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Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), head of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, has announced that Google will face antitrust scrutiny due to its growing online dominance. Specifically, the antitrust subcommittee will look at whether Google has treated competing websites unfairly in terms of search rankings or ability to buy search ads.
Here's an excerpt from the "Competition in Online Markets/Internet Search Issues" section of Kohl's agenda (the bolded section was highlighted in yellow in an e-mail version of the release they sent out yesterday):
"Access to the wealth of information and e-commerce on the Internet is essential for consumers and business alike. As the Internet continues to grow in importance to the national economy, businesses and consumers, the Subcommittee will strive to ensure that this sector remains competitive, that Internet search is fair to its users and customers, advertisers have sufficient choices, and that consumers' privacy is guarded. In recent years, the dominance over Internet search of the world's largest search engine, Google, has increased and Google has increasingly sought to acquire e-commerce sites in myriad businesses. In this regard, we will closely examine allegations raised by e-commerce websites that compete with Google that they are being treated unfairly in search ranking, and in their ability to purchase search advertising. We also will continue to closely examine the impact of further acquisitions in this sector."
Is this the real reason? Not according to John Ellis of Business Insider:
"This is a classic fund-raising ploy. You let it be known that you are going to hold hearings into 'issues' relating to XYZ company's 'anti-trust' position. You say that the hearings will be coming in the months ahead. Then you fund-raise from all concerned; the companies being investigated and those that seek to dethrone them. When I covered politics in Massachusetts, they used to call this 'the utility ball' (because there it was all about shaking down the gas and electric and telephone companies.)"
This is a similar to Texas AG Gregg Abbott, likely motivated by political ambitions, who has demanded Google's secret formula for AdWords rates and ranking sites.
Here's the thing. This battle over search rankings and advertising has been fought and lost in court before. Judges have agreed with Google that Google's search results are an opinion. Opinions are protected under the First Amendment, just as Google has the right to accept or deny any advertising.
UPDATE: Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is also getting in the action. Lee sent a letter to Kohl agreeing "vigorous antitrust oversight and enforcement in this area" is needed. "The powerful position Google occupies in the general search arena creates myriad opportunities for anticompetitive behavior."
Interesting note: Two Utah-based online companies (1-800 Contacts and Overstock.com) that have had numerous run-ins with Google, contibuted to Lee's campaign, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Making Bread with Baker Ted by Adriana Cerrotti is a story of friendship, community, culture, and the value of craft. The main characters use a day off from school to visit the neighborhood bakery. They learn all about bread and how to make it from Baker Ted. The reader will discover the origins of some popular types of bread and a bit about the culture and people who make them. They also learn that the most important ingredient is love.
The author is a very talented artist and animator. Making Bread with Baker Ted has fun, colorful illustrations which enhance Adriana's quaint tale.
Making Bread with Baker Ted will leave readers with a feeling of warmth. Bread making is generally viewed as an antiquated practice reserved for "old folks". But, there is something very special about someone who takes the time, energy, and love necessary to prepare foods that taste good to us and are better for us. This story's small-town setting where the residents seem to know one other by name creates a longing for life in a close-knit community. It even evokes a bit of nostalgia--at least it did for me.

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Warblers are here.....
This juvenile female Hooded Warbler is our 3rd in four Fall seasons, and our first away from our Cano Palma site, Kentucky Warblers are far more numerous and maybe a winter resident ?
A change in the wind and some rain this evening, we are hoping - and expecting an upsurge in variety and numbers in the morning...
Yesterday, our first visit of the season to Cano Palma and we were greeted with enthusiasm by the team based here, another multi-national.... and multi-lingual challenge !
This Chestnut-backed Antbird ---the best, and barely out the nest.
Immediately banded and released, the adult male a retrap was captured too.
This Streak-headed Woodcreeper, is the lowland relative to the commoner Spot-crowned Woodcreeper that we find in the Highlands..
Cano Palma....one of our best sites for frogs...
This rather large bodied stunning moth was also at our Aero - secondary forest site today
Many thanks to Bea fom Chile- our latest banding assistant and photographer.


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Microsoft is facing criticism from a competitor as some customers for its decision to block some older file formats with Office 2003 Service Pack 3, which it released last September.
The only non-Microsoft file format that was blocked by Service Pack 3 was CorelDraw .CDR files.
"CorelDraw users can rest assured that they can still use the CorelDraw Graphics Suite normally on a system where Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 has been installed," Gerard Metrallier, Corel's director of graphics product management, said in a statement released January 3
"This update from Microsoft does not impact CorelDraw at all or the capability of opening .CDR files from within CorelDraw or from Windows Explorer," he said.


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NHEA is an initiative of Global Health Project and Resources in Partnership with Anadach group. The award is designed to celebrates distinguished personalities and organisations who have contributed immensely to the growth of the Nigerian health sector.
NHEA started in 2014 and has since become a high profile event in the healthcare industry, gaining wide acceptance from stakeholders in the healthcare community, public and private sectors.
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Week ahead
The last rites of the 2013-14 Parliamentary session will be performed, probably by Wednesday afternoon - and in the meantime MPs will keep busy with detailed consideration of a series of bills which will not be finally pushed through the Commons until mid-June.
There will be final pre-election appearances at the despatch box for Nick Clegg on Tuesday and David Cameron on Wednesday - and a little spice may be added by the election to one of the top select committee jobs, the chair of the Defence Committee.
But the whole atmosphere in the Commons may be very different when MPs re-assemble in June, for the Queen's Speech, in the backwash of what could well be a dramatic set of local and European Parliament elections.
The Commons meets at 2.30pm for Defence Questions - a crucial opportunity for candidates for the chair of the Defence Select Committee to strut their stuff, ahead of a hustings at the Parliamentary Labour Party this evening...
Then MPs move on to consider Lords amendments to Care Bill; there isn't that much to discuss, given that the government made two concessions yesterday (over the "hospital closure clause" and over extending the Human Rights Act 1998 protection to people whose care is arranged or funded by government).
Then it's the first day of Report Stage consideration of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
The big political story on this Bill revolves around the amendment from Tory backbenchers, led by Nick de Bois, who want automatic six-month jail sentences for any offender caught in possession of a knife twice - a scheme opposed by Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems, but which has the "sympathy" of Ed Miliband.
This is unlikely to be played out on Day One, and any alliance between Tory backbenchers and Labour to vote this through in the teeth of Lib Dem opposition will have to wait until the Report Stage resumes in June, after the Queen's Speech.
In the Lords (2.30pm) the main event is ping-pong on the Immigration Bill.
Will peers accept the latest Commons verdicts on two key issues: guardians for trafficked children and deprivation of UK citizenship where it could make someone stateless?
On the later issue, I understand Lord Pannick, the Crossbench Peer and human rights lawyer feels the government has now made a substantial concession, so he may not prolong his resistance.
Peers will also debate a regret motion on the Misuse of Drugs Statutory Instrument on Khat - continuing the resistance in the Commons to the decision on its classification as a Class C drug, against official advice.
The Commons meets at 11.30am for Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister - this is normally a pretty bare knuckle occasion and with a controversy over knife crime and looming elections it could be nastier even than usual.
Then MPs debate a motion to implement proposals from their Standards Committee on regulating the activities of All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs).
One of the factors in the heavy punishment imposed on departed MP Patrick Mercer was his creation of an APPG as part of a paid lobbying effort - and there's rising concern that such groups can be vehicles for improper lobbying.
But there is also concern that tighter rules could destroy groups which do valuable work.
MPs then move on to the first Report Stage day of debate on the Consumer Rights Bill.
So far this Bill hasn't attracted much attention, but now it may have its moment.
Labour are promising an amendment, to force a vote on their plans to ban letting agents from charging fees to tenants.
Labour's proposal would see estate agents no longer able to charge a letting fee for renting out properties in addition to requiring a deposit and the first month's rent upfront.
The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the plan "risks pushing fees... further under the radar."
Meanwhile the government is under considerable pressure to find time in what may be a rather light day to allow MPs to consider the Procedure Select Committee's report on Private Members' Bills - and its key recommendation, to guarantee that the bills proposed by the top placed MPs in the annual ballot for the right to bring in a bill should have a vote at the end of their Second Reading debate.
The aim is to ensure that their bills can't be filibustered to death at an early stage; it doesn't guarantee that they would pass Second Reading, but would force opponents to try to kill them in the open, rather than by stealth.
It's slightly odd that these proposals were not included in the batch of "House Business" debated by MPs on Thursday - perhaps because it might have ramifications for a second Conservative attempt to bring in a private members bill on an EU referendum.
In the Lords (from 2.30pm) The House of Lords Reform Bill (AKA the Steel/Byles Bill) is expected to get its 3rd Reading without much ado.
This is the measure which allows Peers to be expelled for serious misconduct and to retire.
It is the last vestige of what started as a rather more ambitious scheme for a tidied-up appointed Upper House.
Any further ping-pong on the Immigration Bill will follow, if needed.
Afterwards there's a promising-looking debate on the Constitution Committee's Report on the implications of coalition Government.
This will probably be the last day of term - with MPs gathering at 11.30 am for Welsh Questions, which will be followed by David Cameron's last PMQs outing till June.
Keith Vaz, an active campaigner on diabetes related issues will present a Ten Minute Rule Bill on Food Labelling (Sugar Content) and then MPs embark on the first day of Report Stage on the Deregulation Bill - the amendments tabled so far look pretty humdrum - sharing of information about English apprenticeships, the sale of alcohol at community events, disclosing information for the purposes of certain litigation and apprenticeship payments - but this bill is so wide ranging that someone could decide to stir things up.
We should also get the result of the vote for the Chair of the Defence Committee - replacing the departing James Arbuthnot - all MPs can vote, but the post is reserved for a Conservative, under the share-out of committee chairs agreed at the start of the current Parliament.
I while ago I suggested that Keith Simpson (currently PPS to William Hague) was the favourite; Commons gossip suggests the leading candidates are now Julian Lewis and Rory Stewart.
In the Lords (from 3pm) it looks like a pretty light day, unless ping-pong on the Immigration Bill is still running.
Peers will debate a number of Statutory Instruments on copyright in a job lot and there will be a short debate on abuse of the elderly.
The ever-entertaining ceremony of prorogation is likely after an adjournment - savour the Norman French! Giggle at the synchronised doffing of cocked hats!
Although that pleasure could be postponed to Thursday in the unlikely event that there are unresolved ping-pong issues to be dealt with.


