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"Libertarians will never win." "Why don't you just join the Republican Party?" I've heard all the reasons I'm "doing it wrong" from people outside the Libertarian Party. "We don't have ballot access." "We aren't able to raise money, because we aren't bought by special interests." I've heard every excuse inside the Libertarian Party about why we do not win elections. Aside from the ballot access issue and joining the Republican Party, what you're about to read is also valid for "small L" libertarians, grassroots campaigns of either the Democratic or Republican variety, and nearly any recently "off the couch" activist-turned-candidate. There are obvious exceptions in the case of independently wealthy individuals or celebrities or athletes cashing in on their fame, but these are generally the "rules." Also, there are "wins" that can be achieved without actually having more votes than the others running, but that is for another day.
The "mistakes" I outline below are not the fault of the candidate, their staff or their volunteers. It is my opinion that they are just unaware of the "mistakes." The first and most devastating mistake that Libertarians make is that they are not involved in government until they are ready to run for office. They have not attended a single City Council, County Commission meeting, or visited their state legislature to watch them in action, let alone been involved enough to know the players or the game. At the local level, there are many opportunities to get involved without winning an election. This mistake hurts potential candidates for two reasons: no one knows who they are, and they do not have any record on which to run.
When no one knows a candidate, they must invest in more name recognition and identification efforts than one who is known, draining campaign contributions which are critical for candidates at all levels of government. They also have relatively no network from which to draw, leading to a cyclical problem of underfunding and not being able to get their name "out there." When you are a third-party candidate, you may also face ballot access hurdles, which I often describe as starting 20 yards behind Michael Johnson or Usain Bolt on the track. While I discounted a lack of ballot access earlier, the hurdles there can be overcome more easily without the "name ID" issue.
Further, a candidate with no experience in an appointed or elected capacity runs on philosophy and promises alone. Those things, coupled with unicorns, fairy dust, and rainbows MIGHT win an election, but they do not instill confidence in voters that they are choosing the "right" candidate. To illustrate this, would YOU consume an "elixir" from someone you just met, without any evidence of the benefits promised: curing all that ails you, making you taller, and losing that 20 pounds you have wanted to get rid of since college? Me neither. It would take a lot of research on my part, and a lot of education on the part of the salesman, both of which are unlikely to occur in an interaction with a candidate needing to reach out to as many voters as possible.
Libertarian candidates have no network from which to draw. Sounds familiar, right? The party apparatus is not present to provide you with a "campaign in a box," and if the race is part of intra-party business, whether a primary or convention, parties should not be supporting one candidate over another. Party support comes AFTER they secure the nomination. This particularly affects the "small L" libertarians who choose to run as one of the majority party candidates, often against a longtime incumbent whose most recent term finally "woke up" his challenger. That lack of a network is not necessarily party-related.
If a candidate is active in his community, the network may not even require any political connections. This means volunteering, leading, and networking outside the political arena. Whether it is a charity, business, or athletic network, it is a large group of people (hopefully) who know you. They know what kind of person you are, and what kind of representative you would make should you win. They can be your biggest allies, but they can also be some of your biggest detractors.
The next mistake is that Libertarians, libertarians, and other grassroots candidates aim for an office that is "too high" right out the gate. Upset with your incumbent Congressman? Run against him, right? Wrong. Some of the best and smartest candidates I know tripped themselves well before Election Day by running for an office they did not have a chance of winning. They may as well have stayed home and saved the money, heartache, and effort, because the results were essentially the same. Typically, these candidates were also victims of the first mistake, and the second one compounded it, because their sights were set too high. There are EVEN MORE tyrannical City Councilmen, County Commissioners, and other local officials to remove from office, but those positions are out of the average citizen's reach without proper planning and execution.
This is the mistake I even see Presidential candidates make. You are not entitled to media coverage simply because you are on the ballot or a declared candidate. Period. Yes, there is a media bias, but it is neither liberal nor conservative. The bias is for the status quo. "Bad" elected officials make for better news when they are re-elected. To be covered by the media, you need to do something newsworthy. You need to EARN their attention. Whether you have media contacts before you ran for office or you make them along the campaign trail, you need to be friendly with the media. Criticizing them for not including you does not accomplish that. I could write a book about all the poor media relations I witness and have witnessed, as well as how they could address them properly, but that is not what this piece is about.
Avoidance of the mistakes outlined above does not guarantee a win at the polls, but it puts you on the right track.


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American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (UK - DVD R2)
Our Marcus remembers when sticking your dick in a pie used to be funny...
The ongoing American Pie saga continues with American Pie: The Book of Love (unbelievably this is the seventh instalment of the 'what crazy/embarrassing new thing can the lead character do to his dick?') and yet again sees a new generation of East Great Falls High school boys trying to leave their virginity behind them and get with some ladies.
Now, I am totally unashamed when admitting that I'd consider myself a pretty big fan of the first two American Pie movies. Hell, I'd go as far as saying the third was okay for the most part, even if the pastry and main ingredients of what made this franchise enjoyable had gotten a little stale by then. The cast were totally able to sell the situations and gags and like it or not those early Pie movies had a cultural impact that has managed to hang around (M.I.L.F., Pale Ale, fucking a pie, and of course anything Stifler ever said and did has had infinite failed copying attempts—including one in this new movie). I opted out of the first three direct-to-DVD sequels with the presumption that they would be poor imitations of the first batch of movies and now venturing into The Book of Love, I can whole heartedly say that my suspicions that these would stink have been confirmed.
On the surface, all the slices that make up an American Pie are present. There are friends wanting to lose their virginity, there's a Stifler (though I'm not sure of the family relation to the one true version), there's lots of nudity, there's comedy made out of sexual situations, and of course there are character embarrassments posted on the internet for all of their friends to see and ridicule.
