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DALLAS – Some frequent fliers say they aren't worried about safety aboard Boeing's problem-plagued 787 aircraft, while many less-seasoned travelers are often unaware of what model of plane they're flying on.
That makes it anyone's guess whether Boeing Co., or the airlines that use its planes, will pay a price for concerns surrounding the 787. The planes were grounded worldwide on Thursday after a battery fire on one, and an emergency landing on another after pilots smelled something burning.
"I'm as excited today to get on a 787 as I was a year ago," says Edward Pizzarello, a travel blogger who has logged four flights on the 787, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. "Boeing will fix this, and I'll be flying on this plane for many years."
Lee Simonetta, a research engineer at Georgia Tech, said he too would hop on the Dreamliner again. He was among the aviation fanatics aboard the plane's first trip with paying customers, an All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong in October 2011. It was a time to marvel at a jet made of composite materials that make it lighter and far more fuel-efficient, and at its use of electrical systems to do just about everything.
That was before a series of incidents including fuel leaks, cracked windshields and overheating batteries gained worldwide attention. Photos of charred battery boxes from the planes popped up all over the Internet. Safety officials around the world took a second look at the planes, and the Federal Aviation Administration grounded 787s in this country — United Airlines is the only U.S. carrier to fly them, but several foreign airlines use them on flights to and from the U.S.
Boeing officials and some frequent fliers say there are hiccups with just about every new plane, and the 787 was a particularly bold technological leap over previous aircraft. But will those reassurances satisfy the flying public?
Mary Schiavo, a former inspector general of the U.S. Transportation Department and FAA critic who's now an aviation lawyer, said she would not fly aboard a Dreamliner.
"It's very serious. Nobody wants to get on a plane with these things happening," Schiavo said.
Schiavo said she thinks that if Boeing and the FAA believe there is something wrong with a few batteries, replacing them with other lithium-ion batteries would be a quick repair. But, she said, the FAA might force Boeing to use an entirely different type of battery, which could require redesign work and a new round of regulatory approvals that might take months.
Blake Fleetwood, president of Cook Travel in New York, said a few customers have called in the past two days to ask about the plane but none have changed their itineraries. Of course, those flights won't involve 787s if safety regulators haven't cleared the planes by takeoff time.
"A month ago we had people who were dying to get on this plane," Fleetwood said. "Now they're showing a bit more trepidation."
Many people who don't fly frequently may not even notice what type of plane they're on.
From interviews with more than a dozen travelers at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, it appeared that price, schedule and nonstop service are more important to consumers than the type plane itself. Only one knew that the government had grounded the 787.
Curtis Johnson, a retailer from San Antonio, said that he purposely booked on a 787 last month from Houston to Newark, N.J. "Very impressive," he said, describing the large windows, wide seats and other flourishes.
Johnson said he pays attention to the type of plane when he books a long flight, and he admitted that he might be "a little bit more nervous than I was three weeks ago" about the 787.
Christine Carlton, who arrived on a United flight from San Antonio, said she wouldn't seek to change planes but would instead "just be stuck and hope for the best."
Many sounded like Casey Ager, a 22-year-old from Seattle, who said he wouldn't have any misgivings about getting on a 787.
"If it's out there and they're letting us fly, I trust it's ready to go," he said.
Associated Press Writer Michael Graczyk in Houston contributed to this report.
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It's durian season. Would you try it?
It looks like I've been in the mood for not-so-photogenic food. There was that rather ugly, if delicious, salad, and now this. Adding insult to injury (quite likely injury at that, can't you see the thorns?) it also stinks to high heavens. You know what I'm talking about here, yes? It's durian season! I've been seeing those big, thorny, smelly fruits every time I was at a Chinese market, and I finally took one home a couple days ago.
Durians are one of those strong flavors that doesn't inspire apathy: one either adores it or abhor it totally. Ambrosia to some and, um, well, ass--as my friend Katy succinctly put it--to others. Having grown up in Thailand, you can guess which side of that divide I belong. Even if you haven't tried it yourself, I'm sure you have heard of it.
When I lived in Thailand, the arrival of durian season signaled the beginning of summer, the blissful end of long-suffered school year, and days on the seaside where salty air mingled with the sweet scent of my favorite dessert, Khao Niew Durian, sweet sticky rice bathed in a custardy sauce made with durian, coconut milk, and sweet palm sugar.
Even in the best of circumstances--like having high-quality, fresh, never frozen durians to eat--durians can be overpowering enough, but these frozen ones can get worse. The delicate flesh of the durian fruits also suffer after having been frozen, turning into practically mush once thawed. I myself find frozen durians unfit to eat outright, but it's just perfect for the Khao Niew Durian.
Sweet Sticky Rice with Durian and Coconut Milk Sauce
For the sweet sticky rice
3 cups sticky rice (Make sure you buy "sticky" rice or glutinous rice rather than normal long grain or jasmine rice.)
2 cups coconut milk
1 cup sugar
1-2 tsp salt, to taste
Soak the uncooked rice for at least three hours before cooking. Put the rice in a large bowl and cover with water up to about two inches over the rice.
I've seen people use all kinds of special implements to steam sticky rice. I've recently found the easiest and perhaps most perfect solution. I soak the rice grains, drain on a metal strainer--one of those with a little hook on one end and a handle on another so you can place it on top of a pot with it falling in. Then, place the strainer on top of a deep pot filled about a quarter of the way up with water. Put the lid over the the pot, turn the heat on high and bring the water to a boil. Continue to steam for 15-20, or until the rice grains are just al dente.
Make sure the boiling water doesn't touch the rice. You probably should start checking after about 15 minutes. The rice should be very nearly done, but not completely cooked through--similar to the texture of al dente pasta.
While the rice is steaming, heat the coconut milk in a medium pot. Add the sugar and salt and bring to a simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved. Taste the mixture. The sweetened coconut milk should be a little sweeter than what you want your finished sticky rice to be. You should also be able to taste the salt. Add more salt if needed. Keep this mixture heated, it must be hot when the rice is ready.
When the rice is ready, add it to the pot with coconut milk. Stir gently to mix well. Cover and let rest for 15 minutes so the rice completely absorb the coconut milk before serving.
For the durian and coconut milk sauce.
1 Durian
2 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup palm sugar, chopped
1/2-1 tsp of salt
Getting durian meat out of the hard, thorny husk is more daunting and difficult, really. You first must understand the physiology of durian: it has hard, thorny husk covering segments of seed pods--think orange segments but replacing the bitter white pith with the thorny husk. When you look carefully at a durian, you can clearly see the undulation on the patterns on the husk itself, with the shape of the seed pod clearly visible. All you have to do is use a very sharp knife to cut along both sides of each one and just pull open the husk to reveal the sweet flesh inside. This is easier done than explained, actually. Try it once and you'll understand perfectly what I meant.
Keep cutting along the shape of each seed pod, pulling out the durian flesh from each one and set aside. Once you have all the flesh out, you can easily separate the durian meat from the hard pits. Just pull the meat off the pit carefully and discard the pits.