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House Democratic leaders on Wednesday amplified their attacks on Wall Street oil traders, arguing that excessive speculation — not a lack of supply — is to blame for skyrocketing prices at the pump.
With gas prices nearing $4 per gallon nationwide, the Democrats are trying to counter Republican accusations that President Obama's energy policies are behind the rapid cost increase.
Behind House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the Democrats hoped to attract attention to the speculation issue by staging a hearing of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee in an otherwise quiet week when most lawmakers have left Capitol Hill for spring recess.
"Wall Street speculators are artificially driving up the price at the pump and causing pain to … American consumers," Pelosi charged.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), chairwoman of the policy committee, echoed that message.
"The cost of gas is … irrefutable affected by rampant speculation in the oil market," DeLauro said. "That is something that we can, and should, do something about."
The average price of regular gasoline hit $3.93 per gallon Wednesday — up almost 60 cents since the start of the year, according to AAA. Republicans have been quick to pounce, arguing that Obama's energy policies are driving the trend.
"The president now says he supports the Republican 'all of the above' energy strategy for our country, but for three years his administration has made every effort to block, delay, and restrict new energy production in our country," House Speaker John BoehnerJohn Andrew BoehnerEx-GOP lawmaker joins marijuana trade group Crowley, Shuster moving to K Street On unilateral executive action, Mitch McConnell was right — in 2014 MORE (R-Ohio) said last month. "He claims that he wants to address rising gas prices, but his policies are actually making matters worse for families and small businesses."
The Democrats are pushing back, noting that the recession reduced domestic demand for fuel, while domestic production is up to its highest level in roughly a decade. By simple laws of supply and demand, they argue, fuel prices should be falling. That costs are spiking instead, they say, is largely the result of excessive speculation.
"Of course the Republicans would like you to think that this is all President Obama's fault and deflect any blame away from the real culprits," said Rep. Edward MarkeyEdward (Ed) John MarkeyKids confront Feinstein over Green New Deal Overnight Energy: Natural gas export project gets green light | Ocasio-Cortez says climate fight needs to address farming | Top EPA enforcement official to testify Ocasio-Cortez explains 'farting cows' comment: 'We've got to address factory farming' MORE (Mass.), senior Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee. "They are wrong. The current spike in gas prices is not about Obama. It's about OPEC, oil companies and Wall Street speculators."
The Democrats are pushing a handful of policy changes they say will bring down oil costs quickly and efficiently. First, they want the White House to release some of the oil the country has stockpiled for emergencies; second, they want more funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which polices Wall Street's commodities traders; and third, they want more of the oil produced domestically to be used in the United States, rather than exported.
Appearing before the panel, Michael Greenberger, University of Maryland law professor and former head of the CFTC's division of Trading and Markets, told lawmakers bluntly that supply-and-demand issues are not the cause of the recent spike in fuel costs.
Rather, he said, Wall Street traders are driving the price up just for the sake of driving the price up.
"Gamblers, wearing Wall Street suits, have taken these markets over, are controlling the price and create investment vehicles that are designed to push the price of oil up," he said.
Because such traders are betting on future oil prices — not trading oil itself — they have profound effects on oil prices but no effect on either oil production or market liquidity, Greenberger said, dismissing the negative consequences for consumers if Congress goes after such speculators.
"It's just like saying, 'Does Las Vegas create national economic well-being?' he said. "We have a Las Vegas exponentially on steroids making bets on the upward direction of oil [prices]."
Gene Guilford, head of the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Marketers Association (ICPA), delivered a similar message.
"If you have no intention of taking or making delivery of the commodity you are trading, you shouldn't be allowed to participate in the market," he said. "Because what we're talking about here is the food that Americans buy and the energy that we rely on to run our economy."


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An eighth grade teacher at Clewiston Middle School was recognized by Governor Rick Scott not only for his dedication as a teacher, but also for his service in the military.
Samuel Thomas was one of seven teachers to receive a Governor's Shine Award earlier this month and was recognized for his nearly 22 years in the United States Navy.
Thomas is in his third year of teaching, a profession he said he never planned on pursuing.
"When I first retired [from the Navy] I was going to take a year off. I told my mom, 'I'm getting bored,' so I went to the education office and decided to sub. But they hired me on permanently," said Thomas in an interview with The Clewiston News. "I was planning on going overseas, but I still find myself here. I love my job here."
Thomas was born and raised in Moore Haven and joined the Navy in early 1990s. His more than two-decade career took him everywhere from Norfolk, Va. to Japan, Spain, Italy and Iceland.
"It was very interesting and provided me a view of the world that really opened my eyes to how things work on an international level," said Thomas.
That view of the world, coupled with his military training, has helped him 130 percent in his education career, he said.
"It gives me a chance to work with different personalities. They [8th graders] are just coming into their own. I can motivate them, and read different signs and body cues as to what they need."
Thomas also said that while in the military a mistake could cost lives, a student can be offered a second chance by going back, regrouping and retesting.
There are no words, said Thomas, for the look on a student's face when he sees the progress he's made.
"I just love the job and really appreciate that I was given the opportunity to teach. Mr. Ensor, Mrs. Durance, Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Duckstein, Mr. Puletti — they're always ready to offer assistance when it's needed. I also appreciate the community for letting me teach their children. I haven't met a parent yet who hasn't been supportive of me."
Thomas received the Shine Award from Gov. Scott in Tallahassee the Tuesday before Veterans Day. Along with Gov. Scott, cabinet members and State Attorney Pam Bondi were there to recognize Thomas and the other six teachers.