Sadly this is all cobbled together in an almost sketch comedy show format, with scenes only really being about getting its one laugh out and when its achieves its goal it moves along to another scene to start a whole new gag. This is all thinly held together with the plot where our group of friends are trying out bits from the original movie's Sex Bible and even meeting up with Jim's dad Mr. Levenstein played as always by Eugene Levy (does he owe someone a life debt at Universal? - and don't even get me started on how the hell Rosanna Arquette got dragged into this as well).
There are plenty more references to the older movies (just to remind us of the glory days) but pretty much none of this movie works. It always has that TV show fake sentiment, the dirtier laughs always come out of characters that are so one dimensional that I couldn't care less if they're funny and after the umpteenth scrubs style daydream from Mr 'only cast because he looks a bit like Johah Hill', Brandon Hardesty (who plays a character called Lube) even the infinite amount of perky breasts bouncing about gets dull (okay, maybe not completely).
This actually wouldn't be a bad example of a transfer if this was a TV show and not a movie. The lighting here and the limited budget (the majority of which must have gone to Eugene Levy) are constantly on show and even if bold colours, such as the bright red, blues and yellows make for quite an impressive bright look to the overall transfer, they're not enough to hide the obvious direct-to-DVD stylings.
Credit where credit's due, the image is pretty much grain free, fairly sharp (for standard def anyway) and never does anything to offend... or indeed, impress.
Once again the limitations are here for all to see. Pretty much every sound resides in the front speakers. The almost funny scene at 'Monique's' where a door opens in the rears and the odd pleasurable moan comes from the other rooms (that description sounds ruder within an American Pie review than I intended) treats us to a little more audio excitement and the tacked on scene at the end with the guys on a ski lift fills the surrounds with the creaking of cables and gears making things a bit more active as well. Essentially, there is nothing to sell this as an impressive track or even an average one. Even the music on the soundtrack feels confined and begging for a bit more space to breathe.
Thankfully there are no extras. Not even one on why Brit actress Louisa Lytton (better known in Eastenders, The Bill and Lads' mags) got to be in the seventh American Pie movie.
Move along, there's nothing to see here. Unless of course you're only after a movie made up of regular amounts of breasts, jokes that rarely work, and cameos from the likes of K-Fed and the Screech. The whole thing just stinks of desperation mixed with the inability to grasp why the originals worked so well and frankly it just devalues the currency that American Pie earned back at the end of the last decade. Oh, and just to confirm, I won't be venturing into the other three installments I missed.
Review by Marcus Doidge
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F**king hell, was that girl sired by Skeletor???
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If she was, she didn't pick up his acting skills
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My god, they've managed to push it over to an 18cert. Is that how desperate they are?
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Silly ratings...
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Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 7th December 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: No
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Stereo 2.0 Spanish
Subtitles: English, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish
Extras: N/A
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: John Putch
Cast: Eugene Levy, Bug Hall, Kevin M. Horton, Brandon Hardesty
Genre: Comedy
Length: 93 minutes
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Love Simply: A Valentine's Day Gift Guide
Simple and to the point, that's my motto when it comes to Valentine's Day. A little something sweet as a little reminder to the special people in your life (romantic or not) that you are thinking about them.
So here are a few simple gift ideas that can be given to friends, family or the special someone in your life.
Top Row
1. How great are these "Love You More" DIY printable lunch bags by The Sweetest Occasion.
2. These adorable DIY Love Letter Cookies are by Baking In Heels.
3. I love this keeping our heads above water together photograph by Heather Landis.
4. "I Love Waking Up To You Every Morning" custom eye chart art print is by Tile Pendant Jewelry.
5. "A Spoonful of Love" is a hand stamped vintage spoon by Olive Spoon Studio.
Bottom Row
1. Alpha Mom brings us an easy Fortune Cookie recipe and downloadable Valentine's Day messages to stuff inside.
2. "I Pick You" guitar pick for the musician in your life via Grace Graffiti.
3. Red heart mug cozy via Lilac Gifts.
4. I wouldn't mind receiving these adorable Cherry Pie Pops via Cakewalk Desserts.
5. Learn how to make this DIY coffee stencil at How About Orange.
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The U.S. rice industry and its supporters in Congress are calling on President Bush to require USDA to add 500,000 metric tons of rice to the allocation for food aid shipments and to move that rice by Dec. 31.
Citing a crisis in the rice industry, 16 members of Congress from Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas sent letters to the president asking for immediate help in the form of P.L. 480 Food for Peace and other overseas government assistance programs.
The letters noted that, in the last six months, one-fifth of the nation's rice mills have closed, been sold or declared bankruptcy. The latest was Liberty Rice Mill of Kaplan, La., which is under the temporary receivership of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
"The delay in food aid allocations has gone on too long," said Michael Rue, a California rice producer and chairman of the USA Rice Federation's International Policy Committee. "Additional measures are needed immediately to increase U.S. rice exports through food."
A USDA spokesman said the lag in shipments is more a problem of demand than inactivity in the department.
"We have received fewer requests for rice in food aid, and that's what drives this program," said Mary Chambliss of USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service. "The two biggest factors are Indonesia and Russia, which have not requested any food aid this year.
"The last time Indonesia had a monetary crisis, they also had a poor rice harvest, and that does not seem to be the case this time. Russia is not in the program this year."
The congressional letters noted that food aid programs typically account for 20 percent of total U.S. rice exports or about 500,000 metric tons of rice per year over the last two fiscal years. However, only 200,000 metric tons of rice have been programmed for U.S. food aid for the current fiscal year.
"This would represent 4 percent of the total tonnage of all commodities programmed for food aid, compared to 8 percent in some years," a USA Rice Federation spokesman said, adding that the delays are harming the economies of the rice-producing states.
"This is a serious situation, and we're pleased that legislators from all six of the rice-growing states have recognized that by calling on President Bush to take immediate action in issuing a rice food aid initiative," said Gary Sebree, chairman of the U.S. Rice Producers Group, which represents the producer segment of the Federation.