In a medium pot, bring the coconut milk, salt and the palm sugar to a simmer. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add the durian flesh to the pot and stir gently. Bring the pot back to a simmer. Check the seasoning, you may need a bit more sugar or a bit more salt. Once done, remove from heat.
To serve, put a bit of the sweet sticky rice into a small bowl. Spoon some of the durian and coconut milk sauce over to sticky rice and serve.


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Prints of Southwest Flora and Fauna Exhibited April 2011
A wide array of techniques and styles, from open-bite intaglio etchings to collagraph, silkscreen, and even photo-polymer gravure showcase Prints of Flora and Fauna of the Southwest art by students from West Campus Pima County College printmaking class and a printmaking class from Central Arizona College from Signal Peak Campus during April. This exhibit in the Boyce Thompson Arboretum Visitor Center Gallery continues through Saturday, April 30.
"These are works by students in the both printmaking departments of Pima Community College's West campus in Tucson and also the Coolidge campus of Central Arizona College," said Professor David Andre's. "We are proud to exhibit these prints by faculty and selected students, many of our students are established artists with degrees from other universities, who are studying advanced techniques with PCC and CAC."
More than a dozen faculty and students have works in the exhibit. Instructor and exhibit coordinator Andre's said original framed prints and also unframed prints will be available for purchase ranging from $35 to $500 for framed works and $20 to $350 for unframed. Purchases are encouraged; participating artists donate a percentage back to Boyce Thompson Arboretum to help support botanical education and conservation programs. To inquire about prices or if you have questions about the printmaking process, please contact David Andres by phone at 520-206-6942 or else 520-265-9965 or via email to email@example.com
"These Flora and Fauna prints were chosen to exhibit the many talents of our students and staff, and also to educate the viewer about traditional and also experimental processes that are taught at each campus," said Andre's. Faculty and students artists participating include Jo Anderson, Marika Sizabo, Christine Dawdy, Phyllis Wagoner, Martha Wilson, Julia Andre's, Susan Ramos, Maria Lee, Christina McNearney and David Andre's.
"This exhibit offers viewers a chance to see works done with well-known techniques such as intaglio, a process using aquatints that are etched with acids into zinc or copper plates. We will also have relief printmaking on linocut and wood which is the oldest printmaking process known to mankind! And most people are familiar with the word "silkscreen," but they may not realize that it refers to an artwork created when areas are blocked out to reveal an image, then ink is squeegee'd through the screen. Our exhibition will offer a chance to become familiar with many different styles of printmaking," said Andre's.
Boyce Thompson Arboretum is located at Highway 60 milepost #223, just three miles west of the town of Superior - a drive of about one hour east of Phoenix or two hours from Tucson (take Oracle Road North to Highway 79 past Florence to Highway 60, then East for another 12 miles). Monthly exhibits may be seen at our Visitor Center gallery daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during April, and then Summertime hours move to a 6:00 a.m. opening and 3:00 p.m. closing hour for May June, July and August. The Arboretum is an Arizona State Park and daily admission must be paid to enter the Visitor Center where the gallery is found. Admission is $7.50 for adults and $3 for ages 5-12. Annual memberships at the Arboretum begin at $45, and include a year's access, guest passes for your friends and family, along with many other benefits. A membership may be purchased in the gift shop on the day of your visit.
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Confidox is a software start-up company that is building a legal practice management solution designed for the needs of small and medium sized law firms.
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We are looking for a logo that focuses on the company name - CONFIDOX. The colors should be blue, white and black. The symbol to go with Confidox should be a padlock style symbol, and locate it either to the right, on top, or behind confidox. The padlock could be solid blue but in the lower left hand corner there would be a C in white (or whatever color the back ground is. We like the look of:
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WASHINGTON — Maine's New Balance factories – among the few athletic footwear manufacturing facilities left in the U.S. – received good news on two separate fronts last week with the help of the state's congressional delegation.
In the House, Rep. Mike Michaud successfully amended an omnibus defense bill to require that the nation's military equip new recruits with sneakers manufactured in the U.S.
The armed forces are already required — under a 70-year-old law known as the Berry Act — to purchase uniforms or other clothing only from U.S. sources.
But for the past decades, several branches of the military have been issuing vouchers to new recruits to allow them to pick out their own athletic shoes for training camp.
Michaud's office said there are two footwear manufacturers in the U.S. — New Balance and Wolverine World Wide — capable of meeting the Berry Act requirements. The Senate is still working on its version of the defense bill.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration's nominee to become the next U.S. trade ambassador, Michael Froman, promised Sen. Angus King that he would tour at least one of New Balance's three factories in Maine.
The pledge came in response to King's delaying — or "placing a hold on" — Senate consideration of Froman's nomination.
It also comes as the Obama administration is working out a new free trade agreement with Pacific nations, called the Trans Pacific Partnership, that could result in the elimination of tariffs on sneakers made in Vietnam and other countries.
That concerns New Balance officials, who see the tariffs as a way to keep the playing field level with international companies that manufacture in countries with low labor costs.
The former ambassador, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, toured the New Balance facilities last year.
"Since August 2012, I have contacted the Office of the United States Trade Representative several times and have not felt that my concerns, on behalf of my constituents, have been taken seriously or appropriately addressed," King wrote in a letter to Froman, explaining his delay tactic.
"Although I was reluctant to place a hold on your nomination, I felt I had no other option to emphasize the strength of my conviction on these issues."
New Balance employs roughly 900 people at factories in Skowhegan, Norridgewock and Norway.
Maine's members of Congress have also been involved in a fight over federal policy regarding the humble potato.
White potatoes are excluded from the list of fresh fruits and vegetables included in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. Commonly referred to as WIC, the program provides grants to states to provide more nutritious foods to low-income mothers and children.
Earlier this month, Sen. Susan Collins lost an effort on the Senate floor to amend the Farm Bill to reinstate potatoes into WIC. Collins, who is from Maine's potato-growing Aroostook County, was denied a vote on the amendment, a relatively common occurrence on larger bills in the Senate.
In the House, however, 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree worked with an Idaho congressman to amend an agriculture budget bill with language reinserting potatoes into WIC.
The bill is now headed to the full House for a vote.
Collins and other defenders of the potato contend that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is discriminating against fresh potatoes (versus the fried kind).
But the feds insist that Americans who utilize WIC already consume enough potatoes.
Meanwhile, one of Maine's better-known craft brewers, Allagash Brewing Co. in Portland, is getting involved in the issue of clean water.
Allagash is one of about 20 craft brewing operations from around the country that joined with the Natural Resources Defense Council — a large environmental advocacy and legal group — on a letter to President Obama urging his administration to move forward with stronger protections for drinking water sources.
The council and the brewers are upset with delays to proposed changes to the Clean Water Act that they contend would better protect headwaters and some tributaries.
The group attempted to appeal to Obama's own affinity for small-batch beer, given that the White House brews its own.
