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In this thesis, I examine knowledge production and science-policy interaction associated with the management of chemical substances in the Baltic Sea under conditions of uncertainty and complexity. The thesis is primarily based on a qualitative analysis of policy documents and reports produced by the European Union (EU), the Helsinki Commission, the Swedish Chemicals Agency, and Gothenburg municipality, as well as 30 semi-structured interviews with scientific experts, policy makers, and government officials with knowledge and working experience in the relevant policy arenas.
I identify and examine key challenges of science-policy interaction associated with the management of chemical substances in the Baltic Sea, such as lack of data, uncertainty, and complexity (Article I). I further argue that the current model of science-policy interaction fails to adequately handle and account for these challenges (e.g. uncertainty in Article II).
Scientists and policy makers have made substantial (and sometimes successful) efforts to understand and counteract negative environmental trends in the Baltic Sea. However, on the basis of this empirical analysis, I conclude that the uncertainties tied to the complex chemical risks in the Baltic Sea region are too large and multifaceted to be adequately addressed by the "modern science-policy model" underpinning most contemporary risk assessments. Linked to this analysis, I identify several possible ways to improve the situation, for example new tools and methods for handling uncertainty as well as alternative models for science-policy interaction.
As a consequence, I explore the potential of alternative models of science-policy interaction, giving particular attention to the participatory model and the associated idea of post-normal science. The results highlight the substantial amount of rhetoric in EU sources about recommending wider public involvement in policies, but also reveal that there is a different situation in practice. The introduction of more radical approaches (such as post-normal science) to knowledge co-production and participation would require epistemological, institutional, and constitutional changes that are not feasible in the foreseeable future – at least for the case of chemical substances (Article III).
Improvements (methodological, institutional and so on) in the current modern model of science-policy interaction are just as important as the development of alternative modes of science-policy interaction (Article IV). However, the general conclusion of this thesis is that there is a need to rethink current science-policy interaction and in the process "break through" the widespread institutional denial of irreducible uncertainties.
This thesis is a part of the Environmental Risk Governance of the Baltic Sea (RISKGOV) project which is an interdisciplinary research project performed in collaboration with Södertörn University College, Sweden; Åbo Akademi University, Finland; DIALOGIK, Germany; and Gdansk University, Poland. The aim of the project is to improve understanding of the structuresand processes that shape the governance of environmental risks, and to suggest a normative framework for improving environmental risk governance in the Baltic Sea. More information is available at www.sh.se/riskgov
Complex socio-environmental risks challenge society. In response to scientific uncertainty and socio-political controversies, environmental governance, precaution, and the ecosystem approach to management are held forward as complements to governmental risk-based sector-restricted regulation. We analyze this development for hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea. Based on interviews and policy analysis, we study informal governance and, in particular, four central EU and international policies, and investigate how present governance relates to risks and objectives at hand. While showing emergence of broader governance approaches, we conclude that central objectives will not likely be met. Furthermore, we question the quest for broad environmental governance and emphasize the value of command and control regulation, if it implements precaution. These findings contribute to the theorizing on environmental (risk) governance. Finally, we provide some ideas that could help development and implementation of risk policies for hazardous chemicals in the Baltic Sea as well as other complex risks.
Managing uncertainty is a main challenge for sustainable management of complex socioecological systems, such as marine ecosystems. Today, a growing number of scientific publications address decision-making practices under conditions of high uncertainty. However, very few studies have analyzed how science treats uncertainty before it reaches decision-makers, especially for various marine environmental issues. This study aims to fill these research gaps by identifying the main theoretical approaches to science-based uncertainty management proposed in the scientific literature. Furthermore, by scrutinizing advisory documents, current approaches and methods to assess and treat uncertainty in science-based advice are analyzed and compared for five significant environmental issues in the Baltic Sea (eutrophication, fisheries, invasive species, chemical pollution, and oil spills). Specifically, the study analyzes the types of uncertainties acknowledged, how strategies and practices present and address uncertainties, and whether new theoretical proposals identified in the scientific literature affect existing practices. The study's results reveal that current scientific practices do not adequately address uncertainty in advice formulation. First, no common guideline is in use, resulting in significant differences among studied environmental issues and a common lack of structure, clarity, established terminology, and transparency in the assessment and treatment of uncertainty. Furthermore, new theoretical developments connected with uncertainty appraisal (such as theoretical typologies) and new tools and methods for handling uncertainty (such as precautionary and participatory approaches) are hardly utilized in practice in the management of the Baltic ecosystem. Consequently, although theoretical approaches for coping with uncertainty in complex socio-ecological systems are ample, the challenge for the future is to implement these approaches more effectively in assessment and management frameworks. The study discusses possible improvements to current practices in environmental management of large-scale socio-ecological systems such as the Baltic Sea and other regional seas, acknowledging that these measures will not reduce all existing uncertainty but rather contribute to a more comprehensive treatment of uncertainties.
This study analyses whether science-policy interactions linked to the management of hazardous chemicals in the European marine environment have developed in accordance with general theories on public involvement in policymaking in general and post-normal science (PNS) in particular. Special attention is given to a comparison between key EU policy frameworks, namely the "polluter-oriented" registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) and the "environment-oriented" Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), based on in-depth analysis of key policy-related documents and interviews with scientists and policy actors. The results outline that in spite of a substantial amount of rhetoric in EU sources about recommending wide and ambitious public involvement, current participation and deliberation practices are rather undeveloped in the studied EU policy frameworks. Furthermore, it can be concluded that the introduction of more radical approaches to knowledge co-production and participation (like PNS) would require epistemological, institutional and constitutional changes that are not feasible in the foreseeable future, at least not in respect to chemicals management. This study generates empirical data with regard to the management of chemicals in the European marine environment, specifically data on participation, the role of science, and uncertainty treatment at the science-policy interface. These data provide empirical information that can be used by environmental managers involved in the development of EU marine policy. At the same time, the results can be used theoretically to reflect on and problematise the current state of wider public participation in EU environmental policies and PNS development in particular cases.
This study investigated science-policy interaction models and their limitations under conditions of uncertainty. In detail, it looked at the management of the suspected endocrine-disrupting chemical Bisphenol A (BPA). Despite growing evidence that BPA is hazardous to human and environmental health, the level of scientific uncertainty is still high and, as a result, there is significant disagreement on the actual extent and type of risk. Analysis of decision-making processes at different regulatory levels (EU, Sweden, and the Swedish municipality of Gothenburg) exposed chemicals risk management and associated science-policy interaction under uncertainty. The results of the study show that chemicals management and associated science-policy interaction follow the modern model of science-policy interaction, where science is assumed to 'speak truth to policy' and highlights existing limitations of this model under conditions of uncertainty. The study not only explores alternative models (precautionary, consensus, science-policy demarcation. and extended participation) but also shows their limitations. The study concludes that all models come with their particular underlying assumptions, strengths, and limitations. At the same time, by exposing serious limitations of the modern model, the study calls for a rethinking of the relationship between science, policy, and management.


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Job Opportunities At The Sycamore Public Library
It is the policy of the Sycamore Public Library to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, citizenship, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, age, unfavorable military discharge (for non-fiduciary positions), genetic information or any other protected status based on local, state or federal law. We will provide reasonable accommodations to allow you to participate in the application process (i.e., accommodations for a test or job interview) if you indicate such a need.
The Sycamore Public Library employs 24 staff members and has an operating budget that exceeds $1.2 million. Sycamore Public Library is governed by a 9-member board of trustees appointed by the mayor and city council. Sycamore is a growing community with a population of 17,519 people comprised of all ages, races, and religions.

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Canadian Defence Priorities, CF Force Posture and Strategic Readiness – Linking Government Policy Preferences to Resource Allocations
- Authors
- Corporate Authors
- Defence R&D Canada - Centre for Operational Research and Analysis, Ottawa ON (CAN)
- Abstract
- Military planners certainly recognize the importance of readiness to the conduct of operations and the execution of tasks. Nevertheless, there continues to be confusion around the usage of terms readiness and force posture. This Technical Memorandum seeks to bring greater clarity to these terms. By doing so, it demonstrates the vital role played by force posture and strategic readiness in linking the government's defence priorities (policy preferences) to the allocation of resources and the production of military capabilities. The first section of the Technical Memorandum examines the existing usages of the terms readiness, force structure and force posture. This discussion seeks to elucidate these terms in order to establish a solid conceptual base from which to explore the function of force posture direction. Section Two looks specifically at the role of force posture direction in bridging the policy preferences of the government with the allocation of resources in defence planning. All governments and their military advisors face difficulties connecting the aims of defence policy to the preparation of military capabilities. Clearly, military forces must be ready to meet the objectives set by their governments. At the same time, the success of their preparations will be determined in part by how well prepared they are for the actual operational situations in which they are deployed. This study explores this interaction between political imperatives and military judgments
- Report Number
- DRDC-CORA-TM-2012-289 — Technical Memorandum
- Date of publication
- 01 Dec 2012
- Number of Pages
- 50
- DSTKIM No
- CANDIS No
- 537113
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Rhoby is a companion robot which designed to interact with people for the purpose of teaching them new skills in the fields of exact sciences, philology, etc.
Rhoby has a two arms, one for the pencil, second for the "tablet" – LCD which displays a status of teaching assignment.
Head of the robot consist of OLED-display for eyes animation – one of the methods emotional communication with human, plus on the "face" is placed a speaker for verbal communication. On top of the head two antennas which actually is a microphones for hearing and determining the direction of the sound source.


