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Every time I travel to a show, I imagine I'll have so much more time to write and post about the cool things I've seen there. But every time, I am so swamped and never have a chance. It was no different this year at the Eaton Distributor Meeting (EDM) at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville. I arrived late Monday after a five-hour delay, enjoyed a dinner with several great folks from Eaton, then crashed.
We started bright and early Tuesday morning, with a presentation from business leadership speaker Jason Jennings, then off to brief meetings with several of Eaton's market and product managers. Perhaps the neatest thing I saw was early in the morning, and it was technology that is not even available to everyone but I still had to share it.
Eaton has developed a new iPad sales tool app, called PowerSource, for use by its distributors. The completely custom built program allows sales reps to really design a system solution easily because they have all the tools right at their fingertips. It saves time and hassle of having to visit a potential customer, define their needs, get back to the office to spec the product and determine what works best, then email or send them a proposal, says Eric Stager, Eaton's Product Manager IT, Web and Mobile Apps. Instead,with the PowerSource, distributors can determine a client's needs and find a solution all while they are still sitting in the client's office, factory floor, or out on a job site.
The app is localized to the device, says Stager. He even says that the folks at Apple are intrigued by the program, as they have never seen anything like it before.
Eaton gives the app away for free but sells a three-year service with it. Distributors can either buy a pre-loaded iPad from Eaton or have the app downloaded onto their own device. Stager says they are currently working on deploying the app to other tablets.
The program uses GPS so that as a user enters a hot spot, the device talks to Eaton's servers and receives all new data so users can stay up to date on the latest Eaton news.
The content dashboard includes a news section, where the latest news releases or articles about Eaton technology can be found; a products section; a crimp specs area; videos; literature 3D models; locator; and app settings. The last two allow the user to customize the program to their locations and needs but the other areas are what gives the service its meat.
For instance, the products area contains all of Eaton's standard catalog items and allows the user to select requirements and filter it down into different categories, with critical specs such as size, pressure, type, temperature, and more.
In addition, a user can get crimp specs and essentially virtually build a hose and fittings assembly, making it easier to specify and sell a product or whole system.
A search function allows users to find competitive products to find a comparable Eaton component. Videos include promotional and training videos. Every available piece of literature in Eaton's database is available for download, print or email.
In the 3D modeling section, after a user completes a part search, and builds the model, a user can email it to a customer so they can see exactly what the component looks like, without all the time it normally takes to get back to the office, build the model and email it back to the client.
Stager says that Eaton plans to roll out something similar for OEMs in the future but nothing is defined yet.
Visit www.eatonpowersource.com for more details.

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Voters: Get ready to buy booze at Costco
Ready to buy your vodka at Costco, Safeway and Trader Joe's?
Washington's Prohibition-era monopoly on liquor sales came to an end, after a measure to privatize the booze business sailed to victory Tuesday, with nearly 60 percent of votes.
Initiative 1183, bankrolled by Costco, allows groceries and other private retailers to sell whiskey, gin and other hard alcohol. It's been the most expensive initiative fight in state history, with $30 million spent by opposing campaigns. Most of that came from Issaquah-based Costco, which poured a record-setting $22 million into I-1183.
It was the retail giant's second attempt to privatize liquor sales.
"We are very grateful to all of our coalition partners across the state," Joel Benoliel, senior vice president and chief legal officer at Costco, told the Associated Press.
"The voters overwhelmingly demonstrated that facts trump scare tactics."
The measure puts an end to Washington's anachronistic state-run liquor system - in place since 1933 - and allows stores larger than 10,000 square feet to sell liquor, with some exceptions. State officials estimated the number of liquor stores will quadruple from 328 to more than 1,400. The new rules go into effect in June.
The state also estimated that the measure will generate between $400 million to $480 million in new revenue to state and local governments over six years. The initiative dedicates some money for public safety programs and restricts sales from mini-marts, provisions added after voters rejected Costco's first privatization bid last year.
I-1183 was marked with conflicting information over public safety, revenue and consumer pricing. Supporters said the measure effectively restricts sales from mini-marts, while allowing exceptions for small stores in rural areas.
Opponents - mostly wholesalers and distributors worried about being cut out of the liquor system - said the measure has a loophole that will let nearly 1,000 gas stations and mini-marts sell liquor. They worried about more drunk driving and minors buying alcohol. And they said more than 900 state workers will lose their jobs.
"We remain concerned about the initiative's consequences on public safety, and we hope the supporters of I-1183 will do everything in their power to ensure that the revenue promises made to local law enforcement during the campaign are fulfilled, as Washington ends its current liquor control system," Alex Fryer, spokesman for an anti-1183 group, said in a statement Tuesday night.
Part of the problem for voters in search of truth was the measure's lack of definition. I-1183 allows small, mostly rural stores to sell liquor, if no other store sells it in its "trade area," a vague term left for the state's liquor board to define.
But opponents decided to impose their own definition, leading to the 1,000 mini-mart liquor store prediction, which initiative backers rejected.
Supporters also said the initiative would lead to cheaper booze, in which consumers set prices, "not politicians." But the more complex answer is that it depends on where you shop.
The measure eliminates the state's 52 percent mark-up on liquor. But it adds a 17 percent fee on retailers and an initial 10 percent fee on distributors. Businesses could also add their own markups, estimated by the state to be least an additional 25 percent.
Washington is considered a bellwether for the 17 other "control states," in which the government runs the sale and distribution of liquor. Gov. Chris Gregoire opposed privatization, while Attorney General Rob McKenna, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, supported it.
"The voters have spoken," Gregoire said in a statement Tuesday night, saying she had concerns about liquor sales to minors.
"I remain concerned about Initiative 1183's unintended consequences. This initiative expands the sale of liquor, which can present risks to our public safety."
Visit seattlepi.com's home page for more Seattle news. Contact Vanessa Ho at 206-448-8003 or firstname.lastname@example.com, and follow her on Twitter as @vanessaho.


