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State still may hire out some functions
Washington state government is belatedly wrapping up a review of services for possible privatization and could make its biggest decision so far – whether to farm out state printing – as early as this week.
The decision would follow the state's conclusion last week that it can't save money by contracting with a private courier service to deliver interoffice mail to far-flung locations. State employees will keep that work.
The Legislature created a Department of Enterprise Services in 2011 to handle back-office services, including printing and mail services. Lawmakers mandated that a few of the department's lines of work be reviewed every two years to see if the private sector could do them more efficiently. Typical contracting rules, which include a role for unions, wouldn't apply.
But the privatization review hasn't moved as quickly as predicted, and analysts completing the first round have missed their deadline by more than a month and counting.
Lawmakers ordered that the first round involve the state printer. Private presses already do much of the state's printing. Now the state is offering up bulk print jobs such as stationery, business cards, brochures and maps.
Private competitors have long argued they could do the work cheaper. Public employees disagree, and a union leader expressed confidence Friday that analysts recognize the state workforce as the lowest-cost provider.
"I think the anticipation is that we're going to keep doing what we're doing," said Brian Earl, president of the local Teamsters union, Graphic Communications Conference Local 767M.
He said the printing operation has long been run as the "most unlike state government of all state government, and most like the private sector."
A lobbyist for printing companies, Bill Stauffacher, worries that comparisons between public employees and private bidders might not be fair. He's especially concerned that the state's analysis won't account for its own capital costs, such as buying equipment.
Gov. Jay Inslee's budget office must pick more services, up to six, to examine in the next two-year period that started July 1. But first it has to wrap up the first round of comparisons started by former Gov. Chris Gregoire's administration that was supposed to be finished by June 30 and was predicted to finish months earlier.
The services picked: state websites, interoffice mail outside the Olympia area and bulk printing.
Officials have encountered some difficulties putting whole areas of government out to bid, they said. It's much more open-ended than the usual contract that seeks some specific product or service, said Roselyn Marcus, assistant director for contracts at Enterprise Services.
"I don't think any of us really realized that until we started reviewing them," Marcus said.
Marcus said other factors added to the delay, listing the creation of a new agency, personnel turnover, and most recently, preparations for a possible government shutdown that never materialized.
Marcus said the contracting process needs improvement and she would order a review of the first round.
While she wouldn't reveal yet whether printing would be farmed out or kept in-house, she said, "We're going to need to do a real scrub on what happened on that one."
In the most recent privatization decision, budget director David Schumacher wrote in a letter Monday that contracting mail delivery outside Thurston County didn't pencil out.
Just two companies bid on the work.
Schumacher wrote that Enterprise Services spends $595,000 to $765,000 delivering the roughly 1 million envelopes that cross county lines each year. That stacked up favorably against a bid from a Renton-based company, Delivery Express, which offered to do the work for $1.4 million a year.
Atlanta-based BeavEx offered to do it for just more than $509,000, but the proposal was disqualified because BeavEx wouldn't agree to reimburse the state if the U.S. Postal Service decides to charge postage on its deliveries.
The documents wouldn't touch a mailbox or a post office. But state lawyers advised that postage would still apply because of a law that, with a few exceptions, creates a federal monopoly over mail delivery.
Both companies shed doubt on that conclusion. BeavEx told the state its other clients hadn't been affected by the postal law. Delivery Express, which delivers for Paccar and University of Washington Medicine, agreed to be on the hook for any postage costs. Delivery Express lawyers determined the state would not be exposed to risk, said David Hamilton, president of the company.
It "seemed like a non-issue," Hamilton said in an email. He also wrote that the state's contracting process was rigorous and fair.
Marcus said the risk of postage wasn't the only reason Enterprise Services turned out to be more cost-effective. The agency's employees pick up all kinds of items – more than just letters – and carry them from office to office in ways a private business wouldn't do, she said.
"When you really look at what services we're providing, it's actually a lot more," Marcus said.
Officials are moving toward outsourcing Web work, but they haven't figured out how to untangle a knot the Legislature tied in their plan to do so.
The budget office decided to privatize the Access Washington website, hoping Kansas-based NIC would turn the state's main Web portal into a one-stop shop for paying taxes, getting a license and other transactions – all at no cost to the state.
The catch was that NIC wanted to recoup its costs by charging businesses, such as insurers, more to access motorists' driving records. That's how it turns a profit operating "e-government" sites in other states.
But Washington lawmakers this year stepped in to forbid such a charge. The state hasn't worked out another funding source with NIC, leaving that deal in limbo.
