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Julio Barros needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Pikes Peak Viewer / E-String Technologies Inc.
I'm creating an interactive media reader for the iPad. Think of it as an ebook reader for interactive publications. It will allow you to play videos, sounds, animations in response to user actions. I foresee it being used to create interactive children's books, how-to books, cook books, catalogs, brochures, pamphlets, etc.
The working name for the project the generic reader is "Pikes Peak Viewer" (PPV). Eventually it will be rebranded into sub projects such as a kids book reader, or the how to reader. I'm looking for an icon that connotes both books and mountains, especially Pikes Peak in Colorado.
The reason for choosing the Pikes Peak mountain for the working name and icon (for now) is that I live in Colorado (an important point when I talk to people about it) and mountains connote views, achievement, inspiration, being on top etc.
I think that an abstract icon would be better than realistic.
One of my favorite images of Pikes Peak
The submissions should be SQUARE WITHOUT ROUNDED CORNERS and WITHOUT the gloss or shading you see on an iPhone/iPad. Also, DO NOT INCLUDE IPHONE/IPAD in your image.
There should be no writing/text in the icon.
All I want to see is your design as large and as clear as possible.
For the winning entry, I will need icons of different sizes. They should be similar but can be specifically formatted (more or less detail) for their given size.
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Welcome to the latest edition of Mixology Monday. I skipped a couple of months, busy with other stuff, but I had to return for this edition–it's the fourth anniversary of MxMo! Having been a part of this online cocktail party from the very beginning, I feel I must participate tonight–it's a moral imperative. (Of the original MxMo gangsters–the MxMafia, if you will–it's fun to see who else was in it from the beginning: Paul Clarke, Rick Stutz, and Darcy O'Neil.)
Tonight's theme promises to be a toot: pain-in-the-ass drinks, hosted by Seattle bartender Mike McSorley at the blog McSology. I'm cheating a little. I'm not doing a pain-in-the-ass drink. I'm doing a DIY garnish, the humble cocktail onion. Something I wanted to do at the restaurant bar was pickle onions for our cocktails, but life happened, and I'm doing it at home instead.
My wife, Jennifer, has played a lot with pickled things at home, but I had never tried it, so I thought this was the time. Jen and I bantied about a bunch of ideas as to how to pickle our onions, but in the end I chose to go with a basic template from the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Imbibe.
The first PITA was simply finding the mofo onions. Just over a week ago, when I first started thinking about this, our local grocery had fresh pearl onions. This week, none. (Yes, I could buy frozen, pre-peeled pearls, but where's the PITA of that? Also, where's the goddamn flavor of that?) So we simply bought the smallest onions we could find–larger than a pearl but still perfect at the bottom of a cocktail glass.
Next, PITA: peeling the mofo onions. Jen's initial idea was that I should blanch them, so the skins would just slip right off, but then she saw a comment in Imbibe that overcooking the onions will take away their crunch. We decided to peel them the hard way.
My adaptation of Imbibe's recipe is as follows:
Pickled Cocktail Onions
- 12 ounces peeled onions
- 1/2 tsp. coriander seed
- 1/2 tsp. juniper berries (with these onions destined for a Gibson, that just made sense)
- 1/2 tsp. white peppercorns
- pinch of saffron
- zest of one medium lemon
- 1 quart vinegar (I used a mix of white-wine vinegar and simple white vinegar, as it's what I had on hand)
- 3/4 quart water
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 Tbsp. kosher salt
Assemble coriander seed, juniper berries, white peppercorns, saffron, and lemon zest into a cheesecloth sachet. Combine water, vinegar, sugar, and salt in a saucepan over low heat. Stir until salt and sugar dissolve, about five minutes. Let cool to room temperature. Add spice sachet and onions and return to heat. Bring to a boil; allow to boil for just one minute, and remove from heat. Cool to room temperature and remove onions and pickling liquid to jar(s), discarding sachet. Leave at room temperature overnight, and refrigerate (for up to two months) in the morning.
photograph © Jennifer Hess
Now, after doing all of that, I had some pickling liquid left over and didn't want to waste it, so I also pickled some ramps. For that, prior to discarding the sachet, I cleaned the ramps, added them to the remaining pickling liquid (with the sachet in), and brought it to a boil. I then immediately turned off the heat.
Now, Imbibe's recipe comes from Todd Thrasher of PX in Virginia, and he seems to be going for a sweet-and-sour variety of pickle. Having tasted the results, we're not crazy about it. Neither of us are fans of the sweet-and-sour pickle; we prefer the classic sour. What we do absolutely love about this technique, though, is the texture of the onions. Very crisp and crunchy.
Next time around, I want to lower the sugar content, increase the oomph-factor of the spices, and play with different vinegars or vinegar blends.

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Paradise Centre Apartments are located in the very heart of Surfers Paradise, just above the Centro Shopping Centre. Enjoy stunning ocean views from the resort's recreation deck on level six or stroll just across the road to the sand and surf of Surfers Paradise Beach.
If you're travelling as a couple, a 1 Bedroom Apartment or Executive Apartment is the choice for you. For those in groups of four to six people, the 2 and 3 Bedroom Apartments will see you perfectly accommodated. All guests will enjoy kitchens, laundry facilities, private balconies, wi-fi, Foxtel and air conditioning.
Paradise Centre boasts two outdoor pools, two children's pools and two spas. There is a sauna, two tennis courts and a gym to make sure you stay in holiday shape. For an easy dinner the outdoor barbecue area is the perfect option.
With access to over 100 shops and restaurants in the Centro precinct alone, an afternoon of shopping or an evening of wining and dining couldn't be easier. Head down to Broadbeach to try your luck at Jupiters Casino or enjoy the glittering Surfers Paradise nightlife.
The One Bedroom Apartment offers self-catering facilities along with a private balcony with ocean views and fresh breezes. In the lounge you'll find Foxtel television, air-conditioning, iron and ironing board, and there is also a laundry with washing machine and dryer.
With a full kitchen, Foxtel television, and a large balcony, the Two Bedroom Apartments has everything you need. Soak in the ocean breezes and sea views, or retreat inside to make the most of air-conditioning along with other great facilities for your convenience including laundry facilities.
Paradise Centre provides spacious accommodation right in the heart of Surfers Paradise. The Three Bedroom Apartment offers a full kitchen and laundry facilities, with either one queen bed and four singles, or two queens and two singles.
Refurbished with striking ocean views, the One Bedroom Executive Apartment is fully self-contained with a full kitchen and laundry. Take in the ocean breezes from your balcony or enjoy some light entertainment by watching a movie on Foxtel television.
