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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After a lengthy mid-season break the Tigers and Tigerbelles were back in action on Saturday afternoon at the Front Runner Invitational, hosted by the University of Chattanooga, and posted their best times of the season.
Junior Oteia Prince finished the highest out of the entire cross contry team, finishing the two mile women's course in 28th place. Prince crossed the line with a time of 12:14.73.
Diera Taylor finished second for the Tigerbelles with a time of 13:37.47 followed by Jasmine Owens (13:44.98), Breanna Adams (13:53.42) and Michelle Bradley (14:11.07). India Smith (14:34.33) and Ashontee Jackson (14:54.00) rounded out the Tigerbelles scorers.
The men's team was led by freshman Quamel Prince who finished the 5k course in 16:59.02 earning a 45th place finish. Following behind Prince was junior Theordore Nicholson with a time of 17:11.60.
Adrian McDaniel was the third Tiger to cross the tape for the men's team, finishing with a mark of 17:41.98. Rounding out the scoring times for the Tigers were Jalon McCutcheon (18:28.34), Jahleel Michael (18:36.02), Jason Griffin (20:26.94) and Jakeenan Gutherie (20:28.07).
Each team placed 15th in their respective races in the Front Runner Invitational.
The Tigers and Tigerbelles will finish their seasons at the OVC Championships Nov. 2 at Morehead, Ky.


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Richt says Georgia tight end Jay Rome expected to miss game at No. 7 Auburn with foot injury
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ATLANTA – Tight end Jay Rome, who caught three passes last week in his first start of the season, is expected to miss No. 25 Georgia's game at No. 7 Auburn this week.
Rome hurt his right foot in last week's 45-6 win over Appalachian State. Rome started because senior Arthur Lynch was held out with bruised ribs.
Coach Mark Richt said Monday Lynch and receiver Chris Conley (sprained right ankle) have a chance to play against Auburn on Saturday.
Lynch hurt his ribs in Georgia's win over Florida on Nov. 2. Conley missed the Florida game after hurting his ankle on the final play of the Bulldogs' loss at Vanderbilt on Oct. 19.
With Lynch and Conley held out, Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray completed passes to 13 players against Appalachian State.


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I"m looking for an original logo for my site clickfusion.com
The site is going to have a very web 2.0 look and feel to it. It's already being designed, but wanted to get a logo for the site, and also for company letterheads, shirts, ect...
The site will be a membership site with content, and products of some of the great marketers in many different industries. It will also have videos similar to MTV cribs, Donny Deutsch and Life Styles of the Rich and Famous.
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flrgrp necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 37 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking to rebrand our company logo. Note: The company deals with Digital Asset Management or Document Management. They are a web-based software company that caters to Building Owners, Architects, and General Contractors. They help your workflow by keeping all paperwork online in an organized manner. They are GREEN in the sense that they save your company on paper by allowing you to perform "paper" functions online. So you eliminate paper waste when you usen an electronic digital asset management system.
You can view their current site at http://www.plansandspecs.com. They essentially manage the life of document, the document being the printed plans or architect drawings, renderings etc. A construction firm can use this software and send files, retrieve files, run reports, communicate with staff, and vendors, and order printed plans right throught the system. Their logo should cater to construction firms, and architects, and it should have an industrial, and technical feel to it.
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We would like to use the colors green and black.
We are looking for a fairly quick turnaround on this project because the company is looking to rebrand and start launching a new product. Please keep the name of the company as plansandspecs. Make sure the there is a logo icon or graphic icon along with the name of the company. We would like both incorporated in the logo.
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Hotel Michalska ***
APLEND CITY Hotel Michalska is situated in a quiet pedestrian street in Bratislava's historic centre next to St. Michael's Gate. It offers elegant, air-conditioned rooms with free LAN and LCD TVs.
Dovoľte, aby sme sa Vám predstavili.
Sme Vašimi hostiteľmi a voláme sa Eduard a Andrej. Obaja sme sa narodili v roku 1978 a vyrastali sme spolu v Práznovciach a Topoľčanoch. Keď sme mali 10 rokov, stretli sme sa pri futbale, hrali sme za žiakov i dorastencov. Spoločne sme chodili aj na strednú školu, vďaka nej sme kuchármi a čašníkmi. Spoločne sme odišli aj do Bratislavy, len do rôznych podnikov. Ale od roku 2008 podnikáme spolu. Začali sme v Dome novinárov na 1.poschodí s 50 miestami pre zákazníkov, postupne sme otvorili terasu pre 120 ľudí, reštauráciu sme v roku 2011 presťahovali na prízemie a jej kapacitu zdvojnásobili. Okrem toho sme o niekoľko sto metrov ďalej otvorili reštauráciu Pulitzer u Zlatého jeleňa na Námestí SNP.
Želáme Vám, aby ste u nás boli spokojní a aby ste sa k nám radi vrátili.
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Wonderful ride through the old town of Bratislava.
Comfortable seated under the transparent (or opened) roof, Bratislava city train Prešporáčik OldTimer® will take you through the old parts situated outside of the former medieval city up to Bratislava Castle.
To experience the most beautiful panoramic views in Bratislava look no further than our Panoramic Tour.
The Botanical Garden of Comenius University in Bratislava was the first of its kind opened in Slovakia. It is one of the favourite places of relaxation for inhabitants and visitors of our Capital.
Bratislava ZOO opened its gates in 1960 and is a home for 167 spieces, numbering more than 958 animals. Apart from breeding endangered species, it also fulfils educational role. It takes part in various rescue programmes and is a member of several international organizations. The rarest among the species are: Southern White Rhinoceros, Addax, Pygmy Hippopotamus, Buff-cheeked Gibbon, Red Panda, Sumatran Orangutan.
Enjoy the new and remarkable view of Bratislava through the sunny day or light up at night from the deck of our motorized speedboat.
The National Nature Reserve Devínska Kobyla is unique and very interesting locality for its flora. It stretches in the southern most part of the mountains Malé Karpaty on an area of 101 ha. It is situated between villages Devínska Nová Ves, Dúbravka and Devín on the territory of the Capital Bratislava.
Územie Sandbersko - pajštúnskeho geoparku zaberá širšie okolie metropoly Slovenska - Bratislavy, turisticky je veľmi známe a navštevované.
Bar pri pivovare JAMA Craft Brewery špecializovaný na predaj piva z tohto pivovaru.
Národná prírodná rezervácia Šúr pri obci Svätý Jur (19 km S) sa rozkladá na ploche 370 ha. Vyznačuje sa výskytom vzácnej flóry a fauny v prostredí vzácneho komplexu barinato-slatinného jelšového lesa s rašeliniskom. Súčasťou rezervácie je aj riedky dubovo-brestový les nazývaný Panónsky háj, v ktorom sa zachovala vzácna xerotermná vegetácia.
We have opened the Grand Cru Wine Gallery in the center of Bratislava for you. You can find us close to St. Michael's Tower at Zámočnícka 8.
The Wineshop TRUNK was established in December 1999. Our goal from the very beginning was to be different and better and keep our offer unique. You can consult your choice of wine with competent and skilled crew.
The Green Tree Cafe, a coffee shop chain located in the center of Bratislava. On the market since 2009, our main goal to provide our customers with high-quality coffee and other products that will make the visit to one of our establishments pleasant and sweet.