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Around a month ago I got to go on a trip to fabulous Paris that had my inner geek doing cartwheels. I was invited to visit and go inside the L'Oreal Skin Labs to hear about what goes into their research, how they develop and test products and get them ready for market. It was pretty intense, and not since my A Level Chemistry have I spent that long wearing a lab coat (please don't ever mention the word titrations to me… eugh).
The day spent at the L'Oreal Labs covered everything from using aviation technology to measure and assess how effective skincare is on anti-ageing. To using artificially grown cells to test products. Yes, the sessions even included a very frank and open conversation with some senior L'Oreal bods about the topic of animal testing – something that very understandably gets a lot of people very fired up.
On the animal testing front, the existing bottom line in Europe is that testing products and ingredients has been banned since 2013. But, with the beauty market being so global now there's a lot of confusion over how this all works and where the line are drawn. A brand may not be able to sell animal tested products in the EU but they can test them and sell in other markets like China where they still demand products are tested on animals in order to be sold.
It was really fascinating to listen to a brand as huge as L'Oreal talk openly about these challenges. We had a small Q&A session with Patricia Pineau – Comms Director for Research & Innovation and Ivan Rodriguez – Director of International Raw Material Dept. Both heavy hitters in the L'Oreal family for how they progress the methods used by the company and how the communicate what is a complex and controversial topic.
Patricia was very firm on point that no products are tested on animals at L'Oreal. They actually as long ago as 45 years pledged to end animal testing. BUT, because of the requirements for sale in some they have to work with the markets that require this.
One of the biggest ways that L'Oreal are investing and pushing towards a total ban on animal testing is by using 'reconstructed' skin. This was pretty fascinating to hear about – the idea of using 'lab grown' skin cells sounds like something futuristic, but L'Oreal have been doing this since decades ago. Now, they are working with the Chinese market by training Chinese scientists to use the reconstructed skin as an alternative for testing in order to show it fills that need.
Of course in an ideal world L'Oreal might use their financial welly to pressure markets to move faster and enforce a worldwide ban sooner. But fact of the matter is that L'Oreal is a business and money is always going to be a big swing for them as to which markets they operate in. There is potentially an argument that goes towards the positive changes that may be slower but in the longer term they create a safe and accurate alternative by training and educating the markets towards the technology that they have developed and actively used since the late 80's.
I know the whole topic of animal testing really will evoke emotion so would love to hear what you think and if you have any thoughts to add here.
But beyond this, one of the other interesting elements of the day. I loved seeing how they use a whole host of technology to really test how the skin care products they're developing impact the skin. Tech that's used to assess the wings of airplanes for any sort of flaw or irregularity is used in a similar way. By projecting stripes of light on to the skin they can look at closer sections and where the light stripes are disrupted you can see the level of which the 'relief' (read wrinkles) are present – then simply looking before and after and can measure how effective a product has been at reducing these.
This is just a snap shot of some of the techniques used to measure how effective the L'Oreal skincare offerings are. So those claims they show in the ads? A lot of this is undertaken in the labs. It really was a fascinating day and definitely gave me a spark of wanting to go through this testing process as a measurement to see how a product effects my skin. Maybe just having a photo studio in my office isn't quite enough, maybe I need a skin lab too?! Going too far?! Maybe… but it really was amazing to get such access to a mega-brand like L'Oreal – especially on such an intimate level of being able to ask questions in an unfiltered environment and see first hand the level of technology that goes into these little pots of cream that promise to make your skin look amazing.
For more on the L'Oreal stance on animal testing: L'Oreal Animal Testing


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SMEs still a target for BI channel specialists
Civica snaffles up digital transformation player IPL
Unify launches range of tools for channel partners
Autotask aiming to make life easier for MSPs
Huawei planning for UK channel expansion
Earnings roundup: Who's made what?
Happy Girls in ICT Day!
PC prices improve as shipments continue to decline
Annodata advises public sector to share more to save more
Bank of Vodafone rescues Outsourcery from liquidity crisis
Ingram Micro opens arms to SME resellers
Report highlights challenges faced as IoT continues to explode
UK slides down cloud rankings
Troubled Outsourcery looks to raise emergency cash
Civica extends legal reach with Norwel Computer Services buy
Microsoft highlights channel role in driving Office 365
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
FAST warns channel about the risks of counterfeit software
UK slow to get going for Computacenter
Tech Data deepens faith in wearables
CompTIA increases channel training resources
Dell introduces ISV targeted IoT partner programme
EMEA PC sales continue to nosedive
Flexible working and mergers driving UC investment
Barracuda expands options for MSPs
123-reg accidentally deletes unspecified number of websites
CyberInt and Elixirr sign deal
Cloud shift and desktop drops hurting HDD players
Mitel to acquire Polycom for $1.8bn
Vendors sprucing up channel programmes
Businesses need educating in cloud security, report finds
EMC exposes frustrations of IT pros
Fujitsu launches distribution review
Tech firms major suspects in use of unlicensed software
IT skills firmly on the government agenda
Ingram Micro expands Dropbox distribution deal across Europe
Time for an alternative to the software pirate message
CMA chief warns commission not to approve O2 - Three deal
Digital transformation discussion set to dominate Cloud Expo
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Exertis to acquire wireless distie Siracom
Gigamon launches Professional Services Partner Programme
Sigma Software Distribution to become Dell's first UK SIM distie
Channel must also start to digitally transform
Sage launches global partner programme for accountants
Desktop products driving 3D printer growth
Amazon launches Payments Partner Programme
Santander steps up SME credit options
Digital transformation driving UC and security opportunities
Kaspersky Lab refreshes channel programme
Getronics closes acquisition of Colt's cloud business
Major server vendors match product refreshes
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Syscap to focus exclusively on the channel
Intelisys pitches up in the UK
Windows 10 momentum continues
Better PCs could reduce mobile security threat
Microsoft in talks with private equity firms to buy Yahoo
NTT Data to buy Dell's IT services business for $3bn
Northamber suffers 'most disappointing' H1
Hewlett Packard Enterprise wants to 'fast forward' Dell customers
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Vectra Networks rolls out global partner programme
KCOM looks for growth under a single brand
Cobweb launches new cloud aggregator ecosystem
Fortinet doing its bit to ease security skills gap
Security spending up for most, but threat gaps persist
Oneserve begins search for new channel partners
Spectromax Scotland addresses skills gap with training programme
CompTIA looks to raise channel standards
Entatech launches refurbished IT range under new brand
LANDESK CEO reaching out to AppSense channel partners
IBM swoops for Optevia
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Redstone and CACI expand through acquisition
Budget welcomed by tech SMBs
Softcat delivers strong H1
More transformation coming at Oracle
Dell and EMC address investor concerns in SEC filing
The cloud was made for the channel
Does the channel love Microsoft loving Linux?
Shift F7 keeps it local with Greencorn acquisition
F5 Networks building next generation channel ecosystem
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Services deliver again for Computacenter
Cloud migration a committee decision
Microsoft announces UK roll out of PBX functionality
Comms-care continues to back apprenticeships
Detachables continue to snaffle up tablet share
Systemax boss talks up EMEA turnaround
IoT boom spells PaaS opportunity for MSPs
Lack of security awareness poses a major threat to businesses
PhishMe ramps up channel activity
Strategy delivering for Tech Data
London tech firms voice EU exit concerns
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
SDN what? Users failing to understand latest networking tech
Cisco 2.0: What does Cisco look like in a post-Chambers world?
IoT channel opportunity shifting to the data level
Dell reveals post EMC acquisition management team