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Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Public Works, Department of[Record group 85-100]
Board of Highway Supervisors
Agency Function
- The Board of Highway Supervisors existed to prevent frequent and unnecessary openings in street pavements, and to secure more systematic and economical repaving over underground installations. All applications for permission to open city streets for the installation of underground structures are submitted to the Board for approval or disapproval. It prescribes and enforces rules governing the time and manner in which streets may be excavated and repaved. It also passes uopn the location of all underground street structures, whether owned by the city or by public utilities.
- Agency History
- The Board of Highway Supervisors was created by an ordinance approved on 17 March 1884, and consisted of the Chief Commissioner of the Highway Department, the Chief Engineer & Surveyor, the Chief of the Water Department, the Superintendent of Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph, and the Superintendent of Distribution of the City Gas Works. After the reorganization of city government under the Bullitt Bill of 1885, Councils amended the composition of the Board with another ordinance of 30 December 1886. It was then composed of the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Chiefs of the Bureaus of Highways, Water, Gas, Electrical, City Property, and Surveys. The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter dictated the abolishment of the Board of Highway Supervisors but the Administrative Board authorized its reestablishment in 1952 as part of the Department of Streets
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Phil Jagielka to succeed departing Phil Neville as Everton captain
Phil Jagielka will replace Phil Neville as Everton's club captain next season, David Moyes has confirmed.
Last Updated: 12/04/13 5:11pm
The England centre-half has deputised this season in the absence of Neville, who will leave the club when his contract is up this summer.
Moyes' own future remains in doubt as he approaches the end of his deal, but the manager has taken an early decision to appoint Jagielka skipper.
He told the club's official website: "If Phil Neville hasn't played, Jags has taken on the role - and he will do.
"He's developed into a top central defender. His performances have been excellent.
"He just needs to look at Phil and see how he conducts himself off the field, making sure the players are alright and everything's going in the right direction.
"If Jags can do that we'll hopefully have another period of success with a successful captain, but he's got a big act to follow because Phil Neville off the field is terrific for the players and he's been a great captain on the field."
Neville intends to seek first-team football elsewhere in the Premier League, and Moyes has revealed he failed with an attempt to sign up the 36-year-old as a coach.
"If Phil Neville had asked to stay, we'd have loved to have him on the coaching staff," Moyes said. "But he's hoping to play a little longer."


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LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors v3 - LEED 2009
(Awaiting performance data)
With the application of LEED to the project, there was value added not only to the project itself, but to many of the engineers, architects, designers and contractors involved in making the certification possible.
VENSI is an enterprise that provides medical services and equipment to private and public sectors in Mexico. With the company's growth, the need of new corporative offices surged and so the project began. VENSI was built in the ninth floor of an existing building of commercial offices. It has a total area of 7047.99 square feet, in which the sales offices of medical equipment is located. The design of the project began in 2011, with the goal of creating an efficient design that would reduce the impact to the environment.
VENSI is located in the Samara Shops building, in an area of Santa Fe which is both residential and commercial on the outskirts of Mexico City. This developing zone has a high population density, for which a lot of services and residences are being built.
The Samara Shops is a mall with several stores and other businesses: a gym, cinema, restaurants, food court, bars, and boutiques. It is closely located to a residential and a commercial zone, achieving great community connectivity.
Water and energy savings are crucial in the high populated Mexico City. The company's concern for the overall wellbeing of society resulted in VENSI seeing the opportunity to benchmark their sustainability for new projects in the area. The project serves as an example for the clients that visit the showroom and for other tenants in the building.
To achieve this, VENSI employed strategies such as community sustainability, installation of water efficient fixtures, hiring a commissioning agent, and a high efficiency level was established.
Project details
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- Commercial Office
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Love Medicine Kashpaw,Lamartine,?Nanapush?paperLove Medicine
Love Medicine is a series of tales (many of them originally published independently) which explore the ties of blood, knowledge, love, and mystery that link three generations of Chippewa people. As independent stories told from the viewpoint of various members of the Kashpaw, Lamartine, and Nanapush families, the tales have many strengths. One is the use of language that subtly reflects each narrator. The images, phrasing, and vocabulary of the urbanized characters, such as Beverly Lamartine, differ from the language of those whose lives still center on the reservation; the expressions used by some people in the older generation (particularly Marie Lazarre) suggest translation from thoughts that come in another language. Even in the youngest generation, Albertine Johnson, who leaves the reservation to go to college, uses words quite differently from her cousin Lipsha, who stays behind.
Each story has a sharp focus, an interesting narrative line, and images that expose the event without intervening explanation. Furthermore, the novel created by weaving these tales together is stronger than any of its parts. The first story takes place in 1981, the second in 1934"and midway in the second story, the reader begins to understand that the young girl Marie Lazarre who tells about fighting devils in the convent is the same person as Grandma Kashpaw, who was fetched from the senior citizens™ home in the first story. As one tale follows another in a sequence that skips back and forth through the years, one pleasure for readers is simply fitting together the jigsaw puzzle, teasing out the identities hidden in the various names that result from marriages, unwed parenthood, and children fostered by neighbors or relatives, and realizing, with sudden delight, that one is getting a second viewpoint on an incident already known from an earlier story.
The individual stories are fragmentary; the book does not attempt a complete history of the families. Most stories focus on a significant crisis, though some include background narration. In the first, June Kashpaw is picked up by an oil worker in a boomtown and then dies in the snow walking back toward the reservation; the subsequent sections of that story reveal (indirectly) the complicated reactions of her various kin. Several stories show, in bits, the triangular relationship between Marie Lazarre, Lulu Lamartine, and Nector Kashpaw, which began in 1934 and is not resolved until forty-eight years later, after Nector™s death. Other stories focus on Lulu™s sons, suggesting the damages wrought by conventions of manliness in both Indian and white society. The essence of the book, however, grows from the relationship between stories and from the reader™s ability to derive meaning from the reappearance of central thematic material.


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The water sector is very much a matter of supply and demand – and you better not forget about the demand side. Reform in any sector depends on public support. A new Learning Note on "Communication for Water Sector Reform: Obstacles and Opportunities," published by the World Bank's Operational Communications department, showcases the role of strategic communication in making water sector reform successful and sustainable.
The Learning Note is authored by Karla Chaman, Tracey Miller, and Paul Mitchell, all long-standing communication professionals in development. The paper is aimed at project leaders working on urban water supply reform. On 16 pages, the authors explain how strategic communication can help governments and stakeholders to improve delivery and sustainability of water supply services.