Started by a former advertisement industry pro, this underground bar and eatery successfully proves you don't need to be trained in hospitality to cook truly brilliant food. Pod Kamenným Stromom has plenty to offer to hedonistic fans of the best of local organic ingredients and top-notch wines in its summer restaurant (the kitchen is closed November – March). The deceptively low-brow interior does not let on the intricacies of the kitchen, where the chef masterfully utilizes quirky ingredients in creating exciting, highly satisfying dishes: lesser known vegetables with high quality meats and fish often soaked in nice wine, artfully prepared soups, plus generous portions of rustic desserts; all finger-licking good. The most extraordinary amenity of this restaurant is its unexpectedly romantic outdoor terrace hidden from the street, making this place a great destination for couples on a first date. If you're trying to finally impress the so far unimpressed girl/boy, Kamenný strom is your good friend. And the best thing? It won't hurt your wallet!
With the arrival of Zeppelin there has finally been discovered an establishment in the city center that is not an overpriced tourist trap.
Where good beer is brewed, the cuisine they 'brew up' must also be good. This small local brewery follows on in the tradition of the wellknown city brewery called "Die Bürgerliche Brauerei", producing beer with state-of-the-art technology accompanied by a selection of meals prepared using traditional Presburg (Bratislava) recipes. Creamy beef sirloin, dill sauce with dumplings,pork knuckle, goose and many more local delicacies accompanied by the fresh aroma of hops all around, is the kind of gastronomic experience you can expect at this three-floor establishment.
Slovak people love their soup. There's probably no pub or restaurant that wouldn't be serving hot chicken broth or tomato soup, sometimes even instant or straight from a can! The passionate owners of Soupa bistro decided to fight these soup rip-offs by offering proper homemade soups daily: some contain meat, others are vegetarian, and they're all perfectly delectable. Soupa also offers healthy salads and decadent cakes, muffins or cookies, and is, above all, an extremely pleasant place to hang out in. The cuisine is healthy, often inspired by American or modern European fare, regularly throwing traditional Slovak recipes to the mix. The interior is cooky and girly, fun and bright, with fantastically inventive Slovak folk slash hip décor.
Good things in life are worth it. And for a person to enjoy them, they should do them to the fullest. That is why we have opened a Bratislava bastion of beer on Ventúrska 5: Malt House. It is a place where we care about quality. Sit at a heavy, honest oak table, order a beer and something good from the traditional cuisine and enjoy. Our selection of draft beer is the widest that can be found in Bratislava. From the traditional Slovak beer Zlatý Bažant, the Czech Budvar and Krušovice, the Irish Guinness, the Dutch Heineken, the German Paulaner to Belgian specialties such as La Chouffe and McChouffe, which you can't get anywhere else. Welcome to the Malt House.
Bar pri pivovare JAMA Craft Brewery špecializovaný na predaj piva z tohto pivovaru.
APLEND CITY Hotel Michalska is situated in a quiet pedestrian street in Bratislava's historic centre next to St. Michael's Gate. It offers elegant, air-conditioned rooms with free LAN and LCD TVs.
Situated in the centre of Bratislava city, next to the Michalska Tower and the Bratislava Castle reachable within 600 metres, VIP Apartments offers a self-catered accommodation in 18 apartments with free WiFi available in all areas. The reception is situated on-site. Each apartment at VIP Apartments is air-conditioned, features sound-proof windows and comes with a well-fitted kitchen, a flat-screen TV, a sofa bed, ironing facilities, a washing machine and a private bathroom with a shower.
Brainteaselava Escape Room offers adventure activities for turists where you can learn something about Bratislava and its history in really unconvential and funny way.
Get us a memorable experience . You do not own a boat , you can rent it with us, or try Safari on personal watercraft.
The technical parameters are adapted to the historical area with a baroque manor house and majestic old trees. The golf course is suitable for demanding players as well as for beginners. One of its advantages is that it is situated less than 6 km from the capital city of Bratislava. The club has been active in this domain since 1995.
Black & White Golf Resort Bratislava je unikátnym golfovým rezortom. Nielenže bolo v tomto rezorte vybudované prvé 9-jamkové ihrisko na Slovensku (ihrisko Park), ale taktiež je to najväčším golfovým rezortom s 55-timi grínmi a mnohými oceneniami. Rezort je známy tým, že ponúka 4 ihriská rôznych obťiažností, počnúc najľahším ihrisko Park a končiac športovo najnáročnejším ihrisko v Európe, ihriskom Black River.
Action Park je zábavný športový park s lanovým centrom.
Whitewater is a sport complex that offers a wide range of activities for professional athletes as well as for amateurs.
x-bionic® sphere Enter a world where records are broken, obstacles are overcome and the best of the best meet. The x-bionic® sphere represents a whole universe of sports, leisure and innovation, brought to you in partnership with the global premium sport brand X-BIONIC®. Unparalleled in the world, this unique, multifunctional complex is a haven for discerning visitors, professional athletes and teams, sports enthusiasts, families, business leaders as well as health and wellness seekers. The x-bionic® sphere is located in the middle of Europe, in the vicinity of two major capitals and their international airports: Vienna, Austria and Bratislava, Slovakia. It is easily accessible from every European country within less than 3 hours. (source: http://www.xbionicsphere.com/en/home)
Nechajte sa zlákať nekonečnou ponukou tých najbláznivejších mokrých zážitkov počas celého roka!
Family Golf Rezort Welten sa nachádza 23 km od Bratislavy, v blízkosti mesta Dunajská Streda. Návštevníkom ponúka najvyšší možný štandard služieb. 18 jamkové ihrisko s množstvom pieskových bunkrov je zaujímavé pre všetky kategórie hráčov. 18 jamkové majstrovské ihrisko (par 72, celková dĺžka 6170 m), bohaté na pieskové bunkre. Golfový zážitok v príjemnom rodinnom prostredí.
The exhibition introduces visitors to the history of the town fortifications; various types of bladed weapons, military as well as tournament arms are displayed here and a separate section is devoted to the development of firearms.
The Michael's Courtyard Gallery was founded on December 12, 1995. It is located in the basement area of the former Jesenák's Palace on Michalská no. 3 in Bratislava. The antique vaults and brick walls give a special feeling to the area that is frequented by both artists and numerous visitors.
The Bratislava City Gallery is the second largest gallery in Slovakia. Its activities are associated with permanent exhibitions of a part of the extensive visual art collection and with regular presentations of valuable pieces of visual art of Slovak and foreign origin, focusing not only on old works, such as Gothic art but also on the latest trends.
Divadlo GUnaGU je profesionálny súbor, ktorý hrá výlučne vlastné, autorské hry. GUnaGU vzniklo v roku 1985 pôvodne ako amatérsky súbor (zakladateľmi boli lekár Viliam Klimáček a matematici Ivan Mizera, Zuzana Benešová, Milan Paštéka).
The exposition of Jewish culture in Slovakia is located in the Zsigray mansion in Bratislava. The Museum of Jewish Culture is also in charge of exhibitions held in synagogues in Žilina, Prešov and Trnava.
The Franciscan church consecrated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary is very old. It is the oldest preserved sacral building in Bratislava.
The concept of the exposition of the City History Museum in the Old Town Hall puts the emphasis on presenting the history of Bratislava's residents with a background of historical events affecting life within the city from prehistoric times to present day.
