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Unofficial Events
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Thursday night meetup at Rock Bottom Brewery at 1001 16th St, Denver for ALA MW
Transition Libraries: Resources for a Green Future
To be held at the Blair Caldwell Library in Downtown Denver on Friday January 23rd from 9:00-4:30. Please plan to attend this FREE event.
The inspiration for organizing this was an article by Prof. Debra Slone of the University of South Florida published in Library Journal in March of 2008. The article (link provided in the invitation) attempts to answer the question, "What is the role of public libraries in helping our society move away from it's dependency on fossil fuels." Fossil fuel (coal and oil) use is problematic on three counts:
1) it is a major contributor to global warming; 2) it is based on finite energy resources that are expected to peak in this decade with global demand soon outstripping supply, and 3) our society and economy runs on these energy sources.
This conference is an attempt to begin the conversation about what is at stake, what are pathways of transition, and what is the role of libraries in this process. Prof. Slone will be presenting in the morning at this conference and we have many local Colorado speakers who will help us understand where we are and where we are going. There will be ample opportunity for Q & A so that we can begin this ongoing conversation.
Again, please consider joining us for all or part of this conference. And please spread the word to other potentially interested folks who work in libraries (in the Denver Metro area, Colorado, or in other states who may be attending the midwinter ALA conference). This is one of our first steps in making the transition.
To register please contact Dawn Howard at dhoward[at]denverlibrary[dot]org
Join us for this exciting event, on Friday, January 23, 2009 at the Blair-Caldwell Library in Denver, CO from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. This (un)conference will provide a chance to join with like minded individuals to learn about the challenges and opportunities that will shape our future. Come hear passionate presenters share information about climate change, peak oil and how we can assist our communities in making a positive transition away from fossil fuels and toward a more sustainable future.
Featured Speakers: Prof. Debra Slone of the University of S. Florida, author of the 3/15/08 article in Library Journal, "After Oil: Public libraries will have an important role to play in our new post-peak-oil society." http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6539360.html
Leslie Glustrom of Clean Energy Action, a group of citizens working to bring clean energy solutions to Colorado. www.cleanenergyaction.org
Kenzie Davison of Transition Denver/Colorado, a group committed to making the transition from oil dependency to local resilience. www.transitioncolorado.ning.com
Presenters on afternoon panels will share information about growing local food and economies, transportation and more. Join us in creating a richer, more connected and sustainable future!
Please plan to attend this FREE event.
To register or get more information please contact: Dawn Howard dhoward[at]denverlibrary[dot]org 303-641-4173.
Knitting for Our Troops (K*4*O*T) Marathon
Sponsored by Denver Public Library, Various Locations around Denver http://www.denverlibrary.org/programs/fresh/knitting.html "The Mile High City pledges to knit 5,280 hats for our deserving service men and women abroad. Though we all have differing opinions about war, we're not conflicted about our soldiers – who stand up for our country everyday. Knitting for Our Troops (K4OT) is a great way to say how much we care for our service men and women – and your donation will mean a lot to a soldier far away from home." Events on Friday night, as well as a day-long Marathon Saturday at the Central Branch (blocks from the Convention Center), complete with movies and live entertainment!
ACRL Instruction Section Soiree on 1/23/09 from 5-7 p.m.
Join us Friday, 1/23/09, from 5-7 p.m. for networking, drinks, and fun @ the Alto Denver!
The Alto Denver, a cool and jazzy new restaurant in the LoDo area of downtown Denver not far from the Colorado Convention Center, features New American cuisine, organic wines and food, live music (jazz) starting at 6 p.m. Please bring cash for drinks and appetizers. The restaurant is located at 1320 15th St., Denver, CO 80202, www.altodenver.com<http://www.altodenver.com/>, 303-893-2586.
Prices are reasonable: $3-4 for wine; $3-6 for cocktails; $10 for specialty drinks (with alcohol); $5-6 for non-alcoholic specialty drinks. Appetizers range in price from $3-7 and include thin crust pizza (mission fig, arugula, goat cheese) and gorgonzola fondue (pears, fingerling potatoes, peasant bread). If you would like, stay for dinner. Prices range from $19-$34 for entrees. See menu at website.
RSVP by January 9, 2009 to email@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>. In your RSVP, include your name, institution, address and email. Please let us know if this is your first IS soiree and if you would like another IS member ("host") to provide introductions to other IS members at the soiree. We hope to see you there!
Lyda Ellis and Jan Loechell Turner, Co-Chairs, IS Soiree Local Arrangements Committee
Boulder Library Tour
Join a small group of colleagues on a chartered bus to Boulder and the beautiful University of Colorado campus and Norlin Library. You'll be welcomed by the Dean and Director of Libraries, James F. Williams, and visit the newly renovated "Research Floor." You'll gather in the Special Collections Rare Book Reading Room for a display of some of the Library's most exciting pieces, ranging from a Paris Bible to photobooks newly arrived from Paris, from a 4,000 year old cuneiform tablet to the first book of fairy tales, from a John Donne first edition to a John Donne artists book.
Next stop Boulder Public Main Library for afternoon tea and refreshments. Located on the banks of Boulder Creek, Main Library is a jewel of the City of Boulder. You'll have a chance to tour the building, meet with BPL staff including new Director,Tony Tallent, as well as view the extensive permanent art collection located throughout the building. A reception will take place in Main Library's Canyon Gallery where you'll be treated to music, library friendship and mingling, as well as the exhibit Artists Going Local/Boulder Sesquicentennial, a celebration of Boulder's 150th anniversary.
We plan to show you why Boulder is so special!
Friday, January 23: Bus departs from the Convention Center by the Blue Bear at 12:30 p.m. and returns by 5:30 p.m. Cost is $20/person; limited to 25 people.
To register, please go to: http://www.formsite.com/claforms/alamw2009bustour/index.html or http://tinyurl.com/5tpt6t
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about ILL
Registration is now open for the FREE "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about ILL" workshop presented by RUSA STARS at ALA Midwinter. This workshop will take place from 8:30-12:30 on Friday, January 23, 2009 at the University of Colorado, Auraria Campus. There is no charge to attend and refreshments will be served.
This system-neutral workshop will cover best practices in resource sharing, address ways you can best serve your users, and provide an excellent overview of the resources and support available to ILL practitioners. Whether you're new to resource sharing or have been providing services for years, this workshop will help you to reconsider your approaches, make decisions about user services, define best practices, and introduce you to ways you can best contribute to the resource sharing community while reflecting your own library's mission.
Our knowledgeable instructors are Cyril Oberlander (borrowing), Karen Janke (lending), Cindy Kristof (copyright), and Collette Mak (standards and resources).
Please register online at: http://www.bcr.org/STARS-preconference/ by January 16, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact Margaret Bean at mbean[at]uoregon[dot]edu.
Thank you to BCR and OCLC for sponsoring this no-charge workshop. We are also grateful to the University of Colorado, Auraria Campus for providing facilities.
Hope to see you there!
Megan Gaffney RUSA STARS Education and Training Committee
Innovative Users Group
Innovative Users Group
Friday, January 23, 2009
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Colorado Convetion Center, Korbel Ballroom C (Lower Level)
Contact Info Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Knitting for Our Troops (K*4*O*T) Marathon
Sponsored by Denver Public Library, Various Locations around Denver http://www.denverlibrary.org/programs/fresh/knitting.html
"The Mile High City pledges to knit 5,280 hats for our deserving service men and women abroad. Though we all have differing opinions about war, we're not conflicted about our soldiers – who stand up for our country everyday. Knitting for Our Troops (K4OT) is a great way to say how much we care for our service men and women – and your donation will mean a lot to a soldier far away from home." Events on Friday night, as well as a day-long Marathon Saturday at the Central Branch (blocks from the Convention Center), complete with movies and live entertainment!
Freedom to Read Foundation Presents YA Author Lauren Myracle
6:30-9:00 p.m., Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver
The Freedom to Read Foundation is excited to present its 4th annual Midwinter author event, featuring YA author Lauren Myracle. Myracle, whose book ttyl was one of the 10 most frequently challenged books in 2007, will read from her work and discuss the controversies that have followed her books - as well as the positive impact they've had on readers. Myracle's talk will be proceeded by a reception and followed by a booksigning (copies of her books will be available for sale onsite).
