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Press release
Brussels, 12 December 2012
Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Austrian mobile phone operator Orange by H3G, subject to conditions
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Orange's mobile telephony business in Austria by Hutchison 3G (H3G). The approval is conditional upon the implementation of a commitments package that will facilitate the entry of new players into the Austrian mobile telecommunications market. The Commission had concerns that the elimination of one out of only four mobile network operators in Austria could have led to less competition and higher prices, to the detriment of end consumers. To address these concerns, H3G submitted remedies, offering in particular to divest radio spectrum and related rights and to provide wholesale access to its network. In light of these commitments, the Commission concluded that the transaction would no longer raise competition concerns.
"European consumers increasingly use their mobile phones to upload and transfer data and new mobile data services are a major contribution to growth. The risks posed by more concentration in national mobile telephony markets cannot be ignored. The commitments proposed by H3G ensure that competition is preserved so that Austrian consumers continue to enjoy the benefits of innovation and fair prices." said Commission Vice-President in charge of competition policy Joaquín Almunia.
The Austrian mobile telecoms market is highly concentrated. The proposed merger would bring together two of the four mobile network operators in Austria and the merged entity would face competition only from Telecom Austria with its mobile telephony brand A1 and from T-Mobile as primary physical network operators.
This market is characterised by high barriers to entry for competitors and consumers have little bargaining power when it comes to negotiating contracts with operators. The economic analysis conducted by the Commission, taking into account the parties' particular strength in the private customer and data market segments, has shown that the market power of the merging parties would have been higher than what their market shares suggested.
The Commission was concerned that the transaction in its original form would lead to higher prices and a reduction of competition. To remove the Commission's concerns, H3G submitted a package of commitments:
The proposed commitments take account of the variety of competitors and business models present in European mobile telephony markets. The combination of a structural remedy divesting sufficient spectrum and sites to attract an MNO with the wholesale access remedy lowering barriers to entry for MVNOs ensures that competition will be safeguarded.
In light of these commitments, the Commission concluded that the transaction would no longer raise competition concerns. This decision is conditional upon full compliance with the commitments.
H3G notified its proposed acquisition of Orange to the Commission in May 2012. The Commission opened an in-depth investigation in June 2012 (see IP/12/726). A statement of objections, setting out the Commission's competition concerns, was adopted on 20 September 2012.
The Commission focussed its investigation on the Austrian market for mobile telecommunications services to end consumers. Throughout the proceedings it cooperated closely with the Austrian Competition Authority and the Austrian telecom regulator.
H3G (Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH) is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, Hong Kong and provides mobile telecommunications services (voice, SMS and MMS) as well as mobile broadband and multimedia products such as mobile television, music, and video calling in Austria.
Orange (Orange Austria Telecommunications GmbH) provides mobile telecommunications services in Austria. Orange entered the Austrian market in 1998, at that time under the name "One". Orange offers traditional mobile communications services (voice, SMS and MMS) as well as mobile broadband services. One was rebranded to Orange in September 2008.
Merger rules and procedures
The Commission has the duty to assess mergers and acquisitions involving companies with a turnover above certain thresholds (see Article 1 of the Merger Regulation) and to prevent concentrations that would significantly impede effective competition in the EEA or any substantial part of it.
There are currently three other on-going phase II investigations. The first one examines the planned acquisition of TNT Express by UPS in the small package delivery sector (see IP/12/816). The Commission has until 5 February to reach a final decision. The second phase II investigation concerns Ryanair's project to merge with rival Aer Lingus (see IP/12/921).The deadline here is 27 February 2013. Finally, in the third on-going phase II, the Commission investigates the proposed combination of Munksjö and the European label and processing business of Ahlstrom, in the paper industry (see IP/12/1338), with a deadline on 29 April 2013.
More information will be available on the competition website, in the Commission's public case register under the case number M.6497.
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Date/Time: Sat, 8/19/2017, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Location: Monet Studio - Studio is to the right after entering building
Price Per Seat: $72.00
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Wine in Glass - Couple's Painting is an Adult only BYOB event.
The cost of this Event is priced for 2 people.
Arrive 10 minutes early to get uncorked, smocked & in your seat! If you desire more time to unwind, we invite you to arrive up to 30 minutes prior to start time- it's a great time to get settled in and set up your wine, beverages and snacks
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Telluride Film Festival
If anything or anyone is a break-out, on-the-rise element of this year's Telluride Film Festival, it's 19-year-old "The Descendants" star Shailene Woodley. She stars in the film opposite George Clooney as a teenager with the appropriate angst but gives a performance that has captured the attention of many in attendance here. Naturally, she's frequently found herself stopped on the street by admirers and well-wishers praising her work and the festival's most talked-about film.
When you talk to Woodley, you get the sense of a young person crossing that key boundary in life between adolescence and adulthood. Call it "finding yourself" if you like, but the experience of making the film in Hawaii with the likes of filmmaker Alexander Payne and actor George Clooney had a major impact on her.
"The four months in Hawaii really shifted who I am as a human being," she says at the New Sheridan Hotel restaurant in town. "It was such a spiritual thing for me. It has a different energy than anywhere else. The pace there, the way you move and talk, it's so different. I left there being authentically happy with myself. It was both being on set and hiking and being outdoors and meeting people. I feel so fortunate to have got a callback for this movie, let alone have done it. It's mind-blowing."
In the film she plays a teenager stuck with the reality of her mother's sudden coma and impending death, a father struggling with the harsh truth of his wife's recent infidelity and a younger sister who must remain innocent at all costs to the harsh truths swirling around the family. Woodley's own parents are divorced, but it was a civil split, she says, continued Christmas dinner gatherings and an amicable friendship, etc. So there wasn't much to legitimately pull from there. She had recently gone through a bad break-up and maybe, she says, that allowed her to tap into her emotional side when necessary in the film, but mainly she's quick to praise the work of others for making her job easy.
"The writing was so amazing and evoked so much," she says. "Given the writing and given Alexander and George and the other actors, there wasn't any acting to be done. It was really saying the words as they were written and then listening. I'm not a good actor. I'm just a professional listener. If you listen to what the other person is saying and the truth of what they're saying, it will hit you."
In perhaps her character's most emotional on-screen moment early on in the film — when she's confronted with the fact that her mother will pass — the character is in a swimming pool. She submerges herself and lets out an aching cry before swimming underwater, as if trying to escape the pain, yet struggling against the current as if in slow motion. It's a powerful visual moment. On the page it was merely scripted as "She goes underwater and distorts her face," but Woodley made it her own.
"I was actually born in the water, literally," she says. "So water has always been my comfort zone, my safe zone. It was a place she could go and be vulnerable and not face the fear. And it was really fun to just go down there and lose your shit."
The first time Woodley met co-star Clooney was at the Los Angeles table read. They sat down and went through the script, and after a few hours, Clooney leaned over and said, "They won't be bringing you back after that," meaning she pretty much nailed it. And that's when the impending fun of the project really clicked for her.
"He gets up, smiles and winks, and when he did that I was like, 'Oh, wow, I have nothing to be intimidated by,'" she says. "'This guy is awesome. It's on. We're going to have a blast.' He's not only laid back but he's truly humble and grateful. He lives his life in gratitude. It's weird because I don't think of him now as 'George Clooney.' He really is just, you know, strip away the fame and he's a guy from Kentucky with a heart of gold."
She's quick to mention that one of the many things she hears from people around town is that they have never seen Clooney in this light. And she fully agrees, adding that the actor "did so many subtle things in the movie. And he was vulnerable. I don't think many people have seen George Clooney as a vulnerable, disheveled man. You know, you see him as "'two-time sexiest man alive.'"
Woodley shares much of the screen with newcomer Amara Miller, who stars as her little sister, Scottie. Miller had never acted in so much as a school play. She was a friend of a friend of Payne's who filled the role two weeks before shooting, Woodley says, but she couldn't have been more perfect for that.
"She nailed that role," Woodley says. "It was so amazing to see someone who hasn't been jaded and who isn't an actor and hasn't been trained in acting. We did one scene where we were on the couch talking and in doing that scene, Amara, just being herself, can't stay still. She incorporated that into her Scottie character, so Amara started rolling around on the couch while she was doing that scene and putting her hands up and it's brilliant, because she 100% was authentically in the moment."
But it was the collaboration with Payne and his deft directorial touch that really seems to have resonated most for Woodley. Calling Payne one of her "top five favorite human beings on the planet," the actress just can't find enough words to express her love and gratitude for him.
"As a director, he would say things like, 'You're not being Shai,' and I would instantly know what he was talking about," she says. "Because he's so good at getting to know you as a person and calling you out when you're not authentic in a scene. Acting isn't about being a character; it's about being yourself through that character's rules and restrictions."
She also greatly appreciated his penchant for allowing real collaboration and insight that she feels is somewhat rare in her limited experience so far.
"So many of the scenes he'd go, 'What do you want to do? Where do you want to stand?,'" she says. "That never happens. Sometimes you get a little freedom, but it's generally along the line of what they want. He had a point of view, but within that point of view, you were given the freedom to express yourself through that character."
Perhaps more importantly for her, however, has been her crash-course in film education under Payne's wing. The cinephile director has probably seen 15 or 20 films at the fest, bouncing from event to event and really soaking up the Telluride spirit. And Woodley has had a chance to see a few things, too.
She's embarrassed to admit that "The Artist" is her first silent film (though as a 19-year-old non-film-aficionado, that can certainly be forgiven). She absolutely adores the film and how its sad moments, rather than leaving you "mildly depressed about your own life" seem to ring a more positive tone. She is a huge environmental advocate, so "The Island President," about Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed's climate change crusade, was a big high point, too.
She loved Steve McQueen's "Shame" but says she'd like to let it marinate and give it another look down the line. But she was really taken by a classic in one of the festival's retrospective programs.
"I saw 'The Apartment,'" she says with a touch of excitement, "which I had never seen. Alexander was like, 'You must go see this.' Oh my gosh I loved it.
"I am probably the most uneducated actor when it comes to knowing directors and producers' films. I really don't know anyone. I didn't even know who Alexander was before this movie. But through Alexander and Jim Burke, who is the executive producer, and George, who's also a major film nerd, I have a list of like 700 films. I'm slowly but surely checking them off. It's fun. I see this as a great opportunity. I get to do what everyone's already done and share the experience."
And indeed, Telluride is the perfect place to continue that journey, and to start a new one with "The Descendants."
"The 'C' word in my vocabulary is 'celebrity,'" she says. "The 'F' word is 'fame' and the 'S' word is 'star.' Unless you're, like, George Clooney or Julia Roberts, I don't like when people use those words. I mean, this festival isn't about who you know and what parties you get into and what you're wearing. This festival is about film."
And, she says, it's a great way to ween her into a circuit that will be long and unforgiving after this Labor Day weekend. From here she travels with the film to Toronto, where she'll no doubt sit down for more than her fair share of interviews before continuing along a similar track throughout the season, perhaps right into the Best Supporting Actress awards discussion.
But it's lovely to get her perspective now, before the madness so many of us see coming. She has such a good head on her shoulders, though, that you just know she'll be exactly the same whip-smart, centered and wise-beyond-her-years individual she is now in six months' time.
[Photos: Sasha Stone, Fox Searchlight]