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Monday, November 22, 2010
A Humument App
On returning from Princeton the big excitement at Peckham HQ is presiding over the final birth throes of my Humument app for iPad which is now up and running thanks to midwives Lucy and Alice, consultant Jonathan Hills and the surgical expertise of John Bowring.
So, safely delivered it shows, in colours more glowing that my pens and paints could achieve, almost like church windows at times, the whole of A Humument, including very recent pages. And all at full size, together with a device for using the book as an oracle in the manner of the randomised predictions of the I Ching (though on the iPad a little internal jiggery-pokery replaces the never quite available yarrow sticks).
Very soon after starting the book in the sixties I dreamed of its use as an oracle and it has taken forty years for technology to make that possible.
So if you have an iPad you should go straight to A Humument in the app store and have a look. If you do not have an iPad a word to Father Christmas might do the trick. If you only have an iPhone, well stick around: there will be a miniature version early next year.
11 comments:
- ruth said...
You, my dear father, although you are unfortunately not Father Christmas and cannot grant me an ipad, are VERY COOL!
- November 22, 2010 at 2:10:00 PM GMT
- Mike C. said...
This is very exciting but, for us Windows PC people, tantalizingly unreachable. This is the first time I've felt driven to Mac gadget-lust ...
Very, very cool, indeed.
- November 23, 2010 at 9:16:00 AM GMT
- louloulovesbooks said...
I love this on iPad, it looks tremendous and I am having such fun emailing all of my friends my daily oracle. Not entirely sure that they appreciate it but I don't worry about details like that.
Love it, an app I actually can relate to
- December 1, 2010 at 2:29:00 PM GMT
- Will Ashon said...
Any news on the iPhone version..?
- January 6, 2011 at 4:42:00 PM GMT
- Jeremy said...
Apparently the iPhone version is now available - am about to download it.
Can this be referred to as the 5th edition as there are 39 new pages? And has anyone done a concordance to tell which they are?
- February 4, 2011 at 12:01:00 AM GMT
- TP Studio said...
Jeremy and blog followers,
It could be the 4th revised, or the 5th, we're not sure yet! Here is the info about which pages have changed.
Pages new to the app (version 1) 2010...
pp41 47 56 58 62
63 71 75 76 79
80 82 85 87 88
90 327 102 116 118
120 121 127 131 132
142 148 156 157 158
159 168 196 233 236
309 326 351 363
Pages taken from green Thames & Hudson edition for the app 2010...
pp60 107 251 350
page reworked digitally p173
There will be an email newsletter soon about the iPhone version and the planned updates of the newest pages to feature in the App update in a few weeks... pp1, 9, 170, 263, 264, 269, 276, 303, 332 and possibly more.
A new Humument Variorum website is at the discussion stage at the moment.
Best wishes,
Studio Team
- February 8, 2011 at 4:29:00 PM GMT
- Jeremy said...
Dear Team
Thanks for the detail about the changes, it is exciting (i have all but the secondrevised/third edition)& the variorum website would be useful.
Have you considered using the ipad/iphone application as a repository, so that people could see all the pages at once, or filtered by edition? This might decrease the sales of older editions, but that is a different market.
You could also see changed pages and see something of how The Night Porter's mind/style/methods/hobbyhorses have changed
Just greedy I guess - what we have is wonderful, looking for wonderfuller.
- February 12, 2011 at 3:35:00 AM GMT
- Jeremy said...
PS another reason for a complete multiple edition is that if TNP amends/emends app pages the original will be lost when the app is upgraded, unlike the paper ones on my shelf.
- February 12, 2011 at 3:46:00 AM GMT
- Jeremy said...
I have downloaded the new iPhone version - are the new pages as indicated in the earlier post?
- August 9, 2011 at 3:52:00 AM GMT+1
- joanna savage said...
How about making the App available to those of us using IPad in Italy. I am constantly told by Apple here that no such App exists. Joanna
- January 20, 2016 at 8:22:00 AM GMT
- Unknown said...
Hey Joanna, I looked into this, the App should be available in Italy by the end of January.
- January 21, 2016 at 12:07:00 PM GMT


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Apr 17,2009
Marine fishing regulations adopted for 2009
by Bend Weekly News Sources
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission today adopted 2009 regulations for several marine fisheries, approved management plans for three state wildlife areas and received an update on $2.6 million in funding for federal stimulus projects.
The new groundfish regulations include an increase in the recreational daily bag limit for marine fish from six to seven fish. The increased bag limit is based on a favorable stock assessment for black rockfish, the dominant species in the nearshore groundfish fishery that also includes greenling and cabezon.
The Commission decided to allow the retention of Pacific cod in the deep water halibut fishery from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. It also adopted fork length as the approved method of measuring sturgeon and set commercial groundfish harvest limits that mirror federal regulations.
In other business, the commission adopted federal guidelines for commercial sardine fishing and amended state administrative rules governing the industry. In light of declining sardine populations in recent years, the commission approved rules that will suspend the minimum landing requirements and the owner/operator requirement when the federal harvest guideline falls below 100,000 metric tons of sardines. This will give permit holders more business flexibility and make it easier to retain a permit when sardine populations are low.
Commission members adopted long-term management plan for three state wildlife areas – Lower Deschutes in Wasco and Sherman counties, Riverside, near Juntura, Ore., and Bridge Creek, located near Ukiah, Ore. ODFW manages a total of 12 wildlife areas, which provide habitat for fish and wildlife and outdoor recreational opportunities for the public.
Commission members received an update on several capital improvement projects funded through Oregon's federal stimulus package. ODFW received authorization and approval for 24 projects under the bill, including $2.6 million in funding. The project list includes new storage buildings, heating system replacements, electrical work at four facilities, hatchery pipeline replacements, elevator installation at the Enterprise District Office, and residence replacements at EE Wilson Wildlife Area and Salmon River Hatchery. The list also includes design work of a new office building at the Hatfield Marine Science Center. Target date for completing bid awards is May 1, 2009.
On Thursday, members of the Commission toured the Haggerty Wetland Project, where they saw the largest habitat restoration project in the Willamette Valley. They also visited Thompson's Mills, where they received an overview of fish passage and habitat issues associated with the historic mill and Sodom Dam. The last top on their tour was the Oregon Hatchery Research Center in Alsea, where they toured the facilities and reviewed a project aimed at tagging fish with acoustic radio tags to monitor freshwater migration timing and ocean survival.