The authors argue that strategic communication can help support reform in a number of key areas (p. 3):
- Identify and manage barriers to reform
- Build local ownership of reform through engagement
- Contribute to sustainability through promoting ownership
- Change mindsets and persuade stakeholders of benefits
- Incorporate stakeholder interests in the reform program
- Rally stakeholders around a credible, relevant, and compelling message
- Enlist public support and reach decision makers
- Manage expectations
Communication support to water sector reform should follow three principles: getting to know existing and potential customers; building awareness around the need for reform; and building support and systems for change. Strategic communication has specific roles within each principle, which can be summarized as follows:
|Get to know customers
|Build awareness
|Build support
|Analysis of the political
environment of reform
|Create awareness of the
need for change
|Link strategic communication
with reform objectives
|Stakeholder analysis
|Communicate options
for reform
|Access to information
|Inform customers about
rights & responsibilities
|Manage expectations and
communicate results
The authors' advice on how to use communication to support water sector reform draws from more than a decade of experience with development communication, work with more than 25 governments, and surveys with World Bank task managers in the sector.
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Bitballoon.com is a notorious browser hijacker that can ruin your computing and browsing experience. Once getting inside your computer, it may contribute several issues on your PC. Yes, it is not a computer virus (technically) but still it can do several malicious activities on your computer that can slow down your PC and cause a great disaster. It is able to infect your browser and change the start page of your browser. So whenever you will connect to Internet and launch your browser, you will automatically get redirect to Bitballoon.com.
This is only the first step of destruction. After that it will bring several unwanted and annoying ads, banners, deals, offers, commercials, notifications etc. that will redirect you on unknown and questionable webpages. This kind of redirection could also bring other harmful threats and viruses on your PC which can completely damage your machine. Bitballoon.com is also harmful for your system security because it can disable your security related application. It may also create new registry entries for getting automatically started on your system.
Bitballoon.com normally get introduces into the victimized computer system through bundled third party programs like PDF creators, download manager, media player etc. Aside this, it could also get dropped on your PC via spam mails, suspicious websites, shareware and other dubious methods. It also keep a sharp eye on your browsing habits and steal your personal information. It could also share your private information with remote hackers for illicit purpose. You must remove Bitballoon.com from your computer as soon as possible.


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During what can be the toughest time of the year
to tempt a fish into biting whatever you can think of to hang from a hook, many
anglers go back to basics and start using live bait. Such was the case on a
recent late-summer day when I went fishing with the owner of a local marina-who
also happens to be a respected walleye angler.
Fully expecting to be trolling hardware as usual,
in the form of colorful spoons and crankbaits carefully designed to "match the
hatch" and mimic the lake's primary food source for gamefish-emerald shiners-a
surprise was in store. Stepping aboard, I was surprised to see a rather
sophisticated worm "crib" discreetly placed in a shady corner of the cockpit.
Sure enough, once Captain Bob slowed the boat
over an offshore sandbar and turned the craft into a traditional downwind trolling
position, he broke out the crawler harnesses and baited all six rods with some
of the plumpest, liveliest worms I have ever skewered with the point of a
fishing hook. The crawlers were plucked from thick foam cups suspended in a
frigid mix of ice and water inside a larger container, and were actually cold
to the touch.
But they proved to be hot baits to the fish on
that day, allowing us to boat a half dozen walleyes up to eight pounds on a
short trip in the heat of the afternoon. Back at the dock, we found ourselves
to be the lone success story out of a dozen boats that had been out fishing-some
many hours more that we had wet our lines. It turns out we were the lone boat
using live bait that day as well.
That occasion represents but one of countless
fishing trips for me over the years that have been saved by worms. Just this
spring on an outing for crappies, we were loaded up with the traditional fathead
minnows for bait. The spawning fish had been swarming the shallows around the
docks where our boat is secured each season, and we had been reaping the
succulent "slab" benefits for the past week. Using nothing more than a minnow
lip-hooked and suspended a foot or so beneath a bobber, the crappies cooperated
in kind-and quantity.
Three days, one warm front and five degrees of
surface temperature later and the crappies were nowhere to be found-at least
within casting distance of our docked boat. And because I had a neighbor kid
along and had not asked his parents' permission to take him and my own son out
on the boat that day, we were limited to fishing from the docks and shore,
where, as fate would have it, with the crappies
headed for deep water, nothing was interested in eating a fathead minnow.
Kicking some dead leaves aside with the toe of my
shoe as I paced the shore, I exposed a small worm-which my son pounced upon and
threaded onto his hook. He swung it out keeping it close to the shore and
before you could say, "Dad, can you kick me up another bait?" he was fast to a
fat bluegill. The boys received a clinic in finding their own worms that day,
leaving nary a rock or log unturned or leaf pile un-kicked along a 20-yard
stretch of bank that surrendered some 20 sunfish in the next two hours.
When I am faced with "having" to catch most any
freshwater gamefish, my thoughts turn to worms immediately. My first trout was
taken with a worm dug by hand from a manure pile on the bike ride to a small Vermont stream from
where I lived for a time after high school. That summer I perfected a technique
I still use on pressured trout to this day, dead-drifting a small worm on a
light wire hook attached to four-pound test line into a stream's deepest holes,
allowing the current to direct the bait into places it would drift naturally.
Yes, the fooled fish often swallow the bait, but I'm "meat" fishing when using
this technique and my quarry is destined to die for the frying pan anyway. A
quick thump to the head dispatches the trout before it suffers from the removal
of a deeply imbedded hook, and the dead-drift tactic has provided many a meal
when no other method worked.
I nearly always have a container of worms aboard
when I am boating with the intent to fish. If I can be successful using
artificial lures, I may never break out the crawlers, and some years have kept
the same cottage cheese container full of worms for the greater part of a
fishing season. But eventually, the fish get finicky and that spells doom for
my resident `crawlers. And year-in and year-out, that time is often just about
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Land Office helps turn Eagle Otome spill into better parks for Port Arthur
Port Arthur parks will soon get upgrades worth more than $313,000 as part of a settlement the General Land Office has reached over the Eagle Otome spill, which put nearly 397,000 gallons of crude oil into the Port Arthur Ship Channel.
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson announced today American Eagle Tankers has agreed to pay more than $313,000 to improve Walter Umphrey Park, as well as the historic Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site, where a small but determined band of Confederate soldiers beat back four Union gunboats in 1863.
"Thanks to our planning and pre-positioned manpower and equipment, an environmental catastrophe was avoided," Patterson said. "This settlement will be a great benefit to Port Arthur and help preserve part of our state's history. That's a good deal by any account."
On Jan. 23, 2010, the Eagle Otome collided with a barge, ripping a hole in its hull and causing the biggest Texas oil spill in 20 years. But an immediate response from the General Land Office's Oil Spill Prevention and Response Team, the U.S. Coast Guard and area first-responders contained the spill in the ship channel, protecting Keith Lake in the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area, one of the most pristine estuarine reserves in the state.
