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Great Idea
I can see nothing at all that will go wrong with this plan. Not a thing. It is a perfect solution which will be implemented without incident.
Vive la France!
Facebook should pay the French government for hosting the holiday photos and status updates of the French people, a new report commissioned by the French government has suggested. The new 200-page report* on taxing the digital economy - commissioned by four French Cabinet Ministers - proposes that France should tax data …
As has been pointed out that with Google, Facebook etc, we're the product, so the idea of taxing these companies for the work we do (i.e. increasing their data store and therefore the value of the companies) is very attractive.
No doubt the companies concerned though will pay for expensive lawyers to tie it up in the courts for ever and a day, and then weasel accountants to point out that the data is actually added in Ulan Bator therefore it doesn't count as work in France, and the companies will continue to export their profits and import losses.
Zut alors, or more likely, merde alors.
Pretty sure that the apple growers wouldn't be able to move all their apples to Switzerland (or wherever it is that facebook chooses to do business from) before selling them.
Besides which, wages (and Income Tax) would constitute collecting revenue on picking the apples.
Saying "If you don't like it just don't use the services" is comparable to saying if you don't like driving laws, then don't drive. 100 years ago, driving might have been a privilege and an unnecessary luxury of the well-to-do, but that is no longer the case. Unless you live in an urban area, in order to be competitive in current times, to gain a job, to keep that job, and to buy food you need to be able to drive. Legally it still considered a privilege, and not a right. But could any first world country survive at its current level of output and sustainability if all the automobiles were removed? Of course not, too much of our current social processes have been built on the assumption of the ability to drive as a default. The internet is the same thing. We have ingrained too much of our personal and professional processes of our lives on the assumption that the ability to communicate via the internet is a given. Without that standard in place, it would herald a complete restructuring of present first world society.
Therefore you can't just say "if yer don't like da interweb rulez, then jus don't use it like"
MORE TO THE POINT about your comment on google and free content:
First, there is no escaping google. Google collects information about you personal details, and your habits through sites that have no connection of ownership to google. Run Ghostery, and allow the blocker bubble to be visible, then surf around and see just how many seemingly random sites are collecting information for google. So to "not use google" would be like not using the internet.
Second, free content does not warrant free rape of anything and everything in return. Google is free because it has to be, not in exchange for user data. If google started charging membership fees, its usage would dry up and it would collapse. Google may rattle is saber all it wants about how it NEEDS to pimp out your data in order to pay its bills all it wants. But its obvious that a free for user model is its only available business model. Its profits may be reduced if increased user protections were put in place, but they wouldn't go starving.
In summation:
You're a moron. And your argument is even more moronic.
I though the general consensus on http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/22/hmrc_foi/ (and the raft of comments saying how the UK couldnt make new tax laws etc) was that countries cant decide to make new tax laws? (rather than the explicit statement that countries cant lower taxes below a minimum threshold which the legislation seems to state)
Is this different now?
Confused, Tonbridge Wells.
"...but if these greedy tax avoiding companies actually paid a fair amount in the first place then the craziness wouldn't be needed." So who gets to say what is "fair"? An impartial expert on commerce, or some dozy European socialist politician that needs to fund the latest bailout for Greece due to the vote-buying policies of said socialist politicians? It's pretty obvious from your previous posts that you think the latter is just fine as it is a "greedy", capitalist, Yankee company doing the paying.
What is fair is that these fat bastards pay the same amount of fucking tax that you or I do. If corporations are going to have the rights of human beings, they can damn well accept the responsibilities that go with them.
Living in Australia, I pay 16 - 20% of my salary in income tax, without even considering the 11% GST I pay on everything I buy. The article states that the likes of Amazon, Google and Apple make around 2.5 to 3 billion euro a year and pay an average tax of only 4 million euro. That's 0.13 to 0.16 percent tax.
I earn just enough to live on, and I'm paying a fifth of my salary in tax. These fat "greedy capitalists" you refer to make more than they know what to do with, and they're paying LESS THAN A FUCKING HUNDREDTH of that.
If that sounds fair to you, I can only say that would make you someone I'd never want to meet.
"What is fair is that these fat bastards pay the same amount of fucking tax that you or I do....." Sorry if no-one explained it to you, but the employees of those "fat bastard capitalist companies" actually pay income tax on their earnings just like everyone else, and the top bods pay MORE tax than you because they are on higher rates of tax than you. The shareholders pay tax when they liquidate their share holdings, and the companies pay tax on stuff they purchase (such as buildings, etc.) with the profits they make. So quit repeating the dogma you've been spoonfed, it's just the vitriolic politics of envy. In the case of the UK:
"The top 1% of income earners in the Uk pay 28% of the total income tax take. As they earn 13% of all the income, that means they pay twice as big a share of the tax as their share of the income. The bottom half of all earners in the UK pay 10% of the total income tax. The sum they pay in total is less than the amount paid out in Housing Benefit, which goes to this wide group of people."
"I'd respond to your post, Matt, if I believed you capable of understanding the response...." What, Socialist Weekly doesn't have a section on dealing with objections? Oh, I forgot, you're not allowed to object or have an opinion of your own amongst The Herd Of The Faithful. We really need a sheeple icon for the deluded like you that can only unquestioningly bleat what they are told to bleat.
"....But the last time somebody mangled my surname in a pathetic insult like that was when I was 12....." That was probably the last time you mixed with someone that had an opinion of their own. TBH, I'm rather disappointed, I've always found Aussies I've met to be a bit too motivated and capable for the socialist mantra, but then I suppose that just goes to show the ones with the ability have long-since left Oz.
"......Fucking grow up." Or what, you'll thream and thream until you go blue? Looks like there is zero chance of you actually posting any form of coherent argument so here's to your imminent self-Smurfing. If you wish to be shown any respect try posting something to add to the discussion rather than the new chorus from the green-eyed monster uberloser set.
Or, they might just ignore it.
Any French judge would need the very best of luck to get any Google employee of note sent across the Atlantic.
I don't think actually blocking it would work either - someone would quickly coin the phrase "Maginot Firewall" as the blocks are sidestepped easily.
czsaloco writes; "If France keeps this up they'll find themselves shut off to the modern world as companies refuse to talk to them anymore"
That is probably what the french government raelly want - it would halt the dilution of the french language/culture/way of life/values etc.
Why would companies leave France if they are still making profit after the new taxes?
Because if France get away with it, then other tax-loving countries (like ours) will follow suit. Our public are currently acting in a fashion that seems demented to me; flat out demanding taxation from the government. They could totally put this into action here.
This has already happened in the low-cost airline sector.
A couple of years ago, St. Michael of O'Leary closed Paddyair's bases in France because the French Govt. went after Ryanair's staff employment contracts which I understand were drafted under Irish law. Several, until then, very lucrative and useful internal routes were lost, as were local jobs, and of course, nos amis francaises had to revert to travelling on the relatively expensive TGV. (owned by the French Govt.) Unlike, the UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Romania where there are excellent networks of intercity bus routes, there are very few or none, within France. Consequently, if you look at a map of low-cost flight/travel routes in France, they are, in the majority, from French airports to external destinations. Compared with the rest of Europe, France, internally, is like a big black hole.
That is what is going to happen with the web in France if they carry on with this proposal. I have no problems about Governments' seeking reasonable tax revenues, but the Elysee has really got to understand that the time has come to open up the French digital (and general) economy, or more and more potential investors will avoid the country like the plague and existing ones will close down operations.
L'affaire Depardieu has already proved that!
ref. excellent intercity bus routes in Germany, they don't exist. They're nearly extinct. Yeah, you see an occasional Eurolines coach sneaking along a motorway, from Poland to the UK, but that's about it. Ah, well, plus those coach services operated by Deutsche Bahn, natuerlich!
As to Romania... well, it's a country with a stunning scenery, but modern roads and modern long-distance coaches are not something they would have plenty of :)
Ryanair's behaviour is (fortunately or otherwise) not normally an indicator of how sane, rational companies behave.
If I was running a company making $2bn a year in France, and the French government passed a law increasing my tax burden from £50m to £500m, I would still be making £1.5bn profit and I hope any attempt I made to close down this massive profit stream by leaving the country would be blocked by the board and I would be shipped off to a lunatic asylum.
It wouldnt even matter if other countries joined in as long as the profit of doing business in that country remained, it would be sensible to remain.
Now if the French tax impacted my ability to make profit in (for example) Germany, then it would be another matter - however, this doesnt appear to be what the French are proposing.
The reverse of the argument is true - the French government are faced with providing national infrastructure and support to a company that retains a significant proportion of its profits off-shore and out of the hands of the country providing it. So, from France's point of view, it may be a valid argument that if Amazon (or whoever) leaves, the resulting black hole will be filled by local companies who pay more in taxes - Amazon (or whoever) leaving ends up being a net benefit to the economy, if not directly to the public who may well pay more for some items.
The services Amazon (and the rest) provide are massively profitable so it makes sense for local providers to pick up the slack when they sulk and stop doing business in France. Some may even develop enough skill and local support that they can then challenge Amazon (and the rest) elsewhere.
BTW: In reality, if intercity flight routes in France were lucrative, other airlines would have picked them up by now and be making good money. The sad fact is they were only lucrative by shafting the employees and passengers.
"Our public are currently acting in a fashion that seems demented to me; flat out demanding taxation from the government. "
Quite the opposite. The public is demanding that their taxation be reduced by collecting the missing billions from multi-nationals using fraudulent companies. Every penny Vodafone avoids is a penny we have to pay in their place.
They don't want every other country to copy the tax. What they lost in France would be less then what it would cost if other countries copy the tax.
Not necessarily.
If they are still profitable in each country, then it doesnt matter.
If other countries copy the tax, they can treat each country on a case by case basis and decide if it worth staying. If it isn't they leave and local businesses try to fill the gap.
There is no automatic right to succeed or trade just because the company is an internet giant.
They would leave because even if they still made a profit, they could likely make more of a profit elsewhere, for the same effort. There comes a time where taxes are high enough that it is just not worth the effort to continue to work.
Not sure that makes sense.
Try it with the numbers.
If they can make 2bn euros in France while paying 50m tax, they are making 1.95bn profit. If the tax rises to 500m they would be making 1.5bn profit.
If they can make 1.5001bn profit elsewhere, then why not do that as well as get the 1.5bn profit in France. This isnt an argument for shutting down a massively profitable service.
The whole point of these webservice companies is that they can deliver services for the same costs anywhere so the effort of working in France is effectively transparent when it is related to working in (say) Portugal, Spain, Holland, Thailand etc.
Profit is profit. Less profit is still more than no profit.
Now if the tax was 2.000001bn euros then, of course, they would cease operating in France. But I havent seen that suggested.
Regards Romania, I have to disagree!
Have been there and used such services. (Roads are another story!) Point being there are plenty low cost transport services to choose from.
As regards Germany, I would have agreed with your comments until a few days ago when I came across:
"BTW: In reality, if intercity flight routes in France were lucrative, other airlines would have picked them up by now and be making good money. The sad fact is they were only lucrative by shafting the employees and passengers."
Some have, others have gone to heavily subsidized TGV routes, so only the French taxpayer gets shafted.
> There is no automatic right to succeed or trade just because the company is an internet giant.
I was with you right until that point.
In this case, they are talking about increasing the tax burden of one particular type of company because the government has decided that they don't pay enough tax. I know if I was a wine maker and the government decided to increase the tax they take from wine makers specifically by a factor of 10, I would be pretty miffed. It smacks of victimisation which is really outside the remit of any government, although they do do it from time to time.


