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Brussels, 9 November 2011
Q&A: FISCUS programme for taxation and customs 2014-20
What is FISCUS?
FISCUS is the new financing programme covering EU customs and taxation for the period 2014-20, as foreseen within the Multi-Annual Financial Framework proposal adopted by the Commission in June (see IP/11/799). This programme is the successor of the current Fiscalis 2013 and Customs 2013 programmes. It will support cooperation between the customs and tax authorities and other parties through networking and knowledge-sharing, and by funding state of the art I.T. infrastructure and systems. In the current economic situation, this programme will deliver real benefits to public finances by improving the ability of Member States and the EU to collect revenue and fight fraud. It will also help Member States to cut costs, particularly by sharing I.T. development. Finally, this is a growth-promoting programme: it will facilitate trade, improve the functioning of the Internal Market and promote pro-growth tax reforms.
What is the budget for the programme, and how will it be allocated?
The budget for the 7 year period is EUR 777.6 million. This will be allocated through annual work programmes drawn up by the Commission each year, on the basis of the priorities identified.
What are the challenges for taxation and customs in the years ahead?
In the years ahead, tax and customs administrations need to be able to continue the important work that they already do to secure revenues and facilitate business and trade – only faster and more efficiently to keep pace with the ever-increasing demands of the modern economy. For example, the continual development of e-commerce is an opportunity for businesses and generates benefits for consumers in terms of access to products and in terms of price reductions; however, it is also a challenge for tax and customs administrations. Indeed, tax administrations need to develop new approaches to collect revenues and prevent tax evasion. From the customs perspective, e-commerce means more and smaller business operators; it also means a gigantic increase in the number of small consignments that goes through borders. Against this background customs administrations have to continue collecting customs duties, protecting citizens and enforcing intellectual property rights. More and more businesses are also taking advantage of the Internal Market to trade or expand cross-border, thereby having to deal with more than one tax administration. Close coordination amongst Member States and measures to reduce administrative burdens are essential to prevent tax obstacles from hindering this progress. In customs, EU imports have increased by 15% over the past 5 years, while exports have increased by more than 16%. This steady rise looks set to continue for the 2014-20 period, putting even greater demands on customs. In addition, customs' role in ensuring citizens' safety against dangerous goods has grown substantially over the past decades as we expanded the number of countries we traded with – a trend which is likely to continue. Customs also must continually adapt their processes to tackle new and innovative smuggling methods, and terrorist plots as they emerge.
What are the main objectives of the programme?
The principle objective of FISCUS is to support the Customs Union and strengthen the Internal Market by improving cooperation and coordination in taxation policies. The Regulation also outlines specific objectives aimed at meeting the challenges in taxation and customs in the years ahead. These include:
What type of actions are covered by this programme?
The proposed Regulation sets out the types of actions that are eligible for funding under the FISCUS programme. These include:
Tax and Customs were previously covered by 2 separate programmes. Why are they now being merged within one programme?
Merging the customs and tax programmes, which have been separate up to now, reflects the simplification policy of the Commission. It will also ensure coherence, given the parallels between the two policy areas, while still ensuring that separate activities in these fields can continue effectively.
What is new compared to the previous tax and customs programmes?
The fundamental change is that tax and customs now fall within one single programme, with one set of shared objectives. New elements expand on what was already in the previous programmes e.g. expert teams are provided for, to pool knowledge and help share development (particularly in I.T), and there is now the possibility for country-specific assistance to be given where needed. For taxation, there is a broader scope than the current programme, as it covers all taxes subject to EU legislation, rather than just VAT, excise duties and income and capital taxes. In addition, the objectives have been expanded to cover the fight against fraud, the reduction of administrative burden and compliance costs, and cooperation with third countries and parties.
Is this proposal in line with the principle of subsidiarity?
Customs is an area of exclusive EU competence, and many of the customs activities are of a cross-border nature. The Customs Union protects the financial interests of the EU and Member States by collecting duties, fees and taxes, and helping to prevent smuggling and fraud. It also checks that goods coming in from other countries are safe and in line with EU legislation. Ensuring the smooth flow of such large volumes of trade on a daily basis, while simultaneously protecting citizens against safety and security risks requires a high level of cooperation between customs administrations in the Member States. EU action is needed to support the protection of the EU's external borders and avoid distortions to the Internal Market.
While much of tax policy remains an area of exclusive national competence, cooperation and coordination amongst the Member States are essential. This helps to ensure EU legislation in the area of taxation is properly implemented, but also makes tackling the challenges to taxation more efficient and successful. Without EU-led cooperation in this field, Member States would lose revenues to unfair tax competition, tax shopping and tax evasion, and citizens and businesses would face considerable administrative burdens, compliance cost and greater risk of double taxation.
FISCUS is not intended to create further harmonisation of national tax systems. Rather, it will help in the coordination of the national tax systems and ensure that the existence of 27 different tax systems do not hinder the Internal Market, and that EU economies are based on quality taxation.
How does FISCUS fit in with the wider objectives of the EU?
The programme will contribute to Europe 2020 by strengthening the function of the Single Market and the Customs Union, and promoting growth and innovation by protecting intellectual property rights at the borders. The aim of working towards national e-administrations for tax and customs contributes to the goal of a digital Single market (Digital agenda for Europe).
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Anxious necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Flip Staging Inc.
I am a professional who has worked as a business analyst for fortune 500 companies most of my career. Because of my zest for life and living it to its fullest, and because of my creativity and passion for design, I have decided to give up my career and follow my dreams and begin a home staging business. I am young, ambitious, very detailed and very much know what I like and dislike. I want to come accross as the person who will give my clients value added advice that will yield them a very high return on their investment. Home staging is more than just decorating and decluttering and when executed properly can merchandise a homes best features and down play any flaws. It is knowing what it takes to turn a "good" home into a "great" home, appealing to the target market in that area and allowing the buyer to be able to envision themselves living in that home. Home staging is all about creating first impressions.
I live in a large urban city (Toronto, Ontario Canada) where there is plenty of competition in the Home Staging industry. I am targeting home owners, realtors, builders and developers. My desired audience are ultimately home owners and builders that would like to have their homes staged in order to be able to sell them quickly and for top dollar. Often times depending on the neighbourhoods multiple offers can be created on a home that is staged to sell. My desired audience are people who want to work with home stagers and who have in most cases made up their minds that they need assistance to be able to quickly execute the sale of their homes. The audience may range in cultural backgrounds and status. Staging a home to sell is very different from staging a home that will be lived in. You want to be able to appeal to a large target audience with the designs used in the home.
Very creative. Very catchy. Bold. Simple. Easy to read and easy to remember.I would like the Logo to stand out amongst the many competitors that exist. I would like the word "FLIP" to stand out in the full name "Flip Staging Inc." Perhaps a creative font but something that is easy to read, I will leave that up to the designers to be as creative as they can. I love the use of colour but do not wish to use the colour red. When my business card is laid out on a table of other cards in the home staging industry I want my Logo to stand out. No cartoons. I don't want it to be elegant or too fancy as my design style is very casual yet comfortable. I would like it to be cool and somewhat hip. Perhaps a swirl (circular) logo with the word FLIP in the center in a lime green version. The surroundings in a white/grey swirved pattern. Just a thought, I saw something similar and really liked it. Also, if anyone has any monogram ideas...would be interested in seeing those as well.
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Gardening 101: Amaryllis
Bring vibrant garden colors inside with this favorite holiday flower.
Beautiful amaryllis flowers rise on tall, sturdy stalks and gracefully unfurl to greet the holidays in reds, whites, pinks, oranges, and even green. They are some of the easiest bulbs to force into bloom.
Garden designer Frances Parker of Beaufort, South Carolina, grows lots of amaryllis (Hippeastrum sp.). She loves their simple, elegant blooms and easy care. "I enjoy watching them grow," she says. "Sometimes, they just seem to open so fast." In most of the South, you can add them to your garden once they finish putting on an indoor show during the holidays, which is yet another reason why Frances is a fan.
Enjoy Amaryllis Bulbs Inside
Most bulbs will produce multiple stalks, with each stalk having four blooms. Selections such as 'Scarlet Baby' and 'Jewel' are eager to bloom and will flower right away, while others can take up to six weeks. When you're really in a hurry, just buy one already blooming.
If your amaryllis gets top-heavy enough to require staking, make the stake part of the show. Frances likes using the branches of flowering quince or curly willow. Amaryllis also work well as cut flowers. Buy blooms from your florist—or cut the ones you grow from their pots—and place in vases to dress up your holiday table.
Add Amaryllis Bulbs to Your Garden
You can easily grow amaryllis outdoors in the Lower, Coastal, and Tropical South, and the selection 'San Antonio Rose' is cold hardy even in the Middle South. Saint Joseph's lily (H. x johnsonii) is a favorite pass-along found in older Southern gardens.
Once forced blooms are spent, cut back stalks, and keep the bulbs fed and in a sunny spot inside. You can plant them outside after the last danger of frost has passed. Plant bulbs in drifts in your garden for a big show of color. They should bloom the following year, around Mother's Day.
If you live in the Upper or Middle South, you can leave your amaryllis in their pots for years. They will multiply and like being crowded. Just protect them from cold winter weather. Bring them in before a freeze, and water them sparingly once they're inside. You can also keep pots in a heated garage or basement to overwinter.
Our Favorite Amaryllis
- 'Double Dragon': double, red
- 'Scarlet Baby': miniature red, prolific bloomer
- 'Bogota': bright red with an ivory streak
- 'Desire': red-orange
- 'Red Lion': the classic red amaryllis
- 'Benfica': deep red
Sources for Amaryllis Bulbs
Look for amaryllis bulbs, kits, and potted blooming plants at your local nursery or garden center. Also remember that they make great holiday gifts. You'll find lots of mail-order sources as well. Brent and Becky's Bulbs (brentandbeckysbulbs.com), John Scheepers (johnscheepers.com), and White Flower Farm (whiteflowerfarm.com)


