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Drew Steketee was president of BE A PILOT, senior vp-communications for AOPA and executive director of the Partnership for Improved Air Travel. He also headed PR and media relations for Beech, GAMA and the Airport Operators Council International.
How many times do you hear of local government backing General Aviation? Or using GA to boost city renewal and business development? Not much these days, unless you're around Tavares, Fla.
Tavares (seat of Lake County, named for a 19th Century Portuguese local) is often eclipsed by nearby Mt. Dora, Orlando's artsy-craftsy weekend getaway 35 miles northwest of MCO. But Tavares offers wide-open Lake Dora access while much tonier Mt. Dora's immediate downtown lakefront is tied up with expensive homes, the historic Lakeside Inn, and Mt. Dora Yacht Club. A knowledgeable Mt. Dora local recently complained that Tavares now hosts some of Mt. Dora's longtime tourism assets, such as its blockbuster annual antique boat show. Yes, something is up!
That something is Tavares' $8.4 million makeover and re-branding as "America's Seaplane City." Included are a refreshed Wooton Park with waterfront walks, performance venue, aviation-themed kiddy splash park (which has already garnered 21,000 admissions at $2 each), 88-slip marina and seaplane base. And it's all lined by popular waterfront restaurants and watering holes. The seaplane base office and Ship's Store is an "Old Florida style" reproduction of a former architectural landmark complete with generous porch and rocking chairs for "jus' hangin' out."
The vision for this started with former Mayor Nancy Clutts and a multi-year "citizen's conversation" on what to do about Tavares' faded, "post-citrus" economy. As new economic development director, former county manager Bill Neron, helped see the process through, but credits new city manager John Drury with the seaplane base idea. Both Drury and Neron have previous airport management or airport authority experience. Neron praises all involved. "We've got quite a team here at City Hall."
Critics (one Orlando TV station especially) groaned about the project's three-year development and $7.3 million bond issue, but the payoff is at hand.
"The result has been incredible from a business perspective," Drury told Florida Trend. Some 25 new businesses — including nine restaurants — have sprung up in a city whose largest employer was county government. (A pioneering one-year impact fee waiver for new businesses helped.) Among them: Progressive Aerodyne, which relocated its SeaRey seaplane kit factory and Builder's Assist Center from Orlando to nearby Lake Idamere.
Moreover, the downtown seaplane base logged 700 landings in its first six months; skeptics had predicted 10 a month. Aside from a perfect location amid 1,800 lakes in aptly named Lake County, FA1 offers waterside 100LL, worth its weight in gold to floatplane pilots. Ethanol-free mogas attracts antique boat owners and Rotax-powered LSAs on floats. Besides, it's a perfect splash-in for some funky dining at the Lucky Dog Gallery and Cafe or just an appreciative audience from local watering holes like O'Keefe's Irish Pub.
It's not all for show, however. In June 2010, the city contracted with Jones Brothers Air and Seaplane Adventures for sightseeing flights and seaplane instruction. Responding were business partners Eric Weaver and Ricci ("Ritchie") Rowe, who have assembled an impressive offering of aircraft and services.
Rowe himself is an interesting story: He's an Orlando-based Southwest Airlines captain, a longtime company veteran. His bio reports that his first airplane ride was with family friend Tommy Bartlett of Wisconsin Dells ski show fame. Turned out Rowe would later be one of those famed trick water skiers amid an interesting career in Canadian bush flying. Weaver and other pilots are also impressively skilled and experienced.
Along with friends, staff instructors and Rowe family members, Rowe and Weaver lead a happy group working hard to succeed. By the way, there's not a "Jones Brother" on the place. Just a trade name — it makes for a nice logo and T-shirt.
Star of the Jones Brothers' fleet is a rare Republic Seabee "Twin Bee" for multi-engine instruction. They are hard to find these days; Rowe thinks theirs may be one of the last in commercial service. Weaver promotes the Bee for MES ratings, MEI ratings, and perhaps the last ticket for some consummate aviator's "complete ATP" (as he calls it), the one with ALL the initials, including those ending in "S."
For a sample of just how exotic and historic this beautifully restored twin is, check out MESRating.com. There, the Jones Brothers generously allow you PDFs of their Twin Bee study guide and Bee flight manual. You'll be fascinated by all the hydraulics and unique handling quirks of an old taildragger seaplane twin from a bygone era. (The Twin Bee was an early 1960s modification of the post-World War II Republic Seabee single. It's said only 27 were converted.)
Jones Brothers estimates an MES rating will take four to nine hours at $475 an hour. Because training time varies so much with pilot experience, package prices are not offered. The school requires an ASES rating before pursuing the multi-engine sea course. Considering the skills to be mastered and the costs involved, this makes sense even though it's not an FAA requirement.
Those not needing commercial- or ATP-level training in multi-engine sea operations would still enjoy mastering one of Jones Brothers' singles. The C-180s on floats are nice, but I was captivated by the newest addition: A freshly restored PA-12 Piper Super Cruiser on floats. Recall that PA-12s are roomy, well-powered and just not that easy to find these days — on wheels or floats. It's a jewel I intend to try out.
Aside from training, which includes splash-in lunch breaks at outlying waterfront eateries, Jones Brothers flies attractively priced sightseeing jaunts. The Harris Chain of Lakes offers a variety of large inland water linking quaint towns and interesting scenery. There's talk of future charters to the Keys. Jones Brothers' challenge now will be to attract tourists willing to forgo Disney, Universal and other customary vacation spots. They do a nice initial job of it at JonesAirAndSea.com.
The city, too, has big ideas, with 17 annual events, including concerts in a new Wooton Park pavilion. So far, the biggest event was "Planes, Trains and BBQ" that drew 9,500 visitors and 35 to 50 seaplanes last year. (The unusual combo arises from development director Neron's status as a "Certified Master BBQ Judge" in the Florida BBQ Association.) The "Trains" part is a tourist railroad that runs from nearby Eustis, to a quaint new station on the Tavares waterfront. The train, too, used to be a Mt. Dora attraction but track work rerouted it. It's temporarily sidelined again pending a new operator. Other events range from prestigious fishing tournaments to boat and jet ski races.
Open waterfront, music, seaplanes, food and drink? Yes! Tavares is placing a bet that's rare in this Great Recession — that government economic development can combine General Aviation with natural geographic advantages to reawaken a town.
"Our 'America's Seaplane City' brand has just taken off," says Neron. "The community has really embraced it. We live the brand."
The next "Planes, Trains and BBQ" event is April 2, right at the end of Lakeland's Sun 'n Fun just an hour away (even closer from Sun 'n Fun's Seaplane Splash-In in Polk City.)
If you can't make it, Jones Brothers will have seaplanes for your inspection at the Sun 'n Fun Splash-In at Fantasy of Flight. Or try Tavares' Seaplane Fly-In on April 16.
For more information: Tavares.org
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Technology has consistently been a key component within SHOWstudio projects and the desire to utilise it in innovative and exciting ways has helped to shape us into the site that we are today. As an attempt to share this passion with our users we will now be sharing an increased insight into the technological processes that we employ behind the camera. This will also be supported by weekly "SHOWstudio Tech Update" blogs about what is exciting us within the world of technology and its uses within the industry.
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With a beautifully sculpted base and round top this accent table will make a lovely addition to your room décor. The table comes in an antique black with natural brown rub-through finish on the base which complements the cherry veneer top nicely. The sculpted base and distressed look of this round accent table makes it a stunning piece to add to any room in your home.