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WHILE WE WAIT on the Supreme Court's sure-to-be-momentous decision of the fate of the health-care law, the Supremes on Monday handed down another decision, one that sends the state of Montana a belated but harsh message: The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
The court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected AB 1070, Montana's challenge to the court's Citizens United decision, and struck down the Corrupt Practices Act, a 1912 state law that set strict limits on campaign donations, in the wake of political scandals precipitated by deep-pocketed copper-mining barons, a malign legacy of the Gilded Age. The SCOTUS ruling overturns one by the Montana Supreme Court, which had upheld the law in December.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the conservative majority of himself, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, wrote that "independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption," and therefore "[n]o sufficient governmental interest justifies limits on the political speech of nonprofit or for-profit corporations."
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Montana, ironically, was hit by the same judicial reasoning that had the Supremes strike down elements of Arizona's repressive anti-immigration law — rejecting that state's rationale that it had the right to set its own policies on immigration. In both cases, the court ruled (on the same day) that the power of the federal government trumps the power of locality.
"I think it's very unfortunate," said Montana Sen. Jon Lester, today on Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC. "Unfortunately, the Supreme Court, I don't think, used good judgment or common sense … now, what we're gonna see in Montana is corporations and their big money are gonna be controlling elections a lot more than people and their ideas, and people and ideas are what elections should be about. That's a Montana value."
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But this SCOTUS decision, and the court's ruling in the earlier landmark Citizens United case, could be the lemons that Montana Democrats, and the Democratic Party generally, need to make lemonade in the fall. In the short term, it's possible that these work to the advantage of the Obama re-election effort. Montana may not be an automatic W in the Republican column in 2012.
If a plurality of Montanans feel like Tester and Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Montana could swing Democratic in the fall, with the state's voters sticking a willful thumb in the eye of the moneyed interests they've long opposed — and the Republican Party that parlays with those moneyed interests.
It's possible that, thanks in part to the Supremes' decision — what some are already calling Citizens United II — Montanans' sense of independence and civic pride, and an aversion to having a perfectly good century-old law overturned by a rightward-leaning Supreme Court, may yield benefits for downticket Democrats and President Obama's electoral fortunes in the state.
Far-fetched? Not necessarily. It's a political truism: People vote their interests. In this case, those interests don't necessarily break along the fault lines of party. A recent YouTube video in support of I-166, a state initiative on the November ballot and seeking a constitutional amendment to overturn the SCOTUS ruling, features Gov. Schweitzer, a Democrat, and Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger … a Republican.
Schweitzer handily won re-election in 2008, besting his Republican opponent by two to one. He exits this year due to term limits, but Dems have Steve Bullock, the state's attorney general, ready to contend for the governor's chair. Democrats hold four of the top five state offices, as well as both the U.S. Senate seats — Tester has one; the other's occupied by Max Baucus). But Tester faces a challenge from Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg, in what's expected to be a close race.
"It's hard to see a scenario under which the Republicans take the Senate without taking Montana, which also means the Democrats have to defend it," said David C. W. Parker, an assistant professor of political science at Montana State University, told The New York Times last August.
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SOME HAVE already decided that Montana is safe for the GOP, and, in the big campaign, for Romney. That seems to presume the state will vote in lockstep with its past as a reflex. But the state's demographics reflect change. Even though Montana went for George Bush in 2000 and 2004 and John McCain in 2008, the margins of those Republican victories got successively narrower, from a relative landslide in 2000 and 2004 to the skin of the teeth in 2008.
In his June 21 FiveThirtyEight blog in The Times, Micah Cohen (while, ironically, explaining why he thinks Montana is a lock for Republicans) lays out a case for Democrats to do well:
Most of the plains counties in eastern Montana, traditionally the most conservative part of the state, have been losing population for years. During the last several decades, mining and agriculture — top industries in the region — both soured for long stretches of time, causing a slow exodus. In Garfield County, one in five people left during the 1990s.
At the same time, western Montana has seen a large influx of migrants from the West Coast, from more liberal cities like Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Many outdoor-loving entrepreneurs, untethered from their customers by the spread of high-speed Internet, have relocated to western Montana's mountainous landscape, helping to make the region's economy more diverse than the eastern part of the state, and less dependent on resource extraction (although, to the east's growing resentment, the entire state benefits from the current energy boom). ...
The flight from eastern Montana and influx into western Montana have combined to make the state more friendly to Democratic politicians, particularly in state-level races. ...
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With a million people in the entire state, any attempt to carpet-bomb the local media market confronts Montanans' independent streak, their state's historical support of progressive ideas (such as women's suffrage and unions); and (witness the bipartisan gubernatorial leadership) their proven ability to ignore party identities in pursuit of practical solutions to the state's problems. A blanket-the-airwaves strategy runs the risk of making it look like Romney "phoned it in" instead of focusing on the state's singular identity, and singular challenges — or worse yet, that Romney attempted to buy the state's election results. Shades of the Copper Kings!
And the Romney/GOP line of attack can't credibly use the economy as a point of leverage; Montana enjoys an unemployment rate of 6 percent, well below the national rate, so unemployment wouldn't be the Romney talking point it's been elsewhere around the country. The Supremes' dismantling of a 100-year-old campaign-finance law Montanans were apparently happy with could be the emotionally galvanizing tipping-point event that conveys the state to President Obama.
And what's to lose? If Montana does bolt from the Republicans and go for Obama, there's really no downside or punishment for its citizens. The oil boom underway in the Bakken shale field, which extends over northeastern Montana and into North Dakota and even Canada, won't come to a screeching halt. The corporations responsible for extracting oil in the region won't pick up their marbles and go home. Practically speaking, there's no penalty Montanans face if they express with their votes their objections to the new SCOTUS ruling — and to the presidential candidate who symbolizes that ruling's big-money beneficiaries.
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WITH ITS whopping three electoral votes, Montana isn't expected to be dispositive to the presidential campaign's outcome, and the change in the political dynamic the state's population shift suggests is possible may not play out in this election cycle.
But going back 12 years, the trend in Montana is obvious: election by election, this Western state, at least, is increasingly comfortable with questioning the long-held assumption that it automatically swings conservative. George Bush won the state by 25 points in 2000; John McCain eked out a win by 2.4 percentage points in 2008.
Going back further than that? "Overall, since 1889 the state has voted for Democratic governors 60 percent of the time and Democratic presidents 40 percent of the time," Wikipedia reports.
I-166 signals a pushback against Citizens United at the state level; in the presidential election, a rejection of big-moneyed interests — and what is Mitt Romney if not the poster boy for those interests? — could yield another pushback at the polling places, and maybe, just maybe, a November surprise for Democrats.
Image credits: Great Seal of the State of Montana. Tester: MSNBC. Romney: CBS News.