Details of the settlement released by Patterson today include the construction of 10 covered picnic pavilions, a volleyball court and a basketball court at Walter Umphrey worth nearly $114,000. Improvements to the Sabine Pass Battleground total nearly $200,000 and include dredging the boat launch and lagoon, building covers over the historic earthen ammunition bunkers to protect them from further erosion, shade shelters, a custom fish cleaning station and the installation of the USS Clifton's "walking beam" steam engine part at the site where it was disabled. American Eagle Tankers will also pay an $86,600 administrative penalty to the state's Coastal Protection Fund, which funds the Land Office's Oil Spill Prevention and Response Program.
The USS Clifton led the Federal Navy's charge on the Confederate fort, guns blazing. Confederate soldiers, under the command of Dick Dowling, sunk it. The walking beam is the largest remaining relic from the wreck and currently undergoing restoration after years on public display at Beaumont's Riverside Park.
"Our Oil Spill Prevention and Response Team is world-renowned for its preparedness and response capability," Patterson said. "In other states, this spill would have been an environmental disaster — but here in Texas, we know how to take care of our coast, and our history. Texans should be proud."


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- Did you talk to Errol (the guard) beforehand?
- Do you have patch version 2.0 or higher?
Maybe my post is much too late anyway.
Slight change of topic: Another (really final...) patch for Gothic 3 (not Forsaken Gods!) was announced today (CP 1.75). It will probably be released in late April 2012.


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Blackboard FAQ's
When I open the Web Browser, how do I get to Blackboard?
Type https://cameron.blackboard.com and hit Enter.
What are my username and password?
Your username (login name) will consist of first initial of first name, first initial of last name and last six digits of student ID Number.
For example:
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Username / Login: jc123456
To create your initial password for Blackboard.
Select "Forgot Your Password?" at http://cameron.blackboard.com then enter your First Name, Last Name, and Student User ID (Username). An email will be sent to your student email account with instructions to change the password.
The password and user name are case sensitive.
Why can't I find my class? I enrolled in my course on campus.
Your course may not be available yet. You will be automatically added to your online course once it becomes available. Your course will be available no later than the day classes officially begin.
My instructor said that my class is available. How do I get into it?
Open your web browser and type https://cameron.blackboard.com. Enter your username and password. Blackboard will open into the "My Summary" page. You will find your course on the right hand side under "My Courses". Click on the course name.
My instructor wants us to participate in the discussion board. How do I do that?
When you are in your course, click on Discussion Board, on the left side of the page.
Choose the forum. To read discussion board threads, click on the name of the thread. To add a new thread click on add new thread. Type a subject and enter your message. To send, click submit.
My instructor wants us to attach a file to the Assignment. How do I do that?
- When you are in your course, click on the Assignments link on the left side of the page.
- Open the assignment.
- Scroll down to "2. Assignment Material" click "Browse for Local file."
- Select All Files under Files of Type.
- Browse to the location of your saved file and select it.
- Click Open.
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This process sends the file directly to the instructor.
My instructor wants me to send a file to every person in my class. How do I do that?
- Click on "tools" on the left hand side of your course.
- Select Send email.
- Choose All Users. Fill it out as you would any e-mail with subject and message.
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- Click on browse and choose your file.
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Select the preferred option found on the right hand upper side of the announcement page
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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Ferguson hails Giggs' longevity
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson does not believe the incredible feats of Ryan Giggs will ever be repeated.
The club have confirmed Giggs - who will make his 1,000th senior competitive appearance if he features against Norwich on Saturday - has signed yet another one-year contract extension.
The new deal will take the Welshman beyond his 40th birthday and is a reward for his recent stellar performances, including a goal in last week's win at QPR that kept him in line to land a record 13th league championship. "What an incredible career," said Ferguson.
"He seems to reach a new milestone every week. It's unique in the modern game, but I think it's more than that - I don't think it will ever be achieved again by anyone."
Other than legendary AC Milan duo Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta, it is difficult to think of anyone who has remained at the very highest level for quite so long, and, as Ferguson has previously pointed out, the physical demands on a defender do not compare to those made on an attacking player.
"Twenty-three years in the first team is unbelievable," said Ferguson.
"He is an example to all in the way he looks after himself. I told him this morning I expect a bill from his mother for all the sandwiches and teas she used to make for us when we went to his house every week when we were trying to get him to sign schoolboy forms.
"It seems a long time ago. He will be involved (against Norwich) tomorrow and on Tuesday (against Real Madrid) so somewhere along the line he is going to play his 1,000th game this week."
Giggs has always said he was never in a rush to determine his short-term future. There have been points this season when he did not appear to have one. However, he has rediscovered his most effective form over recent weeks and now has a major part to play in United's treble quest.
"I am feeling good, enjoying my football more than ever and, most importantly, feel I am making a contribution to the team," said the veteran Welshman. "This is an exciting team to be part of, with great team spirit, and we are again pushing for trophies as we head towards the business end of the season."


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Simply Beautiful Holiday Décor
Sometimes, less is more. And when it comes to your holiday décor, less decorations and simple touches could also equal more time to spend with your loved ones this holiday season. We're not suggesting you give up the magic of twinkle lights or the fresh smell of evergreen, but if you're short on time and feeling a little overwhelmed by the holiday season, here is a little bit of inspiration to create your simply beautiful holiday home.
Nature's Table
Add simple elegance to your table with by gathering elements from nature to dress up your table. Hearty pumpkins and gourds can be found at the grocery store and add a fun fall flair to your centerpiece. Glam it up a bit by painting them with metallic paint. Keep it extra simple with a few evergreen boughs over a simple table cloth.
Go Small
Rather than choosing the tree that will just barely fit without putting a hole in your ceiling, select a small tree to adorn the your room. With a smaller tree, there's no need for a heavy duty tree stand so the options are wide open. A large planter or a simple wooden crate makes a great base. With a smaller tree, you'll want to choose only your favorite ornaments or make all your ornaments in a similar theme. This could be a nice family project to come up with a theme and make the ornaments each year.
Dress Up Your Bed
For a super-quick décor updated, swap out your regular sheets for a festive flannel pattern. The cozy addition will make your bedroom feel cheerful and cozy. Bonus: less time decorating and more time snuggling.
Branch Out
Look no further than your backyard for some beautiful and affordable décor. Branches can be used in many ways to bring a warm natural feel to your holiday décor. Add some lights and a few ornaments for a festive addition to any space. In extra small spaces, this could even replace a traditional tree. Use a horizontal branch to display homemade wreaths and ornaments. Or, grab this clever idea for an advent calendar. Hang paper envelopes with special surprises from a branch.
