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The number of micromarket locations in the United States rose 170% between 2011 and 2012, according to a study conducted by veteran vending market researcher Brad Bachtelle of Bachtelle & Associates (Tustin, CA). "What have we done? We've created a new channel," Bachtelle said. "It's driving more sales, pleasing customers and exciting our industry."
To gauge the success of the micromarket concept, Bachtelle & Associates worked with all the suppliers of self-checkout kiosks. They found that, in December 2012, there were 2,642 active micromarket locations with 2,724 active kiosks -- higher-volume micromarkets can have more than one checkout terminal. These installations represented sales volume of $90.74 million.
In 2011, Bachtelle reported, there had been 1,012 micromarkets. Thus, in one year, 1,768 locations were added and 56 lost. Average volume per location in 2012 was $48,000, said Bachtelle, who reviewed the growth of the micromarket segment and its potential for expanding the scope and capabilities of the vending industry during the National Automatic Merchandising Association's annual OneShow in Las Vegas.
"What's next? We predict that there will be 13,000 micromarkets on location by 2015, and 35,000 within a decade," Bachtelle continued. "If this takes place, and without taking inflation into account, micromarket volume will grow to $1.6 billion in 10 years."
The research also surveyed the use operators are making of micromarkets and the guidelines affecting installation. "We see a minimum of 150 employees as the threshold for a micromarket," Bachtelle explained. "On that basis, there are about 99,000 suitable locations in the country, but not all of them are available, so the market potential at present is in the range of 77,000 to 80,000 stops. We think 46% penetration is attainable. Today, we're at the tip of the iceberg."
Consumer insights from the study were sought over a four-week period in the fall of 2012, through consumer intercepts in 230 locations. Averaging subsidized and unsubsidized locations, the unit price was $1.37; 72% of purchases were made with the cashless "market cards" typically provided to micromarket customers. "A substantial number of customers use the card less than once a week," Bachtelle reported. "This is an opportunity for us."
In terms of sales dollar volume, 65.9% was contributed by market-card purchases and 34.1% by open-system media, principally credit cards.
On average, one in seven items purchased is "food," but food generates one out of every four sales dollars -- "and we can look at breakfast sales for the first time," the pioneer researcher reported.
Not unexpectedly, the researchers found that the top 5% of customers drive 25% of the business. The research also found that a micromarket tends to attract 18% more visits in a day than a vending area, and averages 1.2 sales per day per visit, compared with 0.7 sales in a vending area.
"Consumers like micromarkets," BachÂtelle emphasized. "Replies we got to the unprompted question 'what is it that you like?' included 'variety,' 'the payment systems,' 'ease of use,' 'fresh food' and 'product access.' Asked what they dislike, customers said 'higher prices' and 'can't use cash.'"
At present, the researcher observed, vending operators fall into two broad classes in their response to micromarkets: those who see the opportunities and are reacting as though a "land rush" is under way, and those who recognize the need to "protect my business," and so are willing to install a micromarket when necessary to retain an account (or, perhaps, to win one).
And the business is so new that no hard-and-fast operating principles have emerged. "The focus today is on keeping them running and learning how they work," Bachtelle reported. "This is so new that we haven't yet done it right. But we know they can drive incremental revenue.
"The micromarket is not an extension of vending: it's new and different," the longtime industry observer pointed out. "It's kind of like managed foodservice, kind of like vending and kind of like a convenience store. The Food & Drug Administration's food code covers every type of foodservice, but the micromarket doesn't fit in any of them: it's not 'vending' and it's not 'foodservice.'"
Bachtelle observed that clues about "doing it right" can be found in patrons' expressed preferences for access to the products, variety and perceived freshness. These qualities, he said, contribute to an upscale environment and position the micromarket as an employee benefit.
PHOTO: A secure, prestige location, like this artist's concept Hawaiian resort hotel above, is an ideal place to combine all elements of digital malls: vending machines, micromarkets and next-generation virtual stores. At right, virtual stores will enable shoppers to "virturally" try on and select merchandise for later home delivery. They could even provide immersive augmented-reality games and entertainment.
In particular, the variety and freshness attributes require close attention to the whole warehouse refrigerated and frozen storage process, and make it impossible to service micromarkets from the same kind of traditional "route truck store" as a vending machine, the speaker noted; "You need a different kind of employee." Moreover, financial visibility is essential: "You must do account P&Ls, independently and separately." Variables that lend complexity to micromarket operation include the great pricing flexibility, including the ability to price in one-cent increments ("you can sell anything"), credit-card fees and add-on taxes, e.g. the ability to collect sales tax on item purchases, as cannot be done with vending machines.
"Vending is a 'buy' system, while a micromarket operation is a 'sell' system," Bachtelle observed. "It invites, and requires, merchandising. The complete flexibility a micromarket gives you is fun -- and it's very challenging. It calls for consumer merchandising programs of a kind foreign to vending. At present, we don't know what we don't know; but we will figure it out. And we are a retail channel."
For this reason alone, micromarkets should accelerate operators' establishing closer and more cordial partnerships with brands, the speaker suggested. "And we have to change the focus from operations to consumers."
These considerations point to the need for separating the micromarket and the vending operations -- putting micromarkets on their own dedicated route, for example, and adding a job title for merchandising and promotion on the micromarket side. Whereas a typical vending operation will have a table of organization in which administration and accounting occupy an echelon above warehouse, route and field service, a micromarket operation should have a marketing title up there too, or perhaps one level higher.
In a sense, micromarkets make mandatory the conceptual improvements that have been recommended in vending for decades -- true category management and planogramming, close attention to maintaining variety, introducing new products and analyzing performance, bringing seasonality into the menu-planning process -- all with the object of improving location granularity. "Frequent consumer promotions are essential, too. There's so much here that we don't know, because we've never done it.
"Micromarkets are here to stay," Bachtelle continued. "They're new and they're cool. But beware, and take care of your vending business; it's what pays the bills," he warned.
These are interesting times, and there is a real opportunity for those who are willing to keep their minds open and to learn new approaches. "A rising tide lifts all boats," Bachtelle said. "And both vending and micromarkets fit into the broader retail picture."
Joanne Bethlahmy, director of Cisco Consulting Services' Internet Business Solutions Group (retail and consumer packaged goods) said that, in the course of doing "thought research" into retailers and retail suppliers, the IBSG concluded that all the pieces are in place for the development of what she called a "digital mall." This might combine information and other service kiosks with micromarket and vending systems in a compact, integrated retail environment.
The marketplace is changing, Bethlahmy observed, affected by urbanization -- substantial movement out of the suburbs (with their spacious malls) and back to the city -- along with economic uncertainty. Retailers must deal with the growth of e-commerce, the shopping expectations of the "millennials" and the prevalent practice of "showrooming," in which shoppers visit a store to look at a desired item close up, get information about it and perhaps try it out -- and then use their smartphones to look online for the lowest price at which they can buy it.
Other challenges for retailers include the need to counteract the slowing rate of return on investment, enhance consumer experiences, reduce labor and construction costs and maximize brand differentiation. These requirements are leading retailers to experiment with smaller store formats and to invest in equipment innovation.
Bethlahmy believes that vending technology has lent itself to bringing many innovations together in recent years, in concepts ranging from low-tech "Artomats" (classic cigarette machines selling small artworks created locally), to large machines selling groceries and sundry items, to Procter & Gamble's high-tech "P&G Beauty Bar" machine (which vends cosmetics and allows customers to speak with an expert in a central call center by means of a built-in video terminal).