Divadlo Korzo´90 bolo založené 1. 4. 1990 a od septembra 1990 sa datuje prvá sezóna 1990/1991. V roku 1993 prijalo meno Astorka Korzo´90 podľa názvu bývalej kaviarne Astória, ktorá sa nachádzala v budove pôvodného sídla Divadla Astorka Korzo´90 na Suchom mýte 17. Od roku 2002 pôsobí Astorka na Námestí SNP 33.
The Rococo-style palace was built on the initiative of Count Juraj Apponyi of Oponice between 1761 and 1762. The building was purchased by local authorities in 1867, and since 1932 it has been used by the City Museum of Bratislava. Since 2008, after it underwent vast reconstruction, it has been the seat of the Museum of Viticulture and the Museum of Historical Interiors.
The pride of every Christian city is its parish church. This is undoubtedly the case with St Martins Minster, Bratislavas biggest, oldest, and most spectacular church.
Tickpo CK Island.
Veselo aj vážne o deťoch aj rodičoch. GABO Žifčák ako ho nepoznáte. Keď sa narodí nový človiečik je ako nepopísaná kniha.
Tickpo Vianočný mystery kvíz.
Tickpo Po stopach SK mafie.
TešíMa – singles party // Dressed in Black edition Ignorujte Valentín v čiernej. Čierna neznamená smútok.
V poradí piaty cyklus komorných koncertov Hudba v kruhu organizujeme budúci rok aj v Bratislave. Po neformálnych vystúpeniach Billa Frisella, Marca Ribota, Erica Chenauxa či Jiřího Slavíka v Lučenci a Rimavskej Sobote predstavujeme jarný program, ktorý sa odohrá v bratislavskom Primaciálnom paláci. Môžete sa tešiť na koncerty bez pódia, prednášky a osobné stretnutia so skvelými hudobníkmi.
Na Slovensko opäť prichádza duo Grotta Sonora (IT) na pozvanie Andrey Bajnokovej a Evy Ružovičovej, zakladateliek Projektu Vlna zdravia. Madhava a Margherita sú tvorcovia experimentálnej liečivej hudby inšpirovanej Východnými tradíciami, výrobcovia gongov a iných fascinujúcich nástrojov.


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TAP to host fundraiser
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Tahoe Arts Project will host its annual Evening with the Academy Awards on Sunday.
Due to an increase in costs, TAP no longer hosts an event, but instead has a no-show Oscar party, in which it asks for donations from the community to help support performing arts in schools.
Donations may be mailed to TAP at P.O. Box 14281, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96151. They can also be made by visiting http://www.tahoeartsproject.org.


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stratola needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 25 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Personal site written by me with advice and reviews of doing Las Vegas when you're 30+ years old. Too old to be excited about finally getting drunk, too young line up at a buffet for 3 hours because you want to get comped for playing a penny slot for 15 hours.
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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re: OCFS is as fast as raw?
Don't know for sure, but I'll bet that OCFS doesn't bother with a buffer cache and simply performs direct I/O, just like raw devices. Besides better performance for databases, it also eliminates the need for cache coherency mechanisms like the innards of RAC.
Sometimes the simplest explanation is best...
on 9/18/03 3:25 PM, Jesse, Rich at Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com wrote:
> After perusing the OOW'03 presentations, I see that Win Coekaerts'
> presentation says "IO throughput [on OCFS] is equivalent to RAW IO". Has
> anyone seen this behavior? It's entirely possible (probable!) that I didn't
> do something correctly, given the bastardization I needed to do (installed
> on RH9 because AS2.1 won't support our hardware), but I saw OCFS performance
> about 40-50 times slower than RAW (rough estimate).
> I didn't implement the OCFS fileutils as I wasn't going to manually do
> anything with the files. Surely the oracle binary doesn't call dd, cp, and
> mv directly for it's file management and data I/O, does it? Is it the
> "comm_voting=1" in the /etc/ocfs.conf file? Or is it more likely to be
> async IO (my guess)? Or a combo?
> Anyone with experience on this? Anyone attend Mr C's presentation?
> Thanks,
> Rich
> Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
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I think I'm like a lot of my readers, I'm married, got a kid, a house, a full-time job, I sew clothes, and I write contemporary romance novels in my (cough) spare time. Oh, you don't do that?
It started in high school, I wrote a serial romance novel in a black and white composition book one chapter at a time. As each chapter got finished the book would get passed around to all my friends. They loved it and couldn't get enough. Except one of them left it behind after class one day and the only name on it was mine. I ended up in the Vice-principal's office trying to explain that it was fiction. In his defense, it was written as a journal. He couldn't believe I could know that much about sex and relationships if I hadn't done any of that. I told him he needed to watch more TV.
After years of stumbling around in more jobs than any other two people I know, I'm back to writing and loving it! I still have my day job in medical research but the fun starts when I get home.
I write for women looking to inject some contemporary romance into their busy lives. To that end my work tends to clock in at about 40- 50 thousand words or about 200+ pages. Short enough that you can read it in between everything else you do but long enough that I can develop the characters a little.
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Last summer when I wrote "Vicious orchestrated assault on MacBook wireless researchers", it set off a long chain of heated debated and blogs. I had hoped to release the information on who orchestrated the vicious assault but threats of lawsuits and a spineless company that refused to defend itself meant I couldn't disclose the details. Well a lot has changed since then and researcher David Maynor is no longer working for SecureWorks and he's finally given me permission to publish the details.
Apple is a mega corporation that nearly smashed the reputation of two individuals with bogus claims of fraud. It didn't matter they weren't the one's pulling the trigger because they were pulling all the strings. David Chartier should be ashamed of himself and his blog. Jim Dalrymple of Macworld and his colleagues that jumped on the bandwagon should be ashamed of their reporting. Frank Hayes was the only one of Dalrymple's colleagues that had the decency and honor to apologize. Most of all, shame on Apple.


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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the debate on Bill C-32, the copyright modernization act.
It is interesting that we are debating copyright in the House of Commons again. This corner of the House has been clear and consistent over many years about the importance of updating Canada's copyright legislation and regime.
New Democrats have always said, and our spokesperson on this issue, the member for Timmins—James Bay, said it again this morning, that we believe copyright reform is in the centre of what we need to do around digital innovation. It is the centrepiece of a digital innovation strategy. It is not the only piece, but it is the key component of how we approach that. The debate today and the expansion of the Internet and the technological changes we have seen bring that home daily for Canadians.
Our digital innovation strategy would not just be about copyright reform. It would be about codifying the protection for net neutrality to ensure the democracy on the Internet is protected and preserved. The attempts to offer tiered services so some people get their Internet services faster than others and some content goes faster than others need to be addressed. New Democrats have put forward proposals to ensure net neutrality.
We also believe that there needs to be a commitment to national benchmarks for broadband access. Canada needs to put the whole question of broadband access on the front burner to ensure that all Canadians have the broadband access they need to survive and flourish in the current environment.
We are falling behind other countries that are doing more in this area. Australia is a great example of that. It was a key proposal in Australia over a number of years, and it factored again in its most recent election, about it establishment of a national broadband network, which it calls fibre to home, an open access network. With the latest fibre optic technology, it goes to 93% of homes and businesses in Australia. It is a very fast service, at 100 megabits per second.
This is a huge infrastructure project for Australia, but it has served Australia well. It is a huge investment. It is the largest infrastructure investment in the history of Australia, a megaproject that will put the Australians in good stead for the future. We should consider this kind of thing in Canada as well.
