avengers and gave a lot of screen time to Loki, our favorite antagonist from Thor, but much was held back in regards to the other villains of the film, the extra-terrestrial ones we keep hearing about.
Outside of revealing photos from the set of The Avengers which have become the main source of news headlines for the project, our last official look at The Avengers came attached to the Captain America Blu-ray release in a special featured titled 'The Road to The Avengers" which featured very brief scenes intermixed with interviews with cast and crew.
You've met Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk before and we've seen what they're capable of when put to the test. We've even been introduced to some of their friends in Black Widow and Hawkeye. But never have they faced an opponent such as this and never have they been forced to work together for a greater cause - watch and enjoy:
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Visually it looks great and there are elements of Michael Bay all over some of the slow-motion city destruction scenes. Like the previous footage, the trailer acts as a teaser, focusing on brief snippets of the heroes and Loki, but holding back any reveals of the other villains of the film.
Here's a gallery of screen grabs from the trailer for you to scrutinize:
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The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgard. It is of course written and directed by Joss Whedon, opening in theaters on May 4, 2012.
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KSCB News - April 30, 2013 10:26 am
A new report is forecasting that Kansas employment will grow this year at a "slightly faster rate" than in 2012 and will add nearly 24,000 jobs to the state's economy.
The Center for Economic Development and Business Research on Tuesday predicted 1.8 percent job growth for an estimated 23,794 new jobs.
The agency's director, Jeremy Hill, acknowledges that is still a slow rate of growth but says the forecast is nonetheless fairly optimistic.
Most of those new jobs are coming in the service sector, which is expected to grow by 2.2 percent. That includes everything from lawyers to hotel workers.
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Egypt's military-backed government on Tuesday signaled it was in no rush to dismantle the Muslim Brotherhood, preferring to wait for a ruling outlawing the ousted president's group to be upheld by a higher tribunal.
The group rejected Monday's court verdict and vowed to appeal it. But with much of their leadership in prison and public opinion appearing to run strongly against them, analysts said the Brotherhood can do little more.
In New York, meanwhile, U.S. President Barack Obama said that future support for Egypt would depend on its progress in pursuing democracy.
In the nearly three months since a coup ousted President Mohamed Morsi after millions took to the streets demanding his removal, the government has rounded up around 2,000 top leaders, mid-level organizers, and rank-and-file members of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which he hails. Many have been charged with inciting of violence.
Hundreds have been killed in government crackdowns on protest camps and demonstrations, while Morsi supporters have attacked churches and police stations in retaliation.
The media depicts the interim government as waging a war on terror, and public opinion appears to support the crackdown as well as extraordinary measures, like a state of emergency and a nighttime curfew, that the state says is necessary.
Monday's court verdict, which orders that the group be outlawed and its assets confiscated, was widely seen as a dramatic escalation in the campaign against the Brotherhood, a prelude to the draining of its funding and the closure of its elaborate network of social services, schools and hospitals. These have been crucial to the group's effort to build grassroots support, and are credited with a major role in its election victories.
On Tuesday, Egypt's state-run news agency reported that the Cabinet has "postponed taking any decisions" to implement the court order, deciding instead to await "final court rulings out of respect for the judiciary."
Ibrahim el-Sayyed, a senior official of the Brotherhood's political arm — the Freedom and Justice Party — said the group will appeal the verdict although it rejects it.
"This is an attempt to terrorize (group) members, " he told The Associated Press. "Nothing will stop us," he said, alluding to previous crackdowns on the Brotherhood throughout its 85-year history. He said Brotherhood-affiliated hospitals and schools would continue to work.
But others said the movement's options were few. "The Brotherhood is dying," says Ammar Ali Hassan, a scholar of Islamic movements. "The ban order was welcomed by the people after the group lost public support … Now their hands are tied and there is little they can do."
The Brotherhood, founded in 1928, was outlawed 20 years later and again in 1954 by the late President Gamal Abdel-Nasser, who imprisoned and executed several of its top leaders.