The Beauty Bar incorporates what Cisco calls "remote expertise." Another implementation is the PharmaTrust kiosk, which enables a customer to get a prescription filled after speaking with a remote pharmacist. This technology holds great promise for supporting a brand at an unattended point of purchase, Bethlahmy said.
While these new applications of vending technology have been rolling out, micromarkets have arrived on the scene. The Cisco executive described the micromarket as an unattended, technology-dependent convenience store; at present, most of them sell food and beverages in workplaces. While they sell branded merchandise, the stores themselves are "unbranded."
The third emerging technology bearing on the present retail need is the "virtual store," the speaker noted. "This is a physical manifestation of e-commerce," she explained -- a terminal at which customers can find information on, view and order merchandise for later delivery. It permits establishing additional retail locations without additional inventory.
Tesco, the United Kingdom's largest grocery store chain and the world's third-largest retailer, tested a "virtual store" in Seoul, Korea, three years ago. This offers delivery of an order within two hours, and was promising enough to spur many follow-up pilot programs. To date, "virtual stores" have been designed to permit consumers to view color photos of products imprinted with quick response codes that can be scanned with a smartphone to retrieve additional information or to place an order.
All these approaches to combining retail automation with consumer engagement seem well suited to the semi-permanent (or even mobile) "pop-up" stores with which major retailers also are experimenting, Bethlahmy reported.
"Up to this point, these projects have been conducted by single retailers," the Cisco expert said. "And we don't think any of them is enough to solve the overall problem. In fact, there's a risk that they may fragment the retail sector." The challenge for retailing as a whole is to attain the scale at which it becomes cost-effective to substitute technology for traditional labor in conventional brick-and-mortar stores.
"Our vision is of an exciting, low-cost, low-labor, digitally enabled immersive 'mall' in high-traffic venues," Bethlahmy said. "It would be a branded, highly interactive environment, and could be designed for indoor or outdoor installation."
She described an artist's conception of such an automated "mall" in a resort hotel (see page 32). Customers entering at the left would encounter a "digital concierge" kiosk offering "remote expert" interaction. To the right is a wide recessed bay with vending machines (and perhaps games) on two walls, and "virtual stores" across the back. On the right end of the installation is a micromarket configured as an unattended food court.
All these elements could be adapted to the needs of different locations, and arranged to conform to the space available. "This goes beyond a workplace break area and lunchroom," she pointed out. It could provide a very wide range of services, and new ones could be added easily: banking, dry cleaning, the automated "remote expert" pharmacy, personal electronic items and accessories, and so on and on. Engineering advances now under way will add to the "virtuality" of the shopping experience, Bethlahmy predicted, and these include holograms and other three-dimensional graphics.
Micromarket technology also is advancing, she added. "Watch for self-locking display cases and coolers, and shelves that report removals from inventory." New concepts might usefully be plotted on coordinate systems with "traffic" -- or "prestige" -- on one axis, and "security" on the other.
In summary, integrating appropriate micromarket, vending and "virtual store" systems into a satisfying and engaging experience offers benefits to everyone, the Cisco executive said. "Consumers get convenience, a wider range of options, entertainment, answers to their questions about products, and other benefits they want. Operators get new locations and an extended spectrum of more profitable merchandise," she instanced. "And both operators and suppliers get useful data besides.
"We think this could be a $7 billion opportunity in the United States," she predicted. Things to keep in mind when evaluating a specific implementation will include its ability to deliver an immersive experience, secure connectivity for payment processing, appropriate back-end systems and support, and the opportunity for deriving business intelligence from the operation.
What's needed to realize the "virtual mall" concept is a consolidator or "orchestrator," viable pilot installations to validate the approach and a scalable business model, Bethlahmy concluded.
According to Bachtelle, the independent evaluation from Cisco, which is not in the vending industry, validates his findings. "There's a huge opportunity here," he said. "Micromarkets are taking us to tomorrow."
Cisco's digital mall -- the next generation of self-service shopping -- is detailed at cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/retail/Digital-Mall_Deck.pdf
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The UEFA Women's Champions League comprises a qualifying group stage, four rounds of two-legged knockout ties and a one-off final.
Qualifying round
The lower-ranked champion clubs compete in four-team, one-venue mini-tournaments hosted by one of the participants.
Knockout phase
The qualifying round winners join the teams given a bye past that stage in the round of 32. From here on the competition consists of two-legged knockout ties, continuing with the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals played over two legs. If scores are level after 90 or 120 minutes of the second leg, the team with the most away goals wins, otherwise a penalty shoot-out is held.
The final is on 1 June at Cardiff City Stadium, two days before the men's final at the National Stadium of Wales.
Further details, including the criteria for separating teams that finish level on points in a group, can be found in the official competition regulations.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 29 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Meridian Corporate
Meridian Corporate is a new / innovative sports management & marketing agency featuring professionals with over 35 years industry experience. Our offices are located in Sydney (Australia).
We specialise in:
* Athlete Management - career & life management services for amateur & professional athletes
* Corporate Golf - corporate golf & golf travel organiser for companies, charities & golf enthusiasts
* Sponsorship & Marketing - sponsorship & marketing initiatives for companies, governing bodies & athletes
We understand the value and role personal relationships play in business and work closely with our clients to ensure they each reach their maximum potential both professionally and financially. It is this distinct approach to business which will position us as a market-leader in the industry.
We strive to be Australia's most respected sport management company, building a business culture which promotes the highest values in professionalism, attention to detail and integrity.
Our approach to sport is one that develops new initiatives / opportunities which aim to benefit stakeholders at all levels of sport (i.e. grassroots, elite sportspeople, administrators, sport governing bodies, corporations etc). We will achieve this by "thinking outside the box" & hope to achieve the same philosophy with our website design!
As we are an integrated sport management agency we have a few distinct target markets:
Athlete Management
* Young Athletes (e.g. 16-18yo) - families (i.e. parents) & kids unaware of professional services or looking for a first time manager / agent
* Professional Athletes - looking for a manager or disillusioned with their existing management
* Network / speakers - past athletes or current media identities who appear at events, conferences, product endorsements etc
Corporate Golf
* Corporate business - looking to entertain / network with clients
* Sporting clubs - buying for member entertainment
* Charities - emphasis on raising money
Sponsorship & Marketing
* Corporate business - business looking to leverage their brand or link with a property
* Sport Governing Bodies - sport organisations looking for marketing initiatives
Our target audience is therefore primarily prospective clients. We need to attract attention & explain to prospects about our company, and why they should trust us - build credibility!
For all customers the website needs to be fresh / edgy, easy to navigate, and professional - ultimately we want the user to want more! We don't want to make the sale there & then but rather provide a "call to action" - after all we want to build a personal relationship & make the sale in person (as per our business philosophy)!
We would like to keep our branding in line with our logo (applications attached) - just a guideline!
The main categories for top level pages of our site are:
Home Page
About Us
Athlete Management
Corporate Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing
Our Clients
Contact Us
As we are relatively new our key issue is to build BRAND AWARENESS and CREDIBILITY in the marketplace!
Homepage may include:
* Flash component (or similar) - change between images of services offered
* Brief description of business
* Service Boxes - stand out & link to service pages (e.g. athlete management)
* Newsletter & Alerts - section to sign up
* Upcoming Events - link to specific event webpages & register online
* Interactive (e.g. Blog, Latest News etc) - opportunity to communicate with users
* Our Sportstars Profile - image & link to profile
We want to be able to Link Facebook and Twitter (attract youth market).