Another component of a digital innovation strategy, which the New Democrats believe is very important, is to enhance the role of digital cultural programs to ensure Canadians can fully participate as international citizens within a democratic culturally vibrant public commons. That public commons has changed with the introduction of the Internet. I think all of us realize our lives are very different because of that development.
There are very key things that we need to look at as part of not only this specific discussion about copyright reform, but the broader context of copyright reform in Canada and digital innovation as well.
Bill C-32 is the third attempt to update Canada's copyright laws in the last six years. We have not made any changes to our copyright law since 1997. The previous Liberal government, the Martin government, tried to bring in changes to the copyright regime at the end of its term with Bill C-60.
When the current government came to power, it introduced Bill C-61 nearly two years ago, but withdrew the bill because of very broad criticism. It was too cumbersome and too closely modelled on the restrictive digital millennium copyright act in the United States. There have been significant problems with the U.S. legislation, which I am sure we do not want to repeat in Canada.
Bill C-32 is intended to strike a balance between corporate and consumer interests when it comes to copyright interest.
Regarding some of the highlights of the bill, we are told that the intention of Bill C-32 is to be technologically neutral, that it should apply across a broad range of devices and technologies with a view to ensuring adaptability to a constantly evolving technology environment. We know this is crucial to any new legislation on copyright. It cannot be legislation that becomes outdated almost as quickly as it is passed. It has to be something that serves us into the future. We have to get the broad principles of the legislation right or it will be outdated by the time it even passes through Parliament.
The government has also stated that its aim in updating the Copyright Act is not to punish individual users, but rather to focus its deterrence and enforcement efforts on distributors and large websites that illegally host copyrighted content. We will have to see whether that goal is actually accomplished. There is some criticism that the bill does not have that kind of focus and does not accomplish that goal, but the government has said it hopes it does.
What is included in the bill?
The bill would extend the term of copyright for performers and producers to 50 years from the time of publication of a musical performance.
It would create a new "making available" right in accordance with the WIPO treaties. This measure would give copyright owners exclusive control over how their content would be made available on the Internet.
It would introduce a mandatory review of the Copyright Act to take place very five years. Given the pace of technological change and given that we want to ensure the legislation actually does what it is intended to do, this mandatory review is very crucial.
The bill would formally enshrine in legislation commonplace grey area practices that would enable users to record TV programs for later viewing, or time-shifting, as long as they did not compile a library of recorded content. It would allow for the transfer of songs from CDs onto MP3 players, for instance, or format-shifting, and it would allow folks to make backup copies.
The legislation would also create new limited exceptions to the fair dealing provision of the Copyright Act, including exceptions for educators and for parody and satire. Canadian artists have been demanding this.
It would also create an exception for content creators that would enable the circumvention of DRMs through the express purpose of reverse engineering, for encryption research, for security testing, for perceptual disability and for software interoperability.
The bill would also introduce a new so-called YouTube exemption to deal with mashups that would allow Canadian users to compile clips of copyrighted works into a remixed work, as long as it was not created for commercial purposes.
Bill C-32 would also create a new exception for broadcasters to allow them to copy music for their operations.
The bill would create a carve out for network locks on cellphones.
The bill would also reduce statutory damages from a maximum fine of $20,000 per copyrighted work to a one-time maximum penalty of $5,000 in situations in which copyrighted works had been illegally accessed for non-commercial purposes.
A number of changes are included in the legislation, but that does not mean there are not problems with what is there. New Democrats have identified two key problems with how the Conservative government has approached copyright.
The rights that are offered in the fair dealing, or mashup and parity exemptions, can be overridden by the heavy legal protections being put in place for digital locks. Under Bill C-32, it would be illegal to break a digital lock, even if that lock prevented one from accessing material that one would otherwise be legally entitled to access. In fact, it treats the breaking of digital locks for personal use the same as if the lock were being broken for commercial counterfeiting. The whole question of the use of digital locks and their application, the extent to which they can be applied and how that conflicts with the rights of consumers, which the bill apparently tries to protect, and how those two interact is a huge problem with this legislation.
Consumers are guaranteed certain rights in the bill, but the reality is the holder, the manufacturer or the digital lock producer has the final say so, and those digital locks do seem to override the rights of consumers when it comes to the legislation.
That is a huge problem with Bill C-32. The Conservatives might say that under the World Intellectual Property Organization agreement this is something that is necessary. While those things need to be considered given that commitment, other countries have taken different approaches. So there are alternative ways to deal with this, rather than this reliance on digital locks. That is something that must be discussed further at the committee and could be a deal breaker in terms of the legislation.
Another serious problem with the bill is that a number of previous revenue streams for artists' organizations appear to be undermined through exemptions and changes. The most noticeable one is the government's decision not to extend the private copying levy on CDs to music playing devices. This is a very serious problem. The whole question of how we respond, how we monetize, how we make sure that artists are remunerated for the work they do, given the changing technology, and how we make sure that there is money going into creators' pockets, given these new technologies, is something that we have struggled with for over a century.
Earlier today the NDP's Canadian heritage critic, our spokesperson on this issue, went through the whole history of how that worked from the last century, starting with John Philip Sousa denouncing the threat of mechanical music, the roller piano. He said the technology would destroy the livelihood of American musicians. Music publishers, people who publish sheet music, were similarly concerned about the introduction of the record player. They thought that would mean the end of artists being effectively or appropriately remunerated for their work.
The radio was new technology and it was thought that it too would end the ability of creators to be properly remunerated for their work. But we found ways through all of those issues, and that brings us up to today. So the scenario has not changed, and the need for creativity continues as well.
Here in Canada, when we were faced with the situation of artists losing remuneration because of people copying their works onto blank cassettes and blank CDs to make mixed tapes, and so on, they were not being compensated. Artists were not being compensated, and that was a serious issue in terms of their incomes. We found a made-in-Canada solution, which was to introduce a levy on blank cassettes and CDs, a levy that is paid to a copyright collective and then paid to creators, to artists. It has been hugely successful in Canada and has been very important to creators in terms of maintaining their income and ensuring that they were properly compensated for their work.
That continues to be an important approach that has broad support. I know New Democrats have consistently said this is something that we should be considering today as well, extending that levy to music playing devices such as iPods and MP3 players so that artists could be compensated appropriately for the works that are transferred onto those devices.
There is support for this among creators as well. Alain Pineau, the national director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts, has said that the bill's failure to extend copyright collectives into the digital area is a huge problem and that it bypasses that solution in favour of lawsuits.
If we had the choice of engaging a system that we worked out and developed here in Canada, which has been hugely successful, which has met the goals of ensuring that artists and creators are properly remunerated for their work, if we had the choice between that and forcing creators and publishers into court against consumers, the choice for me is absolutely clear that the levy is the way to go.
Unfortunately, the Conservatives have politicized the conversation about the levy. They have talked about it as if it were a tax. It is not a tax. It is a levy that is directed for a specific purpose, and I think it is a purpose that Canadians can support.
I think Canadians want to make sure that artists are appropriately compensated for their work and that they make an appropriate living from the important work they do from which we all benefit. I think that is something that Canadians would get behind.
It is a system that is in place; it is not a novel idea. It is a system that was criticized when it was first brought in, but I think that criticism died down when the fairness of the system became widely apparent.