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Tacloban to launch 'color-coded' evacuation plan by June
MANILA, Philippines – Tacloban City in Leyte is set to launch a color-coded evacuation plan before the typhoon season begins this June, said its disaster management chief, Ildebrando Bernadas.
The plan, the first of its kind in the Philippines, will make use of color-coded IDs for hazard-prone families and color-coded evacuation centers in the Eastern Visayas city, recognized as "ground zero" of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan).
"We did an inventory of those to be evacuated and the capacity of the evacuation centers. We will be formally launching [the ID system] by the end of May as we finish the inventory. But we've printed all the materials," Bernadas told Rappler after he spoke at a forum in Makati on Thursday, on March 5.
In the system, each family living near the coastline will be given an ID with the picture of the head of household. On the backside of the card is the list of family members.
Each member will be accompanied by a profile with information on their special needs while inside the evacuation center.
"If the person needs medicine, what kind of medicine? Is the person disabled?" Bernadas explained.
Each ID is color-coded to match the evacuation center they must head to when the local government tells them to evacuate.
The ID system works hand-in-hand with color-coded evacuation centers. Families only need to find the evacuation center with the same color as their ID in the evacuation map of their barangay.
Before the IDs were printed, the city first made an inventory of all the families that will require evacuation in the event of a typhoon. They also made an inventory of the capacity of each evacuation center.
The plans are so detailed, said Bernadas, that "as you go to the evacuation center, you are also directed to your room."
Bernadas' office will be printing a total of 22,000 IDs and distributing them by the end of May. This is in preparation of the typhoon season, which, based on their experience, begins in June.
Crucial maps
Systems like this are vital for effective evacuation operations because they help evacuees save themselves, said Department of Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Austere Panadero.
"People should know what to do themselves and where to go. Right now, the government has to send a dump truck to their homes to take them out. They should voluntarily go to the evacuation centers," he said.
It also helps the city ensure evacuation centers are not overcrowded.
Bernadas said their new evacuation system was based on topographic and hazard maps given to Tacloban by aid group Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), one of the international NGOs that have been actively working with the government on Yolanda rehabilitation.
The maps led the city to revise its local building ordinance and improve its evacuation plan, said Bernadas. (READ: 6 ways climate change will affect PH cities)
The topographic map show the geologic characteristics of the city, such as where the ground is below sea level and where it is full of steep slopes. The hazard maps show which areas in the city are prone to specific hazards – storm surge, flooding, and landslides.
Aside from Tacloban, 17 other LGUs in Eastern Visayas received maps and other forms of assistance from JICA.
These are:
- Palo
- Tanauan
- Tolosa
- Dulag
- Mayorga
- MacArthur
- Javier
- Ambuyog
- Basey
- Marabut
- Lawaan
- Balangiga
- Quinapondan
- Giporlos
- Salcedo
- Mercedes
- Guiuan
These maps helped ensure zero casualty during Typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit) in many of the beneficiary LGUs, said Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Assistant Secretary Gina Dela Cruz.
Tacloban is also in the process of opening access roads to evacuation centers, as suggested by JICA. The group recommends that access roads by the sea should be elevated so that it remains usable even during inclement weather.
The typhoon-prone city has more evacuation centers now than it had right after Yolanda.
The freak storm destroyed 20% of its evacuation centers, whittling it down to 52. Today, Tacloban has 103 evacuation centers. But many of these are temporary evacuation centers – warehouses, university halls, and churches allowed by their owners to be used for such a purpose.
Bernadas said 4 permanent evacuation centers are set to be completed within the year.
The city has also established 3 operation centers equipped with relief goods, equipment, and personnel.
"During Yolanda, all our communications were wiped out. This time, we have 3 so that if one or two are washed out, there is at least one that is functional," said Bernadas.
In May, the city will also start "color-coding" electric posts in flood-prone areas. These posts will be painted with color-coded lines to indicate the depth of water floods can reach in the area to warn people of the danger they may be in.
Constant updating needed
Nobuo Iwama, team leader of the JICA Study Team, said Tacloban was making "good progress" in its rehabilitation.
JICA helped build and reconstruct public markets, daycare centers, and schools in the 18 beneficiary LGUs. They also provided equipment to revive fisheries and agriculture – a source of livelihood for most people in the affected towns and cities.
But a lot more remains to be done, said Iwama. Though the city now has hazard maps, new evacuation centers, and improved disaster plans, the challenge is to sustain these initiatives.
That's why JICA decided to extend its project duration. It was supposed to end this May, but the group has extended it until March 2016.
"The hazard map is not a permanent tool, only a temporary tool because the climate changes. You have to continue updating and improving it," said Iwama.
He cited the example of drastic changes in population which should be reflected in hazard maps. It only follows that evacuation plans must be improved for "seamless execution."
For the next 12 months, JICA said it would focus on educating LGU leaders and disaster management officers on how to understand and properly use the maps.
It will also strengthen its alternative livelihood projects so that citizens will be able to sustain their livelihoods on their own.
All 171 cities and towns in the Yolanda corridor are supposed to receive integrated hazard maps from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
The DENR has already completed its geohazard assessment of these LGUs and the DOST has established a Yolanda Information Center from where LGUs can get hazard maps.
Dela Cruz said, "The next step is to mainstream the maps to the LGUs and translate them to safety maps." – Rappler.com


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Gareth Van Stiprian
Gareth has been involved in the fitness industry for 15 years, starting at a local gym as a fitness trainer as a 17 year old to becoming Head of Physical training at Advance Training centres and then most recently Vanguard Military School. Over the last 7 year he has jumped between a few Crossfit boxes and been coached by some very good coaches. In 2014 he decided to do his Level 1 coaching course and has always wanted to get into coaching in some capacity.
My coaching experience ranges from various age groups in different sports and recruits entering the Defence Force to boot camps and school sports academies. Currently I am studying a Bachelor of Exercise Science at Massey University in Albany on top of holding a current St Johns Workplace First Aid Certificate, Level 1 CrossFit certificate, Bachelor of Sport and Recreation, Certificate of Fitness Training and Personal Training and a Certificate in Fitness Instruction.
I think what attracts me to Crossfit coaching is the ability to help someone move better, gain confidence and accomplish something that they never thought possible in an amazing environment, with a great community that flows in the same direction.


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Rocket Ronnie Tutorial Hazard Notes
Ronnie's flight mechanic was programmed to not stay in the air indefinitely. After flying for a set amount of time the rocket would sputter and run out of fuel. Only when the player had landed on solid ground, even for a split second, would the rocket's fuel instantly refill.
In the hazard tutorial level I was tasked with teaching the player about the rocket's limited fuel and how to avoid environmental hazards. At the beginning of the tutorial the player must fly across a long chasm filled with spikes and a small platform in the middle. The distance from either end of the chasm to the middle platform was just enough to make the rocket expend all of its fuel.
If the player failed to make it over the chasm then they saw Ronnie comically fall onto a spike and explode into a puddle of blood. Further in the tutorial players would encounter a hallway with spikes both sticking up from the floor and hanging from the ceiling.