Tickets are $25 and available at www.dplfriends.org. All proceeds benefit the Freedom to Read Foundation, the First Amendment legal arm of the library community. Refreshments will be provided.
The event is co-sponsored by the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation and the Tattered Cover Book Store. For more information, visit http://www.ftrf.org or contact Jonathan Kelley at firstname.lastname@example.com or (800) 545-2433 x4226.


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Companies Roar Again – Fab Spending Growth to Reach 117 Percent in 2010
Spending for Memories Surges Again, while LEDs Brighten the Future
By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, SEMI Industry Research and Statistics, San Jose, California (June 1, 2010)
It's no surprise that fab spending will double this year. Back in June 2009, SEMI's World Fab Forecast already predicted higher 2010 growth rates (~60 percent) than anyone else. Now the latest report predicts 2010 fab spending will reach 117 percent in 2010. Even now, as this article is being published, some rumors are surfacing about more capex increases to be announced, which may push growth even beyond 117 percent. However, celebrating this fast growth may be overshadowed by rising concerns.
Table 1 shows Fab spending with and without Discretes (which includes LED fabs). Construction costs typically account for 15-20 percent of total fab spending.
Table 1: Worldwide Fab Spending (Construction and Equipping) over time, in US $ millions
* Discretes include LED fabs
LED Fabs Increase their Share of Discrete Spending
The solid state lighting (SSL) market is picking up. Jim Broderick (U.S. Department of Energy) recently observed that just two years ago, SSL accounted for only about 10 percent of products shown at LIGHTFAIR, whereas this year about 75 percent of products were SSL.
In fact, SEMI's World Fab Forecast reports show that spending for LED-dedicated fabs will surge. Spending on LED fabs represented about 40 percent share of the total Discrete fab spending in 2006, but will increased to 90 percent share or more in 2010 and 2011. Obviously, the spending amounts do not compare to Megafabs for memory or foundries, but the growth rate is impressive.
Graph 1: Worldwide Fab Spending for Discretes and LED Fabs
The Spending Spree is Back
At the beginning of this year, it was clear that just a few companies would spend more than $1 billion in 2010. This has suddenly changed: some companies have announced record levels of capex plans. One may wonder where all the money comes from after the industry experienced a historically dreadful 2009.
How much of the announced capex actually goes into fabs depends upon the market situation, the product, and the company's strategy (such as fab-strong or fab-lite). In general, 60-80 percent of announced capex goes directly into fabs. This year, however, a much higher percentage (70-95 percent) is projected to go directly into fabs. Last year most capex went for upgrades, but this year, more capex will be spent on rebuilding and building up capacity.
Table 2 lists companies who will spend more than US$ 500 Million on fabs in 2010, compared to data reported six months ago (November of 2009).
Table 2: Change of Predicted 2010 Worldwide Fab Spending by Company* since November 2009
* Currencies were converted to US$ Million, Fiscal Years were converted into Calendar Years. Elpida has majority share in Rexchip with 64%. IM Flash is Micron Intel (about half each), Inotera is Micron, Nanya (50% each). Renesas and NEC counted together. Hynix is with Wuxi
** Data from Feb 2010 report
Back in September 2009, six companies were projected to spend more than $1 billion in 2010, these companies were featured in the September 2009 article "The Battle of the Fantastic Six." In November 2009, Hynix was added to that club. Since then, two more companies (counting Elpida with Rexchip) have joined the Billion Dollar club. These nine companies will have combined spending of over $26 billion, or almost 75 percent of all worldwide fab spending in 2010.
Graph 2 illustrates spending for equipping Front End facilities per quarter since 2006. After a severe dip in 2Q09, spending is expected to pick up. Although we experienced a strong increase in capex this year, the 2010 equipping spending (US$ 31 billion including Discrete fabs) is still below 2007 spending (US$ 38 billion) and 2006 spending (US$34 billion). By end of 2011, spending (about US$ 37 billion) for equipping facilities is closer though still lower than the 2007 level.
Graph 2: Worldwide Spending for Equipping Fabs by Product Type
Companies Roar Again – and LEDs Light Up
After a year of negative growth, installed capacity is expected to pick up again.
Table 3: Worldwide Installed Capacity with and without Discretes (in 200mm equivalent wafers per month)
Last year the industry underinvested. This year, spurred by business growth, robust demand, and strong chip prices, many companies have launched aggressive expansion plans. Most of the investments in 2010 are still for upgrades but we see investments for new capacity to increase. Foundries are expected to show an increase of installed capacity, growing 13 percent year over year from 2009 to 2010, and another 11 percent by 2011. After a year of memory loss (installed capacity decreased by more than -8 percent Year-over-Year in 2009), memory companies are starting to regain their position, rebuilding and growing. Installed capacity for memories will grow 9 percent from 2009 to 2010, and an additional 8 percent in 2011. Capacity for logic and analog, however, will grow less than 5 percent in 2010.
A New Wave of LED Facilities Lighting Up the Way
Since November 2009, SEMI has added about 26 dedicated LED facilities to its Opto/LED Fab Watch and World Fab Forecast reports. The growth rate for capacity for the LED industry is phenomenal with strong double-digit growth rates (year-over-year). LED capacity growth is expected to be more than 3 times higher than for memory and 2 times higher than foundry this year and next year (See Graph 3).
Graphs 3: Percent Change of Rate of Installed Capacity by Product Type
Following the Elation, Concerns Increase – But Someone Will Prevail
Everything grows so fast so quickly. Capex spending plans are revised upwards several times, new chip facilities are announced and an entire industry segment, LEDs, surges with new facilities and capacity growth never seen before. A key contributor to the latest adjustment in SEMI's reports was Samsung, which nearly doubled its capex plans for 2010.
Some begin to raise concerns that chipmakers may face a backlash from their aggressive drive to boost investment. Such a move can result in another oversupply, which will erode their profitability over time.
Another concern is that certain equipment may not be able to meet the sudden rush in demand. The supply chain may be stretched and will have a hard time meeting the 100 percent or so growth. This bottleneck may slow down expansion and upgrade plans. Chip companies may compete fiercely for the services of equipment makers.
Time will tell if a new bubble is building up, or if this just a correction to meet demand after historic lows last year.
One thing seems to be clear: this is will be a banner year for the equipment and materials industry.
Please visit www.semi.org/fabs for additional information on these reports.
SEMI World Fab Forecast report provides from high-level summaries and graphs; in-depth analyses of capital expenditure, capacity, technology and products, down to the detail of each fab; and forecasts for the next 18 months by quarter. These tools are invaluable for understanding how 2010 and 2011 will look, and learning more about capex for construction projects, fab equipping, technology level, and products.
The difference between the SEMI Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Subscription (WWSEMS) data and the World Fab Forecast and its related Fab Database reports is that the fab database reports track any equipment needed to ramp the fab, upgrade technology nodes, expand or change its wafer size whether it is new equipment, used equipment, or in-house equipment, while WWSEMS tracks only new equipment.
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dlstx necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 167 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
Dynamic Legal Solutions
Dynamic Legal Solutions (DLS) manages and activates legal services, such as copying, scanning & blowbacks, graphic design for exhibit boards & trial presentations, as well as many more service solutions for attorneys.
It is the mission of DLS to establish seamless integration of technology and support services into the legal process while upholding the upmost integrity, loyalty & accuracy for our clients.
We are targeting paralegals and attorneys. The site must be clean, crisp with subtle strong points. The look could be described as a "modern classic"... meaning we're a business with new ideas, but work in a sector that is still very prestigious and behind on technology. While we are IT professionals our site shouldn't look like a IT site.
Our previous website, http://www.litigationdynamics.com (this site is too modern and "web 2.0" looking for our new ventures)
Websites we like
Website we don't like:
Colors we like:
http://www.colorschemer.com/schemes…hp?id=6973 (with a blue)
http://www.colorschemer.com/schemes…hp?id=6471 (do not like the green or yellow in this one)
Our logo:
This competition winner we are awarding a prize of $1150 dollars, via 99designs, for 4 page template
1. (home) The main landing page will have the main design which will influence the rest of the pages.
2. (about us) not dramatically different from 1, but needs to show that they've changed pages.
3. (services) not dramatically different from 1, but needs to show that they've changed pages.
4. (contact us) we would like to see a non-boring contact page, nothing out of the ordinary but most contact pages are unimpressive.