Minimal Mantels
A little mantel décor is a holiday must, but that doesn't mean you need to go over the top. Keep it simple with evergreen branches or garland and a few simple stockings. Add your favorite scented candle or holiday decoration to help keep the greenery in place and you're all done.
The content of this post first appeared in the 2017 Fall Issue of Beautiful Design Made Simple magazine.
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Boy, what a year! I thought last year was the year of all years that everyone wanted to get behind them. In many ways this year has been worse.
We have not had the craziness in fuel and fertilizer prices of last year, but who can remember a weather year like this one? You could not get the crop in and now cannot get it mature and get it out.
I am an optimist on most things and felt if we could get a hot September and dodge the hurricanes we still had a chance for a good crop. Heck, you take a hot August for granted and we didn't even get that — much less a hot September.
Making weed control recommendations is what I do and for the most part that comes relatively easy for me. The hard part of my job has always been trying to share in the farmer's frustrations. It takes a unique individual to be a farmer and very few folks outside of agriculture realize that or have any appreciation for it.
There is no doubt in my mind that I simply could not do it. The stress level would wipe me out in one crop year. I never cease to be amazed at how most farmers remain calm (at least on the outside) through the storm and find a way to make lemonade out of lemons.
Those who just seem to see a farmer as someone the government is "throwing money at" need to get out in the countryside and look at what our farmers are trying to deal with right now and try to visualize having their livelihood tied up in it.
I get quite a few calls from folks asking me what I am hearing on rice yields. In most cases it is from someone who is disappointed in theirs and wanting to know if they are unique or if everyone else is in the same shape. That is another way of asking, "Was it my fault or due to factors beyond my control?"
The rice yields I have heard so far seem to be pretty much "all over the board," even from field to field on the same farm. It would seem that the rains during the flowering period took their toll in a lot of fields. The consistent comment I have heard is, "It didn't cut as good as it looked due to a lot of blanks."
This too shall pass — there is no other choice. We will get the crop out and hopefully everyone will have enough good fields to pull through. Hang in there!
Back to my topic of pigweed control — I am going to switch from conventional soybeans to Roundup Ready soybeans and then wind up the series on LibertyLink soybeans.
Every year we attend a tractor sale in northern Indiana on Labor Day weekend. Perhaps I just have not been as observant as I should have been in the past, but it sure seemed like Palmer pigweeds were present in soybean fields further north than I have seen in the past.
It also seemed as though the soybean crop in general had a more weedy appearance than in previous years — all the way up through the Midwest. That is not meant to be a "the sky is falling" statement or meant to insinuate all those weeds were glyphosate resistant. I am sure farmers up there had a tough time getting things done timely this year just as farmers in the Mid-South did.
However, it was an interesting observation, and I believe the glyphosate resistance issue is much bigger than a lot of folks think or want to believe.
The first thing I will say about controlling glyphosate resistant Palmer pigweed in Roundup Ready soybeans is go back and read everything I wrote about controlling them in conventional soybeans. While the glyphosate in a Roundup Ready program may make a contribution controlling other weed species or even pigweeds that may not be resistant, the resistant weeds must be controlled with a conventional herbicide program.
If you choose not to use an aggressive soil residual program — or it does not work — and you wait until the first glyphosate treatment fails before you add something like Flexstar, then it is pretty much over. I will start here next week and look at the programs in more detail.


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Greece will unveil details of a bond buy-back crucial to efforts by foreign lenders to trim the country's ballooning debt, hoping the terms will draw enough investors and unblock vital aid.
Since plans for the buy-back were announced on Tuesday, questions have swirled about whether it will tempt enough bondholders to cut Greek debt by a net 20 billion euros.
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Under the plan, Greece aims to cut its overall indebtedness by spending 10 billion euros from its rescue package to buy back about 30 billion euros of bonds for less than it would have to pay if its creditors held them to maturity.
A senior government official said Athens would unveil the terms of the deal on Monday before a meeting of euro zone finance ministers, at which Greek minister Yannis Stournaras would brief his counterparts.
"There will be a debriefing by the Greek minister on the steps he will have taken by then," said a senior EU official. "On Monday you will see it all.
Euro zone officials said the bloc hoped Greece would be able to repurchase at least 40 billion euros of its own bonds.
The price that Athens will offer bondholders is likely to vary depending on the bond rather than be a uniform rate for all holders, a senior Greek finance official has told Reuters.
On the secondary market, Greek bonds eligible under the buy-back ranged from 25.15 to 34.41 cents in the euro at the close of trading on November 23, Reuters data showed.
Greece's lenders agreed this week that the bonds, which have a nominal value of 63 billion euros, would not be purchased for more than the closing price on that date. The offer goes in theory also to holders of about 4 billion euros of old Greek bonds, who refused to take part in a debt cut scheme in March.
A Reuters calculator on the buy-back shows that if the buy-back price was set at the Nov 23 closing prices, even a 50 percent participation rate would be enough for a successful deal - in this instance, Athens would have to spend just 8.7 billion euros to buy back debt worth 31.5 billion euros.
For Athens to spend 10 billion euros, it would have to buy back around 60 percent of the outstanding bonds. This could save Greece 39 billion euros gross on the face value of the bonds and the interest payments due on them.
Athens has pressed its banks - which hold nearly 17 billion euros of the bonds - to take part in the deal, saying it was the "patriotic duty" of Greeks to ensure the buy-back is a success.
"The buy-back must succeed. It's our patriotic duty to succeed, it is important for the country's credibility," Stournaras said last week.
Despite fears that Greek banks - already battered by the country's deep economic crisis - would be forced to book losses from the buy-back there have been growing indications they are likely to participate.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said Greek banks would benefit from the voluntary debt buy-back - which is crucial to unlocking aid that will largely be used to recapitalize them - since they held Greek bonds at lower prices on their books.
"They won't lose any of their capital but will end up with more liquidity," he was quoted as saying in an interview with Sunday's Proto Thema newspaper.
The deal is seen as a golden opportunity for hedge funds which have bought the bonds at rock-bottom prices.
Athens must complete the buy-backs by December 13 to receive more than 30 billion euros in bailout payments.
Greek pension funds holding more than 8 billion euros of the bonds will not take part, Samaras said.
"The debt buy-back does not concern the pension funds," he said. "We wouldn't erase the debt even if we took the funds' bonds. These are seen as arrears of the state to itself."
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My month of rum continues today, with a couple of drinks featuring Cruzan Black Strap Rum. One of my goals for this project is to explore the depth and breadth of rum; there are very many different styles of rum out there, and yeah, that's one reason I find the category a little intimidating, but frankly it's also why it excites me. The idea of tasting my way across the category is pretty cool.