The Clanton Round Accent Table w/ Sculpted Base by Magnussen Home at Colder's Furniture and Appliance in the Milwaukee, West Allis, Oak Creek, Delafield, Grafton, and Waukesha, WI area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
Create classic style in your living room with the addition of this occasional table set. This set is made of cherry veneers with hardwood solids and comes in an antique black finish with natural brown rub-through. Each piece in this set also has floor protectors to protect the floors of your home. Both cocktail tables feature a beautiful 5mm tempered glass top with 1 inch bevel. The single drawers found on the cocktail tables, end table, and sofa table are perfect for storing magazines, books, and remote controls. These pieces also have an X stretcher bottom which offers stylish support. Straight legs with slightly spade feet add visual appeal throughout the set. The round accent table is also an eye catcher with a sculpted base. This occasional table set is sure to give your home timeless style.
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The top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins will try to take an early lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinals, as they host the New York Islanders in Game 1 at CONSOL Energy Center.
Not only do the Penguins enter the postseason with a stacked roster, as winners in 23 of their final 27 games, but also with a chip on their shoulders.
This marks the Penguins seventh straight trip to the playoffs, but the club will do all it can to forget its sixth. That is because Pittsburgh did not make it out of the first round, falling in a wild six-game series to the Philadelphia Flyers in which it was outscored 30-26.
Jordan Staal, traded this past offseason to the Carolina Hurricanes, had six goals in the series and both Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin had eight points in the six games. However, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury posted a 4.63 goals against average and .834 save percentage as Pittsburgh failed to make it out of the conference quarterfinals for a second season in a row.
However, the Penguins are just four years removed from winning a Stanley Cup in 2009 over the Detroit Red Wings, who had bested the Penguins in the Finals the previous season.
Despite a lack of recent success, Pittsburgh is battle tested for the playoffs and Crosby doesn't think 2012 is on the team's mind.
"I don't think last year is something we've thought about too much. It's in the past, but definitely playoffs are why you play the game," the Pens captain said. "I think the way we played all year has prepared us. It's not like we have to turn a switch on. We feel confident in our game and we know what we have to do."
And with good reason. The Penguins only lost four games over the season's final two months, a span that began with a 15-0 March. Pittsburgh locked up the East's top seed on April 20, 11 days after clinching the Atlantic Division.
Pittsburgh led the league in scoring with 3.38 goals per game and had the second-best power play at 24.7 percent. That isn't surprising given the presence of Crosby, Malkin, James Neal, Chris Kunitz and Kris Letang.
Crosby led the Penguins with 56 points, ending tied for third in the NHL despite missing the season's final 12 games due to a broken jaw suffered versus the Islanders on March 30. He returned to practice last Friday and could return to the Penguins lineup as early as Game 1 versus New York.
Malkin (9 goals, 24 assists) and Neal (21G, 15A) both missed time with injury as well, as did Letang and fellow defenseman Paul Martin. However, all are back and ready for this series.
It didn't hurt that Penguins general manager Ray Shero added incredible depth before the trade deadline, bringing in forward Jarome Iginla, former Stars captain Brenden Morrow, winger Jussi Jokinen and big defender Douglas Murray in separate deals that cost his club only draft picks and prospects. That allows head coach Dan Bylsma the luxury to put Crosby, Malkin and Morrow on different lines.
The eighth-seeded Islanders, meanwhile, draw a pretty tough task as they attempt to win their first playoff series in 20 years.
The Islanders were one of the hottest teams down the stretch, going 11-2-4 over their last 17 games to close the regular season. However, they dropped three straight to conclude their schedule -- two of those in a shootout -- and as a result slipped to the eighth seed to set up a meeting with the powerful Penguins.
New York is happy to be making their first postseason appearance since 2007, but odds are long for the Isles to win their first playoff series since beating the Washington Capitals and Penguins in the 1993 postseason before falling to the Montreal Canadiens in the conference finals.
Most eyes will be on center John Tavares, an excellent two-way player who led the Islanders with 28 goals and 47 points in 48 games. He wrapped his fourth NHL season since being taken first overall in the 2009 draft as a serious Hart Trophy candidate.
In addition to Tavares, a number of other key contributors will be seeing playoff action for the first time, including forwards Matt Moulson, Frans Nielsen, Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey as well as defensemen Andrew MacDonald, who led the Isles in ice time at 23 minutes, 31 seconds per game, and Travis Hamonic.
"I've watched the playoffs every year since I was three years old," Tavares, born in 1990, told his club's website. "You're going to see the intensity and see how much playing for the Cup means to everybody. But I don't think we're really going to understand what the whole experience is like until we get there."
But it could be the back end that gives New York a chance, starting with veteran goaltender Evgeni Nabokov. The 37-year-old tied for fourth in the NHL with 23 wins to go along with a 2.50 goals against average and .910 save percentage.
The Islanders drew first blood in the 2013 season series with a 4-1 victory in Pittsburgh on Jan. 29, but the final four encounters belonged to the Penguins by a 16-5 advantage. Crosby logged nine assists in the five meetings, while Tavares was limited to one goal and one assist during the season series.
The Penguins are seeking their first ever playoff series victory over the Islanders, who have won all three of the previous matchups. However, all three series were pushed to the brink, including a best-of-five series meeting in the conference quarterfinals in 1982, when New York won its third of four straight Cups.
These clubs haven't met in the playoffs since the 1993 division finals.
Game 2 of this series is scheduled for Friday in Pittsburgh. The Penguins went 18-6-0 as the host this season and the Islanders had a solid 14-6-4 record as the guest.


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I love the classic color combination of navy, cognac, and gold. Something about the combo seems timeless and sophisticated. I've been anxious to get a poncho for Fall. I was immediately drawn to the detailing on this one with the faux leather pockets and gold zippers on the side.
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Sustainability is increasingly being incorporated in Barco's strategic thinking. Year after year, we are stepping up our game and strengthening our efforts in the field of corporate sustainability. Under the label "Barco 2020" we are currently developing a sustainability plan encompassing three pillars: our people, our community and our planet.
Barco's Corporate Sustainability Committee plays a key role in our sustainability efforts. Consisting of 13 members, under the leadership of Filip Pintelon, the committee devises an overall sustainability strategy and frames the initiatives across Barco's worldwide organization.
On this page, we will publish an annual update of Barco's CSR activities through a dedicated sustainability report in order to highlight our initiatives and progress.