The Brotherhood's fortunes rose dramatically in the wake of the 2011 ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. It quickly formed a political party and won a series of elections, including the 2012 ballot that brought Morsi to office. However, its legal status remained hazy. In March, it registered as a non-governmental organization, but its entire network was not brought under the association's aegis.
The verdict ordered a ban of the group itself — including the official association it registered earlier this year — as well as "any institution branching out of it or … receiving financial support from it."
Egypt's official MENA news agency said Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmed el-Borai, who is in charge of registering NGOs, has presented a bill to "disband" the Brotherhood as a non-governmental group.
Several other courts are looking into similar suits. Egypt's Administrative Court is also looking into the legality of the group's registered non-governmental organization. The court is holding its next session on Nov. 12.
Meanwhile, security forces continued a campaign against Islamist strongholds that have resisted the interim government's authority. On Tuesday, special forces conducted house-to-house raids in search of wanted suspects in the village of Nahya, just west of Cairo.
Officials said they were looking in particular for those behind the brutal killing last month of 15 policemen in the adjacent town of Kerdasa that followed the deadly crackdown on the pro-Morsi protest camps.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, a spokesman for the 50-member panel tasked to amend the 2012 Islamist-backed constitution suspended by the July 3 coup said a subcommittee has made "big and core changes" to trim the powers of the president.
Among proposed changes, Mohammed Salmawy said, the president's oath of office will include a clause saying he respects the constitution and the law.
"The oath includes a clear clause on (him) protecting the constitution, and if he violates it, therefore, it is a breach," Salmawy told reporters.
According to the official Al-Ahram daily, other amendments included that the president is no longer supreme commander of the police as it has been customary, a change that is designed to protect the force from being manipulated by the head of state.
Meanwhile, in New York, Obama said that future support to Egypt will depend upon "Egypt's progress in pursuing a democratic path," hoping to maintain a constructive relationship with the interim government in Egypt while avoiding choosing sides.
Obama told the U.N. General Assembly that the U.S. will continue to offer support to Egypt in areas such as education, which benefits the Egyptian people. But he says the U.S. has held up the delivery of certain military aid.
The U.S. provides Egypt with about $1.5 billion a year, mostly in military aid. The president's top national security aides have recommended suspending much of the money.
In an interview with the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat, Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said Cairo's relations with Washington were currently "turbulent" and the Egyptian public has adopted "unprecedentedly negative views" on the United States.
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San Diego's world famous institution is also the nation's most expensive
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The San Diego Zoo's Australian Outback exhibit opens this week, giving patrons more to see than last summer.
The price has gone up, too.
The zoo this year costs $44 for adults and $34 for children under 13, after a series of annual increases. Since 2009, the cost of admission has gone up 26 percent for grown-ups and 31 percent for children.
"Increases in our admission prices reflect our efforts to stay current in a changing marketplace while also supporting our need to expand efforts to educate children and conserve species," spokeswoman Christina Simmons said.
The one-day cost is largely aimed at out-of-town tourists, said Ted Molter, the zoo's director of marketing.
"We actually look at two different audiences," Molter said. "For the audience that lives here in San Diego we have a very popular membership program. In fact, there are more than 280,000 households in Southern California that are part of our membership. It's the largest membership of its kind, representing almost a half-million people."
The San Diego Zoo is widely regarded as one of the best in the nation. The travel website TripAdvisor last year named San Diego No. 6, ranking up there with zoos in Omaha, Neb.; St. Louis; and Memphis, Tenn. Parents magazine listed San Diego's zoo as No. 8.
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"We have been called world famous," Molter said. "It's a brand attribute that we've worked hard to earn and maintain every day. It's not that we actually go to the market with that ourselves, it's one that we're told and reminded about again and again, so clearly we're doing the right things."
Admission for a family of four is $166, including tickets for two adults and two children ages 8 and 13.
That gate price includes a bus tour and sky ride, which used to be optional but were built into a higher minimum admission cost in 2009. That year, when families had an option, the admission cost was $102 without the bus and sky ride or $131 with it.
