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Brian Harnetty is well-schooled in the music of old - he got his master's in classical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music - but these days he converts archives into futuristic sounds.
Brian Harnetty is well-schooled in the music of old - he got his master's in classical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music - but these days he converts archives into futuristic sounds.
Columbus-based Scioto Records just released "The Sociophonic Key," a 7-inch culled from Harnetty's 2010 sound installation based on the Sun Ra/El Saturn archives. An LP follows in October.
Between trips to Athens for work on a doctoral degree, Harnetty discussed the ideas behind his art.
My background is in classical music. I studied at OSU and did my master's abroad, and then got further and further away from the classical world. So maybe I'm in some weird in-between space between the classical world and the pop world.
Maybe 10 years ago I started working with samples, specifically samples with Appalachian sounds.
I was never interested in moving to New York. So when I decided to stay here in Columbus, the only way I could make it work was to make what I do about this place or about this region.
In 2010, [Chicago's Experimental Sound Studio] commissioned me to make a sound installation using the Sun Ra archives because they knew I had been working with other archives.
I'm not a jazz musician, so I knew that I could never approach it from that angle. Me playing jazz just doesn't work. I'm horrible at it. So I started to think of it culturally and socially and the context of what his work was.
The fancy word is Afro-futurism, which is really about African-Americans being excluded from society. Because Sun Ra grew up basically in the Jim Crow era, so what better way to just circumnavigate the whole thing than by saying you weren't even born on this planet and you're going to take everyone to outer space?
With all of these projects, I'm trying to do two things. One is to go deeply into the archive. … The second thing is to help the archives come alive somehow, because that's the one thing that's missing from an archive is a living human being.
[For concerts] I make one-off versions of vinyl with my material on it and with the material from the archives. I have these records made, but I'm not a DJ. I also would suck at that if that was what I did. It's really for me about having some physical object to play with. And it's the layering of those sounds and having several different sounds happen simultaneously and then playing along with them.


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The 35-year-old Jayawardene told a new conference on the eve of the first test against Australia that he thought next year would be a good year to make the transition to a younger leader as there were few high-profile series scheduled.
Jayawardene, who led Sri Lanka to the 50-overs World Cup final in 2007, agreed to take over the captaincy for a second spell in place of opener Tillakaratne Dilshan earlier this year.
"I don't want to continue to captain after this tour so this will be my last. I hope I don't get any more SOS calls from them," Jayawardene told reporters in Hobart.
"It's been great, I've enjoyed the last year and what I've achieved but we need to move on to a younger leader. It's best that we get a new player in while the senior guys are still around so we can help him out in building a team."
Jayawardene said his choice to succeed him as skipper would be 25-year-old Mathews, who has matured into a world class all-rounder over the last couple of years.
"Angelo is the one everyone has earmarked, and I think he is good enough," Jayawardene added.
"Maybe the first few years will be tough for him but they'll grow into the job. If Angelo gets the opportunity, I think it will be easier for him if he has [the senior players] around him and we can build him through those tough periods."(Reuters)

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Caper Stacking Chair, Molded Seat by Herman Miller
Caper Stacking Chair with Molded Seat
by Herman Miller
At A Glance: The Caper Chair is a light and portable option for group seating. Whether you're looking to fill a boardroom or a cafeteria, or just for a couple of side chairs, these are a bright and colorful option. Loose, inexpensive, and extremely flexible - a model for the modern company, and the modern office.
What's To Like: The price for this chair is outstanding - it's by far one of the cheapest side chairs on the fine furniture market. The molded plastic makeup of the chair makes it a lot lighter than most of its fellows, i.e., easier to move from place to place.
What's Not to Like: If light and thin isn't your bag, then these chairs may not be right for you. If you like a softer, more giving seat, then you may want to check out the Caper Chair with a Flexnet Seat.
The Bottom Line: These are great options for office and homes that need a lot of chairs that can serve a lot of purposes. The feel of the chairs is literally and figuratively light, so that's a big big plus.
Herman Miller has always been a giant in the work chair industry, with a massive catalogue of beautiful, iconic, comfortable, ergonomic, and yes, expensive chairs all having received their due on the national and international stage. However, the modern moment has moved away in some respects from the monolithic furniture of the 20th century, and now flexibility, adaptability, and value are more and more important to businesses and buyers. That's why Herman Miller has invested in designs and designers that are interested in those things and more, who want to make useful furniture, but who also bear the unmistakable stamp of class and quality that has made Herman Miller and international name. Say hello to the Herman Miller Caper Chair.
The Herman Miller Caper Chair is a new arrival on the scene of flexible, playful office furniture. It's got a breezy feel and a curvilinear, engaging profile. The back of the chair is almost freestanding, relying very little on traditional support (poles or bars that run up the sides of the chair, all the way to the shoulder). The small holes that dot the seat and back not only look great, they allow air to pass freely between the user and the atmosphere, cutting down on heat buildup and discomfort. They also bring to mind a part of designer Jeff Weber's design philosophy; that industrial design items like chairs and desks should be the connective tissue between people and their environments. The holes make it seem as if the Caper Chair is both; a solid piece of design fading to the environment, and vice versa. Another part of Weber's design criteria, that every piece of material be both aesthetically pleasing and functional, is expressed in the simple materials of the chair. There are the legs, polished and elegant, and all one piece. And then the sweeping, gentle curves of the back and seat, which are separated but similar. The chair comes in a variety of colors and finishes, the better to accentuate our room, office, or floor. There is an element of partnership in the design, as there is with all of the products here at Smart Furniture; the customer is always the final designer, choosing the right finishes and colors for their taste and space.
The Herman Miller Caper Chair is also known by the following manufacturer Item Numbers: WC420N, WC420P, WC410N, WC410P.
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Caper Stacking Chair with Molded Seat
by Herman Miller
Tubular steel frame with a perforated, contoured molded back.
Overall: 32" h x 24.25" w x 17.25"
Seat height: 17.5"
Seat width: 17.5"
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About The Manufacturer
Herman Miller is an industry leader in the integration of cutting edge technology to furniture and other household items to make everyday life more comfortable, convenient, and stylish. Herman Miller stands out at the forefront of such fields as ergonomic technologies, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, and customizable furniture items.