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When the Norton Museum of Art tasked Lego man Dan Parker with re-creating the world's best skyscrapers for its new exhibit, the artist made 1 World Trade Center the tallest of them all.
Standing 9 feet 2 inches tall from base to antenna, Parker's Lego-block twist on New York's majestic symbol of modern architecture is hardly as tall as the real thing. But it'll be a bit taller than the other skyscrapers in the Norton Museum, the site where Parker, using talent and many multicolored plastic bricks, is displaying scale creations of the world's most-impressive architectural wonders.
"Maybe [the Trade Center] was built taller out of patriotism. Maybe it was an homage to what was just built," the Seattle-based Lego artist jokes, referring to one of 10 Lego skyscrapers debuting next Thursday at the Norton's "Block by Block: Inventing Amazing Architecture" exhibit. "I know 1 World Trade Center is not the tallest in the world, but I made it the tallest here."
Earlier this year, the Norton commissioned Parker, one of 13 Lego-sanctioned professionals in the world, to custom-build the landmarks for a summer-long show designed to attract families. Parker didn't look far for the first skyscraper: Seattle's 605-foot-tall Space Needle, with its slender support legs and flying-saucer observation deck, which an infographic at the Norton says began as a napkin sketch at a Seattle coffeehouse. (Parker's Lego Space Needle, the smallest of his 10 buildings, stands about 4 feet tall.)
Other skyscrapers, each handpicked because they were concrete-and-steel symbols of a bustling economy or high-tech innovation, include Chicago's Willis Tower and three more New York landmarks: the Hearst Tower, the Chrysler Building and the 111-year-old Flatiron Building. (This last one, another infographic explains, gave rise to much public buzz that the building's unusual wind currents and downdrafts were strong enough to blow up women's dresses.)
"I didn't want cookie-cutter buildings that would get lost in the shuffle of the other skyscrapers. Mostly, I just wanted to confound people. Like, 'I didn't know you could do that with Legos,' " says Parker, a 51-year-old former Army coxswain who rediscovered his childhood fascination with the interlocking playthings during his second year of engineering school.
Parker sought other structures overseas, sculpting Lego marvels out of Dubai's Burj Khalifa (the tallest manmade structure in the world), Taiwan's Taipei 101 and Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Tower. But Parker considers the 41-story skyscraper 30 St. Mary Axe in London, popularly dubbed the "the Gherkin" (for its cucumber shape), to be the most-impressive build of his Lego bunch.
"We had to stack the transparent Legos in this mosaic format," Parker recalls. "Then, you have to force this round, missile shape using square blocks, producing striping and a deliberate pattern. The big challenge, of course, was to make sure this didn't just collapse under its own weight. Like with all the buildings, it's a careful balance to pull this off."
Block by Block: Inventing Amazing Architecture
When: Thursday, June 20, through Oct. 20
Where: Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach
Cost: $5-$12
Contact: 561-832-5196 or Norton.org