The U-T surveyed prices at more than 40 public or nonprofit zoological institutions in the nation and found San Diego's gate price to be the highest.
No. 2 was the Tampa Zoo, which topped the Parents magazine ranking. Its cost for a family of four for one day is $94.80.
San Diego's annual membership cost for a family of four is $206. That cost, the most expensive in the U-T survey, also includes admission to North County's Safari Park.
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The San Diego Zoo is No. 1 in the nation for attendance, reporting 3.4 million a year to the Association of Zoos & Aquariums. According to that same data, reported for 2010, San Diego is fifth on the list for number of animals, with 4,500.
Many zoo-goers say that the San Diego Zoo is the best in the world and worth every penny.
"We saw the pandas; it was my Mother's Day treat," said Joan Brown, who was visiting the zoo with her grandchildren and other family members. "You know, I live in Orange County, where Disneyland is, and it costs you way more than the cost here. I'd rather put my money here because I know it's going to help support the animals."
San Diego's zoo won the 2012 AZA International Conservation Award for its scientific approaches to preservation of giant pandas.
One side effect of San Diego's higher cost is, the zoo doesn't participate in a national reciprocal program for participating AZA attractions.
For instance, a family of four that buys an annual Houston Zoo membership at a cost of $96 can also go for free to zoos in Salt Lake City; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Milwaukee; and other locales (and Houston returns the favor).
"Given our price and our admission, it kind of does distance us from those other zoos," Molter said, "so it makes it difficult to do a reciprocity program that will be equal and balanced for everybody."
Molter said the zoo has reached agreements with theme parks in the region, such as SeaWorld, Legoland and Disneyland, so that if a family purchases a package deal, it becomes less pricey.
One reason for the zoo's price tag: The zoo works with many animals, including endangered species, and conducts cutting-edge research.
The zoo recently hosted a consortium of experts to try to find the cause of a mysterious disease that's affecting koala bears in their native habitat.
"You can imagine the upkeep of all the things we have at the zoo and the Safari Park," Molter said. "It's not an inexpensive proposition. And for a group of people that care for animals the way that we do, every time we learn new how to take care of them it never costs any less."
This story has been amended from its original, which said San Diego Zoo's membership price for a family of four was the second most expensive in the U-T survey. In fact, it was the most expensive.


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Project Overview
The N/NE Quadrant and I-5 Broadway/Weidler Plans (N/NE Quadrant Project) is a quadrant-level guide for implementation of city-wide policy goals to ensure a vibrant Central City at the heart of the metropolitan region. The project is a unique collaboration between the City of Portland and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to jointly develop a land use plan and plan for the I-5 Freeway in the vicinity of the Broadway-Weidler Interchange in a mutually beneficial way.
Current Status
On October 25, 2012, City Council voted unanimously to adopt the N/NE Quadrant Plan. The adoption by City Council followed a two-year planning process in which the diverse 30-member Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) worked with interested community members and land use and transportation planners to develop the plans. The full SAC met 19 times and held 14 Subcommittee meetings. Their work was informed by public input solicited throughout the process at numerous open houses, charrettes and community meetings.
The plans were adopted by resolution, indicating the City Council's support for their recommendations. Specific recommendations in the N/NE Quadrant Plan will go into effect once the entire Central City 2035 Plan (the update of the 1988 Central City Plan) is complete, expected in 2015. The I-5 Broadway/Weidler Facility Plan will go before the Oregon Transportation Commission for adoption on December 19, 2012.
Central City 2035 (CC2035) Phase I is an update of the 1988 Central City Plan with a new 25-year Concept Plan. It defines the overall direction for Central City within the context of city-wide goals established through the Portland Plan. The N/NE Quadrant Project kicked off Phase II of CC2035, refining broader policy goals and district directions through direct implementation. This is the first of the more detailed quadrant-level planning efforts of Phase II with plans for the subdistricts within each quadrant. The N/NE Quadrant Project coordinates with concurrent planning efforts including the Portland Plan, River Plan / Central Reach, Rose Quarter Development Project, and Central City Transportation Management Plan to ensure a vibrant Central City now and in the future.