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Bali Essentials are a quick ship program! This is geared to those shoppers needing "simple solutions now"...in a hurry and on a budget. They ship out of Bali in 4-5 working days.
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• 2" slats crafted of the finest North American hardwood
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• Heavy duty steel headrail (2"x21⁄4")
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• Rectangular bottomrail (5⁄8")
• Limited lifetime warranty
• Color of wood may vary slightly due to the natural characteristics of wood.
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Use a steel measuring tape
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Sizes should always be provided in this format: Width x Height
On any measurement given, the factory does have a +/- 1/8 of an inch variance allowance.
Measure For Wood or Faux Wood Blinds
Inside Mount Width
• Measure the exact width (left to right) of the inside edge of the window frame in three places (top, middle and bottom).
• Take the smallest of the three measurements to the nearest 1/8 of an inch.
• The factory will take an approximate 1/2 of an inch deduction from the total width to a lot for brackets and correct installation.
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• Measure the exact height (top to bottom) from the top inside edge down to the window sill in three spots across window.
• Take the largest of the three measurements.
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• Measure the exact width (left to right) of the wooden or metal window frame (outer edge) OR how wide you want the product to be.
• Be sure to measure wide enough as to cover the entire window plus offer enough coverage to avoid light or privacy gap. 2 inches past the opening on EACH side is suggested if you do not have molding/trim.
• An Outside Valance with returns will be wider than the ordered width to accommodate covering the headrail and mount.
Outside Mount Height
• Measure the top and bottom edge of window frame/trim. If no trim, be sure you provide the height you want the shade to be from top of the headrail to bottom of the bottom rail.
• Be sure to allot for coverage for light control and mounting hardware if mounting above window opening to wall surface. You will need 2 inches of surface area to mount above opening. Call us for further instruction if needed.
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Lipscomb athletics marketing has several exciting events planned for the remainder of the 2011-12 Bison basketball season. Events are planned benefiting families, the community and the university as we close out the home portion of the basketball schedule.
Every men's game in Allen Arena will feature a "Kid's Zone," face painting, inflatable moon bounce, balloon animal artist, basketball shooting games and a foosball table for children to enjoy. Postgame, all children are invited to come on the floor at Allen Arena and shoot on the goals.
102.5 the Game, the flagship station for Bison basketball, will broadcast live remotes from Allen Arena featuring Willy Daunic and Joe Dubin prior to home men's games against Stetson (Jan. 16) and ETSU (Feb. 20). The "3HL" crew on 104.5 the Zone of Brent Dougherty, Blaine Bishop and Clay Travis will be on location in Allen Arena prior to the Bison's Jan. 30 game against Jacksonville.
Two different Scout groups will be recognized at games, beginning with Scout Night during Jan. 14's Florida Gulf Coast doubleheader. Scouts in uniform get in free, and tickets are $5 for family members. Girl Scout Day is Feb. 18 against USC Upstate.
Saturday, Jan. 28 against North Florida will be "Star Wars Day". Get your picture taken with Darth Vader, Chewbacca and all your favorite Star Wars characters in the Allen Arena lobby.
The Jan. 30 game against Jacksonville will be a great outing for families. Receive a child's ticket (12 and under) free with every adult ticket purchased that night.
The "Battle of the Boulevard" game against Belmont on Feb. 3 will feature the world-renowned Beale Street Flippers from Memphis as the halftime entertainment. Tickets to the Belmont game are going fast, so be sure to contact Tim Freese at 615-966-5456 or go to LipscombTickets.com today to reserve your seats.
Thursday, Feb. 16 against ETSU will be the women's basketball "Think Pink" night for Breast Cancer Awareness, as well as Lipscomb's "Pack the House" night. Donations will be taken at the door for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
Also remember that every home men's game the rest of the season will be an Adoption Rally for local families. All gate receipts and donations will go to area families attempting to adopt a child.
Saturday, January 14th – National Anthem: Goodlettsville Elementary School
Scout day-Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts get in free in uniform and family members can purchase tickets for $5.
Book Drive for "Book 'Em"- We are collecting new and like new books to donate to underprivileged children in the Nashville area.
This game only text Bison to 66502 for your chance to win a free Kindle Fire.
Halftime (Men's Game) - ABLE Youth Wheel Chair basketball game against the LU Team.
Monday, January 16th - National Anthem: Norman Binkley Elementary School
Halftime - Highland Academy Gymnastics
Thursday, January 26th
Halftime - Fall Hamilton Elementary "Stepping Start" Step Team
Saturday, January 28th – National Anthem: Ensworth Elementary
Star Wars Day
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Monday, January 30th – National Anthem: Hunter's Bend Elementary
Halftime - Hot Shots Jump Rope Team
Friday, February 3rd
Battle of the Boulevard against Belmont (Men's Game)
Halftime - Beale St. Flippers
Saturday, February 4th
Battle of the Boulevard against Belmont (Women's Game)
Halftime - Youth Basketball Game
Thursday, February 16th
Think pink/Pack the House Challenge
Raising Money for Kay Yow Cancer Fund
Saturday, February 18th – National Anthem: Julia Green Elementary School
Girl Scout Day- Girl Scouts in uniform get in free and families can purchase $5 tickets
Women's Basketball Senior Night
Halftime (men's game) - Special Olympics Basketball Game
Monday, February 20th – David Lipscomb High School Community Chorus
Men's Basketball Senior Day