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The Wall Street Journal somewhat awkwardly pays homage to coal:
Cheap natural gas has prompted utility companies to burn more of it and less coal, which has eroded coal prices. Both industries have been hit by weaker demand for power, partly as a result of warm winter months early this year, though prices for coal and gas have lately begun to recover. Electricity generation fell 1.6% through August, compared with a year ago, according to federal-government data.
"On the coal side, it's really taken a huge bite out of their business," said Steve Piper, associate director at SNL Energy, a research firm. At the same time, though, "inexpensive energy is going to be a good thing for the economy," including in West Virginia, he said.
Even as the country gained about 12,500 oil and gas jobs in the past year, the coal sector lost about 7,000 jobs. The much-larger oil and gas industry added almost 50,000 jobs over the last five years, bringing total employment to 195,000 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Coal employment stood at about 80,000 in October, up slightly from 2007.
Someone tell me again: Why did Republicans expend electoral capital to defend a dying industry from the market forces they so proudly proclaim in nearly every other circumstance?


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An American astronaut has an emergency during his re-entry into earth's atmosphere and his space craft crash-lands in the Australian bush, way out in the middle of nowhere.
After what seems like an eternity, he wakes up in a bush clinic, very rustic, dirty, with foul smells and he is bandaged from head to foot. He sees a very large, somewhat gruff looking nurse approaching him as he lay in his cot.
"Did I come here to die?" he says with a deep sense of resignation and fear.
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As I sit in front of my glowing laptop tapping out these lines, it's 2 o'clock in the morning and I am in a semi-dark hospital waiting room 3,000 miles from home awaiting the birth of my grandson, my daughter and son-in-law's first child. (UPDATE: William was born as this piece was being written—8 lbs. 13 oz., 20 inches; mother and child are both doing great.)
Thinking about this wonderful event and how my profession can impact this child's future and the futures of millions more like him has reminded me anew that despite the importance of what we do (and the importance we place on what we do), the most important financial decisions my grandson can make will have precious little to do with our profession as it exists today.
In fact, these crucial decisions will largely determine whether he will ever hire someone like me and whether anyone in our profession will come to see him as a desirable client.
Saving Early
The single best piece of investment and financial planning advice I can offer to my grandson or anyone else is to start saving and investing early. Einstein may never have said it (as claimed), but compound interest is a wonder of the world. And anybody can take advantage of it—it's utterly egalitarian. If he does nothing else about his retirement, he should start saving early. He should also save a lot (at least 15% of his earnings) and stay out of debt.
Taking advantage of this sage wisdom does not require an advanced degree or an investment professional. It only takes the following, the first two of which are in remarkably short supply: (1) the brains to know what you're doing and why; (2) the commitment to keep at it; and (3) time.
That's it. Want proof? Since I strive always to be data-driven, consider the following. Suppose Ginny opened a Roth IRA at age 19 and for seven straight years she contributed only $2,000 to it (she should save much more, of course) and achieves an average annual return of 10% (that's perhaps an overly optimistic assumption, I know, despite 2013's stellar returns, but please make the assumption for the sake of the illustration). Let's further suppose that after making these seven annual contributions, Ginny doesn't put another nickel into her Roth IRA.
Now let's suppose that Bob isn't as smart as Ginny (an assumption that my kids will readily grant, since it is the name of my wife and their mother) and that he doesn't open his Roth IRA until age 26 (the age at which Ginny quit making contributions). However, from that point on Bob makes $2,000 contributions each and every year through age 65 and gets the same 10% average return over that time.
Once you do the math, the results seem impossible, even to investment experts.
Ginny, who only made seven contributions ($14,000 total) but started a bit earlier, ends up with more money at age 65 than Bob, who made 40 contributions ($80,000 total) but started later. Bob ends up with $944,641, which isn't bad for having made contributions totaling $80,000, because he still had nearly 40 years of compounding. But Ginny ends up with $973,704, even though she made far fewer contributions totaling much less.
The key, of course, is that Ginny had seven more early years of compounding than Bob did. Those seven early years were worth more than all of Bob's 33 additional contributions. Because of time and the magic of compound interest, Ginny's $14,000 turned into nearly $1 million.
We professionals understand this concept, of course (or we should, anyway). But the societal retirement crisis we currently face and which is the focus of so much effort and attention in columns such as this one could largely be cured if people started saving and investing early. And because compounding works exponentially, the more you save and the earlier you save it provides far more remarkable results than even we who do this for a living tend to appreciate fully.
If we could convey just this message to my grandson and to his generation, we wouldn't have much of a retirement crisis in the future and we'd have a lot more clients for a lot longer. Everybody would win! As a profession, we need to figure out ways to get the message out about saving and investing early. And for those who haven't started yet, of whatever age, we need to convince them to start saving or to save more immediately. Time is of the essence.
Avoiding Debt
The second key thing we need to communicate is the importance of staying out of debt. Debt can be crippling for economies and for individuals. The average debt load for the college class of 2012 was $29,400, according to a report released recently by the Institute for College Access & Success' Project on Student Debt, a nonprofit policy research group, with seven in 10 students in debt at graduation. It will be hard for new graduates—assuming they are employed, since the unemployment rate of young workers (under age 25) is typically around twice as high as the overall unemployment rate—to pay off this debt while saving substantially for retirement and for life.
According to the Fed, consumer debt in this country totals more than $11 trillion (with a "T"). When the lure of consumer debt (buy now, pay later—and keep paying) is factored into the situation of young adults, significant ongoing savings will be nearly impossible to achieve for many.
Our target clients aren't under 30. That's not where the money is. But ignoring them and their situations is shortsighted in the extreme. We should want them to become good clients, and the sooner the better.
The best investment management, the best investment products and the best investment advice won't mean much to and for those who don't save and invest a lot and early, and who don't stay out of debt. If we want to improve the prospects for our profession today and going forward, we need to get this message out. If we want to provide real and tangible benefits for society as a whole now and into the future, we need to get this message out. If we simply want to do the right thing, we need to get this message out.
Getting the message out can start with volunteer work at a local school, a client education event or even a seminar for the children and grandchildren of clients going off to college. But start it must. William Joe Cullum, my brand new grandson (and millions more like him), will thank us for it.