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About half my traffic right now seems to be going to that old post about camel crickets. These things really freak people out, so that page is filling up with fun comments like this one from bobbie jean:
just reading all of these entries makes my skin crawl. i lived in virginia for 20 years and never got use to them. they are the scariest alien/predator bug i have seen ever. i also noticed the bug disappearance. i started thinking there sinister buddies came and picked up there dead bodies up after i killed them. another thing i noticed or maybe just imagined is that the nasty little sprickets would jump at you or towards you instead of away from you. glad to know im not the only one terrified of them.
According to the Wikipedia article these creatures have been known to eat their own limbs if there's nothing else available, so the stories about dead crickets disappearing might not just be paranoid fantasy. But my favorite part of the article is its suggestions for getting rid of the bugs. Along with ideas like setting sticky paper, spraying insecticide, and getting rid of hospitable breeding areas, it recommends releasing centipedes into the house to hunt them. That's fantastic! People who can't stand having crickets in their homes will just love having these guys crawling around:
Follow them with Bolivian tree lizards, then Chinese snakes, a few gorillas, and winter will take care of the rest. Cricket problem solved.
[Photo from the Flickr stream of David Reeves.]


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I have been to many sex parties since my sex career has been fairly long and tumultuous. I think what the truth is that unfortunately I don't like sex much, or I like it too much and so I have tried a number of things that don't suit me and sex parties is one of them. I like the idea of them but I also have never had fun at one, so I don't go anymore.
But I am finding that I miss them.
What I miss is the food. There's always a really funny and odd variety of food at sex events that both puzzles and arouses me, not sexually exactly, but there is still tremendous desire involved. I would think about the food as I participated in the strange and sometimes irritating sex and couldn't wait to get back to the buffet table and would be annoyed when yet another lover would pull me away from it.
There's always chili, the home-made kind, with lots of canned kidney beans and ground beef and the flavoring out of a packet. Something about those ready made spice mixes gets me really excited. Perhaps it's the egregious amounts of sodium or the odd chemicals and preservatives that have me hooked. They offer an imitation of life, rather than life itself, but I'd rather have an imitation than the real thing, because I am so used to the imitation that the imposter is more appealing. the chili was thick and bubbled over and was served in the pot it was cooked in, which is the best way.
Hot dogs and buns to eat with the chili were a must. Hot dogs and sex parties have long been inseparable entities. Even at the bare bones bathhouses and warehouse gatherings open only to gay men, they still had hot dogs and off brand soda available from 2 litre bottles left open so the carbonation had gone completely flat. Of course I have not been invited to any of these – but I heard about what was served.
Barbecue potato chips were eternally growing stale in large plastic bowls usually reserved for punch, which was less common. Barbecue was the flavor most likely seen at S&M functions, but then the swinger set could be relied upon a bag or two of sour cream and onion. Never plain, never baked and never salt and vinegar which is sad because salt and vinegar is my favorite.
There was always a big sourdough bread round hollowed out and filled with a spinach cream cheese dip, which I would illegally dip the barbecue chips and sometimes even the hot dogs in, criminal as I am, lawless to the core. I don't know why they don't serve the fluffy guts of the loaf next to the bread carcass, but that has never been the case. Perhaps it gets too hard to eat, but I actually like the crispness of fresh bread after its been exposed to the air for a time and it would give some body to scoop up the spinach dip.
The best part of sex party food are the cookies. The later parties I went to had trendier sweets like minicupcakes, which are sexy to look at and pleasing to the eye, like the lingerie of food, little fancies to get you going, but in my heart, the cookies were what I yearned for. These were always prepared by some kind of sex slave, so they were always baked extraordinarily well. This is one of things I adore about the leather community. Submissives made the best cookies and I think about those treats and I would happily turn up at anyone's dungeon if the slaves were doing the baking.