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RSNA Press Release
- This study represents the initial coronary angiography experience obtained with a prototype 320–detector row CT system that has recently received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- The second-generation CT scanner provided excellent image quality over a wide range of body sizes and heart rates at low radiation doses.
- Technologic advances have evolved to allow radiologists to reduce radiation exposure and improve image acquisition.
Second-Generation CT Scanner Substantially Reduces Radiation Exposure
Released: January 31, 2013
|Media Contacts:
|RSNA Media Relations:
|Linda Brooks
|Maureen Morley
OAK BROOK, Ill. (January 31, 2013) — Researchers using a newly approved advanced computed tomography (CT) system were able to significantly reduce radiation exposure in patients undergoing coronary CT angiography (CCTA), according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
"Radiation exposure during diagnostic imaging is a substantial public concern," said Marcus Y. Chen, M.D., lead author of the study from the advanced cardiovascular imaging laboratory at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. "Minimizing radiation exposure while maintaining diagnostic-quality scans is clearly feasible with this new second-generation 320–detector row CT scanner."
Marcus Y. Chen, M.D.
CCTA is a valuable noninvasive imaging exam with high diagnostic accuracy. The exam is particularly effective and safe for the exclusion of significant coronary artery disease in patients arriving at the emergency department with acute chest pain. However, the clinical benefit of CCTA has been tempered by concerns of potential future cancer risk from the radiation exposure. Technologic advances have evolved to allow radiologists to not only reduce radiation exposure to the patient but also to improve image acquisition.
This study represents the initial coronary angiography results obtained with a prototype 320–detector row CT system recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The new system holds several technical advantages over its first-generation counterpart, including a gantry rotation time of 275 milliseconds, wide volume coverage, iterative reconstruction, automated exposure control, and a larger x-ray power generator.
For the study, Dr. Chen and colleagues performed contrast–enhanced CCTA with a second-generation 320-slice CT system on 107 adult patients (mean age, 55.4) and compared radiation exposure and image quality to those of CCTA exams previously performed on 100 patients using a first-generation 320-slice scanner.
Effective radiation dose was estimated by multiplying the dose-length product—a calculation of the radiation dose for a series of scans or entire examination—by an effective dose conversion factor and reported with size-specific dose estimates (SSDEs). Image quality was evaluated by two independent readers.
The median radiation dose was 0.93 millisieverts (mSv) with the second-generation unit and 2.67 mSv with the first-generation unit. The median SSDE was 6.0 milligray (mGy) with the second-generation unit and 13.2 mGy with the first-generation unit. Overall, the radiation dose was less than 0.5 mSv for 23 of the 107 CT angiography examinations (21.5 percent), less than 1 mSv for 58 (54.2 percent), and less than 4 mSv for 103 (96.3 percent). All studies were of diagnostic quality, with most having excellent image quality.
"The second-generation CT scanner provided excellent image quality over a wide range of body sizes and heart rates at low radiation doses," Dr. Chen said. "The low dose achieved during CT angiography could be used to minimize overall radiation dose to the patient or to enable additional types of imaging within reasonable radiation doses."
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"Submillisievert Median Radiation Dose for Coronary Angiography with a Second-Generation 320–Detector Row CT Scanner in 107 Consecutive Patients." Collaborating with Dr. Chen were Sujata M. Shanbhag, M.D. and Andrew E. Arai, M.D.
Radiology is edited by Herbert Y. Kressel, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., and owned and published by the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. (http://radiology.rsna.org/)
RSNA is an association of more than 51,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and related scientists, promoting excellence in patient care and health care delivery through education, research and technologic innovation. The Society is based in Oak Brook, Ill. (RSNA.org)
For patient-friendly information on CT, visit RadiologyInfo.org.


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Pulse Necklace 02Oct2009
Hack Notes for pulse choker, Oct 2nd, 2009[edit]
Just Eric This Time[edit]
After Chung-Hay came in and hacked yesterday on her own, I came in today to work on my own, in order to make a "demo" out of the choker for the open house.
When Chung-Hay left, only 2/5 of the LEDs were working, so that was my highest priority in terms of fixing things.
First, I bought up some acetone, so that I could reconstitute the silver paint. I then painted over the solder points of the LEDs that were not working, trying to make them go. This did fix one LED immediately.
Then I spent a bunch of time on the middle red LED, trying to get it to go. I thought I determined that the LED itself was bad, so I replaced it. But that didn't help. Then I discovered that the power trace and the gnd trace were shorted together, even with no LED on them at all. I proceeded to clean up all the little paint "splashes", and to cut and trim all the conductive thread that might be connecting them. Eventually I found the one thread that was causing the problem, and snipped it. Then I soldered the LED back on and it worked, now I had 4/5, including the three red ones. I stopped there because I was happy enough.
I then found a 9V battery and taped it to the rig, and soldered it into the power wires of the RBBB. Then I used some masking tape to mount the electronics to my chest, some Red Dot cyborg nipples, and I put the armature on my neck.
But, it just flickered like crazy, despite the fast that it had been working mere seconds earlier. Chung-Hay had complained that it was doing this for her too. Then I remembered something that we discovered like a month ago when David was wearing it - if the painted traces touch skin, that messes up the ECG measurement. So I just cut a piece of fabric to go under the main armature and prevent the traces from touching my skin. Presto, the thing worked again.
Party Time[edit]
Result: working pulse choker, around my neck, with 4/5 lights blinking in time with my heart!
I got lots of compliments about it during the open house. After about 2 hours though someone told me that only 1 light was blinking. I took it off and I think basically the silver paint/solder connections are broken again. I left it on the table for the rest of the night, with the one light blinking like crazy. It still inspired many conversations, and I demoed it many more times by just hooking up my cyborg nipples and leaving the armature on the desk.
Bias Tape Solution[edit]
I talked with a lady who had done quite a lot of work with conductive thread, and she gave me a tip that really worked well for her: she protects and guides the conductive thread using "bias tape", an iron on patch kind of fabric thing that is commonly used to hem clothing. She uses it in two different ways: (1) apparently it has two sticky strips, with an area in between them, so you can use it as a kind of "conduit" for conductive thread, you can pull more though, etc and (2) if you place stranded wire on top of the conductive thread, you can use the bias tape to form the mechanical/electrical connection (instead of using solder with crimp beads or similar horrible "solutions"). I am excited to try this solution - it might work as well for the paint as it does for the conductive thread, but either way it's a possible solution to our current connection woes.