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Not much.
The bowl season is a tradition in college football, and a part of that tradition is trying to extrapolate conclusions based on the results of bowl games.
The college bowl system is the most backwards system of postseason play in all of sports. Even the Salem Witch Trials laugh at the absurdities and backwards logic of college football bowls.
Add to the ridiculous nature of the bowl system itself the have-have-not system of the BCS. This turns every low level bowl game between automatic qualifying conference and non-automatic qualifying conference teams into a protest game against the establishment of college football.
Major college football experts would have people think, before the start of the bowl games, that if the non-automatic qualifying conference team wins it means the BCS is wrong, and if the automatic qualifying conference team wins then the BCS is right.
Of course, no matter which team wins, there is little to no change in the system of college football.
The anti-BCS crowd will use BYU's victory over Oregon State as another piece of evidence against the asinine nature of the BCS. They will make the argument that BYU and Oregon State both ended the season in second place in their conference (Oregon State ended in a tie for second place in the PAC-10, although they finished lower due to tie-breakers); therefore, the Mountain West Conference must be better than the PAC-10.
This argument doesn't hold water.
The BCS crowd will counter with excuses. The wind helped BYU win. This argument is hard to justify, did the heavens hold back the wind every time BYU touched the ball? The officiating favored BYU. While it is understandable for PAC-10 teams to miss their homer officials, both teams ended the game with an equal amount of penalties called against them.
Yet, these arguments are incredibly credible compared to the typical fallacies that BCS and automatic qualifying conference usually use. The automatic qualifying conference team didn't have any motivation to play. It seems this argument is used far too often to explain an unexpected outcome. What, have football players magically transformed themselves into thespians? Do they need to have a drive and motivation in order to get into character?
The motivation argument is stale from use, but the new vogue argument of BCS supports is: Any team can play one game against an automatic qualifying school, but they can't play a full schedule in a BCS conference. Wow! So you want teams from non-automatic qualifying conferences to have less money, be at a recruiting disadvantage, play games at neutral sites or on the road, and still discredit them when they beat a bigger name school. That is like asking someone to juggle five chainsaws blindfolded, seeing it, and then scoffing at the juggler because you don't think he can juggle ten.
The arguments of both sides are normally ludicrous and hardly stand up to scrutiny; however, the arguments just reflect the system they are commenting on.
The reality is that teams like BYU, Utah, TCU, Houston, Boise State, Fresno State, and Air Force could compete just fine in the automatic qualifying conferences. Teams like San Diego State, UNLV, Idaho, and SMU would struggle if they were in a BCS conference. Yet, teams like Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Washington State, and UConn would struggle in the Mountain West Conference.
There just isn't a huge difference between the average non-automatic qualifying conference team, and an average automatic qualifying conference team.
It didn't take BYU beating Oregon State to prove that.
Or Utah beating Alabama.
Or Boise State beating Oregon.
Or Houston beating Oklahoma State.
Or TCU beating Clemson.
It doesn't matter though because both sides, much like the current political landscape, have bunkered down to their separate ideologies. A college football fan is either pro-BCS or anti-BCS and there isn't any room for a sane middle ground.
There are too many instant reactions in college football. Oregon State is a good football team, and they were beat by a better BYU football team in Las Vegas. No excuses, and sadly due to the current system of college football there cannot be any conclusions drawn from the game.
Until there is a change in college football's postseason—arguments will try to decide what should be decided on the football field.
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On 10/30/08 1:34 PM, "Carrie Russell" <email@example.com> wrote:
> Just a few comments on Sarah's recent post. See below....
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:36:18 -0400
> From: "Sarah McCleskey" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
> I really don't understand Farhad's comment "What I'm not convinced yet
> is the difference between "face-to-face" traditional classrooms with the
> instructor present vs. a log-in protected online classroom (access by
> students registered for that class only)"
> I think there is a huge difference, namely that face-to-face in a
> traditional classroom is 100% legal and restricted access streaming an
> entire audiovisual work to students in an online classroom is not 100%
> legal. It's just not. It's not fair use, it's not face to face, it's
> not covered by TEACH, so what makes you think it's okay?
> ******I can perfectly understand Farhad's comment that he sees no
> difference between F2F and protected streaming because I believe that
> user's rights to information and the use of protected works should not
> be different in digital world than they are in an analog environment.
> Why should they be different?
> Congress made a decision to make them different (in the law) but they
> did not have to. In fact, there is no public policy justification for
> creating a difference. Both screenings are secure. Films were lawfully
> acquired.
> Sometimes Congress passes laws that are stupid. *******
> I recently read something from a librarian at an academic institution
> (not mine) that has the capability to stream an (entire) video to one
> student at a time. She contended that because they were streaming to
> one user at a time, it was no different from having a video in the
> library that one student could look at. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT????? Does
> anyone on this list BELIEVE THAT?
> **** Sounds like a pretty good argument to me. There is no public
> performance. Rights holders have exclusive rights to public
> performances not private performances. Do you believe that an additional
> fee should be paid when you watch DVDs at home? One could argue that
> educational individual performances "grow" to be public performances
> because eventually everyone in the class sees the film. But we have
> never said that private performances of videos checked out of the
> library add up to a public performance. ****
> Here's another story I have to add. Our School of Ed. conducts seminars
> that all students have to take to receive their teacher certification,
> such as fire safety and school violence. They are converting these
> seminars to the Blackboard environment, and wanted to use an entire (17
> minute) video on school violence. Of course they tried to tell me they
> could do it without getting rights, and I said no, you can't, let me see
> about getting those rights for you. So I called up the company, who
> said this was their first such request but they were delighted to give
> me a quote. They wanted $1500/year or $5000 perpetual to stream this
> video. The School of Ed. has decided to make their own videos instead,
> because of this price for the streaming rights. I thought this cost was
> WAY out of line, but as I said, this was the first request the company
> had for something like that, and so I can't really blame them for just
> pulling a number out of ... well, you know.
> ***this extreme quote is a good example of copyright misuse. Such an
> unreasonable fee goes well beyond the statutory monopoly that rights
> holders enjoy.****
> My two cents
> Carrie Russell, Copyright Specialist and
> Director, Program on Public Access to Information
> ALA Washington Office
> Office for Information Technology Policy
> 1615 New Hampshire Avenue NW First Floor
> Washington, DC 20009
> email@example.com
> 800.941-8478
> 202.628.8410
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues
> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control,
> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and
> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
> distributors.
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Computer Video Instrument
|The Fairlight CVI premiered in 1984/85, for around
$6,500 USD, and came in beige or black. It's a hybrid
Analog Digital video processor, designed by Australian
engineers Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie.
Thanks to Rob Judd, an Australian electronics designer, for answering many of my queries & to Joe Britt for the circuit board pix.
|Fairlight no longer sells the CVI, but for those of you who
wish to explore their site anyway, check out: www.fairlightesp.com.au
|Timeline 1984: The Fairlight Computer Video Instrument (CVI) it was released, the same Orwellian time as when Apple introduced the Macintosh. The fact that the CVI was also a "computer" was transparent to its use: it did not use a conventional ASCII keyboard (though in later models one could be attached), but rather a set of sliders and a small graphics pad about the size of the palm of your hand. Menu selections were made with a stylus rather than a mouse. The CVI allowed you to paint directly over the top of video footage as well as "with" video footage via an extensive series of effects. I/O was a real time analogue composite or RGB video signal. It didn't require a special monitor - any video monitor could display its menu system.
|In a sense the Fairlight's wide range of effects were a red herring. The machine had a series of preset effects which were used so excessively in all kinds of productions (anything from live video in music venues, band clips, commercials, to a number of video art productions) that the "signature" of the machine became too readily recognizable. This recognizability was much more accentuated than today when there is a plethora of software on a variety of platforms which converge towards similar graphical solutions. Aside from a few effects which could be duplicated in an Amiga, the CVI's effects were unique. One favorite was the CVI's ability to create moving stencil planes of still images over video footage, and then later over banks of Fairlight footage in a simulation, at least, of a purely digital domain.
There were several different CVI variations, a brief explanation
The CVI up to Rev. 5 was in a black case, and there was a ROM expansion slot at the rear for expanded functions. They could be taken all the way to Rev. 7 with a plug-in. The white CVI+ came with revised firmware onboard which included all the Rev. 7 functionality, and was a more
mature unit in design. These Rev. levels refer to digital changes, the analog encoding stages remained fairly consistent. The two NTSC video card models simply reflected availability of improved components and techniques. The early NTSC unit had a series of plug-ins for different decoding functions, which all became available later in chips and so the board was redesigned.
|The PAL model also had an optional add-on card for sync stabilization, which was necessary for using the unit with video mixers. Neither model was ever truly broadcast standard, according to a European broadcast video engineer who played around with one that a friend had. There were also slimmed down models sold to specific target markets: The Entertainer and Producer models came in a slim line wedge shaped package (the CVI and CVI+ were both rack mount boxes) and were designed for discos and low-budget productions, respectively. They had a single video channel vs. the CVI(+)'s two channels. They used the same operator slider panel, which was integrated into the case rather than being loose; CVI(+) would normally have the panel integrated into a larger desk with the usual switching/fading equipment.
|One of the CVI's greatest flaws was that it was a closed system without the capacity to be enhanced via 3rd party software development. The CVI ceased production in the mid 90s before the much-heralded (and long in development) "Diva" broadcast version became available. In the late 90s another Australian developer, Eyeon (now relocated to Canada), has taken over with its Digital Fusion software where Fairlight left off. However except for in the electronic games industry the day of the specialised purpose-designed "instrument" seems to have passed.
The Fairlight CVI (computer video instrument) is an Australian made digital video FX and paint box made in the mid 80s. It is very low res, and not quite full screen, but it is very much a real time effects box with very easy to use and fast analogue controls. (great for live work). Some of the effect functionality available with the CVI are: dual chroma keyer, mirror effects, psychedelic colorization, chunky stretch and zoom, picture freeze, live paintbox. The twin video channels in are automatically genlocked, and RGB ins & outs are standard in addition to composite connections.
Click to see the colour preset selections of the CVI !
- 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - The colour CVI brochure
There are 2 circuit boards in the CVI:
Owners on record:
-Stefan Gosiewski, the DJ/VJ behind 'CultureLAB', a San Francisco, CA, USA based VJ outfit, has a Fairlight CVI, and takes it out on the road now and then as it offers realtime image processing functions "like nothing else".
-Todd Rundgren
-Dan Slater
- email@example.com - ( Subvertigo ) uses a CVI for live performance
- firstname.lastname@example.com - owns a CVI.
- Benton Bainbridge - firstname.lastname@example.com has a CVI
- Jenny Lovric Fairlight CVI owner, Melissa Lovric martial arts, movement, Fairlight CVI
-Peter Callas, - http://www.anu.edu.au/ITA/CSA/callas/ - very prolific videoartist
-Joe Britt - firstname.lastname@example.com - http://surfin.spies.com/~britt/
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Moratti denies blackmail claim
Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has denied accusations that the Serie A club are "blackmailing" midfielder Wesley Sneijder.
The Nerazzurri had intimated that the Holland international, long linked with a move to Manchester United, would not play again until he agreed to extend his contract while simultaneously taking a pay cut.
Head coach Andrea Stramaccioni subsequently insisted that Sneijder's absence from first-team action is purely a tactical choice.
But FIFPro, the worldwide trad union for professional footballers, issued a statement on Wednesday night requesting dialogue with FIFA, UEFA and the European Commission to share its concerns over what it called 'blackmail behaviour of clubs'.
Moratti told Inter's website: "As far as the club is concerned, we are completely open to the player, there is no sort of blackmail.
"If a contract is valid, it's certainly valid to ask a person if it can be improved in some way. That doesn't change the fact that for the time being he's not playing for technical reasons.
"Obviously no one would want to throw away someone of his value. The club is calm, we haven't forced anyone to do anything. His contract is valid, no one is forcing him, Sneijder is free."
The former Real Madrid playmaker has not featured since September and Moratti would not be drawn on whether he would return against Palermo this weekend.
"That's entirely down to the coach, if he thinks he's physically and psychologically up to playing," he added.
The FIFPro statement read: "FIFPro signals a growing number of players who are put under pressure to prolong their contract. This is no new phenomenon.
"A club forces a player with a contract nearing expiry to sign a new contract. If the player refuses, the club puts him on the reserve bench or in the grandstand.
"This professional footballer doesn't get a chance to play any more. Only when he has signed a new contract he can resume playing."