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A classy suburb of Flint (NOT Detroit). Shockingly nice area and generally safe considering it borders one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. Characterized by being one of the few nice areas to live in in Genesee County, even more known for having one of the best school systems in the state (top 5%) -- the reason why its school is huge and WAY overpopulated. If you miss class, just ask one of your 40+ well-dressed, drama-loving classmates for the notes. Also characterized by its rich, snobby citizens. Everyone is pretty, but usually not nice - and incredibly spoiled.
Guy 1: "Damn that girls hott, bro"
Guy 2: "Dude. She's from Grand Blanc...everyone knows they're only pretty on the outside"
Guy 2: "Dude. She's from Grand Blanc...everyone knows they're only pretty on the outside"
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A town in Michigan that's right by Flint. Characterized by spoiled, hummer driving, stuck up individuals. You'll know you've arrived when an overwhelming sense of smug is in the air.
by Amanda N.C July 10, 2008
Grand Blanc is a suburb of Flint, MI. People often asscoiate Flint with crime and shit, but Grand Blanc is a nice town. It has one of the states best school systems and is maybe the only city in Michigan that actually has a growing populatian. But Grand Blanc isn't perfect,expensive as hell, too many snotty citizens. I lived in Grand Blanc for years and let me tell you that they have some huge ass houses. Those people are snotty with their Mercedes and BMWs. Grand Blanc also has problems with the amount of students coming into it's school. Since the Flint schools closed...so many people come to Grand Blanc schools. Not blaming them, but the schools test scores have been going down since flint had problems with it's schools. And Grand Blanc lost the Buick Open. Overall, Grand Blanc is decent, but it's got problems
Guy 1: Flint is the 2cd worst in crime. The suburbs are probably no better
Grand Blanc guy: I live in Grand Blanc
Guy 1: oh.....my bad
Grand Blanc guy: I live in Grand Blanc
Guy 1: oh.....my bad
by freshcarrots54 July 24, 2012
Grand Blanc is fairly affluent city in Michigan,definitely one of the only nicest cities in Genesee county, alot of people are jealous of GB because they cant afford to live here but its not our fault. Most people here are snobby, but we can be since were rich, have lots of money, shop at Saks fifth avenue, and play golf at Warwick,Woodfield and the jewel.
by wtf youuu March 04, 2011
A suburb of Detroit where lots of rich people live. Often times wankstas can be found walking the one street in its downtown.
"Man, Johnny works in Detroit, but he lives in Grand Blanc, so he has an hour and a half drive in his BMW to get to work every morning."
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Record Your Accomplishments
By Cindy Short and Sue Welch
Set aside a day or more to do the necessary task of gathering, filing, and recording the year's schoolwork. The rewards are:
Gather up all your schoolwork for the year, then sort and dispose of everything appropriately.
1. Sort, File, and Dispose of Schoolwork
2. Sort, Store, or Dispose of Books
3. Keep Various Records
You might need to keep a record or a portfolio of your children's studies to comply with your state's laws or an umbrella organization, as well as for your own benefit.
Choose any, or all, of the following options. Depending on their ages, your children may be able to help you with some of the work.
Record the date and student's name after he finishes each concept on your scope and sequence chart or list of educational goals.
For reference, see the scope and sequence charts provided online by A Beka Books, World Book, or your state's testing preview site to view what material is suggested to be known by each grade level.
Use lesson plans as records, checking off and dating each assignment or objective as it is done. See lesson plan books at Birch Court Books and My Homeschool Planner.
Keep track of the hours spent on each subject if you are required to do so by your state law, or wish to for your own information (e.g., for a high-school transcript).
Homeschool Transcripts carries many resources to help you produce professional high-school transcripts. The HSLDA website offers samples of transcripts and a transcript service.
Make Copies of records of family projects, unit studies, field trips, etc. for each child's individual file as applicable.
Keep a journal for each day of a unit study, briefly listing books read or activities done.
List all books read by the family or individual students, including the title, author, and publisher. (A brief description of contents and your personal evaluation will make this list more valuable to you and your children in the future.)
Print online form for book list and various forms for book recommendations, reports, and a record of reading different genre.
Place artwork and writing assignments in a notebook or file.
Take photos of art, craft, and science projects and activities such as plays, costumes, and field trips. You can use a computer scanner or digital camera to create a CD containing these photos as well as pages of school work, compositions, etc.
Store your records in a labeled box for the year or for each child.
4. Compile Your Homeschool Yearbook
Create a yearbook by placing photos, sample work, and other memorabilia in a scrapbook.
5. Make Sound Records
Tape record some of your family's answers to evaluation questions (especially positive ones!) as a sound recording of your school year.
(From The Teaching Home e-newsletter No. 213, by Cindy Short and Sue Welch. Used with permission.)


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After this has already been voted down to -11 I am editing the feature request:
I tried out to offer a known solutions at: gitweb current version make fails on ubuntu 12.04 LTS which I had copied from the format of our internal workdocumentation database and I think it is too tedious to copy a known solutions to stackoverflow to allow others to benefit from it. I get all these popups that are treating me as if I did something bad. I can't accept my own solution right away. I think this is the main problem. It should be possible to say for a problem that the solution is already known and might be useful for others in the case that someone only wants to share a good solution he has found for a common problem. The q&a format is IMHO not 100% compatible to the problem -> analysis -> solution approach in this case.
Here is the background information how we do things at our company:
At our company we have some 9000 documents for daily workdocumentation. People will use the format:
- Problem
- Diagnosis
- Therapy
to document their work. See an example below. At the point of this example "make fails":
root@jolo:/usr/local/src/git-b811d5a# make prefix=/usr gitweb
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `GIT-VERSION-FILE'. Stop.
make: *** No rule to make target `gitweb'. Stop.
So this would now raise the question "Why does make fail in this situation?". To post this question it would be nice to have a pointer to the workdocumentation readily available.
How about adding a feature to stackoverflow where people can analyze and document there reasoning process before asking a question?
IMHO this would support that a question is only marked as such when there is a need to do so. Otherwise when all the problem -> diagnosis -> therapy steps are documented and searchable this might be a good database of things that work (or fail and people find out how they can work on the failures).
What do you think?
Example Problem/Diagnosis/Therapy Document (original from 20012-06-05 from our company):
How to install gitweb current version?
get it as snapshot
download snapshot to /sonstiges/pub/2012/git-b811d5a.tar.gz
wf@capri:/sonstiges/pub/2012$ scp git-b811d5a.tar.gz wf@jolo:/tmp
git-b811d5a.tar.gz 100% 77KB 76.5KB/s 00:00
root@jolo:/usr/local/src# tar xvfz /tmp/git-b811d5a.tar.gz
make copy of original3
root@jolo:/usr/local/src/git-b811d5a# cp /usr/lib/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi /tmp
make prefix=/usr gitweb
make gitwebdir=/usr/lib/cgi-bin install-gitweb


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It's been a while since we've read 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' but we're pretty sure this guy sums it up perfectly.
Not that watching this means you don't still need to do your assigned summer reading. Just, thanks for the refresher. In an age where many classic works of literature are losing relevance, perhaps Thug Notes has what it takes to make people read them again, instead of another Young Adult book they can just halfheartedly skim their way through. We can't wait for more videos. Check out the rest of Thug Note's videos for their interpretations of 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Great Gatsby.'


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The bar scene has continued to grow in Angeles City Philippines and Honey Kos is an integral part of the bar girl area of the Fields Avenue area therefore featured in the Angeles City bar map. Located at Don Juico Avenue, Malabanias, Angeles City they have been a successful operation with a number of good looking bar girls working there. Honey Kos is always worth a visit when visiting Angeles City.
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This super strong two piece (take down) 7 tine Pike spear is laser cut from 1/4" Chrome-Moly Steel. The spearhead is 9 1/4" wide by 10" long. The outside tines are 7 3/8" long and the center tine is 6 5/8" long. The tines are 1 1/4" apart. The shaft is 5/8" cold rolled bar stock. The overall length of the spear is 66". The spear weighs 6 pounds 4 oz.
The spearhead is designed to be forward balanced to go through the water straight. The spear points are heat treated in the final process so they are hard, but the tines will bend instead of break if you miss the fish and hit a rock. The spears are powder coated black . A 15' nylon tie line is included with every Laser Spear.
This spear will handle the biggest Pike, do any darkhouse proud, and become an instant heirloom.


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Super Optom - Flexible 3,4 or 5 days a week - No weekend work! - Essex region
- Recruiter
- Outside Clinic
- Location
- Essex region
- Salary
- Up to £50k pa + commission (average £10k), Car, CET, Pension, GOC fees and no weekend work!
- Posted
- 02 Jul 2018
- Closes
- 02 Aug 2018
- Ref
- Job Role
- Optometrist
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Reporting to: Director of Professional Services, Nick.
At The Outside Clinic we believe in making a difference to our patient's lives, bringing them the very best in domiciliary eye care. This is why high quality opticians around the UK want to work for us. We are entering an exciting phase of growth and are looking for opticians that are passionate about helping people to join our team. As a Super Optom you will be visiting patients at their home address or care setting. Be prepared to leave the testing room and get connected to patients in your community. Our goal is to combine first class optometry and the delivery of an exceptional patient experience.
This is a perfect position if you are seeking a new challenge. The Super Optom role will provide you with a whole host of additional skill sets along with job satisfaction. If all this wasn't enough you will get every weekend and bank holiday off to enjoy too!
- Eye tests – we expect all of our opticians to adhere to the GOC individual code of conduct.
- Superior customer service skills and thorough understanding of sales process with a needs based approach.
- Awesome, positive, can-do attitude. Highly motivated, results driven personality.
- Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Very organised with the ability to multi-task.
- Ability to work and problem solve independently in a mobile environment.
- Valid UK driving licence with at least 2 years experience due to insurance requirements.
- Operate in line with company policies, procedures, NHS guidelines and current legislation at all times.
- To comply with all aspects of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and with the Company's current Health and Safety Policies.
- A passion for optometry!
- Every weekend off!
- The option to work 3, 4 or 5 days a week for a better work-life balance.
- In-house Continuing Education and Training programme.
- Fully expensed company car.
- GOC fees are covered annually.
- Discounted eye wear and hearing products Full support.
- We pride ourselves on the support we are able to offer our professional staff in all areas.
All successful candidates will be subject to satisfactory written references, medical clearance, and evidence of your right to work in the UK and Disclosure Certificate through the Disclosure and Barring Service (Formerly the CRB)
References: One of your referees must be your current line manager and all references must cover the previous five years work or study history.
Under the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, it is the duty of every employee
- To take reasonable care of themselves and others at work.
- To co-operate with the The Outside Clinic as far as is necessary to enable them to carry out their legal duty.
- Not to intentionally or recklessly interfere with anything provided, including personal protective equipment, for health and safety or welfare at work.
There is a No Smoking Policy throughout The Outside Clinic. This job description is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake. It may be changed from time to time to meet changing circumstances. It does not form part of your Contract of Employment
The Outside Clinic is an Equal Opportunities employer.