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Todd Snider is on the happy back end of happy hour at a favorite East Nashville bar, talking about his new album Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables. "This record doesn't come from good times," Snider says. "I wanted to sound the way I feel, which sometimes means sounding like a broken soul."On the 10 new songs, Snider doesn't talk around the vulnerable part, or the angry part, or the part about how everything we're taught about goodness and righteousness and capitalism, about God and family values winds up exploding into violence and chaos, wonder and longing. He might carry the mantle of "storyteller" – it's what he titled his live record, after all – but Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables is anything but a nice, folk/Americana troubadour album. It's not a nice anything. It is jagged, leering, lurching and howling, and filled with unhappy endings both experienced and intimated: "It ain't the despair that gets you, it's the hope," he sings in the album-closer, "Big Finish." That Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables is also roaringly funny is tribute to Snider's unique sensibilities, and to his standing as what Rolling Stone magazine calls "America's sharpest musical storyteller." Anguish without laughter is boring, like intensive care without morphine, and Snider has never been within 100 miles of boring. Also, he didn't earn the attention, friendship and fandom of American musical giants like Kris Kristofferson and John Prine by writing mopey protest songs. Anyway, these aren't protest songs and they're not meant to incite class warfare (though he knows they might anyway). They're populated mostly by losers in the midst of losing, with a couple of spotlight appearances from the humbly anointed 1 percent. At album's outset ("In The Beginning"), Snider credits the church with sustaining peace by noting that "We still need religion to keep the poor from killing the rich." From there, it's on to the certainty of warped karma ("Good things happen to bad people," he sings in "New York Banker."), to a remarkable reworking of "West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown" (possibly the album's most acerbic song, and from the pen of Jimmy Buffett... no, really), and a slew of stories inspired by the world at large, writ small and barbed, in a manner both penetrating and empathetic. There's one happy love song, called "Brenda," about Snider's favorite couple, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger."I admire that relationship a lot," Snider says. "What Mick and Keith have is real, and it can't be touched and it can't be beat. I've never met them, but I believe in the Rolling Stones. That's who I think about at Christmas, anymore. They opened their hearts and gave us so much. And they tried to be true to each other."Musically, Snider and co-producer Eric McConnell sought a sound that mirrored the times and that didn't replicate anything they'd done together on critically acclaimed works East Nashville Skyline, The Devil You Know or Peace Queer. With McConnell on bass and Snider playing guitar and harmonica, they gathered a core band of percussionist Paul Griffith, violinist/vocalist (and gifted songwriter) Amanda Shires, and keyboard player Chad Staehly, along with guest guitarist Jason Isbell and harmony vocalist Mick Utley, and offered up a sonic mission."I told them I wanted to make a mess," Snider says. "That was the goal."And so a handful of accomplished musicians set about making a mess. And did so. Shires' violin is the call-and-response heroine to Snider's lyrics, filling the role Scarlett Rivera filled for Bob Dylan on Desire. Only messier. Meanwhile, Griffith makes like some off-kilter offspring of Keith Moon and Zigaboo Modeliste while Snider's guitar plays lead switchblade. The result is something disconcerting, cracked and wholly original. It's something that stands apart from the music of Snider's heroes, and from Snider's own, much-celebrated past. Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables is Snider's 12th album (14th, if we count a "best of" set and a collection of B-sides and demos), and it uses its predecessors not as a compass but as a trampoline. Snider found different song forms, different inspirations (from Alaska ne'er do well Digger Dave to Chicago Mayor, former White House Chief of Staff and friend..... no, really..... Rahm Emanuel) and different means of expression. He paints a world where begging turns to mugging, where investment turns to ruin, where babies grow into felons, where honesty is blunt trauma: "Wish I could show you how you hurt me in a way that wouldn't hurt you, too," he sings. And there's no way.Content: https://www.facebook.com/toddsnider/info?tab=page_info
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Several major events are planned at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in 2012, including the 70th reunion of the Doolittle Raiders.
Three recently declassified satellites will be placed on exhibit in the museum's Cold War Gallery later this month. The Gambit 1 KH-7, Gambit 3 KH-8 and Hexagon KH-9 satellites represented the most advanced photo-optical reconnaissance systems in the world from the 1960s to the 1980s. These massive artifacts – the KH-9 is about the size of a school bus – will allow the museum to interpret the Air Force's role in unmanned space programs and its support of national security, officials said.
From April 17-20, celebrate the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders as the World War II aviation heroes commemorate the 70th anniversary of the raid on Japan during their reunion at the museum. These 80 men, led by Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, achieved the unimaginable when they took off from an aircraft carrier on April 18, 1942, on a top secret mission to bomb Japan. All five of the living Raiders – Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole; Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite; Lt. Col. Edward J. Saylor; Maj. Thomas C. Griffin and Master Sgt. David J. Thatcher – plan to attend reunion activities, which include free public events such as autograph sessions, a memorial service, a B-25 flyover, and the showing of the film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." The public also can purchase tickets to attend two lunches and an evening banquet.
As a special tribute to the Raiders during the reunion, the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Association, Inc. is working to secure enough sponsorship funding to fly in and land 25 B-25 Mitchell bombers on the runway behind the museum. If their efforts are successful, this aviation event would be the largest gathering of B-25s since World War II.
The NASA Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) will arrive at the museum in 2012. This high-fidelity representation of a Space Shuttle Orbiter crew station was used primarily for on-orbit crew training and engineering evaluations. Here, astronauts learned how to operate many of the orbiter sub-systems in more than 20 different classes, and all U.S. Air Force astronauts in NASA's Shuttle Program trained in the CCT. After its arrival, the CCT will be displayed in the Cold War Gallery. Eventually, it will be exhibited in the new Space Gallery, which will be part of the museum's planned fourth building.
The Giant Scale Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Air Show, held over Labor Day weekend (Aug. 31-Sept. 2), features daring acrobatics performed by model jets, helicopters and warbirds. Daily shows and candy drops delight visitors, and the admission cost doesn't hurt either – this three-day event is free!
The museum is in the midst of the complete renovation of its Southeast Asia War Gallery. Started in the fall of 2010 and continuing over four phases, the gallery renovation is being completed in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first official U.S. Air Force campaign in Southeast Asia. The gallery features more than 25 aircraft, including the recently restored HH-3E helicopter, B-57 bomber and C-7 transport, and the Southeast Asia story is explained in 12 chapters, including themes such as Operation Rolling Thunder, the Tet Offensive and Operation Linebacker.
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is located on Springfield Street, six miles northeast of downtown Dayton, Ohio. It is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day). Admission and parking are free. For more information: NationalMuseum.af.mil.


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WWE's SummerSlam's pay-per-view wrestling event at Staples Center was among the most discussed TV events on social media last week, according to Nielsen's SocialGuide.
Fan favorite Daniel Bryan defeated John Cena on Sunday to capture his first WWE Championship. This, and other contests in the ring, generated more than 300,000 comments on Twitter, ranking it among the top 10 most commented television shows for the week of Aug. 12-18.
The Bryan and Cena title-card matchup didn't unseat the reining social media favorite, VH1's reality show "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta," which weighed in at nearly 730,000 tweets.
PHOTOS: Cable versus broadcast ratings
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- "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" (VH1), Monday, 729,782 tweets
- "Pretty Little Liars" (ABC Family), Tuesday, 375,589 tweets
- "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock" (ABC), Monday, 375,443 tweets
- "Teen Wolf" (MTV), Monday, 326,637 tweets
- "WWE SummerSlam" (Pay-Per-View), Sunday, 323,969 tweets
- "Duck Dynasty" (A&E;), Wednesday, 292,786 tweets
- "Breaking Bad" (AMC), Sunday, 190,218 tweets
- "Premios Tu Mundo 2013" (Telemundo), Thursday, 173,721 tweets
- "WWE Monday Night RAW" (USA), Monday, 161,539 tweets
- "Bad Girls Club: Miami" (Oxygen), Tuesday, 155,651 tweets
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These are very sweet days for Sugar Blue.
In a few months, he'll be a father once more, his wife and bass player Ilaria Lantieri expecting their first child together in late May or early June.
In the meantime, the two — who own a home in Memphis, Tenn., but spend most of their time touring the country in their camper or jetting elsewhere around the world — are putting down deeper roots in Chicago. Having rented out the Memphis place, they're living in the camper while trying to find a Chicago apartment.