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FEMA Reauthorization: Recovering Quicker and Smarter
Transcript of Hearing
Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA)
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
Hearing on FEMA Reauthorization: Recovering Quicker and Smarter
September 18, 2013
Opening Statement
(Remarks as Prepared)
First I want to welcome our new subcommittee ranking member, Mr. Carson. I look forward to working closely with him on these important issues. And, I want to also thank Ranking Member Norton for a decade of service as either ranking or chairman of this subcommittee. I know she will continue to be an active member of this subcommittee and I look forward to continuing to work with her on these issues.
I also want to welcome Mr. Cannon, who will be on the second panel today. He is here from my home state of Pennsylvania and serves as Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. I look forward to hearing from him today.
Before we begin, I want to take a moment to send our prayers to the people of Colorado. Just this past weekend a major disaster declaration was issued for the severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that began on September 11th. Thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed and the search and rescue operations are ongoing. Tragically, there have been deaths and many still unaccounted for.
We know even after the storms have passed and the rescue and response operations are completed, these communities will continue to face a devastating situation. They will be tasked to try and put their lives back together again and rebuild their homes, businesses and communities: a process that has been bogged down with red-tape, creating a bureaucratic nightmare for communities already devastated by the loss of loved ones and by the disaster itself.
It is for this reason, earlier this year, we enacted the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act. That Act included key provisions to streamline the rebuilding process following disasters. The purpose of the hearing today is to review how those reforms are being applied and implemented and how they can help communities like those in Colorado rebuild faster. We will examine how these reforms are currently being used in the recovery efforts to Hurricane Sandy, the tornadoes in Oklahoma and other recent disasters. We will also examine how we ensure effective coordination among federal, state, tribal, and local agencies in helping communities recover quicker and smarter.
Last October, Hurricane Sandy made landfall and brought with it storm surges of more than 11 feet, killing more than 100 people, destroying or damaging thousands of homes, and leaving more than 8 million people without power. Communities in states all along the eastern seaboard were hit, including my home state of Pennsylvania. Just this May, we saw Oklahoma hit by an EF-5 tornado with winds up to 210 miles per hour and over a mile wide, devastating homes and businesses and leaving dozens dead including children and infants.
We know we will have natural disasters. We know we can expect hurricanes, tornados, flooding, wildfires and even earthquakes. We cannot stop them, but we can prepare, mitigate against, and plan for recovery to minimize their impact.
There have been a lot of lessons learned from previous disasters. Following Hurricane Katrina, we saw and continue to see years after that disaster, the rebuilding still ongoing. When communities are devastated by disasters and people have lost loved ones, their homes, the businesses where they worked, and their communities, we must do better at helping those communities recover and rebuild and put their lives back together again. A lengthy rebuilding process, riddled with red-tape, serves no one. It not only prolongs the harm to those communities, but results in higher costs. The longer it takes to recover, the more it costs to rebuild and the more of an impact there is on the local economies. While the Congress enacted the Post-Katrina Act to reform preparedness and planning for disasters, recovery remained a slow, costly and frustrating process.
In January of this year, Congress enacted the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013. That act, incorporated many of the reforms this Committee crafted to streamline and reduce costs in the recovery process. That bill included reforms to cut the red tape in debris removal and Public Assistance for public infrastructure and building projects by allowing states to choose to receive funding based on cost-estimates and consolidate projects. The bill also required FEMA to finally clarify its criteria for the Individual and Households assistance so that States can have a better idea when their constituents will qualify for aid. We also worked to encourage more advance funding for mitigation – so communities can rebuild smarter and better. These and other reforms in that legislation should help ensure communities can rebuild faster and in ways that make the most sense for them.
But, while FEMA is the lead agency in disasters, we know their federal partners are critical. HUD, for example, through its Community Block Grant Program is a key component to the rebuilding process. SBA is critical in ensuring business owners and home owners can obtain affordable financing in their rebuilding process. I know how important these partners are. When my district was hit by Hurricane Irene and homes and businesses were flooded, I saw how important SBA loans were in the rebuilding process. I was concerned and continue to be concerned about the affordability of SBA's loans. When people have lost everything from a disaster, we must ensure we do what is possible to help.
That is why I introduced the Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2013. That bill is intended to make SBA loans more affordable for borrowers, including homeowners, following a disaster. I hope to work with the SBA on solutions to this issue.
And, I look forward to hearing from the witnesses today who represent all levels of government – federal, State, tribal, and local – to hear how the recovery efforts are going in recent disasters, how the Sandy reforms are being implemented, and recommendations on any further improvements to the process. I thank all the witnesses for being here today.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The family of a New York woman who disappeared more than three years ago in South Carolina has held a candlelight vigil to mark her 21st birthday.
The family of Brittanee Drexel gathered by a tree of hope planted in her honor at a park in Myrtle Beach on Sunday night.
The Rochester, N.Y., teen has been missing since April 2009 during a spring break trip to Myrtle Beach when she was 17.
Dawn Drexel told the gathering she remembered when her daughter was a baby and remembered how special birthdays were.
Brittanee Drexel was last seen leaving a hotel on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach on April 25, 2009.
Dawn Drexel says more searches are planned for her daughter soon.


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ASUS ROG Maximus VI Hero Review
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Hero Closer Look:
AI Suite does not include all of the software package included with the Maximus VI Hero. Added value software is included that bought separately would increase the end user costs. ASUS includes a full version of Kaspersky's highly rated antivirus software with a one year subscription. Daemon tools disk virtualization software is also included to help save your game disks and make/burn disk images.
MemTweakit is used to set the memory sub-timings from within the Windows environment. This tool features an efficiency score that will help you improve the memory performance of the modules installed. ASUS is currently working on a solution to get it working on the Haswell architecture. In the past this tool has been a great addition to the ROG software package. ASUS has its own ROG skinned CPU-Z utility that sets up a point of difference from the standard version. The Boot setting tool is used to enable FastBoot and utilize the DirectKey function from within the OS environment rather than opening the chassis up or mounting an additional switch somewhere on the chassis. You will need this tool to get into the BIOS when FastBoot is enabled since keyboard support is disabled during the FastBoot process.
Game First II is ASUS' own traffic shaping tool to improve ping time and reduce latency by managing the traffic flow of ACK packets. You get an easy to follow EZ mode as well as a more granular look in the advanced mode. The Easy mode has presets that allow you to setup the traffic management for VOIP, File sharing, Gaming, or Media Streaming.
RamDisk is a new addition to the ROG package. The premise with this tool is that access to DRAM is much quicker than accessing an HDD or SSD to load files that you need either working in the OS and/or during gaming. RamDisk is a utility that takes excess DRAM capacity and creates a virtual disk so that you can drastically improve load times of applications or maps during gaming. ASUS makes this tool simple enough for even the novice to use. Most of us are not fully utilizing the 16 or 32GB of DRAM In our systems so why not take advantage of a way to improve the computing experience? At this point DRAM is still relatively inexpensive. Creating an 8GB virtual drive is as simple as choosing the capacity with a slider and applying the change. After a reboot you can click on the Junction tab and add the applications or maps or games you would like to accelerate and you are done. Newer solid state drives with the latest controllers can have sequential read/write results in the 500 to 550MB/s range with that result at the high end of the spectrum. Running Crystal DiskMark on the RamDisk virtual drive gives a graphic example of just how fast this solution can be using 2133MHz memory. It's just brutally fast.
Sonic Radar is a new tool in the ROG arsenal as well. Some have alluded to this software being used as a cheat but if you are using surround sound speakers or a headset with surround capabilities you are doing the same thing using the sound system and your ears. Sonic Radar is a graphic representation of the sounds you hear. The key is the visual interface that works to point out the sounds directionally; a bonus if you are not utilizing a surround speaker system or headset. There are separate modes that can be optimized for footsteps, bombs, or gunfire. Shortcuts can be used to move the interface or change the transparency level as well as toggle though the user modes. Overall it's a pretty cool tool for those of us that are less than good at FPS gaming. As you can see in the screen shot below there is a ton of ambient noise in this section of Metro: Last Light.
That wraps up the look at this full featured software package that is fully game centric.


