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Local government infrastructure includes water supply and reticulation, sewage treatment, local roads, stormwater management and parks.
The department reviewed the existing framework in 2013 and 2014 to introduce reforms that enhance the clarity, equity and consistency of the system.
As part of this review, the public were invited to have their say on the proposed changes. The department received more than 80 submissions from interested stakeholders on how the local government infrastructure charges framework could best support a growing, sustainable and prosperous Queensland.
Infrastructure planning and charging framework
Following the review, the department has produced an 'Infrastructure planning and charging framework' that strikes a balance between local government financial sustainability and property development feasibility.
The new framework:
- retains the regulated maximum infrastructure charges set under the State Planning Regulatory Provision
- provides transparent and consistent changes to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (SPA) that reduce red tape and provide a level playing field for developers and councils.
Amendments to the SPA and SEQ Water Act
Amendments to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and the South East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009, were required to support the implementation of the reformed infrastructure framework. These amendments have been progressed through the Sustainable Planning (Infrastructure Charges) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 which was passed by parliament to commence on 4 June 2014. These explanation notes provide more information about the Bill.
Some of the key amendments to the SPA and the SEQ Water Act include:
- The requirement to recognise the existing use of land and reduce charges to take account of that use. This is commonly known as a 'credit'.
- The requirement to be more transparent about why an infrastructure condition is imposed.
- Introduction of a process for an applicant to apply to convert non-trunk infrastructure to trunk infrastructure. This new process also impacts whether a developer is entitled to an offset or refund against their infrastructure charge.
- Clarification that payment of infrastructure charges cannot occur before plan sealing for a development approval or before time of connection for a water approval, unless agreed to by the local authority and applicant.
- Clarification about the types of infrastructure appeals that can be lodged and the introduction of new appeal rights for the above mentioned conversion process and crediting.
Fair value infrastructure charges schedule
As part of the infrastructure planning and charges framework review, a study was undertaken to analyse the relationship between demand and the cost to provide development with essential infrastructure to support it.
This work resulted in the development of the fair value infrastructure charges schedule ( 345 KB).
Compared to the maximum charges determined in 2011 and set by the state under the State Planning Regulatory Provision (adopted charges) 2012 ( 134 KB), the fair value infrastructure charges schedule includes a 10 per cent cost reduction for charges for residential development and 15 per cent reduction for non-residential development.
In addition, the proposed schedule has:
- an expanded and more differentiated list of land use categories
- additional charge categories to align charges and demand for infrastructure.
While the State Planning Regulatory Provision (adopted charges) identifies the prescribed maximum infrastructure charges set by the state, local governments are encouraged to adopt the lower and more refined infrastructure charges proposed under the non-mandatory fair value infrastructure charges schedule.
Frequently asked questions
Why were the reforms needed?
The long-term infrastructure charging framework addresses the challenging issue of infrastructure charges and provides a way forward that will encourage development. It also ensures local governments have the funds necessary to build infrastructure such as roads and water and sewerage treatment plants.
The reforms will deliver an infrastructure charges framework that is certain, equitable, supports the financial sustainability of local governments and water distributor-retailers, and provides confidence to the development industry when planning and delivering projects.
What consultation has been undertaken and what were the key issues?
Since the start of the reform process in 2013, there has been a strong commitment to genuine and robust stakeholder consultation and engagement.
Between February 2013 and April 2014 the department held 13 workshops with representatives from local authorities and development industry stakeholders to identify framework issues and test options for reform. Stakeholder opinions and advice have informed decision-making about the reforms needed.
Additionally, the discussion paper Infrastructure planning and charging framework review ( 612 KB) was released for public consultation on 1 July 2013 proposing options for the reform of key elements of the framework.
More than 80 submissions were received from a range of stakeholders. In general, the submissions demonstrated support for the introduction of a more equitable and certain long-term infrastructure framework.
Key issues identified during consultation included the need to:
- increase the certainty and transparency of conditions, offsets and refunds
- specify credits for existing use rights
- improve dispute resolution and infrastructure agreement processes
- direct that the payment of infrastructure charges cannot occur before plan sealing for a development application or time of connection for a water approval, unless agreed to by the local authority and applicant
- review the maximum charges and respective charge categories.
Feedback from local authorities, the development industry and other stakeholders indicated general support for the proposed infrastructure framework reforms and the certainty, transparency and simplicity the reforms will deliver.
When is a local government planning scheme required to include an LGIP?
Under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (SPA) all local governments were required to include a Priority Infrastructure Plan (PIP) in their planning schemes. Councils are now required to include a Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) instead of a PIP.
A grace period, starting from the commencement of the new framework and ending 30 June 2016, has been included in the legislation, during which time a local government planning scheme is not required to include a Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP).
From 1 July 2016 onwards, local governments will be required to include an LGIP in their planning scheme if they intend to levy infrastructure charges or impose conditions for trunk infrastructure. In accordance with section 997 of SPA, a local government may apply to the Planning Minister for an extension of the date to a date not later than 30 June 2018, to adopt an LGIP.
Local governments that do not intend to levy infrastructure charges or impose conditions for trunk infrastructure do not need to include an LGIP in their planning schemes.
Will a local government be able to levy infrastructure charges from the commencement of the new framework in 2014 and onwards if they do not have an adopted infrastructure charges resolution?
The provisions that previously allowed local governments without an adopted charges resolution to continue levying charges based on a planning scheme policy for infrastructure contributions will lapse upon commencement of the new framework. Therefore, local governments without an adopted charges resolution will not be able to levy charges from this point onwards.
Existing charges resolutions will remain valid after the commencement of the new framework and therefore local governments were able to continue to use that resolution to levy charges. However, all local governments were required to adopt a new resolution before 1 July 2015 if they want to continue to levy infrastructure charges.
The requirement for a new resolution by July 2015 assisted with the transition into the new framework and ensure the framework is being applied consistently across local governments. It also provides a level of transparency to stakeholders as local governments will be required to include additional information in their resolutions such as the charges breakup; criteria used to decide a conversions application; and the methodology for recalculation of the value of infrastructure.
What is the process, criteria, parameters and impacts of the conversion process in relation to trunk and non-trunk infrastructure?
It is not always possible to identify all trunk infrastructure required for all future development because of a lack of information at the time of planning. The conversion process allows for those pieces of trunk infrastructure to be identified at the time of development approval.
The conversion process is not an appeal process. As such, the local authorities make a decision on what is converted and what is not. However, an applicant can challenge a decision made by the local authority on a conversion through an appeal to Planning and Environment Court or the Building and Development Dispute Resolution Committee.
The specification of trunk infrastructure depends on the number of people who will use the infrastructure and the standard of service put in place by the local authority. As such, each local authority can set their own definition of 'trunk infrastructure' which is appropriate for their local government area or service area.