One thing I didn't really explain last time was that I used Mount Gay Eclipse rum for the Royal Bermuda cocktail. That recipe calls specifically for a Barbados rum, as I mentioned, and I went with the Eclipse because, well, in part because it's inexpensive, a good bargain at the 22 bucks my local pharmacy charges. (I think they're overcharging a tad, but they're so convenient that it's worth an extra buck or three.) Also, in a rum-101 post, Matt "Rumdood" Robold recommends it as a good starter rum, in the amber/gold category. I've been using it for a couple of weeks now in various things and I find it to be a great mixing rum. It even sips fine, neat or on the rocks, although it's a little simple for sipping; you'd probably want to go upmarket in the Mount Gay brand for that, and try the Mount Gay Extra Old, which is just delicious.
Back to the black, now. The Black Strap is an interesting beast. You may have seen black-strap molasses around at the grocery and you may have even used it in, say, baked beans, but let's step back and look at molasses for a moment. To make molasses, sugar producers take sugar cane, extract the juice from it, and then boil the juice so the sugar crystallizes. The molasses this first boiling produces is very sweet because sugar still remains in it. So to economize and wring out as much sugar as they can, producers then boil the sugar out again, and then finally a third time. It's this third boiling that produces blackstrap. Interestingly, blackstrap molasses is one sweetener that's actually good for you. The boiling process concentrates all the nutrients in the molasses, so blackstrap is rich in vitamins and minerals, especially iron.
Blackstrap has an important benefit for distillers. Because it ferments quickly, it doesn't form as many fusel alcohols as other ferments do. Without delving too deeply into distillation-101, let me just say that a certain amount of fusel alcohols are necessary for certain spirits, but if you have too many, the flavor is rough. So they must largely be removed from a distillate before it can be bottled. (It's the presence of these that in part explains the "rotgut" reputation of plastic-bottle spirits and mason-jar moonshine.) Blackstrap, because it lacks some of these fusels from the start, creates a smooth and easily drinkable rum.
Which also means it mixes well into cocktails, and isn't that why you're here? So let's get on with it.
The first drink I have today is something called the Lytton Fizz. I'm not just drinking my way through the rum world right now, I'm also reading it. One of the books on my current reading list is Wayne Curtis's excellent And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. I'm probably the last cocktail geek on the Internet to read this book, shamefully, but that's okay. The Lytton Fizz is not one of the ten titular drinks, but it does appear in an appendix at the back. It's the creation of bartender John Myers of Portland, Maine. It's the last cocktail in the book, and it appealed to me for its seasonal ingredients, mint and Thai basil, both of which we had on hand. There's a problem with it, though. Here's the recipe as it appears in Curtis's book, skipping the herbs:
1/2 oz. falernum
1/4 oz. lime juice
2 dashes of bitters
1/2 oz. dark rum
Hm. Equal parts rum and falernum? That falernum stuff is sweet. Very sweet. And what makes this a fizz is that it's topped off with fizzy ginger ale. Not to second-guess Messrs. Curtis and Myers, I knew this had to be a simple typo, or the drink would be unbalanced and overly sweet. I told Jen I thought the 1 had gotten lopped off somehow and it should be 1-1/2 oz. rum. So I hit Google and sure enough, the results of the 2005 Rum Fest were posted, and I was right. There, Myers's recipe calls for an ounce and a half.
So, enough of that. Here's the recipe from the Rum Fest page:
Lytton Fizz
In a Collins glass, muddle
- 4 fresh mint leaves
- 3 Thai basil leaves
- ½ oz. Falernum
- ¼ oz. lime juice
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
Fill with ice. Add 1 ½ oz. Cruzan Black Strap Rum and top with ginger ale. Stir.
Be sure to muddle gently, though. Press too hard on the mint, and you'll open veins in the leaves that will express bitter oils into your drink.
Bonus: Corn 'n' Oil
- 2 oz. Cruzan Black Strap Rum
- 1/4 oz. Falernum
- 1/4 oz. lime juice
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
Build over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Stir.
Cocktail photographs by Jennifer Hess.


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Chelsea have suffered an early blow in their hopes of signing Newcastle United striker Demba Ba in January after unproductive discussions over his future.
Ba, 27, has a £7.5 million clause in the deal he signed when he moved to the north east from West Ham in 2011 which means he could be sold in January if a club meets the fee. And, according to the Daily Mail, the Blues were ready to offer a £2 million loyalty payment in order to seal his move to Stamford Bridge.
However, it is now understood that club officials met Ba's representatives on Sunday night but that the personal terms on the table did not come close to what he expects to earn for leaving St James's Park.
The Senegal international's brace in the 7-3 defeat at Arsenal on Saturday took his goal total for the season up to 13, more than the rest of the Newcastle squad put together and one behind the Premier League's leading marksman Robin van Persie.
As a result of that form, a host of clubs including Arsenal, Chelsea and PSG have been linked with moves for him.
Roman Abramovich is thought to have made Atletico Madrid forward Radamel Falcao his No. 1 target but, with the Colombia international insisting he will see out the season at the Vicente Calderon, the Chelsea owner has been forced to look elsewhere.
Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez, however, refused to be drawn on questions over reports he was set to sign Ba this weekend.
"We don't talk about our business in public," he said after his side beat Everton 2-1 at Goodison Park. "My job is to prepare the games. This is a player that is playing for another team so I don't want to talk about him."
Meanwhile, Newcastle are poised to complete a deal to sign France right-back Mathieu Debuchy from Lille for just under £5.5m and have turned their attentions to Marseille striker Loic Remy to fill any void left by Ba.


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VERGENNES — Vergennes police filed felony burglary and grand larceny charges after the Feb. 1 theft of more than $2,400 from the GoGo Gas Station, and also added a heroin possession charge for one of the two people allegedly involved in the burglary.
Police cited Jonathan C. Opra, 21, of Vergennes for burglary and possession of heroin. He was lodged at the Chittenden County Correctional Center following his arrest, in part, police said, because they believed he was under the effect of heroin when he was arrested and found to have seven small bags of heroin in his possession.
Police cited Layna Coursey, 20, of Monkton for grand larceny. Police said Coursey, who was cited and released, worked for the Main Street gas station. They allege that she told Opra how to gain entry and to find a key to a safe on the premises, and allege that Coursey committed the burglary sometime after the business closed on Jan. 31 and opened on Feb. 1.
Police Chief George Merkel said when police examined the scene they determined the door had not been forced open, and began investigating current and former employees. That effort led them to Coursey's home, where they allege they found her with cash and that she admitted her role. Police then found Opra at the home of a family member in Vergennes, and also found him with cash, as well as heroin.
In all, police said they recovered $2,410 from the two suspects, although the business had not as of Monday informed police if it had finished reviewing its receipts to determine the exact amount of cash that had been taken.