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This print is a combination of events described in chapter 19 of St. Matthew's Gospel: the sick coming to be healed, mothers bringing their children, a rich youth wanting to have eternal life. In the seventeenth century this 'hundred-guilder print'was Rembrandt's most admired etching. Even during his lifetime sums in excess of a hundred guilders were paid for the print on more than one occasion. The image is printed by machine and has a size of 23.5 x 33.5 cm on a sheet of 29 x 38 cm. The paper colour is off white (the photo shows more yellow).
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Iz Abadazad a new Oz?
Monica Edinger, award-winning teacher at the Dalton School in New York, asked me through the Child_Lit listserv about the fantasy series Abadazad, by writer J. M. DeMatteis, illustrator Mike Ploog, and colorist Nick Bell [no relation].
Abadazad was first a line of comic books, now a shorter series of longer graphic novels from Hyperion, the publishing wing of Disney. Monica wrote, "I read the first one and it struck me as playing off the whole Oz phenomena in some very interesting ways." Her three major points of similarity:
1. Kate's diary with a typical snarky teen voice to it. But with stuff like, "You've heard of Abadazad, right? I mean .... duh...who hasn't.....But, just in case you're totally clueless: The first book, Little Martha, was written in 1898 by this guy named Franklin O. Davies...Davies wrote, I dunno, nineteen or twenty Abadazad books that were all published between 1898 and 1942....Well, I think you get the idea. After Franklin O. died, his daughter P.J. Davies wrote fifteen more...."That bit of fictional publishing history certainly could be inspired by the Oz series--as well as the Stratemeyer Syndicate that generated the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series, which was taken over by the founder's daughters. Three of L. Frank Baum's four sons tried to write stories in his mode, but none was successful or stuck it out for more than a title or two. But Ruth Plumly Thompson, who did take over the official series and wrote, "I dunno, nineteen or twenty" books, was bothered throughout her career by rumors that she was Baum's niece or some other relation. (They never met.)
2. A comic which, along with the diary, is the story of Kate going into Abadazad looking for her missing little brother.To my eyes, this plot-starter makes the Abadazad stories different from the Oz stories in a mighty significant way. Rescuing a little sibling is the starter for other going-into-a-strange-land stories, from A Wrinkle in Time to Labyrinth (which Ploog worked on as a storyboard artist), but the child-protagonists who have adventures in Oz are remarkably sibling-free. Not until Number Nine and Twink and Tom in the 1940s do those children have any siblings at all, much less siblings who need rescuing. Dorothy, Tip, Inga, etc.--they're all only children.
3. Pages from an actual Abadazad book with bits like, "You are a very bad man!" Little Martha exclaimed. "Indeed I am," sneered the Lanky Man, incredibly pleased with himself.And again that seems like a parodic echo of an exchange from Baum's Wizard of Oz that was plucked whole into the MGM movie:
"I think you are a very bad man," said Dorothy.To Monica's points, I can add some graphic similarities, such as this big head of a man with a fringe of hair.
"Oh, no, my dear; I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit."
Now it might be that we view all "child goes to fairyland" stories through the lens of our favorite examples of that genre. Kevenn T. Smith, an illustrator in last year's issue of Oziana, and pioneer Oz blogger Eric Gjovaag noted echoes of Oz in the Abadazad comics back in 2004 on the Oz Club bulletin board. But in the same year, All Ages wrote of Abadazad as "in the vein of Lewis' The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe." (All Ages also anguished that something would be lost in the shift from comic pages to hardcover.)
To that point, it seems significant that Monica calls herself a "Carrollian," and isn't claiming to see Alice here. She wrote, "I found it quite fun and intriguing. I thought they would be of particular interest to Oz folks just as we Carrollians are always interested in parodies of Wonderland." So how about it, folks? What do people think of Abadazad in comparison with the Oz books? On its own? And does the shift to the new book format make it more or less reminiscent of Oz as the comics?


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What we did on our summer vacation
We usually don't go anywhere exotic during the summer, so this year, to make up for it, we had a packed July and August that included visits to Vienna, Zurich, Brussels, Belfast, Dublin, London, Paris, Melbourne, Delhi, Copenhagen (well, almost) and Lisbon ... and never paid a penny for a hotel room or air fare. Pictures from our 2010 world tour.
And now ... back to work.
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Microsoft Bus Driver should be loaded in your system before installing Realtek HD Audio Driver !
Posted on 15. Jan, 2008 in Windows
Can't install Realtek HD audio Drivers ?
If you come across the above warning message while installing the Realtek audio drivers then the problem have might been aroused due to unavailibility of Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition Audio class driver available for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Window 2000.


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With your mouse, right-click in any cell of a table and the popup menu appears. The popup menu is context sensitive, which means that you will see table-related menu options only when your cursor is located in the cell of a table.
If you select the option Table Properties, the following dialog (or one similar to it) appears.
You've seen this before in Part 4.
Table Tab
This tab allows you to dictate the width of the table you insert in your document. For example, if you want a small table that takes up only one half of an 8 1/2 x 11 inch page, you would want a table that is never more than 4.25" wide. Here's a sample of what the table might look like.
Hidden codes are visible so that you can see all of the markings. Here are the choices I made on the Table tab to get the result above.
Create your own table and reproduce the table and text that I have above, and then start clicking the different options in Alignment and Text wrapping to see how it affects your table.
The Table Positioning dialog, which you can see after pressing the Positioning button, allows you to make additional adjustments; that is, you can fine tune the table.
A few other buttons are on this tab too: Borders and Shading and Options. I'll talk about these additional buttons in the next post.


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i don't know but i think this might be my first "on the street" outfit post. except we weren't on the street at all... we were in the kitchen of OPUS Italian Restaurant (of all places..HA!)
so my fellow actress/performer friend Natalie NEVER fails me with a good vintage put together!! so, i just had to get a photo with my iPhone (i REALLY need to just bring my nikon with me everywhere for reasons like this) ...i'll try!
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the line between earth and sky
Not only is horizon the line hidden behind a scenic range, it is also a limit, usually of one's knowledge or interest – the perfect encapsulation of my introduction to the mountain west. Having spent my entire life on the east coast, I thought "purple mountain majesty" was just poetic license. I also thought I knew all the ways to knit a rectangle. It was not until I was forced to eclipse my personal horizon that I began to see the angles within the rectangle. Created from four differently sized triangles joined to create the correct length, then worked as chevrons of various sizes until the correct width, then decreased into separate triangle sections, this unique construction may change the way any knitter looks at the rectangle.
1 skein each Isager Wool 1 (330 yds/50g) of the following colors: #6S, #40, #3*, #8S*, #7S*
*Almost every yard is used of these colors. one may wish to purchase an extra skein.
2 skeins Isager Wool 1 (330 yds/50g) of the following colors: #52S
Needles & Notions
size 4 US/3.5mm circular 32″ or longer or straight needles
set size 4 US/3.5mm double-pointed needles (optional)
waste yarn
stitch holder
tapestry needle
Finished Size
23″ x 66″
6 sts = 1″ in pattern
Horizon is a shawl pattern from The Fine Line.
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After spending a few years focused on collaborations with the Bad Plus and his James Farm bandmates, saxophone star Joshua Redman issued the sumptuous, string-bathed Walking Shadows last year. Here he scales down to a trio featuring his late-'90s/early-'00s sidemen Reuben Rogers and Gregory Hutchinson on bass and drums, respectively. If the recent Trios Live disc is any indication, you can expect to hear Redman at his most robust and swinging here.
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Created by successful television producer J.J. Abrams (ALIAS), LOST has become one of the most popular and critically acclaimed programmes of its day. The story concerns the survivors of a terrible plane crash, who find themselves stranded on a tropical island with seemingly little chance of a rescue. Medical doctor Jack takes a position of leadership, helping to rally the survivors and prepare them for a period of difficulty as they learn how to survive on the paradisaical island. But everything is most definitely not as it seems, and as the series progresses the island's many dangers and mysteries are revealed; including evidence that the plane crash may not have been an accident after all. As they struggle to survive, each of the characters forms alliances and makes enemies, all while dealing with the unresolved issues of the lives they've left behind. LOST distills the difficulties of society down to their essence, exploring these problems with compelling characters and with a setting that's equal parts paradise and mystery. This collection includes the complete series 1 to 6 of the television phenomenon.
Episodes Comprise:
Season 1:
1: Pilot: Part 1
2: Pilot: Part 2
3: Tabula Rasa
4: Walkabout
5: White Rabbit
6: House of the Rising Sun
7: The Moth
8: Confidence Man
9: Solitary
10: Raised by Another
11: All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
12: Whatever the Case May Be
13: Hearts and Minds
14: Special
15: Homecoming
16: Outlaws
17: ...In Translation
18: Numbers
19: Deus Ex Machina
20: Do No Harm
21: The Greater Good
22: Born to Run
23: Exodus: Part 1
24: Exodus: Part 2.
Season 2:
1: Man of Science, Man of Faith
2: Adrift
3: Orientation
4: Everybody Hates Hugo
5: ...And Found
6: Abandoned
7: The Other 48 Days
8: Collision
9: What Kate Did
10: The 23rd Psalm
11: The Hunting Party
12: Fire + Water
13: The Long Con
14: One of Them
15: Maternity Leave
16: The Whole Truth
17: Lockdown
18: Dave
20: Two for the Road
21: ?
22: Three Minutes
23: Live Together, Die Alone.
Season 3:
1: A Tale of Two Cities
2: The Glass Ballerina
3: Further Instructions
4: Every Man for Himself
5: The Cost of Living
6: I Do
7: Not in Portland
8: Flashes Before Your Eyes
9: Stranger in a Strange Land
10: Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
11: Enter 77
12: Par Avion
13: The Man from Tallahassee
14: Exposé
15: Left Behind
16: One of Us
17: Catch-22
19: The Brig
20: The Man Behind the Curtain
21: Greatest Hits
22: Through the Looking Glass.
Season 4:
1: The Beginning of the End
2: Confirmed Dead
3: The Economist
4: Eggtown
5: The Constant
6: The Other Woman
7: Ji Yeon
8: Meet Kevin Johnson
9: The Shape of Things to Come
10: Something Nice Back Home
11: Cabin Fever
12: There's No Place Like Home: Part 1
13: There's No Place Like Home: Part 2.
Season 5:
1: Because You Left
2: The Lie
3: Jughead
4: The Little Prince
5: This Place Is Death
6: 316
7: The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
8: LaFleur
9: Namaste
10: He's Our You
11: Whatever Happened, Happened
12: Dead Is Dead
13: Some Like It Hoth
14: The Variable
15: Follow the Leader
16: The Incident.
Season 6:
2: What Kate Does
3: The Substitute
4: Lighthouse
5: Sundown
6: Dr. Linus
7: Recon
8: Ab Aeterno
9: The Package
10: Happily Ever After
11: Everybody Loves Hugo
12: The Last Recruit
13: The Candidate
14: Across the Sea
15: What They Died For
16: The End.
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This is an excellent boxset as it gives you that has happend in the various series. it is also a great xmas present at a reduced price.
LOST pulls you in from the start, keeping you hooked with its complex plot-lines, twists and turns. What starts off as a desert island mystery reminiscent of pirate stories at childhood bedtimes soon becomes the kind of science fiction Philip K Dick would be proud of. Couple this with a little romance, a sprinkling of comedy and a hefty dose of action and you are left with perfect TV. If you haven't already gotten around to watching this fantastical series then I wholly recommend it.