Therefore, it is practical for each local authority to set its own decision criteria and the legislation requires that local authorities have criteria in their resolution or Netserv Plan by 1 July 2015. Until this time, the state government will provide default criteria in a statutory guideline which can be used by local authorities while they are developing their individual criteria. The default criteria are intended to support local authorities in making decisions on conversions and provide them with adequate time to develop their own criteria. There is a clear process in place for making a decision on a conversion application. A conversion application about non-trunk infrastructure can only be lodged if construction of the non-trunk infrastructure has not started. The local authority will have 30 business days to consider and decide a conversion application. This timeframe can be extended (by a minimum of 10 days) to accommodate an information request process.
What are the anticipated impacts and timeframes of the changes to the offset and refund provisions?
Offsets and refunds are currently determined through a negotiation process which results in uncertainty. The legislation addresses this by:
- clarifying that offsets and refunds must be provided
- providing credits across an entity's networks
- enabling offsets and refunds for non-trunk infrastructure that is converted to trunk infrastructure.
Offsets are to be provided across all infrastructure networks for which the adopted charge applies, regardless of the type of infrastructure that is required to be provided in a necessary infrastructure condition. For example, a necessary infrastructure condition of a development approval requires transport infrastructure to be provided. The cost of the transport infrastructure is $500,000. Adopted charges apply to the development at a total amount of $600,000. The cost of the infrastructure under the necessary infrastructure condition ($500,000) must be offset against the total amount worked out by applying the adopted charge to the development ($600,000), rather than offsetting it only against the part of the charge relating to transport infrastructure.
Where a development application impacts on water and wastewater networks within an area that has a distributor-retailer arrangement, the local government and the distributor-retailer are only required to offset against the part of the maximum charge that they levy. Offsets cannot be transferred from a local government to a distributor-retailer or vice-versa.
Details including timing about an offset or refund are to be provided at the time an infrastructure charges notice is issued. The timing of a refund and a decision which involves an error relating to an offset or refund is appealable to the Planning and Environment Court and the Building and Development Dispute Resolution Committee.
What is the intent of the planned versus actual values provision and what do local authorities have to do in preparation?
The intent of the planned versus actual values provision is to provide a mechanism for testing the planned value of infrastructure identified within a local government infrastructure plan or Netserv Plan.
The planned value of infrastructure will continue to be the default arrangement - with actual values envisaged to be used where a local government or the recipient of a charges notice has genuine concerns regarding the value of the infrastructure in the plan.
Where an applicant is dissatisfied with the planned value of the infrastructure that is the subject of the offset or refund, the applicant can require an authority to use the methodology outlined in its infrastructure resolution or charges schedule to determine the value of the establishment cost. An applicant can only request that an infrastructure charge be recalculated in accordance with the methodology prior to the time stated for payment of a levied charge in the infrastructure charges notice.
Preparation for local authorities
Local authorities had until 30 June 2015 to include a recalculation methodology in their infrastructure resolutions or charges schedules.
Why is it important to mandate the provision of credits for existing lawful use rights?
Previously there was no certainty for applicants regarding the crediting arrangements that will apply to their development. The provision of credits for existing lawful use rights is needed to ensure a certain and consistent approach to crediting across all local authorities.
The establishment of mandatory crediting arrangements will ensure that lawful existing rights and previous infrastructure charges paid are recognised.
The provisions recognise that a credit does not need to be provided in the circumstance where there is an outstanding infrastructure charge payable or if trunk infrastructure conditions have not been complied with.
What changes have been made to the appeals and dispute resolution process?
Amendments to the legislation clarify what is appealable in relation to infrastructure charges and introduce a new appeal right for the conversion process. The amendments also strengthen the ability of the Building and Development Dispute Resolution Committees to hear appeals about infrastructure matters. These amendments are aimed at ensuring the committees are a viable low-cost and timely alternative to the court system for the purpose of hearing infrastructure charges appeals.
How do the changes affect infrastructure agreements?
The legislation provides that infrastructure agreement negotiation processes must be conducted in good faith. The intention of this provision is to encourage open, timely and cost-effective negotiation of infrastructure agreements.
How do the amendments to the SEQ Water Act differ from the amendments to SPA?
Essentially, the infrastructure framework for distributor-retailers is the same as the local government framework.There are some minor differences that are necessary to make the framework functional for distributor-retailers. For example, the time of payment of an infrastructure charge levied by a distributor-retailer is when the development site is connected to the water infrastructure. For local governments, payment time is at plan sealing, the time of change of use or when a building approval is issued.
The change from proportional split to charges breakup is simply a terminology change to better reflect the function of a charges breakup.
What happens, if a local government and a distributor-retailer do not agree on the split of the maximum charge?
If a distributor-retailer and their local government cannot agree on the split of the maximum charge, then their proportion will be determined by the State Planning Regulatory Provision (Adopted Charges) (SPRP).
Both distributor-retailers and their local governments will be limited to charging up to their proportion of the maximum charge under the SPRP.
How will the transition between the current framework and the new framework be managed?
Resolutions and board decisions
The legislation provides for existing local government resolutions and board decisions to remain valid after the commencement of the new framework to the extent that they are consistent with the SPRP in place at the time. The legislation also provides for the SPRP to continue for local governments without a local government infrastructure plan and to identify local government's priority infrastructure areas until 1 July 2016. The Sustainable Planning Act 2009, section 977, allows local governments to apply to the Planning Minister for an extension of this date to a date not later than 30 June 2018.
Existing charges resolution and board decisions remained valid until 30 June 2015. All local governments and distributor-retailers were required to adopt a new resolution or board decision which is consistent with the new legislation before 1 July 2015 if they want to continue to levy infrastructure charges.
Development applications
Development applications lodged prior to commencement of the new framework in 2014, but for which an approval has not been given, will be decided under the new provisions.
The previous framework will continue to apply to development applications decided prior to the commencement of the new framework, although these applicants will have access to the permissible change arrangements included in the legislation.
Setting infrastructure charges
The State Planning Regulatory Provision (adopted charges) 2012 (SPRP) ( 134 KB) and the Adopted Infrastructure Charges Schedule 2016 ( 392 KB) (increased amounts) sets a limit on the amount a local authority can levy a development for local infrastructure.
Local authorities still have the flexibility to set charges for their region provided the charges are below the maximum charge. This provides a level of certainty for the development industry that infrastructure charges will remain under the maximum amount while still supporting the provision of critical infrastructure by local authorities.
Local government
Local governments that levy infrastructure charges are required to set their infrastructure charge rates by making an adopted infrastructure charges resolution. For more information about your council area's adopted infrastructure charge resolution, contact your local government office. Find your local council's contact details. Local governments are required to publish their infrastructure charges resolution on their web pages.
Until 30 June 2016, or an extended date before 1 July 2018 approved by the Minister, local councils that do not have an infrastructure plan will have their priority infrastructure area (PIA) map identified in the SPRP. A PIA map identifies the areas that a local government will give priority in providing infrastructure services to accommodate future growth. View the current local government PIA maps. These maps will be superseded once a local government adopts its infrastructure plan.
Water distributor-retailers
South-East Queensland local councils set infrastructure charges for:
- roads
- stormwater
- parks.
Water supply and waste water infrastructure charges are set by water distributor-retailers (Queensland Urban Utilities and Unity Water). The local government and distributor-retailers total infrastructure charge is limited to the maximum infrastructure charge.