The state has signed contracts with two companies to design and maintain government websites, and it has a verbal deal with a third company, Valtech, a DES spokeswoman said.
Government entities inside and outside state government can opt to use the companies or do the website work in-house.
Imex Systems will be allowed to charge a maximum of $60 to $90 an hour and could receive as much as $1 million over the contract's three-year life. The same total applies to Logic 20/20, which may charge up to $167 an hour.
The state's DES had estimated it cost $161 per hour to have its employees do the same work.thenewstribune.com


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A wonderful strike from substitute James Milner and a first league goal of the season fromMario Balotelli was enough for Manchester City to earn a hard-fought victory away at Premier League strugglers Wigan.
The reigning league champions were uninspiring for much of the contest, but a two-minute double in the second half ensured the visitors kept up the pressure on rivals Manchester United at the summit of the Premier League.
Wigan more than held their own for large parts of the game, but an error from the otherwise highly-dependable Ali Al-Habsi midway through the second half was ruthlessly punished by the visitors, who then saw out the contest with relative ease.
Roberto MartinezÔÇÖs men could have made in a much more tricky evening for their opponents if they had taken any of the glorious chances that went their way, with Arouna Kone particularly culpable when he headed wide under no pressure in the six-yard box when he really should have tested Joe Hart.
They had their chances in the opening period too with both sides sharing periods of dominance, but lacking quality in the final third. It took until the 45th minute of the half before the visitors registered a first shot on target, when giant midfielder Yaya Toure powered his way towards the byline, only for his shot to be batted away by Wigan keeper Al-Habsi at his near post.
Up until that point it was MartinezÔÇÖs men who had looked the more likely to break the deadlock, with Kone causing problems with his pace and power.┬áIndeed it was the Ivorian who had the first chance of the game when he found some space on the edge of the City area, however his shot was tame and was easily gathered by Joe Hart.
But that was not the only chance Wigan had in the opening 45 minutes, with Jordi Gomez threatening from a free-kick, the lively Jean Beausejour having a shot blocked and Kone again doing well when he headed a Ronnie Stam cross narrowly over HartÔÇÖs crossbar.
After a tidy build-up involving Maicon and David Silva, Gareth Barry found himself in acres of space on the edge of WiganÔÇÖs penalty area and his powerful drive at goal was not properly dealt with by Al-Habsi, who fumbled the ball into the path of┬áBalotelli┬áwho lashed a shot past the helpless Oman international to give City a scarcely-deserved lead.
Minutes later and they doubled their advantage thanks to a wonderful strike from James Milner. Silva was again involved in the build-up as he teased the Wigan defence before finding Milner in acres of space on the edge of the Wigan penalty box, and he smashed a shot past the helpless Al-Habsi to effectively kill the game as a contest.
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CRESTVIEW � Brittany Pase had 17 kills and Jasmine Middleton recorded a double-double with 12 kills and 12 blocks to lead the Crestview High School volleyball team to a four set win over Milton on Tuesday. The set scores were 25-17, 25-17, 24-26, 25-12.
CRESTVIEW � Brittany Pase had 17 kills and Jasmine Middleton recorded a double-double with 12 kills and 12 blocks to lead the Crestview High School volleyball team to a four set win over Milton on Tuesday.
The set scores were 25-17, 25-17, 24-26, 25-12.
Bulldog coach Kathy Combest was pleased with the way the Bulldogs started and finished the match.
"I like what we did in the first and fourth games," she said. "I didn't really like what we did in the second or third game. But I like what we did in the last game a lot coming back and getting refocused.
"Sometimes you do that when you win two, that's just volleyball mentality (to let down in the third set), and you've seen it a thousand times."
Crestview (9-2) jumped to a quick 11-3 lead in the first set and was never seriously threatened by the Panthers.
Freshman Kierra Potts had two early kills to help spark the Bulldog run and seniors Pase and Middleton also helped patrol and control things at the net for Crestview.
Crestview's biggest lead of the set came at 17-6. The Panther's threatened but three Pase kills down the stretch allowed Crestview to pull away and take the set.
The second set was very much like the first set with the Bulldogs jumping out to a comfortable lead early and before turning back a late run by the Panthers.
Mikeala Worley put the Panthers on her back in the third set to power the Panthers to their only win of the match.
Down 19-13, Crestview outscored the Panthers 9-1 to take a 22-20 lead. But the Bulldogs were unable to hold on as Milton came back to take the set.
Crestview wasted no time in taking control of the fourth set.
Macie Adams and Marisa Rogers were in serve as Crestview opened up a 10-1 lead and never looked back in securing the win.