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OS > WaterBoiler by Jesse Howard
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Posted in: OS explorations .
The OS WaterBoiler is an appliance that uses the OpenStructures design principles to explore an adaptable and scalable production process.
The Waterboiler is a design by Jesse Howard
in collaboration with Thomas Lommée.
Coffee makers and water boilers are relatively simple machines, yet their workings are typically inaccessible to the user. Repair or even recycling becomes impossible: once the product ceases to function, it is rendered disposable. The OS Boiler explores an alternative approach to the design and production of these ubiquitous appliances.
Based on the OS design principles, the WaterBoiler's (completely disassembleable) design and transparent construction invites users to adapt, repair, and combine with existing OpenStructures components. The limited complexity of the Boiler allows new partnerships to emerge that can adapt to the scale of production: a single unit designed as a DIY kit to one-thousand units produced in a collaboration of international suppliers and local manufacturers. Consistent application of simple and straightforward principles in design and production leads to an object that can evolve and adapt over time.
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Windows Phone Hacker has published an announcement on the blog detailing the version 1.0 release of Folders for Windows Phone, a homebrew app that enables users to create folders for apps, and more. We previously looked at the app while it was in development, starting off as a concept that took off with community interest.
Some notable changes in version 1.0:
- Bug fixes / UI changes
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Friday Foster (1970)
Jorge Longaron was born in Barcelona, and began his career working as a commercial artist. In the 1940s and 1950s he was drawing comic series like 'Arsénico Lupin' in Chispa and 'Chan-Chu-Llo' in Garabatos. He was also contributing to Toray collections like 'El Pequeño Mosquetero', 'Serenata Extra', 'Hazañas Belicas' and 'Hazañas del Oeste'.
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By 1969 he was hired by the Chicago Tribune and the New York News Syndicate to create a comic strip. This resulted in the 'Friday Foster' strip, about a young female photographer. 'Friday Foster' was written by Jim Lawrence and ran from 18 January 1970 to 1974. It was adapted into a feature film in 1975. Since then, Longarón has done many cover illustrations for American publications. He is also a fine artist, and specializes in painting the Catalan countryside, but also the American southwest.


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Panorama of Camp Wolters, TX
Description: This picture is a panoramic photograph of Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas, the largest infantry replacement center in 1941. Labels on photograph identify (left to right) Target Range, Regimental Area No. 4, Dental Clinic,Guest House, Service Club, Theater, Regimental Area No. 3, Infantry Replacement Center/Headquarters Area, Regimental Area No. 6, Warehouse Area, Corps Area Service Command and Hospital Area, Regimental Area No. 2, Regimental Area No. 1, and Machine Gun Range.
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Jimmy Fallon asks, "Who wouldn't want 50 percent more cash?" But the baby always says, "No!" There's just no reasoning with a baby.
The same spin is in play for most government spending. Who wouldn't want to give teachers more money? You don't think teachers are important? Who wouldn't want to hire more police officers? You don't think more security is a good thing? Who wouldn't be for a jobs bill for our veterans? You have something against vets?
The last question refers to the Vow to Hire Heroes Act that gives tax credits to employers hiring veterans. When heartstrings are tugged most people will cave, but there's just no reasoning with (heartless) Republicans.
To some, Sen. Jim DeMint is the Tin Man, the most heartless of all. He was the only senator to vote against the bill. One colleague of mine was completely baffled as to how DeMint could ostracize himself (again) by aligning against such a benevolent act that would give preferential treatment for jobs to men and women who have served our country.
There are some 1.4 million people in our armed forces, but less than a quarter million are engaged in combat duty. It is an all-volunteer service with pay. It is a myth that compensation is below standard - it is comparable to and in many cases better than private sector jobs. Benefits are numerous, including professional job training, free sports complexes, free life insurance, health insurance, 20-year retirement pensions, GI-Bill college funding programs, $0-down VA mortgages and numerous discounts on items from clothing and food to world travel.
About 200,000 military personnel are discharged or retired each year. And there is no shortage of government jobs that already provide them high favoritism. The question is why should they be allowed to step to the front of the job line, bypassing the father who has been laid off for months? Why should an Army supply clerk who served in Germany take precedence over a woman in Detroit who has been looking for work for nearly a year? Why is job discrimination against civilians OK - and those who would oppose the discrimination looked at with disdain?
Perhaps heartstrings are misplaced. It happens when sound bites and rhetoric are allowed to overcome what is true, or when personal values are not wholly defined. People who understand who they are and what they believe are not so easily swayed by siren songs of 'need.' Programs that would engineer outcomes for a select few are more easily sold when buyers feel a pang of guilt - and guilt is guaranteed to be part of the pitch.
Sen. Jim DeMint is a man of defined values, conservative values, and makes no apologies for the hard line he must draw. He has been at times a lone voice in a party questioning of late the wisdom of clinging to conservative ideals. Compromise, wrapped in emotion, is causing a rift. But favoritism, no matter its disguise, has no place in conservatism, nor in the world of Jim DeMint. "I do not believe the government should privilege one American over another when it comes to work," he said.
The Republican Party and the halls of the Senate will surely miss this champion of America's founding principles.
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More Americans are fueling up at supermarkets and warehouse clubs instead of traditional service stations because of the competitive prices and loyalty-based discounts, according to a new survey.
The report, conducted by Market Force Information, concludes that it's simply a matter of convenience, price—and cleanliness.
"None of us look forward to going to a gas station, so if you're there anyway and you can fill up, you feel like you're getting two things out of the way," noted Janet Eden-Harris, Market Force CMO. "And they're typically clean."
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Market Force asked more than 5,300 motorists across the U.S. and Canada how satisfied they were the last time they pulled up to the pump and how likely they were to return. The results were averaged to create a Composite Loyalty Score.
Supermarket giant Kroger had the highest score of 79 (out of 100). Costco and QuikTrip (a chain of convenience stores located mostly in the Midwest and South) tied at 78. Sam's Club ranked third with a 76.
The major gasoline companies scored significantly lower. Shell, the top-rated brand, scored a 59. Esso (Canada) scored a 58. Exxon Mobil rated a 56. BP and Chevron tied with a 55. Sunoco had a 54.
The survey found that 7-Eleven had the lowest satisfaction score of 47.
It's hard to beat location
Despite the high marks, supermarkets and wholesale clubs have an uphill battle when it comes to closing the deal. Many drivers said they end up going to a traditional gas station simply because it's closer to home.
When asked what they like about their favorite gas station, 61 percent of those polled said location while price was cited by 59 percent.
"Convenience is often an overarching consideration for consumers on the go, and it's difficult to beat the pervasiveness of the regional and national chains that dot every town across America." Eden-Harris said.


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...and Australia!February 19, 2004
Well it seems like I've been asleep at the wheel. All sorts of print publications have been covering the Zen Garden, and I'm only now starting to hear about them.
Keep them coming as you spot 'em, this is great! None of these publications sent me notice they're running spots on the Garden, and since the magazine market can get rather regional, chances are I won't find them myself. A few more books are coming up that will also have some screenshots, though I've told the authors to contact the individual designers for permission too; you should know about those if you're going to be in them.
I have it on good word from Ian Lloyd (currently in the thick of his world tour [the lucky devil]) that the Australian-based PIXELmag featured the Zen Garden in a recent issue, I'm not quite sure what all they've said. I'll twist his arm for a scan once he's back to regular life.