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U.S. OPEN TENNIS: Victoria Azarenka No. 1 seed
NEW YORK -- Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka will be seeded No. 1 at the U.S. Open, with 2006 champion Maria Sharapova at No. 3, and three-time winner Serena Williams at No. 4.
The U.S. Tennis Association announced the seedings Wednesday, strictly following this week's WTA rankings.
Azarenka, who won the Australian Open in January, is followed by No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska, the runner-up to Williams at Wimbledon last month.
Defending U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur is seeded seventh, and three-time winner Kim Clijsters is No. 23.
Venus Williams, who won the Open in 2000 and 2001, is ranked 47th and is unseeded.
The USTA said Tuesday that Roger Federer is seeded No. 1 among the men.
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Members of the Cleveland Browns aren't the only players and coaches who will be watched closely by incoming club president Mike Holmgren.
Take quarterback Charlie Frye, for instance.
Frye played nearly all of the 2007 season and 2008 with the Seattle Seahawks under Holmgren, remade his game, and gets his second start with the Raiders Sunday at Browns Stadium.
With Holmgren having already determined he would retire at the end of the season with Jim Mora taking over, Frye said Holmgren called him with words of advice for his career.
"He was like, `You've taken all you can from here, because (my contract) was up at the end of the season," Frye told the Cleveland media by conference call. "He said, `You need to go teach somebody else what you've learned here or go out and do it yourself.' That was pretty special for him to say that to me."
So Frye ended up doing both. JaMarcus Russell singled out Frye as the veteran who was giving him the most good advice as he struggled. Frye also was a fixture at the facility on Tuesdays, getting in early, staying late, helping with game plans like the coach he will eventually become.
Now he's the starter for the second week in a row, recovering from a concussion which knocked him out of a 20-19 win over Denver.
"I've always been a ball player," Frye said. "I don't get caught up in all the off the field activities and the other stuff. I love the game. That will never change. When the time comes _ `Charlie, you can't play anymore' _ I'll coach. I'll always be involved in the game of football because that's what I love to do."
No one is quite sure how Holmgren is going to shape the Browns. None of the coaching staff knows their status, there's still speculation that Holmgren could do the coaching himself. But if Holmgren were to beckon Frye as a mentor/backup quarterback, it's clear Frye would listen.
Like Bruce Gradkowski, Frye is in Oakland on a one-year contract, and there would appear to be at least an outside chance of the Raiders parting ways with Russell as well if they determine he simply isn't going to do everything it takes to be the team's leader and franchise player on the field, off the field and during the week.
"I don't know how those decisions are made or who makes them," Frye said. "Anybody who has played for him would love to be back with him. That's how great a person he is. That stuff is really out of your hands, and I really like it out here."
Frye is philosophical about returning to a state where he went to college at Akron, as well as where he got his start as an NFL contract, which included the dubious distinction of being the first Week 1 starter at his position to be traded to another team before Week 2. He was dealt for a sixth-round draft pick and replaced by Derek Anderson _ who coincidentally will start for the Browns Sunday with Brady Quinn having gone on injured reserve with a foot injury.
"There's nothing in the world that can prepare you for that because it's so unexpected," Frye said. "To be the first guy that's ever happened to is pretty unreal, but coach Holmgren told me when I got to Seattle it's all about how you respond and that's how the rest of your career will go."
Like Gradkowski against Pittsburgh, Frye will have a large contingent of fans rooting him on, but plans on putting the location out of his mind in favor of the big picture.
"The game is bigger than anybody," Frye said. "It will always move in. It moved on when the greatest players retired. That's the way I look at it. It's a chance for us to win more games since (the Raiders have) since 2002. It's a chance for us to win two in a row. There are a lot bigger things than what I want to do."
Blackout lifted
The Browns announced announced a sellout today to avoid their first local black out since 1995. They needed a 48-hour extension to get the tickets sold.
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You know when people see Jesus in potato chips? Or in toast? This is kind of like that, but less delicious and not religious. That is, unless you think watching anime is some sort of holy experience.
A recent thread on 2ch, Japan's largest bulletin board, was pouring over this image by Johannes Schedler at the Panther Observatory. The image, which dates from 2008 (so old!), shows NGC 6357, a nebula complex located approximately 8000 light years away.
This post has anime spoilers!
Folks on 2ch didn't see stars and molecular gas. They saw "Ultimate Madoka" from the popular anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica. If you don't follow that show, Ultimate Madoka is the ultimate magical girl form character Madoka Kaname takes at the end of the series.
This is perhaps why people are seeing this (digital manipulation to make Ultimate Madoka easier to see.)
Is Ultimate Madoka really hidden, deep in space? Is that Jesus on food? Is there really a hidden message in these Phantom Pain screenshots? Eh... it's a big stretch, but...
I want to believe!
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Fed: current economic condition improving
The Federal Reserve, in a regular report of economic conditions by its 12 districts — Colorado is included in the Kansas City district — suggests activity has expanded gradually through July and August.
The majority of districts said the economy expanded modestly while three said it was moderate. Just one, in Chicago, said it had slowed.
The Kansas City district reported moderate activity with retailers and auto dealers having higher sales with an expectation of increased activity in the months ahead. Moderate decline was reported in the high-tech services sector.
The district reports are compiled in what's commonly referred to as the "Beige" book
Banks in the district reported slightly higher loan demand, though extreme drought conditions strained conditions for the agriculture sector.
Local banking experts say lending activity hasn't really increased the number of net new loans.
"Banks hungry for good loans compete vigorously for them, but a lot of the loan demand simply is moving from one bank to another with little in net new lending," said Don Childears, president and CEO of the Colorado Bankers Association. "And bankers have many concerns about the proposed Basel III capital requirements that will reduce available lending and drive up loan rates – injuring businesses and therefore jobs, and hurting consumers."
The third installment of the Basel Accords, global regulatory standards on banks, came as a result of the financial crisis and strengthens capital requirements, among other things such as stress tests.
Economics in the Kansas City district showed good improvement for retailers.
"Home furnishings, clothing and back-to-school items sold well, while sales of high-end jewelry were weaker," the report noted. "Auto sales increased sharply as more incentives were offered and access to credit improved slightly."
Real estate did moderately better, with the most improvement in the lower-end of the pricing spectrum.
"Homes under $300,000 sold particularly well, while homes priced over $500,000 and condos were slow to sell in some markets," the report noted.


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Business Development/Account Manager - Dutch Speakers
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- £32000 - £50000 per annum
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- 27 Nov 2018
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- 27 Dec 2018
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- Felix Frank
- Job function
- Sales
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- Experienced (non manager)
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- Undergraduate degree (or equivalent)
Account Manager:
The Company:
We are an international talent assessment firm providing recruitment solutions to equip companies with the intelligence to hire the best-fit candidates. Powering the future of business, our data and tools are proven to drive stronger, more sustainable business outcomes. Our unrivaled assessment science, benchmark data and analytics empower leaders and their teams to make confident, data-driven people decisions, when it matters most.