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Brussels, 26 January 2009
Greening road transport: EU-funded research supports EU's environmental objectives
On 26 January 2009, Commissioner Janez Potočnik will address the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) conference. ERTRAC will unveil the scenarios for Europe's road transport system of the future, and set out what the sector needs to do to achieve a step-change in the sustainability of road transport. This MEMO provides with information of how EU research policy contributes to the overall EU's objective to fight climate change by supporting transport research.
1. What is the economic importance of car industries and road transport in Europe today?
The automotive sector:
It is one of the major sectors of European industry and an important driver for the growth of the European economy, as it represents 11% of the EU GDP and contributes to € 33 billion of EU external trade. In particular, the automotive industry employs 2.3 million people directly and over 12 million people indirectly.
2. What is the importance of R&D spending in the automotive sector?
The automotive sector is a key component of the European economy and society. It spends €20 billion per year on research and technological development (RTD), making it the largest private investor in RTD in Europe.
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3. What is the impact of road transport on the environment?
Transport overall accounts for 25% of CO2 emissions largely due to road
4. How is the European Commission supporting research in transport?
Under its Seventh Framework Programme for research and development (FP7), the Commission is proposing a 'greener', 'safer' and 'smarter' pan-European transport system, supported by a research budget of €4.16 billion over seven years. The EU's new Technology Platforms (ETP's) - which bring together partners from industry, the scientific community and the Commission to define research priorities and action plans in specific fields - have made major contributions to the Union's future transport research strategies. FP7 will also seek to stimulate the ongoing restructuring of the transport industry, including the integration of the supply chain and, in particular, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), key players that provide necessary dynamism and innovation.
One important initiative in green transport research is the Fuel Cells and
Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative (JTI). It is a public private partnership
with joint funding from the Community and from industry, with industry in the
lead. The Commission will fund 470 M€ from the FP7 programme over six
years and at least the same amount will come from private industry. Fuel cells,
as an efficient conversion technology, and hydrogen, as a clean energy carrier,
have a great potential to contribute to addressing energy challenges facing
5. At a time of economic crisis, can carmakers afford to be working on CO2 reduction?
The reduction of CO2 emissions has been an objective for European institutions long before the present financial and economic crisis. The target agreed by the EU in December 2008 is 130g/km for 65% of new cars in 2012, 75% in 2013, 80% in 2014 and 100% in 2015. Action on CO2 reduction will bring both environmental benefits and reinforce competitiveness through technological advantages. As part of its Economic Recovery Plan presented on the 26th of November, the European Commission has proposed the European Green Car Initiative to help car manufactures make this transition. Stimulating demand for low-emission cars during the downturn should help to bring idle capacity in the sector back into action quicker.
6. What is the European Green Car Initiative?
The European Green Car Initiative aims to facilitate research on a broad range of technologies to achieve a breakthrough in the use of renewable and non-polluting energy sources for road transport. The Initiative includes R&D, mainly through FP7. The available financial envelope is estimated to be € 1 billion. The European Investment Bank would provide cost-based loans (~ € 4 billion) to car producers and suppliers to finance RTD and innovation, in particular in technologies improving the safety and the environmental performance of cars, such as electric vehicles.
The Commission EU Economic Recovery Package foresees strengthening and creating new types of relationships between the public and private sectors. The European Technology Platforms will become one of the major pillars of this process. Coordination is needed in order to make research more effective and overcome the present crisis facing automotive industries.
7. What are some of the options for making road transport greener?
Road transport includes passenger cars, buses, urban vehicles (including delivery vehicles) and lorries. Research priorities vary according to the type of vehicle. For example, road haulage represents 50% of CO2 emissions from road transport.
The overall assessment of energy consumption from "well to wheel" as well as Life Cycle Assessment clearly demonstrates the advantages of electrification of road transport, provided that the electricity is produced by using renewable sources and low-carbon technologies. New solutions involve more and more the interaction between vehicles and the related infrastructure. For example, electric cars will become a reality for mass introduction once smart electric grids can be interconnected to electric vehicles.
The European Commission is supporting projects on urban mobility that include demonstrators of all-electric transport systems in urban settings. One of them is CityMOBIL (http://www.citymobil-project.eu/), financed with €11M. The researchers have developed demonstrators for two electric passenger transport systems in Rome and London Heathrow airport.
Improving internal combustion engine technology
Improving the classic internal combustion engine may be the quickest and most cost effective short-term measure to make road transport greener, given the rapidly rising demand for mobility, as well as available knowledge. It could bring a potential 30% reduction in fuel consumption.
Projects funded by FP6 in this area include "New Integrated Combustion System for Future Passenger Car Engines" (NICE), which worked on improving vehicle engine fuel consumption and emissions, for diesel as well as petrol-fuelled engines. The project brings together 25 partners from academia and industry in 9 countries, with the EU contributing €14.5M of the total €26.4M.
Europe has defined ambitious targets for the development of biofuels. They will mostly be used in gasoline- and diesel-type internal combustion engines. However it is possible that specialised engines will be used in certain applications of dedicated fleets. A fruitful area for research is how to use biomethane as second generation biofuel on a wide scale for buses and urban vehicles (e.g. waste disposal lorries).
EU-funded projects in this area include the RENEW project, which works on the synthesis of liquid fuels from biomass. It will assess the production routes biomass-to-liquid (BTL) fuels and will lead to recommendations for the future realisation of the technology. The Renew consortium has 33 partners from 9 European countries, of which more than half are from industry. The total cost of the project is €19.8M.
Hybrid technologies
Hybrid electric vehicles still rely on internal combustion engines. These types of passenger vehicles are becoming more popular, but they too could stand to gain in efficiency. The next step is to make electrically assisted internal combustion engines more reliable and efficient, cheaper to build, and better to drive through highly integrated powertrains.
Projects funded by FP6 in this area include HI-CEPS, which is developing improved engine components for hybrid vehicles which will satisfy both the environmental and consumer requirements for the 2010-12 mass market. It brings together 23 partners, including car manufacturers and research institutes, from 11 countries and the Commission is covering half of the project's €19,324,816 cost.
Hydrogen as fuel
Internal combustion engines in the future may be fuelled by hydrogen, which releases no CO2 during combustion. As hydrogen can be produced from a great variety of primary energies and it can be used in a great variety of different applications (transport, portable and stationary power) it can form an energy hub like electric power.
Here too, technological improvements can be made to internal combustion technology to make this a workable alternative: today's hydrogen engines, based on port injection, still perform less well than the traditional combustion engine for an engine of the same mass. Projects in this area include the HyICE project, looking at two new approaches to improve performance of combustion engines that use hydrogen as fuel. Both approaches produced a 15% increase in power output. The project includes 10 partners from the public and private sectors in 4 European countries, and the EU makes a contribution of €5.0M of the total €7.7M cost.
Fuel Cells as energy convertor
The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen JTI described above is working on the use of hydrogen as a complementary energy vector to electricity and biofuels. It is already part of today's industrial technology; yet for energy use the real benefits can only be exploited with novel technologies such as fuel cells.