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NILES, IL, May 15, 2008 — Shure Incorporated announced today that a three-member team from the Music Department at Texas State University is this year's Grand Prize Winner of the fourth annual "Fantastic Scholastic Recording Competition." The three-student team of Joel Cowen, Adam Brisbin and Jordan Lott, with faculty advisor, Mark Erickson, won this year's Shure contest with an original composition by Graham Wilkinson and the Underground Township entitled "Let It Go." "First off, we'd like to congratulate the winning team from Texas State and to thank all of the students who participated in the contest from all of the schools," said Dave Mendez, Market Development Specialist from Shure, who coordinated the competition. "The winning project really stood out on top of all the entries in this year's contest and it's even more incredible when you look at the amazing panel of judges we had doing the evaluations." The judges for the competition were Chuck Ainlay, Joe Barresi, Frank Filipetti, Mike Fraser, Chris Kimsey, Chuck Meyers, Elliot Scheiner and Al Schmitt, who evaluated the recordings on their overall fidelity, clarity, and sonic balance-as well as creativity in selection and placement of microphones. "It's always great to give back to the business that's provided me with so much enjoyment," commented Ainlay. "I see the same spirit in the work these students submitted to the contest that I'm encouraged for the future of recorded music. I applaud Shure for creating the platform where students from across the country can gain crucial evaluations and a better understanding of the art of recording." In addition to the Texas State University team, there were nine other competing teams from Anderson University, Biola University, Butler University, California State University (Chico), Middle Tennessee State University, Ohio University, The Hartt School at the University of Hartford, the University of New Haven and the University of South Carolina School of Music. The runner-up in this year's competition was the team from The Hartt School at the University of Hartford and the students from Biola University received an honorable mention. Each of the 10 student teams worked on a recording project that consisted of tracking and mixing a performance, exclusively using a "microphone locker" provided by Shure for the competition. Teams submitted a stereo mix for review by a panel of industry professionals who were selected by Shure to judge the competition. "Using the Shure microphones actually gave them as many if not more choices than they would normally have when they come in to do a recording project," said Mark Erickson, the team's faculty advisor. "My experience with Shure mics has been a lot of [SM] 57s and [SM] 58s, of course…but they were also talking about the SM7…they liked that one. Based on what they've said, I'm pretty excited to hear what the KSM44 sounds like." The winning team used all of the microphones in the locker provided by Shure to create their project, but the students definitely had a few favorites and they gained experience with some microphones that none of them had previously used. "I like the SM7 for vocals…rock vocals," commented senior Joel Cowen. "I hadn't really ever used many Shure condenser mics, but we put the [KSM] 44s on everything, lots of stuff…guitars, vocals," added sophomore Adam Brisbin. "It gave a really clear, really nice sound." "You know, if I need a good snare sound I don't hesitate to grab a [SM] 57," said senior Jordan Lott. I know it's going to sound good and I'm not going to have to worry about there being any problems with it. You know it's going to work." As the winning school, Texas State takes ownership of the entire Shure Microphone Locker, which consists of: (1) Beta 52A, (1) Beta 91, (3) Beta 98D/Ss, (2) KSM27s, (2) KSM32s, (2) KSM44s, (2) KSM141s, (4) SM57s, (1) SM7B, (1) VP88, and (1) A27M. The entire microphone package is valued at more than $12,000. In addition, a donation of $3,000 towards a scholarship fund will be awarded to Texas State, and each member of the winning team will receive a KSM27, valued at $575.
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Palo Alto's effort to promote low-income housing received a major boost this month when a California Superior Court judge struck down a developer's challenge to the city's affordable-housing program.
The court upheld a Palo Alto ordinance that requires developers to devote between 15 and 25 percent of their developments to below-market-rate (BMR) housing. The policy also allows developers who can't meet these requirements to pay the city "in-lieu" fees to support affordable housing citywide. The policy is intended to encourage development of affordable housing in a city that officials agree sorely needs it.
The developer Classic Communities, which is building along West Bayshore, argued in a lawsuit that the city's zoning requirement is arbitrary and excessive and that it amounts to an illegal "special tax" on developers. The lawsuit also argued that Palo Alto is "unlawfully" forcing the developer to bear the costs for the city's shortage of affordable housing.
The lawsuit is one of several Palo Alto has faced in the past two years over affordable housing. Last year, SummerHill Homes threatened to sue the city but the parties settled after the developer agreed to pay $4.4 million in in-lieu fees rather than build the requisite number of below-market-rate units.
The city is facing another lawsuit from West Meadow Oaks, the company behind a six-condominium development on West Meadow Drive. The company is run by Forrest Mozart, whose father, John Mozart, is the president of Classic Communities.
The lawsuit from Classic Communities was particularly significant because it challenged the legality of the city's entire affordable-housing program, rather than the details of the particular project. The company agreed in 2006 to allocate 10 percent of the 96-unit Sterling Park development to affordable housing and to pay the city in-lieu fees equal to 5.4 percent of the price for each market-rate unit sold.
The developer argued in the lawsuit that the city's demand "was arbitrary and capricious, not supported by substantial evidence, and excessive." The lawsuit also claimed that the fees and affordable-housing requirements "arbitrarily require one class of property owners to contribute more to affordable-housing programs, which purportedly benefit the community as a whole, than other residents."
Attorney Scott Pinsky, who represented the city against Classic Communities, said the developer could still appeal the ruling. In the meantime, the judgment represents a victory for Palo Alto and its goal of providing more housing opportunities.
"It was challenge to the overall regulatory structure and program for inclusionary zoning," said Pinsky, who also represents the city in the West Meadow Oaks suit. "We were glad it was ratified."
Pinsky wrote in his response to the lawsuit that the city's BMR program has generated about 7.5 units per year, a rate that has been "found to be insufficient to meet the City's need for affordable housing." A study by Keyser Marston Associates found that "present housing conditions in the area warrant an even greater effort to achieve affordable housing than was previously the case, and calls for greater efforts to expand affordable units," Pinsky wrote.
Pinsky argued in the document that the plaintiff's lawsuit also fails because it was filed well after the 90-day statute of limitations.
The ruling by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Kevin E. McKenney requires Classic Communities to abide by its 2006 agreement with the city. McKenney also rejected the developer's motion for a new trial.
The fees from the Sterling Park project would support other affordable-housing projects in Palo Alto, including the recently approved development at 801 Alma St., which will feature 50 units for low-income families. The City Council voted last week to contribute $3 million and provide a $2.8 million "permanent loan" for the project, which is a partnership between the nonprofit groups Eden Housing and the Community Housing Alliance.
The council acknowledged at Feb. 14 meeting the high cost of building affordable housing in Palo Alto but voted unanimously to support the Eden Housing development. The new contributions raised the city's total commitment to the project to $9.3 million.
"We do need to gulp when we realize how much it costs to build affordable housing in our community," Councilman Larry Klein said at the meeting. "I do believe we have a social obligation to accomplish this."
Councilwoman Gail Price agreed and said she feels "we have a personal responsibility to provide affordable housing to our community."
The fees from Classic Communities are expected to cover a part of that cost. The developer had already contributed about $400,000 in fees to the city, and the total funds from the Sterling Park project are expected to amount to about $4.6 million, according to a report from Julie Caporgno, the city's chief planning and transportation official.
Acting City Attorney Donald Larkin said the recent court ruling not only strengthens Palo Alto's affordable-housing program but could also promote similar programs in other communities throughout the state.
"I think it's significant because these challenges are going on all over the area," Larkin said. "It's good for us to get out in front."
"We've always tried to be leaders in affordable-housing programs, and it's good to show other cities that if they follow our lead in doing these types of programs they will benefit."


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Opinion: Too-Big-To-Fail Secretary
Assistant editorial page editor James Freeman on Jack Lew's confirmation to Treasury. Photos: Getty Images
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Wynn needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 32 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
I started this gangster shit !
So we are launching a website that glorifies being gangster. This t-shirt design and statement is a throwback to the classic Dr. Dre and Ice Cube song where the chorus went:
I Started This Gangster Shit.
And this is the mother fucking thanks I get.
So this is definitely meant to be a bit humorous, and of course gangster.
People who like the gangster lifestyle.
People who appreciate gangster rap and hip hop.
It's a bold statement so people are feel gangster and proud will gravitate towards this design.
We aren't quite sure the best way to shout this slogan, "I started this gangster shit."
Think hip hop.
Think rap and gangsters.
Think NWA, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube.
This shirt is a boast to the world for people who feel that they started this gangster shit (or started some original cool idea or concept).
You can be creative with colors, icons, typography.
Get gangster with it.
We own the domain name, "I Started This Gangster Shit.com" and "And this is the mother fucking thanks I get.com." It could be interesting (not a requirement) to incorporate the URL on the shirt somewhere. But maybe not.