We're a trusted technology partner to more than 10,000 companies, across more than 150 countries, working with 80% of the FTSE 100 and 50% of the Fortune Global 500 including the likes of JP Morgan, Apple, Spotify, Coca-Cola, IBM, Facebook, Microsoft and Goldman Sachs.
The Role:
We're hiring bilingual Account Managers in our Central London office to focus on growing our client base, rather than developing business within well-established accounts. This position is critical in creating the relationship between European middle market client accounts. You will target top executives of potential client companies, and drive the pivotal moment where leads become sales, reaping the rewards of negotiating contracts to a successful close. You'll receive excellent training with a defined progression path that can lead to promotion to a Commercial Manager after year 1, many of which are hitting the 80k mark as standard.
Key Skills Required:
-One year's sales experience
-A working proficiency in Dutch
-Enjoys working in a structured, targeted environment
-Strong oral and written skills
-Flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of a changing market, our customers and the business
-Enjoys and works well in a team environment
-Openness and willingness to learn
-Good levels of IT literacy are expected
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- £32k salary dependant on experience + 50 OTE
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President Trump Meets Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau at the White House
By DipNote Bloggers on February 13, 2017
President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held their first official meeting today in Washington, D.C. The two leaders affirmed their longstanding commitment to close cooperation to address both the challenges facing our two countries and problems around the world.
In a joint statement, President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau underscored the importance of the U.S.-Canada relationship. "No two countries share deeper or broader relations than Canada and the United States. We are bound together by our history, our values, our economy, our environment, and our resolve to improve the lives of our citizens. Our close relationship and ongoing collaboration allow us to successfully meet any challenges we may face over the coming years, and to build a prosperous future for the people of both countries," the statement said.
The two leaders identified a number of other areas on which our two nations will cooperate moving forward, such as providing economic growth and jobs for both countries; improving energy security and environmental security cooperation; addressing security at our shared border and throughout our two countries; and harnessing our relationship as indispensable allies in the defense of North America and other parts of the world, through NATO and other multilateral efforts.
President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau also underscored the importance of empowering women entrepreneurs and business leaders by ensuring equal opportunities for women in the workforce in both nations. In support of this effort, the two leaders announced, "We are creating a United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders. We expect this initiative to promote the growth of women-owned enterprises and to further contribute to our overall economic growth and competitiveness, as well as the enhanced integration of our economies."
Looking ahead, President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau affirmed their shared commitment to continue to strengthen our ties for the benefit of our mutual prosperity and security. In the joint statement, both leaders shared a desire to follow up on today's meeting with further discussions. "Our countries deserve our full commitment to increased economic growth, which we will deliver. The partnership between the United States and Canada will continue to be unique and a model for the world," the statement concluded.
Last week, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with his counterpart, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland at the U.S. Department of State.
Editor's Note: This entry is also published on Medium.com/StateDept.
For more information:
- Read the full joint statement from President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- Follow @WhiteHouse and @POTUS on Twitter for other updates and photos from today's visit.
- Check out this readout of the Vice President's Meeting with Canadian Ministers
- Learn more about the United States' engagement with Canada.


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Dogs Know Best When It Comes to Dating
It's a dog-eat-dog dating world out there according to new research that revealed 86 percent of dog owners would break up with their significant other if they weren't into their pup.
Got a first date coming up? You may have to impress the person's dog if things are going to work out. Dogs have a big influence in the lives of their pet parents, according to a new poll of 3,500 dog owners.
The study found that 4 of 5 dog owners say their dog's reaction to a new suitor is an important factor in determining whether or not they're a match.
The research, which was commissioned by the on-demand dog walking service, Wag!, and conducted by OnePoll, found that disliking dogs can be a major turn off. More so than not wanting kids, being a bad tipper, and having terrible fashion sense, according to the results.
"It comes as no surprise to us at Wag! that dog parents place a premium on their dogs' opinions of other humans and that this plays a deciding factor in their love lives," said Hilary Schneider, CEO of Wag!. "We make it our mission to keep pet families happy and healthy and love hearing stories about the important roles our dogs play in the romantic lives of their owners."
Three out of 10 dog parents have used their dog to attract a potential partner and more than 60 percent said they've been flirted with when walking their pooch.
Turns out the pup-magnet is strong - when people use their pooch to attract a potential love interest they were successful 84 percent of the time.
Dogs can even help attract a potential mate without even meeting. As dating apps have become increasingly common, 73 percent of dog parents are more likely to 'swipe right' on a person's profile pic that includes their pup.
Our four-legged companions help us seal the deal in more ways than one; 78 percent of dog parents are more likely to go home with someone if they say they have a dog versus someone who doesn't have a pooch at home.
Dogs really are their owners' most significant other, regardless of marital status! More than 16 percent of married dog owners said they would choose to celebrate their pup's birthday over their spouse's!
While dog lovers live all across the country, those in the Northeast use their pooches as match-makers the most. More than 25 percent of dog parents in these states found love at a party for a dog!
Dogs play a crucial role in romantic relationships. One in five dog owners has even gone so far as to stay in a relationship simply because of their partner's dog.
If you happen to meet the Lady to your Tramp, "we want you to be able to stay out on the town while one of our trusted Wag! walkers takes care of your beloved dog for you," added Schneider.


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OLD WORDS GET NEW MEANING IN Queer Trade Lingoes (Feb, 1933)
OLD WORDS GET NEW MEANING IN Queer Trade Lingoes
Workers Coin Original Phrases as Short Cuts in Giving Orders or in Describing Features of Their Jobs
By Gaylord Johnson
An engineer is a hog-head
A new circus hand is First of May
Electric current is hot stuff
A yard switchman is a snake
A circus elephant is a bull
A fast freight train is a hot shot
A movie electrician is a gaffer
Circus monkeys are old folks
A freight yard clerk is a mud hop
A circus performer is a finker
IF YOU could listen to the jargon of two freight trainmen, you might hear this:
"You may not know it, Snake, but you're lookin' at a stinger that was once in line to ride the cushions. If it hadn't been for a student tallow-pot—but I'll tell you about it:
"I've got Forty-four and she's a hot shot. Before we leave the yards, I take a run up to the calliope to match watches with the hog-head. I'm surprised to find a stude smoke-agent up in the cab taking orders from the bake-head."
Is this all Greek to you? Then listen to this translation:
"You may not know it, yard brakeman, but you're looking at a run brakeman who was once in line to be a passenger train conductor. If it hadn't been for a student fireman—but I'll tell you about it: I had number Forty-four and she was a fast freight. Before we left the yards, I went up to the engine to compare watches with the engineer. I was surprised to find a student fireman up in the cab taking orders from the regular fireman."
An engine was obviously called the hog because of its gluttonous appetite for fuel. The engineer who runs it is therefore the hog-head. When an engine is used in the switch-yards, it is appropriately called "the goat," because it butts cars around.
The caboose is called the "crummy" because it is occasionally infested with crums (lice). A disabled car is "a bad order." A freight yard clerk is a "mud-hop." When the engineer applies the air brakes he "wipes the gage" or they may say that he "cleans the clock."