In addition to producing some of the most outstanding office furniture in the world, Herman Miller has also taken on the responsibility of manufacturing some of the most celebrated furniture designs by some of the world's most famous designs. These "modern classics" include works by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Isamu Noguchi. Herman Miller celebrates these famous mid-century designers' works through its extraordinarily precise manufacturing techniques and industry-leading green production processes.
Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers, and licensees in more than 40 countries in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, serving customers virtually anywhere in the world. Herman Miller is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, while manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., China, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
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So how do you pack so many ideas, so much flexibility and functionality, into such a beautiful, elegant, simple package? You get Jeff Weber and Bill Stumpf to design it.
Jeff Weber has been one of Herman Miller's favorite designers for a while, and he was instrumental on bringing the Embody Chair to the forefront of the office chair world. Weber was the chief designer for the Caper Chair project, and his goal was simple; to create flexible furniture that didn't break the bank or the back. He did it using the most advanced materials and technologies available, and the guidance of Bill Stumpf, a former colleague who had worked with Weber on the ever-more iconic Embody Chair.
Stumpf believed that every part of a chair should serve two purposes; an aesthetic purpose and a functional purpose. In that way, every part of a chair (or any other industrial design piece) would be necessary, and a unified part. There would be no waste, no showing off, and no unnecessary flourish that could derail the entire project. The Caper Chair is the fulfilment of this dream, this philosophy, and there could be no more attractive, playful, and useful testament to the lasting legacy of Bill Stumpf's ideas about furniture design. This chair is a triumph of functionality and adaptability over pure looks, and a great example of unified design in action.
Stumpf's association with Herman Miller began in 1970 when he joined the staff of the Herman Miller Research Corporation. After establishing his own firm in 1972, Stumpf created the Ergon chair, the first ergonomic work chair. Later, in collaboration with Don Chadwick, he produced the groundbreaking Equa and iconic Aeron chairs. He also was principal designer for the Ethospace system.
Jeff Weber's work includes a wide spectrum of products, but he became interested in furniture design when he teamed up with Bill Stumpf. "Bill's design spirit will inspire all my future work," says Weber. One example is Stumpf's "uni-part" theory. "It says that all components of any given object must have a functional purpose as well as an aesthetic one," says Weber. "It's a fundamental principle we employ every day."
Design Story
Weber believes that design is ''the connective tissue'' between people and the environment, and that the quality of that design--whether of a building or a chair--profoundly effects the quality of life. The Caper chair, he says, achieves its high level of performance and comfort by ''using standard materials in novel ways.'' The Caper family provides all this at an affordable price. ''Too much good design seems expensive,'' Weber says. ''I wanted to break that cliche''
Lightweight and easy to move - singly or as a group - Caper chairs weigh about half as much as competitive models; the stackable chair without armrests weighs only 9.5 pounds. Their compact size uses valuable floor space efficiently.
Designed to be portable, Caper chairs can be stacked six-high on the floor or 15-high on the Caper Cart and then moved easily as a group.
Available with casters or with standard glides for carpets. Stacking chairs can be equipped with innovative Floor Saver Glides, which don't mar hard finishes and are ideal for vinyl composition tiles (VCT); the glide pushes dirt out of the way instead of running it over and grinding it into the tile. Easy - and safe - to pull over here or push into a group over there.
Small but mighty comfortable. The contoured, flexible seat and back evenly distribute weight, minimize pressure points, and let the user move freely. Both the seat and back are perforated with small holes to help keep the sitter cool.
The Caper Chair is designed to be lightweight and portable. The molded chair without arms weighs 9.5 lbs. and the Flexnet chair with arms weighs 11.5 lbs. All chair styles and configurations can be stacked up to 6-high on the floor, and each chair has a backrest cutout for easy movement.
The light, clean design of Caper chairs fits in without dominating the look or feel of a work area. Caper blends visually with nontraditional work chairs; its colors and form make Caper an ideal side-chair complement to the Mirra work chair. Caper is available in several colors, from playful primaries to sophisticated neutrals, each one energizing a workspace. Several colors match the Mirra chair molded back.
Shipping & Delivery
Options are good. Here are your 2 shipping options:
Simple Scheduled Delivery: Free
Simple Scheduled Delivery is for folks that don't mind carrying furniture. The shipper will call prior to delivery to arrange an appointment, but the driver will not bring the furniture inside.
- Typical transit time is 4-7 business days.
- Larger/Freight items:
- For Residential deliveries, the shipper will contact you via phone call/email at least 24 hours in advance - to schedule a delivery appointment window (typically a 4 hour window). This is when your order does not ship with UPS/Fedex. Most shippers will have online tracking available as well.
- Business deliveries to companies/commercial addresses will typically not come with a pre-arranged appointment, but will arrive during standard business hours. Please contact Smart Furniture or the shipper if your business address has special scheduling needs.
- Smaller items + office chairs will typically ship via UPS/Fedex with a tracking number and online monitoring, but not a phone call and delivery appointment (UPS/Fedex do have scheduling programs with sign up on their websites). This can include office chairs and other products requiring assembly.
- The driver will deliver the shipment at the ground level/front of your house or in your apartment's regular delivery area. They will not bring the furniture inside or carry it up stairs.
- If you live in an apartment, the doorman can accept delivery on your behalf.
- For Larger/Freight shipment (non UPS/Fedex) You must be present at the scheduled delivery appointment to inspect the delivery items and sign paperwork if any damage is visible.
- We'll be sure to assist with any damage that may occur. Please call Smart Furniture right away if any issues arise.
- Any questions? Chat or call! We're happy to help!
For more information and shipping comparisons, click here.
Inside Delivery: $74.00 per item
If you don't like carrying furniture, this is a great option. The shipper will schedule an appointment with you prior to delivery and bring the furniture into your home for you. This service does not include unpackaging or assembly.
- Typical transit time is 4-7 business days. Some larger and specialty items may take a bit longer.
- Shipper will arrange a four hour window for delivery at least 24 hours in advance.
- Your driver or delivery team will bring the furniture inside your home and into your room of choice (Up to two flights of stairs).