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- UC leaders: Tuition hikes nearly inevitable (Contra Costa Times)
The University of California may charge higher tuition each of the next five years even if the state stops cutting its budget, UC leaders said Wednesday. Administrators presented four budget scenarios Wednesday to help the Board of Regents plan future budgets. Under the rosiest scenario -- which is unlikely, given the state's financial crisis -- UC would raise tuition 8 percent per year, starting in 2012. Regents in November approved an 8 percent increase that will take annual undergraduate tuition to $11,124 for the fall term. The increase followed a 32 percent tuition hike in 2009-10.
- Local rules upheld for SF police on FBI task force (SF Chronicle)
San Francisco police assigned to the FBI's terrorism task force must abide by local policies protecting civil rights rather than looser federal rules, under an order revealed Wednesday night by Police Chief Greg Suhr... Under the new order issued by Suhr this week, San Francisco police policy trumps FBI policy, even for officers serving on the federal task force, Suhr said. ACLU lawyers applauded Suhr's announcement, but they said the real question now is whether the FBI will go along with the order, which alters a 4-year-old agreement between the federal agency and the San Francisco Police Department.
- OPD Cover-Up Emerges In Bailey Murder Investigation (KTVU)
As the eight-week trial of the alleged mastermind of the Chauncey Bailey murder heads to the jury this week, KTVU Channel 2 News has obtained hundreds of pages of legal documents never seen publicly that explain for the first time the inside story of the controversial homicide investigation. It's a story that KTVU has largely been prevented from telling because of a gag order imposed by the command staff of the Oakland Police Department. The documents paint a troubling picture of former top commanders at Oakland police misleading the public about several key aspects of the Bailey case.
- SF Police Chief Wants to Give Some Officers Video Cameras (Bay Citizen)
San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr said Wednesday that he is looking into providing his plainclothes officers with video cameras when they go into residences. Speaking to reporters prior to a justice forum he was attending in San Francisco Wednesday morning, Suhr said he decided to look into the use of cameras in the wake of a string of videos released by Public Defender Jeff Adachi that appear to show misconduct by officers during drug busts around the city.
- San Francisco's Mayor Lee plans pension measure with or without labor agreement (SF Examiner)
With or without an agreement from labor unions, Mayor Ed Lee will introduce a proposal Tuesday for the November ballot that would rein in San Francisco's skyrocketing pension costs, City Hall sources said. Lee has just six days to solidify an agreement with labor unions before the May 24 deadline to submit a charter amendment to the Board of Supervisors for placement on the Nov. 8 ballot. While both sides have for months insisted a deal is close, consensus has remained elusive.
- S.F. Mayor Ed Lee pushed to run for post (SF Chronicle)
...On Wednesday, two former San Francisco supervisors began a cyber "Run, Ed, Run" campaign. Last week, a business group had a poll on the mayor's race that had several questions about Lee. The results were not made public, but one insider who was briefed on it said voters had positive feelings about Lee...When asked Wednesday about the prospect of running for a full four-year term in the November election, Lee began his answer with another joke, saying the only running he's dong right now is "running away" from the idea. Then he listed a number of critical issues that he's focused on, among them crafting a balanced budget plan and trying to negotiate a pension reform ballot measure.
- LinkedIn rockets skyward in initial public offering (San Jose Mercury News)
Anybody looking for evidence that Silicon Valley is in a full-blown bubble needed look no further than Wall Street Thursday morning, when LinkedIn -- the social networking site for professionals -- made its debut as a public stock. After raising its initial public offering price to $45 a share, up from a projected low of $32, the shares zoomed out of the gate at a jaw-dropping $83 apiece. With an implied market capitalization of some $8 billion, that put the Mountain View startup above the likes of Electronic Arts (ERTS) and Hyatt Hotels.
- Creeks choked with trash, volunteers needed for annual cleanup day (San Jose Mercury News)
Every September, thousands of Californians head to the beach during the state's annual coastal cleanup day. But Saturday, a different kind of cleanup will take place at 45 streams, creeks and rivers across Silicon Valley. Waterways from San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto to the Guadalupe River in downtown San Jose to Upper Miller Slough in Gilroy are scheduled to receive a massive spring cleaning during the annual National River Cleanup Day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Organizers are still looking for volunteers to work the three hours.
- Legal options examined in Vallejo's Glen Cove park development dispute (Vallejo Times-Herald)
Now what? That's what many are asking now that protesters have occupied a disputed Native American burial site in Glen Cove for more than four weeks. Greater Vallejo Recreation District officials want to build a park, but grass-roots activists say the plans would desecrate their land. The path forward, however, remains murky. It could boil down to money, and the city says it won't pay for a potentially costly legal fight. "We are not stalling to stall. We really are trying to find a way out of this that keeps as many people as happy as possible," said district board Chairman Gary Salvadori, a former Vallejo planning commissioner. "It's not easy, but that's truly what we've been working toward since the beginning." Meanwhile, both sides are examining their legal options.
- Oakland-based Family Radio sees donations soar as 'Judgment Day' approaches (Contra Costa Times)
Judgment Day is fabulous for business. Just ask Family Radio, the evangelical nonprofit that has plastered billboards and driven vans across the Bay Area and the world proclaiming the end of the world will be Saturday. The Oakland-based nonprofit has raised more than $100 million over the past seven years, according to tax returns. It owns 66 radio stations across the globe and was worth more than $72 million in 2009. As The End nears, donations have spiked, a board member says, enabling Family Radio to spend millions of dollars on more than 5,000 billboards. But it is not about money, say President Harold Camping and board member Tom Evans. It's about spreading the Gospel and saving as many people as possible.
- Circumcision Ban To Go Before SF Voters (SF Appeal)
A proposal to criminalize male circumcision will go before San Francisco voters this November after the Department of Elections verified Tuesday that supporters have gathered enough signatures to place the measure on the ballot. Proponents of the circumcision ban submitted 12,271 signatures to the city's Department of Elections, which was able to verify 7,743 of them, a clerk with the department said today. The measure needed a minimum of 7,168 to qualify.
- Long-stalled judicial nominee, Berkeley prof Goodwin Liu, braces for key vote (Sacramento Bee)
A long-simmering fight over appellate court nominee Goodwin Liu will boil over today as the Senate considers the fate of the University of California, Berkeley, law professor. Democrats may be calculating that they'll win whichever way the Senate moves. If the 40-year-old Liu secures the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster, he's well on his way to confirmation on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. If he falls short, Democrats can highlight Republican intransigence and spotlight GOP opposition to a highly accomplished Asian American.
- Records of Assembly speaker as Cal grad went unchallenged (California Watch)
When Rep. Hilda Solis inserted remarks in the Congressional Record praising Los Angeles activist John Perez as "an asset to the labor movement," she was recounting the life story of a man who would later become California's Assembly speaker. "After graduating from the University of California Berkeley, John began working on designing and organizing education programs," Solis, then a Los Angeles congresswoman and now U.S. secretary of labor, wrote in 2004. But the record is wrong: Perez dropped out of UC Berkeley and never returned.
- San Jose Sharks get hammered 7-3 (San Jose Mercury News)
...What would end up as a 7-3 loss for the Sharks to the Vancouver Canucks in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday night was still a one-goal game after two periods at Rogers Arena...The Sharks now find themselves where they didn't want to be -- 0-2 in yet another series that is one step shy of their first trip to the Stanley Cup finals, done in by undisciplined play and a penalty kill that gave up three goals.
- Hard-core cycling fans bike, hike mountain to see finish (San Jose Mercury News)
This year, San Jose's hard-core cycling fans and curious spectators for the Amgen Tour of California race delighted in one difference from previous segments that came through Silicon Valley: They finally saw a thrilling mountaintop finish...Last year, San Jose played host to a race stage that began in downtown but finished in Modesto. On Wednesday, thousands of local cycling fans cheered as American Chris Horner of Team Radio Shack zoomed along Sierra Road, crossing the summit finish line well ahead of his teammate and fan favorite Levi Leipheimer of Santa Rosa. Horner won Wednesday's leg, but the Tour of California, the country's biggest bike race, continues in Seaside on Thursday and finishes Sunday in Thousand Oaks.