"The sharp decline in rice food aid allocations has had a devastating impact on the rice industry," said John Denison, an Iowa, La., rice producer. "Many mills, especially in south Louisiana, are running at just 20 to 30 percent of capacity."
Texas mills are facing similar problems, said Lee Adams of American Rice Inc., in Houston, Texas. "Many of our mills are shut down with no rice to mill," he noted. "Food aid accounts for a large percentage of millings in South Texas. Without that business, the financial loss for rice-growing communities — producers and millers alike — is tremendous."
Rice Millers Association Chairman Thomas Ferrara of Greenville, Miss., gave Sen. Thad Cochran of his state credit for beginning the initiative.
"Our thanks go to Sen. Cochran for his leadership," he said. "Meaningful and immediate increases in food aid now could mean the difference between survival and financial disaster for rice mills in this region."
Besides Cochran, other members of Congress signing the letters were:
Sens. Tim Hutchinson and Blanche Lincoln and Reps. Marion Berry and Mike Ross of Arkansas; Sen. Barbara Boxer and Reps. Cal Dooley, Doug Ose and Mike Thompson of California; Sens. John Breaux and Mary Landrieu and Reps. Chris John and John Cooksey of Louisiana; Sens. Kit Bond and Jean Carnahan of Missouri; and Nick Lampson of Texas.
Rice farmers advocate U.S. food aid program improvements
The U.S. Rice Producers Association is asking Congress to include food aid reform in the new farm bill that could be passed later this year or early in 2002.
In a letter to Rep. Larry Combest, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, the USRPA urged Congress to incorporate into the farm bill a comprehensive set of recommendations for improvement and reform of U.S. food assistance programs.
The association, which represents farmers in all six rice-producing states, joined the Agri-PVO Food Aid Working Group, a coalition of producer and international relief organizations, in developing the framework to improve the effectiveness of food assistance programs.
"USRPA was pleased to work with a 'who's who' of other commodity and international relief agencies over the past six months to develop the International Food Security Act," said Nolen Canon, chairman of the U S Rice Producers Association and a farmer from Tunica, Miss. "We are especially pleased that we could work cooperatively with the Rice Millers Association and the U.S. Rice Producers Group on these legislative recommendations that, if enacted, will serve the best interests of rice producers, rice millers, and the entire rice industry."
The essential elements of the International Food Security Act include:
Providing a reliable supply of food aid, including bulk, processed and value-added, that can be integrated into well-planned, multi-year initiatives.
Each fiscal year at least 5.6 million metric tons of a mix of commodities should be made available for food aid, valued at approximately $2.85 billion.
Food aid should not be supply driven, but rather should be a sustainable, long-term commitment based on needs and best uses for humanitarian and development assistance.
Program procedures should be overhauled to make them transparent, flexible and user friendly, and to enhance the programs' public-private partnership.
The coalition identified two general problems that currently create inefficiencies in US food assistance programs: (1) assistance levels remain inconsistent, with tonnages fluctuating from 3 million metric tons to 9 million metric tons per year over the past decade, and (2) administrative procedures create difficulty in the program development and approval processes.
A copy of the coalition letter toCombest and materials explaining the provisions of the proposed legislation can be found on the USRPA web site, www.usriceproducers.com.


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D-backs survive late scare, reward Miley's gutsy effort
CHICAGO -- When he is at his best, D-backs left-hander Wade Miley is working quickly and throwing strikes.
That's exactly what he did Saturday night, delivering seven strong innings as the D-backs held on to beat the White Sox, 4-3, at U.S. Cellular Field.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- When he is at his best, D-backs left-hander Wade Miley is working quickly and throwing strikes.
That's exactly what he did Saturday night, delivering seven strong innings as the D-backs held on to beat the White Sox, 4-3, at U.S. Cellular Field.View Full Game Coverage
"You've got to be aware," D-backs third baseman Martin Prado said of playing behind Miley. "He comes right at the hitters so you have to be on your toes. It's fun, because it's throw and go. He had pretty good command today."
The win sets up a rubber match Sunday afternoon and keeps alive the D-backs' chances of winning their third straight series.
Miley (3-3) allowed two runs on four hits over seven innings to pick up his first win since April 6.
"Yeah, and he's working fast," said White Sox bench coach Mark Parent, who managed Saturday in Robin Ventura's absence. "We didn't step out, make him get off his rhythm. He pitched really well."
One of the reasons for Miley's improved performance was a mechanical change he made during his between-starts bullpen session.
"I moved my feet a little bit and it kind of helped me stay back over the rubber a little bit longer," Miley said. "I feel like it helped me command the zone a little better. Rather than being erratic. I felt like I was able to throw quality strikes rather than just strikes."
The mechanical tweak was suggested by pitching coach Mike Harkey and apparently it's something Harkey has been talking about for a while.
"It's me being stubborn," Miley said. "Hark has probably been mentioning it and I've been thinking that's not it. And then after a while you just give in."
Chicago starter Jose Quintana (1-3) matched Miley zero-for-zero through the first four innings before the Arizona offense got cranking in the fifth.
Alfredo Marte drove home the inning's first run with a double and A.J. Pollock later added an RBI single before Martin Prado's sacrifice fly gave the D-backs a 3-0 lead.
"We had a plan today," Prado said. "We were trying to attack the guy that was pitching for them because he was throwing a lot of strikes. We felt like we had to be aggressive with him because he commanded his pitches."
In his previous two starts, Miley had watched his offense score runs for him only to give them back up in the next inning.
It was more of the same Saturday as the White Sox scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth on Paul Konerko's first homer of the season to pull to within 3-2.
"I was trying to go down and away and get a ground ball, and I just left it up," Miley said. "He's a pretty good hitter. He's had a good career. I left it up and he capitalized."