If possible we would also like an area for rolling testimonials.
We would prefer to AVOID predominantly white site, as we are a marketing company (i.e. dynamic / edgy). See attached previous version we were working on.
See below a couple of industry competitor websites:
Stride Sports Management - http://www.stridesports.com.au/
Front Row Events - http://www.frontrowevents.com.au/
Feel free to use your creative skills as we want to be unique & stand out from the competition!


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by Amy Scholten, MPH
Terry could not believe it had happened. It did not seem real. She trembled as she sat in the waiting room of the rape trauma center. The previous night, she had been raped in her apartment by a man she had considered a friend. Like many other survivors of rape, Terry faced many decisions in the hours, days, and months following the rape.
Rape: One of Many Types of Sexual Assault
Rape involves forced penetration or intercourse. It is one of many types of sexual assault. Sexual assault is any type of sexual activity that you do not want or agree to, ranging from inappropriate touching to penetration or intercourse. It includes:
Sexual assault can happen in a number of different situations, such as date rape, domestic or intimate partner violence, or violence by a stranger.
If You Have Been Raped
The first step for you is to go to a safe place. Next, call the police to report the crime, if this is something you have decided to do. You should then call someone who you can trust, like a close family member or friend. There are also rape hotlines that you can call for support and guidance.
Remember that it is important that the evidence from the crime does not get ruined. Because of this, you will need to avoid:
Take care of yourself by going to the hospital. Many hospitals treat rape survivors without payment up front, even if they have no health insurance. You will be checked and treated for injuries, including internal injuries, as well as pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. This will likely involve blood tests and a pelvic exam and swab. During the exam, evidence will also be collected that may help identify the perpetrator, such as hairs, semen, saliva, clothing, and fibers.
Deciding Whether to Report the Rape
There are many decisions that come up after being sexually assaulted. One challenge is deciding whether you want to report the crime and seek prosecution. Counselors with experience working with people who have been sexually abused can help you to examine the pros and cons of reporting the rape.
You may choose to report the rape because you want the perpetrator to be punished and you want to protect others from being assaulted. Reporting the rape may also help you to feel more empowered and ease feelings of being a victim.
You may choose not to report the crime for a number of reasons, such as having been treated poorly by the police in the past or not feeling confident in the court system. Or, the perpetrator may have threatened to harm you or a loved one if the crime is reported. You may also feel a range of emotions, like guilt and shame, and decide that you do not want to further share this traumatic event with other people.
Dealing With the Effects
Rape is a traumatic event that can have a huge effect on your life. It is common to feel confused, fearful, guilty, numb, hostile, or tearful. You may feel like withdrawing from others. You may have difficulty concentrating, making decisions, and sleeping. It may be hard for you to talk about what happened.
During the first few months after the rape, you may experience the following behaviors and symptoms:
In some cases, the emotional impact of a rape can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent nightmares, flashbacks of the rape, social withdrawal, anxiety, depression, and emotional numbness. There are different types of therapy and prescription medications that can be part of a treatment program for PTSD.
Moving Toward Recovery
Recovering from rape can be a long and difficult process. Be patient with yourself. Each person has a different way of coping and healing. Some people want to carry on with their routine. Others find it helpful to take time off from work and other responsibilities. Here are some things you can do to help yourself heal.
Seek Support From Family and Friends
Seek support from people who can offer comfort without blame or control. It is good to have a mix of people who can support you in various ways. For example, some people are better than others at dealing with intense emotions. Others may be good at the more practical things, like watching your kids while you go to an appointment.
Consider Counseling
A rape crisis center can be a good source of support for you. These centers usually have a hotline that you can call for information and guidance. Depending on the agency, you may also have access to individual therapy, support groups, and advocacy. Another option is to get a referral to a therapist who has experience working with people who have been sexually assaulted. Since being raped can trigger a range of difficult emotions, it is important that you talk to a counselor who can help you find ways to recover.
Try a Support Group
Most communities have support groups for victims of sexual assault. These groups help break down the isolation, secrecy, and shame felt by many victims. Members of the group are at different stages of healing. They share their experiences, coping strategies, and progress.
Recovery from rape can be a slow process. You may find that the rape has permanently changed your life in some ways. As you go through the stages of recovery, you will find that, in time, you think less and less about the rape. It will no longer dominate your emotions. As you set goals and achieve them, your life will eventually move forward.
Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network
Women's Health—US Department of Health and Human Services
Mental Health Canada
Women's Health Matter
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PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies setup man Mike Adams could not locate his pitches Wednesday, which was apparent after the first batter he faced in the eighth inning at Citizens Bank Park.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies setup man Mike Adams could not locate his pitches Wednesday, which was apparent after the first batter he faced in the eighth inning at Citizens Bank Park.
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"I was just flat-out bad," he said following the 5-3 loss to the Pirates.
The Phillies had been 6-0 when leading after the sixth inning this season before the bullpen truly blew its first game of the year. But while the bullpen would receive most of the attention for its failed efforts, erasing a fine effort from Roy Halladay and rare home runs from Chase Utley and Ryan Howard against left-handed pitching, the Phillies' offense truly laid the groundwork for this loss. Philadelphia outhit the Pirates, but could not come up with the big hits despite several opportunities to take a comfortable lead.
"Yeah, obviously you're not going to capitalize on every opportunity," Utley said. "The more opportunities you have the better chance you have, but it's time to start capitalizing on them."
Howard agreed.
"We had like 10 hits, and just couldn't capitalize," he said. "At some point, it's cliché, but it's bound to turn. The only thing we can do is keep swinging and keep hitting the ball and sooner or later it all evens itself out."
Left-hander Antonio Bastardo allowed a solo home run to Pedro Alvarez in the seventh inning to cut the Phillies' lead to 3-2. Bastardo had been spectacular in his first eight appearances this season, allowing just two hits, one unearned run, three walks and striking out seven in 7 1/3 innings.
Adams started the eighth with a 2.00 ERA in 10 appearances, walking two and striking out 14 in nine innings. But he struggled from the jump, walking pinch-hitter Jose Tabata to start the inning. An infield single to Starling Marte and a single to right from Travis Snider scored Tabata to tie the game at 3. Adams then walked Andrew McCutchen to load the bases.
Left-hander Jeremy Horst replaced Adams with the bases loaded and no outs. He allowed a single to pinch-hitter Brandon Inge to hand the Pirates a one-run lead, but otherwise got out of the inning.
But the nice story about Halladay putting together his third consecutive quality start to pick up his third win of the season had vanished.
Halladay allowed one hit, one run, two walks and struck out eight in six innings. He has a 1.71 ERA in his last three starts, allowing eight hits, four runs, five walks and striking out 16 in 21 innings. But like his previous start against the Cardinals, he got into too many deep counts. Halladay threw 25 pitches in the first inning and 95 pitches (57 strikes) overall.
"If I can stay there and be a little more effective early in the game, that would be ideal," Halladay said.
Utley homered to right field in the first inning to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead. Howard crushed a 0-2 curveball into the second deck in right field for a solo home run in the fourth inning to make it 2-1.
It was just the sixth time in Howard's career he had homered on a 0-2 count, and the first time since July 9, 2008, when he homered against Cardinals right-hander Kyle McClellan. It was just the second time in his career he had homered on a 0-2 count against a left-hander. The first came against Mets lefty Oliver Perez on Aug. 26, 2006.
Coincidence or not, on the first night Phillies manager Charlie Manuel split up Utley and Howard in the lineup, both homered.