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The Virtual Armageddon:
The Angry Nerd
Photo : Boxing on Wii - Wiki Commons / David Murphy
The gaming industry is as old as any of us can remember. The first platforms occurred on the market in the 70's. The arcade games, created in this period, represented a new form of entertainment. Because of the unexpected success of virtual games, more and more corporations tried to improve the initial product, and the result was the forge of an economical colossus, the birth of a new market.
Today, the old concept of gaming changed, but not in a good manner. The idea of gaming started from an amusement method, but not that accessible. The idea of rarity made them even more special. The new millennium brought us not only a more approachable industry but a massive change in the concept of virtual gaming.
Like with any other business, gaming developers tried to adapt their products for their public, and more than that, to adapt it to the newest fashionable events. Given that in our modern society there are too many negative examples and unpleasant events, their influence in games are affecting the audience. Sadly for us, the majority of this audience is mainly made up of children and teens; the most easily influenced category. In nowadays games, violence is a common feature, and we are speaking about all kinds of violence (verbal, physical, sexual, emotional,etc.). By the time a child is eighteen years old, he or she will witness on television, with average viewing time, 200.000 acts of violence, including 40.000 murders and scientists predict even more in video games.
As a dedicated gamer, I had various experiences among different types of people. I never knew for real what anger meant until I played my first video game. They can cause a burst of anger for many reasons, and can create frustration even thinking about it. I consider gaming can become an addiction, as dangerous as any other addiction. We live in a world seized by technology. Everything is related to some gadgets, and the result is obvious and the consequences are permanent. But given that technology evolved so much lately, the reactions to video gaming addiction is different, depending on the generation. That does not mean it is less dangerous. Anyway, referring only to the younger generation, the problem is getting worse and worse. They are caged from a fragile age in a computerized world. The real problem is that they are loosing their forming period, the period when they are taught important values, the period when they are supposed to experience and discover the world. Being trapped this way forms another type of children, antithetical to what they used to be. As a result of this modified behavior, temper is loosing ground to anger.
I have a relative who works in the game production industry, and also he was a dedicated player of online RPG-s (Role Playing Games). I thought that from a former player and a person who is in field, I may find out more about the strange behavior games are generating. As I expected, he confirmed me what I already knew, what scientist found out some time ago, and what from my personal experience I have experienced already. There is no official treatment, there are just some programs that are trying to help those who suffer from anger management because of video games.
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Topic 4: Terrestrial influences on mangrove ecology and sustainability of their resources (TIMES)
Indonesia has by far the largest area (3,062 km2, 19%) and the highest loss rate (50,000 ha yr-1) of mangroves worldwide (FAO, 2007). Mangrove forests provide important ecosystem functions and services, as a feeding and nursery ground for fish, shrimp and mud crabs, for coastal protection, as carbon sink, and as food and income source vital both for local communities and national economies. The drivers behind the loss of mangrove forests are both of terrestrial and marine origin and include their conversion into fish and shrimp aquaculture ponds as well as unsustainable forest uses. In addition, unsustainable agriculture and forestry in their watersheds can have a strong impact on mangrove forests, mainly through sedimentation and pollution. The Segara Anakan lagoon, Central Java, and its associated watershed is a prime example illustrating these processes and related management challenges. The area has been the subject of numerous management interventions for decades which however met with limited success and were based on insufficient research results and misleading perceptions of problems.more...
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Return-Driven Strategy Applications in Corporate Performance Management (CPM) & Business Intelligence
Corporate (or Business/Enterprise) Performance Management (CPM), is the area of business intelligence involved with monitoring and managing an organisation's performance, via the intelligent use of key performance indicators such as income, return on capital employed, fixed overheads, and operational costs.
Course Summary
Corporate (or Business/Enterprise) Performance Management (CPM), is the area of business intelligence involved with monitoring and managing an organisation's performance, via the intelligent use of key performance indicators such as income, return on capital employed, fixed overheads, and operational costs. CPM encompasses many aspects of business, including, but not limited to, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, organisational culture, financial reporting, scenario planning, profitability analysis, KPI analysis etc. CPM addresses both the operational and financial performance of an organisation, including the process of collecting the data, and performing analysis and reporting in a collaborative fashion for executives and managers via each level of an organisation.
There are two main reasons why organisations struggle to gain competitive advantage and superior performance from the abundance of data that is now available to them:
- The over-emphasis on transactional systems and transactional analysis at the expense of understanding cause and effect.
- The evolution of point solutions to meet specific management needs in isolation from each other.
Corporate performance management aims to create an holistic, integrated understanding of the business, with the opportunity for much greater insights into the performance of the business.
Business intelligence is a broad category of applications, technologies and methods for gathering and analysing data for the purpose of helping enterprise users make better business decisions.
Turning Theory into Practice
For those with little or no formal training in the area of managing corporate performance, this highly interactive 2-day programme concentrates on the principles, tools and techniques of corporate performance management. Supported by analysis, practical exercises, and case studies this course will give you the knowledge and ability to discuss and present the key aspects of CPM. You will also have a much better understanding of the impact your decisions have upon your business.
Course Structure
- Introduction to Corporate Performance Management (CPM)
- What corporate performance management and business intelligence are all about.
- Getting line managers and decision-makers to engage with the concepts that underpin CPM so that they become results-oriented and drive greater value and business insights in the organisation.
- How the introduction of corporate performance management can transform support functions (Finance, HR, IT etc) and position them as business partners at the heart of management decision-making.
- Case-study experience in the implementation of CPM and BI.
- Developing a business case for CPM and considering the next steps.
- The steps of the CPM staircase
- The benefits of a CPM approach
- Strategic planning of CPM
- Some of the barriers to corporate performance management, and how to deal with them.
- Assessing business needs and developing a route map to guide the development of a CPM environment in your organisation.
- Identifying the key steps of CPM
- Defining and communicating the strategy
- What tools should be in our management tool-box?
- Budgeting and forecasting
- KPI in CPM
- A measurable vision which is constantly communicated
- Financial and Operational modelling
- "What if" analysis
- Utilising some of the hidden gems within Microsoft Excel
- The benefits of adopting a scorecard approach
- Mapping culture and scorecards
- Reviewing performance
- Maintaining a continuous approach to performance improvement
- Reporting and reviewing performance
- Aligning people and culture
Course Benefits - What do I learn?
This seminar is designed for senior and middle level of managers who want to gain a clearer understanding of CPM and how to use it to facilitate improved performance across an entire enterprise. Specifically:
- Senior finance managers and management accountants seeking to exploit the business potential of corporate performance management and business intelligence
- IT business analysts who have an interest in understanding what CPI and BI can do for their organisations
- Human Resources, Operational, sales, marketing and commercial managers who want an appreciation of the benefits that can be derived from a good implementation of CPM and BI from all industry sectors, including the public sector.
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Senior officers, Managers and Professionals responsible for organizational effectiveness. Business analysts, research and statistics, risk analyst, financial controllers, Internal auditors. Support staff from IT, HR, Fanance, Admin, Operations etc
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Earlier this week, longtime technology journalist Walt Mossberg penned a piece for The Verge arguing that the iPhone 7 needs to "be spectacular," particularly because the products Apple introduced at its special media event this week were nothing special. I found Mossberg's take in this regard to be a little bit off base. This week's media event wasn't intended to show off Apple's latest and greatest technologies. Rather, it was intended to shore up holes in the company's product line, specifically as it pertains to a 4-inch iPhone. Remember, Apple last introduced a 4-inch iPhone more than two and a half years ago when it released the iPhone 5s. The iPhone SE, therefore, is simply Apple playing catch-up and realizing that a large portion of its user base actually prefer using a more compact device. After all, 30 million new 4-inch iPhones were sold in 2015 alone. DON'T MISS: Today's top paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free Similarly, the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro is simply Apple's way of incorporating its more advanced tablet features into a more compact form factor. So when Mossberg proclaims that Apple's new "iPhones and iPads don't break much new technology ground," he appears to be missing the point entirely. Apple's media event on Monday was more about strategic business maneuvering than it was a technology showcase. Also curious is that Mossberg states that the "premium iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are the best smartphones on the market" while simultaneously suggesting that the iPhone is being challenged by Samsung's new Galaxy S7 phones. If the iPhone models Apple released months ago are still better than Samsung's current offerings, in Mossberg's estimation, why is there a "iPhone 7 better be spectacular or else!" theme in play? In any event, Mossberg proceeds to list out a number of features Apple can add to the iPhone 7 to transform it into a "spectacular device." The list is mostly reasonable and naturally sparked a whole a lot of conversation about how the iPhone 7's new features are just going to copy features that Android devices have had for months and, in some cases, years. For instance, many of the items on Mossberg's iPhone 7 wish list - quick charging, waterproofing, insane battery life - aren't unicorn features that the world is waiting for Apple to introduce. Again, many of them already exist on Android. You want a smartphone that can survive a 900 foot drop? Try the Motorola Droid Turbo 2 on for size. Want insane battery life, about 48 hours worth? Again, the Motorola Droid Trubo 2 might be what you're looking for. Interested in a completely waterproof device? Sony, Samsung and HTC have no shortage of models for you to choose from. But comparing the iPhone 7 to Android doesn't really tell us a whole a lot about how Apple's next-gen device will perform in the marketplace. More to the point, for the iPhone 7 to truly be a success, it simply needs to be a better device than the iPhone 6s. If this involves incorporating longstanding Android features, 99.9% of iPhone users could care less. If the iPhone 7 is a waterproof device, sales won't be impacted by tech pundits shouting that Sony had waterproof phones on the market years ago. The reality is that prospective iPhone 7 buyers will only make a note that their current iPhone isn't waterproof and that the new iPhone is. Same thing goes for battery life. As long as the iPhone 7 can last as long as the iPhone 6s, devices like the Motorola Droid Turbo 2 will continue to fly under the radar for the vast majority of consumers, and especially for the bulk of interested iPhone 7 upgraders. The iOS ecosystem is extremely sticky, which is to say that iPhone owners are more likely to stay with the iPhone than Android owners are likely to stay with Android. As a result, the iPhone 7 won't be competing against whatever Samsung or other Android handset manufacturers have out on the market, it will be competing against previous iPhone models. Even if the only new iPhone 7 features Apple comes out with are a faster processor, a better camera, a thinner design, no headphone jack (admittedly not a feature) and waterproofing, the iPhone 7 will more than likely break all previous iPhone sales records. Whether or not it's a "spectacular" upgrade won't really factor into the equation.


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Variance stabilization and calibration for microarray data
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biotools: vsn
The package implements a method for normalising microarray intensities, and works for single- and multiple-color arrays. It can also be used for data from other technologies, as long as they have similar format. The method uses a robust variant of the maximum-likelihood estimator for an additive-multiplicative error model and affine calibration. The model incorporates data calibration step (a.k.a. normalization), a model for the dependence of the variance on the mean intensity and a variance stabilizing data transformation. Differences between transformed intensities are analogous to "normalized log-ratios". However, in contrast to the latter, their variance is independent of the mean, and they are usually more sensitive and specific in detecting differential transcription.
- Versions
3.54.0-0, 3.52.0-1, 3.50.0-0, 3.48.1-0, 3.46.0-0, 3.44.0-0, 3.38.0-1
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bioconductor-affy >=1.64.0,<1.65.0
bioconductor-biobase >=2.46.0,<2.47.0
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libgcc-ng >=7.3.0
r-base >=3.6,<3.7.0a0
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With an activated Bioconda channel (see 2. Set up channels), install with:
conda install bioconductor-vsn
and update with:
conda update bioconductor-vsn
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docker pull quay.io/biocontainers/bioconductor-vsn:<tag>
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Drug Reviews
Drug checks for prescription medications are a legal requirement. These regulations exist to protect your pet.
Prescription medications are controlled for various reasons, some more strictly than others.
For each prescription medication, there are different timescales set for how often these reviews need to be carried out. For most prescription flea and worm controls, these reviews will be annual, but for prescription drugs such as antibiotics, steroids and epilepsy medications, which are far more strictly regulated these days, the review frequency will be much shorter.
Our vets will determine how frequently a drug review is necessary to comply with current legislation and this will be noted on your pet's records. Nurses and receptionists are only allowed to dispense prescription medications according to the vet's instructions. If the timescale for repeat medications has been exceeded, then you will need to bring your pet in for a drug review before any further medications can legally be dispensed.