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China: Possible Missile Technology Transfers from U.S. Satellite Export Policy - Background and Chronology
Description: Members of Congress are concerned about whether U.S. firms have provided technology or expertise to China for use in its ballistic missile program and whether a series of decisions by the Clinton Administration on satellite exports have facilitated legal or illegal transfers of missile-related technology to China. The New York Times reported in April 1998 that the Justice Department is conducting an ongoing criminal investigation into whether Loral Space and Communications (of New York), and Hughes Electronics (of Los Angeles) violated export control laws. The firms are alleged to have shared their findings with China on the cause of a Chinese rocket's explosion while launching a U.S.-origin satellite in February 1996. In sharing their conclusions, the companies are said to have provided expertise that China could use to improve its ballistic missiles, including their guidance systems. This CRS report provides detailed background information, significant Congressional action, and a comprehensive chronology. The events summarized here, based on various open sources and interviews, pertain to various aspects of U.S. foreign and security policy.
Date: August 13, 1998
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
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Arts & Entertainment
Kent family publishes books, creates The Tacky Box
- Details
- Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Published on 29 January 2014
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Parents have worked hard over the ages to prevent their children from using both bad language and bad behavior. Sometimes, no matter how sheltered the little ones are, they are not only exposed, but also quickly pick up bad habits.
Cindy Kent and her daughter, Chris Kent Phelps have teamed up to create a pair of children's books and the Tacky Box to help curb bad words and behavior in children. See the full story in the January 23 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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July 26, 2016
United States Steel Corporation has been undergoing a transformation of its core business processes amid challenging markets since 2013 with a series of a program strategies they are calling "The Carnegie Way." Located on the Iron Range, a formation of taconite in northern Minnesota, U. S. Steel's Minntac Mine is looking to technology. Teleremote-drilling operations touch upon many of the company's values, supporting continued sustainability through increased efficiency for generations to come.
The teleremote capability of the Atlas Copco Pit Viper 351 rotary blasthole drill rig was introduced to the Minntac operation so the company could see how it integrated into its existing operation. Remote operation of a drill rig generally gives mines safe access to areas that are otherwise difficult to drill or muck. It can also give a single driller the ability to operate multiple rigs simultaneously from one operating platform. This improved performance, greater productivity and enhanced safety are key principles of The Carnegie Way initiative.
"We have competent rock and good drilling conditions throughout our mine. We wanted to look at the teleremote Pit Viper as proof of concept regarding increased efficiency: Will it increase productivity?"
Teleremote operation eliminates some of the crew's non-drilling duties, such as inspecting the area around the rig prior to tramming, raking the cutting pile, plugging the hole, etc. Patterns can be completed faster since drilling is controlled from a distance. Tasks are reduced that allow the driller to operate multiple rigs at one time, whether the rigs are on the same pattern or in separate pits. This is already being done in a Canadian operation, where drillers are operating two rigs from the same teleremote control station. And in one Australian mine, a driller operated an Atlas Copco Pit Viper drill rig from his remote operating station 1,347 kilometers (837 miles) away from the rig. In theory, a rig could be teleremotely operated from a control station anywhere in the world. Minntac first wanted to see how well their experienced drillers would adjust to
operating a rig without physically being in it. "We expected some pushback," Luoma said. "But actually, our drillers are all for it."
Minntac driller Casey Sunsdahl had no problem making the adjustment, though he admitted he was at first apprehensive. "Drillers get used to drilling 'by the seat of their pants,'" he said. "Eventually they begin to rely on feelings and sound, so they are unsure what will happen without those sensations. I was worried about it, too, at first. When the bit starts to bind, the string wants to bounce around. You can feel that in the rig. But I learned right away the cameras and gauges more than make up for those sensations."
The mine committed two weeks for the demonstration period, allowing each driller three days to operate their diesel powered Pit Viper 351 drill rig from the remote station. Although the teleremote unit was on loan from another mine and had been customized to its specifications, the system is compatible with other rig models and was adapted for use with Minntac's PV-351 without any problem. Sunsdahl said teleremote drilling might have even refreshed his drilling skills. "In teleremote operation, you really have to rely on your gauges more. But that's not new. You were always supposed to be watching your gauges. When I try to compare it, I think the difference is, before I would watch my gauges to get a second opinion about what I believed was happening. In teleremote, gauges are primary, not backup."
"Just look at the views you get from these cameras." Sunsdahl zoomed in on the drill string until the revolving pipe nearly filled his screen. "You can't see it this well from the rig's cabin." Then he panned up the drill string to the rotary head. "And you can't see up the tower from your cab seat, either." He panned around the rig, then out to survey the entire bench. "I can see in all directions, so I know for sure no one is on the bench. I can see any possible obstacles before propelling the rig."
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Welcome to the River City Research Project. With funding from the National Science Foundation, we have developed an interactive computer simulation for middle grades science students to learn scientific inquiry and 21st century skills. River City has the look and feel of a videogame but contains content developed from National Science Education Standards, National Educational Technology Standards, and 21st Century Skills.
The Future of River City (Updated 6/17/2009)
Activeworlds, Inc. is currently in licensing negotiations with Harvard University regarding the future of River City. Activeworlds, Inc. is the vendor who developed the virtual world platform that River City utilizes. They are also currently responsible for the day-to-day hosting of the environment, and have proposed a plan that will keep River City alive and well during the upcoming school year.
Activeworlds has a long history of working to enable teachers and schools with easily accessible and stable virtual worlds since 1995. From our discussions with many teachers involved in River City the program has been a valuable tool for reaching students and we want to make sure that it continues.
The plan would mean that Activeworlds would continue supporting and administering all servers and programs currently being run. There would be no loss of service and continued and new enrollments would be accepted. Activeworlds would also pursue a plan to upgrade the Website and the world, utilizing features available in more recent releases of their platform. They would need to start right away.
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The film, starring Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson and Ewan McGregor, opened day-and-date with North America in South Korea on $761,000 from 470 screens nationwide to rank as the top US release in the market behind local titles New World and Micable In Cell No. 7.
Every other market produced a number one result led by Taiwan on $440,000 from 102, Malaysia on $311,000 from 173, Thailand on $290,000 from 183 screens and the Philippines on $192,000 from 173.
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Bonuses for doctors do little to improve cancer screening in Ontario
Ontario spent nearly $110 million dollars between 2006 and 2010 on bonuses to motivate family doctors to screen more of their patients for cancer but these bonuses were associated with little or no improvement in actual cancer screening rates, according to researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
The study, published today in Annals of Family Medicine, tracked screening rates for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer in Ontario each year between 2000 and 2010. Researchers found no significant changes in breast and cervical cancer screening rates after bonuses were introduced for doctors in 2006. The screening rate for colorectal cancer increased by 4.7 per cent per year after bonuses were introduced but it was already on the rise – colorectal cancer screening was increasing by 3 per cent a year before the bonuses came into effect.
"Governments around the world are experimenting with paying doctors extra to improve the quality of care but there's actually very little evidence that this strategy works," said lead author Dr. Tara Kiran, a family physician and an associate scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital.
Screening can catch cancer early and save lives. Pap tests screen for cervical cancer and mammograms are used to detect breast cancer. Colorectal cancer can be picked up by either a fecal occult blood test or a colonoscopy.
The amount doctors were paid varied based on the percentage of their appropriate patients – determined by age and medical history – who received the screening test. Physicians who had 60 per cent of their eligible patients screened for cervical cancer received $220 a year; the payment rose to $2,200 if 80 per cent were screened. In 2010, 84 per cent of eligible family doctors received at least one bonus payment and 22 per cent received the maximum bonus payment of $8,400 a year.
During the study period:
- The screening rate for cervical cancer increased from 55 to 57 per cent
- The screening rate for breast cancer increased from 60 to 63 per cent
- The screening rate for colorectal cancer increased from 20 to 51 per cent
"Some alternatives to physician bonuses include targeted outreach by identifying under-screened populations and directly approaching patients," said Dr. Rick Glazier, a senior scientist at ICES and research director in the Department of Family and Community Medicine of St. Michael's Hospital. "Public advertising campaigns in Ontario have been associated with increased screening rates."
The researchers point to many reasons why breast and cervical cancer screening rates may not be improving. For example, many family doctors in Ontario may not have the tools they need to generate electronic reminders that can trigger screening. There also may be patients who decline screening due to misconceptions or because they don't have access to a female provider to perform their Pap test.
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The biggest project Armin has ever worked on, has now been translated. His fourth artist album, 'Mirage', contains two years of hard work and creativity, coming together in 16 tracks. Collaborations with Christian Burns, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Ferry Corsten, Adam Young, BT, Guy Chambers and many other gifted artists, as well as several stunning solo-instrumentals, was the musical journey that Armin completed.
That journey now leads to a new destination: 'Mirage – The Remixes'. The album that received 2 golden records and was praised for its musical fusions and surprises, was remixed by some of today's biggest producer talents. All with their own strengths, point of view, style and source of inspiration, they've delivered a new interpretation of one of its 16 jewels. 'Mirage' has been held in front of the mirror, and now sees its audio reflections revealing brand new sounds on 'Mirage – The Remixes'.
Remixes by Avicii, BT, Dash Berlin, Jerome Isma-Ae, 16 Bit Lolita's, Tocadisco, Kyau & Albert, W&W, Ummet Ozcan, Ralphie B, Arctic Moon and many other talented producers have put 'Mirage' into a bright, new light. 'Mirage – The Remixes' is there for everyone who wants to explore the other side and character of the album. Whether you love uplifting trance, steamy hot house or deep-rolling progressive, 'Mirage – The Remixes' indulges you with a new façade to every track you already loved.
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01. Drowning (Avicii Remix) (feat. Laura V)
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03. Youtopia (Blake Jarrell Remix) (feat. Adam Young)
04. Minack (Orjan Nilsen SuperChunk Remix) (vs Ferry Corsten)
05. Not Giving Up On Love (Dash Berlin 4AM Mix) (vs Sophie Ellis-Bextor)
06. Take A Moment (Shogun Remix) (feat. Winter Kills)
07. Orbion (Max Graham vs Protoculture Remix)
08. These Silent Hearts (Ralphie B Remix) (feat. BT)
09. Full Focus (Ummet Ozcan Remix)
10. Virtual Friend (BT Remix) (feat. Sophie)
11. This Light Between Us (Orchestral Version) (feat. Christian Burns)
01. Virtual Friend (16 Bit Lolitas Remix) (feat. Sophie)
02. Down To Love (Kyau & Albert Remix) (feat. Ana Criado)
03. Mirage (Alexander Popov Remix)
04. This Light Between Us (Armin van Buuren's Great Strings Mix) (feat. Christian Burns)
05. I Don't Own You (Andy Moor Remix)
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03. Youtopia (ReLocate Remix) (feat. Adam Young)
04. This Light Between Us (Dabruck & Klein Remix) (feat. Christian Burns)
05. Take Me Where I Wanna Go (Chris Schweizer Mix) (feat. VanVelzen)
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Mary Ann (Trumble) Meysing, 78, of Garden City died Sept. 28 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. She was born July 17, 1934, in Lincoln, Neb., to Paul Bernard and Mary Elizabeth (Yockel) Trumble.
She graduated from high school in 1952 in Denver, Colo. She entered the convent for 10 years and graduated from Sacred Heart College in 1963 with a degree in elementary education. She taught for 33 years.
She married Richard J. Meysing on July 20, 1968, in Wichita. They lived various places before settling in Garden City in 2002. She was a member of St. Dominic Catholic Church and the Altar Society.
She is survived by her husband, Richard J. Meysing of the home; a daughter, Mary Beth Kells of Garden City; two brothers, Paul Trumble of Denver, Colo., and Bill Trumble of Portland, Ore.; and a sister, Catherine Williamson of Denver, Colo. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Patricia Trumble.
Vigil service and Rosary were Oct. 5 in Garden City. Funeral Mass was Oct. 6 at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Garden City with Father Rene Labrado as Celebrant. Private family burial was at a later date.
A memorial fund has been established for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
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Donald Trump's presidential victory preserves the Supreme Court's narrow conservative majority by clearing the way for the new president to choose a jurist next year to fill the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
And with Republicans maintaining control of the Senate, Trump likely will have a free hand in selecting someone with strong conservative credentials, confident his nominee will be confirmed.
The election dashes the hopes of liberals, who lost their best opportunity in more than 40 years to create a majority on the high court.
A group trying to get California to secede from the United States said the results of the presidential election gave their cause new momentum.
As they held a protest outside the state Capitol on Wednesday night, members of the Yes California Independence Campaign said they wanted Californians to vote on the issue. Their aim: a 2018 ballot initiative to force a 2019 special election.
"The relationship between California and the federal system just isn't working," said Marcus Ruiz Evans, vice president of YesCalifornia.org.
Seeing Utah's electoral votes go to the Republican candidate on election day in any other year, Logan Sisam would have gone to bed and felt pretty good about that fact.
Utah knew exactly what it was and he knew what he was: a Republican Mormon living in a conservative state.
Donald Trump upended all of that for him.
Although he lives in a penthouse high above the crowd, it might be tough for President-elect Donald J. Trump to get some rest when he gets home.
Thousands of protesters chanted "New York hates you" and "Not my president" in front of Trump's flagship New York building, the Trump Tower.
Protesters filled Fifth Avenue for five blocks, essentially closing down an iconic, much-visited neighborhood of midtown Manhattan. Those who weren't holding signs raised their middle fingers — many of them taking selfies of the gesture — toward the glassy, black 58-story tower that had become a symbol of the Trump candidacy.
The front page of the Global Times, a Communist Party-run newspaper, led with the headline "President Trump Shocks America" on Wednesday.
On Twitter, people were quick to criticize the protest.
It's a shame we lost a great member...As far as I'm concerned, it really says something about the top-two. It's a pretty volatile system.
The race between U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (D-Elk Grove) and Republican challenger Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones is still too close to call.
"The race is far from over," Jones said in a statement Wednesday. "The most important thing is for every vote to be counted."
Returns Wednesday afternoon showed Bera ahead by 2,094 votes — a less-than 2-percentage-point lead. But elections officials in Sacramento County, which contains Bera's district, have hundreds of thousands of ballots still to count, said assistant registrar of voters Alice Jarboe.
Both men tapped into a populist movement that eschewed establishment politicians this election.
And now, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he is prepared to work with President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump "tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics and the establishment media," Sanders, who gained a loyal and youthful liberal following in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in a statement Wednesday. "People are tired of working longer hours for lower wages."
California hasn't always been a lock for the Democratic presidential nominee. Republicans won the state in nearly every presidential election between 1952 and 1988. Ahead of an election that could see more blue in the Golden State than ever before, here's a look at how Democrats gained, lost and won back California.