Rogers led the Bulldogs with seven aces. Adams had 17 assists. Molly Kitchen added 16 assists.
Combest is happy with the 9-2 start, but the regular season isn't her main focus.
"I play all of these games to get ready for the real games in the district tournament," she said. "I want the girls to take what we are doing and try to be better and to stay focused.
"Our problem is just to believe we can do it because I think we can."
The Crestview freshmen and junior varsity teams also won Tuesday.
Alyssa Rogers served all 25 points in a first-set win as the Bulldogs shut out Milton 25-0. Crestview won the second set 25-11. The JV won 25-5, 25-4.


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TALC-POWDER ACTORS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTTlIgTuuUw
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(snip)Viterbi wrote:Talking about awful 9/11 actors, I think we should mention "Gina" in WPIX (since 5:25). Perhaps, the worst fake eyewitness in all the 9/11 footage.
Viterbi wrote: In fact, the whole "street report" in WPIX (since 4:00) is ludicrous: the reporter tries to create a state of shock that doesn't exist at all (people walk normally and don't seem anxious or nervous, cars and buses circulate without problems).
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"MARLENE CRUZ" - 9/11 actress
Yeah, well just watch this MARLENE CRUZ act - if you haven't seen it before...
It simply baffles me no end as to why most of the American people have stayed silent while watching these dreadful, dreadful actors performing inside their TV sets. Well, I guess THAT'S the magic power of Television...
And quite honestly, it took me far too long to realize that the entire pool of 9/11 newscasts was put together in a Hollywood studio. Today, I just wonder how anyone who gets familiar with this act - fails to see that it is JUST AN ACT!!!
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox5-G-kKvug
You are all free to believe what you will. I personally believe NO ONE WAS KILLED ON 9/11. No one was allowed into the WTC complex that morning - since it was rigged for demolition. Anyone who mistakenly entered the area was forcefully evacuated - at a very early stage. That's my personal conclusion with regard to the alleged 'victims' of 9/11 - after over 4 years of almost total dedication to exposing this massive hoax. And yes, this means that the "NATIONAL MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM of 9/11" at ground zero is a total fraud:
Do I think that people who have had every opportunity to document themselves with matters concerning 9/11 still think it was a suicide attack by 19 jihadists are stupid? Yes, I do think that such people are not only stupid - but also the most dangerous & disruptive idiots of this planet. We all need to undermine their influence - as soon as possible.
lux wrote:^ They spared no expense for that hospital set: one gown, one poster and a sheet. Too bad the budget wouldn't allow for a pillow though.
MrSinclair wrote:This interview was so bad that Peter Jennings was unable to keep a straight face at its conclusion. As it began I wondered in passing if he were really in on the scheme, at it's conclusion I had no doubt that of course he was.
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I woke up this morning to a notification email with some rather disturbing system log entries.
Dec 2 04:27:01 yeono kernel: [459438.816058] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0xf SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Dec 2 04:27:01 yeono kernel: [459438.816071] ata2.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Dec 2 04:27:01 yeono kernel: [459438.816085] ata2.00: cmd 61/08:00:70:0d:ca/00:00:08:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 out
Dec 2 04:27:01 yeono kernel: [459438.816088] res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec 2 04:27:01 yeono kernel: [459438.816095] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
(the above five lines were repeated a few times at a short interval)
Dec 2 04:27:01 yeono kernel: [459438.816181] ata2: hard resetting link
Dec 2 04:27:02 yeono kernel: [459439.920055] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
Dec 2 04:27:02 yeono kernel: [459439.932977] ata2: hard resetting link
Dec 2 04:27:09 yeono kernel: [459446.100050] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
Dec 2 04:27:09 yeono kernel: [459446.314509] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
Dec 2 04:27:09 yeono kernel: [459446.328037] ata2.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
("reported invalid CHS sector 0" repeated a few times at a short interval)
I make full nightly backups of my entire system to an external (USB-connected) drive, and the above happened right in the middle of that backup run. (The backup starts at 04:00 through cron, and tonight's logged completion just before 04:56.) The backup process itself claims to have completed without any errors.
There are two internally connected SATA drives and two externally (USB) connected drives on my system; one of the external drives is currently dormant. I don't recall off the top of my head which physical SATA ports are used for which of the internal drives.
When googling I found the AskUbuntu question Is this drive failure or something else? which indicates that a very similar error occured after 8-10 GB had been copied to a drive, but the actual failure mode was different as the drive switched to a read-only state. The only real similarity is that I did add on the order of 7-8 GB of data to my main storage last night, which would have been backed up around the time that the error occured.
smartd is not reporting anything out of the ordinary on either of the internal drives. Unfortunately smartctl doesn't speak the language of the external backup drive's USB bridge, and simply complains about
Unknown USB bridge [0x0bc2:0x3320 (0x100)]. Googling for that specific error was distinctly unhelpful.