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Former Federal Judge Calls US Prosecution Of Megaupload 'Really Outrageous'
from the good-for-him dept
Having looked over the details of the case, he's speaking out against it. According to an interview he did with David Kravets at Wired:
"It's really quite outrageous, frankly... I was thinking the government hadn't learned to be discreet in its conduct in the digital world. This is a perfect example on how they are failing to apply traditional standards in the new context."When it comes to the government's insistence that users can't get their data back, Sofaer is quite troubled:
"That's a dangerous road," Sofaer said.I can't wait to see our usual critics explain how this former federal judge is just a pirate apologist who doesn't understand the law.
He suggested that the government hasn't quite caught up to the digital age. He doubts the government would take the same position with a bank it seized.
"Of course they would help customers get back their deposits," he said. "But think about this new world. You can see very clearly that the government is acting in a manner that is indiscriminate."


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Kitchen Countertop Preference: Get Better with Age or Stay Looking Brand New?
It's Kitchen and Bathroom renovation month here on Apartment Therapy, and I for one couldn't be happier about it. As a hard-core foodie and a designer, the kitchen is where my passions meet, and I could talk for hours about kitchen design. And when people talk kitchen design, it's a safe bet that they're talking about countertops.
Next to custom cabinets or new flooring, a new work surface is one of the biggest investments a homeowner can make in their kitchen, and articles about the pros and cons of different materials abound on the web. One thing that usually strikes me about these round-ups is the fact that durability and resistance to change is seen as a plus, while tendency to scratch, darken or mark is considered a minus. Why, I wonder? After all, some work surfaces get better with age.
People fall into one of two camps with their countertop preferences: those who want their costly counters to look as fresh ten years on as the day they were installed, and those who welcome the character of a "lived-in" look. The first group may be larger, but the second is where I belong. There's just something so welcoming and authentic about the glow a carrera marble top develops over decades of use, or the gleaming patina of well-used stainless steel in a restaurant kitchen.
If you want your countertops to get better with age, you might go for a light-colored marble, butcher block, concrete or a metal finish. Manmade materials such as engineered stones, as well as hardwearing natural stones like granite, are your best bet if you want your investment to look spic-and-span for years to come.
Which kind of countertop do you prefer, and why?
(Images: 1. Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan for Apartment Therapy 2. House to Home 3. Ancient Art Concrete Tabletops 4. Traditional Home 5. The Man About the House)


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Pikafido wrote:But Rioriel, you got no much time left to get your Darkmoon eye to the top.
Finally got it there, thanks for the inspiration. Only caught it the day you set the challenge
Kiowa wrote:-
Egbert is looking very lonely, surrounded by 25s. Give that adorable shell-freak some love!


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MSU Engineering welcomes largest entering class in a decade
When freshmen Spartan engineers walked into their classes at Michigan State University Wednesday, they were part of the College of Engineering's largest entering class in more than a decade.
Leo Kempel, acting dean of the MSU College of Engineering, greeted freshmen and transfer students during opening ceremonies of the 2013 Colloquium Tuesday in East Lansing. "Welcome to our largest entering engineering class in recent years -- get ready for an exciting ride," Kempel said.
Official attendance numbers won't be available until October, but unofficially this year's entering class has doubled since 2006.
Freshmen in the College of Engineering total around 1,300 students, including 225 women that represent an increase of 30 percent of incoming female students from last year. All 1,300 of the students will take Introduction to Engineering Design (EGR 100), where they will pursue hands-on design projects in teams of four. More than half of the incoming students will live in Wilson Hall as part of the residential component of CoRe, the first year living-learning program.
There will be more than 4,200 undergraduates in the college this year. The College of Engineering also welcomed 10 new faculty members as the new academic year began.
"Technology changes the world," Kempel continued. "The people sitting here with you in the College of Engineering are those that will change the world in the next 10-20 years. Welcome."
MSU enrolled 7,800 freshmen and expects about 48,000 students on the East Lansing campus this academic year. Classes began at Michigan State on Wednesday, Aug. 28.


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Style # 210679
Devin Stud & Leather Slingback Pump is rated out of 5 by 1.
Rated 2 out of 5 by SexeeTee from Shoe looks plastic and feels hard! I waited a long time for these shoes to go on sale and they are not what I expected. I thought they would be comparable to the Zaharas, but I was so very wrong. I bought a size 8 in them which was too small. I am a size 7.5, but buy 8s at Bebe because they often don't carry half sizes. Some of the 8's fit OK, but some are too big depending on the style. The Zaharas usually work and I own 10 pairs in various colors. I don't know if an 8.5 or 9 would have worked in the Devins because I removed them quickly due to the disappointment. They were so not me! The shoes are advertised as being leather, but don't be fooled. They are not even a good patent look. They are nothing more than a hard plastic shiny shoe.
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Serious chillout music, a strong, moody, slightly angry and brooding, mysterious and psychedelic trip into a vast unknown melodic expanse, unexpected, alienated, seeking whichever remorseful relief, one can find from the mundane torment of daily existentialist trials.
Searching obstinately for obscure answers, candidly coming to final grips with the faceless fact that all that ever is, is not what it seems. A subtle sentimental sense of fundamental and fantastic worldly wondering, looking around dark, dank dismal spaces, looking, leering, for any amount of flowing familiarity and covert comfort to salvage helpless hope from.
A cool loop for a game, or whatever other scenic use might seem fitting