As I mentioned in a comment on the last post, it's also shown up in the UK-based LinuxFormat (on newsstands now, but hurry — yellow cover, page 62 I believe, just a short blurb) and the US-based Interaction.
Word came in last evening from Nick Cowie in Australia that another publication down under, internet.au, has printed some more screen shots and a write-up on web standards. The scan is here, which features the following five designs:
- 001 — tranquille by Dave Shea
- 046 — sub:lime by Andy Budd
- 048 — HoriZental by Clément 'fastclemmy' Hardouin
- 071 — Garden Party by Bobby van der Sluis
- 074 — Egyptian Dawn by James Abbott
I'll try to keep up with the appearances elsewhere. I'm sure this will get old sooner or later, but I'm enjoying the novelty for now.


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December 20, 2012
In 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Kennedy v. Louisiana. In that decision, the Court created a new categorical right to rape a child without receiving the death penalty.
Although the majority made mention of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishment," no one really believed that this new right had any basis in the Constitution. The Court majority claimed that its decision reflected a new societal consensus, despite the fact that six states and, as it turned out, Congress recently had adopted legislation providing capital punishment for certain child rapists. The dissenting justices said that the actual basis of the Kennedy decision was "the Court's 'own judgment' regarding 'the acceptability of the death penalty,'" but the majority opinion made clear that the Court simply differed with the people's representatives on the question how significant rape of a child is.
In other words, the justices substituted their legislative will for that of elected legislators. Alas, there was nothing unusual about this. Kennedy v. Louisiana illustrates what has come of the Bill of Rights in our day.
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Archive of What was New in 2019
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- Updated Life-Limited to the Payment of Funeral and Burial Expenses Examination Objectives and Examination
- Individual Tax Identification Numbers Are Now Accepted
- Fingerprint Fee Increase
- Independent Adjuster Firm Employees and Registration of Adjusters not licensed in California
- Required Reporting of Administrative Actions and Criminal Convictions
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- Sacramento Exam Site to Close
- New Spanish Language Exams Starting November 1st
- Updated 12-Hour Ethics and California Insurance Code Prelicensing Educational Objectives
- Spanish Language Educational Objectives (March 22, 2017 E-Mail Notification)
- Updated Bail Prelicensing Educational Objectives
- New Agent Language Locator Service Registration (February 13, 2017 E-Mail Notification)
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- Required Reporting of Administrative Actions and Criminal Convictions
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- New Public Adjuster License Law - Revised
- Statutory Limits on Taking Insurance License Examinations
- New Prelicensing Education Requirement for Public Adjuster License Applicants
- Submission of Vehicle Service Contract Forms
- California Department of Insurance's San Francisco Exam Site to Close Effective October 1, 2016
- Updated Prelicensing Educational Objectives - Property, Casualty, Personal Lines, Limited Lines Auto, and Commercial
- FAIR Plan Registration Information
- Request that Producers Educate Consumers about the Availability of the State and Federal Earned Income Tax Credit
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- Helping Consumers in High Risk Wildfire Areas Obtain Homeowners' Insurance
- Online Service Now Available for Expired Licenses
- Updated Prelicensing Educational Objectives - Life and Accident/Health
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- Amended Prelicensing and Continuing Education Regulations
- Online Course Application Service
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- California Annuity Training Requirement
- CDI's San Diego Examination Site to Close Effective 11/1/2011
- Online Bail Renewal Service is Now Available
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- Revised Homeowners' Insurance Valuation Course Curriculum
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Huskers Open 124th Season on Saturday at 7 p.m.
GAME 1: NEBRASKA vs. WYOMING
LINCOLN, NEB. | 7 p.m. (CT)
RADIO - Husker Sports Network
SATELLITE RADIO - Sirius Channel 128, XM 191
INTERNET RADIO - Huskers.com
Record: 0-0, 0-0
Rankings: Coaches-18; AP-18
Last Game: Season Opener
Coach: Bo Pelini
Career/NU Record: 49-20/6th year
vs. Wyoming: 1-0
Record: 0-0, 0-0
Rankings: Coaches-NR; AP-NR
Last Game: Season Opener
Coach: Dave Christensen
Career/WYO Record: 22-28/5th Year
vs. NU: 0-1
The Matchup
Nebraska opens its 2013 campaign on Saturday evening when the Huskers take on Wyoming at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff for the opening contest of Nebraska's 124th season of intercollegiate football is set for 7:01 p.m. CDT with BTN providing the national television coverage.
Nebraska is coming off a 10-4 season in 2012, when the Huskers captured the Big Ten Legends Division and played in the Big Ten Championship Game. The Huskers bring the nation's longest winning streak in season-opening contests into Saturday night's game. Nebraska has won 27 consecutive season openers dating back to 1986, and has won each game in the streak by nine or more points.
Nebraska opens the 2013 season ranked 18th by both the Associated Press and the USA Today Coaches Poll, marking the fourth consecutive season the Huskers have been ranked in the preseason polls. NU has finished each of the past four years in the national polls, one of only five schools to be ranked in the final AP poll for the last four seasons. The Huskers are also one of only four schools to win at least nine games each of the last five years.
Wyoming will come to Lincoln following a 4-8 record in 2012. The Cowboys feature one of the more explosive offenses in the Mountain West Conference and should provide a stern test for a young Nebraska defense.
The Series
Nebraska and Wyoming will meet for the seventh time, with Nebraska owning a 6-0 series advantage. Nebraska has won all five meetings in Lincoln and won the only matchup in Laramie, 38-14, two seasons ago. The schools are scheduled to complete a three-game series in Lincoln in 2016.
The Coaches
Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, '90) owns a 49-20 record (.731) in his sixth season. Pelini has guided NU to nine or more wins in each of his first five seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne in accomplishing that feat at Nebraska. Pelini is one of only four first-time head coaches in NCAA history to win at least nine games in each of his first five seasons at a BCS conference school.
Wyoming: Dave Christensen (Western Washington, '85) is in his fifth season as Wyoming's head coach. Christensen has guided the Cowboys to a 22-28 record, including two bowl appearances. Prior to taking over at Wyoming, Christensen served as an assistant coach at Missouri for eight seasons.
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Nebraska is 856-353-40 all-time, one of just seven schools with 800 all-time victories
- Nebraska has won five national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997).
- The Cornhuskers have won 43 conference championships. w NU's 49 all-time bowl appearances rank third nationally.
- Since 1970, NU has 422 wins, 26 more than any other school.
- Nebraska's 106 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation.
- The Huskers have 110 All-Americans in school history.
Scouting the Wyoming Cowboys
Wyoming battled through injuries to post a 4-8 record in 2012. The Cowboys return 15 total starters this fall, including seven on offense, seven on defense and their returning place-kicker.
Offensively, Wyoming returns the majority of its production from last season. The unit is led by quarterback Brett Smith, who completed better than 62 percent of his passes last season while throwing for 2,837 yards and 27 touchdowns in only 10 games. Despite injuries, Smith ranked
11th nationally in passing efficiency and 16th in total offense in 2012. Four of his top five receiving targets from last season return, including Robert Herron, who averaged 21.2 yards per game and grabbed eight touchdowns. On the ground, Wyoming returns its top three rushers from 2012.
Defensively, Wyoming was among the 15 worst teams in rushing defense (117th) and pass efficiency defense (108th) in 2012, while ranking 106th in total defense and 97th in scoring defense. The Cowboys return seven starters from 2012, but must replace their three leading tacklers who combined for 292 tackles and recorded 21 of Wyoming's 51 tackles for loss.