text: We've become inured to Christian Bale's chameleonic take on acting. From drastic weight fluctuations to elaborate prosthetic comb-overs to his in/famous "Batman voice", Bale is a guy who goes all out for the sake of a character. So I feel it is really saying something when I tell you that his performance as Russell Baze, a barely-hanging-on blue-collar worker from the steel belt, is easily one of the best of his career to date—arguably the best. There is no body change, no funny voice, no elaborate make-up. There is just Bale, preternaturally still, playing a guy made of hopelessness and broken dreams. Out of the Furnace itself is a solid, if predictable, revenge thriller, but Bale's performance elevates it to something more lyrical and moving than that. Continue reading "Out of the Furnace: Familiar thriller anchored by a brilliant Bale"


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Ivy Bridge Leads the Charge in Huge Week for High-Performance Hardware
'Tis the season for slick new gaming hardware. Intel kicked off the week with the release of its first Ivy Bridge processors, including the fastest, slickest, and most powerful new quad-cores for high performance desktops and laptops in its arsenal. Advanced Micro Devices followed up on Tuesday with the launch of the first Radeon 7000 series GPUs for laptops.
Clearly not wanting to be left out, Nvidia took the teasing approach to whatever kick-butt product it's preparing to unleash on the world in a few days, promoting a "special announcement" at Saturday's GeForce LAN / NVIDIA Gaming Festival in Shanghai, China, complete with a countdown clock and a cryptic message reading, "It's Coming."
What does the graphics chip maker have up its sleeve? Given the venue and tie-in to Nvidia's GeForce product line, educated guesses are generally coalescing around a new Kepler-based graphics processor in a dual-GPU card for high-end desktop PCs, possibly the GTX 690 though Engadget says it "wouldn't write off a Tegra reveal entirely."
As for the gear we actually have official word on, let's start with Ivy Bridge. The flagship desktop chip in Intel's new lineup is the 3.5GHz Core i7-3770K, boasting four cores and eight threads at a list price of $313. Enthusiasts will surely be tempted to get Intel's new 22-nanometer Tri-Gate technology spinning in a liquid-cooled rig as soon as possible, though it's almost certain that Intel will be releasing an even more powerful Ivy Bridge-based Core i7 priced in the $1,000 range at some point down the road, since that's how the chip giant operates.
AMD's new trio of 28nm Radeon 7000M series GPUs is led by the Radeon HD 7900M, an enthusiast-class discrete notebook GPU with an 850MHz engine clock, 1.2GHz memory clock, 1,280 stream processors, and 2GB of 256-bit GDDR5 memory.
Yep, it's a good time to start thinking about that next high-performance desktop or notebook, and we don't even know what Nvidia is planning to unveil yet.
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Realtek High Definition Audio Codec Driver 2018 For Windows
Realtek High Definition Audio Codec Driver 2018 free HD sound Codec pack enables stereo sound that is digital resolutions as much as 24-bit/192kHz, as well as 5.1-channel Dolby Digital sound.If the driver is set up on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add brand new functions, or just upgrade to the variation that is available. Take into consideration that isn't recommended to set up the driver on working Systems other than stated ones.
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Realtek High Definition Audio Codec Driver 2018 For Windows
Realtek High Definition Audio Codec Driver 2018 is the application that is could on Windows 7, Windows 8 and besides windows 8.1. That you download this most recent Realtek driver so that most problems may when you have a sound issue on your mobile computer with a new audio format, I would suggest.[custom_list icon="chevron-circle-right"]
- We streamed audio at up to 320kbs from Spotify and other sources.
- Dolby HT4: Dolby home entertainment four settings include Movie, Music, and Game modes with up to six preset, or perhaps you can turn Dolby off in the characteristics dialog.
- Numerous output choices: We could select and configure Realtek Digital production choices for all our connections being electronic production jacks, including optical, USB, and internal ATAPI.
- Realtek HD controllers only: only a few motherboards use Realtek chips that are sound and not all Realtek controllers are HD-compatible. Fortunately, the codecs will not install regarding the system that is wrong.
- Watch the installation: there are some other programs included immediately during the facility that is standard. Choosing the Custom installation option let us drop "extras" we did not want.
- System compatibility: While Realtek HD Audio Codec works with Realtek controllers, some motherboard implementations may not be wholly suitable and proprietary that requires drivers instead.
In case the Computer has a Realtek HD controller that is sound Realtek tall Definition Audio Codec may help you receive the most out of it. Odds are, your controller that is Realtek may have this codec, due to Windows Update.
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This package that is newly-outed the 184.108.40.20636 audio version (compared to construct 8004) supports every one of Realtek's HD sound ALC Codecs and includes a driver that is few and bug fixes.Regarding applying this build, just make sure your system configuration is supported, get the appropriate package that is downloadable your bit architecture, and run the possible setup with administrator legal rights.Afterward, wait for all the required files to be extracted, click the "Next" key, and allow the installer to apply the update that is new. When completed, or even requested automatically, we advise that you manually perform a system reboot to enable all changes to properly just take effect.[/custom_list]
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Lauren Camp – ONE HUNDRED HUNGERS
July 29, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lauren Camp will be with us from Santa Fe on Saturday, July 29 to read from her poem collection, One Hundred Hungers (Tupelo Press, 2016).
Jake Vermaas will read with Lauren, along with additional friends TBD.
Lauren Camp is the author of three books, including One Hundred Hungers, which won the Dorset Prize. She has two upcoming poetry collections, Turquoise Door (3: A Taos Press, 2017) and Took House (Tupelo Press, 2019). Her poems have appeared in New England Review, Split This Rock, Poetry International, Slice, Boston Review, Nashville Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. Other literary honors include the Margaret Randall Poetry Prize, the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award, prizes from RHINO and Western Humanities Review, and a Black Earth Institute Fellowship. She is a staff writer for Poets Reading the News and the producer/host of "Audio Saucepan" on Santa Fe Public Radio, a program that interweaves music with contemporary poetry.www.laurencamp.com
Jake Vermaas is the co-founder of the Whitenoise Project, a reading and discussion series amplifying writers of color and underrepresented voices. A poet and engineer in Portland, OR, he can science the shit out of things and actually be Asian, unlike Matt Damon.


text: Integral quadratic constraints (IQC:s) can be used for proving stability of systems with uncertainties and nonlinearities. Similarly, IQC:s can also be used for controller synthesis. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of such a controller is derived. These conditions include linear matrix inequalities (LMI:s) and matrix inertia specifying the number of negative eigenvalues of a matrix. In general, these conditions are non-convex. Connections to bilinear matrix inequalities and LMI:s with rank constraints are also given.


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Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
This past Saturday I had the amazing opportunity of visiting the Los Angeles Zoo for the first time. It was so cool seeing all the amazing animals and comparing them to the animals in the San Diego Zoo, a place I've been too many times since I was little. Although the San Diego zoo had … [Read more…]