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The Standard Hotel in New York City has fired an employee who leaked the surveillance video footage of Jay-Z in an altercation with Beyonce's sister Solange Knowles.
On Monday, video footage obtained by TMZ.com showed Knowles in an explosive bust-up with her brother-in-law, as she appears to be kicking and punching Jay in an elevator after the trio left a party following the Met Gala on May 5.
Now bosses at the hotel have found the employee responsible for taking the footage from security cameras and have fired the worker.
A statement from The Standard Hotel officials confirms the unnamed staff member was terminated for "breaching the security polices of the hotel and recording the confidential CCTV video," and promises to give "all available information to criminal authorities".
Neither Beyonce, Jay Z, nor Solange have released official statements on the matter, but the hip-hop supercouple showed a united front after the video leaked by sitting together courtside at a Brooklyn Nets basketball game, and on Wednesday, the "Single Ladies" singer posted various snaps of herself and her sister on Instagram.


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|Alzheimer's is not just a disease of old age. Younger-onset (also known as early-onset) Alzheimer's affects people younger than age 65. Up to 5 percent of the more than 5 million Americans with Alzheimer's have younger-onset.
If you have early onset Alzheimer's, you are not alone.
The Alzheimer's Association can provide information, support and referrals. Find your local chapter.
Since health care providers generally don't look for Alzheimer's disease in younger people, getting an accurate diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's can be a long and frustrating process. Symptoms may be incorrectly attributed to stress or there may be conflicting diagnoses from different health care professionals. People who have early onset Alzheimer's may be in any stage of dementia – early stage, middle stage or late stage. The disease affects each person differently and symptoms will vary.
If you are experiencing memory problems:
- Have a comprehensive medical evaluation with a doctor who specializes in Alzheimer's disease. Getting a diagnosis involves a medical exam and possibly cognitive tests, a neurological exam and/or brain imaging. Call your local chapter of the Alzheimer's Association for a referral.
- Write down symptoms of memory loss or other cognitive difficulties to share with your health care professional.
- Keep in mind that there is no one test that confirms Alzheimer's disease. A diagnosis is only made after a comprehensive medical evaluation.
Learn more: Steps to Diagnosis, Finding the Right Physician, Medical Tests, Signs and Symptoms
Causes of Early Onset Including Genetics
Early Onset and Genetics: HBO Video
Doctors do not understand why most cases of early onset Alzheimer's appear at such a young age. But in a few hundred families worldwide, scientists have pinpointed several rare genes that directly cause Alzheimer's. People who inherit these rare genes tend to develop symptoms in their 30s, 40s and 50s. When Alzheimer's disease is caused by deterministic genes, it is called "familial Alzheimer's disease," and many family members in multiple generations are affected.
Learn more: Alzheimer's and Genetics, Genetic Testing Fact Sheet
Help is available for early onset Alzheimer's
If you have early onset Alzheimer's you are not alone. There are many ways to stay active and involved.


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North Country graduates look to future
copyright the Chronicle June 10, 2015
by Joseph Gresser
NEWPORT — Almost 200 seniors walked across the small stage put up in the North Country Union High School gymnasium Saturday evening, June 6. Each young man and woman received the document that marked a departure from a prescribed routine and the opening of the door to the future.
As is the custom at North Country, the ceremony was brief. Only an hour passed between the opening notes of Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance," played in a stately manner by the school band, and the last bars of the piece played at a much brisker clip to suit the pace of the departing graduates.
In between, speakers praised the class of 2015 as a generous group of students, willing to give of their time and attention for the benefit of others.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The "moderate" Lebanese leaders courted by the international community made clear this week that they are not all that different from the Hizballah terrorist militia that is shunned by the world. In fact, they openly support Hizballah in violation of international law.
Top Lebanese newspaper as-Safir reported that in a meeting with top government officials on Tuesday, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, a favorite of Washington and European capitals, encouraged Hizballah to continue acquiring SCUDs and other illicit weapons for use against Israel.
According to the report, Hariri said he "supports [Hizballah] acquiring anything it can to defend the borders and sovereignty of Lebanon, and this includes Scud missiles, in order to face any Israeli attempt to strike Lebanon."
When told that his remarks were angering the US, Hariri replied that he cared for nothing but the interests of his nation.
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt also joined in the Israel-bashing. Jumblatt told the BBC that "Lebanon does not want peace with Israel, even it if offers to withdraw from its occupied lands."
Jumblatt said Lebanon could never accept living in peace with the Jewish state under any circumstances.
Jumblatt, widely regarded as a "moderate" force in Lebanon, was once believed to tacitly support Israeli action against Hizballah due to his movement's firm opposition to Syria. But since reconciling with the Syrian leadership, Jumblatt has insisted that it is no one's business where Hizballah gets its weapons, or how much firepower the group has.
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SKoops needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
For a marketplace for startups we need a great logo. The logo should appeal to men and women, age 20-35. The style we like is professional, fresh, entrepreneurial, creative, modern. Though the name is long, we would like a creative way of presenting it in a compact way.
we love startups
We love startups will be a marketplace where startups can find the experts needed (for graphic and website design, copy writing, advice, etc.), and where startups offering those services can find new business.
Though the name of the site is 'soft/womanlike', the logo should appeal to male and female entrepreneurs. Colors we want to use are: light blue, a kind of dark pink (like you can see on http://www.morselsbakery.com), grey (light and dark).
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Exposure to the nukes d4T (stavudine, Zerit) and, to a lesser extent, AZT (zidovudine, Retrovir) can cause the loss of subcutaneous fat (the fatty layer just under the skin). The wasting away of this fatty layer is called lipoatrophy. This wasting of subcutaneous fat can alter a person's appearance, causing the veins in the arms and legs to appear as if they are bulging and causing parts of the face, particularly the cheeks and temples, to sink.
In high-income countries, safer nukes such as these are commonly used:
Researchers at several hospital clinics in France are conducting a study called Monoi (ANRS 136). In this study, the effects of monotherapy with darunavir-ritonavir are compared to HAART regimens containing darunavir-ritonavir. Preliminary results from Monoi suggest that participants who received darunavir monotherapy had a statistically increase in the fat content of their limbs. This intriguing finding is discussed later in our report.
Monoi is an ongoing study that enrolled HAART users whose viral load had been less than 50 copies/mL and randomly assigned them to one of the following regimens:
A sub-study of Monoi (144 out of 225 participants) included DEXA scans of the limbs and other parts of the body. Assessments of limb fat are used in some HIV clinical trials to help researchers determine whether subcutaneous fat (the fatty layer just under the skin) is increasing or decreasing. The participants who had DEXA scans were distributed as follows:
The average profile of participants who received DEXA scans was as follows:
Over the course of the study, limb fat changed in each regimen group as follows:
This difference was statistically significant.
Over the course of the study, changes in fat in the trunk of the body were as follows:
This difference was not statistically significant.
The proportion of participants who lost at least 20% of the fat in their limbs during the study was as follows:
This difference was also not statistically significant.
Differences in triglycerides and cholesterol levels in the blood between the two study regimens were not statistically significant.
Blood sugar levels fell in the HAART group and rose modestly in the monotherapy group. This difference was statistically significant.
Taking into account many factors, researchers found that people who lost their subcutaneous fat in this study tended to be younger (averaging 39 years) compared to people who did not lose this fatty layer (averaging 46 years). Because of the relatively small number of people with fat wasting, it is not clear if this finding is clinically meaningful or an accidental discovery.
The study team also found that participants who gained fat deep within their bellies were more likely to have a high level of belly fat at the start of the study compared to people who tended to not gain belly fat.
The regimens that volunteers took prior to joining Monoi did not apparently have any impact on subsequent changes in body composition during the study.
Monoi is ongoing and an analysis of its data is needed after the two-year mark to find out if the changes noted during the first year are sustained.
While an average increase in limb fat of about 340 grams (less than one pound) with DEXA scans in people taking monotherapy is intriguing, it is not clear if this increase will be noticed by people taking these medicines, at least over the first year of therapy. The finding that there was an increase in limb fat in people not taking nukes is unusual and, if sustained, may require confirmation in another, larger, study. The number of people affected by fat loss in Monoi is relatively small and while eight cases occurred in the group taking HAART, one case did occur in a person taking darunavir-ritonavir monotherapy. Altogether, the interim results from Monoi are provocative and interesting and may stimulate debate among researchers. The two-year results are eagerly awaited.
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SquareTrade Hires Former Expedia Exec Michael Adler as CFO
San Francisco-based SquareTrade, which offers protection plans on consumer electronics, has added two new executives to its management team. Michael Adler has joined the company as CFO, having previously held the same role at Expedia for almost six years until leaving late last year. Dina Furash will become SVP of strategic partnerships, having most recently worked as the SVP of sales and general manager of Green Dot, the prepaid debit card company.