- Delivery folks will not unpack or assemble your furniture.
- You must inspect the purchase at the time of delivery and sign for any damages.
- We'll be sure to assist with any damage that may occur. Please call Smart Furniture right away if any issues arise.
- If you're ordering multiple items from the same manufacturer, we might be able to bundle your shipping upgrade costs! Give us a call and we'll make sure you're getting the best shipping price possible!
- Any questions? Chat or call! We're happy to help!
The Caper Chair comes with a 12-year manufacturer's warranty.
Do you have specific questions about what's covered under Herman Miller's warranty for this product? Give our sales team a call at 888-467-6278 to get your questions answered.
Did you purchase a piece of Herman Miller furniture that's not working as expected? Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or contact our customer service department at 888-762-7841, and we'll take care of you. We usually ask for a photo or video of the warranty issue that you're experiencing, so if you want to expedite the warranty claim process, you can e-mail us with those attachments, and we'll jump on filing the claim for you right away


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America ReFramed "Skydance" The Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center: for more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America's modern cityscapes. They are called 'sky walkers' because they walk fearlessly atop steel beams just a foot wide, high above the city. Who are these Mohawk sky walkers? What is their secret for overcoming fear? Has 'sky walking' replaced an ancient rite of passage? Or is it the pure need to adapt in order to survive? And what is their life really like, when every Friday at quitting time, they jump in their cars and make the eight-hour drive up north to their families on the reservation? SKYDANCER is a feature length documentary that takes a provocative look at Indian life in the 21st Century: from the fragile hierarchy on top of the breath-taking steel structures in New York City to life 'on the Rez' where problems like unemployment and crime make it hard to see the pristine beauty of the surrounding lands. D
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Seeking Water from the Sun After 30 years off the Navajo Nation, Rosie Sekayumptewa returned to the homestead where three generations of her family have lived. She found the beauty and serenity she remembered-and the scarcity that had shaped her childhood. In Sekayumptewa's corner of the reservation, there is no access to safe, clean water. D
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Global Voices "Tales of the Waria" While many in the West view Islam as socially repressive, in Indonesia there exists a transgender community known as the warias; men who live openly as women. This film uncovers a world that not only defies our expectations of gender and Islam, but also reveals our endless capacity as human beings to search for love; whatever the consequences. D


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A blog by one of the volunteer reviewers for Geocaching.com. It's about geocaching and the review process -- what it takes to get your new caches listed on the world's most popular geocaching web site. ©Copyright 2012 by K.Braband. All rights reserved
Saturday, July 22, 2006
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Good Grief! Ref: Kaboom That was quick!
Thanks a lot. You do such a great job for all of us out here in cache land. We really appreciate you!
2 comments:
- cydriver said...
I am also amazed at the sheer numbers of caches you are reviewing in Iowa this summer. I just started geocaching at Christmas and I only receive new notification of caches within 50 miles of my home, but when I look at the list of new caches in Iowa, I see you are very, very busy. Thanks!
- 4:16 PM, July 25, 2006
- muffkin42 X 2 said...
Dear IA Admin,
Want to Thank you so much for all your help!! You do such a GREAT job and so quick!! I couldn't believe the last few Caches you've OKed for me have been within a hour or so, UNLESS I did something wrong.. :-( I don't intend to do that, but anyway... THANKS for ALL your help..
BCNU down the road.. AND
"Keep On, Cachin' On"
Muffkin42 X 2
Ron & Carol
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Acron(Ἄκρων), an eminent physician of Agrigentum, the son of Xenon. His exact date is not known; but, as he is mentioned as being contemporary with Empedocles, who died about the beginning of the Peloponnesian war, he must have lived in the fifth century before Christ. From Sicily he went to Athens, and there opened a philosophical school (ἐσοφίστευεν). It is said that he was in that city during the great plague (B. C. 430), and that large fires for the purpose of purifying the air were kindled in the streets by his direction, which proved of great service to several of the sick. (Plut. De Is. et Osir. 80 ; Oribas. Synops. 6.24, p. 97; Aetius, tetrab. ii. serm. 1.94, p. 223; Paul Aegin. 2.35, p. 406.) It should however be borne in mind that there is no mention of this in Thucydides (2.49, &c.), and, if it is true that Empedocles or Simonides (who died B. C. 467) wrote the epitaph on Acron, it may be doubted whether he was in Athens at the time of the plague. Upon his return to Agrigentum he was anxious to erect a family tomb, and applied to the senate for a spot of ground for that purpose on account of his eminence as a physician. Empedocles however resisted this application as being contrary to the principle of equality, and proposed to inscribe on his tomb the following sarcastic epitaph (τωθαστικόν), which it is quite impossible to translate so as to preserve the paronomasia of the original:
Ἄκρον ἰητρὸν Ἄκρων᾽ Ἀκραγαντῖνον πατρὸς ἄκρου Κρύπτει κρημνὸς ἅκρος πατρίδος ἀκροτάτης. The second line was sometimes read thus:
Ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς τύμβος ἄκρος κατέχει. Some persons attributed the whole epigram to Simonides. (Suid. s. v. Ἄκρων; Eudoc. Violar., ap. Villoison, Anecd. Gr. 1.49; Diog. Läert. 8.65.) The sect of the Empirici, in order to boast of a greater antiquity than the Dogmatici (founded by Thessalus, the son, and Polybus, the son-in-law of Hippocrates, about B. C. 400), claimed Acron as their founder (Pseudo-Gal. Introd. 4. vol. xiv. p. 683), though they did not really exist before the third century B. C. [PHILINUS; SERAPION.] Pliny falls into this anachronism. (H. N. 29.4.) None of Acron's works are now extant, though he wrote several in the Doric dialect on Medical and Physical subjects, of which the titles are preserved by Suidas and Eudocia. [W.A.G]


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Extract some info from a hotel website (With all info listed on its listings) and I need a table with the following columns taken from the listing page: - region - city - listing name (hotel name) - photos in folders, with structure Region>City>Hotel Name - contact person - phone - map coordinates - website - description - no. of rooms - room types
Hi, I will need you to extract data from annual and quarterly reports for 95-100 firms, for the past 4 years. Experience in finance required Experience in European real estate desirable Best
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A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 3.1 /3.0 Mageia 6, PCLinuxOS 2017.03, Fedora Workstation 27 (KDE spin), PicarOS, Pisi Linux 1, Elive beta, and AntiX 13.
domingo, 24 de octubre de 2010
Tux and the Sixth Sense: I See Dead Linux!