We do want to see how you handle navigation, so please do include these elements in your page mock up:
• Home
• About Us
o Our Team
o Associations
o Clients/Cases
• Services
o Copying & Scanning
o Exhibit Boards
o Videography
o Presentations
o Graphic Design
o In-trial Support
• Contact Us
• Client Portal
We view clear, intuitive navigation as a very high priority
Shortlisted candidates will also be asked to provide us with:
1.Source .PSD files or similar (if you use Adobe or another design tool.)
2.PNG or JPG of page as seen in a browser in 1280x1024
3.Costings for provision of additional page templates.
Please note that we are also looking to establish a LONG TERM relationship with a designer to help with our many upcoming marketing materials needs. But we need someone that understands our goals.


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Gulf Place Wine Walkabout
Bummer dude!
This event has already happened. To be sure you don't miss anymore events in South Walton, visit the SoWal Events Calendar.
Gulf Place Merchants host the Third Thursday Wine Walkabout each month (Mar-Dec)from 5:00pm- 7:00pm. For $20, attendees can enjoy samplings of hand-selected wines, light appetizers, live music and giveaways while venturing to all of the unique Gulf Place shops. Featuring jewelry, artwork, clothing and many other unique gifts, event-goers can enjoy the evening sipping and shopping in this SoWal beach town.
Check in at 5:00 p.m. with the Artists at Gulf Place to receive your complimentary glass and your walkabout map. Visit each participating merchant to be entered for a chance to win giveaways at the end of the night!
To wrap up the Wine Walkabout, La Playa features live music on the deck with local favorite Forrest Williams Band for a festive after-party beginning at 7 pm.
Third Thursday Wine Walkabout at Gulf Place takes place March through December in 2017! Join Gulf Place Merchants for the monthly Wine Walkabout for an exciting local South Walton tradition in this colorful beach town located on Scenic 30A across from the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf Place is a vibrant neighborhood community nestled in South Walton County directly across from the Gulf of Mexico. Visitors and locals love exploring the town's inviting shops and excellent eateries. You'll find bikes, surfboards and kayaks. Unique shops for you and for your pets. And wonderful local art abound at the funky Artists Colony. Enjoy great food in several restaurants along with exciting night life filled with live music.
Follow Gulf Place on Facebook.
Read more about Gulf Place Merchants in SoWal.com Shopping & Dining Destination Guide.
Read about the town of Gulf Place in SoWal.com Towns Guide where you'll see photos, info and events.
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For a preview of the November presidential election, look no further than the dogfight over the governorship of Wisconsin as it heads to a tooth-and-claw climax June 5.
The recall election of Gov. Scott Walker stems from Wisconsin's own political history in the 16 months since voters here gave him and fellow Republican lawmakers a lock on the statehouse – and carte blanche to set a sort of "austerity plan" for the state. But the themes – and the flood of money from outside interests – that define this gubernatorial election mirror those of the 2012 presidential race so closely that many political analysts see the Wisconsin contest as a test drive for the national general election five months hence.
In both contests there's the dominant issue of jobs – and which candidate has the better recipe for creating more of them. There's the matter of government overspending and how best to rein it in. And there's the debate over whether government's primary role is to protect struggling middle-class workers from exploitation or, rather, to get out of the way of enterprising capitalists so that the virtuous cycle of wealth accumulation, reinvestment, and economic expansion can proceed unimpeded.
The alliances are similar, too. In Governor Walker's corner, as in presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's, are conservative "super political-action committees" and wealthy business interests driven by a renewed determination to slash government, cut taxes, reduce regulation, and, not least of all, clip the political and economic power of labor unions.
In challenger Tom Barrett's corner, as in President Obama's, are Big Labor and, the Democrats hope, a large share of the "99 percent" who believe the wealthy don't pay enough taxes, want government to safeguard the environment and the needy, and see investment in the health and education of most of the populace as a benefit, not a drain.
"Walker is seen as standing for a more aggressive brand of conservatism at the state level," says William Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Governance Studies Program in Washington. If recall voters in Wisconsin elect to keep him, "then that will say something pretty significant about the mood of the people and their receptivity to the core messages of the two political parties."
The outcome in Wisconsin is expected to be a psychological boost to the winning side heading into November, especially because this is a fickle swing state. Wisconsin voted big for Mr. Obama in 2008, then shifted its allegiance to the Republicans and Walker, rejecting longtime US Sen. Russell Feingold (D) for good measure.
"The Wisconsin election is unquestionably the second most important election in the United States in 2012" next to November, says Nelson Lichtenstein, a labor history expert at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The making of a lightning rod
Walker would rather not be going through this ordeal at all, just 16 months after taking office. He became a lightning rod last year when, with the help of the Republican-majority state legislature, he pushed through an agenda that sought to close Wisconsin's budget deficit of $3 billion (over two years) in part by extracting concessions from most of the unionized government workers – including stripping them of their most sacred right of collective bargaining.
Even as Democrats railed against what they said was union busting in the guise of sensible economic policy, conservative groups hailed the new governor as a role model for other Republican governors to emulate.
Republicans with national stature have been lining up to endorse Walker: Mr. Romney in April declared him a "hero"; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have joined Walker on the campaign trail; and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus described the governor as the "anti-Barack Obama," predicting that his reelection will help the GOP "pounce on the president and other Democrats on the ballot with him in November."
"Scott Walker has a very clear vision [of] where the state should go, and Republicans can see that. Nationally, he is an attractive image for the party," says Arnold Shober, a professor of government at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. "One complaint about Mitt Romney is who knows what he thinks? That is not the case with Scott Walker. The Republican Party is hungering for individual standard-bearers for new ideas."
National Democrats appear less engaged in the battle on behalf of Mr. Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee, who in early May won the right to take on Walker in the recall. Barrett ran against Walker for the governorship in 2010, losing 46.5 percent to 52.3 percent.
At time of writing, Obama had yet to comment on the race, and the Wisconsin Democratic Party has asked for – but not received – $500,000 from the Democratic National Committee to help with field operations. DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, however, sent a fundraising e-mail Wednesday to millions of party supporters seeking solicitations on Barrett's behalf.
"We will go ahead with what we have," says Phil Walzak, communications director for the Barrett campaign, adding that "the campaign welcomes the investment" of the national party. To date, Barrett's greatest support is from labor unions, which have the most to lose if recall voters endorse Walker's agenda June 5, says Brooking's Mr. Galston.
A Walker win is looking more likely. The governor has pulled ahead 50 percent to 44 percent, according to a poll of likely voters released May 16 by Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee.
To many Wisconsin voters, the election can't end soon enough. The war between the unions and Walker has lasted a year – beginning with the showdown at the State Capitol in Madison over the budget – and a certain amount of fatigue has set in. People are bombarded by media ads and direct mail, and some are tired of thinking and hearing about it.
Outside Kewpee Lunch in downtown Racine, retired metalworker Jerry Thomas says he resents having to vote again for governor, even though he doesn't always agree with Walker.
"He's in there fair and square. Everything else is a distraction" to state business, he says. "And [the recall] looks bad on the state."
All about jobs?
A sluggish economy and job stagnation usually do not bode well for an incumbent officeholder – whether Republican or Democrat. To that end, Wisconsin Democrats have sought, with some success, to steer the conversation away from union rights and toward jobs.
During his 2010 campaign, Walker said his economic blueprint would bring 250,000 new jobs to Wisconsin during his first term. So far the numbers are not working in his favor. Only 5,900 private-sector jobs have been created since Walker took office, and the public sector statewide shrank by 17,800 jobs between March 2011 and March 2012, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Worse for the governor, Wisconsin lost more jobs than any other state between last spring and this spring, the BLS numbers show.
Walker is brushing off those reports, instead touting the falling unemployment rate. Moreover, he has offered competing jobs figures from quarterly census data that the US government uses to revise the monthly BLS survey. Those numbers show 23,321 in job gains from December 2010 to December 2011, but the BLS had neither reviewed nor verified them.
Still, Walker argues that a healthier economy and job growth will ultimately be the result of less government spending and less clout for public-employee labor unions. He has a receptive audience in many Republicans nationally, and some suggest that if he prevails in the recall, it could give Romney confidence to highlight his own campaign promise to reduce federal spending to 20 percent of gross domestic product (down from 24.1 percent) by the end of his first term as president.