The N/NE Quadrant is a dynamic area with exciting potential that contains several facilities of state-wide and regional significance, including the Rose Garden, Oregon Convention Center, Lloyd Center Shopping Mall, Willamette Riverfront and freeway interchanges. This project addresses challenges and opportunities related to land use, urban design, the Willamette River and multimodal transportation infrastructure. The bottleneck at the I-5/I-84 interchange has been identified as one of the most congested state interchanges by ODOT and is a priority for improvements in the vicinity of the Broadway-Weidler Interchange. In addressing these challenges, the N/NE Quadrant Project guides investment supporting the realization of this area's potential related to economic development, housing, the riverfront, entertainment, sustainability and mobility.
Project timeline
September 2010
Fall 2010
Winter 2010
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Fall / Winter 2011-2012
Spring / Summer 2012
Fall 2012
Project start-up
Background and existing conditions
Set project goals and scope
Identify issues, opportunities and constraints
Develop concept alternatives
Select preferred concept
Develop plan
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Community walks September 2010
Public open house November 2010
Charrettes February / April 2011
Public open house June 2011
Public open house February 2012
Extended public comments
SAC meetings June 2012
Planning and Sustainability Commission September 2012
City Council October 2012
Coordinated Efforts
CC2035 Related Projects
The N/NE Quadrant Project will be coordinated with several ongoing and related projects. Many of these projects are closely related to CC2035, the Central City Transportation Management Plan (CCTMP) Update, the River Plan / Central Reach and the Portland Plan.
Efforts related specifically to the N/NE Quadrant Project:
Rose Quarter Development Project
PDC is leading this community-based effort to prepare a development strategy for the Rose Quarter that will identify potential uses and the financial feasibility of future development, including the possible renovation or reuse of Memorial Coliseum. The project is building on a vision for the area to create a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented, mixed use district with year-round night and day active public uses that support the future of the Rose Quarter district, showcase leading edge sustainability practices, create jobs, provide visitor amenities, and integrate and connect with neighboring portions of the Lloyd District and Oregon Convention Center area, as well as the Willamette River and surrounding neighborhoods.
N/NE Economic Development Initiative
The North/Northeast Economic Development Initiative is a PDC project that is assessing the need for possible boundary adjustments and priorities for new investments in the Interstate Corridor and Oregon Convention Center Urban Renewal Areas, which cover portions of the N/NE quadrant. PDC is working with the community to ensure that PDC investments enhance livability and economic opportunity within the two urban renewal areas and the city at-large.


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You could almost write Panic! At The Disco's career trajectory without listening to any of the records. World-conquering pseudo-baroque pop-rock record births second-album crisis, which yields slightly odd Anglophilia, which in turn leads to the main songwriter, Ryan Ross, parting company with the rest of the band. The result, one might predict, would be a flailing attempt to return to what made P!ATD great in the first place – ambitious, hook-filled pop songs that embrace the theatrical and the melodramatic.
Well, you would be half right. Vices & Virtues is not Pretty. Odd. Part II. The record sees P!ATD turn their back, in part, on the Beatles-aping that characterised that record – but it is far from a wholesale rejection of those tendencies. Instead, it relies on a combination of the ADHD vaudeville that got them signed in the first place, and the chuggingly tedious songwriting that marred their second record. This combination has, inevitably, some mixed results.
The opening salvo of 'The Ballad Of Mona Lisa' and 'Let's Kill Tonight' is simultaneously encouraging and disconcerting. The music-box piano that begins the record is as clear an indication as any that the band are again indulging their faux-gothic passions – although the songs, which are also the first two singles, are nowhere near as gripping as any of those taken from A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.
Four tracks in, though, and the tone changes dramatically. The bulk of this record bears about as little resemblance to A Fever... as that record did to Pretty. Odd. Instead, it has apparently been bulked out with offcuts from abandoned Daniel Bedingfield sessions. 'Memories' is amongst the weakest tracks here, but it is also characteristic of the record as a whole. Suddenly gone is the Burton-esque burlesque-pop – replaced, inexplicably, by the sound of INXS playing the score from some fourth-rate off-Broadway musical.