Telegraphers' Lingo
EVEN though the telegraph operator in the railroad station is so closely associated with the railroad conductors and brakemen, he talks a distinct trade lingo of his own. Listen to him commenting to a fellow operator upon the performance of the telegraph man in the next town:
"He uses a bug, but it runs away with him. As a sender he's a lid. He can't read ahead and has combinations. But when he copies, no stuff is too fast for him. Last week I pasted him good, but I couldn't put him under the table. You never hear from him after he signs up." Translated, this queer language means: "He uses a semi-automatic key, but keeps it adjusted at a speed greater than that at which he can manipulate it properly. As a sender of messages he is poor. He fails to correct obvious typographical errors in the text before him, through lack of ability to read beyond the word he is engaged in sending. And he runs together certain characters, which makes them easily misunderstood. But when he receives messages, no speed is too fast for him. Last week I sent him something as fast as I could, but he was always able to keep up. He never interrupts for repetitions after he ac-knowledges his presence at the beginning of a message he is receiving." Notice how many more words are needed to say in dictionary English what the operator's story tells so concisely. Trade lingoes are short cuts and time savers.
This tendency is carried to an extreme in the occasional use of figures. Thus "30" indicates the end of a shift or of the day's work, and has come to mean, also, death. One gets 30, or is given it. To the telegrapher "73" means "regards" or "best wishes," and "88" conveys "love and kisses."
The telegrapher's typewriter is called a "mill," and a sheet of the receiver's copy-paper, or a number of sheets interleaved with carbon, is a "book." An operator who pastes up the message on a blank form from strips of tape from the automatic printing receiver is called a "paper hanger."
Abbreviations pass for some words, thus: "dux" for "duplex," "mux" for "multiplex," and "peter" for "repeater," short cuts that save them time.
Ham Jargon
IF YOU aren't one yourself, you need to be told that a "ham" is a radio amateur. Since his language is generally talked via the air in dots and dashes, he has been driven to cut everything clown to the "bones. "Old man" becomes OM; "young lady," YL; "nothing doing," XD; "see you later," CUL; and "fine business," FB. When he meets his hams face to face, they will still converse in the same code language. Thus, one "brass-pounder" might tell another: "I couldn't get on the air last night: nursery QRM (interference). My kid had a cough that sounded like sixty cycles on the plate, and I had to go for the doc to do some trouble-shooting."
Pieces of apparatus are called by nicknames or abbreviations, or manufacturers' type numbers. Vacuum tube becomes "bottle"; rheostat, "rheo"; head phones, "cans"; and resistance box, "stove." The sending set is often given a feminine name of endearment such as "Old Betsy." It is never masculine. QRT is "shut up." QSA is "loud," or "loud-mouthed." To hold two-way communication is "to work." One amateur speaks of another's "fist" as "in the mud," when his sending technique is careless and sloppy.
Under the Big Top
ONE of the most colorful lingoes talked in America is spoken by the circus. If you should get a job in one, you will at once be called "First of May," the nickname of all newcomers to the ranks.
If you are lucky enough to make friends with an old trouper, he will be glad to educate you. "Listen here, First of May!" he might say. "Let me wise you up on 'mud opera patter!' You was just a gillie last week. (Town person.) Now you've joined out with the gypsy camp. Talk like you had! Don't go spilling gillie-talk all over the lot. Them ain't zebras, ostriches, hippos, camels, hyenas, monkeys, and elephants. They're convicts, big turkeys, hogs, humps, grave-diggers, old folks, and bulls. It ain't the side-show and the menagerie tent. It's the kid-show and the cat-house. When we make parade, the band doesn't play cornets, clarinets, and tubas. They play frying pans, gob sticks, and bull horns. The brass and snare drums are big tub and little tub, the cymbals are pot lids, and the drumstick is the potato-masher. The band leader is the boss wind-jammer."
As your education in circus lingo proceeded, you would learn many more new terms for familiar things. If a trouper remarked, "Flag's up on crumb castle!" you would know that it was time to eat in the cook-house. If the circus made a long daytime rail jump, so that the cook-house couldn't be set up, you would be handed a box-lunch called a "dukie." Such a trip is dubbed a one or two dukie run, as the case may be.
You would soon call people who don't buy tickets to the big show, preferring merely to enjoy the free sights on the lot, by their right name— "lot fleas." You would call any performer a "tinker" and any bareback riding horse a "rosin-back." A horse condemned to die for "cat food" is a "Navajo." Show horses are "ring stock"; work-horses, "baggage stock."
On a sweltering hot summer day you would say, "It's a great juice day!" You would get used to "getting up in a tunnel." (Starting work before dawn.) You would also know what the "equestrian director" (not the ringmaster) means when he says, "Give 'em Brown's cow!" (Cut the program short.)
A Lineman Talks
IF WE seek some country roadside on a morning when a gang of telegraph linemen are arriving on the job, we shall hear an entirely different kind of lingo.
A lineman is a "hiker." But he must begin at the bottom, start as a "grunt" or ground man. From this lowly job, he may rise and "win his spurs," that is, become a "pole-hiker," wearing steel climbing irons. On top of the sixty-foot "sticks," he must then learn caution in handling the "hot stuff," or live wires. He must also beware of "Maw Bell" (telephone) wires, for they are "grounded." If his body gets hooked-up with them and the "hot stuff," he will be burned or killed in mid-air. He is safe only as long as he "stays in the clear," that is, handles only one hot wire on a pole. Here is a line gang arriving on a job. Listen to them a moment. The boss says:
"Shorty, you and Jim take that stick (climb that pole) and hang that 15 K.V.A. pot (transformer). You can have Harry and Jabs for grunts. Then you take the grunts and frame, roof, and set this other stick. (Cut the top of the pole on a bevel, make a mortise for the cross arm, and set the pole.)"
When the pole is lined up properly in the hole, the boss shouts, "Give her mud!" and the dirt is tamped in to hold the stick in place. When the rain stops their work, the men sit under a tarpaulin and "build high lines," in other words, tell tall stories of their alleged former experiences in building lines in record time, or other unusual accomplishments with the sticks.
Oil Fields Chatter
A WORKER on an oil drilling gang, exchanging experiences over his dinner pail, would say:
"I was workin' in a post-hole territory with a mail pouch outfit. They was a sheep-herder, a prune-picker, and a long-horn. We cuts the ditch to 2,000 when she comes in and runs barefoot, until we have to bean her. Later, when she stops flowing, we puts her on the beam, and she sands up on us."
This is oil-field code language for the following narrative:
"I was working in shallow production oil land (with wells less than 2,500 feet deep) with a gang using a cable-drilling machine. (Called Mail Pouchers from their widespread use of this brand of tobacco.) There was a man from Wyoming, a Californian, and a Texan. We drilled the well to 2,000 feet, when it started flowing oil. It ran without any lining in
the part of the bore passing through the productive oil sands, until we had to put in a plug with a hole of smaller diameter in order to restrict the flow. Later when the well stopped flowing, we started pumping it, but it tilled up with sand."
The lingo of the oil fields is rich in terms describing every operation and piece of apparatus used. In many cases these slang terms seem to be the only ones in existence, for they are used in the trade journals and reports of oil well operations.