"If Scott Walker can turn jobs around, you'll see Romney trying to say the federal government can adopt some of those [Wisconsin] reforms nationally," says Lawrence University's Mr. Shober. "Romney has been hesitant to get into that fight, but he's seeing that Republicans are very excited about it. He could say that maybe it's time to make the federal government less friendly to labor unions, but with an economic argument behind it."
Barrett has his own problems with the jobs issue. He presides over a city where the jobless rate is higher than the state average – a point Walker repeats often.
But the Barrett camp counters that Walker was the Milwaukee County executive before he was governor, and so shares responsibility for that state of affairs. The governor has "no credibility" on the jobs issue, adds Mr. Walzak of the Barrett campaign.
The recall election may well be a referendum on jobs, but a Walker loss in June would not necessarily mean Wisconsin voters will turn around in November and endorse the economic approach of Mr. Obama, marked by stimulus spending, health-care overhaul, tax cuts for the middle class, and, if he could get Congress to go along, tax hikes for the wealthy. Wisconsin voters, after all, take pride in their pragmatic, independent streak – owing no particular allegiance to one party or ideology but inclined to pull the lever to make a statement or send a message.
"The people of Wisconsin may be disappointed with Governor Walker's record on job generation, and they also might be disappointed with President Obama's record on job generation," says Mr. Galston of the Brookings Institution. "It's not a contradiction."
A magnet for the big money
It's fair to say that Wisconsin residents have never seen the likes of the money pouring into their state from those who see the recall election as a national proving ground.
"It feels more like an arms race than anything else," says Bob Biersack, a senior fellow at the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington, which tracks campaign spending nationwide. "This is the equivalent of a special election, which is fairly rare, but here it is in a competitive state that could determine the presidential race. Both of those things are coming together to create a perfect storm of campaign financing."
As of early May, some $80 million had been spent on the recall effort, which targets the Republican lieutenant governor and four GOP state senators, as well as Walker. The two sides matched each other almost dollar for dollar, according to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a watchdog group in Madison that tracks campaign spending.
Of that very grand total, about 57 percent of donations greater than $100 came from out-of-state donors, the group reports. The Republican Governors Association has spent $5 million for Walker and company. The Democratic Governors Association has contributed $3 million for Barrett and colleagues, and another $2 million came from We Are Wisconsin, a coalition of state and national labor unions.
Walker has traveled the country to solicit donations, and his campaign raised $30 million from January 2011 to May 2012, the Democracy Campaign reports. He has become something of a cause célèbre in conservative circles. Oil billionaire David Koch, who founded the super PAC Americans for Prosperity, told the Palm Beach Post in February that Walker's fight with public unions "is critically important" on a national scale. "If the unions win the recall, there will be no stopping union power," Mr. Koch is quoted as saying.
Anti-union fervor is a big motivator for those giving and spending on Walker's behalf, says Jeffrey Berry, a political scientist at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Walker's donors "despise unions and want to make sure the recall is not seen as a referendum that affirms worker rights to unionize," he says.
But there's antipathy toward Walker as well – and it's closer to home. Britt Larson of Racine, a self-employed accountant, says only the governor is responsible for the divisiveness in the state.
"He's Mr. No Compromise. That's not the way you run a business, and that's not the way you run a state," Mr. Larson says. "Politics are worse now than they were before he got here."
Labor unions, too, are eager to oust Walker at all costs, lest his anti-union tactics spread beyond Wisconsin. Within the state, union foot soldiers are canvassing neighborhoods and targeting registered voters who stayed home during the 2010 gubernatorial election. Walker's war chest is now 10 times that of Barrett's, and their aim is to close the money gap with manpower.
"We can't win the money battle, so if it's about more ads, we'll lose," says Mike Lipp, former president of Madison Teachers Inc., a union representing 2,700 public school teachers. "Millionaires have the same vote as a poor person, so the key is to get out there and vote. We're going to do it grass-roots."


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Module for script-based video editing
Project description
MoviePy (full documentation here) is a Python module for script-based movie editing.
It can read and write to many formats, including animated GIFs, and enables basic operations (cuts, concatenations, title insertions) to be done in a few lines. It can also be used for advanced compositing.
A typical MoviePy script looks like that:
from moviepy.editor import * # Load myHolidays.mp4 and select the subclip 00:00:50 - 00:00:60 clip = VideoFileClip("myHolidays.mp4").subclip(50,60) # Generate a text clip (many options available ! ) txt_clip = TextClip("My Holidays 2013",fontsize=70,color='white') txt_clip = txt_clip.set_pos('center').set_duration(10) # Overlay the text clip above the first clip final_clip = CompositeVideoClip([clip, txt_clip]) # write the result to a file in any format final_clip.to_videofile("myHolidays_edited.avi",fps=25, codec='mpeg4')
MoviePy is an open-source software originally written by Zulko and released under the MIT licence. The project is hosted on Github , where everyone is welcome to contribute, ask for help or simply give feedback.
Method with pip: if you have pip installed, just type this in a terminal (sudo is optional on some systems)
(sudo) pip install moviepy
Method by hand: download the sources, either on PyPI or (if you want the development version) on Github, unzip everything in one folder, open a terminal and type
(sudo) python setup.py install
MoviePy depends on the Python modules Numpy, Decorator, and tqdm, which will be automatically installed during MoviePy's installation.
Linking to ffmpeg
MoviePy requires a recent version of the software ffmpeg preferably downloaded directly from the ffmpeg website.
Installed ffmpeg: when you have installed ffmpeg, or (for linux users) when you have a ffmpeg binary in the /usr/bin folder, it will be detected automatically by MoviePy.
Non-installed ffmpeg: you can also simply place the ffmpeg binary somewhere on your computer and specify its path in the file moviepy/conf.py before installing MoviePy by hand.
Linking to ImageMagick
ImageMagick is not strictly required, but some important features of MoviePy, like the creation of texts or animated GIFs, depend on it.
Once you have installed it, ImageMagick will be automatically detected by MoviePy, except on Windows !. Windows user, before installing MoviePy by hand, go into the moviepy/conf.py file and provide the path to the ImageMagick binary called convert. It should look like this
IMAGEMAGICK_BINARY = "C:\\Program Files\\ImageMagick_VERSION\\convert.exe"
Other optional but useful dependencies
PyGame is needed for video and sound previews (useless if you intend to work with MoviePy on a server but really essential for advanced video editing by hand).
For advanced image processing you will need one or several of these packages. For instance using the method clip.resize requires that at least one of Scipy, PIL, Pillow or OpenCV are installed.
- The Python Imaging Library (PIL) or, better, its branch Pillow .
- Scipy (for tracking, segmenting, etc.), and can be used for resizing video clips if PIL and OpenCV aren't installed on your computer.
- Scikit Image may be needed for some advanced image manipulation.
- OpenCV 2.4.6 (provides the package cv2) or more recent may be needed for some advanced image manipulation.
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NAME | Synopsis | Description | Options | Extended Description | Examples | Exit Status | Attributes | See Also
install-path/dsrk6/bin/modrate [options] -b baseDN -M attribute:length:regexp
The modrate command measures the rate at which an LDAP directory can perform random, user-defined modifications. As with all measures of performance, results depend on many factors, including what options you pass to the modrate command, and also how the directory service itself is tuned.
The command uses LDAP v3, and cannot be used to authenticate to an LDAP v2 directory not supporting LDAP v3.
The modrate command supports the following options:
Run in asynchronous mode, not waiting for results before requesting subsequent modifications. The maximum number of threads the modrate command can use is limited by the number of file descriptors the operating system allows the process to use. The time is measured starts when the request is sent and finishes when the result is received.
Use the specified DN for the target entry.
Refer to Random Target Syntax and Random Target Substitution for details.
Display the specified number of results messages before exiting. Results messages appear by default as output on standard out, similar to the following:
Avg r= 272.00/thr ( 54.40/sec), total= 816
This shows output for three threads requesting modifications for five seconds. The average modify rate per thread is 54.40 per thread per second for the interval measured. The total shown for all threads is 816.
Default is to continue iterating until the command is interrupted.
Use the specified bind DN to authenticate to the directory.
If the bind DN is not specified, the modrate command attempts anonymous authentication.
Display the bind DN of entries for which modifications did not complete successfully.