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Summary: Human Autonomy, Technology and Law
At the outset of this blog on the topic of 'human autonomy, technology and law', we asked whether we controlled machines or whether machines controlled us, and what did all this have to do with law.
Not surprisingly, the diversity of views expressed on this topic resists any straight-forward summary.
Our bloggers and commentators explored technologies that included cosmetic surgery, nuclear weapons, cell phones, surveillance technologies, digital copyright protections, databases, Facebook, neurocosmetics, reprogenetics, email, videotext systems, Blackberries, Neanderthal tools, airplanes, handguns, virginity-restoring surgery, human growth hormones, insulin, genetically-modified canola, fMRI, and even parenting styles.
Areas of law discussed included torts, copyright, privacy, cyberlaw, space law, virtual law, civil procedure, contracts, property, constitutional, family, labour, and mental health (nobody mentioned my personal favorite 'tax law and tech change,' but don't get me started on that one...).
A number of our bloggers drew from works from non-legal academic disciplines with an emphasis on the ways that philosophers, sociologists, political scientists, historians and economists have struggled with technology theories as well as perspectives on the relationship between human agency and technology. Views ranged from the near-impossibility of staving off technological determinism ('those darn machines do control us!') to emphasizing the ways that people adopt and successfully resist technology ('we aren't going to let mere machines push us around!').
Those bloggers who fell toward the 'machines control us' perspective tended to support more interventionist legal policies while those who identified more closely with the human agency position seemed to take a more 'wait and see' attitude and were reluctant to change the legal status quo in an aggressive manner as this could unduly upset traditional legal interests.
Many comments seemed to fall within the middle-ground that accepts the potential for human willpower within technological determinism. This position appears to track the 'soft determinism' perspective articulated by some technology theorists (which, in turn, is related to the philosophical notion of compatibilism that holds out the prospect of free will in a deterministic universe). This perspective could require a careful examination of the facts and circumstances of each legal issue to see whether technological determinism could harm legal interests.
Accordingly, how one thinks about the blog topic can carry important consequences with respect to both legal analysis and the ultimate legal/policy recommendation meant to address situations where law and technology intersect.
A final note: a collection of works on general law and technology theories and perspectives, including some by repeat bloggers at this site, has recently been published in a book entitled Law and Technology: An Interface from Amicus Books, Icfai University Press (edited by K Prasanna Rani).