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Kiawah Island Golf Resort today announced that it is producing a series of valuable tips for meeting professionals by long-time resort employees who have extensive experience in producing extraordinary meeting and conference experiences. The tips are entitled "P.R.O. Meeting," standing for Productivity, Rewards and Opportunity and appear on the resort's web site: (http://www.kiawahresort.com/meetings/meeting-offers/).
According to the Director of Group Sales, Marty Couch, the P.R.O. Meeting tips will help meeting and conference professionals stay on top of their business game. "Kiawah Island Golf Resort has a proven track record of assisting the meeting professional on producing one-of-a-kind meeting experiences," explains Couch. "These meetings promote productivity through a setting that advances ideas and works to achieve a company's goals; they reward participants with a balance of work, golf, spa, dining and recreation; and, they provide an opportunity to host a meeting at an exceptional venue at a great value."
The resort is offering special "P.R.O. Meeting" rates through the fall of 2012:
P.R.O. Meeting Rates* Winter Spring Summer Fall
The Sanctuary
Midweek $175 $359 $375 $345
Weekend $199 $515 $525 $475
Resort Villas
Midweek $99 $159 $249 $149
Weekend $99 $199 $249 $179
Season Dates *
Winter – Dec.10/11 – Mar.12/12 & Nov.11/12 – Dec.31/12
Spring – Mar.13/12 – May.23/12
Summer – May.24/12 – Aug.25/12
Fall – Aug.26/12 – Nov.10/12
Rates are per night based on availability over select dates. Tax and villa resort fee additional. Minimum length of stay may apply. Not applicable to existing groups or reservations. Additional extra added-value incentives are available based on size of meeting and duration of stay.
As an added value to the meeting planner, the resort is also offering the opportunity to win valuable prizes when submitting an online R.F.P. on the resort's website. Prizes include a two-night Kiawah getaway (including golf), a membership in the professional association of the winner's choice or an Apple iPad2. See "Terms and Conditions" for official rules: http://www.kiawahresort.com/rfp/
For more information on Kiawah meeting rates and options, call 1-800-576-1585.
Located along 10 miles of pristine beach just south of Charleston, SC, Kiawah Island Golf Resort was recently named the No. 1 resort on the U.S. Mainland by readers of the prestigious Conde Nast Traveler magazine. It was also named the No. 1 golf resort by Golf World magazine and the No. 3 tennis resort in the U.S. by Tennis magazine. Kiawah Island is also known as one of the top eco-friendly resorts in the U.S., and its beach was named one of the 10 best beaches in America by famed "beachologist," Dr. Stephen Leatherman, aka Dr. Beach. In addition to The Sanctuary, the resort's 255-room oceanfront hotel and spa, the resort manages 600 private villas and luxury homes, nine restaurants, two tennis centers, a renowned recreation and nature program and has five championship golf courses, including The Ocean Course, host of the 1991 Ryder Cup, the 2007 Senior PGA and 2012 PGA championships.
Kiawah Island Golf Resort Meetings: Far from the maddening crowd on a secluded barrier island untouched by commercialism, Kiawah Island is devoid of stoplights and fast-food outlets and blessed with wide stretches of pristine beach and ancient moss-draped oaks. It offers the perfect secluded setting for effective business meetings.
Kiawah Island Golf Resort has close to 35,000 sq. ft. of meeting space (18,000 sq. ft. in its hotel, The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, and another 17,000 sq. ft. dispersed throughout the 10,000 acre island including a dedicated conference center). Its natural setting allows participants to remove themselves from today's tumultuous world and focus on the important strategies of developing their business plans without distraction.
The facilities at Kiawah Island Golf Resort feature the cutting edge in meetings technology, the upmost in security and are high-speed Internet friendly. Additionally, our staff is experienced in handling every level of meeting.
Kiawah Island Golf Resort is in the unique position of being able to offer a wide selection of accommodations at varying prices. In addition to The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort and its extensive meeting infrastructure, the resort has a separate conference center and numerous clubhouses with meeting facilities that service the close to 600 villas and luxury homes under the resort's management.
Guest service remains Kiawah Island Golf Resort's number one priority, whether a business is seeking a high-end getaway at our hotel or a more conservative, cost-conscious function in our villas. In fact, Kiawah Island Golf Resort is the proud recipient of these meeting and conference magazine awards:
- Pinnacle Award – Successful Meetings (10 years)
- Gold Key Award – Meetings & Conventions (10 years)
- Gold Tee Award – Meetings & Conventions (13 years)
- "Stars of the South" Award – Meetings South (9 years)
- Golden Links Award – Corporate Meetings & Incentives (12 years)
- Planners' Choice Award – Meeting News (11 years)
For more information on the resort, visit www.kiawahresort.com or call 800-654-2924. Visit www.kiawahgreen.com to learn more about Kiawah Island Golf Resort's environmental commitment.


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In a large huddle of supporters and volunteers, little over a week out from the city getting a new mayor, Michael "Pinball" Clemons had a message.
But in true form, Clemons — who has taken on the role of motivational speaker since his days on the field for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts — wanted everyone in the room to say it together.
"You're in the right place," he chanted, asking the at-capacity crowd of some 800 people at the Montecassino Hotel in North York to follow. "You've got the right man, for the right time."
With this election still Tory's to lose, according to the latest polls, the mayoral candidate's campaign continued to pile on endorsements Sunday night — which have been growing in frequency and celebrity.
The rally, organized with volunteers coordinating sign waving and prompters for speeches, marked the last eight days before the election on Oct. 27.
Addressing the banquet hall, Tory promised to end the "division" at city hall "when" he becomes mayor — what has been his key message for the last couple of months now with an added confidence about his own chances at winning.
In opening his speech, Tory borrowed from a children's fable to summarize why he believes he is the right man, who can best top contenders Doug Ford (open Doug Ford's policard) and Olivia Chow.
"I had one of those days, I was thinking about the Three Bears. Remember the three bears? They had the porridge that was too hot, too cold and just right?" Tory began, before referencing his recent endorsement by the Toronto Sun's editorial board.
"Olivia Chow said, well that obviously means he's way too right to be endorsed by that newspaper. And then we had Doug Ford saying, 'That John Tory, he's way too left.'
"And I figured, to myself, when we have the two other principle competitors at the end of the race — one of them saying I'm way too right and one of them saying I'm way too left — I think we might have this just right."


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McNary Dam Disc Golf Course
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Recreational course on Army Corps of Engineers land at the bottom of McNary Dam in a well maintained grassy park. The Dam also has a salmon fishery tour, and nice picnic areas. Natural tee areas marked with posts.
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Course Type: Permanent
# Holes: 9
Target Type: Baskets
Tee Type: Grass
Elevation: Slight Slope
Foliage: Scattered
Course Length: 2,468ft
Hole Length: Under 300ft: 6 | 300 - 400ft: 3 | Over 400ft: 0
1.1 miles east of Umatilla on Hwy 730, and 0.9 mile north on McNary Dam South Entrance Rd.
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Visiting Devon in November? Remember, remember the 5th of November with one of these great firework displays.
Shaldon Beach
The quiet village of Shaldon is transformed on Bonfire night as hundreds of people flock down to grab a beachside view of the fireworks. The fireworks are set-off from across the estuary at Teignmouth. There is something extra special about seeing fireworks reflected in the water, it's like doubling your enjoyment. This is my children's favourite firework venue as it's a beautiful location which is made even more beautiful with a fabulous fireworks display. It's well worth arriving early as the car parks fill quickly. The good news if you do arrive early is that, as well as the great pubs and restaurants, there is a small street market and a huge bonfire to keep people entertained before the fireworks begin.
Flaming Tar Barrels at Ottery St Mary
For something a bit different, with a whole lot of crazy thrown in, why not try the Flaming Tar Barrels at Ottery St Mary. The event takes place on November 5th when people carry tar-soaked burning barrels through the streets of the old town. It's a tradition which dates back hundreds of years and was probably invented as a way of cleansing the town of evil spirits. Each barrel is lit outside a different local pub and the only spirits in evidence these days are the ones for sale inside. The Flaming Tar Barrels is exhilarating and noisy with an air of excitement and danger. The night ends on the banks of the River Otter where a huge bonfire is lit and a funfair keeps people's spirits up long into the night.
Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary
One of Devon's largest displays takes place at Westpoint Arena near Exeter. Organised by Exeter's Round Table, this is a big one. Along with the fireworks there are stalls and fairground rides and to add to the spectacle, the fireworks here have a pounding musical accompaniment. This is one for people who like big, noisy and exciting events.
Sherwell Valley Primary School, Paignton
A classic family orientated firework display takes place at Sherwell Valley Primary school in Paignton. Because it's a fenced area it can get quite full but it also makes it safer for younger children. There are a few food stalls and a great big bonfire. This display always has a great atmosphere with many families returning year after year.
Plymouth Hoe
Plymouth Hoe is fast becoming a bit of a legend in the world of fireworks. The world famous British Firework Championships takes place here most years and will next take place in August 2017. As a warm up to the championship, the Hoe also hosts a fireworks event in November. This is another musical event with DJ's entertaining the crowds and fireworks lighting up the skies behind Smeaton's Tower. Although this is a family event, the loud music and large crowds make it one for teenagers and families with older children. Plymouth Hoe is such a beautiful place for fireworks, with views right across Plymouth Sound, that for many this is an event which is not to be missed.