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David Renie needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 227 designs submitted by 47 freelance designers.
Cash for Apps
We give users rewards for installing apps.
Please design an application icon for Cash for Apps in 512x512 (AppStore), 57x57 (iPhone pre-4), and 114x114 (iPhone 4) sizes. Feel free to just resize the 512x512 icon to be 114x114 and 57x57, but if there are lost details, please touch them up in your final submission. The appearance of the 57x57 and 114x114 icons is the highest priority.
I've provided an example image of what we're thinking, it's a small person looking up at a big dollar sign with generic app icons transitioning into the dollar sign (for the app icons that are part of graphic, you can only use the app icons included in this contest posting, or your own original artwork, NOT the icons for any other existing app)
I'll give solid, constructive feedback shortly after you post something.
You can submit screenshots of rounded icons, but I'll need the final assets to be square (Apple requires this). In addition to the final images, I'll need the PSD or Illustrator file (Illustrator preferred).


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Joshua & Jennifer Jobst (pronounced jŌbst) of Jobst Media LLC are an award-winning and internationally-acclaimed photo and video company. Recognized among the top 5% of wedding photojournalists in the world by WPJA (Wedding Photojournalists Association) and Artistic Guild, they are a boutique fine art studio serving a sophisticated clientele who appreciate photographic and cinematic art. They offer clients a unique, eclectic, and cutting-edge style of artistic wedding photojournalism, cinematic videography, engagement photos, senior pictures, photo booth, and lifestyle portraiture - including maternity, newborn, baby, children, and family portraits. Serving Ann Arbor, Metro Detroit, Southeast Michigan, Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Petoskey, Mackinac Island, all of Michigan and Ohio, as well as Chicago, Philadelphia, NJ, NYC, and beyond. Available for travel nation and worldwide.
Hi! We're Josh, Jenn, & crew - Jobst Media LLC - and our passion is documenting your life; your love.™ We'd love to tell your wedding story or life memory in a photojournalistic, cinematic, and artistic way that captures the spirit, love, and essence of your day! Whether you're looking for just one photojournalist or cinematographer to capture your special day, or our full team of six pros, we offer you the very best of our creative talent and artistic vision.
We're also very experienced in ethnic wedding photography and videography, including:
Indian wedding photography and videography (multi-day coverage available),
Muslim (separate female and male photo and video available),
Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox,
Roman Catholic, Chaldean Catholic,
Protestant, Traditional and Contemporary,
Jewish weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs.
Modesty is a virtue and we respect any client's wishes to not display their images or video publicly.


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We're not ready to start voting and narrowing the choices yet but the location for Reunion 2017 will be decided in a two step vote as we have done in past years. An email will be sent out when voting is to begin.
Although seven different locations were discussed at today's association meeting, the vote will come down to these 4 places: Galveston-Houston area of Texas; Rapid City, SD; Charleston, SC; and San Diego, CA.
While you're thinking about choices, remember that the reunion set up goes much smoother and easier if there is someone in that location to handle local details. Is one of these locations near you and would you help? If so, speak up.
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Inspired by the outpouring of comments about how much you love the homemade gifts featured in "DIY Beauty Gifts in Jars," we wanted to share more wonderful gift ideas with you. I asked my girls Breanna and Bayleigh, now 20 and 11, to share their favorite projects over the years. Below are some examples they shared (via Pinterest, of course). All can be made with inexpensive materials, are completely adorable and so simple they don't even require a glue gun.
There is truly nothing more loved than a handmade gift, especially from a child. They become cherished items, and making them creates wonderful memories. Plus, they save you money. We started making homemade gifts when the girls were very young. We had a wildflower field behind out house that inspired our first handmade gifting endeavor: Gift bows using raffia and beautiful dried flowers, very similar to this simple bow from Cards n' Scrapz. Their grandmother still has the bow saved in her keepsake box.
DIY French Vanilla Candles
Like many others, we started simple with soap and candles. Using a variety of interesting containers from Michaels, Home Goods, the Dollar Store and garage sales made it more fun, and as we became experienced, we customized candles to the intended recipient. They found this unique example by henryhappened.
"These are beautiful. I have never seen a candle with coffee beans before. I want to try this!"
Save $1.25 off any Seattle's Best Coffee bag 12oz.
DIY Key Chains
"I like this idea because key chains aren't something people tend to shop for, but they are useful and a fun accessory. And easily customizable."
Adorable! Living with Punks shared them with a great idea to use them for gift toppers.
DIY Stamped Tea Towels
These are fun and simple for very small children. Older kids and moms can make them in more complex patterns, as shown here from centsationalgirl.com. Perfect for grandma (or anyone with a kitchen or bathroom for that matter).
"These were super cool to make. It's even cooler when everyone sees what I made and asks me to make them some."
Anthropologie-inspired Coffee Mug
We actually have five of these beautiful mugs from Anthropologie and absolutely love them. We even bought one with an initial that does not match anyone in our family because we loved the color!
At one point last year they were out of several letters and Breanna was inspired to make this DIY version for her friends.
"This way you can choose the colors, pattern, shape, etc. Love this idea!"
DIY Flower Pots
A super simple project—just a pot and fabric remnants and maybe a packet of seeds.
"Endless possibilities, especially nice if you include seed packets/gardening gloves/labels in the pot."
DIY Infused Oils
These DIY infused oils from Just Putzing Around in the Kitchen are similar to a gift we commonly give at any time of the year. There are dozens of options for labels, but we loved the hand written versions and often just use canning labels.
"Instead of spending a lot on one or two, you can make multiple small bottles with different infusions.
DIY Tutu
My oldest daughter's first handmade gift to her little sister was a handmade tutu. Similar to this beautiful example from Hippiehauswife, we simply purchased tule at our local fabric store, cut it to length, and tied it around a length of ribbon. Hippiehauswife has great instructions and how to photos.
"Bayleigh still has this in her closet!"
DIY Coasters
Using plain ceramic tiles and wall paper from the leftover rack at Home Depot and a few other inexpensive supplies, we have created lovely coasters for family and friends. They are so easily customized to any décor. They never turned out as well as these from twogirlsbeingcrafty.blogspot.com though!
"This looks hard, but it was actually a lot of fun. Coasters are not something people typically go shopping for, so they make a great gift."
DIY Wrapping Paper
My favorite project and a cherished item from past holidays is homemade wrapping paper. It started with a big roll of butcher paper the kids and their cousins painted one Thanksgiving to keep them busy while we were making dinner. These are some other really fun ideas from Pinterest:
- Chalkboard wrapping paper from woohome.com
- Scripted wrapping paper from motivanova.com
- Painted wrapping paper from J'adore J. Crew
- Stamped, recycled grocery bag wall paper from knittingontrains.com
There are literally thousands of awesome ideas out there. Give it a try; even if they don't turn out, your kids will have the memories forever.