That is another very serious problem with this legislation. We want to make sure that there is a system of copyright based on the principles of fair compensation for creators and artists and access to consumers. Those are very appropriate and needed principles. Remuneration of artists and creators for their work is crucial to the ongoing cultural viability of Canada and to the Canadian cultural sector.
Access is crucial for people in Canada who enjoy the work of creators and artists. I do not think that criminalizing consumers, putting the emphasis on finding ways to go after people who violate copyright, is the way to go. It takes its inspiration from the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which we know has been a huge failure in a number of cases.
We have seen in the United States where children, parents and others have been sued, usually by large recording companies, for the violation of copyright, in a way that I think any reasonable person would see as unfair and inappropriate. This aspect of the American legislation is something that I hope we would not be copying in Canada. We should put a digital lock on that idea because it is just not appropriate for use here, especially when we have a solution that we created in this country and has served us well.
New Democrats also support the idea of collective licensing. We support fair access for educational materials, and in this bill there is a very troubling provision that digital lessons for long-distance learning would have to be destroyed within 30 days of the end of the course. This would treat students in digital learning environments as second-class citizens and undermine the potential of new learning opportunities.
My colleague has likened this provision to book burning. Requiring the destruction of those course materials within a time period at the end of the course really goes against the kind of freedom of intellectual inquiry that we want to stimulate in Canada. It amounts to a digital equivalent of book burning, hardly something that we want to be encouraging in an educational setting.
As well, the requirement that teachers would have to destroy lesson plans, as contained in clause 27 of this legislation, is extremely troubling. We want to encourage people to use distance education as a way of upgrading skills and getting the education and training they require, but we also want to make sure they have access to the materials they need to gain that education. Sometimes those materials are required for ongoing purposes. Clause 27 of this bill is a very serious issue in that it requires the destruction of course materials and lesson plans. Certainly it will be something that we will raise as best we can in the coming discussions.
There is much that we have to talk about on this issue of copyright legislation. We tried and we are here again debating it in the House of Commons after a number of ill-fated attempts. I am not sure that we have found the right legislation yet, but the New Democrats are here to participate in that debate and work to see if we can improve the legislation. Hopefully that is possible, but if not, we may have to make other decisions on it.
We want to work with everyone on whom this legislation would have an impact, to see if we can find an appropriate copyright regime for Canada for the 21st century and for a time of changing technology.


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The second image, the one actually representative of the tea party movement, is one of patriotic pride and righteous anger at politicians that are too dumb or illiterate to understand that Americans are independent and entrepreneurial, and the last thing we need or want is a nanny-state.
No matter how people view the tea parties, it's probably safe to say that no one ever pictured a star-studded one. Tea parties are supposed to take place in Hickville, not Hollywood. But that's exactly where 400 people gathered last Sunday to announce that they are Taxed Enough Already.
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My scholarship and teaching have focused on twentieth century U.S. cultural, intellectual, and social history. I have been particularly interested in the foundations and transformations of group identities. How do groups define themselves and how are they defined by others? How and why do those understandings and representations change over time and what have been the social, cultural, intellectual, and institutional sources of those transformations? I began my career as a social historian concerned primarily with the effects of large scale social and economic processes–migration, industrial wage work, labor organizing–on group identity. My first book, Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation (Cornell University Press, 1990), which won the American Historical Association's Joan Kelly Memorial Prize for the best book in gender and women's history, was an early model of transatlantic history. It examined the process of social, cultural, and political change upheavals that led to the mass migration of Eastern European Jews to the United States between 1880 and 1920, as well as looking at the impact of the Jewish immigrant generation on the American scene, and at the significance of gender, ethnicity, work, and unionism in the emerging identities of Eastern European Jewish immigrant women who labored in the early twentieth century garment industry.
Daughters of the Shtetl is primarily a work of social history. My subsequent scholarship reflects my growing engagement with cultural and intellectual history. My second book, Female Spectacle: The Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism (Harvard University Press, 2000), analyzes the significance of late nineteenth and early twentieth century popular theater as a critical site of women's enlarging cultural and social authority. I argue that the bold New Women of the popular theater demonstrated and encouraged new ways of acting female and became iconic progenitors of an emerging feminist consciousness. I also show that the popular stage was not without its paradoxes and contradictions. The fierce political agitation around women's suffrage, the hardening of the color line, and the growing immigrant presence shaped the broader social context in which theater developed, and as did the growing hostility to women's assertiveness off stage. An article drawn from this research, "'Give an Imitation of Me': Vaudeville Mimics and Play of the Self" (American Quarterly, 1998), won the American Studies Association's Constance Rourke Prize.
More recently, I have focused my attention, both in research and teaching, on the period from the 1930s to the 1950s. My research has moved in two related directions. The first is an exploration of American responses to the rise of fascism in the 1930s and the impact of World War II and the Holocaust on American life. The second is an examination of the complex and contradictory practices of Jewish self-representation over the course of the twentieth century. My research on the "paradoxes of Jewish identity" examines the secular intellectual, cultural, and institutional practices through which Jews have attempted to define, maintain, or challenge prevailing ideas about who and what is "Jewish." In "`Funny, You Don't Look Jewish': Visual Stereotypes and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity," (in Glenn and Sokoloff, eds. Boundaries of Jewish Identity); "The Vogue of Jewish Self-Hatred in Post WWII America" (Jewish Social Studies, 12, Spring/Summer 2006); "In the Blood?: Consent, Descent, and the Ironies of Jewish Identity" (Jewish Social Studies, 8, Winter/Spring 2002) and other publications, I historicize these debates by placing competing discourses of Jewish identity in the context of larger national and international developments from the 1920s to the present. My co-edited volume of cross-disciplinary essays, Boundaries of Jewish Identity (University of Washington Press, 2010), explores past and present struggles to define Jewish identity in the U.S., Europe, and Israel.
My research has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Royalty Research Fund, and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. I have twice been appointed as Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of Historians and served a three year term as the Howard and Frances Keller Endowed Professor in the Department of History at the UW. Since 2000, I have served as a member of the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society.
I teach a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, including "War Stories,"; "Culture, Politics and Film in Twentieth Century America"; "The Jew as Other: Anti-Semitism in America"; and "The Holocaust and American Life." At the Graduate level, I offer research seminars and field courses on Twentieth Century U.S. history and Comparative Gender. I have a strong interest in visual culture and regularly use films in my courses, and in recent years I co-organized two cross-disciplinary lecture/film series on campus: "Lives, History, and Memory: The Spanish Civil War, 70 years after," and "Images in Crisis: the Politics of Visual Representation in the Twentieth Century and Beyond."
Teaching specialties include courses on Jews and Blacks, antisemitism in America, and assimilation and identity in the U. S.


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For Al Gore, it was time to utter a new inconvenient truth that diplomatic niceties precluded others from telling: "My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here," he told a packed audience at the U.N. climate change summit in Bali. "We all know that."
The former Vice President spoke shortly after European Union officials had resorted to an unusually public show of anger by threatening to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks in Washington next month to protest the Bush Administration's opposition to negotiating over setting limits on carbon emissions. Earlier in the day Ivo de Boer, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) told reporters that he feared the summit could fail to conclude an agreement before it closes on Dec. 14. De Boer, as a U.N. official, couldn't be so blunt as to name the culprit, but there were no such restraints on Gore.