EU-funded projects in this area include FELICITAS – a project to develop fuel-cell systems that are capable of meeting the demands of heavy-duty transport for road, rail and marine applications. It has 14 partners from the public and private sector in 8 different European countries. The EU is funding €8.0M of the total €12.7M cost of the project.
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4. Essential Elements of Outcomes-Based Funding Policy to Achieve College Completion Goals. Dr. Cheryl Blanco, Vice President for Special Projects, Southern Regional Education Board.
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Artists Sampled Without Permission In 'Harlem Shake' Song Demand To Get Paid
from the and-here-comes-copyright dept
Either way, there's no doubt that Baauer and his label, Mad Decent, clearly made out nicely for a song that had been out for a while and hadn't really set the world on fire until the meme took off. And, of course, once people start making money, out come the copyright claims. Apparently, multiple artists, whose works were sampled on Baauer's "Harlem Shake," are now demanding cash from Mad Decent.
The people who spoke the two key "lyrics" in the song, "con los terroristas," and "then do the Harlem Shake," have both complained about the use of the samples. The "con los terroristas" line came from a former reggaeton singer turned evangelical preacher Hector Delgado, who went by the stage name Hector El Father. The "do the Harlem Shake" line was from Jayson Musson as part of a song for the Philadelphia rap collective Plastic Little. Delgado seems to be overplaying his hand a bit:
"It's almost like they came on my land and built a house," Mr. Delgado said.No, actually, it's nothing like that. At all. Because it didn't take away from his song, which very few people knew about before. If anything this has suddenly increased interest in Hector's former professional works.
Musson's approach seemed a lot more reasonable in recognizing the reality of the situation:
Mr. Musson said he called Mr. Rodrigues and thanked him for "doing something useful with our annoying music"But, of course, he still wants a cut.
That's not to defend Baauer, of course, who had no problem pretending he could claim copyright over the work, despite not licensing the original samples. Oh, and as for who's going to get paid in the end, it sounds like it may be Universal Music. Apparently, Delgado's work was released on a label owned by Universal, so you'll have to image they'll get involved soon enough:
Since that call, Mr. Gomez said, lawyers for Machete Music, which is owned by Universal Music Group, have been negotiating with Mad Decent over payment for the sample.Gomez is Delgado's manager. Of course, if he released it under Universal, one wonders if Hector will get anything at all, or if Universal will declare any proceeds for itself, claiming that Delgado has not yet recouped any advance...
"Hector will get what he deserves," he said. "We can turn around and stop that song. That's a clear breaking of intellectual property rights."


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"The only difference between the Mets and the Titanic is the Mets had a better organist." – late sports columnist Jim Murray.
Do you remember Jane Jarvis?
Once a child prodigy, Jarvis' sounds on the keyboard became the sound track of the Mets for a generation. Unlike the "noise" that goes on at Citi Field these days and went on at Shea after she left, her creativity was welcomed and appreciated by all. Like the sign man, she made a trip to Shea unique and special.
The other day SNY had an inning without announcers. Could we once have a game without being visually and musically assaulted? It would be nice for the Met to go back to when the music was subtle and witty, and at times soothing. There's just relentless sound now before every hitter and between every inning.
Right, I'm old school, but it is overwhelming with the rap and the Spanish which more than half the crowd doesn't understand, and the signature songs of every player.
When there is music, it should appeal to the majority, not segment the crowd. It should be soft enough so most of the time you can talk to who you came to the game with. A baseball game shouldn't be like AM radio where there's panic with a little dead air.
Do you know what it tells me when the time at the park is like a day at an arcade? With all the distractions on the video board and with the music and with the 900 varieties of food, it tells me ownership doesn't want you to really pay attention to what is happening on the field.
It's not just that way with the Mets. It's like that with the Yankees, too. Hell, the Colorado Rockies sell 17 different varieties of hot dogs. I didn't know there were that many. Is all that really necessary?
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Summer is slowly coming to an end. Before the days grow shorter and the late night sunshine fades you may want to consider throwing a block party. Not only are block parties fun but they allow you to connect with new neighbors and strengthen relationships with those you are already friends with.
Permits & Teamwork
Before jumping into planning it is important to take care of two major items. First find out if you need to have a permit. You can find out by contacting you local city or town hall. It would be a total bummer if you planned the party only to find out you aren't allowed to have it. Once you get the green light start recruiting. Throwing a good block party requires a team effort.
Create a flyer explaining your desire to throw the party and ask neighbors to volunteer. Once you have your team of volunteers delegate responsibilities so you have someone managing the following:
- Food & Drinks: Coordinate the menu and volunteer list
- Entertainment: Music, games, etc
- Communication: Have this person set up a Facebook event or email change to keep everyone in the loop
- Set Up & Clean Up/Decor: In charge of set up and break down in addition to plates, cups, napkins, utensils.
Food & Drinks
There are two routes you can take with planning the party menu. You can charge a fee and have it catered or you can decide to do potluck. If you choose the latter have the person in charge of party communications send a sign up sheet to the block and ensure you have a good balance of appetizers, salads, entrees and desserts. For entrees it may be a good idea to have a few volunteers for grill duty. You may want to consider charging a small fee to cover the cost of the meat. Another idea…make it BYOG. (bring your own grill)
Bring Your Own..
While on the topic of "bringing your own, here are some things you should remind your guests to bring their own:
- Lawn Chairs
- Camera
- Sunscreen
- Fold Up Tables
- Alcoholic Beverages (remind party goers that underage drinking will not be tolerated)
Entertainment & Activities
Music is a must. Decide if an iPod is sufficient or if you want to have a brand or DJ. Whatever you decide be sure you plan to set it up in a place that has plenty of room for dancing!
Because this is a family fun event be sure to plan something for all ages. Relay races, hoola hoops, and eating contests are all fun possibilities
Have a Back Up Plan
Sorry to be a debbie downer but with the rainy summer we have had I have to say it. It might rain on your party day. Have a back up plan and decide if you will have a rain date if it does happen to be a rainy day.
Block parties take some time and effort to plan but they are a great way to bring the community together for fun and relaxation. It also sets up a sense of security by allowing others the opportunity to …read more
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The ocean's circulation is thought to play an important role in our climate by transporting heat from tropical regions toward Earth's poles. Of particular interest is the circulation in the Atlantic Ocean, where warm, shallow waters from the tropics flow northward and release heat in the North Atlantic region. There, the waters become colder and denser; they sink to the abyss and flow back southward in deeper parts of the oceans.
To understand how our climate operates then, we need a deeper understanding of how our oceans operate. In particular, we need a deeper understanding of the abyss (roughly below the top 1,000 meters or 3,280 feet), which represents 70 to 80 percent of the ocean's volume. But the difficulty, time, and expense of collecting measurements in the depths leave us with a severe scarcity of data. Despite considerable progress over the last decades, we still have an incomplete and somewhat fuzzy picture of the motion of waters in the abyss.