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Gerald Green isn't the only reason to watch Indiana this year. Miles Plumlee, even if he should've never been drafted in the first round, has hops. And so does Paul George. Check out this video from Indiana's recent FamJam where the guys hold their own team dunk contest. It's hard to say George didn't come away with the best dunk out of the four contestants.
Who is the better dunker – George or Green?
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Technical Product Manager
Capital One is building a next-generation banking experience: one that blows past the industry status quo and delivers a world-class digital experience that resonates with how consumers live their lives. To do that, Capital One needs to expand its suite of services far beyond what normal banks expect of themselves.
Capital One's Halo Team, an elite product development group in San Francisco, is tasked with building brand new products that translate the way banks talk into the way humans live. These new products and features live primarily outside of the core banking experience, but that needs to change.
The Halo Team is seeking an experienced technical product manager to create and manage the underlying capabilities behind the new products Capital One creates. This role is focused on creating capabilities across different products, ultimately building the capacity to ship faster, learn more, and reinvent banking faster.
What you'll do
- Work with new product leads to determine core capabilities that can be abstracted into a cross-product platform
- Manage the construction of new capabilities, building on services that exist deep inside bank architecture but that need to be exposed in a modern, flexible manner
- Maintain close ties to developers across the company, ensuring the services we create meet their needs as products evolve
- Iterate quickly and see the platform through to production and scale
What you'll bring
- You have demonstrated a quick, deep understanding of developer needs and how to address them
- You're a great storyteller: you can inspire teams about things that should exist that don't exist yet
- You know how to keep the crowd warmed up while they fix the broken demo.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or military experience
- At least 3 years of experience as a modern platform manager
Preferred Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science from a top-tier university, or equivalent
- 7 years of experience managing products from inception to production
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.


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Downtown Birmingham will come to life on Saturday night for Paint The Town Red, the annual fundraiser featuring digital artists, animators, and filmmakers. The artists' works are projected on walls and windows along 19th Street South and Powell Avenue lighting up the city center.
One of the participants is international light artist Bill FitzGibbons, who is also in town to begin work on a new, permanent light-art sculpture at the 18th Street railroad underpass (linking First Avenue North with the East Gate of Railroad Park). When complete, this piece of public light-art will activate an underused space and encourage pedestrian traffic in this vital connection between two growing areas of downtown Birmingham.
Bill's light-art sculpture, along with the development of a master plan for potential lighting projects across Birmingham's City Center, was made possible by donors who supported the Community Catalyst Funds — funds that are making possible another investment in projects to transform our region.
We can't wait to see Bill's temporary installation on Saturday night, and look forward to flipping the switch on his permanent work later this summer. We're certain this vibrant addition to Birmingham will encourage even more support for future lighting projects.


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Anglesey Tipi and Yurt Holidays | Cae'r Gaseg, Brynteg, Anglesey, LL788JT
If you're interested in a sustainable, low impact holiday, or looking for a break with a difference, this May be the place for you.
Welcome to Anglesey Tipi and Yurt Holidays
Our Tipi and Yurt glamping site, established in 2008, is situated in beautiful, natural surroundings, 1 mile from the east coast, on the Island of Anglesey, North Wales.
What we offer:
We have one Tipi and four Yurts, set in individual clearings, carved out of the young woodland, creating a secluded and peaceful site. In the evenings you can sit by the fire and listen to the sounds of nature and during the day explore a beautiful area of the Island.
The interior of both Tipi and Yurt create a magnificent space for groups of friends and families. It is also a wonderful way of spending your honeymoon or anniversary – we have a cosy Yurt ideal for two.
We also offer our campsite as a venue for workshops. Over the last seven years we have planted 50% of our 8 acres with trees and on the land you can find many different types of wild flowers including Orchids.
Coastal Location:
As we are near the coast there are lots of sandy beaches to explore and also many delightful footpaths. There are several Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest and many ancient monuments, including standing stones, burial chambers and settlements. Snowdonia National Park is nearby. Our Local Information page will tell you more. Local shops and amenities are a 5 minute drive.


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The 2017 season will be Hazell's first head coaching position at the college level, however, he brings more than five years of high school lacrosse coaching and recruiting experience.
He works with Blax Lax lacrosse, serving as recruiter and coach for summer U18 teams and assistant coach for U18 fall tournament and winter indoor clinical teams. Hazell is also a three-time Baltimore City High School Eastern All-Star assistant head coach. He was most recently the assistant head varsity boy's lacrosse coach at Baltimore City College High School.
A Baltimore native, Hazell graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 2008, where he was a student-athlete standout. Upon graduating high school, he attended and played lacrosse at Wesley College.
Hazell resides in Baltimore, where he is heavily involved in the community, including work as a volunteer lacrosse coach at several youth programs and boys/girls camps.