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This event is a part of the Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture series, a weekly, informal lunchtime gathering of students, faculty and other members of the University community. Each week the event begins at 12:15 p.m. – participants are encouraged to bring lunch; coffee and tea are free. At 12:30 p.m. there will be a 20-minute presentation, by a visitor or a local speaker, on a topic related to any humanities discipline. All students, faculty, colleagues and friends are welcome. Jon Abel (email@example.com) and Shuang Shen (firstname.lastname@example.com) are coordinators for the series. For a full list of Comparative Literature lunches, visit http://complit.la.psu.edu/news-luncheon.shtml.


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Mechanical Solid/Liquid Separation for Dairy Waste
Editor's note
The printed version of this publication includes illustrations.
Charles D. Fulhage and Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Manure slurry is separated into high-solid and high-liquid fractions for a number of reasons. These include production of value-added products, such as bedding or feed and improving the handling, processing and storage properties of the products.
Removing the larger solids reduces the risk of plugging liquid handling equipment, such as pumps, piping and sprinkler nozzles. Reduction of the solids fraction reduces the biological loading on the lagoon. Often, removing solids allows a dairy to increase the herd size served by an existing lagoon.
Removal of manure solids from a large storage lagoon is a big problem and may not be feasible. Dairymen with large herds avoid the problem by separating the solids from the manure-water stream. The solids may be further processed by composting them and using them for bedding, with the surplus applied to cropland or sold to plant nurseries and other markets.
Composting, with temperatures up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, reduces the level of organisms. Without this treatment, use of the solids as bedding will increase the incidence of mastitis in milking cows. Composting will produce a drier product than most newly separated solids. The optimum moisture content for composting is 50 percent to 60 percent. Higher moisture requires aeration by forced air or turning.
Solids may be separated in settling tanks/basins or by mechanical devices. A wide variety of commercial separators are used. Some of the more commonly used types are static inclined screen, vibrating screen, rotary screen, belt press, perforated roll press, screw press and centrifuge. Each of these separator types has one or more disadvantages, such as high initial cost, high operating cost, high maintenance cost or inadequate degree of separation.
In general, these devices produce a solid with about 70 percent to 80 percent moisture. Solids with less than 15 percent dry matter weep moisture that must be collected and handled. Frequently, solids recycled as feed are stored in a silo for a short time. Usually, the bulk of the separated solids consists of non-digestible fiber that has little feed value, unless wasted feed includes a portion of the solids.
A holding tank equipped with a pump and agitator may be a necessary component in a flushing system to allow feeding a reasonably sized mechanical separator at a slower rate than the flushing operation.
There are several screening methods. Usually, the screen is formed with wedge-shaped bars spaced from 0.02 inches to 0.06 inches apart. The most commonly used method has a stationary screen mounted on an incline with the slurry applied to the top edge of the screen (Figure 1). The liquid passes through the screen and is drained away. The solids move down the face of the screen and drop into the storage area or a conveyor. It may be necessary to install a wash-down system to follow use to prevent solids from drying and plugging the screen.
Figure 1
A stationary inclined screen for liquid and solid waste separation.
The stationary inclined screen is the simplest type of mechanical separator (Figure 2).
Figure 2
The stationary inclined screen.
A second method has a rapidly vibrating screen. The vibration aids movement of the solids across the screen and reduces clogging. There are many vibrating screen configurations. Slurries containing more than 8 percent solids may clog a vibrating screen separator. Screened solids typically contain 12 percent to 18 percent dry matter.
Another screening method uses a drag conveyor to move the slurry over an inclined screen, discharging the solids at the top of the conveyor (Figures 3, 4 and 5).
Figure 3
This elevated mechanical separator has a race-track conveyor for moving solids over a screen.
Figure 4
Solids are discharged into press rolls for de-watering at the upper end of the separator.
Figure 5
This inclined separator with conveyor paddles has a horizontal auger to form a pile of solids under a shed roof.
A fourth screening method applies the slurry to the outer surface of a rotating cylindrical screen. The liquid falls through the screen and the solids are scraped off the surface (Figure 6).
Figure 6
Three different types of separators that use rollers to assist in reducing moisture content.
There are three types of presses (Figure 6). One type of press has a rotating screen. The slurry passes between cylindrical screens and press rollers in one or more steps. The liquid passes through to the center of the screen and out the other side of the discharge. The solids are conveyed to the next screen section and then to storage.
A second method moves the slurry across two concave perforated screens with a series of brushes and spring-loaded rollers.
In a third press, slurry is applied on top of a porous belt that passes through rollers. The liquids are pressed through the rollers and the solids are carried along on the belt.
In a test of the three methods, the dry matter content of the solids ranged from 11 percent to 28 percent The flat belt unit produced the driest solids.
Screw press
One manufacturer produces a screw press, which it claims will produce solids with 33 percent dry matter from dairy slurry.
Piston press
A piston-type press, currently being developed by the USDA/ARS Dairy Forage Research center and the University of Wisconsin, shows promise for possible future commercialization. Tests have produced fiber with up to 30 percent dry matter.
Centrifuges have consistently produced the driest solids, but at a high cost. One manufacturer produces a tapered screw press/centrifuge that discharges solids at the small end of the screw and liquid at the large end. The screw is enclosed in a conical bowl that rotates at 2800 rpm. The screw conveyor differential speed is 17 rpm.
The manufacturer claims an average solids dry matter of 28 percent to 30 percent, with a 25 percent to 35 percent range.
Currently, batch operation of some centrifuges seem to be the most feasible mode of operation.
Effect of waste characteristics
Waste characteristics can influence the performance of mechanical solid-liquid separators. Most mechanical separators work best at separating fibrous and organic material, such as undigested feed and straw or other types of bedding of a forage origin.
Abrasive and high-density materials, such as sand or ground limestone used as freestall bedding, may have severe effects on the mechanical separator. If sand or a similar material is used for bedding, consider using a sand trap or a similar sedimentation step ahead of the separator. In any event, consult the manufacturer for information on the effects of sand on the mechanical separating device.
- Missouri Manual 121, Design Guidelines for Animal Waste Management for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Second Edition, July 1989. Missouri Department of Natural Resources — Water Pollution Control Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, Mo. 65102.