However, two naturally occurring radioisotopes in the sea—like breadcrumbs in Hansel and Gretel's forest—may offer us another means to track circulation in the deep.
In the oceans' upper portions, physical oceanographers can calculate the direction and speed of moving water by using measurements of temperature and salinity, current meters, floats, and other methods. In the abyss, however, variations in temperature and salinity are generally smaller, and current meters and floats are often compromised by the influence of swirling water, or eddies.
Another means to track ocean circulation is by tracing the pathways of chemical compounds that become embedded in distinct water masses that move about the ocean. Such tracers include, for example, dissolved oxygen; biological nutrients (nitrate, phosphate, silicate); radioactive tracers (such as radiocarbon or tritium); and industrial compounds (such the chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs).
To this palette of ocean tracers, we can add more exotic ones, such as thorium-230 (230Th) and protactinium-231 (231Pa). Both tracers have properties that other tracers lack and therefore can provide complementary information.
230Th and 231Pa have half-lives of about 76,000 and 32,000 years, respectively. Both are produced by the radioactive decay of naturally occurring uranium isotopes. Because the uranium isotopes are distributed approximately uniformly throughout the oceans, so are the rates at which 230Th and 231Pa are produced. Moreover, it would take hundreds of thousands of years to change the concentration of the uranium isotopes in the ocean by an appreciable amount, implying that 230Th and 231Pa production rates also do not change much over time.
On the other hand, 230Th and 231Pa are also removed from the ocean, in a process that is relatively less well understood. Unlike uranium, which remains largely dissolved in seawater, 230Th and 231Pa are "sticky"— that is, they tend to become chemically attached to marine particles. These particles sink to the depths and eventually settle into sediments on the seafloor—a process often referred to as "particle scavenging."
In the 1980s, marine geochemists such as Michael Bacon and Robert Anderson, then both at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and Yoshiyuki Nozaki of the University of Tokyo developed a simple theory: If no factors other than production by uranium decay and particle scavenging came into play, concentrations of 230Th and 231Pa should increase continuously as you go deeper in the ocean.
But when scientists began to obtain precise measurements of 230Th in the ocean, they found that this theory worked only at some locations. In the North Atlantic Ocean, 230Th levels generally increase with depth in the upper ocean—consistent with theory—but they do not continue to increase down to the bottom; instead, they began to level off below about 1,000 meters. (The few existing measurements of 231Pa also show a systematic departure from the theory.)
This implies that another factor is at work: The ocean's circulation, which is disregarded in the theory, may be influencing what would otherwise be a steady increase of 230Th concentration to the bottom. If so, could we use 230Th to detect circulation in the deep?
This is what is known in mathematics as an "underdetermined" problem—one in which you have more unknowns than equations. Many people perceive that underdetermined problems cannot be solved, but that is not true.
Among the techniques to solve underdetermined problems are so-called inverse methods. Such methods can combine imperfect data and an imperfect model to extract information not obtainable using each separately. Moreover, they can provide an estimate of how reliable the solution is, given the uncertainties of the data and the model.
Our approach was to use an inverse method to combine, first, physical oceanographic data (measurements of temperature and salinity, and estimates of water flow at specific locations from current meter data) with a model of the abyssal circulation in the North Atlantic. Second, we included the existing measurements of 230Th in the ocean and a model that describes how 230Th is produced, scavenged, and transported by ocean circulation.
By comparing the circulations estimated with and without 230Th, we found that the 230Th data indicate a more vigorous southward flow of water beneath 1,000 meters in the North Atlantic. The physical oceanographic data alone did not indicate such a strong flow, because the temperature and salinity data we used show small horizontal variations in the North Atlantic (compared to their uncertainties). In other words, these data can be accommodated by a relatively sluggish flow. In contrast, the 230Th measurements at depth show larger variations that can be explained by a strong southward flow. Thus, 230Th data have provided information about the abyssal circulation that complements the physical oceanographic data.
We are just beginning to explore how useful 230Th and 231Pa can be to tell us about ocean circulation. An emerging international program called GEOTRACES, designed to investigate how various trace elements and isotopes are distributed in the world's oceans, should give us more much needed measurements of both tracers in seawater.
We also need to learn more about these tracers' behavior. Laboratory experiments, for example, show that Th and Pa may stick at different rates to different types of particles in seawater. To interpret the measurements of 230Th and 231Pa in the ocean, we need to better understand how the abundance and the chemical composition of the particles affect the scavenging of both tracers from seawater, and hence their distribution.
A graduate student from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Andrea Burke, and I are involved in research aimed at determining if 230Th and 231Pa deposited in seafloor sediments can reveal something about ocean circulation in the geological past, in particular during periods of climate change. We are collaborating with Jerry McManus at WHOI and his colleagues, who have been the first to produce high-resolution 231Pa and 230Th records from seafloor sediments raised from the North Atlantic. (See "The Once and Future Circulation of the Ocean.")
Data for the abyss are so scarce, yet the circulation of the deep ocean is so important. We must explore any avenue that may help us measure it.
This research was supported by the WHOI Ocean and Climate Change Institute and the National Science Foundation. It involved the essential collaboration of Roger François (formerly at WHOI, now at the University of British Columbia) and Jan Scholten (at the Marine Environment Laboratory in Monaco), who are experts in 230Th and 231Pa measurements in the ocean. It also benefited from Ruth Curry at WHOI, who provided access to the HydroBase2 compilation of ocean temperature and salinity measurements.
Thorium-230 is produced throughout the oceans by the radiocactive decay of a naturally occuring isotope of uranium and chemically adheres to marine particles that sink to the seafloor. According to theory, 230Th should increase steadily as you go deeper, as it does at 47?S (left). But at 22?N (right), 230Th concentrations level off in the abyss. The North Atlantic Ocean?s deep southward circulation (blue arrow) is probably influencing what would otherwise be a steady increase of 230Th concentration to the bottom.
(Illustration by E. Paul Oberlander, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


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Maintenance managers often have several assets to keep track of, and without software, this can be a daunting task. Work order management software helps them manage information about each piece of equipment, tool or vehicle in one central database, and manipulate those entries as corrective repairs or regular preventative maintenance is performed. This guide is intended to help buyers determine what features they need to manage maintenance most effectively. Here is what we'll cover:
What Is Work Order Software?
Common Features of Work Order Software
Important Features to Consider
Benefits of Work Order Software
How Is It Priced?
To understand what work order software does, it's important to know what work orders are. A work order is simply an order, either delivered to a company from customers and clients or created internally, to perform some type of action. These orders can be entered directly into the system itself, or be submitted through client-facing forms on a website or mobile device. In the maintenance management sense, these generally refer to orders to perform maintenance or repairs on assets, vehicles, tools, equipment or facilities. Maintenance requests can be created in the following types:
Most modern maintenance management work order software solutions have features to help companies stay on top of preventative maintenance, so that assets are kept in peak performance condition and costly operational downtime is kept at a minimum. Work order software exists in several industry-specific CMMSs, such as fleet management, aircraft MRO and equipment maintenance.