My main data storage as well as the backup is on ZFS and
zpool status reports 0 errors and no known data errors. Nevertheless I have initiated a full scrub on both the internal and external drives. It is currently slated to complete in about six hours for the internal drive (main storage pool) and 13-14 hours for the backup drive.
It seems that the next step should be to determine which drive was having trouble, and possibly replace it. The
ata2.00 part probably tells me which drive was having problems, but how do I map that identifier to a physical drive?


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In 2016 Noosa was swimming with Olympians, riding high on their Rio accomplishments, and running on pure adrenaline to tackle five days of festival fun.
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Today, the Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival is an annual five-day hallmark event, celebrating sports participation, healthy lifestyles, fitness and fun. With an irresistible mix of sport and entertainment coupled with sun, sea and surf in one of Australia's most popular destinations – Noosa – the event consists of various family, social and sporting activities for all ages and abilities. The feature event on the final day of the festival is the Noosa Triathlon. As the world's Olympic Distance Triathlon, the Noosa Triathlon has become an incredibly influential tourism destination event, presenting a unique environment, which has proven attractive to both interstate and international visitors.
Despite the quality and sheer magnitude of the event, the Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival prides itself on incorporating a more relaxed easy-going beach atmosphere typical of its location, while retaining the professionalism and competitive nature evident in larger international triathlons. Slogans such as 'Swim, Bike, Run, PARTY!' and 'It's all good' have dubbed the festival the 'peoples triathlon' and are indicative of the event's entertaining nature. Over the years the event has evolved to include a large social calendar as part of the festival to ensure that its appeal continues to grow and capture both the sporting and non sporting consumer.


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Note sure why they made the change, but there's a good shot of the difference between the original nose cone and the new one in this thread. All production models have the new one (almost all of the US sigs had the old one).
Hmmm, I like the new one better, it's more sleek, aerodynamic then the hard edges on the sigs, I think.
If CA didn't require a front license plate, I think I would have preferred the old one, but I do like the new one with plates.
Maybe aerodynamic change (especially with the plate). Old one has a edge in it that is not into new one, and all sharp edges affect aerodynamics.
New one is definitely better but I am a bit worried that we will all end up replacing ours eventually due to the fact that it is the primary impact bumper. I wonder how well it will hold up to typical parking 'kisses'. (No me, the idiot in the pickup...)
This was definitely a changed asked for by the aero guys. The old one has that backward facing step right around the stagnation point. It is possible that this make the boundary layer trip from laminar to turbulent much faster. They are counting on a large laminar region in order to hit their Cd for highway driving.
If they didn't do a detailed CFD model of the final version that the design team came up with before sig production, they might not have caught how big the influence was.
Time for a sig vs non sig controlled range test. :-)
Time for a sig vs non sig controlled range test. :-) (kalikgod)
A top speed test (while tracking the Wh/mi read-out) would clarify the aerodynamic impact much faster, in every way! :-)
I like your idea, but the impact could vary with the change in velocity (Reynolds Number).
So how about a side-by-side empty road run with cruise set at 45 mph, 70 mph, and 95 mph. Need to make sure there is absolutely no traffic (wakes) and hopefully no crosswind. The instruments only display in 0.1 kWh, so would need at least a 10 kWh test, ~50 miles?
I would like to propose a new 'nose cone' for the "S." Not changing the new shape, but the material. I doubt any of us are confident that the current cone will hold up well to bumps and bashes. Perhaps TM might consider an old solution. In 1968 Pontiac introduced the "Endura" front bumper on the GTO that held up well to 'park by touch' encounters. TM could paint it black or same color as body. Remember the TV commercial(s) extolling the front bumper of a GTO taking a beating from a crow bar or sledge hammer?
"A unique feature was the body-color Endura front bumper. It was designed to absorb impact without permanent deformation at low speeds. Pontiac touted this feature heavily in advertising, showing hammering at the bumper to no discernible effect." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_GTO
Just for laughs I offer this GTO commercial touting Pontiac's 1968 MTCOTY, etc. Although I doubt many "S" buyers will readily agree that the price is too low. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYPA-Rkuoeg
Speculating here... however, Elon did say all the Sig owners would be getting some special 'extras' to separate them from the general production models (we did pay extra). So, maybe there is something extra hiding under the Sig version nose, that hasn't be activated yet ;-)
Being I haven't had a chance to compare a Sig verse GP (other than CF spoiler, badging, and seats), I am not sure what the differences are?