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Although three counts of a lawsuit filed by a former Morenci school administrator have been dropped, one still remains.
A motion to dismiss that issue was rejected Dec. 17 by Lenawee County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Pickard and the case remains scheduled for an April 22 jury trial.
Jeanie Thompson and her husband, Scott, filed a four-part lawsuit in June relating to her July 2006 layoff when she served as Morenci Elementary School principal.
Thompson seeks a financial settlement for breach of contract, but charges of acting fraudulently, causing emotional distress and loss of consortium are no longer part of the case.
At the end of the standard six-month discovery period last week, school attorney Bill Vogelzang, Jr., sought dismissal of the remaining count—breach of contract.
The suit initially charged school superintendent Kyle Griffith and the board of education with acting fraudulently in executing new contracts that allowed all administrative staff members to be laid off with only a 30-day notice. Thompson joined other staff members in signing the contract in April 2006, then she and maintenance supervisor Dan Miller were laid off in July in an effort to trim a projected $300,000 budget deficit.
When the lawsuit was filed Jan. 22, 2007, Griffith was charged with acting fraudulently—he misled Thompson by encouraging her to sign the new contract and later laying her off. That charge was eventually removed from the suit.
The two other counts dropped from the suit are loss of consortium in the marriage, filed by Thompson's husband, Scott, and infliction of emotional distress.
According to an article in the Adrian Daily Telegram, Vogelzang argued in court there were no violations of the contract and Thompson's layoff was due entirely to financial conditions in the district.
Thompson's attorney Gregg Iddings argued that the new contract was not valid at the time of the layoff because board of education members didn't approve the new administrative contracts until Aug. 7, several weeks after the layoff.
According to Iddings, Thompson was assured by Griffith that she was not in danger of losing her job. Her subsequent layoff shows evidence of bad faith, Iddings argued.
Judge Pickard refused to dismiss the breach of contract charge, but made the decision based on a different issue. He told the attorneys that Thompson failed to receive adequate compensation for accepting the terms of the new contract.
Pickard said that school districts typically offer administrators two-year contracts that are renewed annually. This gives them a one-year notice to begin searching for a new job.
He said the new contract benefitted the school district, but offered administrators no compensation for what they gave up.
Vogelzang noted Friday that this point is not part of Thompson's complaint. He expects to request a reconsideration from the judge since the issue was raised for the first time last week.
Pickard suggested resolving the case by negotiating a cash settlement for the salary Thompson lost due to the layoff. She seeks $83,602 in lost salary plus the loss of benefits she would have received.


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I'm backing Qualifier 1 just quietly. They look the goods on paper, and I think they will deliver on the big stage.
With England's recent ODi form, we should have no problems against minnows like India and Australia, especially if Solankia, Kabir Ali, Gareth Batty, Ian Blackwell, Liam Plunkett and all our other superstars remain in their current rich veins of form. England to go all the way.
[disclaimer - by all the way, I mean it in a strictly idotic sense, and I am indeed, an idiot]
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well it doesn't seem as if England will take their big guns to this tournament so in this group obviously Australia & India will come out.
We crash out, get a nice break before the Ashes. Sorted.
Let's take Solanki, Kabir and Batty.
(Hmm... this is the same completely defeatist attitude I had before ECFC v Crawley on Tuesday night. We won that 4-0.)
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Give the ashes boys a rest. Didn't this use to be a knockout tournament? Why change it to the same format as the WC? It's a waste of time.
No brainer, India and Australia to qualify.
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Should be enough to get through. The likes of Durston, Averis and Maunders can round of the squad, though maybe Snape deserves another chance
Actually James, to be consistent with the schedule, it should be Qualifier 2 in this group, ie the worse of the two qualifers. Similarly, Q1 should be in Group B.
Clarke*, Jacques, Katich, Cosgrove, Symonds, Hodge, batsman, Watson/Hopes, Haddin+, Hogg, Cullen, Bracken, Clark, Johnson, Dorey
Gilchrist, Ponting, Martyn, Hussey, Lee and McGrath get a rest.
I reckon they'll still send out a pretty strong side, which this is.
Poms and India to qualify
If Australia rest 6 or so players, which i think they should.
Otherwise, Aus and India will make it through
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even though Gilchrist said the other day players should be rested going into the ashes, it really wont be that smart since Australia will need to play as much cricket as they can before the ashes or else they will have a similar build up to the last ashes series were they stuggled in the initial stages of natwest series & that was just a 2 month break from the NZ tour.
Imagine what will happen if they dont play any cricket other than a few pura & ING cup matches before the Gabba test, that would not be wise at all and i don't expect the selectors to make such a foolish mistake.
You've made a good point aussie. Australia's next test match will be at Brisbane to kick off the Ashes, but they should at least get some general match practice against international opposition. Otherwise, they have a SEVEN MONTH layoff. That is ridiculous.
They'll take their strongest side. Gilchrist was trying to suggest that they should do what England is planning on doing, which would be extreme stupidity seeing as England actually have their own summer from which to recover from. Aus don't have any cricket between tomorrow and CT.
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Channeling QualityFebruary 12, 2003
Proving once again that there's something new to learn about this amazing program every day, I just discovered that Photoshop allows you to tinker with the quality of specific areas of an image when saving as a GIF or JPG.
This shouldn't be news for long–time users, as it has been possible in the past to select areas that required higher quality with selection tools like the marquee or lasso. With the latest versions re–tooling the way an image is saved for the web, this functionality looked to have all but disappeared.
However, today I realized that it was, again, my own ignorance rather than any fault of the programmers that led me to this assumption. Adobe has elected to use channels instead of straight selections for quality and dither settings, which can be found in the "Save for Web" dialogue as illustrated below.
This makes a lot of sense, too. Instead of having to create a new selection either from scratch or from a channel each time you went to save for the web, this new method allows you to save your selection in the channel and just call it straight from that. A tiny improvement since selections and channels are so similar, but a good one.


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Barclay, 2003, 15.95, 368 pp. ISBN 1931402043 In 1986 Clearwater, Florida, Metralink pacemaker representative Garrett Cameron offers a job to cardiac care unit nurse Meagan Kramer. Though she once dreamed of medical school, financial independence is more important and this position will give her monetary and medical freedom so Meagan accepts the job. Though her work with doctors and patients is quite fulfilling, the position turns ugly as Garr...


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I have had several ask me how I painted my headboard in the master bedroom. Since I am definitely not an expert, this was trial and error, however I love how it turned out. Here are the steps I went through.
This is the after:
Like I said, just play, have fun and you will find just the right finish for you. If you don't like it the first time, you can always repaint it.
I am joining the following parties:
Kristen at Kristen's Creations for Share Your Creations
Richella at Imparting Grace for Grace at Home
Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday
Courtney at French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
Heather and Vanessa At The Picket Fence for Inspiration Friday
Debra at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday
Sherry at The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday
SNS @ Funky Junk Interiors
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If you're going to start a religion, make sure you don't choose a name for it that can be anagrammed. One of our Swedish viewers alerts us to this bit of prankery, in which the sign on the building of a local Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Hall — "Rikets Sal" — has been creatively edited to read "Skitarsle," which, we are informed, translates in English to "asshole."
Not that we approve of such petty vandalism. But I'm still chuckling.


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The Connector specification defines the transaction and message inflow system contracts for achieving inbound connectivity from an EIS. The message inflow contract also serves as a standard message provider pluggability contract, thereby allowing various message providers to seamlessly plug in their products with any application server that supports the message inflow contract. In the inbound communication model, the EIS initiates all communication to an application. An application can be composed of enterprise beans (session, entity, or message-driven beans), which reside in an EJB container.
Incoming messages are received through a message endpoint, which is a message-driven bean. This message-driven bean asynchronously consumes messages from a message provider. An application can also synchronously send and receive messages directly using messaging style APIs.
A resource adapter supporting inbound communication provides an instance of an ActivationSpec JavaBean class for each supported message listener type. Each class contains a set of configurable properties that specify endpoint activation configuration information during message-driven bean deployment. The required config-property element in the ra.xml file provides a list of configuration property names required for each activation specification. An endpoint activation fails if the required property values are not specified. Values for the properties that are overridden in the message-driven bean's deployment descriptor are applied to the ActivationSpec JavaBean when the message-driven bean is deployed.
Administered objects can also be specified for a resource adapter, and these JavaBeans are specific to a messaging style or message provider. For example, some messaging styles may need applications to use special administered objects (such as Queue and Topic objects in JMS). Applications use these objects to send and synchronously receive messages using connection objects using messaging style APIs. For more information about administered objects, see Chapter 17, Using the Java Message Service.