The assembly of pipe connections and valves at the top of the casing of a flowing well is concisely summed up as "The Christmas Tree." To drain off water or impurities at the bottom of an oil tank is to "bleed" it. A "fish" is anything lost in the hole which must be extracted or evaded. To "get a bone" is to encounter hard rock in drilling. To "skid the rig" is to shift the derrick for drilling a new hole when the old one cannot be continued. The "stool-pigeon" is an instrument recording the weight supported by the derrick in the hole—and hence a "detective" showing how many feet are drilled in a day.
Miners' Terms
COAL mining would seem to be somewhat related to oil drilling, yet its assortment of trade words is entirely different. The laborers themselves are often called "muckmen" or "hunkies." They have a hearty con-tempt for all of the other mine employees who work above ground, and express their supposed uselessness by the epithet, "Company-busters."
The exposed or workable part of a coal vein is called "the face." To enable the miner to get loadable coal easily, he has a machine that cuts away a layer, a few inches in height, from the bottom edge of the face. The fine chips the machine produces are called "bug dust." After the coal is loaded into the wagons, it is drawn to the mouth of the mine along the "dilly road." Water that has leaked into the mine collects in a pit called a "sump" before being pumped out. When a partition is built anywhere in the mine to improve the ventilation it is named a "brattish."
Between the Acts
THE triumvirate that rules the setting of the stage is made up of three potentates, "Carps," "Props," and "Juice." In other words, the stage-carpenter, the property man, and the electrician. Each of these captains has under his command a company of helpers which is known by a name as distinctive as his own. The helpers of "Carps" are called "grips," the satellites of "Props" are named "clearers," and the assistants of "Juice" are labelled "operators." There is an excellent reason for keeping these terms for helpers distinct, for many of them are "floaters," or transient workers, and the three heads of the backstage arrangements have no time to learn every new assistant's name. "Carps" merely needs to call "Grips, strike!" to have instant attention and obedience from his entire staff. They will set to work at once dismantling the set. The "grips" will "skate" the "flats" that compose the scene across the floor to the side or back wall of the stage. A similar order from "Props" to his "clearers" will remove the furniture and bric-a-brac from the set. And meantime "Juice" and his "operators" are busy readjusting the "pockets" (floor plugs), "bunches," and "spots" used in the act just finished.
Movie-Studio Slang
WHEN a stage play is put on the film, spoken lines and all, the back-stage lingo of "Carps," "Props," and "Juice" is replaced by the special dialect that has grown up around the technique of making talking pictures.
The set is called a "live stage" when it is enclosed by materials that do not absorb much sound. Where it is necessary to prevent sound being reflected or echoed, a portable wall is used, covered with sound-absorbing material. If it is not intended to be photographed, it is a "gobo." If it is to be shown in the picture when produced, it is a "wild wall" or a "jockey wall."
Off at one side of the set is a soundproof booth called the "aquarium" in which terminates the circuits from the microphones being used on the set. At the controls of a piece of apparatus in the "aquarium" sits the "mixer," or "monitor man," derisively called a "dial twister." He blends the sound coming from the various microphones so that the recording apparatus will receive the proper intensities.
When all tests have been made in the sound-on-film reproducing system, it is reported to be "O. K. on the blops!" And after the sound-on-disc or play back system has been tested similarly, it is reported as "O. K. on the clicks!"
At last all is ready to proceed with the action of the scene being filmed. "Lock 'em up!" is the command. (Close camera booths so all noise will be kept out.)
The next orders are "Down the chute! On the line! Give 'em A. C!" (Send sound into the amplifier room and switch all recording motors into circuit. Start synchronization of camera and recording motors.)
When the scene has been shot and the "inkies" (incandescent lamps) have been turned off by the "gaffer" (head electrician) and his assistants, the day's film is sent to the developing laboratory for "rushes," or "dailies." In other words the films are developed and printed overnight for trial projection next day.
When a sound film is projected at varying speeds, the interference of the sound waves in the theater auditorium may develop any one of four different defects—"wow-wows," "flutter," "gargle," or "whiskers." Also poorly-made splices in the sound-track of the finished film may cause "bloops." And finally, when the sound-track runs through the pick-up out of line so that a little light passes through the sprocket holes, a disagreeable hum is produced. This is called "sprock."
The trade lingo is simply a habit which is the result of humanity's clan instinct. Every vocation-group feels the need of having its own exclusive patter. Hence it develops a language composed of English words to which it gives entirely new and unexpected meanings.


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sparky5 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 106 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
The Juju List is an elite group of contractors and service providers. This list will be made available through a web site and also an iphone app. The logo will need to be able to fit into a typical iphone app. Colors are modern greens, oranges and blue.
The Juju List
The Juju list is expanding and needs a logo to brand it's identity. this logo will be use on the new website that will be launched soon and also will be used as part of an iphone app.
This list will be comprised of all different types of trades, from plumbers to electricians, to landscapers, almost every trade you may think of.
The logo needs to be modern and professional looking.
- We're aiming for colors similar to the one on http://www.nesters.com ----greens blues oranges
- Modern looking...this one logo will be on the web page, app, and most likly business cards.
We don't want anything that looks consertitive...again looking for a fresh modern look...no real plans so feel free to create
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3. See Flag Ceremonies for these topics and much more: Flag Description and much more - History of the flag - How to Display the Flag - pp.148-9
4. Flag Etiquette - Days to display the flag - pp.149-53
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- ""I pledge allegiance to the flag
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- and to the republic for which it stands,
- one nation under God,
- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.""
6. Library of Congress: Star-Spangled Banner - pp.154
7. Rights - Duties - Jury Duty - Obligations (Responsibilities) - pp.155-6
8. See the Cub Scout Citizenship Belt Loop.
9. See the BSA Home Security Checklist is included in the Citizen Worksheet - The National Crime Prevention Council - Call 911 only when you need to - What to do if you see a crime Nat. Sheriffs' Association - Nat. McGruff House Network - Youth Crime Watch - Nat. School Safety Center - pp.157
10. Find Information about your county's government - pp.158-9
11. Whitehopuse.gov: US Presidents - Wikipedia:US Presidents - pp.155-6
14. Why we have laws - pp.160-1
15.Local Government Services - pp.163
16. United Nations Official page - International Court of Justice (World Court) - : World Health Organization - pp.162
17. IRS online search for charities - GuideStar Directory of Non-profit Organizations - BBB list of charities - pp.162
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- KISMIF: Citizen Links
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- Citizen is preparing you for Family Life, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, and Citizenship in the World Merit Badges
- Citizen Requirement 5 can help prepare you for Scout Badge Requirement 4
- Citizen Requirement 4 can help prepare you for Tenderfoot rank Requirement 6
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- U.S. Senate
- The U. S. Constitution Online
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- FirstGov, U.S. General Services Administration
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Wall Street was mixed as concern about the outlook for the global economy offset solid earnings including by Goldman Sachs.
The World Bank downgraded its economic forecast, estimating that global GDP will expand 2.4 percent in 2013, down from a June forecast of 3 percent, after growing 2.3 percent in 2012. Growth will "gradually" strengthen to 3.1 percent in 2014 and 3.3 percent in 2015, it said in its Global Economic Prospects report released yesterday.