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What was OS/2?
OS/2 was a joint project between Microsoft and IBM to create a business class operating system. Their plan was that Microsoft Windows would be the consumer and small business operating system and OS/2 the system of choice for power users.
When Windows version 3 became a huge success, Microsoft decided to ditch Microsoft-IBM OS/2 and instead create a high-end version of Windows called Windows NT. In addition to NT, they would continue a low end version of Windows in parallel to NT. From that point onwards, IBM continued the development of OS/2.
Thanks to Microsoft's genuine acumen combined with their signature ruthless business approach, Windows was soon installed as the default operating system on the majority of brand new PCs.
However, OS/2 lead the way in terms of technology. In 1992 IBM released version 2.0 of OS/2, now a full 32 bit multitasking operating system with many innovative GUI features. Windows NT arrived a year later, and when it did arrive, it was arguably inferior to OS/2.
Each new release of OS/2 brought with it new leaps in technological sophistication, but by the late 90s IBM had decided that competing in the same market space as Microsoft Windows wasn't worth bothering with and all but gave up on OS/2. As pulling the plug on OS/2 in a single move would have hurt the businesses who had invested in IBM operating system technology, IBM merely maintained OS/2 from that point onwards. For this reason, although the 1996 release of OS/2 version 4 had introduced new features such as speech recognition, native Java support and a port to the PowerPC architecture, subsequent releases were lacklustre, consisting of tweaks to the kernel and driver updates.
OS/2 still has a small but loyal enthusiast community surrounding it, and some members of that community have lobbied IBM to release the source code to OS/2. IBM have a reputation for playing nice with the open source community, and it would be difficult to attribute their decision to an unfriendly attitude to open source software development.Why they can't release the source
At the present time, even if IBM wanted to release the OS/2 source code it would be unlawful for them to do so. This is because they are not the sole owners of every part OS/2. OS/2 started as a joint project between IBM and Microsoft; because OS/2 contains code that belongs to both parties, IBM would have to convince Microsoft to also agree to the release. Microsoft would never do this.
Also, it seems probable that other companies, such as Adobe, have some of their work embedded within OS/2.
This raises the possibility of a partial source release. Obviously, an incomplete version of the source code would be insufficient to allow programmers to build and then distribute a working version of OS/2. In such a case, programmers would have to expend effort in recreating the missing parts from scratch. This would be a lot of work.
Even a partial release would be a lot of work for IBM. There is probably almost no part of OS/2 that doesn't include at least some code that belongs to other parties. Sorting out which bits are clear for a release would involve a code audit of every single line of the huge OS/2 code base.
As much open source goodwill as IBM may have, doing it as a favour to open source community simply isn't on the cards.
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Puget Sound Energy Files to Pass on Wind Financial Benefits to Customers
November 11, 2008
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) wants to reduce its customers' bills thanks to the high performance of wind power on its system.
The utility filed with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) a request to pass through an adjusted federal wind power production credit that would further reduce bills for the utility's more than 1 million electric customers effective January 1. The credit is due to a federal income tax benefit—the production tax credit, or PTC—derived from PSE's ownership of two wind power facilities, Wild Horse and Hopkins Ridge, in Washington State.
If approved by the UTC, the wind credit will increase by 28 cents, making the total monthly credit $1.68 for househol ds using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month. That would lower PSE's average monthly residential electric bill to $91.21.
"We're able to lower customers' electric bills because the amount of the allowed tax credit has increased as a result of our wind facilities generating more power this past year," said Kimberly Harris, executive vice president and chief resource officer for PSE. "Through the Wind Power Production Credit, we pass through to our customers 100% of the federal income tax benefits we receive for wind generation."
The PTC was recently extended to include all projects coming online through 2009; in their roles as members of their respective Congressional tax writing committees, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and U.S. Representative Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) both played roles in efforts to extend the PTC, PSE pointed out.
PSE's Hopkins Ridge wind facility went into operation in November 2005, and its Wild Horse facility began generating power in December 2006. Together, they produce enough energy to serve the nee ds of 100,000 househol ds, according to PSE. The utility has announced plans to expand Wild Horse as early as next year.
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GSW Hoops Fan wrote:Ray Allen just passed Larry Bird yesterday on the all time scorers list. That is the second time this season someone passes bird.... i guess he is not so legendary like he used to be.
Anyways Ray now is in 26th spot with 21,795 and needs 21,814 (19 points) to pass Gary Payton.
Larry Bird only played 12 seasons if I'm not wrong. Had he played 15-16 like most star players do, he'd have scored close to 30,000. Injuries to his back is what stopped him otherwise he'd be likely in the top 3 in almost all offensive categories


text: Chief Judge. b. Illinois. Received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College, a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, and a Masters of Law in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to the appointment to the Court was an attorney for the Legislation and Regulations Division of the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Finance, and Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy. Appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 9, 1995, for a term ending April 8, 2010. Reappointed on November 25, 2011, for a term ending November 24, 2026. Elected as Chief Judge for a two-year term effective June 1, 2018.


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EPA Oversees Sampling at Centredale Manor Property in N. Providence R.I.
Release Date: 10/28/2013
Contact Information: Emily Zimmerman, (617) 918-1037
(Boston, Mass. - Oct. 28, 2013) - EPA will oversee a sampling effort at the Centredale Manor Property in North Providence, R.I. Contractors will be digging under some of the parking lot and through the cap to sample material under the cap in order to determine what and how much material may need to be excavated as part of the remedy. This is pre-design phase work that was outlined in the ROD, and will help better define the cost of the remedy. If we find material that will need to be excavated, then that material would likely be sent to an incinerator off-site as part of the future cleanup work. A number of companies agreed to perform this work as a result of a mediation session with EPA.
EPA will hold a public meeting on October 30, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Centredale Manor to update residents and interested parties about the work being done and the parking plan, and to answer residents' questions.
EPA expects work will begin in early-mid November, and will last for approximately 1 month. There is a chance that weather could alter the schedule for this sampling. Heavy precipitation or high water levels in the river may mean that we have to hold off doing this work until next year. We won't know the conditions until we get closer to the first of November.
The work area of the sampling effort will be fenced off, and the parking lot nearby will be closed for parking while work is going on. Centredale Manor residents and visitors will alternately park in the first parking lot on the side of the building. There will be air monitors set up around the perimeter of the work area. If the air monitors detect dust leaving the work area, then work will be halted and dust suppression techniques will be used before operations continue. This is to ensure no contamination leaves the work area.
The Centredale Manor Restoration Project is located in and along a 1.5-mile stretch of the Woonasquatucket River in North Providence and Johnston, Rhode Island. This area is contaminated with dioxin and other contaminants from chemical production and drum reconditioning companies that occupied the Source Area from the 1940s to the early 1970s. EPA is about to complete its work with RI DEM on interim actions for properties in North Providence within the 100-year floodplain of certain sections of the Woonasquatucket River. In September 2012, EPA selected its cleanup plan for addressing the contaminated sediment, soil, surface water and groundwater at the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site.
More information on Centredale Manor Restoration Project cleanup (https://www.epa.gov/region1/superfund/sites/centredale)
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Jason C Kovacic, MD, PhD
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Cardiology
Specialty:Cardiovascular Disease
Research Topics:Angiogenesis, Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular
Dr. Jason Kovacic graduated from The University of Melbourne Medical School in 1994, and then undertook residency and cardiology specialty training in interventional cardiology at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia. Becoming a Fellow of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2003, Jason then completed a PhD in cardiovascular medicine at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. In 2007 Jason became a Fellow of The American College of Cardiology and relocated to the USA, to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. At the NIH, Jason discovered critical new pathways that lead to blockage of the body's blood vessels. Jason then moved to The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. In parallel with his vital ongoing research to define new ways to prevent and treat vascular disease, Jason is a practicing interventional cardiologist, specializing in treating blockages of the heart arteries. He has authored numerous scientific and clinical papers on heart and vascular disease, and serves on a number of NIH committees. He has a particular interest in the use of stem cells to understand and treat heart disease. His combined understanding and ability to treat heart disease places him in a unique position to offer the most comprehensive patient care.
Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Focus
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Angiography
- Cardiac Catherization
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Coronary Angioplasty
- General Cardiology
- Heart Disease
- Hyperlipidemia/High Cholesterol
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Vasospastic Disease
Multi-Disciplinary Training AreasDevelopment, Regeneration, and Stem Cells [DRS], Genetics and Data Science [GDS]
MBBS, University of Melbourne
Internship, Internal Medicine, Prince Of Wales Hospital
Residency, Internal Medicine, Prince Of Wales Hospital
Fellowship, Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital
The Kovacic Laboratory seeks to increase our understanding of blockages of arteries of the heart and other vessels, and develop cell, stem cell, and gene-based approaches for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Kovacic JC, Mehran R, Sweeny J, Li JR, Moreno P, Baber U, Krishnan P, Badimon JJ, Hulot JS, Kini A, Sharma SK. Clustering of Acute and Subacute Stent Thrombosis Related to the Introduction of Generic Clopidogrel. Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics 2013 Nov;.
Kini A, Yu J, Cohen MG, Mehran R, Baber U, Sartori S, Vlachojannis GJ, Kovacic JC, Pyo R, O'Neill B, Singh V, Jacobs E, Poludasu S, Moreno P, Kim MC, Krishnan P, Sharma SK, Dangas GD. Effect of bivalirudin on aortic valve intervention outcomes study: a two-centre registry study comparing bivalirudin and unfractionated heparin in balloon aortic valvuloplasty. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology 2013 Nov;.
Ali ZA, Roleder T, Narula J, Mohanty BD, Baber U, Kovacic JC, Mintz GS, Otsuka F, Pan S, Virmani R, Sharma SK, Moreno P, Kini AS. Increased thin-cap neoatheroma and periprocedural myocardial infarction in drug-eluting stent restenosis: multimodality intravascular imaging of drug-eluting and bare-metal stents. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 2013 Oct; 6(5).
Lipskaia L, Bobe R, Chen J, Turnbull IC, Lopez JJ, Merlet E, Jeong D, Karakikes I, Ross AS, Liang L, Mougenot N, Atassi F, Lompré AM, Tarzami ST, Kovacic JC, Kranias E, Hajjar RJ, Hadri L. Synergistic Role of Protein Phosphatase Inhibitor 1 and SERCA2a in the Acquisition of the Contractile Phenotype of Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells. Circulation 2013 Nov;.
Kovacic JC, Sharma AB, Roy S, Li JR, Narayan R, Kim DB, Sharma SK, Kini AS. GuideLiner mother-and-child guide catheter extension: a simple adjunctive tool in PCI for balloon uncrossable chronic total occlusions. Journal of interventional cardiology 2013 Aug; 26(4).
Dangas GD, Maehara A, Evrard SM, Sartori S, Li JR, Chirumamilla AP, Nomura-Kitabayashi A, Gukathasan N, Hassanin A, Baber U, Fahy M, Fuster V, Mintz GS, Kovacic JC. Coronary artery calcification is inversely related to body morphology in patients with significant coronary artery disease: a three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound study. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging 2013 Jul;.
Pereira CF, Chang B, Qiu J, Niu X, Papatsenko D, Hendry CE, Clark NR, Nomura-Kitabayashi A, Kovacic JC, Ma'ayan A, Schaniel C, Lemischka IR, Moore K. Induction of a hemogenic program in mouse fibroblasts. Cell stem cell 2013 Aug; 13(2).
Kovacic JC, Limaye AM, Sartori S, Lee P, Patel R, Chandela S, Trost B, Roy S, Harari R, Narechania B, Karajgikar R, Kim MC, Krishnan P, Moreno P, Baber U, Mehran R, Dangas G, Kini AS, Sharma SK. Comparison of six risk scores in patients with triple vessel coronary artery disease undergoing PCI: Competing factors influence mortality, myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2013 May;.
Wood KC, Cortese-Krott MM, Kovacic JC, Noguchi A, Liu VB, Wang X, Raghavachari N, Boehm M, Kato GJ, Kelm M, Gladwin MT. Circulating blood endothelial nitric oxide synthase contributes to the regulation of systemic blood pressure and nitrite homeostasis. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2013 Aug; 33(8).
Baber U, Bander J, Karajgikar R, Yadav K, Hadi A, Theodoropolous K, Gukathasan N, Roy S, Sayeneni S, Scott SA, Kovacic JC, Yu J, Sartori S, Mehran R, Uribarri J, Badimon JJ, Muntner P, Moreno P, Kini AS, Sharma SK. Combined and independent impact of diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease on residual platelet reactivity. Thrombosis and haemostasis 2013 Jul; 110(1).
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PUNXSUTAWNEY — Despite being born in the Philadelphia area, Gov. Tom Corbett insists he is a western Pennsylvania man by heart who has observed Groundhog Day since he was a child."When I was young, we had only three TV stations, and one of them we couldn't get — not in North Hills," said Corbett, the second sitting Pennsylvania governor to attend Groundhog Day. "We always hope for more winter and snow so we could play outside."He also had a message for Inner Circle President Bill Deeley, who receives Punxsutawney Phil's prognostication in "groundhogese" and translates it for the crowd: "Don't screw up winter. After flooding this past year, I like not having to salt the roads this year."In introducing Corbett, state House Speaker Sam Smith, of Punxsutawney, described the Inner Circle as "a well-oiled machine, as long as that machine is oiled with beer," to which Corbett ordered to both Smith and state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, "'A well-oiled machine. Get the beer.""I'm not here to talk politics," Corbett said. "So relax."Corbett and his wife, Susan, reside in the Governor's Mansion in Harrisburg, but maintain a home in Shaler Township.Throughout his travels in the Keystone State, Corbett said he is always happy to return to western Pennsylvania, because "I know I'm back in Steelers Country."He recalled moving into the Governor's Mansion after it was occupied by his predecessor, Gov. Ed. Rendell, who attended Groundhog Day in 2003 and was a "huge Eagles" fan.Corbett described a breakfast event in the state dining room at the mansion, when he eyed two large candelabra from which he tried to sign a huge "You're in Steelers Country" banner given to him by his nephew. He also recalled the looks his wife and staff gave him as he tried it."Even though the governor resides in the mansion, it's her mansion, too," he said.Corbett praised Punxsy's residents for taking a tradition such as Groundhog Day and helping it find a new audience, building "a genuine and vibrant" attraction for guests in Pennsylvania."Thank God for Phil, because he can get people to talk about Punxsutawney who maybe would not look here," he said.Only Punxsy can boast that it hosts the one event in Pennsylvania that causes its population to double and triple, "except for maybe deer season," Corbett said.Most of all, people come to Punxsy for its uniqueness — of its people and Groundhog Day."You've got to be unique when your high school mascot is the Chucks," Corbett said. "I don't know of any other place where people consult with any animal — let alone a groundhog — but it works because it's the unique nature of you." Pick up a copy of the Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 edition of The Ridgway Record for more.