Display the number of attempted modifications that did not complete successfully.
Connect to the directory on the specified host.
Enclose IPv6 addresses in brackets ([]) as described in RFC 2732.
Default is to connect to the local host on the loopback address, 127.0.0.1.
Use the file specified to generate target entry base DNs at random.
Refer to Random Target Syntax and Random Target Substitution for details.
Display results each specified number of seconds.
Default is to display results every 5 seconds.
Keep connections open and only bind once, measuring only the time required to perform the modify operation.
Default is to measure the duration the connection is active as the modification sequence.
Keep connections open, measuring only the time required to perform the bind and modify operations.
Default is to measure the duration the connection is active as the modification sequence.
Generate random values for modifications on the specified attribute, having the specified integer length in characters. Generate the values from the specified regular expression, regexp, which has the form (c*(c-c)*)* where c represents an ASCII character.
For example, the regexp parameter could be [A-Z][a-z][0-9], or simply aString
If the attribute specified does not exist on the target entry, it is added, subject to schema checking.
Perform no more than the specified number of modifications per thread.
Default is for each thread to continue iterating until the command is interrupted.
Traverse no more than the specified number of hops when following referrals.
Default is 5.
Connect to the directory on the specified port.
Default is to connect to the default simple authentication port for LDAP, 389.
Run in quiet mode, not displaying results.
Default is to display results every 5 seconds, which you can adjust using the -j option.
Do not follow referrals.
Default is to follow referrals.
Use the specified maximum to determine the range for random numbers replacing %d formatting specifications when modifying random target entries.
When you use this option twice, the first occurrence generates random numbers in the range [0,maxRand1-1] for the first %d, the second [1,maxRand2] for the second %d.
Refer to Random Target Syntax and Random Target Substitution for details.
Use the specified seed, an unsigned int, for random number generation.
Default seed is 0.
Use the specified number of the threads to connect to the server.
Default is to use one thread.
Display verbose output.
Read the bind password from the specified file.
Use the specified bind password to authenticate to the directory.
Prompt for the bind password so it does not appear on the command line or in a file.
The modrate command repeatedly requests modification operations of a directory server. Threads may be configured to keep open connections or perform LDAP bind with each operation. The command-line options let you specify the bind credentials.
The command uses LDAP v3, and cannot be used to authenticate to an LDAP v2 directory not supporting LDAP v3. Furthermore, the modrate command uses simple authentication, not secure binding.
The modrate command cannot set a time limit for operations.
By default, the modrate command continues its task indefinitely, displaying results periodically, and displaying any errors encountered as well without interrupting operation.
Include randomly generated numbers by specifying %d and %s placeholders in the base DN. These placeholders are then replaced according to the following rules:
Replace this placeholder with random integer values depending on the maxRand parameter to the -r option.
The -r option may be used at most two times to generate random target entries. Replacement values for the %d placeholder range over [0,maxRand1—1] for the first use of the -r option, and over [1,maxRand2] for the second.
Replace this placeholder with random strings from the file specified using the -i option.
Replacement values for this placeholder are randomly selected lines of the file specified.
The modrate command requires that you apply the following rules for substitutions, displaying an error message when the used incorrectly:
Use only one type of placeholder, either %d or %s, per invocation of the modrate command.
Specify at least as many uses of the -r as %d placeholders used in the base DN.
Use %%d and %%s to specify literal strings %d and %s, respectively.
In order to use this random modification mechanism, you must populate your directory accordingly. For example, you can measure the modification rate using the following command:
$ modrate -D "uid=test%d,ou=test,dc=example,dc=com" -w "auth%d%d" -r 100
In order for the modrate command to bind effectively, your directory must contain entries corresponding to the following LDIF excerpt:
dn: uid=test0,ou=test,dc=example,dc=com userPassword: auth00 dn: uid=test1,ou=test,dc=example,dc=com userPassword: auth11 dn: uid=test2,ou=test,dc=example,dc=com userPassword: auth22 … dn: uid=test10,ou=test,dc=example,dc=com userPassword: auth1010 … dn: uid=test99,ou=test,dc=example,dc=com userPassword: auth9999
Examples in this section use the following conventions:
The modrate command is found in a directory present in the PATH used for the examples.
The directory server is located on a system named host.
The directory server listens on port 389, the default for non-SSL connections.
The following command performs modifications until it has displayed five results messages. Notice that each line concerns only the elapsed interval.
$ modrate -h host -D uid=hmiller,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com -w - \ -C 5 -b "uid=test%d,ou=test,dc=example,dc=com" -r 100 -M "description:7:aString" Enter bind password: Avg r= 74.00/thr ( 14.80/sec), total= 74 Avg r= 118.00/thr ( 23.60/sec), total= 118 Avg r= 68.00/thr ( 13.60/sec), total= 68 Avg r= 39.00/thr ( 7.80/sec), total= 39 Avg r= 71.00/thr ( 14.20/sec), total= 71 All threads exited
If you read Example.ldif, you see that hmiller's password is hillock.
Notice also that a result message provides the following items of information:
The average rate of modification per thread of execution
The average rate of modification per second
The total number of modification operations performed during the interval the results message concerns
The following command keeping the connection open and binds only once:
$ modrate -h host -D uid=hmiller,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com -w - \ -C 5 -b "uid=test%d,ou=test,dc=example,dc=com" -r 100 -M "description:7:aString" -K Enter bind password: Avg r= 272.00/thr ( 54.40/sec), total= 272 Avg r= 183.00/thr ( 36.60/sec), total= 183 Avg r= 180.00/thr ( 36.00/sec), total= 180 Avg r= 257.00/thr ( 51.40/sec), total= 257 Avg r= 226.00/thr ( 45.20/sec), total= 226 All threads exited
If you read Example.ldif, you see that hmiller's password is hillock.
The modrate command returns the following exit status codes.
Successful completion.
An error occurred.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
Zip distribution only
Stability Level
NAME | Synopsis | Description | Options | Extended Description | Examples | Exit Status | Attributes | See Also


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Put it in your diaries now, the next big London bike polo tournament will take place on August 17th 2008 in conjunction with the Shoreditch Festival and the Tour de Shoreditch. We are sorting an exciting new court which should be a great improvement on the Brick Lane area. The festival organisers are expecting around 5000 people to show up to the event so it will be a great showcase for polo.
If you are interested in taking part, post here to register your teams interest (or if you dont have a team to find other people who are in the same position). We also need volunteers to help out, leave a comment or post on that thread.
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Commerce Commission
Wednesday 30th January 2013
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A new report from the Commerce Commission gives consumers information on how well their local electricity distribution business is performing.
The report, Electricity distributors' performance from 2008 to 2011, covers key aspects of performance of interest to customers, including revenue, demand, service reliability and expenditure on the network. It shows trends and comparisons across the industry as a whole, and for the 29 individual businesses.
The industry trend was for increases in revenue, total expenditure and demand, but there was wide variation across individual distributors. Overall reliability of services was largely unchanged.
Commerce Commission General Manager Regulation, Dr John Hamill, said that total revenue across all 29 distributors had increased by 5% above inflation over the four years.
"What we have seen over 2008 to 2011 at an industry level is that electricity distribution prices have increased, though again, there is wide variation among distribution businesses," said Dr Hamill.
Dr Hamill said that some of the increase in revenue for the industry was due to increasing demand for electricity distribution services, but it was mostly due to prices increasing for reasons such as the need for investment in the network and increased operating costs.
Dr Hamill said that a recent price reset for the 16 distributors subject to price-quality regulation was not covered in the new report as it fell outside the 2008 to 2011 time period.
The overall trend for electricity outages across the industry had not changed over the three year period, but reliability varied widely between businesses.
"Some distributors had a significantly larger number of outages, and a significantly longer duration of outages than others," Dr Hamill said.
Total expenditure in the electricity distribution industry increased faster than inflation from 2008 to 2011. Operating expenditure grew 6% over and above inflation from 2008 to 2011 while capital expenditure grew 8% above inflation over the same period.
"The Commission's role is to summarise and analyse the information provided by distribution businesses to give transparency about how they are performing," said Dr Hamill. "We hope that reports like this will provide useful information for the distributors and their stakeholders to keep improving business performance."
All information in the report is publicly available, but this the first time it has been brought together in one document.