"It was good to finally run into one," Howard said. "It felt pretty good."
But the Phillies needed more offense, which has been a familiar story. They squandered excellent opportunities in the fourth and fifth innings. They had runners on second and third with one out in the fourth, but could not score. They had runners on the corners with no outs in the fifth, but could not score. The fifth inning involved Michael Young hitting into a 5-4-2 double play, when the Pirates got the force at second and threw home to get Jimmy Rollins at the plate.
It was the second out Rollins made on the bases.
"We talked about it," Manuel said. "If you read where the third baseman is at, he goes home and if he goes home he gets in a rundown. He is going there, but you can read where the third baseman is at. The third baseman didn't hesitate to go to second base. He was turning the double play."
So it was just another night of Phillies pitchers needing to be perfect. They weren't.
"We had chances," Manuel said of the offense. "They were there for us."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com.


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What are Schillers?
In addition to giving you access to buildings and services, the OneCard can also act as a purchase card for some campus transactions with Schillers. Schillers are the OneCard's unit of currency. One U.S. dollar equals one Schiller. You can pre-purchase Schillers to spend at authorized campus locations at Carleton College, St. Olaf College, and at several local merchants.
Spend Schillers at Carleton and St. Olaf:
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- Online 24 hours a day
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"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
(photo courtesy of Little Women)
If you're in the Kansas City area, I hope you'll stop by West Elm's Country Club Plaza location to join me and several handpicked vendors for a little pop-up shop! Heirloom Bakery will be providing treats, the weather will be fantastic, and there will be dancing. What more could you ask for? The local makers we've selected are darling and you're sure to love them (note: Christmas will be here before you know it… wouldn't it be nice to get a head start on your shopping?).
If you're not local, I'll be instagramming and tweeting the event. Each vendor has an online presence, so if you see something you love from afar you'll still be able to purchase :)
Is there a chicer (or easier) fall ensemble than a white men's oxford, cropped dark denim jeans and classic loafers? I think not. My style icons Grace Kelly, Charlotte Casiraghi, Jane Birkin and the lot seem to agree. This season, I'll be wearing a pair of brandless vintage black leather loafers, though ideally I'd be wearing these. As the photos show, they don't go out of style. Loafers are cool, mais no?
P.S. The lone man in the roundup? Francis Ford Coppola!
Have you ever wondered how a Dior Haûte Couture dress is fabricated? Of course you have. And Refinery 29 produced a short film to show us. Though I've watched this video several times, my utter awe of the process has not faded. The white lab coats, the hand-dyed ribbons, the way those pleats are made! These men and women are truly artists. See the final pieces at the Dior Spring/Summer '15 show here.
Designer and illustrator Lotta Nieminen currently lives in New York and has made it big time, but these photos were taken five years ago at her tiny Helenski studio. To me, it's the pinicle of modern, feminine Scandanavian design. The bones of her home -- white walls, warm wood furniture -- are typical of many Finish dwellings. It's the addition of personal accessories in good taste that make Lotta's studio irresistable. I can tell that she's a graphic designer: type, color and branded elements tie the space together. Truth be told I don't even mind the burgandy kitchen and bath (though you know if she had it her way, she'd make it clean and white!). See the Design*Sponge feature in it's intirety here. P.S. How cute is the name Lotta?!
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Gourmet Discovery Day
- Süre: 7 Saat (Tahmini)
- Lokasyon: Milawa, Victoria
- Ürün kodu: GDD
Discover 125 years of family winemaking history at the home of Brown Brothers with a full day experience at the Milawa Winery, Cellar Door and Epicurean Centre.
Learn more about winemaking and wine faults, enjoy a winery tour including the working winery and historic buildings. Explore the extensive range of wines in a guided tasting session and experience the best of local produce with a gourmet three course food and wine matched lunch. Discover the secrets of wine blending and create your own unique blend in a bottle to take home.
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Eurocopter (Stand P30) invited a select few journalists to participate in the demonstrations to customers of their EC130 T2 and EC145 T2 helicopters prior to the Helitech exhibition being held at ExCel in London's docklands.
The first helicopter was the EC130 T2, flown by experimental test pilot Olivier Gensse. He has flown every Eurocopter in the company inventory with the exception of the Tiger attack helicopter. With wiring still evident on this pre-certification aircraft, he nevertheless took four passengers into the surprisingly spacious cockpit with two seats to spare (three front and four back).
Experimental test pilot Olivier Gensse at the controls of the EC130T2 above the Oxfordshire countryside, before exhibiting the engine 'grunt' through a brief but impressive aerobatic demonstration. Photos by Andrew Drwiega
Following takeoff, we conducted a few maneuvers within the airport perimeter in ground effect, including an effortless glide sideways at 40 knots. Gensse said the climb rate was around 2,500 feet per minute. After further demonstrations, we learned the full understanding of the power delivered by the Turbomeca Arriel 2D engine as Gensse first climbed the helicopter vertically then did a stall turn. This was followed by another vertical climb with him pushing over at the top of the climb into a stable hover. From there the only way was down – which is exactly what we did, as Gensse pushed the nose forward into a vertical descent with a 180-degree turn on the way down and a recovery back to level flight. With five onboard, including the valuable cargo of MD Steinke, the power point was proven without doubt. Needless to say, with such a large amount of glass surrounding both pilot and passengers, visibility is excellent.
Flying in the twin engine EC145 T2 with test pilot Diethelm Berndt was a more orderly affair with him demonstrating over 30 minutes the handling capability of the four-axis autopilot and dual-channel FADEC. The one-engine operative demonstration was carried out virtually seamlessly from the passenger point of view. Internally the six passenger seats installed for the demonstration were easily located in the cabin, and the rear clamshell door design gives visibility out of the rear of the aircraft for aircrew.
EC145 T2 during a demonstration prior to Helitech International 2013.
The flights were scheduled from Eurocopter UK's home base at Oxford airport and at Denham aerodrome, a small airfield to the west of London but within the M25. There were up to 100 invitees sourced from utility operators, police air support representatives and those directly involved in providing helicopter emergency medical services.
Said Markus Steinke, managing director of Eurocopter UK: "Bringing these rotorcraft to the UK enables a broad section of the user community to fully appreciate their latest technology for enhanced mission capability and flexibility."
Eurocopter's EC130 T2 is the latest version of the lightweight single-engine Ecureuil product line. According to the company, around 70 percent of the EC130 T2's airframe structure has been modified, including the incorporation of a more powerful Turbomeca Arriel 2D turboshaft engine and upgraded main gearbox.
The twin-engine EC145 T2 also incorporates new Arriel 2E engines as well as a Fenestron shrouded tail rotor; upgraded main and tail rotor gearboxes; and new digital avionics suite with four-axis autopilot.
Once the Helitech opens on Tuesday, Eurocopter will exhibit a full-scale mock-up of its EC175 in corporate configuration along with two model other variants: the EC130 T2 Stylence and the EC145 T2, both shown as passenger carrying aircraft. In addition, an EC120 together with an EC145 in firefighting version will be displayed on the outdoor helipad, exhibiting their mission versatility.
The company's range of services initiatives will also be highlighted including performance-based services, consulting solutions through its Dublin-based subsidiary, demonstrations of its online information services such as e-Tech publications and other aspects of support.
"Our main goal is first and foremost keeping customer satisfaction at the heart of Eurocopter's strategy," explained Guillaume Faury, Eurocopter president and CEO. "This means offering not only the best products and evolutions but also efficient and modern service solutions, tailored to the diverse needs of operators."