Miley got a little extra breathing room in the seventh when Miguel Montero singled home a run to put Arizona up 4-2, but the D-backs missed a chance to tack on even more in the frame as Aaron Hill grounded into a bases-loaded, inning-ending double play.
The extra run would come in handy in the ninth when the White Sox managed to score a run off closer Addison Reed.
Reed, pitching for the first time against his former team, allowed a run to score on an Alexei Ramirez RBI single before he stranded the tying run at second by inducing Konerko to ground out to end the game.
"I was trying to keep it in the infield or a popup," Reed said of the Konerko at-bat. "If he got a base hit we were going to have a tie game. I was trying to keep it away to him and he hit one off the end of the bat. It worked out."
Reed was traded by the White Sox to the D-backs in a December deal that sent third base prospect Matt Davidson to Chicago.
"I'm close with everybody on that team," Reed said of the White Sox. "I tried to take it like any other game. There was a batter at the plate and I was trying to get them out. To me, in my head, it wasn't any different than when we were facing the Brewers last week. I was just trying to get three guys out. I let a couple of guys on, but whatever, we got out of it and won the game."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB.


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RVDA of Canada Gains Petro-Canada Discounts
January 11, 2012 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on RVDA of Canada Gains Petro-Canada Discounts
The Explorer RV Club and RVDA of Canada have partnered with Petro-Canada in a program in which members of the two groups will be able to realize significant savings, convenience, control and security when they use the Petro-Canada SuperPass credit card.
Canadian RVDA members will enjoy many benefits in utilizing the SuperPass credit card, most importantly a discount on all grades of gasoline and diesel purchased at Petro-Canada retail service stations. A monthly minimum of $700 must be purchased on the dealership's account to qualify for this discount.
A separate notice was e-mailed today to all members, including an application form.
Information about the program can be found at www.rvda.ca by clicking on the Member Services/Programs and Benefits link on the website or contact Ken Kripki of Suncor Energy Products Partnership, at email@example.com or 877.777.7252, ext.2172.


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- Grace Millane: Backpacker's body returned to family
- Team Sky: Sky to end backing of British powerhouse in 2019
- 'Meghan Markle' most googled person in UK in 2018
- Ian Paisley facing new questions over luxury Maldives holiday
- Streets with UK's slowest and fastest broadband named
- Dartmouth Fatstock: Sexism row over men-only awards dinner
- Grenfell Tower fire: Hearings 'may slip back to 2020'
- Royal Cornwall Hospital on Opel 4 highest alert for 134 days
- Lord Lester resigns from House of Lords
- Clapham Junction rail crash 1988: Events remember the dead
- 'Intruder' held at UK parliament by armed police
- Raheem Sterling row: Is there a racial 'double standard'?
- 'My son and husband died in road crashes'
- Melting ice art installation opens at London's Tate Modern
- Family speaks out over Jaydon James Coventry stabbing
- Brexit: Theresa May gets stuck in car ahead of Angela Merkel meeting
- Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan on Queen Elizabeth film
- BBC Breakfast
- Martian and Scottish soils 'strikingly similar'
- Father Christmas given parking ticket at shopping centre
- Newspaper headlines: PM in jeopardy as Tory MPs mutiny
- Instagram tightens eating disorder filters after BBC investigation
- Mrs Wilson: Still searching for the real Alexander Wilson
- Why Wales' quietest station, Sugar Loaf, got busier
- Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp's side in perfect shape after Napoli victory
- How to help homeless people this winter
- Dustin Lance Black: 'Our son should know his egg donor'
- 'I was aged 24, and dead for five minutes'
- Brexit vote: What could happen next?
- Christmas: What questions do you have?
- The bar where your cash is worthless
- Justice after 32 years for 'babes in the wood'
- Sterling: Is football racism rising?
- Waste criticised in the aftermath of the Santa Dash
- 'Cowardly' killer's decades of lies
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text: Some adults are proud readers of young adult novels; some keep their YA reading habits firmly to themselves, as if they were pilfering extra packets of ketchup from a fast food joint. However open you are about it, we know there are a lot of adult readers of YA books. For those just dipping your toes into the YA waters, the books on this week's list are YA novels that resolutely tackle adult themes: murder, suicide, poverty, depression. If you're curious about why young adult novels have taken off so wildly, these books will show you why.


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Currently, every ebuild in the portage tree is required to have a valid LICENSE entry. However, the syntax of this entry is not officially defined and the entry itself is only used when outputting package details.
Many users wish to regulate the software they install with regards to licenses for various reasons [1]. Some want a system free of any software that is not OSI-approved; others are simply curious as to what licenses they are implicitly accepting.
Furthermore, some software requires that a user interactively accept its license for its author's to consider it legally binding. This is currently implemented using eutils.eclass.
Most ebuilds are for software which is released under a single license. In these cases, the current LICENSE variable can remain as is. For example:
However, there are several ebuilds for software which is released under several licenses, of which the user must accept one, some or all [2]. To complicate this, some ebuilds include optional components which fall under a different license.
To accomodate these cases, LICENSE syntax should accomodate all functionality offered by a DEPEND string. To keep things simple, this GLEP proposes that the syntax be identical. For example:
LICENSE="mandatory-license \ ( || choosable-licence1 chooseable-license-2 ) \ useflag? ( optional-component-license )"
Almost all users are willing to install any software that is OSI-approved. Other users are willing to install any software and implicitly accept its license. To this end, portage will also need to handle grouping of licenses.
At a minimum, there needs to be the groups OSI-APPROVED and NON-INTERACTIVE. NON-INTERACTIVE licenses are those that don't require interactive acceptance for it to be considered legally binding. This is the current behaviour of portage.