A copy of the report, including links to individual distributor chapters, is available on the Commission's website. http://www.comcom.govt.nz/electricity-distributors-performance-from-2008-to-2011/
There are 29 electricity distribution businesses in New Zealand. Distributors transport electricity to homes and businesses. Distribution charges account for around a quarter of a typical household bill. Part of their charge goes towards maintaining and investing in the network.
The Commission regulates electricity distributors under the Commerce Act because there is little or no competition in this market. The Commission's regulation aims to ensure there is an appropriate balance between providing incentives for suppliers to invest in their regulated services, and ensuring that their prices are aligned with the cost of services they provide.
All electricity distributors are subject to information disclosure regulation, under which they must publish information such as prices, measures of quality, financial information, plans for managing and investing in their assets, and forecasts of future expenditure (including investment planned in the network). In 2012 the Commission set new information requirements for all of the distributors.
Price-quality paths are regulatory controls for electricity distributors that do not meet the definition of consumer-owned set in the legislation. Seventeen electricity distributors are subject to price-quality paths. The Commission reset the default price-quality paths for 16 electricity distributors in November 2012 with new price limits taking effect from 1 April 2013. The remaining 12 distributors are subject to information disclosure only.
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ONU to Honor Veterans at Home Football Game
Sep 9, 2012
Ohio Northern University will host Veterans Appreciation Day on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Dial-Roberson Stadium in conjunction with its home football game against Heidelberg University.
Pregame festivities, which begin at 1:45 p.m., include a scheduled F-16 jet flyover by the 180th Fighter Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard from Toledo, Ohio, honorary team captains representing various military branches, and on-field veteran recognition. Ohio VFW Commander Chuck Keller, Ohio Northern President Daniel DiBiasio and Ohio Athletic Conference Commissioner Tim Gleason will share thoughts, and ONU Chaplain David MacDonald will offer a prayer and moment of silence.
All veterans of the United States Armed Forces and their families will be admitted into the game for free.
Kickoff of the Polar Bears' home opener against the Student Princes is at 2:15 p.m. Tickets, priced at $5 for adults and $3 for students, will be available at the gate.
The Ohio Northern players will wear commemorative camouflage jerseys during the game. These game-worn jerseys will be available through a silent auction after the game, with all profits being donated to the Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Services Fund.


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Straight from the headlines: ISIS destroys the temple of Bal at Palmyra. Looters steal friezes from Greco-Roman sites in Ukraine under the cover of conflict. A highway is built through an ancient Mayan city in the Guatemalan highlands, the legacy of decades of near-genocidal internal conflict. Why is the loss of human patrimony important, especially in the context of the loss of lives? How can we begin to explain why both are worthy of our consideration? And what can high school or college educators and their students do about it?
Our first roundtable features three experts from the University of Texas who've taken the destruction of sites where they've worked and lived seriously, and are working to raise awareness of the importance of antiquities in danger around the world, and share simple steps to raise awareness about the problem and how to get involved.
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I wrote this in 2009 after Michael Martin, Labour MP for Glasgow North East and the Speaker of the House of Commons had announced his decision on the 19th of May to resign, to forestall the imminent historic humiliation of being the first Speaker in history to be forced out by a vote of no confidence. I really believed that the electors of Springburn, a district I had known well all my life, would awaken from their fantasy that Labour was on their side.
Not only was I wrong in November 2009 at the by-election, but wrong again at the 2010 General election in May 2010.
Despite all that has since happened, including the ignominious defeat of the hapless Gordon Brown Government, leaving us with the nightmare of the Coalition, the Ashcroft poll shows that Springburn is still set to do it again, lemming-like.
But the SNP has a strong candidate in Anne McLaughlin this time, and perhaps the electors will finally learn the lesson that the rest of Glasgow has – Labour is no longer the people's party.
Don't get fooled again, Springburn!
The 2009 Moridura blog
I wondered just how long it would take for Alf Young of the Herald to decide that a general election would be a bad thing right now, and here he is on cue today saying just that.
For those of you unfamiliar with Alf's deeply coded messages, let me translate - if a general election was announced swiftly, Labour would be wiped out at the polls, the Tories would win in England, and the rickety United Kingdom would have a Tory government, making it completely unrepresentative of the will of the Scottish people.
The new Westminster government could not then deny the Scottish people a referendum on independence, which would happen around the time of the Scottish Parliamentary election in 2011, with the SNP being returned with a decisive working majority. The likely outcome would be a decisive vote for the freedom of Scotland.
This must not be allowed to happen. In the fantasy world of the Herald, the Scotsman and the Scottish Unionist, the general election must be deferred as long as possible, giving Gordon Brown's corrupt, incompetent, indecisive and rotten administration time - time to recover credibility over the next few months, aided by the full weight of the Scottish unionist press, more defence jobs bribery, more judicious patronage, as many distorted scare stories as can be mustered, and ideally a nice popular, winnable war against some far off country - the Falklands Factor.
But there's a worm in Alf and Labour's apple - it's called Glasgow North East, better known as Springburn, and a by-election is imminent. How imminent?
Well, it could be July, but if Alf's logic is applied, it could be deferred till September or October, and this would sit well with Gordon Brown's electoral cowardice and reflex procrastination instincts.
A recent Channel Four News report covered Springburn and Labour, gained great moral force by being presented by Sarah Smith, the daughter of Labour's lost Leader, John Smith.
Here are a few facts.
Under Labour for generations, and in recent times while its Labour MP, Michael Martin was one of the most powerful politicians in the land, Springburn has
about two and a half times the national rate of unemployment.
life expectancy 12 years lower than more prosperous parts of Scotland.
almost 12% more smokers, and 5% more deaths from smoking than the Scottish average
widespread deprivation and urban decline
The Channel Four documentary quoted an old Springburn joke - "You can't join the Labour Party in Springburn - it's already full!"
But most of the Labour voters questioned said bluntly that that old reflex loyalty could no longer be relied upon.
What Sarah Smith devastatingly stated as "the breach of trust between the party that is supposed to fight for the underprivileged and the people who need it the most" will be in the forefront of Springburn voters minds when they go to the polling stations.
Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University caught the echoes of the questions from last year's Glasgow East campaign - "What has the Labour Party ever done for this constituency? It's still as impoverished as it ever was ..." Glasgow North East is even more impoverished.
What was Michael Martin doing? He was living in a palatial palace as Speaker, and he was implicated in an expenses system where MPs were making claims related to luxury items of home furnishing when people in Glasgow North East were struggling to get basic, essential items, such as cookers and fridges.
Don't get fooled again, Springburn.
Don't be fooled by politicians who make snap appearances at old ladies's lunch clubs, smile and twinkle, then disappear in a chauffeur-driven hired limousine to grand civic functions and expensive dinners.
Don't be fooled by little successful interventions into small grievances when the main structural decline of your community and your life is accelerating unchecked.
This is not the Labour you knew for so many years, in opposition, fighting against the evil Tories, who could be blamed for everything - this is Labour who have been in government for 12 years, yet have frittered away the resources of the nation and the lives of Scottish servicemen and women in foreign wars, the party that is cutting the Scottish budget for essential services by £500 million pounds while spending fifty times that - £25 billion pounds - on outmoded. irrelevant weapons of mass destruction.
Don't get fooled again Springburn!
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Baker Lake Inuit artist Ada Eyetoaq is best known for her roughly carved miniature soapstone sculptures of human figures, though she has also explored other artistic media. She has created a number of drawings for the Sanavik Cooperative's print program and a few wool duffel and felt wall-hangings.
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one block West of the Granville Island gates
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Imagine a school that encourages exploration and discovery.
Imagine an environment where children grow to be independent thinkers.
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Imagine an occasion when children can be inspired.
Imagine a world where there is joy in learning.
That is Webster Montessori School.
WMS offers a half day classroom program for children ages 18 months to 3 years. Our Toddler Program supports the young child's need for activity while building a foundation for future development. Our goals are to help children reach independence and have respect for themselves, others, and the environment.
The center of our Montessori curriculum is a three year program for a mixed age group of children ages 3 to 5. Younger children attend for a half day and stay for a full day classroom program when they are older. Within a family-like atmosphere, each child's natural development is followed. Children are given the structured freedom to work at their own pace and pursue their own love of learning.