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The single market refers to the EU as one territory without any internal borders or other regulatory obstacles to the free movement of goods and services. A functioning single market stimulates competition and trade, improves efficiency, raises quality, and helps cut prices. The European single market is one of the EU's greatest achievements. It has fuelled economic growth and made the everyday life of European businesses and consumers easier.
The single market strategy is the European Commission's plan to unlock the full potential of the single market. The single market is at the heart of the European project, but its benefits do not always materialise because single market rules are not known or implemented, or they are undermined by other barriers. So the Commission has decided to give the single market a boost by improving mobility for service providers, ensuring that innovative business models can flourish, making it easier for retailers to do business across borders, and enhancing access to goods and services throughout the EU.
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The single digital gateway will facilitate online access to the information, administrative procedures and assistance services that citizens and businesses need to get active in another EU country. As of 2020, citizens and companies moving across EU borders will easily be able to find out what rules and assistance services apply in their new residency. By 2023 at the latest, they will be able to perform a number of procedures in all EU member states without any physical paperwork, like registering a car or claiming pension benefits.
The EU Single Market accounts for 500 million consumers and 21 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Commission's main goal is to ensure the free movement of goods within the market, and to set high safety standards for consumers and the protection of the environment. Learn more about conformity assessment, market surveillance, legal metrology, the 'new approach' legislation, harmonised and non-harmonised sectors, and the international dimension in the single market for goods section.
Services are crucial to the Single Market. They account for over 70% of all economic activity in the EU and a similar proportion of its employment. EU companies have the freedom to establish themselves in other EU countries and the freedom to provide services in countries other than the one in which they are established. Learn more about the Services Directive, the free movement of professionals, retail, business and construction services, and service standards in the Single Market for services section.
Standards are voluntary technical specifications that apply to various products, materials, services and processes. They can help reduce costs, improve safety, enhance competition and facilitate the acceptance of innovations. Learn about the Joint Initiative on Standardisation, standardisation policy, harmonised standards, service standards, the notification system, standardisation requests and key guidance in the standardisation section.
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Most of these "how should we build it" discussions circled around building and maintaining development velocity in 12.04 so that we could add new features that users need while maintaining and delivering the quality they also need. Fortunately, we laid some ground work in the 11.10 cycle. Pete Graner led the QA team in 11.10. Along with some new QA staff, they instituted some important practices, like automatically testing the daily ISO each day, and they set up a QA lab for running tests automatically, along with reporting of those test results.
Acceptance Criteria
How we assess and accept code from upsreams within Canonical was an area ripe for discussion. We arrived at UDS with a strong view about how we should be doing this, and we had three discussions about it at UDS. Jason Warner this area of collective effort "Acceptance Criteria". Please note that for 12.04 and the foreseeable future, this applies ONLY to code developed by Canonical, or was call them "Canonical upstreams". There are two main goals of this effort:
- Ensure that landing code from Canonical upstreams does not introduce issues that make the development release too hard to use and develop on, thus slowing down velocity for everyone.
- Encourage Canonical upstreams to fix bugs throughout the cycle, and not to wait until after Feature Freeze to focus all efforts on bug fixing.
Acceptance Criteria means that upstreams have some responsibilities, and Ubuntu has some responsibilities. For upstreams, it boils down to "treat your trunk as sacred". Practically, it requires:
- There is a trunk of code bound for Ubuntu.
- This trunk always builds automatically.
- This trunk has tests that are always passing automatically.
- All branches are properly reviewed for having both good tests and good implementation before merged into trunk.
- Any branch that breaks trunk by causing automated tests to fail or causes trunk to stop building, are immediately reverted.
- Every maintainer in Ubuntu must have a test plan for upstream trunks that are run before uploading to the development release.
- Tests in the test plan that are automated can be run with the help of the QA team.
- Tests in the test plan that are manual can be run with the help of the community team, (and the community QA Lead that is to be hired)
- Refrain from uploading a trunk into Ubuntu if there are serious bugs found in testing that will slow down people using the development release for testing and development.
- Revert uploads that break Ubuntu, as there is no point in having the latest of a trunk in Ubuntu if it's broken and just slowing everyone down.
- Add tests to upstream projects for the Ubuntu test plan if serious bugs do get through that cause a revert.
Every day the QA team automatically runs tests on the ISO produced that day, if any. This was set up in 11.10. For 12.04, we will expand on this effort substantially. First, by growing the body of tests run. Secondly, by automatically reporting on the quality of the ISO each day. Finally, by responding to the results of the tests immediately, see the next section.
Daily Quality
We will strive to ensure that we have a new daily ISO each day. If the QA team finds an ISO to be "untestable" or failing critical tests that will hamper development velocity that day, we will respond by trying to fix the issues. For issues that cannot be foreseeably fixed within 3 hours, we will typically back out those changes. After the issue is addressed by being fixed or backed out, we *will spin another ISO*. We will collect metrics on what percentage of days we have a working and testable ISO.
Pre-archive Testing
Of course, catching problems in ISO testing and fixing them everyday is nice, but stopping the problems from reaching Ubuntu in the first place is even better. With that end in mind, Evan Dandrea ran a very interesting session about testing library and other changes before uploading them to the archive for the development release.
This will start out simple. The QA team will be able to install the latest ISO in their test environment, then pull an updated package from a PPA. A tool that I lovingly named "tool 2" will be created that will use rdepends to find packages that both depend on the newly upagraded package and also have tests worth running. Tool 2 will then run those tests and report the results. In this way, issues with libraries and other transitions can be fixed before they get into the development release and slow everyone down.
The next step, which I sincerely hope we get to during 12.04 development is to make tool 1. Tool 1 takes the output of tool 2, and judges if it should copy the newly updated package, or some set of packages, into the release archive. If we get tool 2 set up, then uploads to the development release would first go into the proposed archive for the development release, tested there, and only added to the release archive when found to be "ok" by the tests.
+1 Maintenance Team
Colin Watson is leading an experiment for 12.04 development. He will be leading a small staff of rotating engineers who are focused soley on the stability of the development release. We plan to learn from this effort, and see if we should repeat it, tweak it, or drop it for future versions. In any case, these efforts are meant to enhance, not replace, the generally diffused responsibilities for quality of the ISO and the archive. Colin led a good UDS session on the topic. The priorities defined there being:
- Deal with ISO smoke test issues, includes install images being buildable
- Upgrades through development releases work day to day, look at conflict checker
- All packages in main are installable
- All packages in main are buildable
- Component-mismatches / MIRs / etc.
- Finishing library/NBS transitions through archive (beyond main)
- All packages in the archive are buildable
All in all, these are a lot of structural changes to how we approach building Ubuntu and ensuring the quality of it. Here is a table to highlight some of the key changes.
|Canonical upstream automated tests
|prevelant in some projects, not others
|all projects will have automated tests
|Canonical upstream automated builds
|prevelant in some projets, not others
|all projects will ahve automated tests
|Canonical upstream branch reviews
|all projects
|all projects
|Canonical upstreams reverting branches that "break" trunk
|occurs in some projects, not others, not always
|all projects will revert branches that break trunk
|testing of Canonical upstream code before uploading to development release
|not common or systematic
|all Canonical upstream projects will have a test plan that is executed before each upload
|reverting Canonical upstream code from the development release
|development release waits for an upload with "fixes"
|uploads that slow velocity for others are backed out
|Daily ISO testing
|Limited test coverage, test failures not immediately responded to
|more test coverage, fix issues and respin within the same day
|Daily ISO
|Can go for days or longer wihtout a working daily
|A broken daily ISO becomes the #1 priority for whoever broke it
|Pre-archive testing
|"Call for testing", not totally systematic, no way to know what tests were run
|Add ability to run tests for rdpends before release, potentially test in proposed for the development release
|Archive Maintenance
|Responibility diffused throughout team
|Responibility diffused throughout team, complimented by a small dedicated crew


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Thanks for creating this page. It's exactly what I needed to know next. I managed to build everything from scratch and got qemu up and running, but wasn't sure about the next steps. This looks like it will be very useful.