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By David Kwalimwa
Inter midfielder McDonald Mariga is returning to Parma on a short term loan deal.
The 25 year-old has seen limited playing time at the San Siro outfit since recovering from a long term injury in November, and in a move aimed at offering the Kenyan valuable playing time, the two Serie A sides have agreed a deal in principle that will see the anchorman return to play for Roberto Donadoni's charges for the next six months.
"I am joining Parma. I thank everyone who made this deal happen. I really need playing time and playing at the Stadio Tardini is always an exciting prospect," Mariga told Goal.com.
This will be the third stint for the Kenyan player the Gialloblu who brought him to Italy from Sweden six years ago. Sources suggest that Parma have inserted a clause in this deal to buy the player outright at the end of the current campaign.
As reported by Goal.com early this week, Mariga was likely to leave the San Siro in January as a host of European clubs including English sides Reading and Fulham were leading the chase for his signature, but it seems Parma jumped to the front of the queue on the eve of transfer deadline day to seal the move.


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"Despite the fact that I've been using Windows 8 for the past three weeks, I somehow managed to overlook a rather stark feature in the OS: ads. No, we're not talking about ads cluttering up the desktop or login screen (thankfully), but rather ads that can be found inside of some Modern UI apps that Windows ships with. That includes Finance, Weather, Travel, News and so forth. Is it a problem? Let's tackle this from a couple of different angles." Hadn't seen them either - I don't use those applications - but this is pretty despicable.
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Jackson State, UAPB meet in SWAC title game
Arkansas-Pine Bluff is trying to claim a piece of history for
the program.
The Golden Lions (9-2) are seeking a school-record 10th win and
their first Southwestern Athletic Conference championship since
1966 in Saturday's title game against Jackson State at Legion
"That's definitely a carrot that's in our sight that we're
trying for," Pine Bluff coach Monte Coleman said of the victory
mark. "It was a fun year. Any time you're winning football games,
it makes it extremely fun for the coaches and for the team."
Pine Bluff has won six straight while Jackson State (7-4) has
won its last five since falling 34-24 in the teams' regular-season
meeting on Oct. 6.
The Golden Lions' only SWAC title came as part of a four-way tie
for first in 1966. They have matched the 1994 team for the most
wins in a season.
Jackson State has won at least a share of 12 SWAC titles, with
the last in 2007.
The East Division hasn't won the championship game since then,
starting with the Tigers' 41-9 loss to Grambling State in 2008.
Jackson State righted its season after the Pine Bluff loss.
"We were down. We were wondering what was wrong," Tigers coach
Rick Comegy said. "We felt we had a pretty good football team that
could make it but things weren't going our way.
"The barometer wasn't really set to how we play. We still were
kind of, Who are we? We knew if we didn't win the next five we
wouldn't have a chance to be here. We closed that chapter and
started a new chapter."
This game features the SWAC offensive and defensive players of
the year.
Jackson State wide receiver Rico Richardson won offensive honors
after catching 56 passes for 1,081 yards.
"Every play you have to understand and realize that he has very
good running ability," Coleman said. "We've got to make sure that
we take care of our business when he's in the game."
Richardson will need some blocking up front to have time to get
Golden Lions defensive end Brandon Thurmond leads the Football
Championship Subdivision with 16.5 sacks and was named the league's
top defensive player.
Jackson State not only leads the league with 37 sacks
defensively but has yielded a league-low 15. Thurman will try to
boost the latter number.
"He's got a lot of tenacity and he's a guy that you've got to
reckon with," Comegy said. "He's a good football player, and
we've got to find a way to get around the heat that he brings.
"Hopefully we can. He's a guy that you've got to definitely
look to double-team and get some added protection with, because he
can really bring it."
Pine Bluff leads the SWAC in scoring defense, giving up 18.3
points a game. Jackson State's offense is scoring 29.2 points a
game, second in the league.
Matchups aside, Coleman buys into the adage that it's hard to
complete a sweep when the other team gets a rematch in the same
season. There won't be many secrets between Jackson State and Pine
"It is harder to beat a team twice in one year and I think it's
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Hartsville, SC- Temeca Spain (Conway, SC) had a double-double with a game high 21 points and 12 rebounds, while Lotta Aaltonen (Rauma, Finland) had 17 points and five rebounds, including three huge 3-pointers off the bench for the Lady Cobras, as Coker came back from a 14 point half-time deficit, to defeat the Lees-McRae Bobcats 75-59 in women's collegiate basketball Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Lady Cobras to a 4-14 overall, and 3-8 in Conference Carolinas play, while Lees-McRae falls to 4-12 overall, and 3-7 in the conference.
Coker entered the second half down 41-27, and proceeded to use a tenacious full court press to hold the Lady Bobcats to just 18 points in the half. Coker was 18-for-35 from the field, 5-for-6 from beyond the arc and 7-for-8 from the charity stripe in the second half, while Lees-McRae shot just 30 percent, 6-for-20 from the field, was 1-for-4 from 3-point range and 5-for-6 from the free throw line in the second half.
Besides Spain and Aaltonen, Henna Koponen (Vantaa, Finland) netted 12 points with six rebounds and a pair of assists for the Lady Cobras, while Megan Thomas (Cresskill, NJ) just missed scoring in double figures with seven points and five assists.
For Lees-McRae, the Roberson sisters led the way with Brittany scoring 17 points and grabbing nine rebounds, while sister Renee had 13 points and two rebounds. Stephanie Mullinax had 11 points and seven rebounds in the game.
Both teams return to the court on Monday, as Coker travels to Anderson and Lees-McRae hosts Erskine. Tip-offs for both games are scheduled for 5:30 p.m.