It was so comforting to read those features asserting the unquestionable death of the Penguin OS on desktop computers at last. Windows is growing; Linux is disappearing. That's the way it should be. Linux can stay on servers, mainframes, supercomputers, highly important systems, where it belongs, not inside computers used by plain people. After all, why would regular users want an OS that runs on supercomputers sitting on their home/work systems?
When I read the first article about the death of Linux desktop, a shock of unbelief went through my spine. Could it be true? Could the dreams of glory of these obnoxious Penguin lovers be shattered as broken glass by the supremacy of the Redmond empire that we love so much?
More posts came up; all of them reinforced the idea of how Linux plummeted. Hence, a smile of satisfaction appeared in my face as I tasted the wine brewed from victory.
However, something happened which began to unsettle me.
In my city, I had only seen a Linux computer in the wild: it was a bothering little aubergine desktop in a small restaurant. Except for that one, all of the computers that I have seen for public use were nice and friendly Windows systems. So, I expected the owner to come to his senses in a two-month period...Yet, the Ubuntu computer is still there after four months. It's one example of unexplainable phenomena in the world.
Then, I recall that only two professors used Linux netbooks in the Faculty of the University where I work. Those systems were like a pair of little insects; I knew their owners had to switch to Windows soon. But they never did. As a matter of fact, I realized that there is another professor that is running Linux on her netbook and now wants to put it on her laptop as well...And there's a dual boot desktop in one of the offices, too. Every time I see it, the machine is running Linux.
Does that mean that Linux on the desktop is still alive and kicking? No, that's simply not possible! The articles were very solid and convincing. There must be something wrong here.
Let me take a look at numbers again:
From 1 Ubuntu desktop, 1 Mandriva netbook, and 1 Mepis netbook, it has gone to 1 Ubuntu desktop, 1 Mandriva desktop, 2 Mandriva netbooks, 1 Mepis netbook, and 1 Mepis desktop in a five month period.
Slowly, unrest took hold of me as I attended an event in the Faculty last Friday. It was a speech about Open Source!
They are announcing an institutional migration to Linux!
From 4,000 licenses the University paid to Microsoft two years ago, they went down to 500 this year. With the additional budget, the University has managed to acquire new equipment for students. The madness has gone to some regional centers, where they have already substituted their Windows systems. The University is also promoting open culture with a repository called Kérwá. As if all this were not enough, the University has a mirror server for ... (the horror!) Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and there is even an institutional customized version of Open Office!
My colleagues who went to the talk also want to migrate to Linux and Open Office! Didn't they see the beautiful video Microsoft produced explaining why you shouldn't? Or how the grades of students are affected negatively if they use Open Office instead of MS Office for their assignments?
Maybe people are actually reading the EULAs and they do not like the idea that you become a serf of Microsoft (a Microserf!)....I mean, if you neither own MS Office nor the proprietary formats (.doc, docx, etc) in which you save the files, how can you claim that the documents you produced are yours?...Could that be the reason explaining why professors and researchers here are gradually abandoning beautiful MS Office and its fair price? Or is it that they read the EULA and discovered that its terms are threatening their productivity?
But the story does not end there... Why should students of a Language School want to install Linux? They are simple users, not engineers! Linux is for GEEKS, not for normal people! Are they so geeky after all? What's wrong with them?? LINUX IS DEAD!!
I have suddenly realized that I must have paranormal powers... Yes, I have the Sixth Sense! Aaaargh!
Wanna know a secret...?
I see dead LINUX!
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Wanna know a secret? I see dead Linux, too! :SResponderEliminar
It wouldn't be the first time I used a 'dead' operating system. I was using CP/M-80 on a 64K Z80 dual floppy system for my workstation at work on the production floor until 1989. I only stopped using it because I left that job and a lot of work records were on the system, so I couldn't just take it with me (although I was the one who brought it to the job).ResponderEliminar
Sensei, back at the Pharmacy Faculty, there are about ten or more desktop computers. These are the ones used as computer lab, and ALL of them use Ubuntu!! There is only one that uses WinXP and probably because that one is the one connected to the printer/scanner. Though I don't know which OS uses the Admin, I find hilarious that every student has to use Ubuntu. Looks like UCR's Faculties are becoming self-aware of what microsoft is becoming into.ResponderEliminar
/Santiago S.
@ Vanargand,ResponderEliminar
If what you tell me is true, then you must take me to that ghostly lab to conduct a paranormal research: I want to take some pictures of the non-existent Linux computers!
Maybe you are right...maybe Deans have finally started reading the infamous Windows and MS Office EULAs...
Today I was working there, its funny how some students don't seem to have any difficulty adapting while others say it out loud "i hate it!"
Yes, adaptation can be an issue... for migration, I would have chosen any KDE-based distro, as they have a more Windows-like environment. Let's see how that goes xDResponderEliminar
Sure! The penguin is dead and the entire University is migrating to this OS...it is going to become a cemetery! Reading about this migration really surprised me because I didn´t expect it to be so soon. Nevertheless, it is time to open those windows and move on. I guess foreigners like me will need to start learning about Linux. However, if a person has survived using Windows, I see no problem in moving to Linux. At the end, this is a learning process that can be easy for some and difficult for others, but it is necessary for all.ResponderEliminar
Lasso de la Vega, A
Definitely, the change seems worthy. The new OS on the computers will let students and professors learn about it. Moreover, many advantages as compatibility and security benefit the whole university. If Microsoft charges high rates and does not bring a high quality service, better options are available to improve the technological area in campus. The change might be complex at the beginning, but everybody will be able to learn through the time. Just imagining that fewer viruses will infect the flash drives and computers pictures a great future with Linux or any Open Source System. Torres, YResponderEliminar
I'm so lucky beeing not really a plain people. I feel so lucky using cheap and legal system on my desktop. My country keep high record on windows hicjacking.ResponderEliminar
- Anónimo9 de marzo de 2013, 17:02
Where I'm from Dead linuxes are spotted more and more on library computers (mostly Ubuntu). Personally I'm a necrocomputist: I prefer to use computers running dead linuxes ... or rather, ones that have risen from the dead xD The University I'll (hopefully) be studying next year uses Fedora, looking forward to it!ResponderEliminarRespuestas
A necrocomputist, that's a great way of putting it! Thanks for your comment and have a good time in the University with the hat distro.Eliminar


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The folks at the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation publish a monthly confidence index for the industry, and while we don't report on it all the time, this one is worth at least mentioning because the news continues to be good. The index collects leadership data to report an assessment of both prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives. The equipment finance sector is a $725 billion business and overall confidence index in the market is up to 59.4, up from 57.3 last month.