I've followed the instructions and it's all gone well, however I have hit a snag. I don't have the "rebuild-package-task-base" target in my Makefile. I hope I'm not missing something obvious. - Mark B.
- Hey Mark, I added a nice big bolded section to the wiki for the makefile where the first thing you should do is
make update-makefileand that will update your make file to the new version which will have the rebuild-package target! Enjoy! --Bryce.Leo 03:23, 31 July 2007 (CEST)
- The 'rebuild-package-%' target (replace % with package name) was added to the Mokomakefile very recently. Just do a 'make update-makefile' to update your Mokomakefile before retrying :-) --aevin 03:49, 30 July 2007 (CEST)
- Thanks to both of you for your help! The documentation on this wiki just keeps getting better and better. It's very impressive, and very encouraging. (I've hit another snag, but it'll be educational, and fun, for me to try to work it out for myself.) --Markb 15:05, 31 July 2007 (CEST)
question about MokoMakefile modification
The section about adding local to the MokoMakefile says:
export BBPATH="${OMDIR}/build:${OMDIR}/local:${OMDIR}/oe:${OMDIR}/openembedded"
But shouldn't we have $${OMDIR}? That's what the makefile has.
Also, if I update the MokoMakefile, won't it wipe out my changes?
- You are supposed to edit the
setup-envfile it creates, not the
Makefileitself. This way, it will only be overwritten if you repeat the initial setup steps, which shouldn't be needed most of the time. --CesarB 01:03, 31 July 2007 (CEST)
- I noticed this the second time I read it. Thanks.
- --Sagacis 06:12, 1 August 2007 (CEST)
Local overlay changes
I've updated User:CesarB/Using a local overlay for 2007.2; I also included there a better way of adding a new package to the rootfs (according to [1], using
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Apologies for the lousy video quality, but here's a fight that erupted between Ohio's Porsha Harris and CMU's Jas'Mine Bracey during the Chippewas' 67-53 win over the Bobcats last night in Mount Pleasant.
The Hustle Belt says Bracey was tagged with a Flagrant 2 foul and that any remaining bad blood would have to be settled by an unlikely rematch in the MAC tournament. But, hey, a reason to watch the women's MAC tournament. [Central Michigan Life]


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This is it. All will be decided later today or perhaps tomorrow if the deliberations in the European Council of Ministers about the position of President of the Council and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs continue late into the next day. We are already hearing stories about participants taking one, two or even three shirts to see them through. (They are almost all men – hence the shirt question).
Well, will our very own TB make it? Tony's chances do seem to have revived during the past two days, but whether he can overcome the "small country" challenge is still not certain. Some of the tiniest EU states don't want a large country holding the post as they fear this will smother them. So we are now seeing an attempt at a classic EU fudge – find the lowest common denominator and go with that regardless of whether or not that is the best and most effective decision for Europe as a whole.
This mindset has led to Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy emerging as the front-runner. I hardly think Belgium is a shining example of how to run a country. A population of about 10 million is split into two linguistic groups with three federal regions, a system which is so unworkable that Belgium was recently without a federal government for nearly two years as the various parties were unable to agree on a coalition.
The other two small countries who are realistic contenders aren't much better. Peter Balkenende from Holland verges on the Thatcherite. Luxembourg has, as ever, staked its claim. Yet can anyone take Jean-Claude Junker seriously when the entire population of Luxembourg is only 488,000. Yes 488,000 compared to over 60 million in the UK and Germany's 82.5 million. I am tempted to use that dreadful Americanism – "give us a break!"
There are two other factors working against our Tony. Most importantly, the Socialists do not have a majority in the European Council. The system of qualified majority voting used gives that to the EPP. Moreover, the Socialist governments do not always all vote the same way. Just to muddy the waters further, the Socialist and Democrat Group in the European Parliament has waged a strong campaign, which some Socialist governments have bought in to, that the Socialists should let the EPP have the President while the Socialists make a concerted bid for the High Representative.
The small country and/or EPP bid for the President position may well be the way it goes today. I understand that there is everything to play for, and unusually in the EU the result has not been fixed in advance. Since the Socialists are going for the High Representative, could this be what Tony ends up with? I gather he may not be averse to the idea. The job will, after all, be to act as the face of the EU across the whole globe and the post holder will also control the world-wide network of EU missions (embassies).
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Dog Bites Man! Dog Bites Man!
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In other news, the Latvian Gambit is awful, as Abby Marshall kindly details in her Chess Cafe column this month. She advocates Leonhardt's 4.Nc4 (after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5?? 3.Nxe5 Qf6) while I've been partial to 4.d4 (which she also likes), but there's more than one way to skin this cat. Happy hunting!
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China's Li Na had a good draw result at the 2014 Australian Open here on Friday, except her potential semifinal with world No. 1 Serena Williams.
Williams and Li are in top half of the women's singles draw while No. 3 Maria Sharapova and defending champion Victoria Azarenka stay in the other half.
A twice-runner-up Li will meet a qualifier in the first round and then Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the second round. Her possible opponent for a place in top 16 will be 26th-seeded Lucie Safarove of the Czech Republic, against whom Li kept a 6-1 record and has been lost to after 2005.
Li is drawn to face Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the last eight and then the potential semifinal against Williams.
Williams, who could equal Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert's total of 18 Grand Slam singles titles with this year's victory, will play Australian Ashleigh Barty to open.
The five-time Australian Open champion is seeded to face Italian Sara Errani in the quarterfinals.
Two-time defending champion and world No. 2 Azarenka will play against Johanna Larsson of Sweden in the opening round and has potential quarterfinal with fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska, while Sharapova, winner of 2008, faces a tough opening round against Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States.
Zheng Jie of China, who reached semifinals in 2010, will meet 12-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy in the opening round, who Zheng had beaten in 2012. Zhang Shuai's first round opponent will be German Mona Barthel and Peng Shuai faces Kurumi Nara of Japan.