This GLEP proposes that a user be able to explicitly accept or decline licenses by editing a new variable ACCEPT_LICENSE in /etc/make.conf. Again, to keep things simple, the syntax should be similar to that of other incrementals. For example:
ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* accepted-license -declined-license"
As an extension, ACCEPT_LICENSE must also support license groups. This GLEP proposes that the license group be prepended by the special character "@". For example:
At a minimum, emerge must handle unaccepted licenses the same way that it handles blockers. That is, with the --pretend flag the not-yet-accepted license should be listed in the output. Without the --pretend flag, emerge should stop before any software is installed.
This GLEP proposes that, unlike blockers, dependencies for software should be checked regardless of license acceptance. Doing so will allow the user to review all necessary licenses before initiating an actual emerge.
It is also proposed that the --ask option will display an unaccepted license and ask for acceptance, but not update any configuration files at this stage. Finally, the --verbose option should also list the licenses accepted for each package.
An implementation of this proposal should make it easy for users wishing to regulate their software without affecting those that don't.
There should be no change to the user experience without the user explicitly choosing to do so. This mandates that the configuration variable be named ACCEPT_LICENSE as some users may already have it set due to ebuilds using eutil.eclass's implementation. It also mandates that the default ACCEPT_LICENSE be set to @NON-INTERACTIVE.
|Gentoo Linux Bug 17367 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17367)
|Gentoo Linux Bug 34146 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34146)
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Set of stamps - Love to Celebrate
This set of stamps contains all 9 x $1 and a $2 gummed stamps from the Love to Celebrate stamp issueRead more
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This set of stamps contains all 9 x $1 and a $2 gummed stamps from the Love to Celebrate stamp issue.
This new issue in the Special Occasions stamp series offers 10 fresh designs for dressing up your mail. Express your love through stamps ranging from a contemporary graphic approach to a more restrained traditional design. Love to Celebrate features stamps relevant to diverse occasions, such as an engagement, anniversary, a wedding, birth, birthday or graduation. The designs are also suitable for postage relating to more general occasions or for sending a simple message of affection.
Through the Personalised Stamps™ service, you can make your mark by featuring your own photograph in the stamp tab. The Australia, gum and wattle designs can also be used in souvenir stamp sheets, popular with commercial, sporting and other organisations celebrating a notable event.
Technical details
- Issue date: 25 January 2016
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- Denominations: 9 x $1, 1 x $2
- Stamp and product design: Sierra Delta
- Printer: Egotrade Pty Ltd
- Paper gummed: Tullis Russell Red Phos
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- Printing process: Offeset lithography
- Stamp size: 26mm x 37.5mm
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- Perforations: 14.6 x 13.86
- Sheet layout: Module of 50
- FDI postmark: Melbourne, Vic 3000
A new Australia Post philatelic website has been launched to provide stamp collectors and Philatelic enthusiasts with a central source of information for Philatelic news, views and events from across Australia and the rest of the World.
The collectables site will be home to a whole host of content including: Australia Post Philatelic news, updates on new collection launches, a look back at past and popular stamp releases and national/international event listings.
Collectors are being encouraged to contribute to the site's content and demonstrate their passion for the hobby by submitting guest articles that enable them to showcase their collections, give their views on stamp launches both new and old, and/or offer expert advice in specialist areas of Philately.
A photo gallery is also housed on the site and will host images of Australia Post stamps, as well as offering enthusiasts the opportunity to upload their own images and publicly display their favourite, unusual and treasured stamps.
The gallery is linked to the new Australia Post Philatelic Instagram account, which is one of three Philatelic social media channels, which now includes Facebook, as well as the existing Twitter account.
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Why are family strengths so important?
In our society, families take on many different structures. Although they may be formed in different ways, most families accomplish similar tasks, such as childbearing, providing for members' basic needs, providing emotional support, socializing members, establishing family traditions and delegating responsibility. By accomplishing these tasks, families influence the way individuals and society function. Few other social institutions have such a great impact on society. This profound influence makes evident the importance of strengthening families.
American families are characterized by great diversity. The traditional family has undergone numerous changes in recent decades. Many of today's scholars refer to the current trend as the postmodern family. Factors that have led to this change include divorce, remarriage, adolescent childbearing and changing social values. Following are descriptions of common family types.
According to the National Network for Family Resiliency (1995), resilience is the ability of an individual, or in this case a family, to use its strengths in order to positively meet life's challenges. It involves the family's ability to return to previous levels of functioning following a challenge or crisis.
Throughout the 21st century, individuals and families will be characterized by increased diversity, which could be experienced as stressful. Because of this, individual and family resilience may become increasingly important.
Resilience is exercised when family members demonstrate such behaviors as confidence, hard work, cooperation and forgiveness. These behaviors contribute to the effectiveness of Family Protective Factors - factors that help families withstand stressors throughout the family life cycle. For example, shared experiences such as family time, yearly vacations, holiday celebrations and other traditions can help strengthen the bonds among family members.
When a family is confronted with a crisis, Family Recovery Factors become critical. These are factors that help promote a family's ability to bounce back following a period of difficult family functioning. Events in which recovery factors may be especially beneficial include coping with a serious illness, an untimely death, the loss of a primary job or a natural disaster. Aids to recovery include the availability of family and community support, participation in recreational activities, optimism about the situation and shared family experiences.
In recent decades, a number of changes have contributed to a reshaping of American families. Examples include high rates of adolescent and unmarried childbearing, a high divorce rate, single-parent households, stepfamilies and dual-earner families. Families need to be prepared to cope with these and other stressors and demands that may be placed upon them. Regardless of family type, there are times when all families need to be nurtured. Nurturing families in times of need can provide family members with a greater opportunity for building and maintaining healthy relationships.
A number of recommendations have been offered that can help families build and maintain healthy relationships. Selected recommendations follow.
Families have evolved in a number of ways over time, and these patterns of change can only be expected to become more common in the future. These transformations may be challenging for families, but the strategies outlined here can help minimize the stress these families experience. It is important to remember that all families have some strengths, although these strengths may be more evident in some families than in others. Individual family members play a significant role in determining how well a family functions. Although each member's actions are important, strengthening family relationships requires the commitment and cooperation of all family members. By working together, family members can build and maintain close relationships during periods of normal family functioning as well as during times of stress.