Fingers crossed.
Talked with my service repabot it when he was out puttin onmy previously back ordered spoiler. We could't understand why they changed it- the sig version allows for an access port to the two 12v posts you have to access if your battery runs down. The new nose cone, you have to remove the entire nose cone if you have to access those posts. He said it is backwards compatible and that he could put the new nose on my car if I wanted. I declined, I like the sig nose better, my own personal preference, and like the fact I can access the 12v posts easily if I ever needed to.
I like the new nose. Slightlty OT< but I also liked how the alpha (or maybe it was even earlier) cars had the Tesla 'T' on the hood, near the edge.
I am not sure i can see the difference?


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Aikido Instructors Sept 17
All ranks are certified through Aikikai Honbu Dojo, Tokyo, Japan 合気会本部道場 東京 日本
James Friedman – Dojo Cho
六段 Roku dan (6th degree black belt)
Year Started: 1980
Other martial arts: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu; Muay Thai kickboxing, Wing Chung
Friedman Sensei began Aikido training in 1980 at the age of twenty at the Oakland Aikido Institute, in Oakland, California. After receiving his black belt in the Iwama style in 1984, he moved to San Francisco and continued his training at Turk Street Dojo. In 1995 he met Kato Hiroshi Shihan at Hombu Dojo, soon inviting him to San Francisco to teach his first San Francisco seminar and becoming Kato Sensei's first American student. Friedman Sensei's approach to Aikido stresses hard training and conditioning with an emphasis on practical application, while retaining a very relaxed physical state. James has an extensive background in highly competitive sports; he received a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Clovis Silva. He brings that intensity and focus into his teaching style in Aikido. Friedman Sensei received the rank of roku dan from Hiroshi Kato Sensei.
James Friedman teaches: Tuesday and Thursday, 7:00–8:00 AM, 12:00–1:00 PM & 6:00–7:30 PM
Peter Ralls
六段 Roku dan (6th degree black belt)
Year Started: 1975
Other martial arts: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu; Judo; Chen Tai Chi Chuan
Peter Ralls Sensei started training in Aikido in 1975 at the Stanford University Aikido Club under Frank Doran Sensei. After receiving his shodan in 1979, Peter moved to Tokyo, where he trained for fourteen months at Hombu Dojo and first met Kato Sensei. Peter taught Aikido from 1983 until 1994 at Aikido of San Jose under Jack Wada Sensei, and began teaching with James Friedman Sensei at the original Skid Row Dojo soon after it opened. In 1983, he began his career in law enforcement. Through his law enforcement career, Peter gained practical experience in applying martial arts techniques and methods in real situations. That level of discipline and practicality still influences his training. He received a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Clovis Silva. Ralls Sensei received the rank of roku dan from Hiroshi Kato Sensei.
Peter Ralls teaches: Monday, 6:00-7:30 PM, 12:00–1:00 PM & Friday, 6:00–7:30 PM
Yves Chauvin
五段 Go dan (5th degree black belt)
Year Started: 1978
Other martial arts: Judo; Kendo; Tae Kwon Do; Karate; Tang Soo Do; French boxing; Shaolin Kung Fu; Tai Chi Chuan; Pa Kua; Chi Kung
Yves' is covering Mike Johnson's Sunday-morning classes. focus on grounded movements and flowing form. His strong, centered practice carries the influence of a range of martial arts.
Chauvin received the rank of Godan from James Friedman Sensei.
Michael Johnson
五段 Go dan (5th degree black belt)
Year Started: 1987
Michael teaches basics-and-beyond classes, with a strong focus on helping students prepare for tests. He brings an extensive background in dance to his exploration of martial arts.
MIchael Johnson received the rank of Go dan from James Friedman and Peter Ralls Sensei.
Mike Johnson teaches: Sunday, 10:30–12:00 PM
Doug Uyeno
四段 Go dan (5th degree black belt)
Year Started: 1984
Doug finds his noon classes a perfect balance to his evening work in fine dining. He invites you to spend an hour away from your desk in the camaraderie of Aikido, breaking a sweat and harmonizing with universal ki.
Doug Uyeno received the rank of Godan from James Friedman and Peter Ralls Sensei.
Doug Uyeno teaches: Friday, 12:00–1:00 PM
Daisy Colchie
四段 Yon dan (4th degree black belt)
Year Started: 1988
Other martial arts: Tae Kwon Do; Capoeira
Daisy teaches high-energy aikido classes, often with a focus on building ukemi skills. She is also the Children's Program Manager, teaching after-school aikido classes to kids on Mondays and Thursdays.