The Nobel laureate, in fact, urged delegates to push ahead despite U.S. opposition, even to the point of drafting a negotiating document with blank spaces where American participation should be. But while Gore's public criticism of his own country's delegation and implicitly, of the President who controls it electrified his audience, what he said next was even more important. "Over the next two years, the United States is going to be somewhere it is not right now," said Gore. "We are going to change in the U.S."
That the U.S. leadership is deeply divided on climate change has been patently obvious to even the most casual observer here. Washington's official delegation has emerged as the chief spoiler in moves to take meaningful action on climate change. But among the most vocal critics of the official delegation has been an array of American environmentalists, legislators and state and local government officials. Carl Pope, president of the Sierra Club, called the U.S. performance "the most explicitly irresponsible action that any American Administration has taken in any of our lifetimes."
But the purpose of the shadow U.S. delegation here spiritually led by Gore and including the likes of Sen. John Kerry, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and dozens of officials from California (Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had planned to attend, but budget negotiations kept him at home) is to signal the world that the Bush Administration no longer represents the views of most Americans on climate change. They point to the fact that U.S. cities, states and, now, the Congress have taken steps to combat global warming, and that next year's election will likely accelerate that momentum. "The message here is that help is on the way," says Mike Chrisman, California's Secretary of Resources.
Despite the scientific work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighting the urgency of deep and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. along with Japan, Australia and Canada has resolutely opposed a European push for the Bali delegates to discuss targeted emissions cuts. That opposition isn't surprising, because the Bush Administration has never hidden its opposition to mandatory cuts. But observers here say the U.S. obstructive role has been more egregious, stymieing attempts to craft meaningful action on everything from deforestation to measures to help developing nations manage their carbon output. "The U.S. has been fingered as the problem here and they really are," says John Coequyt, climate adviser for Greenpeace.
The Administration's intransigence is all the more glaring in contrast to the positions of the climate progressives from the Senate and the states who've come to Bali. Even as White House Council on Environmental Quality chairman James Connoughton on Thursday defended the delegation's refusal to embrace aggressive targets, claiming they were premature, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in a nearby hotel arguing the opposite. "People everywhere recognize the time for discussion about whether global warming exists has passed," said Bloomberg, who has called for the implementation of a carbon tax. "Now it's time for action."
And Bloomberg could point to the fact that over 700 U.S. cities have signed up to meet Kyoto Protocol-style carbon cuts, while California has mandated a 25% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020. "People here are acutely aware of what's happening in the U.S. beyond the Bush Administration, and they take great heart in the growing momentum," says Eliot Diringer, director of international strategies for the Pew Center on Climate Change.
Sen. John Kerry came in person to Bali to deliver that message, meeting with foreign delegations, his rhetoric backed by the recent passage by the Senate Environment Committee of the Warner-Lieberman Climate Bill, which calls for 15% emission reductions by 2020. "I wanted to make certain that those folks who are involved in the negotiations understand that they are not alone in dealing with this," says Kerry. "The Administration is isolated in its own country." Kerry, Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and 50 other members of Congress sent a protest letter Wednesday to President Bush calling for U.S. negotiators to drop their opposition to emission targets.
Despite the moral support they lend to those pushing the U.S. to accept stronger action, Gore, Kerry and the rest of the shadow U.S. delegation are ultimately powerless to affect the outcome at Bali the fate of the negotiations remains in the hands of President Bush and his negotiators. Toward the end of his speech Gore, with his customary taste for the eccentric analogy, invoked the hockey player Bobby Hull, who Gore said was skilled because he sent the puck, not where his teammates were, but where they would be. "You have to look to where we're going to be," Gore urged the Bali delegates. The problem with that advice for the Bali delegates, however, is that Gore is not the President.


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Video Tips
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Video Tips:Articles:
Because of the wide variations in video processing and editing techniques, it is difficult to offer specific advice concerning its use. However, OurChurch.com has some excellent articles available in the "Web Trends Blog". One article consists of several important video editing and publishing tips. It is available here:
There is another excellent article that gives tips for shooting the videos themselves. It is available here:
In the following blog article there are 3 videos it is recommended every church have. While the article is written about church websites, the article is comprehensive enough to mention as something everyone should read, not just churches. It is available here:
How much video should I use on my website?
As much as you want. Just keep in mind that video files take up both disk space and bandwidth. So, be sure you have the best hosting package for what you want to do. You can view info about our hosting packages here:
OurChurch.Com can accommodate any disk space or bandwidth need you might have. So, if you need more disk space or bandwidth than is offered in our hosting packages, please contact us and we would be happy to put together a custom package.
What video file types do you recommend?
There are many file types to select from and each have their own advantages. The most popular video format is .mpg or .mpeg, though .flv (a flash video format) is growing in popularity. Most video players can play .mpg, .mpeg, and .avi. making them more accessible.Additional Info:
There are many things to consider when creating your digital video. The three most important factors are file size, video dimensions, and quality.
File size is important both in consideration of your hosting package's disk space and bandwidth, but also in consideration of your visitors. Many people still aren't using broadband. Using videos that have a very large file size can make it difficult, if not impossible for some visitors to view them.
The video's dimensions refer to the size of the picture for the video. The larger the video's dimensions the easier it will be for people to see. This is especially important if your visitors tend to be over the age of 35 or under the age of 13. At these ages it's usually better to have slightly bigger text and bigger videos. But keep in mind that the larger a video's dimensions, the larger the video's file size will be. You may have to weigh the benefits of each.
Quality can be nice, but isn't necessarily that important. If the video does not contain things that are important to see very clearly, you may be able to cut back the quality of the video to reduce the file size. For example, if you are putting up a video of your Pastor's sermon, it's probably not that important that visitors see the pastor very clearly. The important part is what is being said. Of course, you also don't want the quality to be so bad it makes people not want to watch. On the other hand, if you putting up a video displaying your church's new building, you may want better quality so people can clearly see the building. So, the quality you use may be determined by the content of the video and may be a great way to save some disk space.


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Friday, September 3, 2010
Follow Friday: 3 September 2010
In "A Day Spent at Findagrave," Apple at Apple's Tree does the venting that so many of us must long to do about some of the less attractive practices of certain Findagrave contributors.
"Myrtle" at DearMyrtle's Genealogy Blog has posted an outstanding series on interviews with her friend Elsie (and has also devoted a blog to Elsie's recollections and memorabilia at Elsie says…). Interviews don't always go according to plan, and this is a wonderful demonstration of how to adapt your interviews to your subject.
"Interviewing Elsie: tender times"
"Interviewing Elsie: revised plan"
"Interviewing Elsie: plan c"
"Interviewing Elsie: friends come to call"
Daniel Hubbard of Personal Past Meditations – A Genealogical Blog delves into one of my favorite subjects, onomastic evidence in genealogy, in "Making Names for Ourselves."
Randy Seaver has posted some thought-provoking articles at Genea-Musings on citing derivative sources or the original sources (English parish records) used by the derivative sources and inspired some equally thought-provoking responses, both comments and articles, to: "Confessions of a Name Collector – English Sources," "Confessions of a Name-Collector: Adding Families to my Database" and "Citing My English Sources – My Preference." (Bart Brenner's resonse is "Name Collecting – 'Mythology' or the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Option" at Stardust 'n' Roots.)
At Rainy Day Genealogy Readings, Jennifer has written a beautiful rant: "Online Family Trees: Good, Bad or Ugly? Or, a Rant in D-Minor."