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In other words, we're the perfect blend of two dramatically different creative models: We bring the talent, affordability, and speed of the crowdsourcing world together with the quality, privacy, and creative direction you expect from a world class agency.
By working with us, you can tap into the brilliant minds of close to 600 creative professionals, consisting of the best production companies, animation houses, writers, and creative directors in the country. We ensure your video is a success by overseeing every step of the process, from the first spark of an idea to the final distribution and analysis of a campaign.
Holly has more than 30 years of advertising and marketing experience. Prior to founding The Townsend Group, Holly held executive level positions with The Washington Monitor, Washington Journalism Review and The Atlantic. An expert in advertising, marketing, and research, she often writes for or is quoted by leading media industry publications. Holly has a keen understanding of the changing needs of marketers and was an early developer of the cross-platform media model – print, digital, events and video – designed to maximize the reach, frequency and effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
Macy manages promotion strategy and provides promotional writing, design and production-related services. Macy began her career at The Townsend Group as an account coordinator on several key association accounts before being promoted to her current position. Macy is always ready to tackle daunting new tasks enthusiastically, professionally, and competently. She speaks fluent Cantonese and is a University of Maryland graduate with a degree in marketing and international business.
Christie has many years of experience in accounting and media, including 16 years at The New Republic, where she managed the financial operations and was ultimately promoted to the position of associate publisher. Christie is an accounting professional, but rather than "counting beans" like many in her profession, she takes an active role in "planting seeds" and growing revenues for our clients. She is a creative problem-solver, and she heads an accounting team including an accounting coordinator and an accounts receivable assistant.
Chris is determined to recruit talent and build an unmatched vetted community of creative professionals. As a creative himself, Chris has recruited over 100 new members to the community while enhancing the GeniusRocket model to fit the needs of the creatives - something most crowdsourcing agencies overlook.
Prior to this gig, Chris managed over 50 musicians and studio engineers during his time at A-Side Worldwide. In addition, he manages and composes music with Live Antics, a band dedicated to changing the way music is performed and heard. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a focus in political media effects and advertising.
Keith works with Account Manager Kala Burke to provide logistical support and serve as a day-to-day point of contact for GeniusRocket clients. In addition to his "day job," Keith teaches a course for Penn State focusing on journalism ethics in the changing media landscape.
Kala joined The Townsend Group after graduating from Penn State with a degree in advertising. Kala works with Senior Manager of Operations Keith Fledderman to provide logistical support and a day-to-day point of contact for GeniusRocket clients. Kala is extremely organized and client-centric in her approach to every task she undertakes.
Kevin joined The Townsend Group two years ago after 8 years with Ziff-Davis. While at Ziff-Davis, he rose quickly up the ranks from an account executive to regional sales manager. He has significant experience in cross-platform selling that includes video, print and digital advertising as well as exhibits and sponsorships, webinars, and lead generation campaigns, and he works with marketers to design solutions that meet their campaign goals and budgets. Kevin has an amazing ability to relate well to virtually everyone he meets and a knack for establishing successful, long-term client relationships.
Prior to GeniusRocket, Mark served as Chairman and CEO of VerticalNet from August 1997 to July 2001. He joined VerticalNet when it was a small, venture-backed company with 20 employees and a value of $10MM. With his colleagues, he grew the company and took it public on the NASDAQ, where it peaked at almost a $13 Billion valuation.
Since 2001 Mark has been active in politics, serving as the first Chief Technology Advisor to the Democratic National Committee, Head of Internet Strategy for John Kerry for President and as the founding CEO of Air America Radio. He also co-hosts a weekly talk show on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio, called "Left Jab".
Since 2000, he has managed a small angel-investment fund, Ruxton Ventures LLC. He has invested in a number of small to medium technology/startup companies and serves on a number of their boards. Investment and/or board highlights include Day Software, NutriSystems, Blackboard, Half.com, Transactis, MobilePosse, SpectrumK12 Solutions and others. He is also active in a number of non-profits, serving or having served on the boards of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony and In2Books.
He is very active in the educational sector, as well. He serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of his college alma mater, Union College in NY. He is the Chair of the board of advisors to the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland Business School, and was the founding Chair of the New Leaders Council, a training organization for young adults focusing on political entrepreneurship. He also coaches lacrosse at the high school level in the Washington DC area.
Mark received a BA in American Studies from Union College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Polly has an extensive background in media, communications and business development. She spent almost 20 years with the New York Times and became their first Managing Director for Advertising for the Washington DC office. While at The Times, Polly extended the media brand into new markets and new platforms. She launched a college edition, a Spanish language edition and the first interactive classified marketplace for newspapers, pre Craigslist!
She has also built non-profit enterprises including the Women's Business Center where she developed micro-enterprise training programs and served as Board Chair. Recently, she has been a client of GeniusRocket in her role as Communications Director for the Water Alliance. She managed their comm strategy and produced all of their digital media.
In addition to her GeniusRocket advisor role, Polly is Entrepreneur in Residence at the Dingman Center of University of Maryland Smith Business School and the Communications and Branding Consultant to the International Lyme Disease Association.
Polly graduated from Skidmore College and graduated from advanced professional development programs at Georgetown and the University of Maryland.
Hugh Panero is a venture partner with the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA). His efforts are focused on conswumer technology. Prior to NEA, Pranero was the co-founder and CEO of DC-based XM Satellite Radio from 1998 August 2007, shortly before the company merged with Sirius Satellite Radio. (NASD: SIRI) At its height, XM had more than 9.3 million subscribers.
Panero started his career as a journalist, and prior to XM served as the president and CEO of Request Television, a pay-per-view network owned by TCI's Liberty Media and Twentieth Century Fox.
Adam Lehman is the chief operating officer of Lotame Solutions, a leading internet advertising and social networking platform. He directs all general business operations including business administration and strategic partnerships.
Lehman joined Lotame with deep market and operational experience, having led a wide variety of new business development initiatives for America Online (AOL) and several successful start-ups in the social web arena. As a Senior Vice President with AOL, he negotiated strategic partnerships with leading Internet, media, technology and consumer marketing companies, closed billions worth of investment, M&A and joint venture transactions, and managed operations for AOL's central business and corporate development unit. He also had a hand in the original development and implementation of first- generation digital advertising and e-commerce business models.
Since then, he has served as an entrepreneur and active investor in the social media and marketing space, with companies including Wondir, Carmun.com, NaturalPath Media, Goozex and, most recently, as co-founder, President and COO of GeniusRocket.
He is an honors graduate of Dartmouth College and has a law degree from Harvard Law School.
GM O'Connell is Senior Partner at Tango Modem, an international interactive marketing firm with offices in the United States, Mexico, and Argentina.
From 1987 to 2005, GM O'Connell, was Partner, CEO, Chairman, of Modem Media, a publically traded interactive marketing firm that service Fortune 500 companies. After Modem Media was sold to Publicis, GM joined the advisory board of Brand Studio. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Compass Health Care.
He graduated from Middlebury College.
Joe Trippi - heralded on the cover of The New Republic as the man who "reinvented campaigning" – is widely recognized as one of America's leading and most influential political strategists.
Born in California, Trippi began his political career working on Edward M. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1980. His work in presidential politics continued with the campaigns of Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, Richard Gephardt, Howard Dean and, most recently, John Edwards.
Trippi has run and consulted on numerous presidential, senate, congressional, gubernatorial and mayoral races. These include the successful campaigns of U.S. Senator Alan Cranston of California, Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles, Governor Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, and Congressman Tim Holden of Pennsylvania.
Trippi also has an extensive international resume. In 1993, he worked for then PASOK leader Andrea Papandreou's successful campaign of Prime Minister of Greece, as well as for his son, George Papandreou, in 2007. Trippi advised former British Prime Minister Tony Blair during his successful bid for a third term in 2005. In 2006, he worked for Romano Prodi on his winning race for Prime Minister of Italy. In 2007, Trippi consulted on text messaging strategies to the opposition Action Congress (AC) Party in Nigeria.
In addition to his political work, Trippi has consulted with a number of leading corporations including MasterCard, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler, SES Americom, LabCorp, IBM, Lionsgate Films, BestBuy, MSNBC, Wave Systems, and Progeny Linux Systems. Trippi is especially acclaimed within the technology community. In 2004 he won Wired Magazine's Rave Award for his use of innovative technology in politics. Leading Internet companies, from Yahoo!, to Google, to Bebo invite him to speak to their employees and affiliates.
Joe Trippi has been profiled in The New York Times, The New Republic, Fast Company, The Atlantic, The Washington Post and The New York Times Magazine. He is a CBS News political analyst and former Harvard University Fellow.
Trippi is the author of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet and the Overthrow of Everything
Trained in national politics, Sally Ford has served as a communications strategist and project director overseeing innovative public outreach and branding campaigns.
Sally's career started as a staff assistant for the US Senate Judiciary Committee under the direction of Chief Counsel Stephen Breyer (now US Supreme Court Justice) assisting in the confirmation process of federal judges. She left the Judiciary staff after two years to join Senator Kennedy's 1980 presidential campaign. For the next decade, Sally continued working in electoral politics around the country, while also earning her MPA at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Sally has since served as senior partner in a boutique strategic communications firm. Integrating public policy with political reality, Sally's expertise includes increasing public awareness, moving public opinion, and building long-term communities of interest. She is currently launching a new civic literacy public awareness campaign.
As a co-founder of GeniusRocket, Sally was a lead advisor during the company's first 18 months, where she was instrumental in turning a good idea into a terrific reality.
After a successful career in politics, government and corporate communications, Michael Ford founded the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University. The Center serves as the pre-eminent academic information clearinghouse for the American Dream. As its Founding Director, Ford leads the Center's efforts in generating significant original research, while identifying and analyzing shifts in the Dream's continued evolution.
Ford served in nine presidential campaigns and more than 100 gubernatorial, US Senate, US House and mayoralty campaigns across the US. He served as Executive Assistant to the Governor of Ohio and Chief of Staff for the Mayor of Cincinnati.
In 2006, Ford originated and founded the initial concept for geniusrocket.com as a contest website. He served as the first Chairman of its Advisory Board.
Nicco Mele is a leading expert in the integration of social media and Web 2.0 with politics, business and communications.
As the webmaster for Governor Howard Dean's 2004 presidential race, Nicco and the campaign team pioneered the use of technology and social media that revolutionized political fundraising and American politics. Later that year, Nicco founded EchoDitto, a leading internet strategy consulting company. Through EchoDitto, Nicco continues to consult with Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit groups.
Now an adjunct faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School, Nicco teaches graduate level classes on the internet and politics. In 2009, Nicco was named the Spring 2009 Visiting Edward R. Murrow Distinguished Lecturer at the Harvard Shorenstein Center for the study of Press, Politics and Public Policy.
Nicco also co-founded GeniusRocket.com, which used the internet to change the advertising concept by soliciting creative online in an open and collaborative process. He also launched ProxyDemocracy.com, an online resource for proxy voting and shareholder resolutions.
Named in 2003 by Esquire Magazine as one of America's "best and brightest," Nicco was born in West Africa to Foreign Service parents. He spent his early years overseas in Asia and Africa before graduating from high school in Malaysia and from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Nicco's wife, Morra Aarons, is also a well-known internet entrepreneur and blogger. They have two sons: Asa "Ace" Mele and Tom Mele.
In his 20+-year career, Bob has had the opportunity to work for The World Wildlife Fund, Kodak, The Corcoran Museum, the International Campaign for Tibet, and dozens of other clients. A graduate of Penn State University in Graphic Design, he learned his craft under Lanny Sommese. He served as the Creative Director for Gibson Creative in Washington, DC, before founding Actual Size Creative, a Pittsburgh firm involved in print, web and motion projects. Clients include the Century Council, the National Football League, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and SES Americom, the world's largest satellite company.
Mathew Gross brought blogging to the center of political campaigns as the Director of Internet Communications for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, and helped Democrats win control of the U.S. Senate in 2006 as the senior online strategist for Jon Tester's successful U.S. Senate campaign in Montana. Highly regarded as an online strategist, he has consulted for a wide range of global NGOS, advocacy organizations, and companies, and has been profiled in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and Fast Company.
Mathew holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Montana, Missoula, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he graduated with Highest Honors in Creative Writing. His writing has appeared in Salon, The Utne Reader, the Huffington Post, and Grist, among other outlets.
He is the author (with wife Mel Gilles) of The Last Myth: What the Rise of Apocalyptic Thinking Tells Us About America (2012) and the editor of the anthology The Glen Canyon Reader (2003). He lives in Moab, Utah.