Series History
Nebraska is a perfect 6-0 against Wyoming, including a 3-0 record in season openers and a 4-0 mark in home openers. The Huskers also opened their season against Wyoming in 1934 (50-0), 1968 (13-10) and 1984 (42-7), while NU's 56-20 victory in 1983 marked Nebraska's first home game of the season. Five of the six all-time meetings have been played at Memorial Stadium, with the exception being Nebraska's 38-14 win in Laramie in the most recent meeting in 2011.
NU has won five of the six all-time meetings by double digits, as the average score in the series is 40-14. Nebraska has also scored more than 40 points four times in the six meetings, including four of the five games at Memorial Stadium.
The closest the Cowboys have come to knocking off the Huskers came in 1968. Wyoming scored 10 points in the first nine minutes of the game, only to see the Huskers score the game's final 13 points, including a fourth-quarter touchdown and a Paul Rogers' 51-yard game-winning field goal with 21 seconds left.
That 1968 contest opened Bob Devaney's seventh season on the Husker sideline. The Hall of Fame coach won 12 Big Eight crowns and two national titles at Nebraska after compiling a 35-10-5 record and winning four conference championships at Wyoming from 1957 to 1961.
Wyoming Head Coach Dave Christensen
Dave Christensen is beginning his fifth season at Wyoming, where he owns a 22-28 overall record in his first head coaching job. Christensen is 0-1 against Nebraska, as the Huskers defeated the Cowboys 38-14 in Laramie in 2011. But Christensen has enjoyed success against Nebraska, posting a 4-4 record against the Huskers while he was an assistant at Missouri from 2001 to 2008. The last time he coached inside Memorial Stadium, Missouri defeated Nebraska, 52-17.
Wyoming has finished with a winning record in two of Christensen's first five seasons after the Cowboys posted just one winning season in the nine years before his arrival. Wyoming appeared in the New Mexico Bowl in Christensen's first season in 2009, then posted an 8-5 record in 2011 that included the program's most victories since 1998 and just the second winning conference season since 2000. The Cowboys hoped to build off the 2011 success for a strong 2012 season, but a flurry of injuries contributed to Wyoming's 4-8 record last fall.
In addition to his eight years as the offensive coordinator at Missouri, Christensen also spent four years as the offensive coordinator at Toledo from 1997 to 2000. He spent nine total years at Toledo, following his first full-time collegiate coaching job at Idaho State from 1990 to 1991.
Nebraska Looks to Add to Season-Opening Win Streak
Nebraska will have the opportunity to extend a remarkable streak of success in season openers on Saturday night against Wyoming.
The Huskers will head into the game against Wyoming with victories in each of their last 27 season openers. The streak leads the nation, bettering Florida's 23 straight season-opening wins.
The Huskers have won each of their last 27 season openers by nine or more points, including a 49-20 win over Southern Miss in 2012. NU has scored 40 or more points in the opener in 20 of the past 27 seasons. During the win streak, NU has limited opponents to 14 points or less 18 times.
NU Starts Quest for Sixth Straight Year With Nine or More Wins
Nebraska posted a 10-4 record in 2012, giving the Huskers nine or more victories in each of Bo Pelini's first five seasons as head coach. The streak of five straight nine-win seasons puts Nebraska in an elite class nationally.
- Nebraska is one of four schools that has won at least nine games each of the past five seasons. The others in that group include Alabama, Boise State and Oregon.
- Pelini has guided Nebraska to 10-win seasons in three of the last four years.
- The five straight years of at least nine wins marks the first time NU has accomplished that since its NCAA record streak of 33 straight nine-win seasons from 1969 to 2001.
- Nebraska has 47 nine-win seasons in school history, including 39 since 1969.
Memorial stadium Construction Complete for 2013 Season
Fans coming to Memorial Stadium this fall will be greeted by a new look to the East side of Memorial Stadium. The East Stadium expansion will push Nebraska's average attendance beyond 90,000. While adding nearly 6,000 seats, including a combination of club seats, suites and general public seating, the addition preserves the rich tradition and original architecture of Memorial Stadium.
The East Stadium addition also includes dedicated restrooms and concessions areas. A new grand lobby, expanded concourse and additional first-aid areas also were added. No East Stadium seats were removed during the expansion and no season ticket holders were required to relocate their seats as part of this project.
The addition includes dedicated areas on the ground floor for research, both for Athletics and UNL Research. The 50,000-square foot research area is a unique collaboration between Athletics and Academics. The Nebraska Athletic Performance Lab is housed on the north end of the facility, and is operated by the Athletic Department. The Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior is housed in the south half of the facility.
Along with the additions on the East Stadium, Nebraska also replaced the FieldTurf at Memorial Stadium this summer. The field features the "Tom Osborne Field" lettering for the first time since the 1998 season. A detailed description of the East Stadium addition can be found later in this notes package.
Nebraska, Cowboys Share Devaney Tie
Nebraska and Wyoming share a border and have met six times previously on the gridiron. However, the person that ties the two football programs together historically is Hall of Fame Head Coach Bob Devaney. Before his 11-year run as Nebraska's head coach, Devaney served as the Cowboys' head coach for five seasons from 1956 to 1961.
In his career, Devaney posted a 136-30-7 overall record for an .806 winning percentage. He guided Wyoming to a 35-10-5 record during his run in Laramie. At Nebraska, Devaney led the Huskers to a 101-20-2 record (.829) and won national championships in 1970 and 1971. During Devaney's first season as NU head coach the Huskers' remarkable sellout streak at Memorial Stadium began. The streak will reach 326 games on Saturday evening.
Huskers Look to Continue Non-Conference Success in Lincoln
Nebraska has dominated the opposition in non-conference play at Memorial Stadium in Bo Pelini's five seasons as head coach. Pelini has guided Nebraska to perfect non-conference home records in each of the past four seasons, and the Huskers own a 12-game home non-conference winning streak heading into Saturday's contest with Wyoming. Overall, NU is 15-1 in home non-conference games under Pelini with the only loss a 35-30 setback against Virginia Tech in 2008.
Huskers Name Captains for 2013 Season
Nebraska has named season-long team captains for the 2013 season, a first in the Bo Pelini era. Leading the Huskers as captains are senior quarterback Taylor Martinez, senior wide receiver Quincy Enunwa, senior offensive guard Spencer Long and senior cornerback Ciante Evans.
In each of the past five seasons under Pelini, Nebraska has named captains on a game-by-game basis throughout the regular season, before electing season captains at the end of the year.
The four 2013 captains bring a great deal of experience to the Huskers. As a group, the four players have played in a total of 139 games with a combined 107 starts.
Click on the "Game Notes" link in the related links section at the top of this page for more notes on this weekend's game.


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Cathy McGuckin of The Candle Shop at 8432 Germantown Ave., a Chestnut Hill business for 50 years, announced this week that she will be closing her doors on March 4.
For McGuckin, who has owned the shop for 22 of those 50 years, closing the shop is difficult.
She said she "agonized over the decision" around Christmas before making up her mind.
"I think it's time for me to move on," McGuckin said. "Twenty-two years is a long time. It's time for me to do something different."
She isn't sure what exactly her future holds just yet.
"I've been a teacher, a mother, a wife, a manager at Estee Lauder," she said. " I bought the shop in '89 and never looked back."