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Stopping power is slight improvement over stock pads. I agree with the reviews that these pads produce way more dust than stock. I have had to clean my wheels weekly now so that they are not totally black. I never had this amount with stock pads. Otherwise, I am satisfied.


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Grab your gear...NCIS has been renewed for another all-new season!
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te know how there's those actors that just seem to be everywhere?
Well, Matthew Bellows is exactly that.
In just the last month, Matt has appeared in 3 CBS shows (including "NCIS"), returned on an NBC series, started shooting a recurring role on an FX drama and landed in the biggest superhero blockbuster to hit the big screen in a long time. This guy is on fire.
It's possible you've also seen him starring as Jax, a bad dude hunting down humans, on BYUtv's original series "Extinct." o maybe on Showtime's "I'm Dying Up Here,"...
They should do another episode with Maddie Tyler in it. I think the beginning of the episode should be police in another state arresting a female driver about 30 for unpaid parking tickets, and theres a dead body in her tronco that she doesnt know about. They run her prints and it pops up on a military database as Kelly Gibbs. Come to find out someone who Lost there Daughter days before the car accident Shannon and Kelly were in replaced their Daughters body who looked eerily similar to Kelly and took Kelly to raise for their own, and she is under the assumption that she was adopted legally and...
If michael weatherly aka tony is leaving send him to unisciti ziva and work for NCIS - Unità anticrimine in israel. Leave a possible future return. This would give NCIS - Unità anticrimine a huge boost. The fan caled for ziva return anyway but I wonder if michael weatherly was even dato a choice of a new season considering the dui charges. The fan would Amore the return of the couple at least once to create a closure not leave them hanging. And that twit ellie o whoever she is get rid of her she has ruined NCIS - Unità anticrimine the ratings have went down the tubes since her arrival with her and her whiny husband.
I saw a domanda asking who says "you've got a whole wink, wink, nudge, nudge thing going on I get it" . . . Tony says this to Gibbs in "Truth o Consequences" before they leave for Somalia to rescue Ziva.
Someone else asked what Gibbs whispers to Ziva at the end of "Good Cop, Bad Cop" one suggestion was that he detto "Welcome home" well I agree that the last word appears to be 'home' BUT he says too many words for it to just be 'welcome home' could it be "This is your home" o "We brought te home"?
Actress Challen Cates is taking her career in a whole new direction.
Instead of the 'hot mom' dealing with teen angst as Mrs. Knight on the Nickelodeon hit-series "Big Time Rush," Cates is packing some seriously sexy heat in an all-new episode of the CBS favorite, "NCIS." In the episode 'Bulletproof', airing on February 25th, the NCIS - Unità anticrimine team uncovers faulty bulletproof vests and attempts to locate both the fonte and any remaining vests. Cates emerges as Fay Gussman, a sexy but tough arms dealer, who butts heads with the special agents during their investigation.
ciao guys, last night I was going to letto when I decided to grab my ipod and write a poem... It's about Tiva, but can be used in situations of Amore too!
Armer Down
After work we were walking
And a guy passed by
Delivering to te a rose
Ironically colored red
I just had to speak up so
the words are finally said
But te answer"haha there's the joke"
I walk home alone with
sadness consuming all my soul
And I wonder if te truly know
1# - never let suspects stay together
1# - never screw over your partner (bis)
2# - always were gloves at a crime seen
3# - never be unreachable
3# - never believe what te are told double check
4# - the best way to keep a secret, keep it to your self, secondo best tell one other person if te must, there is no 3rd best
5# - never east good
6# - never say you're sort, its a sign of weakness
7# - always be specific when te lie
8# - never take anything for granted
what if there were a 2 part series, NCIS - Unità anticrimine and NCIS - Unità anticrimine LA, where agents from NCIS - Unità anticrimine LA had to deliver a criminal to NCIS' control for court; the agents delivering the female from NCIS - Unità anticrimine LA, and her partner (the LA Detective), the female from NCIS - Unità anticrimine LA, knows Tony and are old college friends, and the LA Detective has the "hots" for Ziva. Meanwhile Gibbs and Hetty are old time Friends as well, and have the 2 part episode end with the sicuro, cassetta di sicurezza delivery of the criminal (through many circumstances), and many visits to MTAC for conference between McGee and the NCIS - Unità anticrimine LA computer wizards. The catcher would be this is...
(Okay not much for a titolo I know, I know I'm trying to find a better one. lets get on with the story)
Dani Jan Jo was playing out side her house. She was a very pretty little 6 anno old girl. She had bright baby blue eyes and midnight black hair. She had her hair in pig-tails. She had pants on to match her eyes and green shirt.
"Dani remember do NOT talk to strangers!" yelled her mom form the pouch
"I know mommy!" Dani said.
Her mom went inside to make lunch. Gust then a man dressed in all black came over and detto "Hi little girl,"
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Taken at face value, the Feb. 12 episode of CBS' NCIS - Unità anticrimine not only confirmed that Ziva David is alive, it also established that she returned to D.C. to bring a very specific form of closure to a case.
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Dawn was crossing her fingers because she to be class president and a girl named Linda Lorca was crossing her fingers too. Than Ms. Rooney wrote down the class president. The class president was Dawn Bosco.
Dawn and Jason found a red purse and there was a list in it that said, ?A&P, Woof-Woof?s pet store, for A&P milk, bread, cheese, Woof-Woof?s pet store, food for Angel.? Dawn and Jason were finding out whose purse it was.
Dawn had been reading ?Polka Dot Private Eye.? She learned about solving mysteries. So Dawn and Jason found out whose purse it was. It was Jill?s purse!
My opinion is that this book is fun because the book is like a mystery. I love books that are mysteries because they are interesting. When Dawn was crossing her fingers and she wanted to be class president was my favorite part, because I knew what she felt like.
If you like mysteries then you should read this book! My recommendation is to my mom, my dad, and my brothers, because this book is fun and easy to read.