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How to Control Your Servo with the Arduino
By using a potentiometer (or any analog sensor), it's possible to directly control your servo with the Arduino in the same way that you'd control a mechanical claw at the arcades.
The Knob sketch
This example shows you how you can easily use a potentiometer to move your servo to a specific degree.
You need:
An Arduino Uno
A breadboard
A servo
A 10k ohm variable resistor
Jump wires
The servo is wired exactly as in the Sweep example, but this time you need extra connections to 5V and GND for the potentiometer, so you must use a breadboard to provide the extra pins. Connect the 5V and GND pins on the Arduino to the positive (+) and negative (-) rows on the breadboard.
Connect the servo to the breadboard using either a row of three header pins or three jump wires. Connect the red socket to the 5V row, the black/brown socket to the GND row, and the white/yellow socket to pin 9 on the Arduino.
Find a space on the breadboard for the potentiometer. Connect the center pin to pin A0 on the Arduino and the remaining pins to 5V on one side and GND on the other.
After you have built the circuit, open the sketch by choosing File→Examples→Servo→Knob. The code for the sketch is as follows:
// Controlling a servo position using a potentiometer (variable resistor) // by Michal Rinott <http://people.interaction-ivrea.it/m.rinott> #include <Servo.h> Servo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo int potpin = 0; // analog pin used to connect the potentiometer int val; // variable to read the value from the analog pin void setup() { myservo.attach(9); // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object } void loop() { val = analogRead(potpin); // reads the value of the // potentiometer (value between // 0 and 1023) val = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 179); // scale it to use it with // the servo (value between 0 and // 180) myservo.write(val); // sets the servo position according // to the scaled value delay(15); // waits for the servo to get there }
You may notice that there are a few discrepancies between the comments and the code. When referring to the range of degrees to move the servo, the sketch mentions both 0 to 179 and 0 to 180. With all Arduino tutorials, it's best to assume that they're works in progress and may not always be accurate.
The correct range is 0 to 179, which gives you 180 values. Counting from zero is referred to as zero indexing and is a common occurrence in Arduino, as you may have noticed by this point.
After you have found the sketch, press the Compile button to check the code. The compiler should highlight any syntax errors in the message box, which lights up red when they are discovered.
If the sketch compiles correctly, click Upload to upload the sketch to your board. When it is done uploading, your servo should turn as you turn your potentiometer.
If that isn't what happens, you should double check your wiring:
Make sure that you're using pin 9 to connect the data (white/yellow) line to the servo.
Check your connections to the potentiometer and make sure that the center pin is connected to Analog pin 0.
Check the connections on the breadboard. If the jump wires or components are not connected using the correct rows in the breadboard, they will not work.
The Knob sketch breakdown
In the declarations, the servo library, Servo.h, and a new servo object are named. The analog input pin is declared with a value of 0, showing that you are using Analog 0.
You may have noticed that the pin is numbered as 0, not A0 as in other examples. Either is fine, because A0 is just an alias of 0, as A1 is of 1, and so on. Using A0 is good for clarity, but optional.
There is one last variable to store the value of the reading, which will become the output.
#include <Servo.h> Servo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo int potpin = 0; // analog pin used to connect the potentiometer int val; // variable to read the value from the analog pin
In setup, the only item to define is myservo, which is using pin 9.
void setup() { myservo.attach(9); // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object }
Rather than use two separate variables for input and output, this sketch simply uses one. First, val is used to store the raw sensor data, a value from 0 to 1023. This value is then processed using the map function to scale its range to that of the servo: 0 to 179.
This value is then written to the servo using myservo.write. There is also a 15 millisecond delay to reach that location. Then the loop repeats and updates its position as necessary.
void loop() { val = analogRead(potpin); // reads the value of the potentiometer // (value between 0 and 1023) val = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 179); // scale it to use it with the servo // (value between 0 and 180) myservo.write(val); // sets the servo position according to // the scaled value delay(15); // waits for the servo to get there }
With this simple addition to the circuit, it's possible to control a servo with any sort of input. In this example, the code uses an analog input, but with a few changes it could just as easily use a digital input.