It appears equipment optimism continues to rise. For those in agriculture, the news has been good for some time, even as the yellow lines (construction equipment) at major equipment makers were soft. Now that construction is on the upswing - really is there no road or bridge they're not working on - its bolstering confidence for the industry.
The release touting the index quoted Russell Nelson, president, CoBank Farm Credit Leasing, and he notes that demand for replacement/additions of equipment and facilities remains steady to increasing, with "rising interest rates and equipment costs accelerating capital expenditures through the remainder of 2013. We have growing confidence that the economy and business climate will post modest improvement during the next 18 months."
To get to that 59.4 index there are some key indicators, which the foundation outlined in its announcement. First it notes that a quarter of executives responding say they believe business conditions will improve over the next four months, and that's up from just under 20% in June. About 72% say conditions will remain level for the next four months. And those that believe business conditions will worsen has declined sharply from nearly 10% now down to $3.1%.
While the index is up there are some signs that continued growth may slow a bit. Just over 15% of survey respondents say demand for leases and loans to fund capital expenditures will rise over the next four months, and that's down from 19.4% in June. More than 81% believe demand will 'remain the same' during that time period, up from 71% the previous month. At the bottom just 3.1% see a decline in capital expenditures versus nearly 10% in June.
One hold back on the equipment market was availability of funds. After the 2008 collapse lending fell apart too. It's clawing its way back and this latest survey also shows that nearly 22% of executives expect to see more access to finding for acquisitions, which is up from just over 19% in June.
These index reports offer a glimpse into issues that impact the market. Continued strength in the heavy equipment market is a continued sign that the economy is moving forward. In fact, in this latest survey more than a third of respondents say U.S. economic conditions will get better over the next six months. Just over one-fifth felt that way in June. You can check all the results here.


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Making group exercise fun and financially profitable.
A study released last year by IHRSA revealed that 90 percent of all exercisers prefer to work out in a group.
Call it group mentality. Or peer pressure, perhaps. But if you think about it, it's only common sense. After all, you could work out in your home if you really wanted to. Sure, the cat would give you dirty looks, but you're used to that. Yet, most Americans don't have the motivation to follow solitary, home workouts.
Group exercise classes, on the other hand, inspire people to stick to fitness routines, plus give them a chance to socialize. After all, it's easier to sweat off those pounds if you have encouragement from an instructor and friends.
"Health clubs and personal trainers are benefiting from a failure of self-motivation among many fitness participants," penned Harvey Lauer, the president of American Sports Data, in its just-released Superstudy of Sports Participation. The Superstudy examined the sports/fitness activities of more than 14,000 people over the age of 6, as well as collected data on health club memberships.
"It's difficult for people, on their own, to defy the Pleasure Principle — to do something painful, inconvenient, time-consuming or all three," Lauer continued in his report. "People need external motivation, structure and reinforcement. Some also need social interaction."
Group exercise meets all four of those needs. That's why group programming can draw big crowds even when membership numbers don't budge. "Participation in [our] group exercise has increased 50 percent over the last three years while our membership base has remained static," says Bill Thomas, the regional general manager for Tennis Corp. of America (TCA), as well as general manager for Willowbrook Athletic Club in Illinois.
Given the variety of group exercise now available, it's no surprise that class participation can grow even when membership doesn't. From strength to aerobics, mind/body to balance, today's programming can suit any taste.
"One of the obvious conclusions that you could draw [from the IHRSA 2001 Conference and Trade Show] is there's a move to group fitness in virtually every entity," says Colin Milner, president of IDEA.
With so much out there, clubs must make sure that they program wisely. If you know your client base is age 65-plus, perhaps kickboxing isn't the answer. On top of that, what was popular a couple of years ago may be old hat by now, yet you don't want to program only "flash-in-the-pan," fad classes either (sliding, anybody?).
Picking programming is enough to make a club owner stay up at night. But before you get out that magic 8-ball to figure out your class schedule, consider some timely advice from Andrea Metcalf, Willowbrook's fitness manager.
"You should try to keep your programming like a menu," she says.
This means offering a little variety. Program classic, core classes like Step or cycling at prime-time slots, with perhaps one studio devoted to a newer, trendy class, like Pilates. Put the hot, or even fad, classes on the off-hours to determine just how popular they really are.
"You need to place those trendy classes at non-prime times because people will want to go then," explains Metcalf. In other words, if people seek out classes during off-hours — or request that the classes be moved to more convenient times — you may have a winner on your hands.
If you want to get people into a new class, throw a party to launch it. "Offer new programs as a special event — on a Saturday afternoon or something — and see what the members think of it," advises Annette Lang, a personal trainer at New York City's Equinox, as well as a Reebok University master trainer and national consulting director for the Esquerre Fitness Group.
And don't stop with the party — or with new programs. Market all of your classes. Offer taste-tests of your club's fitness offerings. "Every five to six months we do an activity kickoff week and we put out different class sign-up sheets," says Patti Jasinski, group exercise director and director of Stott Pilates for the Arizona-based Gainey Village Health Club and Spa. "Then we'll try the class out for six weeks and see how it does."
Before kicking off the classes, sell the sizzle with in-house promotions, plugs in your newsletter and/or Web site, posters, flyers, sign-up days and more. "Let's put it this way," says Milner, "if someone could make $1 million off a pet rock, then everything comes down to marketing."