Becky Jamison has a stunner for us at Grace and Glory: "My All-time Biggest Surprise in Genealogy." Some of the most mind-blasting moments in genealogy hit close to home!
Lorine McGinnis Schulze at Olive Tree Genealogy asks my favorite question of the week: "Is Genealogy a Hobby?" There is also an excellent post on this by John Newmark at TransylvanianDutch: "Defining the Genealogical Pursuit."
For those researching ancestors in countries where documents are scarce and/or difficult to access, Nolichucky Roots demonstrates how photos can be used as evidence of kinship in "The Hricak Girls Save the Day!"
An extremely interesting discussion by Thomas Macentee (and visitors who commented) of High-Definition Genealogy ("Is There a Perceived Age Demographic in Genealogy") and Marian Pierre-Louis (and visitors who commented) at Roots and Rambles ("The Perceived Age Demographic in Genealogy").
Over at Family History Writing, read about the author's participation in a neighborhood experiment in living like our ancestors – no trips to store or gas station, no electricity – in "A Taste of Yesterday." Intriguing!
This week's Open Thread Thursday (which feature, by the way, has become one of my "must reads" – fascinating topics and interesting responses) at GeneaBloggers is "The Content Wars." Quite a few bloggers have responded with posts on their own blogs, perhaps too many to list here, but let's hope they all link to their posts in the comments.
For more suggested genealogy blog reading, check out Randy Seaver's Best of the Genea-Blogs at Genea-Musings and John Newmark's Weekly Genealogy Picks at TransylvanianDutch.
This week I started following these blogs:
Daily Genealogy Transcriber – this one, by Michael John Neill, is so much fun!
Long Lost Relatives
d kay s days
Family Tree Folk
MacArthur's Genealogy Services
Nina's Genealogy
On Being a Bridge Builder
Pioneer Portraits – Miller/Swain Family History
The Passionate Genealogist
The Scottish Emigration Blog
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Greta, what a great bunch of sites to check out. I found several new and wonderful ones that I had not used before. Thanks again for the offerings.Family History Writing was new to me and greatly enjoyed.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the mention of Long Lost Relatives! As Cheri said, there are several blogs here I haven't seen before either and I look forward to checking them out AND I just signed up to follow yours!ReplyDelete
I don't think I've mentioned it before - but I love these summaries! Since it's been so busy for me this summer there's no way I can keep up on all my blog reading, but this way I can grab a few highlights! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Cheri, Susan, and Leah - Thanks for stopping by! And especially for letting me know that it helps you in checking out highlights and new blogs. I have found some of the neatest blogs though links on other genea-blogs, so I love to do this.ReplyDelete


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jackandbella needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 67 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
We are looking for a new company logo for Sydney, Australia baby wear company 'Jack and Bella'.
Jack and Bella
Desired Color Scheme:
Black and White only!
Desired Style:
The sky is the limit and i am not picky. It can just be a funky font or it could contain a small image. Wording needs to be exactly as stated 'Jack and Bella' not with an &!
Accepted File Formats:
Required as a Vector image and also in PDF.
The logo needs to be fresh and funky and not too 'baby' oriented but of course, still a little childish!
It needs to be suitable for printing onto clothing labels so a bold look would be ideal.
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Core Practices Institute
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Come strengthen the core of your teaching with the new MaFLA Core Practices Institute! This two-day institute will focus on each of the core practices identified by ACTFL. Teachers of all languages and levels — whether beginning teachers or seasoned experts — will want to attend. 15 PDPs available with an option for one graduate credit.


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Former Mobile County commissioner Freeman Jockisch is facing charges of soliciting sex from a 15-year-old girl on Craigslist, but he's not letting those accusations get in the way of his Alabama fandom. A crimson-clad Jockisch told WPMI he can't possibly be guilty of trying to have sex with a child because he's impotent. Roll Tide.
"The only thing that I ever said to her is I would like to make love. You know what I'm talking about?" said Jockisch. "But I do that to make her tell me what she wants. I go on there. I've been helping a lot of people you don't know about. Like there was a little black lady that had two babies, she came on Craigslist, and she said I need some money for the car. And she said whatever it takes, I'll do it. And I know what she was talking about. So I called her. I said where are you? She said I'm on DIP at the Shell station. I said okay, I'll be right down there. I went down there, I gave her $40. She had two babies in there with snot all running all out there noise. I mean she was in bad shape, but she was going to sell her body, and I put a stop to that. That's what I was doing on Craigslist. I'm trying to help people."
This isn't the first time Jockisch has run afoul of the law; he's been arrested in the past on charges of mail fraud, corruption, & tax crimes. Roll Tide.


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CREATE YOUR ANCESTORS! $1.00 ea.While I was glad to pay only $1 the suggestion of creating your own ancestors didn't sit well with me at all.
Are there people who really do that? I know there is bound to be a bad apple in a every bunch.
My goal here is to find old photos and other ephemera that have inscriptions or definite markings of the person who originally owned the lost family treasure so I can at least attempt to reunite them with the correct family members. Therefore, I tend to stay away from photos that are unidentifiable. I only bought two of those photos, but I might just end up going back and getting them all for fear that someone actually will create their own ancestors!
So this has got me to thinking. Should I start putting a watermark or something on the photos I post? Or disable saving images?
|This photo has no identifying marks and was found in an antique store
in the Jacksonville, Fl area.
I hate to think that there is actually someone desperate enough to put someone else's ancestor's face in their family tree. Maybe a watermark will force more communication about a lost family treasure.
I would appreciate your input.


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Paul A. Matlack
June 22, 2012
Fixed income strategist Paul Matlack shares his midyear views on several risks and opportunities that he believes are likely to shape financial markets in the coming months. He discusses developments in the U.S. and abroad, shedding light on the types of bonds that he thinks could perform notably well.
Our fixed income team generally expects global economic output to remain well below its full potential, as still-robust growth in the Asian region is offset by recessionary conditions in Europe, subdued growth in the United States, and slowing growth in several of the larger emerging market economies.
In our view, there are more downside risks at present than catalysts for growth. In particular, the potential for slower-than-expected growth in both the U.S. and China, and a disruptive worsening of the European situation, could affect output and consumer and business sentiment on a global basis.
We expect U.S. economic growth to trend at a subdued rate of 2% in 2012, in our opinion, due largely to the following reasons:
The chart below shows elevated unemployment levels over the past several years, taking into account the underemployed.
This chart depicts the U-6 unemployment rate. U-6 refers to those unemployed and looking for work, part-time workers looking for full-time work (the underemployed), and discouraged workers who have dropped out of the labor force.
Data: U.S. Department of Labor, June 2012
In addition, bank lending, while expanding, remains substantially muted relative to comparable periods of past expansions. Lending is uneven across industrial and consumer sectors, and in combination with reduced home equity, it is limiting the amount of capital available for the formation of small businesses. A high percentage of homeowners is finding itself in a so-called "underwater" predicament, creating another limit to normal labor mobility patterns and adding a further drag to employment growth.
Brief notes on the more explicit risks and opportunities we see in the coming months:
Data: Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve, June 2012
Credit markets are largely repaired since 2008, although bank lending and securitization remain muted relative to pre-crisis levels. Bank balance-sheet repair (in the U.S.) is largely complete, and higher regulatory capital ratios together with tighter financial regulation imply that the next credit downturn should be less severe and less disruptive to the economy as a whole.