This theme continues for about four tracks; it is, in fact, the theme of the bulk of the record. It culminates in suitably gag-reflex-inducing fashion with 'Always', which should never have made it out of the rehearsal room on the grounds that it is just too much like something off Paul McCartney's damnably bad Flaming Pie.
The problem, aside from the evident paucity of ideas, is that frontman Brendon Urie has apparently completely taken leave of his previously fascinating sense of melody. Urie's scatty, hopping-across-the-staves vocal lines were a major part of the appeal of A Fever..., but for much of Vices & Virtues the tunes are staid, stale. Gone too is the wonderfully frustrating hyper-literacy of that first record, and in its place is such triteness as "When the world gets too heavy / Put it on my back / I'll be your levee". Eugh.
The final third goes some way to recovering the band's dignity. 'The Calendar' has a chorus as great as any they have written, while 'Sarah Smiles' has one of the best (and simultaneously most contrived) vocal moments on the record: a short-of-breath a capella line that, while clearly the product of dozens of takes, is still a cute detail.
And then 'Nearly Witches', the closing track. The fact that it has more than three sections will inevitably lead some over-excited listeners to think it's the wackiest thing they've ever heard – and this is, inevitably, P!ATD's intention. In fact, it is a pretty good summation of this record as a whole. It is a combination of the form they perfected on A Fever..., and the content they swiped at in Pretty. Odd; the split-personality structure is still there, but it is filled not with the outrageously florid pop that characterised their early output, but by a mixture of the four-chord bilge they peddled on their second record, and the strangely lifeless emphatics that are splattered across the rest of Vices & Virtues.
Even the most open-minded of listeners would have been forgiven for assuming, on first hearing A Fever..., that Panic! At The Disco were a band with a limited shelf life. The fact that they have reached album number three is therefore an achievement in itself. But Vices & Virtues is quite some distance from the triumphs of that remarkable record. This is not, as one might have expected, the sound of a post-Ryan Ross band floundering, directionless. Instead, it is the sound of a band venturing down a number of relative dead ends; the sound of songwriters mining seams less rich than those they had previously explored. They will have to find more rewarding territory to burrow into if they are to successfully make it past album number four.
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- Sofia
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Pamporovo Travel Guide
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A modern ski resort in the heart of the Rhodope Mountains, at an altitude of 5,413ft (1,650m), Pamporovo is a popular holiday destination with a sunny climate and powdery snow. The town provides a variety of excellent ski runs covering all degrees of difficulty, most of them starting from the Snejanka peak above the resort. The ski school centre in Pamporovo is considered one of the best in Europe with highly qualified instructors and an international reputation. The unique Mediterranean climate is thought to be extremely healthy and provides excellent conditions for climatic therapy and health tourism all year round, including a Balneotherapy Centre that operates from within the resort. Off the slopes there are numerous opportunities for entertainment and interesting tourist attractions. The Rhodope Mountains have long been the source of legends and stories, including the mythical singer Orpheus, and the region is full of rich folk traditions and culture.
Although Pamporovo offers skiing for all levels of experience, its nursery slopes are particularly good and beginners soon flourish. There are more than 100 well-qualified instructors available fluent in a variety of languages at the ski school centre. All the main runs start from the peak of the Snejanka at the TV tower. The most difficult ski piste is 'The Wall', a black run which offers an exciting challenge. Great off-piste skiing and snowboarding is also on offer. Snow conditions are reliably excellent throughout the season.
The main shopping centre in Pamporovo, containing mostly boutiques, souvenir shops and sports gear outlets, is attached to the Hotel Perelik and should amply satisfy the shopping urges of holidaymakers. There is also a shopping centre at Murgavets Hotel. Many stores sell traditional Bulgarian souvenirs, and there are a variety of shops that stock ski equipment.