And selection. As the quote goes, variety is the very spice of life. So add plenty of spice to your group exercise menu.
Metcalf's menu serves up a hearty smorgasbord of Step, strength-training classes, interval or boot camp classes, and cycling. Some of the popular, exotic appetizers she likes to dish out to her members include tai chi, karate, yoga and Pilates.
Metcalf puts particular emphasis on the latter two mind/body programs. "I think you'll see in the future, these will be staples for clubs," she says. "Pilates and yoga are going to bring in more people into fitness that weren't here before."
According to American Sports Data's Superstudy's first-ever evaluation of Pilates, 1.7 million people participated in these classes in 2000 alone. Yoga wasn't doing too shabby either, with an increase of 16 percent over previous studies.
Jasinski points out that Pilates has become a heavy contender in her programming schedules. "Our Pilates program has literally doubled in revenue in the last six months," she says.
Many clubs are capitalizing on the mind/body trend by offering two-for-ones, or even four-for-ones in their scheduling. For example, Jasinski says that her members are asking for Nia, a program that combines martial arts, Pilates, yoga and stretching. Another example: Metcalf created a "yolates" (yoga plus Pilates) class.
Cool Combinations
This type of creative combination doesn't need to be limited to mind/body activities. Forming a new class with the elements of other programming can re-energize customers.
"Most people are trying to find an experience to give their members," Metcalf explains. "So if you do see an aerobics class, it's usually paired with something like dance or jazz."
Likewise, you'll find many clubs pairing strength training with stretching, or yoga with martial arts. "People are getting older and having stress injuries, etc., and they're needing to have a more balanced workout," explains Lang. That's why many instructors and clubs are trying to combine members' workouts into specialty classes.
Besides giving members a more integrated workout, specialty classes are great retention tools. Because your members' exercise patterns are constantly changing, they're less likely to get bored or fatigued. In short, specialty classes — whether they combine traditional class elements or break new ground — give members choice variety. And if the classes have great instructors, all the better.
"Specialty classes are like jewels," comments Rich Boggs, the president and CEO for the Step Co., of which the popular Body Training Systems is a division. "If you have the right instructor, anything will work.… If you have the market for [a specialty class] with a great instructor — perfect!"
Boggs offers the following ratio for balancing your core classes with specialty programs: "Core classes should be about 75 to 80 percent of your class schedule. Twenty to 25 percent, if you have the people to teach the specialty classes, should be specialty classes."
Whatever percentage you chose, make sure that these specialty classes match your club's demographics, as well as the general exercise trend of turning away from high-impact, highly choreographed activities.
Most experts agree that the decline in high-impact aerobic classes is due to the growing age of most clubs' membership base. In addition, as classes have utilized increasingly complicated choreography, only the die-hards (typically female) were able to keep up.
Since the term aerobics can discourage potential participants, Gordon Johnson, general partner and principal owner of Gold's Gym of Douglasville, Ga., discourages his staff from even using the "A" word. "It'll cost you a dollar around here if you say the word 'aerobics,'" he says. "'Aerobics' dissuades men from participating."
Johnson's gym was in a group exercise slump about two-and-a-half years ago, but was subsequently boosted by the intervention of Body Training Systems classes, which features the BodyPump program. Group participation went from 12 percent to its current 30 percent during that time.
The best group programs interest members regardless of age, gender and activity level. "Everything that we see [that's popular in the market] appeals to both males and females in a broad spectrum," says Boggs. "And it's got to be simple."
Simple isn't the same as "not hard," however. Classes must challenge people, but not by relying on complex moves that lose newcomers minutes into the workout.
Once you've decided what classes you want to offer your members (make sure you ask them for their input too!), you need to experiment with time slots and instructors to find the winning combination. If you are paying an instructor $17 an hour to teach a class, and only three people are showing up, you may just want to cut the class.
"Look at how many people are taking the class and how much it costs to put the class on," advises Milner. Then you can decide whether it makes sense to continue. (For more on figuring out the cost effectiveness of your group exercise class, see "Dollars and Sense" at clubindustry.com.)
"Paying" It Safe
You can also try testing the waters to see what works. Jasinski's club plays it safe. If the club is unsure about investing in a specialized class, it may contract an outside instructor, with her own equipment, to come in and teach for a few weeks. Jasinski is planning on doing just that with Urban Rebounding (a class involving mini-trampolines) this summer.
If your club does decide to invest in equipment for classes, you can offset the costs by charging for participation. But you probably won't be able to get away with putting a price on traditional classes.
"Each club has to assess its own program for attendance, timeliness, trend following, etc.," says Michael Scott Scudder, the owner/founder of Fitness Focus, a consulting company operating out of New Mexico. "In many clubs today, the 'timeless' or 'standard' offerings are the only classes included in the regular membership pricing structure. All other specialty classes are charged an additional fee."
Even if you can't charge for a class, group exercise may actually save your club money. "Because the group exercise programs moved people away from the equipment [i.e., solo machine use], we estimated that we saved over $100,000 in new equipment [over a two-year period]," Johnson says.
More than likely, though, owners are going to have to shell out some additional money in hiring a part-time instructor for each of their different classes. It may not be feasible for your own employees, or for any one person, to teach all the classes, especially if you've added specialty classes to the schedule. For example, tai chi requires training that your aerobics instructor may not possess.
"It depends on the program and the level of sophistication involved," says Milner. "Say you are doing a program dealing with older adults. Typically, you want to hire from outside because you need an individual who is used to dealing with the elderly or knows about chronic conditions."
Additionally, because there are so many combination and categories of classes available to clubs nowadays, instructors can't be expected to teach everything.
"There are so many different formats right now — we're getting in the marketplace right now where people coming in to teach only know one of those formats," says Metcalf.
Independents Day
For this reason, 80 percent of clubs have independent relationships with their instructors. Since most instructors aren't club employees, how do you ensure their loyalty and motivation?
"Instructors should be responsible for a sign-in sheet for every class, and be held accountable for minimally breakeven numbers in each class," Scudder says, "and, likewise, be on an incentive system for high attendance or growth in numbers in a class."