Daisy Colchie received the rank of Yondan from James Friedman Sensei.
Felix Gallego
四段 Yon dan (4th degree black belt)
Year Started: 1995
Other martial arts: Judo
Felix's classes focus on athleticism, basics, and slow progression into more advanced combinations. He incorporates sports into his classes, emphasizing safe and proper form in individual practice.
Felix Gallego received the rank of Yondan from James Friedman Sensei.
Felix Gallego teaches: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7:00–8:00 AM
Cheryl Leonard
三段 San dan (3rd degree black belt)
Year Started: 1986
Cheryl's classes emphasize mindfulness, physical presence, and flowing movements.
Cheryl Leonard received the rank of Sandan from James Friedman Sensei.
Cheryl Leonard teaches: Wednesday , 12:00–1:00 PM
Peter Barker
三段 San dan (3rd degree black belt)
Year Started: 1998
Other martial arts: Judo; Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Peter's physically vigorous classes emphasize strong basics and the development of power using soft, relaxed movements.
Peter Barker received the rank of Nidan from James Friedman Sensei.
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putting toys together…
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Keiron McCammon, our expert for the day, arrived in the late morning while we were gathered for snack. When he held up his prosthetic hand and showed everyone how it could turn 360 degrees, there were wide, shocked eyes and an immediate flurry of questions from our flock of curious kids.
The kids broke into bands and a few had to be dragged away from Keiron so that each band could have all the time they needed to ask questions and get the full story on Keiron's experiences living with one hand, the prosthetics he uses for different activities (bike riding, exercising, the everyday), and how he gets by tying his shoes or brushing his teeth.
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Josh helped some of the kids make their own pieces of rope to continue practicing with knots.
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It's been a grim week for Michael Laine, who founded the LiftPort Group four years ago in hopes of someday building a space elevator to send payloads on a vertical railroad to space. How grim is it? "It's grim to the point that I'm over at my mom's, scoping out the garage and trying to figure out if I can move in," the 39-year-old entrepreneur told me today.
Grim to the point that Laine lost his company's building in a foreclosure last week. But not grim to the point that he's shutting down LiftPort, although that's the way it looked to space-elevator bloggers. In fact, Laine told me that his 14-employee company - which will have to set up shop in new, more expensive digs - today decided to refocus its efforts on balloon-borne platforms in hopes of turning a profit by this fall.
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Laine used the building not only for his business (rent-free) but for his living quarters as well. "I don't even have a place to put my cat," the Space Elevator Journal quoted him as telling attendees at the Conference of World Affairs in Boulder, Colo.
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"There has been a conversation about whether we should close or not," he admitted. But in the end, he and the LiftPort team decided to move to offices in Port Orchard, Wash., and soldier on for at least a few months more.
"We have enough in the checkbook to last until Sept. 1, so I'm drawing a line in the sand that says if we're not making 25 grand a month by September, then we will close," he told me. "But we don't have to close as a result of me losing the building. That my personal money ran out does not mean that the project is over. What it means is that we have to find another sources of capital."
Laine's strategy has been to focus on developing the technologies that could someday be used to power climbing robots up a ribbon of super-strong carbon nanotubes, extending 62,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) above Earth's surface. If such a system could be devised, boosters of the idea say the price of transferring payloads to orbit would come down dramatically.
LiftPort was structured to commercialize a whole range of technologies - carbon nanotubes, advanced lasers and photocells, robotic climbers and balloon-borne platforms for power generation, aerial observation and wide-area communication. The company even arranged to take over factory space in Millville, N.J., for nanotube fabrication. Laine took all this on in hopes of finding a "cash cow" that would fuel progress toward the grand space-elevator goal.
So far, the nanotube operation has not turned into the hoped-for cash cow. In fact, Millville has filed a lawsuit seeking back payments from LiftPort.
Laine told me the New Jersey operation would have to be put on hold for now. "We are not going to try to commercialize nanotubes in the next four months," he said. "We will come back to it. It's just not going to happen until after we hit the September deadline."
As of today, Laine said LiftPort will "shift 100 percent into commercialization of balloons." He said the plan would be to test balloons that could loft observation or communication platforms up as high as 150 feet for three- to 10-day windows, and extend that capability to monthlong stints at an altitude of 1,000 feet - depending on the regulatory go-ahead from the Federal Aviation Administration.
If LiftPort can develop the balloon-borne platforms, perhaps with support from the U.S. Air Force and Navy, the technology could be used to provide instant communications for disaster response - or an observation post for search and rescue, crop monitoring or border security, he said.