Pamporovo restaurants serve a wide variety of cuisine, but most holidaymakers favour the local folk taverns like the Chevermeto, where whole sheep are roasted over open fires and dancers in traditional costumes provide colourful entertainment. Cosy pubs selling international staples like steak and pizza are numerous, and those looking for more upmarket dining will find a few restaurant options worthy of the fine Bulgarian wine.
The nightlife in Pamporovo is lively, with plenty of options to choose from, whether you're the kind of holidaymaker who prefers sipping wine in a cosy piano bar, or partying the night away in a club. Many of the most popular entertainment venues are attached to the big hotels.
Ski season in Pamporovo comes hand in hand with a full programme of events and activities for holiday visitors to enjoy, ranging from bum-boarding to a raucous ski-instructor's show. Bowling is offered at hotels, ice-skating, skidooing and tobogganing are popular pastimes, and excursions to nearby places of interest, including Sofia, are on offer.
The barking of stray dogs can become a nuisance to holidaymakers, especially at night. There are not many slopes suited to experienced skiers.


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I was wondering if somebody could help me. Is there any rule to know when the TH has ð or θ sound? I would really appreciate if somebody helped me.
Interesting question, mainly because, I'm yet to enlighten myself with the same query.Originally Posted by Thania
In some cases, the "th" is NOT just have "ð or θ" sound, but could have just "t" sound, as in the case of:
>> "Thomas" = tom.as (with "t" sound)
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Late Night Internet Marketing Announces New Series of Educational Resources
Shorter-format podcasts will focus on maximizing information delivery
Allen, TX -- (SBWire) -- 04/01/2014 --Late Night Internet Marketing announced the recent inception of a new series of podcasts. Releasing under the title of the Late Night Internet Marketing Minute, the talks will focus on delivering easily digestible Internet marketing insights and background information. Clocking in shorter than the Late Night Internet Marketing podcast which inspired them, the installments of the new series will aim at maximizing the amount of information delivered in a short period of time.
"With the Late Night Internet Marketing podcast now approaching its 75th episode," company founder Mark Mason said, "we wanted to try distilling some of the most important marketing basics into bite-sized pieces. This new series of podcasts will serve as a great supplement to our existing one, as it will help newcomers come up to speed especially quickly." Available free of charge at company website http://www.latenightim.com/, the podcasts begin with topics aimed at introducing complete beginners to the subject of Internet marketing, walking them through the concepts and techniques needed to create successful businesses of their own.
Late Night Internet Marketing's founder, Mark Mason, became interested in the potential of Internet marketing in 2007. After sorting through the various resources that were available at that time, and more than occasionally finding himself having gone down dead ends, he decided to create a destination that would centralize everything neophyte Internet marketers would need to know. That led naturally to the launching of the Late Night Internet Marketing podcast, a series of monologues and informal talks with industry luminaries which has become one of the most popular in the sector.
"We've focused since the beginning on the potential that Internet marketing has for building profitable part-time businesses," Mason continued, "and these new, shorter talks are designed to mesh perfectly with the busy schedules of our active followers." Mason himself continues to pursue a full-time career in the technology industry, with his Internet marketing activities providing a substantial part-time income. His Late Night Internet Marketing venture has consistently focused on enabling others to create the same sorts of arrangements.
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Funds Awarded for Full-time Tibetan Studies Librarian at Columbia's C. V. Starr East Asian Library
NEW YORK, January 3, 2006 - The C. V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University has received $250,000 to support a full time professional librarian position in Tibetan Studies.
The funds, from the bequest of Dr. Robert Yik-Fong Tam, a Hong Kong banking executive and a 1950 graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Business, will provide four years of support for a full-time Tibetan Studies Librarian position at the Starr East Asian Library.
"The Starr Library already has one of the most extensive Tibetan collections in North America, with an extremely able staff," said Amy Heinrich, Director of the Library. "A full-time Tibetan Studies Library position, however, will enable us to expand dramatically both our resources and access for users. The bequest is a most welcome building block for the collection."