For software related to work orders for field service organizations (rather than maintenance operations), please visit our field service work order guide.
With the number of software options available, buyers have a choice between "integrated suites," which contain all the common work order management applications, or cherry-picking the "best-of-breed" applications for each function. These systems will offer one or more of the following applications:
|Work order creation and modification
|Captures from various sources, such as direct entry and Web-forms, and stores them in the system. From here, orders can be modified when maintenance and repairs are in process or completed.
|Work order tracking
|Tracks orders as they move through the system, from initial entry to completion of order. This process can help maintenance managers prioritize the most urgent tasks, by assigning levels of importance to assets and sending alerts when crucial equipment requires repairs. Many systems also include a calendar for scheduling regularly occurring maintenance.
|Work order metrics and reporting
|As orders are tracked in the system, the software can collect data on operational downtime, cost of repairs and materials, information about third-party maintenance companies and likely causes of the problem. Managers can then generate reports to gain a comprehensive view of maintenance costs and make informed decisions on streamlining operations.
There are several optional modules available that add valuable functionality. Consider whether these options can assist your operations:
Website integration. The software can integrate Web forms into your website, so that clients, customers or employees can enter a work order from wherever they have access to the Internet.
Barcoding. Managers can tag each piece of equipment or asset with a one-of-a-kind barcode that, when scanned, instantly pulls relevant data about that item for review. This reduces the time it takes to search for an item in the database and helps better organize information.
Mobile access. For many maintenance managers, their assets are often miles away at another facility or rolling down the highway. Mobile access offers managers a convenient way to keep track of assets from their mobile device. A fleet truck driver, for example, could enter a request as soon as an issue arises, even if the vehicle breaks down on the road.
Work order software is a valuable investment for managers who want to streamline operations and save time hunting down information for assets. Some specific benefits include:
Reduced downtime. The combination of preventative maintenance and increased real-time data through mobile access helps reduce the time between a piece of equipment failing and getting it back online. A well-planned maintenance schedule can often prevent downtime altogether, keeping operations running smoothly without losing business.
Comprehensive repair history. Keeping track of repair history gives maintenance managers a long-term overview of repairs, so they can generate cost analyses and identify areas where costs could be reduced without impacting quality of services.
Like other software, these systems are priced either by monthly subscription for a Web-based or cloud version, or with a one-time upfront cost for a perpetual license.
|Pricing model
|Subscription-based, "Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)" or Web-based
|A monthly or annual fee, typically based on the number of users who access the system and/or the number of assets.
|eMaint X3, MaintenanceEDGE, HippoFM
|Perpetual license fee
|A one-time, per-user or per-computer fee. Some products allow multiple users on a single license, while others require an additional license for each user. Updates, support and training may be a separate cost.
|Maintenance Pro, ManagerPlus, collectiveFleet
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By Christy Hart-Harris
COLDWATER � The Humane Society of Branch County (HSBC)�has been providing animals with a second chance for over 40 years. The non-profit and non-kill shelter takes in emaciated, neglected, abused and homeless animals every day and provides them with housing, food, water and affection.
Board members, staff and volunteers are working diligently to provide safe housing for the animals during their transition from homelessness to adoption.
The HSBC grounds currently has two buildings for housing the animals. The original building, erected in 1973, has extensive deterioration, and efforts supported by the community have already made a huge difference in the facility's capabilities.
"We've made great progress and it's still going on. So many people are doing what they can for this construction. The community has been very supportive," said Jennifer Wingard, board member of HSBC.
The building recently received a new air conditioning, heating and filtration system courtesy of Aker Inc. and electrical services provided by Kaiser Electric.
In addition, the building still requires a new roof, fencing and much more to provide a safe haven for the animals.
The HSBC has been fundraising throughout the year in an effort to raise enough�money for the construction. Chicago Ave Women's Fashion Boutique, located at 23 W. Chicago St. in Coldwater, is currently offering custom-designed small, medium and large bags and aprons for sale. The items are made by local HSBC volunteers from recycled dog and cat food bags. The larger bags are lined and zip up for convenience.
Store owner Laurie Ludlow eagerly agreed to participate in the event.
"I'm a huge animal lover. I have two cats and a dog," said Ludlow. "I admire the work that the Branch County Humane Society does. Jan does a wonderful job out there, as well as the wonderful volunteers that assist her."
"Laurie is wonderful to do this and we hope people will support Laurie because she supports us," said Wingard.
The bags range in a contributory price from $25 to $75, with all proceeds benefiting the construction process at the HSBC.
This Saturday, Ludlow will be donating 10 percent of all sales to the HSBC. Throughout the week patrons can enter a raffle at Chicago Ave. By placing $1 in a jar and registering, patrons have the opportunity to win a charm bracelet, all-natural soap and a choice between dog or cat treats.
For more information, contact Chicago Ave at (517) 924-1015.
Chicago Ave holds fundraiser for Humane Society of Branch County
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A Carolina Panthers team that appeared on the edge of great promise is three weeks into the new season and struggling with in-house issues between its two star players.
Coach Ron Rivera expressed dismay on Monday over receiver Steve Smith's public criticism of quarterback Cam Newton in the aftermath of Thursday' ugly loss to the New York Giants.
Smith was agitated to see Newton pouting on the bench after being replaced by Derek Anderson in the waning moments of defeat. "I told him, 'You can get some mental reps or you can sit on that bench and sulk,' " Smith told Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer.
Why Smith needed go to the local paper with this intelligence raises a separate question, one Rivera doesn't want to deal with again this season.
"Honestly, I just wish it was a discussion that would have been kept between the two of them," Rivera told Person. "I don't think it needs to be out there. But that's what happened, so I'll leave it at that."
We learned Sunday that the Panthers organization is reportedly nervous about Newton's "mental makeup." Repeatedly you hear front-office men talk about the quarterback position as one requiring an unflappable, steady presence. Newton -- when things are going his way -- is as wild and exciting a passer as the NFL has ever seen. The flipside, however, hasn't been pretty.
Beyond the accolades and the laundry list of self-generated nicknames, Newton is being asked to lead a team of grown men into the fight. One loss to last year's champions doesn't undo all the progress in Carolina, but it's time for Cam to walk through the fire -- and see who's willing to follow.
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CHICAGO – The Orioles made the first chess move of the trade deadline season on Tuesday afternoon — simultaneously showing they are committed to building for a deep playoff run this year — acquiring right-hander Scott Feldman from the Chicago Cubs along with catcher Steve Clevenger for right-handed pitchers Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop.
Feldman, who was 7-6 with a 3.46 ERA in 15 starts with the Cubs, will bolster an Orioles starting rotation that owns a 4.79 ERA, ranked 27th of 30 major league teams.
"I think when you have a number of players who are having a good year like we are, you have to address the needs of the ballclub and put your focus on this year's club," Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said. "And this year's ballclub needs more stable starting pitching, and that's what this trade is designed to address."