Right now she just wants to "take time to enjoy my grandchildren and relax."
She said she will miss her customers the most.
"Some of my customers have become my friends after 22 years."
McGuckin hasn't ruled out someday selling candles again though.
"I'm thinking about maybe doing something seasonal," she said, possibly during Halloween and Christmas.
"Maybe," she emphasized.
Starting this week, McGuckin has trimmed up to 50 percent off of her entire inventory in an effort to move everything before she closes.
The shop's hours are Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5:30pm; Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The store's phone number is 215-248-1459.


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DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks have reached a deal with Samuel Dalembert, who will likely be their fifth starting center in the past five seasons.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told reporters at the NBA summer league in Las Vegas on Wednesday night that Dalembert had agreed to a contract but hadn't signed it. The deal with the 32-year-old came after Dallas missed out on Dwight Howard, who chose Houston.
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Royal Swets & Zeitlinger announced the sale of
the publishing business and assets of Swets & Zeitlinger
Publishers (SZP) and A.A. Balkema to the Taylor & Francis
Group, a specialist publisher of scientific, academic,
and professional books and journals. SZP will continue
to operate out of its Lisse, Netherlands-based office
before relocating to the Leiden area.
Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers was founded in
1916 and produces English-language journals and books
in the specialist areas of engineering, ophthalmology,
and neuropsychology as well as the life and social
sciences. SZP has a staff of 37, publishes 41 journal
titles and 100 new books per year, and has a backlist
of around 2,000 book titles.
According to the announcement, the Taylor & Francis
Group was particularly attracted to the high quality
of SZP's publication list. It will enhance the company's
existing scientific and engineering portfolios as well
as reinforce the group's position in the STM book and
journal market segments. The acquisition of SZP is
consistent with Taylor & Francis' strategy of growing
its portfolio of "must-have" information.
Source: Royal Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, Netherlands,
011-31-252-435-111; http://www.swets.nl.
Sirsi Corp. announced a technology partnership with
Openly Informatics, Inc., a provider of OEM linking
software and services. Sirsi has selected Openly Informatics
OpenURL linking technology as the core engine for Sirsi
Resolver, a solution for OpenURL resolution and linking.
Offered as a stand-alone product and integrated with
Sirsi Rooms Context Management Solutions, Sirsi Resolver
can be configured to work seamlessly with all of Sirsi's
online products, including iBistro, iLink, Web2, and
the new Sirsi SingleSearch. Using information provided
by these searching tools, the Openly Informatics engine
powers Sirsi Resolver to deliver deep-linking access
to full-text content for tens of thousands of journal
articles and online services for books and all other
bibliographic formats.
Source: Sirsi Corp., Huntsville, AL, 256/704-7000;
LexisNexis U.S. announced that it has received the
prestigious Thomas Edison Award from the state of Ohio.
Gov. Bob Taft presented the award during ceremonies
at the USAF Museum in Dayton. Ohio also honored eight
small companies with Emerging Technology Awards.
"Ohio's leadership in technological innovation rests
on the continued efforts of technology-based businesses
such as those receiving Edison and Emerging Technology
Awards," Taft said. "I commend these companies on their
outstanding achievements."
The Edison Award recognized LexisNexis' global leadership
in fostering or implementing innovation and in positively
utilizing technology to impact its operation and the
Source: LexisNexis, Dayton, OH, 937/865-6800; http://www.lexisnexis.com.
Swets Blackwell announced that it is the first subscription
agent member to achieve level 2 compliance with COUNTER's
international e-journal usage standards. Swets has
signed a formal declaration of compliance with COUNTER,
an international initiative launched in March 2002
to serve librarians, publishers, and intermediaries
by facilitating the recording and exchange of online
usage statistics.
COUNTER's (Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic
Resources) specifications included data elements already
collected by SwetsWise, Swets Blackwell's Web-based
modular service, for the procurement, access, and management
of subscriptions and online information. Covering more
than 7,660 full-text publications from 272 publishers,
SwetsWise's participation also increases the number
of titles and publishers for which COUNTER-compliant
usage reports are now available (http://projectcounter.org).
Source: Swets Blackwell, Lisse, Netherlands, 011-31-252-435-111;
Factiva and Verity, Inc. have announced an agreement
that will help global enterprise customers organize
their intellectual capital assets.
The companies will jointly allow enterprise customers
to integrate a set of Factiva's industry-specific taxonomies
with K2 Enterprise, Verity's intellectual capital management
software. In addition, customers can gain access to
Factiva's global collection of nearly 8,000 content
sources and engage the taxonomy and technical experts
of Factiva Client Solutions.
Under the terms of the partnership, Factiva will
also provide its content and taxonomy expertise, including
strategy and implementation that are adaptable to the
specific needs and rules of an organization, for use
with K2 Enterprise. Factiva will offer its established
general business taxonomy for companies, industries,
regions, and subjects, as well as its recently announced
specialized pharmaceutical and healthcare taxonomy.
Factiva Client Solutions, including its taxonomy specialists,
will now be available to assist with Verity implementations.
Source: Factiva, Princeton, NJ, 609/627-2000; http://www.factiva.com.
Dow Jones & Co. announced new integrated sales
and marketing initiatives for The Wall Street Journal and
The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com. In addition,
Dow Jones will begin reporting its U.S. print and applicable
online subscribers together in its latest Audit Bureau
of Circulations (ABC) statement. This brings total
paid U.S. circulation under ABC rules for The Wall
Street Journal to 2.1 million, the highest paid
circulation in The Journal's 114-year history.
Over the past several years, while many publishers
have seen circulation declines, the U.S. print Journal has
held steady at 1.8 million. During the same period,
the online Journal has grown to its current record
paid circulation of 686,000. The international print
editions add 175,000. The global Wall Street Journal
franchise, therefore, currently has a print and online
circulation of more than 2.7 million worldwide, of
which 2.1 million are reported under U.S. ABC rules.
Source: Dow Jones & Co., New York, 212/416-2000;
Emerald, an international management and information
science publisher, has announced the acquisition of
the Journal of Business Strategy (JBS)
and the Handbook of Business Strategy.
Written for senior managers, the Journal of Business
Strategy provides in-depth articles that help
the reader develop successful business strategies.
Each issue focuses on practical applications of business
theory, forecasting, business development, trend-spotting,
and competitive intelligence.
JBS is one of 17 journals in the Emerald ManagementFirst "Strategy" collection.
Authors/contributors to JBS also receive access
to the Emerald ManagementFirst site.
Published annually, the Handbook of Business Strategy summarizes
current strategic management issues in one comprehensive
reference book. Marketing, branding, leadership, and
growth strategies are covered as well as articles on
newer strategic areas essential to any business, including
knowledge management, corporate governance, working
with consultants, and CRM.
Source: Emerald, Bradford, UK, 011-44-1274-777700;
Ovid Technologies, Inc., National Chiao Tung University
(NCTU), and Flysheet Information Services, Inc. announced
the establishment of a new Ovid Regional Data Center
(RDC) in Taiwan. The RDC will be hosted by NCTU and
Flysheet Information Services, based in HsinChu. Ovid's
new data center will support customers in Taiwan, and
the company has plans to support additional Asia Pacific
This is the fourth Ovid RDC and the second outside
North America. It is a complete mirror of Ovid data
centers in Salt Lake City; Boston; and Manchester,
The new facility will provide clinicians, researchers,
and healthcare professionals with fast, reliable, and
continuous access to Ovid's collection of medical and
health sciences journals, books, and databases, including
its premier products Journals@
Ovid and Books@Ovid. With local server access, customers will see increased
speed and reliability, faster retrieval of current content, up-to-date tools,
and reduced server downtime. According to the announcement, built-in redundancy
will allow the service to remain available during maintenance and scheduled
Source: Ovid, New York, 646/674-6300; http://www.ovid.com.