Loss of major market makers — the likes of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, and Merrill Lynch — as well as generally reduced trading capital and heightened risk aversion on the part of remaining major underwriters, imply a higher embedded liquidity premium in bond risk spreads going forward, and heightened volatility in bond markets relative to pre-2008 levels. In addition, broader interconnections between national financial markets and institutions, greater global capital flows, and the rapid growth of derivatives relative to cash markets increase the speed with which national events impact global markets.
On a global basis, large, well-capitalized corporations have pre-crisis levels of access to bank and debt markets. During the next several years, barring a disruptive conclusion to the European monetary crisis, we believe credit markets can be expected to return to full stability and depth, with positive growth implications for the U.S. and global economies.
The European crisis seems to us an outgrowth of forming a monetary union without an accompanying fiscal union. With too much fiscal autonomy at the national level, inadequate centralized oversight, broadly different national economic identities, and different goals between the northern and southern tier countries, fissures that were largely under the surface finally emerged under the stress of the 2008 credit crisis.
Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Italy share (to various degrees) the same common problems: excessive government spending that has led to unsustainable levels of debt; high unemployment and unaffordable public sector wage and benefit structures; inefficient, unbalanced, and overregulated economies; and an undercapitalized banking sector burdened with loan losses associated with inadequate risk management and overly aggressive lending.
The most likely outcome, in our opinion, remains a protracted, but ultimately successful, package of concurrent measures aimed at addressing the issues listed above. At the national level, countries will need to pursue fiscal austerity and a broad package of legislation aimed at decreasing regulation and improving national competitiveness. At the regional level, much tighter fiscal coordination will be necessary, albeit at the expense of some degree of sovereignty.
In addition, the range of European Central Bank (ECB) funding mechanisms established during the last several years will need to be sustained and increased in order to provide breathing room for fiscal reforms to gain traction. The process will be measured in years, not months, in our opinion, and should certainly be accompanied by economic contraction as government spending and bank lending declines. This process will likely be uneven and could contribute to heightened equity and bond market volatility until true progress is achieved.
We do not expect inflation to rise much above a nominal 2% level for the foreseeable future. The significant resource slack in the U.S. economy (both labor and productive capacity), coupled with a growth rate that is at a near stall, suggests that it will be very difficult for inflation to become structurally embedded in the economy. In addition, there is no expectation of inflation on the part of consumers, which is essential for inflationary pressures to take root. Furthermore, from a monetary perspective, the record-breaking liquidity injected into the banking system by the Federal Reserve has largely remained trapped within bank reserves, and has failed to enter the broader economy via lending (which remains subdued, as noted earlier).
The weaker dollar, combined with heightened geopolitical event risk (particularly from the Middle East), implies the potential for spikes in energy prices that could affect consumer spending. However, energy prices constitute a small portion of the final cost of goods and services, and given the low growth rate prevailing today, we see little likelihood that hikes in oil prices will ignite a broader inflation problem.
Given the record low level of risk-free (U.S. Treasury) interest rates, and the relatively tight yield spreads between major bond market sectors and Treasurys, we expect prospective bond returns regardless of sector to consist largely of income. Further, Treasury yields are increasingly range bound, implying that the next major move in interest rates will be up, although we do not expect this to occur for some time given the anemic rate of growth in the U.S., high resource slack, and low inflation prevailing currently.
To use a baseball analogy, we view the bond market as offering "singles" currently, as opposed to doubles or triples (with the one exception of high yield bonds), and thus view a broadly diversified approach to the market as offering a notably favorable risk-return trade-off currently. In particular, we favor U.S. investment grade and high yield corporate debt, higher-quality mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and higher-quality emerging markets and sovereign sector exposure. In addition, manager latitude to make tactical shifts should become a significant source of relative return as there are few truly cheap sectors remaining. Furthermore, because interest rate moves cannot be predicted with precision, we currently favor an intermediate duration bias.
We currently have a notably positive view of U.S. corporate credit, particularly high yield bonds. In our view, U.S. corporations — those rated investment grade as well as those rated below investment grade (high yield) — are exhibiting some of the best credit metrics in a generation. A combination of factors has resulted in record-high credit quality and record-low default rates. These factors include:
Data: NYU Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, June 2012
With credit spreads in excess of 7 percentage points over Treasurys and an absolute yield of nearly 8%, we believe high yield bonds offer the highest value and return potential in the bond market today. The long-term average high yield spread above Treasurys is approximately 5.5 percentage points, while at cycle peaks (such as those seen between 1996-1997 and 2006-2007) spreads typically narrow to 2.8 percentage points. (Yield data: BofA Merrill Lynch.)
For a closer look at how this relationship has played out, see the chart below.
Data: BofA Merrill Lynch, June 2012
Credit spreads thus remain wide by any comparison, particularly in light of underlying credit metrics. What's more, high yield bonds have historically been the strongest fixed income performers when interest rates rise in association with a growing economy, as the underlying companies are generally improving in quality and the excess spread is available to absorb higher rates.
The views expressed represent the Manager's assessment of the market environment as of June 2012, and should not be considered a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any security, and should not be relied on as research or investment advice. Views are subject to change without notice and may not reflect the Manager's current views.
Carefully consider the Funds' investment objectives, risk factors, charges, and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Funds' prospectuses and their summary prospectuses, which may be obtained by visiting delawarefunds.com/literature or calling 800 523-1918. Investors should read the prospectus and the summary prospectus carefully before investing.
Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal.
Fixed income securities and bond funds can lose value, and investors can lose principal, as interest rates rise. They also may be affected by economic conditions that hinder an issuer's ability to make interest and principal payments on its debt.
The Fund may also be subject to prepayment risk, the risk that the principal of a bond that is held by a portfolio will be prepaid prior to maturity, at the time when interest rates are lower than what the bond was paying. A portfolio may then have to reinvest that money at a lower interest rate.
High yielding, non-investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve higher risk than investment grade bonds.
The high yield secondary market is particularly susceptible to liquidity problems when institutional investors, such as mutual funds and certain other financial institutions, temporarily stop buying bonds for regulatory, financial, or other reasons. In addition, a less liquid secondary market makes it more difficult for the Fund to obtain precise valuations of the high yield securities in its portfolio.
International investments entail risks not ordinarily associated with US investments including fluctuation in currency values, differences in accounting principles, or economic or political instability in other nations.
Investing in emerging markets can be riskier than investing in established foreign markets due to increased volatility and lower trading volume.
International fixed income investments are subject to currency risk. Adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates may reduce or eliminate any gains provided by investments that are denominated in foreign currencies and may increase losses.
If and when the Fund invests in forward foreign currency contracts or uses other investments to hedge against currency risks, the Fund will be subject to special risks, including counterparty risk.
Diversification may not protect against market risk.
Managing Director, Senior Client Portfolio Manager
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Managing Director, Senior Client Portfolio Manager
Paul A. Matlack is a strategist and senior portfolio manager for the firm's fixed income team. Matlack rejoined the firm in May 2010. During his previous time at Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) from September 1989 to October 2000, he was senior credit analyst, senior portfolio manager, and left the firm as co-head of the high yield group. Most recently, he worked at Chartwell Investment Partners from September 2003 to April 2010 as senior portfolio manager in fixed income, where he managed core, core plus, and high yield strategies. Prior to that, Matlack held senior roles at Turner Investment Partners, PNC Bank, and Mellon Bank. He earned a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA with a concentration in finance from George Washington University.