Merkel also discussed further an ongoing heroin investigation that he referenced at the Jan. 31 city council meeting. The department made two arrests in December that he revealed publicly for the first time at that meeting.
The arrests were part of the larger ongoing investigation, and the Independent was aware of them, but agreed they should not have been reported at the time due to some sensitive details. Merkel said he expects the investigation to wrap up this month and to make a full report at that time.
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• On Jan. 30 helped the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad at a School Street call.
• On Jan. 31 asked the owners of cars parked on a Booth Woods roadway to move them, an action police took on behalf of the city public works department.
• On Jan. 31 spoke to the Addison County Community Trust, which manages the Eaglewood Apartments on Hillside Drive, about alleged narcotics problems in the apartment complex.
• On Jan. 31 dealt with a fender-bender in the Goodrich Aerospace parking lot.
• On Jan. 31 helped a Vergennes Union High School student get into her locked car.
• On Jan. 31 checked the welfare of a child at a Thomas Circle home and found no problem.
• On Feb. 1 accepted a red-and-black children's bike that had been turned in to the Boys & Girls Club.
• On Feb. 2 received two tips about illegal drug use in the Vergennes area.
• On Feb. 2 took the department's drug-sniffing canine to check out a suspicious package at the Middlebury post office. The dog alerted on the package, Middlebury police received court permission to open the package, and they found that it contained almost a kilogram of marijuana.
• On Feb. 2 helped the owner of a disabled car on Monkton Road.
• On Feb. 2 took a report of a fender-bender in the Shaw's Supermarket parking lot.
• On Feb. 3 accepted from a resident unused pain medication for destruction.
• On Feb. 3 helped Vermont State Police at the scene of a minor two-car accident at the intersection of Monkton Road and Route 7.
• On Feb. 3 did a background check of a former city resident for an out-of-state police department.
• On Feb. 3 heard from family members on White Street about a possible violation of a child custody order and advised them to contact the court.
• On Feb. 3 cited Gregory Gillett, 35, of Brandon for driving under the influence of alcohol.
• On Feb. 4 ticketed three cars for violating the city's winter overnight parking ban.
• On Feb. 4 helped VARS lift a patient at the intersection of Monkton Road and Main Street.
• On Feb. 4 began investigating a woman's claim that her ex-boyfriend had placed furniture belonging to her on the curb with "free" signs on the pieces, resulting in the items being taken.
• On Feb. 4 called a dog owner to pick up an animal running loose on Walker Avenue.
• On Feb. 4 cited a 17-year-old Shoreham resident for driving an unregistered, uninsured vehicle with unassigned plates.
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FedEx (NYSE:FDX) experienced similar delays and customers complained angrily on social network sites such as Facebook. FedEx denied that the problems were widespread, releasing a statement saying the delays were "isolated."
A UPS spokeswoman confirmed the account in the Journal, saying in an e-mail, "the volume of air packages in the network was greater than the forecast and exceeded capacity."
The spokeswoman said UPS increased its air fleet ahead of the holiday shopping season and those planes were in operation on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, the surge of packages in Louisville caused delays down the delivery chain as the packages didn't make it to their appointed destinations and missed being picked up by UPS trucks scheduled to drop the packages off on Christmas Eve, the Journal reported.
UPS had acknowledged the issues as early as Tuesday, apologizing to customers who received packages late and citing bad weather in some parts of the country and a surge in volume in the days leading up to Christmas.
The UPS spokeswoman said Friday "the vast majority of packages were delivered to their destinations" by Christmas.
The bad weather also contributed to FedEx's delays.
With more Americans shopping online each year, the role of logistics/delivery companies like UPS and FedEx has become increasing important, especially during the holiday shopping season.
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Up-beat and contemporary, the warm and spicy candlelit decor, attentive service, attractive prices and award winning wine list, makes The Eclectic Med Restaurant a great choice for "casual, affordable fine dining".
Our Menu
The menu delivers an eclectic array of appetizers, signature desserts and entrees featuring:
- Bistro
- Pasta and stirfry classics
- Sensational fish
- Meat, poultry and game
- Exotic specialities
Highlights include 28day aged Black Angus beef, High Plains Alberta bison, naturally pastured lamb and venison, local woodland foraged rare breed pork, free run, only vegetable fed duck and chicken, and fish from sustainabe wild species, prepared and served with locally grown, in season vegetables.
Our Philosophy
A few words from proprietors, Andrew and Dawn Fradley
"As chef and owner of a restaurant, I have a wealth of the finest ingredients at my fingertips all the time. I can cook a fine meal, sit at an excellent table in beautiful surroundings and be attended by the wonderful serving staff I am proud to have in my employ.
Having said that, I still enjoy dining out when I can. Dieticians tell us we should not eat too much red meat so I open myself up to the full menu. However, there are times when only a steak will do. So when I do go out, and I do order my 'red meat fix', the steak had better be good!
Dining out is special to me... So is dining in for that matter. The experience encapsulates memories of the good times spent at the table with family and friends both old and new, breaking bread, sharing wine and food, discussing the day, reminiscing the past and postulating the future.
We do not have to sit down together to eat. We do not have to share the bounty. It is something we choose to do, and each time we choose we are making a small, regular celebration of life, of our connection to each other, of the human spirit.
The steak had better be good, but when I eat out at a restaurant I am also looking for the atmosphere and service to help the experience along. If you are lucky enough, the restaurant will introduce you to the "x-factor". This is what I call the phenomenon that leads to the suspension of time. It occurs when all the ingredients are present in such a way that, from the moment you enter the door and as the evening unfolds you become so embraced by the warmth of the experience. The passing of time is only evident after you have bid goodbye.
At the Eclectic Med Restaurant we are committed to the "x-factor". Everything we do, every detail is devoted to providing such a level of experience, for you to feel as I would want to feel, and yes, if you order it, the steak will be good ... Life's too short for a bad steak!"
Eclectic Med Restaurant
Dinner served Monday thru Sunday 5pm to Close
Lunch served Tuesday thru Friday 11:30 am till 1:30 pm
2915 - 30th Ave
Vernon, British Columbia, Canada


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=== Grants and awards ===
* do it.software-award 2007: third price of the 2007 ''[http://www.doit-award.de/ do it]'' software awards for [[Semantic MediaWiki]] (with [[Denny Vrandecic]], [[York Sure]], [[Rudi Studer]])
* do it.software-award 2007: third price of the 2007 ''[http://www.doit-award.de/ do it]'' software awards for [[Semantic MediaWiki]] (with [[Denny Vrandecic]], [[York Sure]], [[Rudi Studer]])
* Georg-Helm-Preis 2005: best Master's thesis in 2005; yearly award given to two or three graduates (Master's/PhD) of [[TU Dresden]]
* Georg-Helm-Preis 2005: best Master's thesis in 2005; yearly award given to two or three graduates (Master's/PhD) of [[TU Dresden]]
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Since July 2010, I am doing research at the Computing Laboratory at the University of Oxford. Information about my research and teaching, contact details, and further relevant data can be found below.