The British Library announced that a Private Members
Bill, introduced in December 2002, has passed all its
parliamentary hurdles and became law when it received
Royal Assent. The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003
extends previous legal deposit legislation passed nearly
100 years ago in 1911. It enshrines the principle that
electronic or e-publications and other non-print materials
will be deposited in the future under secondary legislation.
The act ensures that these publications can be saved
as part of the published archive and become an important
resource for future generations of researchers and
The introduction of the bill followed a BL-led campaign
to bring the law up-to-date with the current world
of publishing. The new act is generic and provides
for secondary legislation to be approved by Parliament.
This will ensure that non-print formats are included
within the legal deposit system.
Since 1911, the six legal deposit libraries have
been able to collect copies of all printed material
published in the U.K. However, an increasing volume
of important material had begun to be published in
electronic and other non-print formats. These fell
outside the scope of the 1911 Act and were not therefore
being comprehensively collected. A 2002 study forecast
a massive increase in online publications, predicting
a near quadrupling (from 52,000 to 193,000) in the
number of electronic journal issues published in the
U.K. between 2002 and 2005.
Source: The British Library, London, 011-44-20-7412-7000;
The Association of Research Libraries announced that
Prue Adler, its associate executive director, voiced
the opposition of the library community to the recently
introduced "Database and Collections of Information
Misappropriation Act" (H.R. 3261). According to the
announcement, she spoke on behalf of five of the nation's
leading library organizations: the American Association
of Law Libraries, ALA, the Association of Research
Libraries, the Medical Library Association, and SLA.
For more than 200 years, facts have been in the public
domain. The proposed legislation "would end this long-standing
policy that has allowed the public and private sectors
to flourish, advance research, and create a vibrant
marketplace." Access to the broad array of research
information, Adler noted, is critical to the health
and wealth of society.
According to the announcement, the approach taken
in H.R. 3261 is strikingly at odds with how scientific
and research discovery is conducted. The scientific,
research, and library communities increasingly support
open access, which encourages the sharing of data and
information to promote the advancement of science and
Source: Association of Research Libraries, Washington,
DC, 202/296-2296; http://www.arl.org.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
has announced a grant of $600,000 over 3 years to Harvard
University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society
to explore options for the future of copyright in a
digital environment. The grant is made through the
foundation's special funding initiative on intellectual
property and the long-term protection of the public
The grant is in support of the Digital Media in Cyberspace
Project, which is designed to help increase understanding
of the legal, business, and economic aspects of how
copyright might operate in the digital environment
in the future. The project will look at possible future
copyright scenarios and analyze the comparative advantages
of each in terms of economic incentives, effects on
the business landscape, impact on the interests of
consumers, and legal and other costs involved in implementation.
Source: MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, 312/726-8000;
XyEnterprise, a developer of XML content management
and enterprise publishing software, announced that
its XML Professional Publisher (XPP) Web Services technology
has been deployed to support a sophisticated XML content
management and publishing solution for LexisNexis UK.
This solution supports LexisNexis UK in the seamless
publishing and delivery of its legal, tax, and regulatory
services and publications to a wide variety of customers
and markets.
The XyEnterprise Web Services-based systems, in production
use for case reports, enable LexisNexis UK to deliver
editorial content from its Content@ Content Management
System (also provided by XyEnterprise) to Letterpart,
a U.K.-based publishing services provider. Letterpart
hosts the XPP application that composes the source
XML data for final print and Adobe PDF publication.
Source: XyEnterprise, Reading, MA, 781/756-4400;
NewsStand, Inc., a digital distributor for newspapers
and magazines worldwide, and publisher Axel Springer
have teamed to launch digital editions of Sunday newspaper WELT
am SONNTAG and daily newspaper DIE WELT (http://www.welt.de).
Now, complete digital versions of the German newspapers
can be read on a desktop, laptop, or Tablet PC, or
they can be printed out page by page.
The first digital editions of WELT am SONNTAG and DIE
WELT were made available in November. Readers
can download their e-editions at http://www.newsstand.de and http://www.newsstand.com.
The digital editions feature the exact layout of
the print edition. Readers can use digital functionality
such as keyword search, direct jumps to desired sections,
article continuations with one mouse click, rapid scan
of two-page spreads, and zoom-in capability for items
of interest.
Source: NewsStand, Inc., Austin, TX, 512/334-5106;
ProQuest Information and Learning, in cooperation
with NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information),
is now offering PubMed LinkOut capabilities in ProQuest
Medical Library. ProQuest Information and Learning,
a unit of ProQuest Co., creates and distributes databases
to libraries and educational institutions worldwide.
ProQuest Medical Library is a ProQuest full-text
journal database that provides in-depth coverage of
all the major clinical and allied healthcare specialties,
including nursing, pediatrics, neurology, pharmacology,
cardiology, physical therapy, and many others. Coverage
is global and includes key titles such as The Lancet and Journal
of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
PubMed is a database of citations and abstracts to
biomedical and other life science journal literature,
developed and managed by NCBI at the U.S. National
Library of Medicine.
Source: ProQuest Information and Learning, Ann Arbor,
MI, 734/761-4700; http://www.il.proquest.com.
Elsevier has announced that its ScienceDirect product
will comply with Release 1 of the international COUNTER
Code of Practice, which governs the recording and exchange
of online usage data and primarily focuses on journals
and databases.
The COUNTER Code of Practice is supported by a global
organization of librarians, publishers, and their professional
organizations. According to the announcement, it promotes
credible, consistent, and compatible measurement of
the usage data from online information resources around
the globe.
COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic
Resources) is a multi-agency, not-for-profit organization
whose objective is to develop and maintain a single,
internationally accepted, extendible Code of Practice.
The register of COUNTER-compliant vendors is available
on the COUNTER Web site (http://www.projectcounter.org).
Source: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 011-31-20-485-3757;


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pic15 in reply 26 has the ocean/shoreline in the background
Program C (1 and a half hour cruising include lunch)- operating only on Sat and Sun Price in Thai Baht Start at 09.00. Depart from River City Peir, cruise by long-tail boat along Chao Phraya river and canals, pass the Royal Barges museum, Fish farm at Wat Srisudaram and Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) (include admission fee of Wat Arun). After cruising, lunch will be served at La Grande Perle French Restaurant with European Set Lunch menu, coffe, tea and drinking water.
...Now that we know about this task I don't think the roadblock could be in Phuket. If it were they would have to do that there, take the bus to Bangkok, walk to the canal and then take taxis to some location like the national park to do the elephants (detour?). The canal thing seems like the first task they do after getting off the buses.
I thought we decided the elephants were in the Phuket area (getting bigger all the time, that little island!)
The canal thing seems like the first task they do after getting off the buses.
Quote from: Prophet on October 21, 2011, 06:08:57 PMThe canal thing seems like the first task they do after getting off the buses.Can we confirm the direction they are heading from this pic? As in AWAY from the bus station or TOWARDS the bus station?
Eddy, that sounds dirty. Wat do you mean?
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