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Proservo NMS80
High precision servo measurement for liquid level, interface and density
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The intelligent tank gauge Proservo NMS80 is designed for high accuracy liquid level measurement in custody transfer and inventory control applications with NMi- and PTB-approvals. It meets the relevant requirements according to OIML R85 and API 3.1B. It fulfills the exact demands of tank inventory management and loss control and is optimized in regards of total cost saving and safe operation.
Hardware and software developed according to IEC 61508 up to SIL3 (in homogeneous redundancy) for high level of safety
Maximum reliability through accuracy up to ±0.4mm (±0.02")
Developed according to international metrology recommendations such as OIML R85 and API MPMS
Local and country-specific certifications like NMi or PTB for custody transfer applications
Simplified installation and trouble-free operations due to easy connection to major DCS systems via open protocols
Measurement of interfaces between up to three liquid layers, tank bottom, spot, and profile densities
For high accuracy custody transfer measurement in crude oil, gasoline, diesel, petrochemicals and chemicals.
Process connections: Flanges
Temperature: -200 to +200°C (-328 to +392°F)
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Maximum measuring range: 36m (118ft)
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Mr. Martinez is responsible for corporate finance, debt restructuring, M&A and capital placement for investment banking clients across the Alternative Energy, Technology, Telecom, Entertainment, Media and Broadband Communications sectors. Mr. Martinez brings a unique combination of F100 corporate operating and investment banking experience to client engagements. Martinez has been Managing Director of Intellectual Capital Associates since 1999. He is a graduate of Georgia State University School of Business Administration.
Mr. Martinez has executive management experience within large public companies, including President of AT&T Consumer Services Florida; COO of US Communications, a nationwide wireless MVNO; Director of Business Development- Sprint; and Managing Director of Wireless Communications- Computer Sciences Corporation.
Mr. Martinez has served on the following boards: St Thomas University, Board of Directors; Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Board of Governors; Florida Council of 100, Board of Directors; Florida Take Stock in Children, Board of Directors; Greater Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Executive Committee; Atlanta High Museum of Art, Board of Directors.


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The International Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Foundation and Dr. Sarah Brenner recently conducted a survey on some aspects of pemphigus, in particular the gender distribution of the patients, and the relationship between the disease and the use of sex hormones.
A total of 249 members of the Foundation answered a short questionnaire on their gender, the age at which they developed the disease, and whether they were taking hormones when it began. There were 151 women and 91 men, a female:male ratio of 1.7:1.
Is there indeed a predominance of women among pemphigus patients? Or are women simply more responsive to questionnaires?
If these numbers do reflect a female predominance, we would like to address the possible reasons. A major factor is the involvement of the immune system in the course of the disease that makes women more susceptible to this and other autoimmune disorders. Sex steroids affect how the immune system develops and functions differently in men and women. The currently held view is that androgens, the male hormones, are anti-inflammatory and depress immunity, while estrogens, the female hormones, enhance it. The result is that women have a greater immune response to external agents. It is known, for instance, that females are more prone to develop autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and multiple sclerosis, while males tend to develop lupus later in life or due to disturbed hormonal regulation. Indeed, more than 75% of patients with autoimmune diseases are women. Thus, it is clear that hormonal make-up renders women more likely to develop pemphigus than men.
A second factor in the preponderance of women among pemphigus patients is the strikingly high proportion of users of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) found among postmenopausal women. In the survey, 20 of the 43 postmenopausal women were on HRT at the time they developed the disease. The immune system of women is exposed to estrogens in a number of ways, some internal like the natural estrogenic hormones produced in conditions such as pregnancy. But, estrogenic hormones can enter the body from outside as well, for medical reasons like replacement therapy and contraception, or via environmental agents such as plastics, pesticides, plants, and the like.
Almost every second woman after menopause in the survey was consuming some form of sex hormone. This finding is higher than the 30% figure for hormone replacement therapy documented in a 2001 study of all adult women in the United States and the United Kingdom1. Do these figures argue for the role of hormone supplements in the disease?
Another interesting finding is the use of hormonal supplements in 4 out of the 91 men in the survey. The purpose of this hormone intake by men is unknown and has not been addressed in the medical literature. Epidemiological studies are needed to assess the extent of this phenomenon among men, but one can speculate on a trend of treatments for male menopause (andromenopausa) or anti-aging. Does testosterone intake play a role in pemphigus? This finding merits further study.
We wish to express our special thanks to Janet D. Segall, Interim Executive Director and Director of Patient Services, and Will Zrnchik, Director of Development and Communications, of the International Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Foundation for conducting the survey discussed here. We would like to thank all those who answered the survey, and look forward to more such service in the future.
by Sarah Brenner, M.D.
Department of Dermatology
Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center, and Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine
1. Coombs JN, Taylor R, Wilcken N, Fiorica J, Boyages J. Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk in California. Breast J. 2005;11:410-415.


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College of Business
Academic Units Within the College
Dr. Timothy J. Louwers, Director
Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics Program
Dr. J. Art Gowan, Jr., Academic Unit Head
Dr. Ehsan Ahmed, Academic Unit Head
Finance and Business Law Program
Dr. Hui Sono, Academic Unit Head
Program of International Business
Dr. Marion M. White, Director
Dr. Paula S. Daly, Academic Unit Head
Dr. Andy Wood, Academic Unit Head
Master of Science in Accounting
Dr. Nancy B. Nichols, MSA Program Director
Master of Business Administration Program
Graduate Programs
All degree programs offered by the College of Business are accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Students may select from the following programs in the College of Business or its independent affiliates:
- Accounting (M.S.)
- Business Administration (M.B.A.)