"The economic recovery remains fragile and uncertain, clouding the prospect for rapid improvement and a return to more robust economic growth," World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said in a statement.
The World Bank said the euro zone economy will contract by 0.1 percent this year, before growing 0.9 percent in 2014 and 1.4 percent in 2015.
Separately, Germany downgraded its forecast for the pace of the nation's economic growth to 0.4 percent this year, down from a previous estimate of 1 percent, and down from 0.7 percent in 2012.
There was, however, good news on the earnings front. Shares of Goldman Sachs gained, last up 3.5 percent, after the bank's profit nearly tripled.
And economic indicators also underpinned a sense of cautious optimism about the world's largest economy.
US industrial production rose 0.3 percent in December, while manufacturing output increased 0.8 percent last month, according to the Federal Reserve.
"There is every indication that the improvement may be a reflection of a broader pick-up in overall economic activity," Millan Mulraine, an economist at TD Securities in New York, told Reuters.
In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.25 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.10 percent. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.11 percent underpinned by a rebound in Apple shares, last up 3.6 percent from the lowest level in 11 months.
Shares of Boeing dropped, last down 3.3 percent, after another incident involving its 787 passenger aircraft. This time, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines grounded their entire fleet of Dreamliners after one was forced to make an emergency landing.
"I think you're nearing the tipping point where they need to regard this as a serious crisis," Richard Aboulafia, a senior analyst with the Teal Group in Fairfax, Virginia, told Reuters. "This is going to change people's perception of the aircraft if they don't act quickly."
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index eked out a gain of just under 0.1 percent from the previous close. The UK's FTSE 100 fell 0.22 percent. France's CAC 40 advanced 0.3 percent and Germany's DAX rose 0.2 percent.
Germany sold 4 billion euros of new 10-year debt today, drumming up solid investor demand. Investors submitted bids for 1.7 times the amount of new 1.5 percent bonds due in February 2023 allotted today, compared with 1.51 times at the previous auction of 10-year securities on November 21, according to Bloomberg News.
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Check out the 7 surprising stats: 2013 Children's Ministry Salary Survey. No one else does a survey like this, so the results are exclusive. We've asked paid children's ministry professionals to tell us how they are compensated for what they do.
Here are the results. After reading through the data, I thought I would point out some of the more unexpected findings and talk about them here. Here are seven surprising stats from the 2013 salary survey.
- Going Up. According to our exclusive survey results, overall visibility, compensation, and benefits are on the upswing for professional children's ministers everywhere. More people are falling in the median full-time salary range, $40,000 to $44,999, with 22 percent in this pay range. Across the board, more children's ministry professionals are seeing an increase in benefits, including 40 percent receiving pension and retirement contributions.
- Equip Yourself. Half of you are given a book and magazine allowance, and 44 percent are given an allowance to buy supplies. If you are part of the 56 percent not given a supply allowance, here are some craft supplies you can make from scratch.
- Rest and Relax. In 2013, the average paid children's ministry staffer has four personal days to use and 12 paid vacation days. We've talked about how important it is to take some time off every now and again. Use that time off!
- Here and There. According to the survey, 35 percent of you are bivocational, working two jobs to help supplement your income. As someone who served in children's ministry as well as holding a full-time job, I know the challenges that come with bivocational ministry. A huge thank you for all those out there that give two (or more) jobs their all.
- Gender Equality. In 2008, our survey showed men in full-time children's ministry made about $10,000 more than women. Today, those figures have balanced out. Both men and women make the median salary of $40,000 to $44,999.
- Raise Rates. A little over half (51 percent) of children's ministers were given a raise this year. That's great news, because only 11 percent asked for one. If you are part of the 89 percent who didn't ask for a raise, and you feel you deserve one, check this article out on how to get a raise without being pushy.
- Missed Opportunity? We asked survey participants if they would ever turn down a children's ministry position because of salary. In 2008, only 14 percent said they would. Today, 55 percent said yes. Are churches missing out on talent because of their pay range? Are children's ministers missing out on God's calling because of money? What do you think?
What conclusions do you take from the findings? Again, you can find the full results here. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. We know money isn't the reason you got into this line of work. The work you do, leading kids to Jesus, is priceless. I want to leave you with this story of ministry and money. I hope it touches your heart like it did mine.


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The end of YouTube, smell-enabled Google search, Twitter paywall, bacon mouthwash. If these ideas sound like jokes, that's because they are.
Monday is April Fools' Day and cheeky marketers and companies have peppered the web with fake campaigns, products and services leading up to and on April 1 to dupe the masses on this fun-filled day. Twitter, Procter & Gamble and Metro News have all jumped in on the action, and Google is leading the pack with nine ruses to get people laughing.
American Eagle Outfitters got an early start when they launched the Skinny Skinny Jeans, a new line of denim wear that shoppers can spray paint onto their bodies.
Google Nose Beta - Ever wondered what a ghost smells like? How about the sweet smell of success? Google's latest product is touted as Smell-O-Vision for the web, and its intention is to fill a void in the web search experience: the ability to convey the scent of an object or idea with the click of a button. "In the fast-paced world that we live in, we don't always have time to stop and smell the roses," said Google's product manager Jon Wooly in a YouTube video announcement. "Now with Google Nose, the roses are just a click away."
Google also announced the launch of "Treasure Mode" on Google Maps to allow users to search for clues on the whereabouts of William "Captain" Kidd's treasure. There are also Gmail Blue, Google+ Photo Emoticons, Google SCHMICK (Simple Complete House Makeover Internet Conversion Kit) and a new Levity Algorithm app that allows workers to spruce up their work days with "algorithmically determined suggestions from the database." This means "employee reviews" on Google Calendar can turn into "peanut butter jelly time," an email entitled "HR Memo" can be changed to "The New Hotness" and a boring PowerPoint presentation can be embellished with flames and sound effects just by clicking the app's levity button.
Goodbye, YouTube - YouTube made a video to announce that the time had come to shut down the website and enlisted some of the site's most famous Internet celebrities to determine the best video ever created. Antoine Dodson, who had warned his neighbors to "hide your kids, hide your wife," world traveler Matt Harding of "Where the Hell is Matt?" and David Devore Jr., the loopy kid who recovered from dental surgery in the back seat of his dad's car, are up for the grand prize. "My dad put a lot of money into this dental surgery that I didn't even need just so we can win this contest," Devore said in the video.
I'd Like to Buy a Vowel - Twitter announced the launch of their new basic service "Twttr," which limits users to tweets with consonants only. But for $5 a month, Twitter will enable the use of vowels. "We're doing this because we believe that by eliminating vowels, we'll encourage a more efficient and 'dense' form of communication," wrote Kevin Weil, the microblogging site's Director of Product Revenue. Click here to let Twitter to help you convert tweets into the new format.