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Polymer Testing and Packaging Tools Speed Design Process
Using a wide variety of precision polymer testing and unique packaging modeling tools, DuPont experts work with converters and brand owners to design and develop new packaging, optimize current designs, and troubleshoot problems. This saves time (and costs) by taking the guesswork out of creating packaging that performs better, and can be manufactured more efficiently.
DuPont physical and analytical labs evaluate material performance at both the polymer and structural level. Our packaging modeling and simulation tools reduce development time and cost by eliminating iterations before any film or packaging structure is made, and by determining the right process prior to production. Links to a few tools are provided below, so you can start the design process anytime.
Global Lab Capabilities
Through polymer, physical, and mechanical analysis, we can recommend specific structure design changes to optimize performance. Our corporate labs have the ability to perform such analytical services as mass spectroscopy, surface and particle science, X-ray, and rheology.
The three areas that our global packaging labs focus on are physical polymer testing, barrier testing, and material identification, using a wide range of equipment to analyze performance properties and determine material type.
Physical Testing:
- Sealability: Including seal strength, hot tack and seal through contaminants
- Optical properties: Including transparency, haze, and gloss
- Physical properties: Including flex testing, tensile, melt index, impact, puncture resistance, tear resistance, hardness, abrasion, interlayer adhesion, COF (Coefficient of Friction), and weatherometers
Barrier Testing:
- Permeability: Including H2O, O2, CO2, and hydrocarbons
- Structures: Film, substrate, and containers
- Sensory testing: Including helium leak and head space
Material Identification via:
- Gas chromatographs
- Infrared spectrometers
- Cross-section microscope IR
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Thermogravimetric analyzer
- Density gradient tubes
- Photographic layer thickness analysis
- Moisture content analysis
Unique Processing and Structure Design Modeling Tools
Over 70% of our predictive modeling tools are unique to the packaging industry. Since they require a large amount of data, beyond what a packaging customer could easily input, similar tools have only been available within academia. Over time, DuPont experts have developed an extensive set of tools that are academically rigorous, yet easy enough to use to solve packaging challenges.
Processing Tools
These tools help determine if problems such as poor extrusion, flow instabilities, or curl may occur during film fabrication, and how to prevent them. Please contact your DuPont representative to access these tools.
- Viscosity Matching: Predicts flow instabilities for over 200 resins in coextrusion systems, to ensure quality film
- Curl (in Coextruded Blown Film): Analyzes variables for effect on curl in coextruded blown film
- Blown Film Scale-Up (Process Time): Accounts for differences in adhesion from different coextruded processes
- Extrusion Coating Stress Analysis: Analyzes processing variables that can have a detrimental effect on adhesion
- Heat Transfer Analysis: Combines heat transfer and molecular diffusion to predict sealing performance of structure
Structure Design and End-Use Tools
For your convenience, we have provided links to the first three tools. To access the others, please contact your DuPont representative.
DuPont Sealant Selector
Quickly identify the sealant best suited for your application by entering desired sealant attributes and ranking their importance. When used with the SaVE tool, you can calculate the value-in-use of a resin and compare the "total cost" versus other sealants.
DuPont Sealant Value Estimator (SaVE)
Calculate and compare total packaging material costs. It includes performance factors that can vary by sealant, such as filling-line costs, rewraps, off-machine losses, and in-store package failures.
Tie Resin Selector
Find the right adhesive resin that can join dissimilar layers in multilayer packaging, while meeting performance and production efficiency requirements.
Downgauging/Life Cycle Analysis
When designing downgauged structures, compute the bending stiffness and keep it constant, in order to maintain performance, minimize package failures, and avoid negative consumer perception of flimsy packages. You can also calculate material cost and calculate and compare non-renewable energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of film materials of different thickness.
Please note this peer-reviewed model allows you to evaluate the life cycle analysis of packaging materials only. Since it does not consider converting costs, the effects of downstream processing, consumer use, or end-of-life scenarios, it should not be used to make larger business decisions.
Additional Structure Design Tools
- Permeability Calculator: Determines the barrier of multilayer structures to ensure package integrity.
- Heat Seal/Hot Tack Modeling: Considers different film thicknesses and multiple layers, and predicts performance of ionomer films on high-speed packaging lines.
- Bending Stiffness: Analyzes the effect of the conversion process on stiffness, e.g., extrusion vs. adhesion lamination. This model is part of the Downgauging/Life Cycle Analysis tool, but can also be used on its own.
Whether you need to solve a current packaging dilemma, evaluate a new material, or design a packaging structure for a new application, DuPont packaging tools and polymer testing can get you to the right solution quickly and efficiently.


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HERCULES — The deadline is Tuesday to submit arguments for or against a June 4 ballot measure that would raise the city's Utility User Tax by two percentage points, from the current 6 percent on utility bills to 8 percent.
The tax increase would sunset after five years; the extra 2 percent would raise an additional $1 million a year for the general fund and would largely offset a structural deficit that recently was estimated at about $1.2 million a year. As a general tax measure, it requires a simple majority of votes to pass.
The City Council approved putting the tax measure on the June ballot by a 4-1 vote on Feb. 26 over the dissent of Councilman Dan Romero, who wanted a term longer than five years for the tax increase.
The tax increase is supposed to restore Hercules to financial stability and prevent drastic cuts to police, youth and senior programs and other city services, according to the ballot language.
Arguments should be in block form, up to 300 words long, typed or word processed, and should avoid italics, bold-faced type, underlining and capital-letter words. Bulleted lines are allowed.
The arguments must be submitted by 5 p.m. March 12 to the Hercules City Clerk at Hercules City Hall, 111 Civic Drive.
Contact Tom Lochner at 510-262-2760 or email@example.com. Follow him at twitter.com/tomlochner.


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ACES Doha Environment Testing Team conducted recently a stack monitoring test in one of the waste treatment plants in Qatar. The treatment plant is using incinerator to treat different type of waste.
Newly installed Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS) in the treatment plant will be calibrated based on the results of Stack Monitoring Test.
ACES Doha installed isokinetic sampling system to extract the gas samples from the stack. Isokinetic technology is used to extract the gas from the gas stream at the same velocity to get accurate concentration of particulate matter.
ACES Doha applied the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Method 1 to 5 which includes determination of traverse points, moisture, velocity, dry molecular weight, volumetric flow of stack and particulate matter concentration. Additional parameters such as CO, CO2, O2, NOx, NO, SO2 were also measured during the monitoring using portable emission analyzer.
ACES' client is Boom Waste Treatment Company.


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Tracklist: Joe Budden – A Loose Quarter
Joe Budden's Loose Quarter mixtape will contain a total of 15 titles. Ab-Soul, Emmany, and Royce Da 5'9″ make features on the tape while Cardiak, and Araab Muzik handled large chunks of the production. A Loose Quarter drops on November 23rd. View the full tracklist after the break.
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HoodRiddance on November 10th, 2012 1:42 am
Cut From a Different Cloth ft. Ab- Soul…
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FK Advantages:
- The greatest advantage I see with FK is ease in achieving overlapping action, e.g. between upper arm and forearm.
- Natural Arcs while interpolating between keys.
- When elbow is planted or when we just need to move forearm then FK is easier.
IK Advantages:
- The best thing about IK is the simplicity it offers in creating a pose. For example, positioning a hand with IK is very intuitive and predictable.
(With FK, I believe the problem is that you have to think in terms of two rotation transforms to make hand reach a goal position. Also, Euler rotation introduces a certain level of difficulty if axes are not in proper alignment, i.e. two axes are closer to each other.)
- Animators have to deal less with Euler rotations, hence less Gimbal lock problems.
I understand that many times FK or IK is a personal preference. So a particular behavior of FK/IK may be difficult for one person, but easier for another. But my goal here is to list mainly logical advantages of each system.


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Watch a Compilation of the Strokes' Greatest Moments in the Video for "All the Time"
The Strokes' new album, Comedown Machine, is out on March 26 via RCA. They've already announced that they have no plans to tour this record, and the new video for "All the Time" is a valedictorian-seeming greatest clips montage: triumphant festival sets, fuzzy film of early shows, video outtakes, home footage, happier times. Watch below.


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Fortunately for me, it is now policy that big decisions (like returning a kid home) are the shared responsibility of many different people. One person is not supposed to shoulder the burden. I have been facing a big decision this week. One of my kids, who is just over a year old, has a court hearing tomorrow morning. His mother, who is currently in inpatient substance abuse treatment for an addiction to heroin, has been looking to agree to dependency and hoping that she can go to Family Treatment Court, which is a special program exclusively for parents for whom substance abuse is the primary concern where the the atmosphere is more intimate, but there there is more accountability. It is a great program. The father, who apparently does not have a substance abuse problem, is not wanting to agree to dependency. So we had to decide if we wanted to fight for dependency and take it to a trial.
So I did what all good (and new) social workers do – I staffed it with my supervisor. My supervisor was concerned (as was I) that dad was unaware that his girlfriend had relapsed and was actively using heroin. She was also concerned about criminal activity that he had been linked to (although not charged). So we are going forward. Today, I spent trying to get my attorney all the evidence and information he needed in order to get a strong case built to hopefully show dad's attorney that we have a decent case and will agree to settling.
Tomorrow, I have been warned, the defense attorneys may try to trick me and get me to say something that they can use against me. I am not thrilled about this prospect. Plus, this feels like a very strange way for me to be working as a social worker. I want to be helpful and work with my clients, yet today I had to spend lots of time attempting to build a case against them. And I know that my primary client is the kid, but I do feel like the parents are too. But I do think that there is still risk with this dad in regards to this kid's safety. He appears to minimize problems quite a bit and I am concerned that he had no idea that his girlfriend was actively using heroin.
And it was interesting gathering the information. I learned today that we have U.S. Postal Inspectors that investigate mail fraud, postal burglaries, identity theft, and related things. I had no idea. The inspector was very nice and helpful and so interesting to get a totally different perspective on clients. I do think that I want to do some investigative CPS work in the future.
So I don't know what will happen tomorrow. A colleague suggested to do very little talking, let the lawyers hash it all out, and try to just listen to people. We'll see how that goes. I just hope that I can keep my composure and not screw things up.