- Strategic Leadership (Ph.D.) (offered through the School of Leadership Studies)
Mission Statement
The JMU College of Business is a learning community committed to excellence in:
- Preparing students to be engaged, principled business professionals and leaders;
- Advancing scholarship in business disciplines; and
- Enhancing organizational performance through our outreach activities.
The JMU College of Business aspires to be among the top five percent of business programs in the nation, striving for excellence and continuous improvement in undergraduate learning. Its student body comes primarily from the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and, to a growing extent, from the Northeast.
COB faculty members are committed to providing an exceptional educational experience for students, with an emphasis on developing leadership, technology, communication and integrative skills. The COB will be a preferred source of student talent for employers in the Mid-Atlantic region.
The COB takes an entrepreneurial approach to graduate programs, developing niche programs for which there is a need and for which the faculty has competence.
Student learning is assessed frequently. Assurance of learning programs are designed to assess learning in the business core, each of the undergraduate majors, and each of the degree programs within the COB. Consistent with academic freedom, faculty members are encouraged to take an active role in innovative curriculum development and assessment processes designed to improve the educational experience.
The COB recognizes that students and faculty face ethical choices. As such, it maintains the highest expectations for students regarding JMU's Honor Code. Furthermore, the COB strives to prepare students for the ethical tensions and dilemmas they will face in the course of their professional lives. Additionally, the COB demands the utmost in professional and ethical conduct by its faculty towards students, the community of scholars, and society at large.
COB faculty members believe that a balance between teaching and research is the most effective way to educate their students. Scholarly contributions complement classroom teaching by helping faculty members maintain currency in their discipline. Furthermore, students gain a deeper understanding of subject matter, a greater appreciation of a discipline's body of knowledge, and added enthusiasm for learning when they are taught by active scholars.
Faculty members are committed to a broad array of intellectual pursuits and scholarly output in discipline-based scholarship, contributions to practice, and learning and pedagogical research. The relative emphasis on these three areas will vary from one faculty member to another depending upon education, experience, and interests, but the pursuit of knowledge in each area will be used to enhance students' learning experiences.


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Mirror, Mirror: What Would You Choose for This Wall?
I've had this bare wall for more than three years now. I've considered a gallery wall, wallpaper, shelving, a giant metal ampersand, and now I'm ready to commit to a mirror. I have a small space with beautiful natural light and I think a mirror will be a nice addition to reflect that light in the rest of the space. It will also make the place feel more open.
The dilemma now is which mirror to choose. I like all of these, especially the Gilt Minimalist one from Wisteria. What do you think? How would you fill this white wall?
- Gilt Minimalist Mirror from Wisteria
- Kendale Champagne Diamond Round Wall Mirror from Lamps Plus
- Parsons Wall Mirror in Natural Grass Cloth from West Elm
- Clover Bone Mirror from Wisteria
- Big Sur Mirror from Anthropologie (I'd flip this horizontally - love the name)
- Anastasia Mirror from Anthropologie
- Adnet Mirror from DWR
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The striker signed for the Black Cats in the summer of 2011 from Korean side Chunnam Dragons, but struggled to secure a regular starting berth despite scoring the winner against eventual champions Manchester City at the Stadium of Light in January 2012.
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That goal proved to be the highlight of last season for the South Korea international, who made 21 appearances in total in 2011-12 but has not featured during this campaign.
The addition of top scorer Steven Fletcher has seen Ji fall out of contention for a first-team place, and the 21-year-old will now attempt to find regular football with Augsburg, who sit second from bottom of the Bundesliga having scored just 12 league goals this term.


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Expect debates on vouchers, school grades and charter schools this year.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said his priorities for the upcoming legislative session would include "restoring trust and integrity into the school grading system."
Parent groups (as well as some policy experts and superintendents) have called for an overhaul of Florida's A-F school grading system, saying the formula has become overly complicated and essentially meaningless.
Weatherford said he would also push for a "massive expansion of choice for families."
Step one, he said: expanding the Tax Credit Scholarship program, potentially to thousands of students, while considering new accountability measures.
What's more, Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz said they would prioritize expanding access to industry certification programs.
Gaetz, a Niceville Republican, noted that enrollment in industry certification programs had jumped from 954 students in 2008 to 61,730 students in 2013. He said he wants to remove the funding limit on Career and Professional Education classes, so that CAPE funding would be on par with Advanced Placement funding.
Charter schools may also be on the agenda, especially if Sen. Bill Montford has anything to do with it.
Montford, a Tallahassee Democrat and CEO of the Florida Association of District School Superintendents, raised concerns about charter schools involuntarily withdrawing students for poor academic performance and behavioral problems.
"Charter schools are public schools and I believe they should be held to the same standards," he said.


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The site now contains over 36,500 images (as of October 2018) of old and antique prints, maps and portraits, dating from the 17th century but mostly from the later 18th century and 19th century. The images are all of prints and maps that are for sale on my main website, antiqueprints.com, but will also include all those that are now sold and no longer visible on my commercial site.
If you see an image of an antique print or map that you may want to buy, make a note of it's reference number and then search on my main website here to see if it is still available.
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If you're up for a challenge - and a breathtaking good time - the Outdoor Adventure Center at Greek Peak Mountain Resort is ready to deliver, with enough adrenaline-pumping excitement and adventure to make it a memorable experience for the whole family.
Step back into nature as you tour our majestic mountain on the Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster. You control the speed in the two-person car, up to 28 mph, as you climb the mountainside, cruise over the peak, navigate pitches and turns, and enjoy an exciting descent through the forest.
Our Outdoor Adventure Center activities are where the challenge is with four Dual Zip Lines, a High Peaks Challenge Course, Twin Creeks Team Challenge Course, a Eurobungy Zone (half trampoline/half Bungee jumping), and a 9-lane winter Tubing Center.