A full day Elementary program is open to students ages 6 to 12. Children work individually and in small groups as they progress toward abstract concepts and logical reasoning. The curriculum features strong academics including the study of basic math, geometry, algebra, writing, reading and grammar, biology, zoology, physical sciences, geography, art, music, and PE.


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The Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics will highlight its elite robotics students and showcase cutting-edge research projects in areas that include Medical Robotics, Extreme Environments Robotics, Human-Machine Systems for Manufacturing, BioRobotics and more. JHU Robotics Industry Day will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Hackerman Hall on the Homewood Campus at Johns Hopkins University.
Robotics Industry Day will provide top companies and organizations in the private and public sectors with access to the LCSR's forward-thinking, solution-driven students. The event will also serve as an informal opportunity to explore university-industry partnerships.
Registration is required. Click here to register via Eventbrite.
Heidi Nepf, the Donald and Martha Harleman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the 35th Annual Alexander Graham Christie Lecture.
The lecture will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, in 210 Hodson Hall.
How vegetation alters waves and current, and the feedbacks to environmental system function
Vegetation provides a wide range of ecosystem services valued at over 4 trillion dollars per year. Seagrasses, salt marshes, and mangroves, damp storm surge and waves, mitigate anthropogenic nutrient loads, and provide important habitat and blue carbon reservoirs. The conservation and restoration of these landscapes has become the center-point of nature-based solutions for coastal protection and carbon mitigation. This seminar will summarize basic concepts in vegetation hydrodynamics, focusing on flexible meadows of seagrass, for which the bending of plants in response to fluid motion (called reconfiguration) plays an important role in setting the drag. Scaling laws are developed to describe the damping of currents, turbulence and waves as a function of plant morphology, flexibility, and shoot density. The feedbacks from plant-flow interaction to sediment transport and carbon sequestration are also discussed.
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Join us every Tuesday evening at 6:30pm for a free group trail run at the Deep Well trailhead in Percy Warner Park. We run the 4.5 mile 'red trail' loop. Meet by the trailhead map board and look for ringleaders Lauren Pulley, Robert Jackson and/or Sean O'Brien. Please remember to bring a head lamp and your own hydration. Come run, have fun, and meet some new folks!
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.—With 2:34 left in a potentially title-deciding game and Yale cutting into its lead, Harvard turned to a familiar face to regain momentum.
After a series of crosscourt passes, junior wing Wesley Saunders sent a bullet to co-captain Laurent Rivard in the left corner. Rivard caught, shot, and extended his team's advantage to double digits once more.
And with that bucket, the Harvard men's basketball team marched into madness.
Two minutes later, it was official. The Crimson (25-4, 12-1 Ivy) had clinched its third straight berth in the NCAA Tournament with a 70-58 win over Yale (15-12, 9-4) on Friday night at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium. With the victory, Harvard also nabbed its third consecutive outright Ivy League title.
While the visiting squad was in control for a majority of the matchup, a late run from the Bulldogs necessitated the late game heroics from Rivard.
Following an up-and-under layup from Saunders, Eli sophomore forward Justin Sears forced the ball into the lane, drew contact, and sunk a baby jumper. With his and-one free throw, Sears cut Harvard's advantage to 11, 57-46, and instigated Yale's comeback attempt.
On the next possession, Sears grabbed a defensive board and pushed the ball up the court. The forward passed the rock off to a teammate, and got it back, slicing into the paint. Sears elevated, and slammed the ball home over Rivard, cutting his squad's deficit to single digits for the first time since the opening half.
Yale began to pressure on defense as well, trapping Harvard in the backcourt in a 1-2-2 press.
However, with 3:28 to go, a Crimson dagger deflated Yale's newfound energy.
Sophomore point guard Siyani Chambers brought the ball up the court, and sent the rock to senior forward Kyle Casey at the free-throw line. Casey looked around, and then returned the ball to Chambers, who was waiting with open hands at the top of the key. The point guard drilled the three, pushing Harvard's lead to 11.
Sears responded with a pair of free throws, but it was too little too late as 68 seconds later, Rivard's shot from deep all-but clinched the Crimson's win, championship, and tournament bid.
"It's obvious how thrilled and proud we are of that effort by our kids," Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. "We prepared, we knew how challenging it would be going against [Yale] and especially here.… I think we've shown that we have been the best team in our league…. We are pleased for our program, thrilled for our school, and happy for our kids for a job well done."
It took Harvard only one possession to gain control at the onset of the game.
After Yale corralled the opening tip, an errant pass from Bulldog sophomore Nick Victor led to a layup for junior forward Steve Moundou-Missi. On the team's next possession, Chambers threaded a pass through two defenders to Casey, who slammed the ball home.
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An amazing detail from the ongoing Lance Armstrong story...
According to Selena Roberts at her new sports site Roopstigo, Lance Armstrong is trying to settle with one of his former sponsors before they launch what would otherwise likely be a full-on legal attack on his assets.
Until recently, Armstrong and his attorneys have remained steadfast about his doping denials and refusal to revisit old cases. But the overwhelming evidence released by the US Anti-Doping Agency will likely embolden former sponsors to try to recoup the money they paid Armstrong for winning Tours.
At least one of Armstrong's former teammates, Floyd Landis, has also sued him.
Armstrong is worth an estimated $125 million, so there's plenty of cash to go after.
Selena Roberts reports that Armstrong's attorneys recently met with SCA Promotions, the company that sued Armstrong to try to avoid paying a $5 million performance bonus after the doping allegations were first revealed. That case was eventually settled, and SCA paid Armstrong the money. But now they want it back.
In June, Armstrong's attorney said "no do-overs." Recently, however, Roberts reports, Armstrong's attorney's met with SCA and proposed a settlement of $1 million.
SCA reportedly laughed at the offer and wants $11 million, which is what Armstrong made for winning in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
And then there's Floyd Landis, who filed a "whistleblower" lawsuit against Armstrong in 2010. At stake in that case is apparently $30 million the U.S. Postal Service paid Armstrong. Landis could walk away with 20%-30% of whatever the lawsuit yields.
Selena Roberts has more at Roopstigo >


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These cookies caught my eye when I was browsing the Cooking Light website. Jon loves lemon cookies, bars, cake, etc. He was thrilled when he left for school this morning that I was making these today. These turned out really good. They have a unique texture due to the cornmeal in them. The lemon flavor is slight, but pairs well with the ginger. A nice after dinner treat!
- 1 cup gluten-free flour mix – I used Carol's Sorghum Mix (about 4 1/2 ounces, which was less than a cup)
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
- 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal (I used Bob's Red Mill)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind (one lemon made a little less than 1 TBSP)
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup, and level with a knife. Combine flour and the next 4 ingredients (through ground ginger); stir with a whisk. Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Scrape sides of the bowl occasionally. Add egg; beat well. Beat in grated lemon rind. Add flour mixture to butter mixture, and beat at medium-low speed just until blended.
3. Spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons batter 2 inches apart onto 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes (I checked mine at 10 and they were done) or until lightly browned and almost firm. Remove from oven. Cool on pans for 2 minutes or until firm. Remove from pans. Cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 55 /per cookie (based on 36 cookies)
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You're still here?! Fuck. I was wanting to go take a nap. Alright, Anthony Wong (two years after his epic performance in EBOLA SYNDROME) is a crooked cop who's more gangster than cop. He sleeps most of the day then parties, whores and gambles all night. That is until he's given a new boss...who moves in with him! So now Anthony is having all kinds of trouble, especially when the main gang underlord who keeps the peace between the gangs has to go on the run so now it pretty much an all out turf war with Wong stuck dead in the middle.
As far as 90's HK action flicks go BEAST COPS is one of my favorites, mostly due to Wong's balls out performance. I don't know what it is about this guy but you can't take your eyes off him! Lightning quick pace, insane action scenes, gritty camerawork BEAST COPS might look a little dated to younger viewers, but it's still a lot of fun. Check it out!
B&W, slow motion, rain and a flying dove all in the same shot.


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Hello? (tap, tap) Is this thing on?
Well, since I haven't posted a single thing on here in 10 long months I realize there is an excellent chance that I'm talking to myself here, but regardless I wanted to tell all you wonderful folks (listening or not) merry Christmas and a happy new year!