Columbia is a global leader in the field of Tibetan Studies and the Starr Library currently has a part-time Tibetan Studies Librarian. The full-time Tibetan Studies Librarian will help Columbia meet expanding academic interest in Indo-Tibetan religion and complement the appointment of a new Luce Professor in Modern Tibet. During the four years of funding from the Tam bequest, the Columbia Libraries will raise additional funds to make the full-time Tibetan Studies Librarian position a permanent source of leadership and direction for Columbia's Tibetan Studies programs.
"The Tam bequest in support of the Tibetan Studies Librarian position will enable the Columbia Libraries to further develop the leading Tibetan academic library collection and service program in North America and to build new relationships with scholarly centers in Europe and Asia," said James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian.
Columbia is also one of the most distinguished academic institutions in the field of East Asian studies, with more than 70 faculty members working in this area. More than 20 percent of all undergraduates at Columbia and Barnard enroll in at least one course about East Asia. Students and scholars from all over the New York metropolitan area and the world have come to rely on the Starr Library for their research, and in the last decade, circulation of books at the Library has increased by 135 percent.
Columbia University Libraries is one of the top ten academic library systems in the nation, with 9.2 million volumes, over 65,650 serials, as well as extensive collections of electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books, microforms, and other nonprint formats. The collections and services are organized into 25 libraries, supporting specific academic or professional disciplines. Columbia Libraries employs more than 400 professional and support staff to assist faculty, students, and researchers in their academic endeavors. The Libraries' website at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/ is a gateway to its print and electronic collections and to its services.
The C. V. Starr East Asian Library is one of the major collections for the study of East Asia in the United States, with over 785,000 volumes of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, and Western language materials, as well as some holdings in Mongol and Manchu, and over 6,000 periodical titles. The collection, established in 1902, is particularly strong in Chinese history, literature, and social sciences; Japanese literature, history, and religion, particularly Buddhism; and Korean history.


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LMFAO!! Yet Another Bomb! Thank you for the rise in Real Estate sales…How do you say "bait and switch"! Were these disclosure properly made?
Can't wait to see the outcome of these sub-prime mortgages when most of the 950K were counting on this!
Les Christie, staff writer, On Thursday September 9, 2010, 2:40 pm EDT
Nearly half of all Americans who claimed the first-time homebuyer tax credit on their 2009 tax returns will have to repay the government.
According to a report from the Inspector General for Tax Administration, released to the public Thursday, about 950,000 of the nearly 1.8 million Americans who claimed the tax credit on their 2009 tax returns will have to return the money.
The confusion comes because homebuyers were eligible for two different credits, depending on when their homes were purchased.
Those who bought properties during 2008 were to deduct, dollar for dollar, up to 10% of the home's purchase price or $7,500, whichever was less. The catch: The money was a no-interest loan that had to be repaid within 15 years.
Had they waited to buy until 2009, they could have gotten a much sweeter deal. Congress extended the credit and made it a refund rather than a loan.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College & State University men's basketball program and head coach Terry Sellers announced the signing of Aaron Robinson Thursday.
Robinson comes to Milledgeville from Lawrenceville, Ga. where he played at Meadowcreek High School under head coach Billy Davis.
This past season, Robinson was the catalyst for the Mustangs' 20-4 record including a 14-1 mark in region play (8-AAAAA). A 5-foot-9 point guard, Aaron averaged 7.8 assists per game which led Gwinnett County.
"Aaron is an extremely quick, pass-first point guard who handles and distributes the ball well. We believe he can harass opposing ball handlers with his full court pressure," said Sellers. "Aaron excels in the open court. We are thrilled that he has chosen to attend our University and play in our program."
The Bobcats are fresh off a 22-6 season in 2009-10, winning the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) West Division title. Georgia College has now made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999-2000 and picked up its fourth 20-win season in the past five years. The Bobcats were ranked as high as No. 14 in the NABC National Rankings. Georgia College loses five Seniors including Graham Martin who was named first team all-conference and Ty Rowland who was a third team all-conference selection.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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