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The schedule doesn't get any better than this year -- Wolfman 12/31/2017 10:51AM
ND rethinking scheduling -- J-Dub 12/30/2017 8:31PM
ND already has cupcakes on their schedule and typically Swofford is helping -- anotherdamnyankeehokie 12/31/2017 10:16AM
If you think its just a game for NOTRE DAME you dont get it -- Mercury 01/03/2018 11:21AM
BC is no big deal to ND. -- Atlee Hokie 01/04/2018 4:22PM
Correct about fan attitude towards BC -- TerryD 01/05/2018 08:43AM
Swarbrick wants regular games in Boston. -- HOO86 01/04/2018 4:56PM
That is one reason why I said to not pay attention to what Kelly says.... -- TerryD 01/05/2018 08:45AM
I'd love to play Syracuse in Giants stadium. -- Atlee Hokie 01/04/2018 6:13PM
I wish VT played ND in NYC, the Carrier Dome has not been good to VT. -- Stech 01/04/2018 5:35PM
Didn't see your post. Agree, Anywhere but the Dome. ** -- Atlee Hokie 01/04/2018 6:15PM
IDK. ND's schedule is typically tough. This year was no different. -- Calamitous 01/01/2018 01:05AM
It's not just cupcakes. He wants cupcakes the week before their big rival -- Femoyer Hokie 12/31/2017 1:58PM
Here is where his logic falls apart. -- Maroon Baboon 12/31/2017 10:24PM
That comparison is what he's complaining about. -- HOO86 01/01/2018 5:32PM
Cry me a river, Brian Kelly. ND chose that path. ** -- Atlee Hokie 01/01/2018 10:07PM
And FWIW, before their biggest loss (Miami), Miami played VT, ND played WF ** -- Maroon Baboon 01/01/2018 5:49PM
Agreed. It is just Kelly spouting off -- TerryD 01/01/2018 08:34AM
Just Kelly running his mouth. Doubt any changes by Swarbrick. ** -- TerryD 12/31/2017 09:41AM
Looks like I will be going against the grain, but cupcakes help you more -- Stech 12/31/2017 09:01AM
"I'm Tom Bodett for Motel 6, and we'll leave a light on for you." -- Maroon Baboon 12/30/2017 11:13PM
Geez. Does ND want to make the playoffs? or just Kelly? -- HOO86 12/30/2017 10:23PM
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The ACC games haven't been the cupcakes they anticipated... -- Mr. Touchdown 12/30/2017 9:12PM
ND rarely plays Big Ten teams nowadays..... -- TerryD 12/31/2017 09:45AM
I can think of 1 big choice they can make -- hokeyhokie 12/30/2017 10:09PM
Who cares? Maybe it's time to make the jump to the ACC? -- EDGEMAN 12/30/2017 9:09PM


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Florida's Everglades plan gets EPA approval
Federal environmental regulators on Wednesday approved an $880 million state plan intended to dramatically reduce the flow of farm and suburban pollution into the Everglades.
Both sides hailed the agreement as a milestone in a decades-long dispute over cleaning up the River of Grass. If approved by two federal judges, it would commit Florida to a major expansion of projects intended to clean up storm run-off before it flows into the Everglades, adding to the $1.8 billion the state has already poured into cleanup efforts.
In a letter announcing the approval of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, regional administrator Gwen Keyes Fleming said the state's plan represented "a significant and historic milestone in restoring America's Everglades."
Herschel Vinyard, secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, issued a statement crediting Gov. Rick Scott for pushing for a resolution to long-running disputes and federal lawsuits over the slow pace of Everglades restoration.
"Gov. Scott recognizes both the environmental and economic importance of a healthy Everglades, which is why he made Everglades restoration a top priority for the state," Vinyard said.
The announcement comes nine months after Scott flew to Washington to pitch Florida's latest plan for stopping the flow of polluted farm, ranch and yard runoff into the Everglades and to resolve two federal lawsuits, one going back almost a quarter century.
The state was under particular pressure from U.S. District Judge Alan Gold, who had threatened to impose an even more expensive, $1.5 billion EPA-proposed cleanup plan on the state.
Florida's $880 million plan would expand an existing network of 45,000 acres of artificial marshes, with another 11,000 acres scheduled to come online later this year that will absorb damaging nutrients from farm and suburban storm runoff.
The massive network hasn't been enough to meet the super-low standards needed to protect the sensitive Glades ecosystem from phosphorous, a common fertilizer ingredient that drains from farms and yards with every rainstorm. It fuels the spread of cattails and other exotics that crowd out native plants.
Under the state plan, another 6,500 acres of treatment marshes will be added, along with a string of new "flow equalization basins" intended to help the marshes remain effective by limiting flooding or damaging dry-downs.
Environmentalists still have concerns about the plan, particularly a schedule that will push back state cleanup deadlines by a decade and about how the state will finance the deal. But most consider the step a sign of progress after years of stalling on clean up.
"It wraps up almost a decade of arguing over what the best thing to do is," Julie Hill-Gabriel, director of Everglades policy for Audubon Florida, told the Associated Press. "This, at the very least, is an agreement that these are the right steps to move forward and sets very stringent deadlines."
In her letter to the DEP, EPA regional administrator Fleming said the agency believes the state plan should address concerns raised by Gold and fellow U.S. District Court Judge Federico Moreno in a separate cleanup lawsuit dating back to 1988.
She said intensive negotiations over seven months had produced a plan that would meet federal water quality standards and credited both Scott and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson for championing the deal.
"These critical measures will launch a new era in Everglades restoration that I believe will fulfill the expectations of Judge Gold, and the hopes of many others concerned about the health of the Everglades," she wrote.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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Bin Laden son-in-law pleads not guilty
Sulaiman Abu Ghayth pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiring to kill Americans Friday in a brief appearance in a New York federal courtroom, but the mere presence of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law in the USA — a short distance from where the World Trade Center towers once stood — has revived an emotional debate over whether terror suspects should be tried in civilian court.
Republican lawmakers seized on the Justice Department's decision to bring the strident al-Qaeda spokesman to New York, saying he belonged in military custody at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay.
MORE: White House says terror suspect prosecution belongs in NYC
"We are disturbed by the administration's decision to bring ... a foreign member of al-Qaeda charged with conspiring to kill Americans – to New York for trial in federal court," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said in a joint statement.
"The Obama administration's lack of a wartime detention policy for foreign members of al-Qaeda, as well as its refusal to detain and interrogate these individuals at Guantanamo, makes our nation less safe," the lawmakers said. "We are at war with al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups, and America's detention policy must reflect that reality."
The White House on Friday defended the decision to try Ghayth on U.S. soil, and noted that similar decisions were made in the prosecutions of Faisal Shahzad, a U.S. citizen who unsuccessfully attempted to detonate a car bomb in Time Square in 2010 and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man who became known as the "underwear bomber" for his unsuccessful attempt to blowup a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009.
"There was broad consensus across the United States government -- the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, the Intelligence community agree — that the best way to protect our national security interest is to prosecute Abu Ghayth in an Article 3 court," said White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
Earnest said that Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York officials were not consulted before the decision was made to try Ghayth in New York.
Justice Department spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle said action reflected the administration's policy to "prosecute whenever feasible and in the national security interests of the United States.''
"The prosecution of Ghayth in federal court was the best option in this case because of the nature of (his) conduct and the charges available to prosecutors in federal court,'' Hornbuckle said.
Ghayth, who appeared in videos and issued proclamations immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks, warning that the assaults would continue, represents the highest ranking operative set to face civilian trial in the USA since the administration abandoned a similar plan to prosecute 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in 2011.
At that time, Bloomberg and New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly raised questions about the costs of securing such a trial, while some Sept. 11 victims' relatives suggested the prosecution would be too painful to bear and could encourage new attacks.
Some of the same family members of 9/11 victims who opposed the New York trial of Mohammed said they opposed Ghayth's prosecution in civilian court.
"They are bringing him to New York because they couldn't bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed here,'' said Tim Sumner, co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America. "We shouldn't be giving an enemy in war constitutional rights. It's the wrong decision.''
After the charges against Ghayth were unsealed, Kelly issued a written statement: "While New York City must remain vigilant to continued terrorists threats against it," it said, "Abu Ghayth's apprehension and prosecution promises to close another chapter in al-Qaeda's notoriously violent history of killing Americans."