A free agent at the season's end, Feldman is 46-50 with a 4.66 ERA over nine seasons. He continues the Orioles' trend of acquiring players with roots to the Texas Rangers, where Feldman pitched from 2005 through 2012. His best season was 2009, when he was 17-8 with a 4.08 ERA in 34 games (31 starts). He also played a key role for the Rangers in their 2011 run to the World Series, going 1-0 with a 3.29 ERA in nine postseason appearances.
The 30-year-old Feldman, who owns a 3-0 record and 2.49 ERA in seven career games at Camden Yards, has recorded nine quality starts (at least six innings and three or fewer earned runs allowed) in 15 outings this season and has gone at least six innings in 10 of his past 12 starts. He will make his first Orioles start Wednesday night in Chicago against the White Sox.
"He's a proven veteran starting pitcher, and he's pitched very well in this ballpark [Camden Yards]," Duquette said. "He's pitched in the postseason, he won 17 games once and he is on his way to having a good year this season."
The Orioles had interest in Feldman this past offseason before he signed a one-year, $6 million deal with the Cubs. He pitched his first two seasons in the big leagues — 2005 and 2006 — for Orioles manager Buck Showalter when he was in Texas, mostly as a reliever.
"He's a guy with some American League background," Showalter said. "He's a competitive guy. Haven't seen him in a while. He's had a couple things in his arsenal that are a little different than when I had him. He was more of a relief pitcher there, had a little different arm angle. There's a lot of things that work in his favor. He's been in the American League. [It] should be a pretty seamless transition to the locker room."
Several Orioles players have connections to Feldman, including former Rangers Darren O'Day, Chris Davis, Tommy Hunter and Taylor Teagarden. In 2007, Feldman, O'Day, Davis and Teagarden played on the same Arizona Summer League team. At the time, Feldman was switching back to a more conventional delivery after throwing sidearm.
"He's going to be great," said O'Day, who was in Feldman's wedding. "He's a known quantity. Buck's had experience with him before. He does his background work and he knows Feldman's a good dude. He's going to be great. He's going to help us out a lot. Some days he will be brilliant, some days he will be average, but he'd going to go out there and give us quality inning. He's going to grind through at bats and grind through games. He'll help the rotation, help the bullpen."
Clevenger, a Mount St. Joseph product, gives the organization much-needed catching depth. Clevenger has been sent to Triple-A Norfolk, but he likely would be the first call-up if something were to happen to Matt Wieters or Teagarden. The 27-year-old Clevenger has a .199/.262/.275 batting line in 79 career major league games. He has a .310/.372./.429 in eight minor league seasons.
Clevenger grew up in the Pigtown neighborhood of the city before he moved to Linthicum when he was 11 or so, and he went to Orioles games all the time.
"It's like a dream come true, growing up less than five minutes from the stadium and watching Cal [Ripken Jr.] and Brady [Anderson] and Eddie [Murray] and all those guys," Clevenger said when reached by phone. "It's just a great feeling to get to go home and play. Not many people get to play in their home city."
Clevenger's high school coach, Dave Norton, called the former All-Metro selection a "Baltimore player," referring to "hard-nosed types of kids who work hard to accomplish things."
"If you want somebody who's gonna go out there and battle and battle and battle and not give up, he's the kind of kid that you want," Norton said.
As part of the trade, the Orioles also sent their international bonus slots three and four to Chicago, which amounts to about $400,000 less that the Orioles will be able to spend on international free-agent signings. That comes out of the $1,959,400 the club is allotted for such signings, based in reverse order of last year's regular-season standings. The international signing period began Tuesday.
The deal also marks the end of Arrieta's long and frustrating quest to become the front-line starter the Orioles had hoped he could be. Arrieta, 27, was the club's Opening Day starter in 2012 and won a spot in the rotation this spring. He was 1-2 with a 7.23 ERA this season and has spent the year shuttling between the Orioles and Triple-A after struggling early on.
"Sometimes a change is indicated," Duquette said. "This will be a fresh start for Jake, and I wish him a lot of luck."
After struggling to solidify himself in the Orioles rotation, Arrieta embraced a change of scenery.
"I think that is really the best way to look at it," said Arrieta, who was drafted by the Orioles in the fifth round in 2007. "This is something that is going to do me a lot of good. To go to the Cubs and just start over, really. I have lot of experiences and have pitched through different situations and have been part of a lot of different Orioles teams.
"I know what it takes to pitch at a high level now and what it takes to win in a highly competitive division," Arrieta added. "I look forward to starting over, but also bringing my past experiences of everything I've done and the ways I have grown as a player and a person. And I plan on bringing that to Chicago in a positive way."
Arrieta said his expectation was that he would report to the Cubs' Triple-A club in Iowa, make a few starts there and be re-evaluated.
Strop, another talent who has been struggling, was an instrumental part of the Orioles' playoff run in 2012 as the team's setup man for most of the season. He recorded 24 holds and had a 1.20 ERA in mid-August before struggling at the end of the season.
This season, the 28-year-old Strop was 0-3 with a 7.25 ERA, allowing 10 runs in his past nine appearances.
"I guess trade season is starting, but it's still kind of early and for [our front office] to jump on this early, it means a lot," O'Day said. "It's going to help us get more benefit from it the earlier you do it. There's definitely a little bit of buzz in the clubhouse. We're definitely going to miss those guys. … Sometimes a change is good. This is my fourth team, so I know how that goes. It's not necessarily a bad thing. They're both great dudes, and I'll miss them."
Baltimore Sun reporters Dan Connolly and Seth Boster contributed to this article.


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This lecture explores the definition, function and understanding of what is meant by "demons" in ancient Egypt and in the ancient world at large. Magicall spells, rituals, and objects produced from the early Pharaonic to the Greco-Roman periods in Egypt are presented and discussed. Comparative views with other demonologies of the ancient world are also explored.
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Top Web Content Management Team Joins Alfresco Software
Alfresco assembles dream team in content management
LONDON—May 22, 2006—Alfresco Software today announced that Web content management veterans from Interwoven have joined Alfresco to rapidly advance development of the Alfresco Web content management solution. The company plans a fall release of the product, which will complement the Alfresco enterprise content management solution available today. The company now boasts veterans of Interwoven and Documentum, providing Alfresco the technical insight and market knowledge to offer the first open source, enterprise-class content management solution.
Britt Park, Jon Cox and Ariel Backenroth join Kevin Cochrane, Alfresco vice president of Web content management, who was vice president of Web content management at Interwoven. The team is developing the Alfresco Web content management solution, which is designed to surpass the capabilities of both commercial and open source Web content management systems.
Traditional systems focus on providing simple publishing services for maintaining a basic Web site but generally lack the capabilities required to manage the content and lifecycle of dynamic sites. In contrast, the Alfresco solution will provide enterprise-class capabilities such as robust XML and multi-channel publishing; task-based workflow; parallel development; in-context preview and editing; and whole-site archival, deployment and rollback.