"Then it comes down to selling the damn product," Laine said.
Laine is not proud of losing what he said was a multimillion-dollar building due to the missed payment - but he insisted that LiftPort would hang on even if he ends up living in his mom's garage. The LiftPort blog is still cooking, and Laine is still soliciting e-mail feedback on his ups and downs.
"It's a body blow to me as a human being," Laine said of his latest reversal. "But this isn't an accident. I've been in foreclosure seven times in five years. It's not clumsy, it's by design. I made a very conscious decision: Did I want to build an elevator in space, or did I want to own an office building? So I siphoned out the equity to build this thing. ... I successfully gambled six out of seven times, and I got really, really close the seventh time."


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Thanks to your hard work promoting FIST OF AWESOME in the #myouyagame competition the lovely folks over at OUYA are giving me a development console worth $800! WOOOOOHOOOO!
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Stretch Goals!
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£7,000 - The FIST OF AWESOME you know and love but running on your shiny PC or Mac!
£12,000 - FIST OF AWESOME: GRIZZLY EDITION. A specially tailored and extended version for PC and Mac (and possibly OUYA, please see below). One of the most exciting features being local multiplayer with new playable characters from Tim's family!
How can I get the PC & Mac versions?
I've added a £10 tier which includes DRM-free copies of the PC & Mac versions (regular or GRIZZLY). The reward is automatically included in all higher tiers, including the £15 soundtrack tier.
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A lot of you have contacted me hoping for an OUYA release of FIST OF AWESOME. If you'd like to see it happen PLEASE RETWEET THIS TWEET:
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If I get a developer kit I'll use the PC & Mac build as a base for the OUYA version.
My aim is that everyone from the £10 tier up would get a free copy of the game for OUYA, although that's dependant on gifting being supported in the OUYA eco-system.
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I'm Nicoll Hunt, a Scottish man with a beard. I've worked for big games companies like Codemasters, Visual Science and Realtime Worlds, on franchises like Colin McRae Rally, Carmageddon and APB. I've been a UI Programmer, a Graphics Programmer, a Lead Programmer and everything else in between.
Last year I developed Hard Lines, a modernised take of Snake & Tron mixed with Geometry Wars 2. It's been downloaded over a quarter of a million times, has a Metacritic rating of 86 and features a neurotic talking yellow line called Lionel.
I'm the programmer, artist and designer of FIST OF AWESOME.
The FIST OF AWESOME soundtrack is being developed by freelance composer Brendan Ratliff, aka Echolevel, aka Syphus. The legendary multi-instrumentalist, chiptune loving composer's previous soundtracks include the award winning Pineapple Smash Crew and iOS action title Gun Runner. He's quite terrifyingly talented.
In the unlikely event that seeing this incredible project brought to fruition is not rewarding enough in itself, there are some exclusive AWESOME perks for Kickstarter funders. Check the right hand panel for a veritable bounty of tempting treats.
Master-of-tunes Echolevel is promising a very special edition of the DRM-free soundtrack for Kickstarter backers, to include any number of remixes, real-instrument covers, remix stem packs and crudely photocopied images of his bum.
Those of you who like your rewards more physical have lots of options. You can proudly proclaim support with this subtle fridge adornment:
Revitalise any room with one of these magnificent posters:
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For high-rollers the ultimate reward is of course finding yourself recreated inside the FIST OF AWESOME universe. The impact associated with such a cameo cannot be underestimated; it may very well be the legacy you leave behind to future generations.
A few lucky souls have already had a taste of this glory after winning a competition to name the main character of FIST OF AWESOME:
It is within your reach to join this merry gang and be rewarded with the admiration and eternal jealously of your peers; assuming you have lots of money and are willing to spend it appearing in a game about a time travelling lumberjack.
Why Kickstarter?
FIST OF AWESOME has been developed entirely in my spare time. I took a pay cut and dropped my hours at my day job to spend more time on the project, but it's still not enough, I need more time. If this Kickstarter campaign succeeds I'll be able to dedicate myself full-time to completing the game.
The money will also fund new development and testing hardware, largely to cover the myriad of Android devices, and compensate Brendan for his epic work on the score.
Kickstarter Info: If I don't reach the target funding by the end of the campaign I won't get *any* of it. You get to keep any money you pledged and I'll have to find another way to finish the game.
FIST OF AWESOME is quite simply my dream project and by helping fund it you will *literally* be making my dreams come true. Not the ones about taking over the world with my army of mutant goats though, just the game dev ones.