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Perry Mason – Final Season – Season 9, Volume 1
Posted on August 19, 2013 at 4:25 am
It will have taken slightly more than seven years, but before summer's out all nine seasons of Perry Mason (1957-66) will at last be on DVD. (I do hope CBS/Paramount plan a release of the 26 later Perry Mason TV movies of 1985-1993, also starring Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale. Fans of the original series will surely want those, too.) By the 1965-66 season, the famous mystery/courtroom drama series starring Raymond Burr was quickly running out of steam after a whopping 250-plus episodes, of which Perry famously won them all. (Well, he sort of lost once, but that was a minor setback in the big scheme of things.)
The series, which had been the No. 5 prime-time series during Perry's fifth year, was not even in the top 30 during seasons eight and nine. Yet Perry Mason chugged along just the same, with no discernable drop in its (by television standards) quite lavish production values or top-flight guest stars. Like the later Batman, Perry Mason was, it seems, a show virtually everyone was eager to do, probably in part because of the camaraderie among Burr and his co-stars made it, by all accounts, a fun set.
But the show's writing definitely suffered, or maybe Perry Mason was simply played out. In the second-half of its final year, there would be an all-color modern retelling of Oliver Twist, and another with Burr doing double duty as Perry's doppelganger. The episodes included in Perry Mason – Final Season – Season 9, Volume 1 have its share of whoppers, too, including the series' equivalent of Jet Pilot, with Perry battling commies in East Berlin.
Season 9, Volume 1, contains the first 15 episodes of the 1965-66 season, with "The Case of the Candy Queen," and other cases involving Cheating Chancellors, Impetuous Imps, Carefree Coronaries, Baffling Bugs, and Bogus Buccaneers. (All Season 9, Volume 1 shows are new to DVD. None appeared on the compilation set from a few years back, Perry Mason – 50th Anniversary Edition.)
As noted in my sixteen (!) previous Perry Mason reviews, I've yet to see a truly terrible Perry Mason, though more than a few have put me to sleep. Nevertheless, the range between the best and worst episodes is so narrow I doubt even fans of the series could point to a particular favorite (or least-favorite) episode. That is, unless it was one of the very small handful of shows actually deviating from its established format. Though still fun, in this day of more sophisticated legal dramas like Law & Order, The Practice/Boston Legal, and Damages, watching the less believable and more formulaic Perry Mason requires a bit of an adjustment.
Really at the core of Perry Mason's appeal is its cast, and that's hardly changed at all. Besides ingenious, resourceful Perry Mason (Burr), the famous Los Angeles attorney who never loses a case, there's Perry's loyal, tireless personal secretary, Della Street (Barbara Hale), and their worldly, slightly cynical pal/colleague, P.I. Paul Drake (William Hopper). Cases usually have them up against easily aggravated, perennial loser D.A. Hamilton Burger (William Talman).
Ray Collins, as doggedly determined Lt. Tragg, was ailing and absent from most of the later-season shows, and died during the summer reruns of 1965. Actor Wesley Lau stepped in to replace him, but without explanation for this final season Lau was himself replaced, this time by actor Richard Anderson. Anderson, later Oscar Goldman on both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman and who'd guest-starred on several Perry Masons prior to this, is introduced as Lt. Steve Drumm in the season-opener, "The Case of the Laughing Lady."
Essentially a mystery show with a courtroom setting for its climax, Perry Mason's single flaw is that as a mystery it doesn't really play fair with its audience, though the same could be said for B-movie mysteries of the 1930s and '40s, radio mystery shows, and virtually all other TV whodunits. Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot (to name two examples) faced seemingly irresolvable cases with bizarre, inexplicable clues, yet the solutions were always quite simple and logical. The great literary detectives simply had powers of observation lost on us mere mortals, even though we're armed with the same information as those protagonists.
On the other hand, Perry Mason, the Charlie Chan movies, Murder, She Wrote, etc. operate under a different set of rules. The resolutions to the mysteries don't always make sense and audiences often don't have access to the same clues the protagonists do, and they often leap to conclusions and solve crimes in ways that don't hold up to scrutiny. Instead, these kinds of movies, TV and radio shows rely heavily on atmosphere, characterization and star power to entertain their audiences. One might guess who the real murderer is, but in most cases you won't be able to solve the mystery on your own.
Fortunately Burr, Hale, and Hopper are just wonderful in their roles. Apparently they became close friends in real life, and this camaraderie very much extends to their scenes together on the show. They liked to joke around, and at least one of these is visible to sharp-eyed viewers. Apparently over the course of the show's run the three would occasionally make little changes to the abstract painting in Perry's office. I've never compared the painting from the first show to its appearance in the last episode of the series, but supposedly it changes quite a bit over time.
About the middle of season two, Talman's Hamilton Burger started getting more shading, a welcome addition. Often regarded as television's most thankless role, Hamilton Burger this season still is Perry's weekly nemesis but now he's more affable outside the courtroom and flexible in, especially when new evidence casts a shadow of a doubt over the guilt of Perry's client.
As a series, Perry Mason's decline is most evident in episodes like "The Case of the Fraudulent Fraulein," an absurd show that has Perry negotiating for the release of an expatriate German's heretofore unknown granddaughter. (Chameleon Jeanette Nolan affects a flawless German accent as his wife.) Partly inspired by the mid-'60s spy craze, the episode instead mostly recalls the hysterical anticommunist movies of the late 1940s and early '50s, particularly during its climax, set in a nightmarishly foreboding, utilitarian courtroom emblematic of those earlier movies.
Guest stars in this set include Constance Towers, John Abbott, Bernard Fox, Allison Hayes (in one of her last roles), Julie Adams, Jesse White, Ford Rainey, Nan Martin, Nora Marlowe, John Archer, Kitty Kelly, Louise Latham, Barry Atwater, Peter Hobbs, Lee Meriwether, Stu Erwin, Richard Webb, Michael Fox, Rand Brooks, Robert Emhardt, Bruce Bennett, White Bissell, David Lewis, Dan Seymour, William Woodson, Noah Beery Jr., K.T. Stevens, Hugh Marlowe, Cathy Downs, Strother Martin, Robert Colbert, Mona Freeman, Bill Williams, Karl Swenson, Robert Quarry, Roy Roberts, Tommy Farrell, Sue England, Jeanne Bal, Gene Lyons (Burr's later Ironside co-star), Walter Brooke, Robert Easton, Anthony Caruso, Michael Constantine, Gavin MacLeod, Robert H. Harris, Paul Winfield, Skip Homeier, Virginia Gregg, Cyril Delevanti, Susan Cramer, Jeanette Nolan, Kevin Hagen (who'd marry Cramer soon after their appearance together), Grant Williams, Dee Hartford, Victoria Vetri (future Hammer ingénue), Paula Stewart, Bruce Glover, Rhodes Reason, Patricia Cutts, Richard Jaeckel, Leonard Stone, and Meg Wylie.
Willis Bouchey, S. John Launer, Kenneth MacDonald, John Gallaudet, and Grandon Rhodes are back as judges, with Frank Biro, William Keene, Byron Morrow, Stacey Keach, Sr. new to the bench.
Video & Audio
CBS DVD's Perry Mason – Final Season – Season 9, Volume 1 presents 15 terrific-looking episodes spread over four single-sided, dual-layered DVDs. The black and white full-frame image is very sharp and detailed with strong blacks. The Dolby Digital English mono is generally quite good, too, and English SDH subtitles are offered. Episodes are not time-compressed, with some running up to 52 minutes. The music does not appear to have been altered, though the usual disclaimer warns, "some episodes may have been edited from their original network versions." If so, I didn't notice any obvious changes.
Extra Features
Parting Thoughts
Once again, Perry Mason's half-season sets continue at a brisk pace, and with high quality transfers always. It's a fun show and if you've been buying them all along you won't be disappointed here. Highly Recommended.
Stuart Galbraith IV is a Kyoto-based film historian whose work includes film history books, DVD and Blu-ray audio commentaries and special features. Visit Stuart's Cine Blogarama here.
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Arrival Of Luck, RG3 Catalyst Behind New Panini America Deal With NFL
By Barry Janoff
April 23, 2012: With Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III coming into the league, plus the movement of Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow, there has been a lot of marketing news during the NFL off-season.
The latest example: Panini America has extended its alliance with the NFL and NFL Players Assn. via a long-term granting the company domestic and international rights for up to 18 product releases annually.
Financial terms of the deal were not released.
NFLPA last month also signed a long-term extension deal with the Topps Co.
Panini America said it plans to have a major presence at the 2012 NFLPA Rookie Debut and Rookie Premiere, the annual event during which rookies gather to put on their new NFL uniforms and pose for shots, including those to be used on trading cards.
Earlier this month, Panini America signed Luck, QB out of Stanford who is expected to be the No. 1 overall pick by the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL draft on April 26, to an exclusive deal for cards during his upcoming rookie season.
The company this year has also signed deals with USA Basketball and the baseball Hall of Fame.
The new agreement takes effect immediately and will be incorporated into Panini America's first NFL product of the season, 2012 Prestige Football, which releases in June and will include the first licensed NFL rookie cards of anticipated draft. That would also include RG3, QB out of Baylor, who is being projected as the No. 2 overall pick in the draft by the Washington Redskins, Justin Blackmon, Trent Richardson and other top prospects.
The set also is expected to feature Manning in his new Denver Broncos uniform and Tebow as a member of the New York Jets.
"We're pleased to continue our relationship with the NFL and the NFLPA," Mark Warsop, CEO for Panini America, said in a statement. "The NFL and NFLPA are two of our most important licensors, and these new agreements will enable us to continue producing sought after products for NFL fans for years to come."
After signing Luck to the deal, Warsop commented, "Andrew Luck is poised to become one of the next great NFL quarterbacks, and football fans and collectors are eagerly anticipating his first NFL and NFL Players licensed trading cards. This partnership will help us deliver what absolutely will be the most-coveted collectibles of the 2012 NFL season."
According to Keith Gordon, President of NFL PLAYERS INC., the marketing and licensing subsidiary of the NFLPA, "The NFLPA is pleased to extend our partnership with Panini, a proven industry leader and innovator of NFL player trading cards. Panini football product continues to be highly pursued by hobby enthusiasts and novice collectors alike. We, along with our players, look forward to Panini's ongoing product development, hobby enrichment programs and support of our marquee events including the NFLPA Rookie Debut and Rookie Premiere."
Panini America's licensed trading cards and stickers roster includes the NFL, NFLPA, NBA, NHL, NHLPA, MLBPA and FIFA World Cup. The company said it also owns exclusive entertainment licenses with Disney, Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson, and more than 600 global licenses with other sports and entertainment properties.
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Les Miles has a new seven-year contract at LSU that also will result in a pay raise for one of the most successful coaches in the history of the Tigers' football program.
"I'm an LSU head coach and will be an LSU head coach for as long as I can be," Miles said Wednesday. "Hopefully we'll look up seven years from now and I'll be looking for another seven-year extension."
The new contract runs through 2019, which amounts to a two-year extension. LSU athletic director Joe Alleva said financial details were still being worked out and will be released after LSU plays in a still-undecided bowl game to close out this season.
A person familiar with the contract said that Miles' new annual pay would be in the range of $4.3 million. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because financial details of Miles' deal were not released.
Miles' previous contract paid about $3.75 million annually through 2017. He has not received a raise since 2008, after LSU's last national title, though he has since received an extension and raises for assistants.
"Les Miles is one of the premier coaches in the country and has LSU in contention for championships year in and year out," Alleva said.
Miles is 85-20 at LSU since arriving in 2005, with one national title in the 2007 season and two BCS championship appearances. LSU's victory over Arkansas last Friday clinched Miles' fifth 10-win season with the Tigers.
"The coaching business is a competitive one and it is important to compensate our coach for his accomplishments and his worth," Alleva said. Miles "has continued to keep LSU on the national stage."
Miles said representatives from Arkansas had reached out to him in a preliminary way, but he also said reports of a five-year, $27.5 million offer to take over the Razorbacks was "not true."
"I can tell you that this Miles family is awfully comfortable in southern Louisiana," Miles said. "I think home is what we'd call this place."
Alleva said LSU already planned to offer Miles an enhanced contract after this season, but decided to close the deal now to snuff out speculation that Miles could be lured elsewhere.
"Speculation about other job opportunities accelerated our process a little," Alleva said. "I think we have accomplished the important step of securing Les Miles as our head coach for the long-term good of the program."