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04 Jan Journey to China Pt.1 Guangzhou
It's 2015 and I've decided that one of my new year's resolutions shall be to pick up blogging again!
So to start things off with a bang, I'll begin with a multipart recollection of my recent journey back to China (the reason for splitting it into parts will become clear soon enough).
The Planning
I had already been planning a trip to China for sometime – mainly to visit creatives, studios, and industry contacts to explore the potential for creative collaborations. In late 2014, I was invited by NZFC (New Zealand Film Commission) to join the inaugural Screen Delegation to China. Since I've been spending most of my time this year working as a producer on a Sino-NZ co-production feature film, this was the perfect opportunity to for me to further my connections and understanding of China's screen sector.
Thus, I decided to combine the two plans and spend a full month in China – 1 week as part of the delegation, and 3 on my own.
First stop – Guangzhou!
I arrived 2 days in advance and was immediately greeted by one thing I had not anticipated – the HEAT.
Due to the fact that Summer was just beginning for us here in New Zealand, I had stupidly assumed that it was going to be super cold all the time in China. WRONG.
As soon as I stepped outside the plane I was greeted with 30 degrees (Celsius!) of Guangzhou-doesn't-give-a-f*-what-time-of-year-it-is weather. Â Since I only packed a single t-shirt (aka the one I was wearing when I left NZ), I was in serious trouble. Â Thankfully, after some emergency clothes shopping the next day, it turned out okay.
Not pictured: me sweating like a pig.
I arrived quite late so I ended the evening with a stroll around the area. I ended up coming across a 24-hour Yumcha joint and ordered my first but not certainly not the last serving of egg tarts during the trip:
Certainly not the first food photo either…
On the third day, I moved from my shabby lodgings to the fancy China Hotel (yes that's literally what it's called):
Actually the full name is "China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel". Â I'm not sure that's exactly an improvement…
At least the rooms were nice…
As were the mirror designs in the elevator…
…although I really can't say the same for their Christmas decorations…did someone just recycle pumpkins left over from Halloween decorations?
After that it was the beginning of the crazy whirlwind trip that was the inaugural NZ-China Screen Delegation – it was meetings galore!  We began by visiting Pearl River Film Group, who generously gifted us all with HUGE books + dvd catalogue of films across their  prestigious 60 years of film making history.  Unfortunately, there was no way we could carry all that with us around China, so it was promptly shipped back to NZ once we got back to the hotel.
Stuck in an awkward situation – my Chinese name was written incorrectly and Allan wasn't used as my English name either…
Pictured above: what 80% of our delegation trip looked like – in China, even meetings have way more people!
First of many specially commissioned Tuatara's given out during the trip by Dave Gibson (head of NZFC).
After Pearl River Film Group, we then traveled to visit the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival organisers at the Guangzhou Library.  For New Zealanders it may sound a little weird to have a formal meeting of this level at a library, but this was nothing like the libraries we're used to.  This amazing facility covers 100 thousand square meters, holds a collection of some 4 million books and is currently the largest city library in the world:
Even with panoramic mode on I couldn't manage to get a full shot of the building – it was just ridiculously huge.Â
Yes, this is a library, folks.
I really loved the architecture of this building…
Group photo of the Delegation. Photo courtesy of NZFC.
After this we traveled to visit Alpha Animation Studios, the current creators behind Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, the overwhelming in popularity but questionable in quality Chinese animation mega-franchise.
The studio sure was colourful! Photo courtesy of NZFC.
Felt like I stepped in bizzaro world for a minute as Alpha also had two other hit shows which are very "inspired" by Sailor Moon and Ultraman/ Power Rangers respectively. Photo courtesy of NZFC.
Final meeting of the day was with Zhongkai Public Communication Co, Ltd.  At this point it became quite clear to everyone that we all realistically only had around 5 minutes for exchange of business cards and one-liner intros after each meeting was were over.  Since it was the first ever NZ screen delegation to China, most of the meetings were an exchange of very basic but fundamental information.  It's unfortunate that 5 years after the signing of the co-production treaty and years of Sino-NZ cultural/ business exchange that we're still stuck at this point.
However, I really felt that the delegation was a good step forward in the right direction. Â Every journey's got to start with the first step right?
Photo courtesy of NZFC.
After it was all over, we quickly rushed to Canton Club for our evening networking function. Â This was great as it meant we finally had a chance to engage in more in-depth conversations.
Thanks Silver Fern Farms for sponsoring authentic NZ steak! Photo courtesy of NZFC.
Unfortunately, it turns out I managed to catch the flu right before I left for China (ironic I know, consider NZ was in full summer mode). Â By this point I was popping mints and throat drops constantly just to keep my voice going – but it was totally worth it!
…aaand that's it for Guangzhou, join me in part 2 as we get up at 5am to catch a flight to the delegation's next destination: Shanghai.
During the meeting to meeting travel I did managed to snap this shot of the Guangzhou Tower.  It wasn't until later that I found out it's actually close to twice the height of Sky Tower in Auckland!
This was one of the most memorable aspects for me from the trip – the average building in China is just so tall, that my sense of spacial perception became really warped after a while.  It's not my first time seeing tall buildings in China, but for some reason I was much more subconsciously aware of the fact that I could never really see the horizon line while in the cities!
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Multiple controversies erupt at the School Board meeting
Doug DeDecker, St. James News, April 13, 2012 –
Approximately fifty teachers and citizens from St. James attended the meeting of the St. James School Board on Tuesday night. There was extensive discussion of several issues of great concern to many people at the meeting.
First and foremost among the controversies was the District budget for 2012-2013 school year.
Revenues are projected to be less, and that's led to the Superintendent and the Board propose to cut to teaching positions, educational services, and rearranging personnel to perform other duties from their present assignments.
Cuts in the amount of $192,000 have been proposed. The discussion and opinions voiced by those in attendance was prolonged and pointed. While much was discussed, no final action was taken at the meeting. The Board scheduled a public meeting to further discuss the budget.
The meeting will be held on:
Special Work Session of the School Board to discuss the budget:
Wednesday April 18, at 5 p.m. at the Armstrong Media Center. The meeting is open to the public.
In other areas the Board accepted the resignation of two District employees. Those staff members are Darci DePoppe and LeAnn Petterson. The Plaindealer acquired the resignation letters from these two employees. The DePoppe letter reads in part, "The hostilities directed towards me by the administration in the past 12 months has made it impossible for me to continue employment with the school district."
The Petterson letter reads in part, "Due to the lack of support from Administration and the St. James School Board and the hostile working relationship with them, I feel it is impossible for me to continue to work for the St. James School District."
After the Petterson resignation was accepted by the Board, Nikole
Kolden spoke up from the audience, "Two people resigning in two weeks – there's something fishy. I hope you (the Board) are looking into it."
Attending the meeting was Mike Tonsager who questioned how the Board came to approve a school calendar for next year. It would have had the school year starting before Labor Day.
He noted that the calendar committee at the school level had signed off on a traditional calendar with an after Labor Day start. He then noted that the calendar the Board approved was not the one that the committee had voted upon. He then asked the Board, "Is that true?"
There was a long pause. "It's not complicated," Tonsager said when the Board was slow to respond. Expanding on this process of how the calendar came about Tonsager said, "My problem with that is this is about the whole concept of communication, honesty, credibility."
He then suggested that Superintendent Becky Cselovski had not provided the Board with accurate information.
But it was next year's budget that raised the greatest number of concerns. Teacher and head basketball coach Steve Walker noted that it was going to be difficult to lay cuts on the staff while the budget has an increase of one half time principal.
Kent Franklin, the District's Curriculum Coordinator, suggested the Superintendent's salary be cut by 25%, because 25% of her duties were supposed to function as a principal. That could be used to offset the proposed half time increase for an elementary principal.
Board Chairman Bill Brown said the cutting of the administrative positions had gone too deep, and he felt a half time principal position had to be added.
Board member Dustin Anderson summed up the classic budget shortfall issue by commenting to the audience about how we could do it (provide the teaching and services everyone wants) with the funds at the level they are.