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Friday that there is "no known specific threat against the city as a result of Abu Ghayth's presence here.''
Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., who opposed the administration's plan to prosecute Mohammed in civilian court, took a less adversarial position in Ghayth's case.
"While a federal court trial of Abu Ghayth in lower Manhattan would not present the same security issues as a trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, I strongly believe as a matter of policy that military tribunals are the proper venue for enemy combatants,'' King said.
"If the Abu Ghayth trial does go forward in federal court it must not be used as a precedent for future enemy combatants who should be tried at Guantanamo."
A group representing 9/11 victims' families did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Human Rights First, which supports civilian prosecutions, said civilian courts have proved to be "efficient'' venues for trying terror cases.
Citing data the group obtained from the Justice Department through a Freedom of Information Act request, the group said 500 cases related to international terrorism have moved through the federal court system. Of those, 67 cases have involved "individuals captured overseas.''
By comparison, according to Human Rights First, military commissions have convicted seven people since Sept. 11.
Contributing: David Jackson.


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Much seemed to be made about Gilbert Arenas spending $5,000 a month per pet shark he kept. They're gone now, so he has money to spend/have spent on him for game footwear.
If you're into pictures of Gilbert Arenas and/or different sneakers, you're welcome, because here they are.
Poor sharks.
Gilbert Arenas Has Worn $5,643 Worth Of Shoes In The NBA This Season (So Far) [CounterKicks]
Gilbert Arenas Talks About His "Bum" Of A Baby Mama And Dead Pet Sharks [Deadspin]


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The love affair between Miami RB Ricky Williams and Dolphins management is in full bloom, as the NFL's house practitioner of holistic medicine received an extension through the 2009 season, and reportedly a pay raise to boot. Terms of the raise were not disclosed, but my guess is that it involves large quantities of foliage in medium-sized sandwich bags.
The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told ESPN's Chris Mortensen on Saturday that there was no signing bonus, but Williams' salary in 2009 could increase significantly over this year's base of $730,000. The Miami tailback can increase his 2008 compensation with easily achievable incentives, the source said. Williams, 31, was scheduled to be a free agent in '09. Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland said Sunday that the team wanted to keep the 31-year-old running back so "he didn't become a free agent" after this season.
Williams hasn't played a complete NFL season since 2003, but has somehow won over Bill Parcells, the new czar of Dolphins football operations, so much that incumbent starter Ronnie Brown has been rumored to be shipped out of town. One could argue that Parcells has needed to mellow out for quite some time. Who in the league, then, would be better suited for the job? Miami signs Williams to 1-year contract extension [ESPN]


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As much entertainment as Yasiel Puig has provided in his three weeks with the Dodgers, his presence hasn't had a pronounced effect on the team's win-loss record.
Until now, perhaps.
By virtue of a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on Monday, the Dodgers won three consecutive games for the first time since the opening week of the season.
Puig was a central figure in the triumph, as he hit his seventh home run in the first inning and drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth. The Dodgers (33-42) are 10-10 in games in which Puig has played and are eight games behind the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West.
Meanwhile, the Giants fell to 38-38. The last time the Giants were .500 this late in the year was in 2008, their last losing season.
Until Monday night, the Dodgers had dropped five consecutive decisions to the Giants. And until the first inning, the Dodgers hadn't scored against Giants starter Madison Bumgarner in 16 consecutive innings.
Puig ended that streak right away, homering to the opposite field to put the Dodgers ahead, 1-0.
"Crazy stuff," Manager Don Mattingly said.
What impressed left fielder Jerry Hairston Jr. about the blast was that Puig appeared to be countering the adjustments opposing pitchers have made to him.
"They pound him inside with the fastball and throw the soft stuff away," Hairston said. "That pitch by Madison was something soft away and he deposited it into the right-field seats. That's the thing that's impressed me so far. He makes adjustments on the fly."
Puig collected his second hit in the sixth inning, a two-out single to right field. Between his home run and that hit, only one Dodger reached base — A.J. Ellis on a walk.
Puig didn't score in the sixth but did something memorable. When Adrian Gonzalez grounded out to second base to end the inning, Puig continued running to third base.
Giants first baseman Brandon Belt reflexively threw to third base, where Puig slid headfirst past the bag.
Puig made another gaffe in the top of the seventh. With his back to the wall, he missed a fly ball by Buster Posey, allowing Posey to reach second base with two out on what was ruled a double. Ronald Belisario replaced starter Hyun-Jin Ryu and struck out Hunter Pence to keep the score tied, 1-1.
Puig's mistake ended a tension-filled night for Ryu, who was constantly pitching his way out of trouble. Ryu was charged with eight hits and four walks in 62/3 innings.
Ryu gave up his only run in the second inning, when Andres Torres doubled in Joaquin Arias to tie the score, 1-1.
Arias exited the game because of a strained left hamstring.
The Giants loaded the bases in the third inning, but Ryu forced Brandon Crawford to fly out to left field for the third out.
The Giants again loaded the bases in the fifth inning, this time with one out. Crawford again came up to hit, only to bounce into a 1-2-3 double play.
"He's really good at knowing the key situations in the game," Ellis, the catcher, said of Ryu. "He knows when he needs a strikeout, when he needs a ground ball."
The Dodgers ended the stalemate in the eighth inning. Nick Punto, who entered the game as part of a double switch in the top half of the inning, led off with a double. Mark Ellis tried to bunt him over and reached base when Bumgarner made a throwing error.
With runners on the corners, Giants Manager Bruce Bochy called on George Kontos to face Puig.
Puig smoked a ball past Crawford, the shortstop, and Punto scored to move the Dodgers back in front, 2-1.
Left-hander Javier Lopez threw a wild pitch with Gonzalez batting that advanced the runners to second and third. Mark Ellis scored on a groundout by Hanley Ramirez to extend the lead to 3-1.
Kenley Jansen struck out three in the ninth inning to record his fifth save.


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SJH LLC necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 119 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Start-up company looking to create a very unique web-based social e-commerce website.
Our aim is to reach out to those who frequently use social networking sites like Facebook.com and Twitter.com but also frequently use the internet to complete transactions. Think the users of eBay, VRBO, and Craigslist would also be users of eSymbee.
We are looking for a logo to represent our Social Networking Peer-to-Peer eCommerce website - eSymbee
Company Name - eSymbee
Slogan - Rental Mutualism.
Built from the fundamental idea of Symbiosis:
Sym-bi-o-sis [sim-bee-oh-sis]: any interdependent or mutually beneficial relationship between two persons, groups, species, etc., such as the relationship between the honey bee and the pollinating flower.
We would like the logo to incorporate the idea of symbiosis and here are a few things to think about:
1) It may incorporate the use of a bee - something simple, clean and recognizable but not cartoonish. Should appeal to the masses - Twitter bird is a good example.
2) Type face of "eSymbee" should be clear, simple and modern. Twitter and Facebook are good examples but open to custom or unique lettering. Our "Rental Mutualism." slogan can be incorporated as well and should look like it belongs when all items are put together but naturally the slogan may be removed for certain uses.
3) If using both an image and text , the image and "eSymbee" text should work both together and independently as they may be used separate from each other.
4) Colors should be the use of greens and white to symbolize our environmental consciousness and the recyclable nature of re-using goods. A mission for our company will be to reduce environmental waste by increasing the utilization of existing goods.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in logo - we are searching for something unique and inspiring.
Logo will be used as the face of the company in both print and website. Please provide appropriate file types.
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