Metcalf organizes meetings with her group exercise instructors every quarter and discusses ways in which they can promote class participation. "We talk about making eye contact, people contact," she notes. "It's something that's expected of them now."
Lang offers a more succinct viewpoint: "Basically, their job is on the line, so that's their incentive."
Dollars and Sense
Tips for measuring the approximate cost of group exerciseand whether its worth the expense
1. Calculate the cost per class. First, take into account the total program cost. This should include the cost of equipment, instructor salaries, operation costs for the group exercise area, etc. For the sake of the calculation, lets use a 15,000-square-foot facility as our model and assume that the program cost is $65,000 annually.
Now figure out the number of classes offered annually. If a club offers 28 classes per week, this works out to be 1,456 classes a year (28 classes a week multiplied by 52 weeks a year).
Next, divide the total program cost by the number of classes annually. In this example, you would divide $65,000 by 1,456. So each class costs $45 (rounded).
2. Calculate the number of members needed per class for a breakeven class:
A) Establish the average number of participations annually. Say, for instance, that 127 members take group exercise 2.5 times a week (on average). This comes to 16,510 participations per year (27 members multiplied by 2.5 times per week multiplied by 52 weeks).
B) Calculate the average income per participant per class. Heres how.
First figure out the approximate income per club member. If, for instance, our 15,000-square-foot club grosses $675,000 annually with 1,500 members, then the approximate income per member is $450 ($675,000 divided by 1,500). Since we already established that 127 members take part in group exercise, multiple this number by member income. In other words, 127 times $450, which gives $57,150.
Next, add other fees that may be associated with group exercise (e.g., class charges). Lets assume this number is $2,000. This means that the total aerobic income is $59,150 ($57,150 plus $2,000).
Take the total aerobic income and divide it by the number of participations. In this case, divide $59,150 by 16,510. This comes to $4 (rounded). Thats the average income per participant per class. C) Finally, divide the cost per class by income per participant, rounded up. So our 15,000-square-foot club would divide $45 by $4. This means that the club would need 12 members per class to break even.
Information courtesy of Michael Scott Scudder, owner/founder of Fitness Focus, a 10-year-old New Mexico-based consulting company. For more information, visit www.michaelscottscudder.com.
You Say Pil-ah-tes, I Say Pil-a-tees
Whats in a name? A lawsuit apparently. Find out how the court ruling that overturned the Pilates trademark has impacted the fitness industry.
Its official: You can now say the P-word. Last year, a federal court declared Pilates a generic term, much like karate or yogamuch to the chagrin of Pilates Inc. and its president Sean Gallagher, who trademarked the name in 1992. Consumers lost out...when the court ruled that the word Pilates is generic for exercise instruction and equipment, he commented after the ruling.
Pilates was developed in the 1920s by physical trainer Joseph H. Pilates, who later founded New Yorks Pilates Studio (which continues his work to this very day). His Pilates method is an exercise system that focuses on building core strength and flexibility. Many of the systems original converts were dancers or athletes looking to condition their body in a gentler, more functional manner.
Not surprisingly, the method became much sought after by the public after it became known that many Hollywood celebrities used Pilates in their own workout regiments. Last year, according to American Sports Datas first-ever study on the category, 1.7 million men and women in the United States reported participating in the exercise program. And now that the term Pilates is no longer trademarked, you can be sure to expect many more instructors, studios, equipment manufacturers, instructional books and videos to be popping up. But can there be too much of a good thing?
Theres no quality control left, laments Gallagher. Youve got people that really dont know what theyre doing. Everybodys jumping on the bandwagon.
Pilates has become a term that people can use to describe any kind of exercise. You could be doing terrible things and calling it Pilates or you could be doing wonderful things and calling it Pilates.
In much the same way martial artists critiqued Tae Bo for not being a true martial art, and for leaving its participants with a false sense of security (as well as, in some cases, injuries), many certified Pilates instructors worry the public may not know the difference between a good instructor and a bad one, until its too late. To be a proficient and safe Pilates instructor requires much studying in the system.
That being said, though, was it really fair for one company to trademark the name for itself alone? No, argues Lindsey Merrithew, president and CEO of the Stott Pilates group of companies, and co-owner of the Pilates Studios and International Certification Center. Its easier to communicate the message [now that the trademark is overturned], he says. Pilates is now a category rather than a registered trademark.
The people out there who held the registered trademark had the most archaic approach to the method of exercise out there, he continues. Merrithew, however, does see the possibility of the term being misused. Its going to be the responsibility of the industry...to work together to try and set some benchmarks, he says. The industry itself will have to take on the challenge of setting standards. So whats this mean for club owners? They have to understand there are different people out there offering certification and training, Merrithew says. He likens it to someone getting a degree from Harvard University or a small community college. Certain certification institutions will probably carry more weight in the industry than others.
Andrea Metcalf, the fitness manager for Illinois Willowbrook Athletic Club, thinks the trademark ruling will not hurt the industry, or Joseph Pilates vision for that matter. I dont think it will dilute his work, she says, although she concedes, I dont think people will stick to his exact movements.
Metcalf herself has created yolates for her club members, combining movements from both Pilates and yoga. In the same way, she feels many instructors will work with the traditional Pilates exercise patterns and make them better. Its kind of like what yoga was in the 70s, Pilates will be in the year 2000, she says.
Patti Jasinski, the group exercise director and director of Stott Pilates for Arizonas Gainey Village Health Club, compares the Pilates movement to the inception of indoor cycling. Its kind of like Spinning and when Spinning first started, where [certain] instructors were not CPR certified and not group exercise certified and theyre operating studios, she explains. Thats a big problem. For the public I dont think its good thing, she says. For people who want to do Pilates and getting instructors who arent certified, its a terrible thing.
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furever_pit wrote:I am a HUGE fan of training logs for tracking. I keep one for each of my dogs. I like it because I can keep better track of weather conditions, how long I am aging the track, the distance and shapes of the track, etc. I can also make notes about each dog's performance and what we need to work on. I learned to keep a log at the very first tracking seminar I went to. So I think that's a really good idea.