The game room has grown quite a bit this year and I've had several ideas for posts, even have one in the draft holster at 99% complete for the last several months, but work and life obligations combined with my chronically lethargic demeanor to inadvertently put the blog on hold. I'd like to think I will post again, as I do quite enjoy it, but calendars don't lie. And I can't risk my previous post potentially being the final one with that big goofy picture of me in front of the Canyon Bomber. So in the event that I continue my non-posting ways I wanted to take this opportunity to tell everyone thanks for taking the time to read over my little blog every now and then (back when I updated it on a semi-regular basis). I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Merry Christmas and good night.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas to All!
Hello? (tap, tap) Is this thing on?
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine firefighters thought they heard signs of life Wednesday as they hunted through the ruins of a 10-story apartment building destroyed by a gas explosion. But by late afternoon, no more victims were found in the blast that killed at least 11 people, injured more than 60 injured and left 11 unaccounted for.
Rescuers kept up an intense search, despite the danger that damaged towers alongside the rubble pile could collapse on top of them.
They paused only for several minutes, while President Cristina Fernandez, just back from the United Nations, briefly visited the disaster site. She then left to boos and applause to visit some of the 22 hospitalized victims.
With heavy equipment largely blocked by the towers that remain standing, firefighters were mostly working by hand, using a sensitive listening device and body-sniffing dogs to try to reach an area two stories underground where they heard sounds that could have been from victims, said Marcos Escajadillo , the provincial security secretary in the city of Rosario.
"We're trying to work without making a sound or creating vibrations that could provoke a collapse of the other buildings," he told a crowd of reporters.
At least 22 people remained hospitalized Wednesday. Fernandez declared two days of mourning, and politicians canceled their final campaign rallies ahead of Sunday's primary for the Oct. 17 congressional elections.
Meanwhile, a prosecutor and investigative judge were pursuing evidence of criminal negligence in the explosion, which damaged the center of Argentina's third-largest city.
Repairman Carlos Osvaldo Garcia and his assistant, who were trying to repair the gas system Tuesday, were detained for questioning. One fled the scene moments before the blast, while the other tried to warn passersby, Judge Juan Carlos Curto said.
The Litoral Gas company said it had nothing to do with Tuesday's work, saying the men weren't company employees and no one had advised them to shut off the gas beforehand.
Litoral Gas spokesman Jose Maria Gonzalez also said the company had received no complaints following a July 26 repair, after which an inspector agreed to turn the gas back on.
But residents of the three-towered apartment complex said they had complained for weeks of leaks and poor gas pressure to Litoral Gas, and that despite the work in July, their heaters and stoves weren't lighting up.
"So the residents' committee consulted with gas repairmen, and they said the valve had to be changed. That was the work they were doing," resident Marcos Morales told the city's La Capital newspaper.
Judge Curto confirmed that Garcia is not directly employed by Litoral Gas, but said company records should help determine who is responsible.
"This isn't something that just happened yesterday, but rather it had been coming for days with different jobs by Litoral Gas and by repairmen, not just the detained one, and this resulted in yesterday's repair job that was directly linked to the explosion," Curto told reporters.
Garcia is overcome with grief and needs psychiatric support, said his defense lawyer, Hugo Bufarini. He said the licensed 20-year veteran repairman is certified by Litoral Gas to do this kind of work, and should not be singled out.
La Capital and other Argentine media interviewed the building's distraught doorman, identified only as "Pedro," who said he was with the repairmen when it happened.
"It all happened so fast," the doorman said. "I was calling to 'emergencies' (911). I told the repairman that many people would die. He grabbed his things, climbed into the white truck and left."
"I didn't have time to tell people to get out," the doorman added. "I feel so sorry for not being able to help."


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Starstruck Season 2's First Princess, LJ Reyes is taking a sexy lift with her golden wings spread out on the cover of FHM Philippines this December 2009.
LJ has her biggest break in playing her first villain role in Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan. Another would be her casting with Sine Novela: Una Kang Naging Akin where she earned much admiration and praises from both fans and critics for her outstanding performance. Recently, LJ also played one of JC De Vera's leading ladies in Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita. Her last TV project was with Kris Bernal playing a supporting role in All My Life.
Other features on FHM cover includes Sex Hints from the Movies! R-rated tactics for your triple-X fun!, Green & Wired! The best pro-Earth gadgets for you!, Laugh till You Drop! Stand-up comedy's funniest stars! and That's a Lot of Bull! All the crap people say–decoded!
Check out a copy now!


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The Jackson County Sheriff's Office has arrested a suspect in the Armed Robbery of two local businesses, the P&G Superette in Hoschton on September 13, and the Dollar General store in Talmo on October 4.
Richard Cullen Yurk, 26, Winder, was charged with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of commission of a crime by a convicted felon, two counts of possession of tools for the commission of crime,
one count of reckless conduct, one count of possession of firearm by a convicted felon and one count of windshield requirement violation.
While on patrol, Sgt D.G. Thomas stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation and further investigation revealed that the vehicle and driver matched the description from the two previous robberies. The driver was arrested and a search warrant conducted on the vehicle where items were found connecting the suspect to the two armed robberies that had occurred in Jackson County, law enforcement officials report.
The investigation continues with armed robbery charges pending in Winder and Hall County.


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One small problem I did find with the application was that it can only undo the last action. This of course meant that it was easy to make mistakes when creating the piece of graffiti. Then again I do not think the pro graffiti artists on the street have the undo option at all. Overall this is a very fun application to use.
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Every week we get Down & Dirty, in which Nozlee Samadzadeh breaks down our favorite seasonal fruits, vegetables, and more by the numbers.
Strawberries are nuts! Actually, they're fruit -- and despite the name, they're not berries. Whether you're eating them plain or with clotted cream, stacking them sky-high with meringues, or using them to top a spinach salad, here's everything you need to know about buying, storing, and eating everyone's favorite all-American fruit (literally -- the Pilgrims had them at the first Thanksgiving)that's versatile, delicious, and as good for snacking as it is for sherbet, ricotta, or roasting.
1. Seedy business: Let's get technical: the reason that a strawberry is not, in fact, a berry is because true berries have their seeds on the inside. According to the California Strawberry Commission, there are on average 200 seeds on every strawberry! Depending on the variety, they can appear as either raised or sunken yellow dots on the surface. They're perfectly edible, and birds like them too -- this farmer describes having birds swoop in to eat the seeds off of his strawberries without even breaking the fruit's skin!
2. Color Theory: As America's Test Kitchen tells us, the strawberries that you see at the store may be red -- they continue to ripen in color after being picked -- but it doesn't mean that they're sweet. The USDA found that strawberries picked early and ripened off the plant were only 72% as good in flavor as those harvested from the plant! Strawberries come in all shades, from orange-red to much darker, all depending on the variety, the weather, and the soil.
3. Size Doesn't Matter: Next time you're at the market, try buying the tiniest strawberries you can and compare them with the larger ones. Often, tinier ripe berries have a more concentrated flavor.
4. Vivid Vivisection: When you bite into a strawberry, you should see uniform red on the inside. Strawberries that are white inside -- or worse, hollow -- don't last as long because of the air space of oxygen inside the fruit that speeds decay. According to the USDA, berries with "less air space and less oxygen inside...keep their color and flavor better than most varieties."
5. Leaf Cap: The leaves on a strawberry are edible, but you probably don't want them in your pie or ice cream. Use a spoon to easily scoop away, or "hull," the top of the plant.
6. See Spot Run: Strawberries are often sold in tiny baskets called "punnets." (Cool name, huh?)If you see red splotches on the punnets of strawberries you're buying at market, it's a good sign that some of the fruit may be too ripe and has been crushed under its own weight. Unless you'll be cooking with them that day, look for a clean one.
Looking for new ways to showcase the versatility of strawberries? Here are three totally different -- and equally delicious -- recipes:
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Community Eats Pick up 19th of August Delivering Rescued food to Beach Hav...
Unifying People with Sustainable Living and Sharing Food
Delivering rescued food every Monday to Beach Haven Community House.
Please register for your food box at birkdalebeachhaven.eventbrite.com
Please call Carla at Beach Haven House 09 483 9942 if you have any questions or don't have access to register online (and we will register you).
Food boxes supplied on 'first in - first served basis' with one box per family. This is to give all the community the chance to recieve support. Just one box per family.
(Registration essential)
Collection time is 1.30pm - 2.30pm Beach Haven House on Mondays.