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Photo By: Elin Chow
During the Deepavali holidays this year, my colleague and I decided to visit Cameron Highlands for a day. It was an impromptu trip and not much planning had been done. Since Deepavali fell on a Wednesday, we decided to drive our way to Cameron Highlands immediately after we ended our work at 5.30 pm on the Tuesday evening. After a 5 hours drive, stopping once to have our dinner settled, we reached our destination at 11.30 pm.
For accommodation, we decided to book a night with Silverstar Apartment @ Greenhill Resort through Agoda as we feel that it was a rather great deal. Indeed, it was.
Silverstar Apartment @ Greenhill Resort
Situated in the heart of Tanah Rata, the Silverstar apartment @ Greenhill Resort is a private unit of a vacation home that is owned and operated by an individual owner. The apartment, which consists of three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room and a small kitchen is the ideal place to stay for families or large group when visiting Cameron Highlands.
For meals, you would not need to worry as there are plenty of eateries around the vicinity. Although it was named as Greenhill Resort, look for the 'Heritage Hotel' signage on the main road instead.
There are ample of free parking space available in the apartment for you to park your car. However, as this is a residency area, you will have to share the car park with the residents of that apartment block.
For those who had booked your stay with the Silverstar Apartment @ Greenhill Resort, please note that there are no check in counter for you to collect your keys. We actually have to call the owner once we arrived at the apartment. Surprisingly, the owner told us that he had left the door of the apartment unlocked. We could just take the lift up and enter the apartment once we arrived.
To be frank, we were not very impressed with the appearance of the building and to a point of time, we did regret. We thought that the lift is seriously in need of maintenance. It looks like those we would commonly see in horror movies. Really dark and eerie.
However, we were even more shocked when we realized that the owner has not only left the door unlocked, but has also left the keys in the apartment!
The living room is equipped with a 5 seater sofa set, a glass coffee table and a flat screen satellite TV. Just the perfect place to stay for a family holiday.
Unfortunately, the TV was not in working condition even after we have tried every possible attempts to fix it. So, what is the purpose of having a satellite TV in the living room when it is not working at all?
We did not inform the owner of the apartment about the faulty TV as it was already past midnight. Perhaps the owner has long been informed of the non-working TV, but could not be bothered to have it replaced. Or probably the TV was not faulty to begin with. It might be just us who could not figure out how to operate a satellite TV. Whatever it was, the non-working TV did not really bother us since we arrived pretty late and will be leaving very early the next morning.
Comparing to the TV, the absence of Wi-Fi was actually the bigger irritation for us. Well, at least for those who did not have a mobile data plan like me. The apartment actually provides free Wi-Fi access for all its guests, which annoyingly is only available upon request. However, we still decided not to call and disturb the owner at such a late hour just for the Wi-Fi password.
The owner should have left the password for the Wi-Fi in the apartment. I wonder why he did not when he had left the door of the apartment unlocked, with its keys hanging on the wall, next to the entance. So, what is he worrying about?
The living room is well-lit by a beautiful chandelier, which enhances the beauty of the apartment.
The master room comes with one large king size bed and one single bed with a small en-suite bathroom. Everything in the room looks pretty comfortable enough for a good night sleep. Indeed, we slept really well on that night.
There are no air conditioner or fan installed in the entire apartment. I believe the cooling climate is enough to keep you cool for an entire day. However, it might get a little too warm in the day. It would be good if the owner could have a ceiling fan installed. Luckily there is a metal rack for us to hang our wet towels.
The bathroom is really cramped and when you shower, everything just gets pretty wet and slippery. Please note that there are no bath towels provided, which means that you will have to bring yours along. This really annoyed me too as I have to pack in extra weight in my small backpack. But luckily, we actually called the owner two days before we arrived to enquire whether there are any bath towels in the apartment. If not, we can just forget about showering that night. But we still glad that the owner has actually provided us with a hair dryer in the bathroom to dry our hair after bathing. There were also bars of soap provided as well, but you would have to bring along your own shampoo if you are intending to wash your hair.
The room that was located just next to the entrance door is actually the smallest among the three. There is basically just enough space to accommodate one king size bed.
Similar to the master bedroom, the bigger room also comes with one large King size bed, one single bed, a small couch and a wall mirror. However, this room does not have an en-suite bathroom. The other bathroom is situated in the kitchen of the apartment.
As for the kitchen area, it is pretty well-equipped with refrigerator, electric water boiler, microwave and some basic dining utensils. However, it does not come with a stove, which somehow discourage all guests from cooking in the apartment. Well, not a bad thing actually. At least this will keep the entire apartment free of oil and grease most of the time.
Even so, do not feel too disappointed if you prefer to enjoy dinner with your famiy or friends in the comfort of your apartment. You could still bring your electric cooker along and have a wonderful steamboat session together.
That was actually part of our initial plan. However, since we arrived at the apartment very late at night and left really early the next morning, we could not have the steamboat session as planned. How I wish we could stay for one more day!
Being hungry at 1am, we headed out and bought some Roti Canai (also known as Roti Prata) and cup noodles to fill up our stomach. Such a sinful supper!
No matter how guilty I felt, I still ate 2 pieces of Roti Canai for that night. Or should I say for that morning since it was already an hour past midnight? We finished our very unhealthy supper at around 2.30am in the morning and decided it was time for bed. It was a really long and tiring day, but luckily, it was all worthwhile since we managed to have our fun.
The next morning, we glanced out of the large window in the living and were delighted to greet by a stunning view of the surrounding landscape.
Final Thoughts
Overall, we have really enjoyed our stay at the apartment and would recommend to anyone who is looking for a spacious place that can accommodate as much as 10 people in one space.
The Silverstar Apartment actually feels more like a home stay than a resort to me. It actually makes me feel like home. Price wise, it was rather affordable. The apartment only cost us about RM 230 a night for the 5 of us.
It was quite a comfortable night stay at this apartment. Everything was clean, well-maintained and nicely furnished. It will be even better if the Wi-Fi and satellite TV were in good working condition during our stay.
However, please keep in mind that this apartment does not have any hotel-like amenities such as a pool, restaurant, gym or room services. The Silverstar apartment is not suitable for you if these amenities are of a great importance to you.
Oh, not forgetting to mention that we only realized that we selected the wrong date after we completed our booking? We actually called Agoda customer services centre right away after realizing the mistake to request for an amendment for our booking. The staff told us to wait on the phone while he contacted the owner of the apartment. Surprisingly, the owner was very accommodating and allowed us to make amendment to our booking. Although Agoda has a non-refundable policy, they still took extra step to refund the over payment to us as we had paid much more for the wrong date which we had booked. Thank you Agoda and the owner for making our trip to Cameron Highlands great. If not, we might still be blaming ourselves for having to spend so much more due to some stupid mistake we had made.


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2 Comments on "Seniority List Rules and Regular Orders in Education Department"
This notification is only for those recruiters whose job ad was advertised before 19-10-2009 but they got there orders of appointment after 19-10-2009.
But tell me about the those recruiters whose job ad was advertised in May-2010 and they got there appointment orders in the last week of Jan-2011, Regularization orders for those Educators are also mentioned in this notification or not.
If no, then tell me, have you any information, when will Government issue or regularized those educators?
Thank you.
yar bari khushi hoi ha k ap kam kar rah hain yar is ko our ziada bahter or munazam hona chahi thanks I.T teacher GOVT High School 7 chak ucc sheikhupura
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One thing Penn Medicine is known for is their high standards. Although Penn Medicine's readmission rate for congestive heart failure patients is less than half of the national average at 8% compared to 19.5%, Penn believed these numbers were still too high.
For this reason they decided to send patients with congestive heart failure home with tablets that are preloaded with HRS Patient Connect. This app is part of the Pending Care At Home Program, and is specifically designed to assist patients during their first 30 days after discharge.
According to Health IT Outcomes, the app includes guidance on everything from customize prescription needs, instructional videos, patient specific care plans, and general health and wellness tips.
Penn Medicine, then monitors their patient's vital signs through app, as well as any other post-op concerns. This way, areas of opportunity can be identified sooner rather than later.
This pilot program was launched in 2013. In the last 12 months their readmission rates have dropped to an impressive 3.8%. However, in the last 6 months readmission for congestive heart failure within the first 30 days is zero.


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