Tracking is hard work but is very rewarding so I say go for it!
As for Schutzhund, it was developed as the breed test for the GSD, but many other breeds participate now. IMO it is a good test for any working breed of dog prior to being bred.
I'm going to be doing some tracking with my new puppy...I had some questions, so I'll probably send you a PM


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Billy Gene DeWitt, 82, Weatherford, Texas, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013 at the Weatherford Regional Medical Center.
Billy Gene DeWitt, 82, Weatherford, Texas, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013 at the Weatherford Regional Medical Center.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 5, 2013, in Wheeling Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in honor of Bill DeWitt to the Arthritis Foundation may be left at or mailed to Delaney Funeral Home, 1720 N. Missouri Ave., Marceline, Mo. 64658.
Billy was born December 15, 1930, in Wheeling, son of Ray Laverne and Susan Opal (Harris) DeWitt.
Billy grew up in the Wheeling area in a farming family. He worked for many years with the Missouri Conservation Department before retiring. He had recently received his 60-year Master Mason pin from the Hale Masonic Lodge. He was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Lena and Frank Lyles, Weatherford, Texas; three sons and daughters-in-law, Ray and Donna DeWitt, Berthoud, Colo., Ron and Debbie DeWitt, Killeen, Texas, and Brian and Jennifer DeWitt, Weatherford, Texas; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Richard DeWitt and Betty DeWitt, Warsaw, and Larry and Sharron DeWitt, Kansas City; and five sisters-in-law; many other relatives; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife Ruth; two brothers, Gerald and Stanley; and one sister, Lois.


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Ukraine's presidential candidate and former boxing champion Vitali Klitschko has warned of a humanitarian crisis in Crimea.
"Crimea is today on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. The Ukrainian citizens there are left at the mercy of foreign occupiers and local criminals. There is also a risk of ethnic cleansing. Crimean Tatars, ethnic Ukrainians and all patriots of Ukraine are threatened", Klitschko said after Sunday's referendum in the autonomous region.
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The Ukraine, what next, it becomes a police state managed by a newly recruited milita full of right wing thugs.
Groups like ethnic Russians are likely to be targetted by the Facists seeking refenge on Crimea getting its freedom.
It's more then clear now after more then a week of communist aggression over Ukraine that the same thing is happening as it was with Kennedy - Cuba problem. Same as then obama is letting to putin accomplish his aims, and obama administration is spreading some fake info about economic troubles might happen in the world if sanctions are hard over russia. The truth is that the problem of sanctions will have only russia. With no military intervention or support to Ukraine he accomplish his deal with putin let him do the occupation of Crime. Sure that putin don't like military intervention of international community NATO and EU in Ukraine as he will lose so, the same as was in Cuba, no military intervention with spreading fake info regarding that. And now obama has support from EU parliament leaders, baroso, solana and other group of their players. And putin will wait to see how will world react on all this so to make next moves over, Ukraine, Moldova and some other countries in the region. Same happened with Georgia when bush junior allowed him to accomplish same scenario, and later bush junior allowed obama to win the president elections, so this conspiracy to go on. Well this time this communist mafia is playing with big fire. With all this it's clear that obama is no more the legit president of USA as he is represent and support interest of the communists and putin.
And what were one of the first laws the new rulers in Kiev adopted? Outlaw the Russian language, stop any Russian TV channels, and yesterday they banned Bulgarian as well, as one of the minority languages...
the truth, if you care to dig down in history, you will find that there were actually Bulgarians who also lived in Crimea, but they do not claim it as there native land.
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Since ca. 700 BC, the peninsula has changed hands well over a dozen times, with all or part having been controlled by Cimmerians, Bulgars, Greeks, Scythians, Romans, Goths, Huns, Khazars, Kievan Rus' (the historical precursor to the modern states of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia[16]), the Byzantine Empire, Venice, Genoa, Kipchaks, the Golden Horde, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, Germany, Ukraine (illegally transfered to it by Khrushchev in 1954 - my comment).
So, as you can see, Crimea's turbulent existence had seen many rulers come and go. By defeating Ottoman Empire , Russia acquired Crimea and for over 200 years the peninsula belonged to Russia. Now it is back to those whom it rightfully belongs.
Oh, I am so sorry that people of Crimea didn't like Ukraine.
Nevertheless, the truth. you have to live up to your name.
The majority has decided.
Any minorities who do not like it should just fuck off.
Plus the ethnic Tatarts didn't vote in the referendum, they should stay quiet and behave or they should just fuck off and not cause trouble in a peaceful Cromea.
Crimea was already cleansed by Russians in 1940s. All of the ethnic Tatars were exiled to certain death and Russians poured in, and NOW they claim it is their righteous land? Get the hell out of here. Ask the ethnic population what they want - and believe me it is not to be part of a country that once committed genocide on them. Crimea is Ukraine and illegitimate people must move out.
The humanitarian crises and ethnic cleansing will not happen in the Crimea but is happening in the rest of the Ukraine.
And now when Russians got their vote, they ignored them all this time. Only to now suddenly start writing because now they think Ukrainians will be prosecuted. Well, Russians aren't like them. They can have their fascist government to themselves.


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If you are confused and worried about the U.S. economy, yet at the same time confident it's headed in the right direction, you're not alone.
Indeed, despite all the economic negatives being flung about of late – the slippage in the Institute of Supply Management's PMI metric, a rise in unemployment claims, a poorer-than-expected jobs report and the resulting drop in oil and stock prices as a result of such data – many businesses are retaining, if not actually bolstering, a sense of optimism about the nation's economic future.
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"The U.S. job market is in a better place today, but concerns over spending cuts, wavering global economies and other factors are weighing on employers' minds," said Matt Ferguson (at right), CEO of CareerBuilder. "We expect continued stability and improvement as the year goes on. The rebound in the housing sector is having a positive influence on job creation for related industries that have been struggling."
Vistage also discerned in its survey that more firms planned to invest in new plant and equipment, with 40% planning to increase such investment in the first quarter compared to 35% in the fourth quarter of 2012. "Economic uncertainty still clouds the horizon, but the threat of disruptive economic policies has greatly diminished," Vistage said.
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