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Alex2e (actual name Alex Tuohey) is a self-taught singer/songwriter from Western Massachusetts. More importantly, Alex2e is a storyteller. In 2012, while recovering from a major surgery and desperate for reprieve, he picked up his sister's beat up guitar and started writing. Words became lyrics, days became months and bathroom video covers turned into gigs. Fast forward to today and his leaps can be measured in dog years.
Called "One of Boston's most sought after artists" by Berklee's Red Room, Alex has made a name for himself both in his home state and beyond. Averaging 130+ dates annually, he has traveled the country while supporting national acts such as Howie Day, Tyler Hilton, Aaron Carter, O-Town, Shawn James, Ryan Cabrera and Griffin House among others. With a debut EP in the top 10 of iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart and new release "Half-Grown" gaining regional momentum, he continues to prove - it's never too late to find your passion.
Touring Acts Supported
Howie Day
- The Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC
- Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA
Tyler Hilton
- The Wine Garden at City Winery, Washington, D.C.
- Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis, MD
- Alive @ Five, Stamford, CT
- Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA
- The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Old Saybrook, CT
- The Loft at City Winery, New York, NY
- Haymarket Lounge at City Winery, Boston, MA
- House of Blues Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
- The Prophet Bar, Dallas, TX
- VZD's, Oklahoma City, OK
Aaron Carter
- City Winery Boston, Boston, MA
- Alive @ Five, Stamford, CT
Shawn James
- Haymarket Lounge at City Winery Boston, Boston, MA
- Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME
- Sonia, Cambridge, MA
- Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA
- Debonair Music Hall, Teaneck, NJ
- Alive @ Five, Stamford, CT
Art Alexakis (of Everclear)
- City Winery Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA - 1/12/20
Ryan Cabrera
- Alive @ Five, Stamford, CT
Griffin House
- Harvester Performance Center, Rocky Mount, VA
- Columbia City Theater, Seattle WA
Casey Abrams (of Postmodern Jukebox)
- Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA
Levi Lowrey (of Zac Brown Band)
- Harvester Performance Center, Rocky Mount, VA
"One of Boston's most sought after artists"
— Berklee's Red Room at Cafe 939
"Alex2e tells the kind of stories that resonate long after the music stops"


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Mojo Monday- a Bohemian Rhapsody
From the first moment I saw the bohemian DSP paper I knew I just had to use it. Sadly my inspiration has been lacking in how to use this beautiful paper. I love bright and bold colours, (not to wear just to look at), and I was unsure of how to make this paper into the star of any creation that I might dare to make. Then along comes Mojo Monday 404 tall and skinny.
So I gave up worrying about how to use this awesome DSP and decided just to get on with it. It will look great no matter what I do with it (that was how I deluded myself).
Now if you are going tall and skinny it might as well be really tall and skinny, so I used the size 3.5 x 12, and it is really skinny.
The colours in the DSP include the wonderful "Delightful Dijon" (mustard anyone). It is bold without being fluro, and I do have a dress shirt in this colour, so it is kind of my colour, so I had to have "Delightful Dijon" in my card. I also like "Blackberry Bliss" even though it is the most awful colour to get off fingers, off faces and even to remove from your Stamp cleaning folders, but it is so rich and velvet that it had to be in there as well.
Colours chosen I begin, "Whisper White" base, cut tall and skinny, lay on a piece of the DSP and, Hmmmm not really working already what have I done wrong?
I asked the amazing Petra for her thoughts and she noticed the whisper white base, "Well thats no good the DSP has got a "Very Vanilla" line through it and it is clashing with the white card. Try a "Very Vanilla" card base". Bingo now that worked. From here this card came together in a great rush, for a change everything I tried just seemed to work. My matt for the "Delightful Dijon" in "Very Vanilla"turned out a bit too big, it left a very wide border, but then the circle sentiment stamp was way smaller than the 2 inch punch and left a wider border as well. I cut a 2 1/2 inch circle of "Blackberry Bliss" to matt the sentiment, and it all just seemed to work out right.
The final touch adding a bit of pizzaz to the pizzaz. I embossed the top piece with the bohemian EB and used the bohemian borders stamp set to pick out the little highlights in the embossing with "Delightful Dijon" ink. A little tip I picked up from Bonnie Thurber at the "Inspire Create Share" convention on the gold coast, thanks Bonnie.
I hope you like my effort, I still think the DSP is the star of this card and I hope you can get a thrill out of using it as well.
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Thanks for reading.
Tip for new Crafters:
Designer Series Paper............ If you don't have any, get some now! DSP is your best friend in making cards. There is no way I could have drawn or stamped the wonderful pattern and colours in the background of this card. The DSP also gave me my colours and inspiration.
If you want to get the pizzaz, break out the DSP and carefully look at the colours and patterns, you may be surprised by the small subtleties that you will find that will inspire you, even a tiny bit of a beautiful pattern can bring out the wow factor to your creation. Give it a go on your next project.


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271 Meadow Court, APTOS
Build one fabulous ocean view estate home or up to three ocean view homes by acquiring the other lots as an option. Imagine yourself sitting in your backyard or on your deck and viewing all the way to the Monterey Peninsula. The county has stated each lot could support an ADU/granny unit up to 640 SF. Height of main house up to 28 feet. There are a total of 4 lots available individually: Lot 1- 042-057-49 = 8,276 sq. ft, Lot 2- 042-057-50 = 8,712 sq. ft. Lot 3- 042-057-51 = 7,841 sq. ft. Lot 4- 042-057-52 = 13,505 sq. ft. Ocean View Estate Property, Family Compound, Spec home or get creative. Buyer to verify lot sizes and build-ability of one or all parcels. But wait there's more: Seller is paying for and having constructed a retaining wall that stretches across the back of all three lots on Sea Terrace Way and paying for sewer extension in street to the lots curb. Currently water meters are available from Soquel Creek Water District.
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The University of Alabama is ranked No. 1 in football for the first time since winning the 1992 national championship, and for the first time in the regular season since 1980.
TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama is ranked No. 1 in football for the first time since winning the 1992 national championship, and for the first time in the regular season since 1980.
The Crimson Tide ascended Sunday to the top of the Associated Press Top 25, the USA Today Coaches Poll and, most importantly, the Bowl Championship Series national rankings, which determines the two teams that play in the Jan. 8 BCS national championship game in Miami.
Alabama jumped from the No. 2 spot after defeating Arkansas State 35-0 on Saturday, along with a loss by top-ranked Texas to Texas Tech.
�We appreciate the interest shown to our team, but rankings at this time of the season do not define anything relative to the postseason,� said Tide coach Nick Saban in a brief statement issued Sunday. �Our concern is our preparation to play a very good LSU team [Saturday], and these external factors can not affect our planning, schedule or focus on the task at hand.�
Saban did, however, address after Saturday�s game the way Alabama has played so far and what the Tide can still accomplish.
�This team is 9-0 and has played extremely well all year long,� Saban said. �I was just trying to emphasize the fact that our players have done a really good job.
�We actually didn�t have much respect starting out, got some respect, kind of lost it in the middle [of the season] by how we played, got it back last week [against Tennessee]. We did all that without losing a game.�
While Saban did heap some praise on his team, he also pointed out there�s more to be done. Alabama can clinch the Southeastern Conference Western Division championship and a berth in the SEC title game Saturday with a victory at LSU, and is well positioned in the national title race.
�It doesn�t really matter what our record is, and it doesn�t matter about any of the other stuff,� Saban said. �The thing I was emphasizing about what our players have accomplished up to this point, they shouldn�t be satisfied with that, we shouldn�t be satisfied with it.
�We need to continue to progress and improve as a team so we can finish this year the way we need to finish it, so they have an opportunity to maybe accomplish something special.�
Alabama is ranked No. 1 in the BCS rankings for the first time since the system was created prior to the 1998 season. The BCS rankings are calculated using a combination of polls and computer calculations to determine rankings used to match the two highest-ranked teams in a national title game.
Alabama was last ranked No. 1 in the AP poll after defeating Miami 34-13 in the 1993 Sugar Bowl.
It was last ranked No. 1 in the AP poll during the regular season in the ninth week of the 1980 season after being ranked atop the poll for eight straight weeks. Alabama fell from No. 1 when its 28-game winning streak ended with a 6-3 loss to Mississippi State in Jackson, Miss., on Nov. 1, 1980.
Texas Tech, which scored a touchdown with one second left at home to beat Texas 39-33 on Saturday night, leaped four spots and passed No. 3 Penn State to No. 2 in the AP poll. The unbeaten Nittany Lions were idle.
No. 4 Florida moved up one place after its 49-10 rout of Georgia, and Texas dropped four spots to No. 5.
The Crimson Tide received 46 of a possible 65 first-place votes from the media panel and 1,600 points. Texas Tech got 12 first-place votes and 1,528 points, and Penn State followed with six and 1,525. The Gators received the other No. 1 vote.
The top spot in the AP poll hasn�t been held by this many teams since 1990, when Miami, Notre Dame, Colorado, Michigan and Virginia all had a turn at No.1.
Georgia started the season No. 1 and was replaced by Southern California after the opening week.
USC lasted four weeks before being upset by Oregon State and Oklahoma took the top spot. The Sooners were No. 1 for two weeks, then lost to Texas, which held the top spot for three weeks.
Alabama will visit LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday in a game televised nationally by CBS.
Saban said after the Arkansas State game that he expects defensive lineman Terrence Cody, who missed the Tide�s last two games because of a knee injury, to be available to practice this week. Saban listed Cody�s status as �day-to-day.�
The Associated Press contributed to this report.