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Thanks Jenn for keeping things interesting - you're definitely inspiring me to eat more veggies! :)
This week's WIAW is based on Monday - I seem to always be quite motivated on Mondays to a) get back on track after the weekend and b) take photos of everything.
Monday morning started with a new-to-me granola - well Lidl's version of granola anyway - spiced orange and cranberry. Plus coconut yoghurt and the few blueberries that Toby would "let" me eat = breakfast...
I really liked the cereal. It had a nice orange flavour to it and lots of big crunchy clumps! :)
Lunch was very green, and an example of me seemingly having a teeny tiny bit of self-control left in me! I'd had a couple of wraps for dinner on Sunday night and started getting full as soon as I started eating the 2nd wrap. I did continue eating the first half of it, but saved the last half for Monday's lunch. Normally I keep eating until my plate is clean, no matter what, so I was quite impressed with myself! It made lunch super easy too - half a tub of Waitrose celeriac, spinach and creme fraiche soup and half a Philadelphia, basil tofu and spinach wrap...
The soup was nice, but I couldn't really pick out any individual flavours - I kept forgetting what soup it was that I was eating to be honest! I did like it though - it felt good for me and, well, green!
My camera would have me believe that I didn't eat any snacks on Monday, but I'm sure that can't be true. I seem to remember several cups of tea and a small piece of flapjack.
Dinner was amazing! I cooked a risotto for the others but I didn't fancy that, so I had a whole head of broccoli with peanut sauce.
Peanut Sauce
(serves 1)
- 30g crunchy peanut butter
- 5ml soy sauce
- half tsp ground ginger
- 15g peanut flour
- 65g basil tofu, chopped really really finely (optional)
- enough boiling water to thin to your desired consistency
You could use crushed peanuts instead of tofu, or just leave it out. I had it sitting in my fridge so decided to use it up, but it didn't add anything to the flavour, just gave a different texture.
I loved this! I had broccoli with peanut sauce when I went out for a meal at a Thai restaurant, and whilst this wasn't exactly the same, it was definitely delicious and really filling too!
Even though I was really satisfied after this meal, my sweet tooth started calling out a while later. So I finished the day off with a vanilla soy dessert and a few chocolate chips:
Well, as this is the last "love your veggies" WIAW...do you ever just eat a big plate of veggies? There is no way that Liam would have eaten a plate of broccoli like I did. Even with the sauce, he wouldn't have considered it a "proper" meal, and he also just doesn't like eating that much veg with his meals. The veg is definitely the least important part for him! I love vegetables though. I also love eating sweet potatoes with asparagus (and a bit of houmous), lots of asparagus with a couple of poached eggs, a big plate of roast veg (peppers, onions, courgette etc) with houmous etc etc. Sometimes a big plate of vegetables is just what I fancy! Plus that way I can tell myself that I "need" the carbs afterwards...in the form of a sugary treat of course...it's all about balance!! ;-)


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Looked at a Skylon jacket recently but felt it was let down by the zip - very small, fiddly and didn't inspire confidence that it would last more than a few tries. Likewise, many Altura garments suffer the same cost cutting. Polaris by contrast invest in YKK zips and as a result get my money (ditto some Endura and Gore).
The Lusso Skylon Gilet is a fine example of a good gilet. It doesn't make a fuss, it just keeps the wind off your body and helps to maintain core temperature while being small enough to scrunch into a back pocket. Pretty indispensable then.
I'm a relative latecomer to the joy of gilets, but they really are an incredibly useful addition to anyone's wardrobe. The Skylon is a cut above the bargain basement Tenn gilet I tested a while ago. Build quality is considerably higher and a little more thought seems to have gone into the design. For example, there is no loose fabric to snag the zip, unlike the Tenn. The Skylon fabric which gives the gilet its name (and a whiff of 50's nostalgia, go Google it kiddies) has a slightly rubbery feel, a bit like latex workshop gloves. It's not unpleasant, just a little odd.
Lusso claim that it's showerproof, which you might expect given the texture, but a short ride into a rainy headwind left my jersey quite damp by the time I got home. It's not a huge problem; after all you wouldn't expect a gilet to offer much by way of foul weather protection, especially one with a full length mesh back. What you want a gilet for is wind proofing and the Skylon scores full marks on that front. The mesh back stops it from turning into a mobile sweat tent and the whole thing folds up into its own back pocket.
The fit is snug, but not race tight and the back comes down nice and long, although I did find that it kept riding up, but that's probably a flaw in the design of my wide backside rather than the gilet.
I'd be hard pushed to find anything to complain about, but the reflectives (a tiny sewn in tab and a logo on the pocket) could do with being a bit more generous. I do quite a bit of night riding, not everyone does, so that's only a very minor point. White would never be my first choice for any item of kit, but the Skylon washed up well after an outing with no mudguards.
Overall I liked the Skylon and it will be earning its keep over the next few months, when it's too warm for a jacket but not warm enough for just a jersey. As an extra bonus, it's made in the UK.
Sensible price, good quality, works well and make in Blighty, if that's important to you
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Lusso Skylon Gillet
Size tested: White, Large
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
They don't, but anyone who takes their cycling seriously would do well to get a gilet.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
Showerproof Skylon fabric
Silicone gripper helms/cuffs
In 3 colours
Made in the UK
Machine washable
Looks and feels well made. Certainly a cut above the Tenn gilet I tested a while ago.
Very good - the only niggle is that its claim to be 'showerproof' is pretty flimsy. After half an hour into a rainy headwind my jersey was distinctly damp.
White is never a good choice for cycling kit - the Skylon washes up well, but sustained attack from road filth and oily hands will have it looking grubby eventually.
Weighs virtually nothing.
Not a bad price for a decent bit of kit, considering it's make in the UK.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Very good.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Good windproofing and small pack size makes it very versatile.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Nothing, but I'd never choose white.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Yes.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes.
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
Every serious cyclist should have a gilet in their wardrobe, and it might as well be this one.
About the tester
Age: 42 Height: 5' 8 Weight: er....85kg
I usually ride: Kona Dew Drop, Dawes Century SE, Carlton Corsa My best bike is: Guess SC1 scandium
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, Audax and long distance solo rides