My research is focussed on information systems and (semantic) Web technologies, ranging from foundational studies in knowledge representation and reasoning to implementations of deployable systems (including the one that runs this site)
- Lecture «Semantic Web Technologies I» at AIFB Karlsruhe:
- Winter 2009/10 (together with Sebastian Rudolph)
- Winter 2008/09 (together with Pascal Hitzler and Sebastian Rudolph)
- Winter 2007/08 (together with Pascal Hitzler and Sebastian Rudolph)
- Lecture «Intelligente Systeme im World Wide Web» («Intelligent Systems on the WWW») at AIFB Karlsruhe
- Summer 2006 (together with Anupriya Ankolekar, Pascal Hitzler, and York Sure)
- Summer 2005 (together with Pascal Hitzler and York Sure)
- Seminar «Knowledge Representation and Reasoning for the Semantic Web» at TU Dresden in Winter 2005/06 (together with Pascal Hitzler)
Further activities
- Lead developer of Semantic MediaWiki
- Member of the new W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL) working group
- Former member of W3C Rule Interchange Format (RIF) working group
- Maintainer of semanticweb.org, the Semantic Web community portal
Reviewing and committee memberships
I have been reviewing (on programme committees or individual requests) for the following journals:
- Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
- Journal of Web Semantics
- Journal of Automated Reasoning
- Journal of Symbolic Computation, reviewer for special issue on Automated Deduction: Decidability, Complexity, Tractability, 2008
- International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 2008
- Journal of Universal Computer Science, PC member of special issue on Ontologies and their Applications, JUCS 13(12), 2007
- Semantic Web Journal
I serve or have served as a programme committee member of the following events:
- KR 2014, the 14th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
- ISWC 2014, the 13th International Semantic Web Conference
- ESWC 2014, the 11th European Semantic Web Conference
- DL 2014, the 27th International Workshop on Description Logics, Vienna, Austria, July 17 – 20 2014
- IJCAI 2013, the 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Organised events and tutorials
- Course «Ontology Modelling Languages» at ESSLLI 2009, the 21st European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2009), Bordeaux, July 20 – 31, 2009
- Tutorial «Semantic Web Modelling Languages» at IJCAI 2009, the 21st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Passadena, Juli 11 – 17, 2009
- Tutorial «OWL 2 Rules» at ESWC 2009, the 6th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2009), Heraklion, May 31 – June 4, 2009
- OWLED 2008 (EU), the 5th International Workshop on OWL: Experiences and Directions, Karlsruhe, Germany, Oct 26 – 27 2008, local organisation.
- SWKM 2008, the 2008 Workshop on Social Web and Knowledge Management at WWW 2008, Bejing, China, April 22nd, 2008.
- Tutorial «Practical Reasoning with OWL and DL-Safe Rules» at ESWC 2006, the 3rd European Semantic Web Conference.
Invited talks
See also the talk section in publications.
- Speaker at Reasoning Web Summer School 2007 on «Reasoning in Semantic Wikis»
- Invited talk at the Semantic Web Technology Showcase 2007, Vienna, Austria (colocated with ESTC2007, the first European Semantic Technology Conference) on «Practical Reasoning with OWL and Rules»
Curriculum vitae
- Born on May 6th 1981 in Rodewisch, Germany
- Married, no children
- Contact data
- Since July 2010: Postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University Computing Laboratory
- Mar 2010–Jun 2010: Postdoctoral researcher at AIFB, Karlsruhe Instititue of Technology
- Mar 2005–Feb 2010: PhD student and research assistant in Prof. Rudi Studer's group at Institute AIFB of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT (formerly Karlsruhe University)
- Feb 2005: Master of Science in Computational Logic, degree 1.0 (supervised by Dr. habil. Pascal Hitzler TUD, Prof. Steffen Hölldobler TUD, Prof. Guo-Qiang Zhang CWRU)
- Jun–Aug 2004: visit at CWRU Cleveland
- 2003–2005: Study of Computational Logic at the ICCL of TU Dresden
- 2000–2003: Study of Computer Science at Technische Universität Dresden
- 1999: Abitur, Grade 1.1 (with distinction)
- 1991–1999: High school Goethe Gymnasium Auerbach
Jobs and civil service
- 2002–2003: student assistant in Prof. Michael Thielscher's Computational Logic Group, topic area cognitive robotics
- 2001–2005: various occupations as student tutor for courses Logic I and Logic II at TU Dresden
- 2001–2002: software developer at Signsoft GmbH, Dresden (3D visualisation, OO API development)
- 1999–2000: Civil service at hospital Vogtlandklinikum Rodewisch
Grants and awards
- Best Paper Award for Efficient Inferencing for OWL EL at the 12th European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA 2010)
- do it.software-award 2007: third price of the 2007 do it software awards for Semantic MediaWiki (with Denny Vrandecic, York Sure, Rudi Studer)
- Georg-Helm-Preis 2005: best Master's thesis in 2005; yearly award given to two or three graduates (Master's/PhD) of TU Dresden
- DAAD grant «Kurzfristige Studienaufenthalte zur Anfertigung einer Masterarbeit»: thesis research exchange grant of the German Academic Exchange Service, hosted by CWRU Cleveland
- Bestes Vordiplom 2002: award for best Computer Science pre-degree at TU Dresden (best grade point average)
Short CV
Many occasions require a brief personal description. Here is a typical example of what I might use:
Markus Krötzsch is a post-doctoral researcher at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory. He completed his PhD studies at the Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 2010. His research interest is the intelligent automatic processing of information, ranging from the foundations of formal knowledge representation to application areas like the Semantic Web. He is the lead developer of the successful Semantic Web application platform Semantic MediaWiki, co-editor of the W3C OWL 2 specification, chief maintainer of the semanticweb.org community portal, and co-author of the textbook Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies.
Contact data
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com (work)
- I receive many emails. Some might be overlooked or lost. Feel free to re-send your unanswered message.
- Random requests for software support or other consultations will usually be ignored, unless I have some concrete personal commitment or research interest.
- Phone: +44 1865 283529 (work)
- Fax: +44 1865 273839 (work)
- Skype: kroetzsch (for people I know personally)
- GPG key: search for the key ID 0xE302A83DEEA9C8F9, e.g. on http://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net/
- Yes, I have accounts at LinkedIn, Facebook, and XING – though there is also some truth in this rant
- Address
Markus Kroetzsch Wolfson Building Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QD United Kingdom