Perfect for individuals, families, friends or groups, the Outdoor Adventure Center at Greek Peak Mountain Resort provides fun and excitement whether you're here for a day or a week! Try our Laser Tag outdoor course, perfect for your next birthday party or outing. Kids will love our Cub Club Playland attraction and the challenge of our indoor kids Climbing Wall.
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Dwight Prison site might serve local counties
DWIGHT — Livingston County Sheriff Marty Meredith is getting positive response from lawmakers and the state in an effort to utilize the recently closed women's correctional center at Dwight.
Over-crowded conditions at county jails could find a portion of the Dwight facility opened for spill-over prisoners.
Livingston County officials are discussing future plans and a potential lease of a portion of the recently closed Dwight facility.
Local state representatives Josh Harms and Senator Jason Barickman recently met with Sheriff Meredith, three Livingston County Board members and Department of Central Management Services Director Malcolm Weems.
Rep. Harms called it a "very productive meeting." He's optimistic about chances for getting the project approved. Harms said "It's not every day that we see efficiency in government, but Sheriff Meredith has done an outstanding job and has found a way to benefit the state and the local communities."
The Livingston County Sheriff's Department currently houses inmates from other counties suffering from an overcrowded county jail, and the county charges a fee for housing those inmates. Some local officials hope to lease a portion of the Dwight Correctional Facility to allow the county to expand these services and bring additional revenue into the county.
Barickman too, called it a productive discussion of the issues related to the county's use of the facility. Barickman said "If the Livingston County elected officials decide this is the proper course of action," he'll his best to continue to assist their efforts."


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EPA Releases a Manual to Reduce Pollution at Marinas EPA to Host "Green Marinas" Workshop in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on April 2
Release Date: 03/21/2013
Contact Information: John Martin, (212) 637-3662, firstname.lastname@example.com
- Regularly inspect above-ground fuel storage tanks and associated piping for leaks, and ensure that these tanks have secondary containment areas to contain spills.
- Store spill containment and control materials in a clearly marked and easily accessible location near the fuel dock. Keep oil absorbent pads and pillows available at the fuel dock for staff and customers to mop up all drips and small spills.
- Avoid underwater boat bottom cleaning or hull scraping to remove antifouling paint from boat hulls.
- Collect wash water, treat it and either dispose of it at a sewage treatment plant or reuse it.
- Perform as much boat repair and maintenance as practicable inside work buildings. Where an inside workspace is not available, perform abrasive blasting and sanding within spray booths or tarp enclosures.
- Use cleaning products that are less toxic or nontoxic and contain lower concentrations of volatile organic compounds, ozone depleting chemicals and toxic materials. Always clean with water and a coarse cloth first.
- Permanently seal floor drains in maintenance areas with concrete if they do not connect to a sewer or holding tank. Sweep or vacuum floors often and immediately before floor washing.
- Minimize impervious areas on the marina site by paving only where absolutely necessary. Plant a vegetated buffer between impervious areas and the marina basin.
- (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made a series of recommendations to marinas in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that will reduce pollution. These practices are captured in an easy-to-read manual written by the EPA with assistance from the Puerto Rico Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, Puerto Rico SeaGrant, the Sea Grant Program of the University of the Virgin Islands and Blue Flag. The publication has been provided to over 40 marina operators and offers recommendations on ways marina owners and operators can reduce pollution through more efficient use of materials, energy and land.
"Marina operators need to work to protect the health of our coastal waters and beaches," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. "Because marinas are located at the water's edge, chemicals used in boat maintenance can flow into the water and cause serious damage to the marine environment. The EPA is working with the marina industry to ensure that marina operators are aware of the best ways to reduce pollution in this sensitive water environment. Towards this end, we also recommend that marina facilities participate in certification programs to achieve high standards in environmental management and safety."
Key recommendations for preventing water pollution from boat operations and maintenance:
To RSVP for the workshop, or for more information, contact Jaime Lopez at 787-977-5851 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
EPA Region 2's Best Management Practices for Marinas and its Spanish translation, "Mejores prácticas de manejo para las marinas," are available at: https://www.epa.gov/region02/p2/other_p2_prog_init_actv.html#other_initiatives
Follow the EPA Region 2 on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/eparegion2 and visit our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/eparegion2.
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Thursday, January 18, 2018, 06:45pm - 08:45pm
Contact Reference x111
The fall session of ESL Classes, presented by the Literacy Volunteers of Monmouth County, begins on September 21 and runs through December 7, 2017 every Thursday from 6:45-8:45 p.m. in the West Room on the 2nd floor of the Library. These classes are FREE and no registration is required. Please bring a notebook & pencil with you to class. Childcare is not provided. For more information, contact the Reference Desk at (732) 842-0690 x111 or visit www.lvmonmouthnj.org. Click on the image below to download a printable flyer.
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How To Ocr A Pdf
THL Toolbox > Scanning & OCR > How to OCR a PDF
How to OCR a PDF Using Adobe Acrobat Professional
Contributor(s): Scholars' Lab staff, Adriana Barcenas, Steven Weinberger, Zach Rowinski
This is the process for running OCR on a PDF so that it is searchable, using Acrobat Professional:
- For most PDFs, you want to run Optimize after you scan them. First rename the file; then pull down the Document menu and select Optimize.
- Then, to run OCR: open the PDF file you want to run OCR on.
- Pull down the File menu, choose "Save as," and add "-ocr.pdf" to the file name
- Pull down the Document menu, point to "OCR Text Recognition," and then point to "Recognize Text Using OCR…" and "start"
- The OCR process will start. It will take some time, depending on the number of pages in the PDF.
- When it finishes, save the file. Be sure to check by doing a search on "the" or another word in the file and make sure it returns results.
To OCR roman text with diacritic characters, investigate using Abbyy's FineReader (http://www.abbyy.com/). No THL staff have used this and we have no experience with it. For more information, see Zach Rowinski's assesssment.