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Trayvon Martin's parents lead protests over George Zimmerman verdict
NEW YORK/MIAMI -- Trayvon Martin's parents joined celebrities and hundreds of protesters on Saturday in rallies across the country to express anger over the acquittal of the man who shot and killed the unarmed black teenager.
Singing the civil rights protest song "We Shall Overcome," a crowd gathered around Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, in Miami exactly one week after a Seminole County jury in central Florida acquitted George Zimmerman of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the incident, where the 17-year-old Martin was shot through the heart.
In New York, about 200 people cheered as rapper Jay-Z and his wife, singer Beyonce, took the stage where the victim's mother, was expected to speak later. Some hoisted signs reading "Boycott Florida" and many wore T-shirts with a photo image of Martin wearing a hooded sweatshirt.
"I've got four beautiful daughters. I want them to look forward rather than behind their backs," said Harlem resident Maria Lopez, 31, who attended the rally with her children.
Visible above the neckline of her Trayvon T-shirt was a tattoo of a packet of Skittles, the candy the teen was carrying on a walk back from the store when he was shot dead by the neighborhood watchman.
The protests, outside federal court buildings and police headquarters, were organized by the Reverend Al Sharpton, the veteran civil rights activist, days before President Barack Obama spoke extensively about the Martin case and highlighted its racial undertones.
Sharpton has said protests were planned for more than 100 cities nationwide and organizers have voiced hopes they will be peaceful, with no further outbreaks of the violence that led to arrests in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area earlier this week.
Speaking at the White House on Friday, Obama also cautioned against violence, as he urged all Americans to try to understand the Martin case from the perspective of African-Americans.
"There is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws," the president said.
"A lot of African-American boys are painted with a broad brush," he said. "If a white male teen was involved in the same kind of scenario ... both the outcome and the aftermath might have been different."
Zimmerman remained free for more than six weeks after killing Martin because police in Sanford, Florida, accepted that he had acted in self-defense. That ignited protests and cries of injustice across the United States as the case shone a spotlight on issues such as race, profiling and vigilantism.
Sharpton will lead one rally outside New York police headquarters on Saturday along with Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton. He has said he hopes that continued public pressure will force the Justice Department to bring a civil rights case against Zimmerman.
A planned demonstration in Miami, near the home where the 17-year-old Martin lived, was due to be led by his father.
Federal prosecutors have said they were pursuing an investigation into whether Zimmerman, who is part Hispanic, violated civil rights laws. But lawyers with expertise in civil rights have said they think new charges are unlikely.
Public comments from one of the six jurors, citing Florida's Stand Your Ground law as a factor in reaching her conclusion that Zimmerman acted in self-defense, has stepped up pressure on the state's Republican-dominated legislature to repeal or change the law.
According to the instructions given to the jury, Zimmerman had "no duty to retreat and right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he reasonably believed it was necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself."
Though the Stand Your Ground law was not specifically cited as part of the defense mounted by Zimmerman's lawyers, the jury instructions paving the way for his acquittal came from the 2005 statute.
Florida Governor Rick Scott met with sit-in demonstrators outside his office in the Florida capital Tallahassee on Thursday. He said he supports the Stand Your Ground law and has no intention of convening a special legislative session to change it.
But Obama suggested that was the wrong course of action.
"I think it would be useful for us to examine some state and local laws to see if they are designed in such a way that they may encourage the kinds of altercations and confrontations and tragedies that we saw in the Florida case," he said.


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All juniors in Alamance-Burlington high schools now take the ACT test, which is bringing the county�s scores down.
ACT will be part of the school system�s report card from the state starting in 2014.
ACT, from a nonprofit company once called American College Testing, is supposed to show how ready students are for college.
Before 2012, juniors could choose whether or not to take ACT, but now all juniors in the state take the test every October.
The number of juniors taking ACT in Alamance County jumped from 119 in 2011 to 1,468 in 2012. So this is no longer a small group of college-bound students taking the test.
The composite scores for English, math, reading and science dropped in Alamance County by 2.8 points from 2011 to 2012 to 17.4. The composite is the score the state will use to judge the county.
The standard, or benchmark, school districts are going for is 17 points, the lowest score to be admitted to the University of North Carolina system.
So the county is meeting the benchmark, but lags behind the state average.
Scores for students across the state dropped by 3.7 points from 2011 to 2012.
The state average score was 1.7 points higher than the county�s in 2011, .8 points higher than local scores in 2012 and .7 points in 2013.
So the gap is narrowing.
Students take the ACT in the first semester of their junior year, three semesters before college.
They have not all studied all the material on the test, said Steve Achey, ABSS director of accountability, research and evaluation, in his presentation to the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education, Monday.
The change to universal testing means there is not yet much to learn from looking at the ACT scores.
Achey told the board test scores tell more over time than looking at changes year to year.
Achey said the district will work on raising local test scores by changing the curriculum to better prepare students and get more students taking advanced classes.
Students have the choice to take ACT closer to graduation, which might give them a better score for college entry, but will not contribute to the county�s ACT scores.
ACT is one of four standardized tests the state wants students to take from the same company.
Last October, 10th graders took the PLAN test, 8th graders took EXPLORE and some students will take the WorkKeys test in December to assess their job skills.
Starting in 2014 the ACT and WorkKey test scores will be part of a high-school accountability model including four-year graduation rates and the strength of math classes.
ACT on ABSS
34 percent of local juniors met ACT benchmarks in 2012.
40 percent of juniors statewide met them.
38 percent locally met benchmarks in 2013
43 percent statewide.
27 percent locally met benchmarks in 2012.
26 percent locally met them in 2013.
30 percent statewide in both 2012 and 2013.
27 percent locally met benchmarks in 2012.
29 percent locally met them in 2013.
34 percent statewide in 2012 and 2013.
13 percent locally met benchmarks in 2012.
12 percent met them in 2013.
16 percent statewide in 2012 and 2013.
All four benchmarks
9 percent of ABSS juniors met benchmarks in all four subjects in 2012 and 2013.
13 percent statewide in both 2012 and 2013.