John Newton, chief technology officer at Alfresco Software, said: "Alfresco has assembled the dream team in content management. Adoption of our enterprise content management offering has been more enthusiastic than we had anticipated, indicating that we're addressing unmet demand for a powerful yet easy-to-use solution. We anticipate similar interest from the community when the product developed by Kevin's team is released."
The Alfresco Web content management team has collaborated closely since the 1990s, when they built Interwoven's flagship TeamSite and OpenDeploy product lines.
- Kevin Cochrane was Interwoven's fourth employee and led the development of the company's flagship product, the TeamSite content management server.
- Britt Park was principal engineer for TeamSite. His contributions include creating the first task-based workflow capabilities in a Web content management system and implementation of snapshotting for whole-site archival. Park also architected and developed OpenDeploy, Interwoven's fastest-growing offering.
- Jon Cox led the implementation of Interwoven's templating system, which represented the industry's first available XML publishing framework. In addition, he implemented the industry's first virtualization service, which allows in-context Web site previews.
- Ariel Backenroth was a principal engineer for Interwoven's TeamSite 6 release, a transformational upgrade that made the product substantially easier to use. Backenroth was also a critical contributor to Interwoven's acclaimed LiveSite product line extension.
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New Age of Antarctic Exploring: It's Social
On Oct. 15, British explorers Ben Saunders and Tarka L'Herpiniere will set out on an historic expedition in Antarctica that will take them across 1,800 miles over 110 days. But unlike the ill-fated Scott Expedition of 1912, this team will be broadcasting their journey via tweets, blogs and video content. Ben Saunders joins digits. Photo: The Scott Expedition.
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October 18 Podcast
Tom Price and Nora Collins of Catholic Relief Services provide a report on reconstruction efforts underway in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January and the work CRS is doing to aid in the country's recovery. Only 4 percent of earthquake rubble has been removed in 10 months, and large number of residents are still living in temporary tent cities. Tom Price also discusses his article for America, "The Other Haiti," which looks at the special challenges facing residents of the country's rural provinces.
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On 2-14 April, 2017, the International STEM Week was organized with Melbourne High School and Ulsan Meister High School, the first programme themed on STEM and international exchange. Activities included visits to Museums in HK, University Laboratories, thanks to the support of Old Boys and networking universities. Students had a wonderful experience with their buddies. The programme was a fruitful and golden experience as students from 3 places established the international exchange at our home.
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Gary Swaby of TheKoalition.com writes: A few months back Square Enix announced a third entry into the FFXIII series, and this time Lightning returns to take the lead once more. It will be interesting to see how things turn out with Lightning being the only playable character, I'm sure it will make epic boss battles that much more intense.
With that being said, here are 5 things I want from Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
1) Final Fantasy Versus
2) Final Fantasy Versus
3) Final Fantasy Versus
4) Final Fantasy Versus
5) Final Fantasy Versus
Wait no. That's what I want out of Square. Not that I don't have any faith in it or them at this point.
what i want is them to stop making awful games that nobody wants and start making classics again...
Yeah Final Fantasy Versus should be coming out next year but the fact that this game is coming out instead makes me think it won't.
This game better be good. For their sake. Square can't afford to continue on this path of mediocrity.
I don't care that Square is putting resources into this game... but I swear to God, if they divert the attention of the team making Verses ONE MORE GODDAMN TIME...
...I'm going to lose it.
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Shuddh Desi Romance is a fresh rom-com about the hair-raising minefield between love, attraction and commitment. The movie is based in today's modern yet desi heartland. Sushant Singh Rajput plays the role of a casual "Boy-next-door" Raghu and Parineeti Chopra plays the bold role of Gayatri - his lover.
Vaani Kapoor portrays the role of a girl named Tara, who is also a lover of Raghu.
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Dinosaur Train "Dinosaurs in the Snow/Cretaceous Conifers" Dinosaurs in the Snow - Buddy and his Pteranodon family ride the Dinosaur Train to the North Pole - where it's cooler out and the skies are dark all winter long! The kids get to play in the snow and slide on a frozen pond for the first time. Cretaceous Conifers - The whole Pteranodon family have fun celebrating Mom's favorite holiday, Winter Solstice. They learn about large conifer (evergreen) trees and help decorate them at a holiday party. D
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Super Why! "Little Miss Muffet" Poor Red wants nothing more than to play with Little Boy Blue, but he keeps running away! The Super Readers venture into the tale of Miss Muffet and meet a spider who is frightening his friend right off her tuffet! The Super Readers help Spider find a better way to approach Miss Muffet, and everyone learns that curds and whey taste better when shared with someone special. Educational Objectives: To learn how to treat a friend, follow the alphabet, practice spelling and use the power to read to change the story. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Dress Up Day/Bathtime" Dress Up Day - Nick and Sally are playing dress up, but oh no! Sally's princess dress has torn, and mom doesn't have any silk thread to fix it. Cat takes them to his good friend Mindy, the silk caterpillar. Mindy shows them how she makes silk. D
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Wild Kratts "Quillber's Birthday Present" It's Aviva's birthday, and Chris and Martin decide to collect shed porcupine quills to make a beautiful necklace as a gift. As they tag along with an African Crested Porcupine, they discover that animals have different ways and even some highly specialized features to defend themselves from predators. For example, porcupine quills are modified hairs, designed by nature into a deadly defense. D
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Wyland's Art Studio "Sunset on the Mangroves" Learn Wyland's techniques for painting a vibrant sunset and background imagery.G
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Piano Guy Host Scott Houston and guests show viewers how to play the Les Brown big band hit "Sentimental Journey" and the signature lick to Elton John's "Crocodile Rock." Featured guests include David Tolley, Dave Powers and Lori Mechem. D
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Nature "Is That Skunk?" The familiar but mysterious creature in woods and neighborhoods with its infamous weapon reveals itself to intrepid researchers and cameramen. They track skunks across America, to uncover how the animals hunt, forage, mate and raise families.G
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Saving The Ocean "Swordfish!, Part 1" This episode tells the story of sustainable harpoon fishing of swordfish that focuses on a group of fishermen in Nova Scotia. Part 1 of 2G
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Saving The Ocean "Swordfish!, Part 2" Host Carl Safina goes out to the swordfish grounds with Larry, skipper of the Four Ladies and his crew Hoss and Shawn. The swordfish off the Eastern Seaboard are the only big fish in the world that are more abundant now than 20 years ago. Part 2 of 2G
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Echoes of a Bitter Crossing: Lewis & Clark In Idaho The two months the Lewis and Clark expediiton spent in Idaho on the way to the Pacific Ocean are the focus of this IdahoPTV production. National experts gather on the trail to discuss the expedition and locate sites the explorers visited. A reenactment on the Bitterroot part of the trail and a dugout canoe trip on the Clearwater River recall historic atmosphere.G
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Nature "Is That Skunk?" The familiar but mysterious creature in woods and neighborhoods with its infamous weapon reveals itself to intrepid researchers and cameramen. They track skunks across America, to uncover how the animals hunt, forage, mate and raise families.G
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