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2013: Stepped in as the starting place kicker as a freshman … set MIT records for field goals, PATs and points by a kicker in a single season … hit on 10 of 13 field goal attempts … finished 17th in the nation in field goal percentage … converted 35 of 36 PAT attempts … scored 65 points … missed his first try of the season … streak of 35 consecutive PATs is another school record … scored in double figures four times during the season … scored 10 points each in the first two games of the season at Pomona-Pitzer (9/7) and at Becker (9/14) … named the NEFC and the ECAC DIII Northeast Special Teams Player of the Week for his game against the Sagehens … 42-yard field goal at Pomona-Pitzer was his season-long and the second longest in MIT football history … it was one of three field goals in the game to set a school record … pair of field goals and six PATs against Nichols (10/18) to set the school mark for kicking points in a game … earned his second NEFC Special Teams Player of the Week award for the outing against the Bison … hit on all eight PAT attempts against Maine Maritime (11/9) for another school mark … finished the season with 11 points on a pair of field goals and six PATs at Coast Guard (11/16).
Off The Field at MIT: Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science.
High School: A 2013 graduate of the Loomis Chaffee School … three-time letterwinner in football as a kicker … EPSAC Div A 5th Leading Scorer in Sr. Year … also a four-time letterwinner in swimming and golf … academic All-American and Coaches Award in swimming … Founders League Champion and school record holder in 200 medley relay … MIP in golf … Cum Laude … National Merit Scholar Commended Student ... AP Scholar with Distinction … student council vice president.


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Modern Flavors of Arabia by Suzanne Husseini
This is definitely not a cookbook you want to read while hungry because making a decision on what to make would be impossible. The cheese bread rolls, flecked with herbs and soft feta? Falafel stuffed into pita, classic and sure to satisfy? Or wait, what about the lamb meatballs in that tahini sauce? See what I mean? Even when hunger isn't a factor, choosing which recipe to make first from Modern Flavors of Arabia is nigh on impossible!
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Suzanne Husseini
• Who published it: Random House
• Number of recipes: Around 80
• Recipes for right now: Cheese and Za'atar Flatbread, Beet and Purslane Salad with Citrus Dressing, Meatballs with Sweet and Sour Cherry Sauce, Lemony Lentil Soup with Swiss Chard, Cauliflower Fritters with Yogurt and Mint Dip, Shawarma, Walnut and Herb-Stuffed Salmon, Pistachio Ice Cream, Chocolate-Filled Cardamom Cookies
• Other highlights: The more time I spend with this cookbook, the more I am pulled into this sumac-spiced, pomegranate-flecked, nut-stuffed world. Suzanne Husseini, the host of a popular Arabic cooking show in the Middle East, divides her recipes into breakfast, messe, lunch, dinner, and dessert, making it easy to imagine cooking from this book 24/7.
The recipes are all completely approachable, using techniques that even new cooks will be able to handle and ingredients that are easy to find at any well-stocked grocery store. Beautiful full-page photographs of every dish also serve not only to tempt us, but also to help us visualize dishes and preparations that may be unfamiliar.
• Who would enjoy this book? Anyone curious about Arabic cuisine
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Modern Flavors of Arabia: Recipes and Memories from My Middle Eastern Kitchen by Suzanne Husseini
• Visit the author's website: Suzanne Husseini
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Time to consult a higher power.
Rebecca Booth, aka "The Marketing Goddess," has spent her adult life in marketing and what she has to say can help you in your small business. So, if you've been downsized and turned your hobby into a business, or quit work to raise children but have a business on the side, or worked for a Fortune 500 firm but now have a mom and pop store, or are consulting in your career field after retirement, take heed. Booth says, now is not the time to pull back on advertising.
She says now is the time to increase market share.
The strategy holds true with the stock market. The wise stay in the market. The wiser increase their contribution to buy while stocks prices are low.
Now, some of you might call this column a shameless plug for The Press.
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Let's check her credentials: B.A. degree from BGSU in fine arts specializing in creative writing, public relations and graphic design; a career in the creative end of marketing at large and small companies in Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago; a current list of clients that include the Toledo Lucas County Public Library and a board member with Women's Entrepreneurial Network and past president of Association for Women in Communication.
Today, Booth works out of her childhood home in Genoa. She came back to Northwest Ohio at age 40 to help her then-ailing mother, Rose. She decided to stay and launched her own marketing consulting firm, Imagine That! This year the business celebrates its 10 th anniversary.
Her specialty is creating "agency caliber work for small companies." She teaches marketing classes and has written a book for the small business owner entitled Marketing in a Box. This workbook is a simple guide which teaches business owners how to attract clients by spending one hour-a-day marketing.
Booth says the single biggest mistake small business owners make is not devising a marketing plan and budget Both keep you from "jerk marketing," that impulse to buy the special offer of the day that will most assuredly come from sales reps from newspapers, radio, television, coupon books, web sites, etc.
A typical budget is four to six percent of gross sales, but effective advertising can be done for as low as $1,000 annually.
Booth's first step is networking, a low-cost, but sometimes, time intensive strategy. Get involved in business and service organizations, don't just go to meetings. "People buy from people they know and trust," she says.
Your first prospects are people you know. Booth provides worksheets in her book to help identify these potential customers. They come from previous jobs, schools you've attended, family, hobbies and church, to name a few.
Booth provides many other low cost ideas about marketing which she calls "the root of all income."
"If you're not making a profit from your marketing, you're wasting your money," she adds.
As far as newspaper advertising, Booth offers the following advice:
- Spread your budget out over many small ads versus a few large ads;
- Use short snappy headlines. They work better;
- Concentrate on the benefits to the consumer in the body copy, not features of the product;
- Use white space. Too much copy makes your ad gray and readers will likely overlook it;
- Be patient. It takes 7 to 16 impressions to get on someone's radar screen.
- Booth also gives tips on how to generate free publicity and how to work with reporters and editors.
One last word. Create a snappy slogan or jingle, one that's easy to remember. For instance, "It's not a great deal unless it's a Dunn deal."
Booth takes her own advice. She uses humor in her slogan, Rebecca Booth, Marketing Goddess.
By the way, how does one become a marketing goddess?
Divine inspiration, naturally.
Booth said on the eve she launched her business she went to bed and prayed for guidance. When she woke she had the name Imagine That!, the slogan, Marketing Goddess and the logo, a jester juggling many balls in the air.
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