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Your task today in the 31 Day Project is to plan out a posting schedule for the next week of your blog.
Are You a Planner or an Impulsive Blogger?
When I first started blogging my posting style was incredibly impulsive. I would sit down at my computer with no idea what I was about to blog about on any given day and would just start writing.
While this style of blogging was fun and worked well in the early days – I found that it had some 'costs' associated with it:
- Sporadic Posting Frequency – some days when I sat down to write – nothing came. On these days I would quite often not post anything.
- Post Quality Varied – on days when I was on fire I could pump out a great quality post – while on other days when I was struggling I would often feel the pressure to post something – so would end up posting rubbishy posts.
- Productivity Decreased – posting this way meant that I was spending more time blogging for less results. It took me away from other activities that I wanted to spend time on.
- Lack of Momentum – from day to day posts were not really relating to each other. I found readers complaining that I was all over the place.
After blogging in this impulsive style for quite some time I realized that I needed to make a number of changes. One of these changes was to spend more time planning the coming week of blogging.
It actually happened quite by accident and through frustrating circumstances. Let me tell you a quick story:
How I became a Blogger that Planned
It all happened one morning when i sat down at my trusty ibook laptop (this is a few years back now) ready to blog. I opened the computer expecting to see the screen light up only to find myself with a flickering screen. I'd never seen anything like this before. The flickering continued for a few seconds and then made a little 'pop' sound before going black.
Hmmmm – not good.
The long and short of it was that my computer had died and when I took it in for repairs I was told that it would take 2 weeks to get the part needed to repair it and that they had no loan machines to keep me going in the mean time.
So what's a blogger (who had recently gone full time) to do when he didn't have a computer?
We were newly married and our credit cards were overloaded after our honeymoon so hiring a computer was out of the question – so I did the next best option – used my local libraries free net connections. I say libraries and not library because there was a limit of 45 minutes per day at my local library and so I spent 45 minutes in three different libraries each day during those two weeks.
My blogging time went from 8-10 hours a day to 2 hours and 15 minutes per day (less on the days that one of the libraries was closed).
On the first day that I did this I was so stressed. How could I possibly fit so much work into such a short period of time? I went home that night telling my wife that it just wasn't possible and that my fledgling little business was over (I'm a bit of a drama queen). Here response was:
'You need to blog smarter'.
I realized at that point that my blogging style was not smart or efficient and that I needed to develop a new system.
By the end of those two weeks I was pumping out more posts per week than I previously had – I was spending less time in front of the computer but increased output. The main reason that this happened was that I learned the power of planning my posts.
Each day before hitting the library circuit I sat down and mapped out what I would post that day. I'd brainstorm topics, titles and main points and then list them in order of priority for each blog. Then when I sat down at the computer to blog I was ready to go. The posts were half written because I had a topic, title and outline – blogging was almost like joining the dots.
My Current PrePosting WorkFlow
Since this time I've taken planning to a new level. I don't sit down each day to do it – but generally do it on a weekly basis on Monday mornings (while most of the rest of the world are still having a weekend – one of the advantages of being in Australia). Here's my process:
- I start by brainstorming topics (generally on a text file which sits on my desktop)
- With a list of topics I'll then pick one to develop a little further (I open up a new text document for each post and save them to a 'posts in progress' folder on my desktop)
- I start by tweaking the topic into a post title (this sometimes change later as I actually write).
- Next I jot down a sentence that describes the post that I want to write – so that later when I come to write it I know what I meant by the title. This sentence often gets used as the first sentence of the actual post.
- I then will quickly brainstorm a few of the main points that I want to make in the post. I don't take a lot of time on this as I find that most of the main points will come during the writing process – however if I have a few obvious points already in mind I capture them now
- I then quickly think back to previous posts that I might have written on similar topics. This is useful because it helps to develop your post but also is useful for interlinking posts
- Then I select another of the posts developed in step #1 and then go through steps #2 – 6 again with each one in turn.
- Once I've got enough post ideas developed for the week ahead I'll then think about what order I want to post them in and map out a posting schedule for the week ahead.
I generally do this process on a blog by blog basis – so I'll start with ProBlogger and try to come up with at least 7 posts for the week and then move onto Digital Photography School and then come up with 5 posts for the week (I only really post there on weekdays).
Of course my weekly blogging doesn't always stick to what i plan on a Monday. I add to planned posts with news related posts and link posts that are inspired by what others are writing – but having the schedule is a great basis and takes a lot of the stress out of my week.
Since moving to this type of process I've found post frequency and quality is more consistent, productivity is up and I'm able to build more momentum on my blogs.
Your Homework Today is to Plan Your Next Week's Blogging
So that's my process – you don't have to follow it exactly, feel free to adapt it to your own style and workflow but take it and spend a little time today mapping out the posts that you'll write in the coming week on your blog.
Once you've done it – tell us in comments below how you found the process, how you adapted it and what other ideas you might have on being a productive blogger.


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Relative High School Completion Rates in Appalachia, 2000(County Rates as a Percentage of the U.S. Average)
A high school completion rate is the percentage of adults, 25 years and over, completing 12 years or more of school. The percent of the U.S. average is computed by dividing the county high school completion rate by the national average and multiplying by 100. The map uses critical breaks such as the national average to organize the data into groups of common values.
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Augusta, Maine
Unity College
The most prominent new state building in decades, and probably its most energy-efficient, the courthouse is a distinctly modern building that conveys respect and dignity for the court and citizens alike. Plentiful natural light in all public spaces, restrained use of durable, elegant materials, a range of public art, and thoughtful placement of private conference and seating space mark the intentional tone of welcome and calm for people who may be going through tumultuous times. The same elegance pervades office and work areas, which take advantage of beautiful views north, south, and east to the Kennebec River.
The 4-story 120,000-sf courthouse combines superior and district courts with other court functions on a steeply sloping site adjacent to the historic Kennebec County Courthouse, to which it is linked by a second-floor bridge. The design observes ideal courthouse planning principles, with separate, secure circulation for staff, detainees, and the judiciary. High efficiency zone heating and cooling is provided by chilled beams and radiant floor heating. Designed, engineered, and built by a Maine team, the project is targeting LEED Silver certification.


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They already know what you watch (and tweet). But now Nielsen, the biggest marketing research firm worldwide, has its eye on data from "virtually all" credit/debit-card purchases and bank statements, and they're looking for ways to use it.
"Basically, anything you buy, we now see," disclosed Senior VP Nada Bradbury. Nielsen wants to use this data in combination with its current tracking practices to pinpoint consumers' purchase activities even more exactly.
Nielsen's access to store receipts and household spending, together with its monitoring practices of the TV and Internet activity of " Nielsen families," led to the nickname "Big Brother" in a blog post by AMP, a digital marketing agency.
In an interview with AdAge, Bradbury said that Nielsen only tracks the purchases of users who have signed up for Nielsen's National People Meter TV ratings panel, and the bank information is not broken down by item, but rather by transaction.
Nielsen is expanding its targeting surveillance away from media that seem to be "losing relevance," such as traditional TV tracking.
Purchase-based targeting has yet to reach truly creepy levels — but it could later this year. According to CBS chief research officer David Poltrack, Nielsen plans to double the amount of projects that link our purchases to our TV and online habits. Marketing just got (more) personal.


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This Sunday, July 14, Professor Emeritus Tom Hinckley will be leading a group hike to discover some secret treasures on the east side of Squak Mountain in the Issaquah Alps. So if you'd like to get out and celebrate the sunshine, strap on your boots and come out and join him!
The plan is to hike the Sycamore Access Trail to the East Ridge Trail. From there, depending on interest and ability, they will either trek just beyond the summit of Southeast Peak—to see a very large old-growth tree on an unofficial and recently developed trail, about 1,500 feet in elevation gain—or up to Thrush Gap and then Phil's Creek Trail, down to the Eastside Trail and back to Thrush Gap via the Gap Connector. You'll experience a wide diversity of stand histories and compositions, as well as some interesting and infrequently used trails. Elevation gain using this latter route is closer to 2,000 feet, and there's even an opportunity, if energy and time allow, to head another 500 feet to the top.
"This is a gem for forest and understory lovers," says Hinckley. "It's close to Seattle but not like the West Tiger III or Mount Si trails with regard to numbers, it gives a great workout, and it will rekindle memories of Dave Scott or Reini Stettler or Linda Brubaker from our school training."
Hikers should meet at noon in the Issaquah High School parking lot. Hinckley recommends carpooling since there is limiting parking at the trailhead, and you'll have to bring your own water and provisions. Students, faculty and staff are also invited, and if you're interested in joining, please email Hinckley (firstname.lastname@example.com) to maximize car space and make sure he's expecting you!
Also, hold October 5 and 6 open for a Methow Valley hike to see the subalpine larches!
Photo © Tom Hinckley.


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Real Life Titanic: Cruise Ship Turned Over In Europe!
"Some vacationers die as they try to jump from the listing ship.". R.I.P.
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For our backyard garden, we decided that square foot gardening was the best use of our space. It's basically a method of organic gardening that utilizes densely planted beds to grow a large variety of produce without the wasted space of rows. It's a very interesting method, and I think it will suit us well without sacrificing too much of our yard. Here's our current setup:
Ours looks a little sparse since the plants are still very young. To see what these gardens look like when they are packed full of large, thriving plants, click here and here for a lovely selection of square foot garden photos.
I'm the type of person who thinks all babies are adorable- baby people, baby animals, and even baby plants. So when I saw that our seeds had sprouted, I went a little crazy taking photos of those sweet plant babies.
And if you're wondering where I found a set of colorful, custom garden stakes to mark my plants with, let me just show you.
Custom Garden Stakes by Hollyrocks on Etsy
I made them myself! I figured I'm probably not the only one who enjoys things that are both functional and decorative, so I decided to offer these garden stakes for sale in my shop.
I am so very excited about this new gardening venture. I will keep you updated on the progress of our garden and let you know how this technique works out for us. I think the kind of plants people grow says a lot about them. So tell me, what does YOUR garden grow?


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