Twyttyr? Why byy vywyls whyn yyy gyt "Y" fyr fryy? Syckyrs! #nvwls
— Joan Rivers (@Joan_Rivers) April 1, 2013
A Prank Wrapped in an Enigma, Wrapped in a Prank - The U.K.'s Metro News did its own round-up of all the April Fools' jokes from other news sites. "Pope Francis shuns traditional Popemobile for austere alternative," reads one headline from The Guardian. Another from the BBC said, "Nasa's Curiosity rover quits Twitter after abuse from trolls." But try searching for these fake stories on those news sites, and readers will quickly discover the wrinkle: This round-up is fake. None of the pranks actually appeared on any of those news sites. "Too lazy and unimaginative to make up their own April Fools' jokes, this year Metro simply decided to fake ten entirely fictional pranks other people didn't do instead," Metro News wrote at the bottom of the round-up.
Bacon for Your Breath - Procter and Gamble has jumped into the April Fools' fray with the introduction of its new Bacon Scope mouthwash. The product "just tastes like bacon while you swish but leaves your breath smelling minty fresh five times longer than brushing alone," according to its website. The mouthwash has been dismissed as a prank, but the company has been playing it straight and insisting that the product is real.
With our new flavor #ScopeBacon you can taste breakfast while washing it away. Watch the video bddy.me/Z3jPCx
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Once more I was joined by current volunteer and Trans Iowa finisher Jeremy Fry. He navigated, I drove, and we went onward through the fog. Literally. It was really quite soupy out there at times.
First off, I am quite thankful we didn't get in an accident. It was pretty sketchy out there at times, and there were plenty of opportunities for calamity to occur. Secondly, I am quite thankful that conditions of the road surfaces were tops. Even the B Maintenance roads were nice and we traversed all of them that are on the course in the second half of the event.
Now for some finer details. We started from where we left off last time which was about 12 miles beyond Checkpoint #2. The point where we began leads off into a slew of hills. In the semi-dark and fog, it was hard to get a true picture of the landscape, but it felt like we went up a lot more than we were going down.
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Winding our way along, (yes- there are quite a few curvy spots in the course), we finally got to a point where we came across our first B Maintenance road of the day. This one I didn't discover until I laid out the recon route maps on Friday. It was a short-ish, maybe 3/4 mile long jaunt of indeterminate difficulty. We'd find out when we got there.
I wasn't too keen on driving any B Maintenance roads, but when we looked at this one it didn't look all that bad. Just as long as there was no big dip into a huge mud hole, I figured we'd be okay. Jeremy had this fine gem of wisdom for me, as he quipped, "You always can use reverse."
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Well, we made it through that section, and we made it through two more miles worth of B Maintenance roads with no issues. The dirt was remarkably dry. So, it would appear my fears were unfounded. However; the fog returned with a vengeance.
The roads were pretty decent. There were the usual sections of fresh gravel. There were several sections where the "three lanes" were pounded out and clear of chunk. Then there were a lot of intersections that had really bad washboard. So bad the truck would skitter a bit sideways.
Then there was a road, with about three to four miles worth of fresh gravel, and it was so rough, I couldn't go very fast without fear of getting crossways or going into the generous and steep ditch. Beyond those things everything looked pretty normal. We even got finished with this recon section before noon!
Now I move on to doing a draft of the cue sheets. These will be forwarded to our "Official Photographer", Wally. He will then do a complete recon in the Spring using nothing but the cue sheet drafts and will report on any miscues or confusing bits. This is the same method we used last Spring to verify the cue sheets.
Jeremy asked on the way home if this was a big weight lifted off of my shoulders now. Of course, it is, and I am stoked about getting beyond this hurdle and attacking the next set of details to bring the best Trans Iowa I can to the riders come Spring.


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The Party Princes Reunite as Kate Middleton Prepares For Maternity Leave
Prince William met up with Prince Harry for a night on the town at the Tonteria nightclub in London on Saturday. The royal brothers were reportedly out celebrating a bachelor party for their friend Thomas van Straubenzee, who is engaged to Lady Melissa Percy, the youngest daughter of the Duke of Northumberland. The two are due to marry on June 22 at her family's estate, Alnwick Castle, which Harry Potter fans may recognize as the setting for Hogwarts. Thomas has close ties to Harry and William and served as an usher at William's wedding to Kate Middleton.
The brothers had the celebratory night out after Harry attended a charity gala for Walking With the Wounded on Thursday. Harry, William, and Kate Middleton have all been ramping up their public appearances in recent months, but that will soon come to an end for pregnant Kate. According to reports, Kate Middleton will go on maternity leave and put her official duties on hold after she attends a boat christening on June 13, nearly one month ahead of her expected due date in July.


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Citizenship test preparation and quality legal services go hand in hand in assisting an immigrant along the path to citizenship. A prospective bill for comprehensive immigration reform will most likely bring changes in legal and language requirements for citizenship. It is the job of all legal service providers and teaching professionals working with the foreign born to anticipate these requirements and prepare clients in advance. The Creating a Citizenship Program Preparation Toolkit will be helpful to anyone seeking ways to better serve the foreign born as they prepare to naturalize.
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- Planning for a Citizenship Program - Creating a legal and language service program requires a lot of planning and thought. A sample Logic Model is provided to assist program development and a blank template can be printed for individual use.
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Dorothy Dandridge is one of the greatest stars that ever lived. I defy anyone to try to watch her and not be fully drawn in and seduced by her charm, wit, and beauty. If it wasn't for racist tendencies she'd be as well known as Marilyn. Maybe history will catch up to reality and tackle that injustice eventually; but... Last month I posted a Dandridge clip, and with great pleasure offer up another tidbit today.


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Veteran coach Rocco Vicchio began his third tour of duty with UMBC in the 2012 season. He had previously worked with Coach Zimmerman from 1994-2002 and from 2005-2007 season.
He will serve as a volunteer assistant coach and reprise his role in working on the defensive side of the field and with the goalkeepers.
Coach Vicchio spent eighteen seasons as head coach at Mt. St. Joseph (Md.) HS. He was named M.S.A. "Coach of the Year" in both 1985 and 1986. In 1982, he was named M.S.A.-Metro All-Star game coach. Under his guidance, Mt. St. Joe won an M.S.A. "B" Conference title, made six other playoff appearances, and earned another trip to the "A" Conference playoffs in one of the toughest high school conferences in the nation.
Vicchio graduated from UMBC in 1981, with a B.A. in ancient studies. His son, Josh, a four-year letterwinner in lacrosse at UMBC, graduated in 1999 with a degree in History and his daughter, Chandler, earned four letters in lacrosse and earned her degree from Georgetown University in 2002.
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I am new to GIS and developing an application that generates a 3D grid with (latitude, longitude, elevation) or (x, y, z) metric triplets, and I would like to add an exporting feature that ensures compatibility with the most GIS software.
In case of several possibilities, I'd love to understand the pros and cons considering the current industry standards and also the "efficiency" of the format, as I'd like to reach the largest number of users.
UPDATE: I did a bit of homework but I am still a bit lost with the variety of formats. What I have come accross which seem interesting: GRD (Surfer), KML (Google), DXF (AutoCad), WRL (seems cool but not used anymore), SHP (ArcView - closed format?)
Anyone could help me choose?