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Palestinian boys attend a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in Gaza July 23, 2007. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
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- The euro zone will not authorize more money for Greece on Monday, despite the country approving a tough 2013 budget, because there is still no agreement on how to make its debts sustainable.
Finance ministers meeting in Brussels should, however, give Athens two more years to meet its goals in talks about unfreezing lending to Greece.
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Loans have been held up after Athens went off-track with promised reforms and budget cuts, largely as a result of holding two elections in the space of three months.
The Greek parliament passed an austerity budget for 2013 late on Sunday and a structural reform package last Wednesday, meeting the conditions for the release of the next tranche of 31.5 billion euros of emergency loans from the euro zone.
But a variety of officials have said the money will not be released yet.
"I am impressed by Greece's recent performance. Greece is on track to meet its commitments step by step," the chairman of euro zone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, told reporters on arrival for the meeting.
"There won't be any definitive decisions today, but I think the general feeling is that we would like the next disbursement to done in the most efficient way possible," he said.
The ministers will examine the commitments Greece has made on overhauling structural problems in its economy and assess whether its programme is getting back on track.
Juncker said a report by the EU and IMF into the Greek economy, known as the troika report, had been submitted overnight, but officials said a critical element of it -- an evaluation of Greece's debt position -- was not yet ready.
The debt analysis looks at how to reduce Greece's debts from a forecast 190 percent next year to around 120 percent by 2020 -- a level the IMF has deemed sustainable in the long-run. It remains unclear when the analysis will be finalized.
European Central Bank board member Joerg Asmussen told Belgian daily De Tijd on Saturday Greece would fail to meet the 2020 target under current policies, ending up with debt of more than 140 percent of GDP.
International lenders -- the International Monetary Fund, the ECB and the European Commission, called the troika -- cannot yet agree on a single estimate for Greek debt in 2020 or on the best way to reduce it. Estimates between the institutions on the debt in 2020 differ by 10-20 percentage points, officials say.
Once there is an agreement on the debt analysis, it will be sent to national parliaments to get approval for the disbursement of the next aid tranche -- money Athens needs to pay off loans and shore up its banks.
"I think it's rather unrealistic to expect a final decision today as in Germany the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) has to agree to it in advance," German government spokeswoman Marianne Kothe said.
One thing the lenders do agree on now is that Greece, which will see its sixth year of deep recession in 2013, needs at least two more years to reach a primary budget surplus that would put its debt on a downward path.
The extra time would allow the economy to start growing again, otherwise it would never produce enough for the country to repay its debt.
This surplus target was set in March at 4.5 percent of GDP in 2014 and while there is no final decision yet, officials say it is likely to be moved to 2016 because of delays with reforms and a deeper than expected recession.
"The troika has been producing all of its reports and fiscal analyses and adjustment paths on the basis of an additional two years to reach a primary surplus of 4.5 percent of GDP," the senior official said.
The extra time would mean the euro zone would have to provide extra financing for Greece, which officials have put at 30 billion euros. This is politically difficult in Germany, the Netherlands and Finland where public opinion is weary of bailouts.
The two extra years would also mean that the targeted Greek debt-to-GDP ratio, set by lenders in March at below 120 percent in 2020, would be shifted to 2022, officials said.
Among the new instruments under consideration to reduce Greek debt are the removal of the 150-basis-point interest above financing costs on 53 billion euros of bilateral government loans to Greece, and lengthening the maturity of the loans.
Greece may also borrow from the euro zone permanent bailout fund to buy back its privately held debt, of which there is 50-60 billion euros, taking advantage of the deep discount it traded at to save money on redemptions and interest payments.
The IMF has been pushing for governments to write off some of the official loans to Greece, but Germany, the European Commission and other officials have said it is not legally possible.
Time pressure for a deal on Greece is growing because Athens has to redeem 5 billion euros worth of treasury bills on November 16 and has been counting on cash from the next euro zone aid tranche to help cover that.
Since the money will not come in time, Greece wants to roll over the bills.
"We are very confident the issue will be rolled over without any problem," a senior debt agency official told Reuters. "We have liaised with the ECB regarding the ceiling on the outstanding stock of T-bills and there is no problem."
The senior EU official also said euro zone ministers were aware of the November 16 Greek redemption and that there would be no "accidental" default.
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said on Friday the country had no reason for worry.
"Greece is doing whatever it should be doing, and Europe is doing what it should be doing... and the tranche will (eventually) be released," he said. "On Monday, we are expecting a political statement." (Additional reporting by Lefteris Papadimas, Deepa Babington and Harry Papachristou in Athens and Robin Emmott in Brussels; Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)