Risks and challenges
I've been making games professionally for over a decade, and I'm utterly committed to completing FIST OF AWESOME. It's my dream project and I've been very careful to minimise the potential situations that could cause the project to fail.
So far I've been working on FIST OF AWESOME in my spare time, and in the worst case that's what I'll continue to do. As a largely solo project FIST OF AWESOME is not dependant on a team of people being funded. As long as I can afford cheap cider and pot noodles I'll continue working to make it as unrelentingly AWESOME as possible.
Distributing free versions of the completed game on iOS to backers may be tricky due to App Store limitations, so I'm exploring a number of different options for delivery. The worst case will involve making the game free for a period of time to allow Kickstarters to pick it up free of charge.
My years of experience mean I'm very confident in my ability to deliver a high-quality game on time. I may not be as sexy as Tim Schafer but I am very good at what I do.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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The Reefton i-SITE Visitor Centre is part of New Zealand's official nationwide Visitor Information Network, plus it's a community owned organisation. Make it your first stop in Reefton!
The building holds many quality interpretive displays showcasing the surrounding area. These include a walk-through replica gold mine and a fully restored Holman Winding Engine!
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I am a teacher of English for intermediate students. I want to teach them how to use the phonetic alphabet as applied to English. A few years ago, when I was a student myself, my teacher had taught us the phonetic alphabet using transcripts: on the left page, a text in plain English, on the right page, the transcript in phonetic alphabet. I found that rather efficient. I'd like to do exactly the same with my students.
The problem is that I've been unable to trace the source of these texts. I've browsed through several phonetics handbooks at a rather large bookshop in Paris but haven't found the equivalent. I'm no longer in contact with that teacher of mine.
Could anyone recommend a book? And/or tell me where I could find something like this on the web? I need something very basic: just the texts in plain English and the corresponding transcripts in the phonetic alphabet.
Many Thanks
Being deeply interested in phonetic myself, I can provide you with the list of phonetic symbols, if you may so wish, which displays ALL the sounds spoken in British English (or English in general, you could say), including consonants, vowels & diphthongs.Originally Posted by dacaumodo
It has 3 columns with far left column giving the "phonetic symbol" middle column giving the example of particular word written using phonetic symbols & the last colum simply states the actual word such as "pat".
I've got BOTH the IP (which if you wish to produce on your computer, you need to download IP font) & Sampa (which has special character & can be produced using normal "Times New Roman" text) trascripts of these phonetic alphabets. So, the IP phonetic symbol used in vowel sound as in "pat" can be typed in Sampa as "{" & so on.
Once you get a through understanding of this, you can simply use online dictionary like cambridge.dictionary.org & type in any word & it shows you the phonetic of that particular word as well.
So, in your case, if you are teaching children, if your sentence is:
Mat is a boy who plays with a bat
then you'll have to type in each of these word within this dictionary & get the phonetic of it. Although, it may sound time-consuming for now, once you get used to with it, you don't need dictionary & can simply translate the normal text based sentence (as above) into "phonetic text" based sentence.
I was going to attach 2 files here one with IP symbols & other with Sampa. Notice however, that in Sampa, small & capital cases such as "v" & "V" & "n" & "N", etc. are unique sounds, so NO confusing is possible, but CANNOT since the file size is bigger, so if you need it, I can send you through e-mail attachment, instead.
If you need any further explanation then don't hesitate asking.
In the mean time,
Au Revoir (as French would say ;)
Thanks - this might be it, but there's no way to have a look inside the book, as is sometimes possible on Amazon...
I've sent the attached files through your e-mail, as you provided earlier.Originally Posted by dacaumodo
In the mean time, I'm quite comfortable in teaching someone, who fancy having British accent, which depending on their ability, amount of effort & time they spend, can be achieved within weeks or months.


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Stalker Partners with Precision Solar Controls to Introduce Speed Awareness Monitor (SAM) and Variable Message Sign (VMS) Trailers to Law Enforcement
Stalker Radar, The World Leader in Speed Measurement, has partnered with highway/construction-zone sign manufacturer Precision Solar Controls to introduce two new LED illuminated traffic control signs to the law enforcement market.
The Speed Awareness Monitor (SAM) and Variable Message Sign (VMS) are ideally suited for selective deployment in areas where speed control, special message communication, or other feedback to motorists is required or desirable.
The Speed Awareness Monitor clocks and displays motorists' speeds along with a static reminder of the prevailing speed limit. Stalker Radar speed measurement accuracy is built into a rugged, dependable trailer platform that is easily towed by department vehicles and takes only one person to set up in the field. Plus, the Stalker SAM's two 18-inch amber LED characters are legible at up to 1,000 feet.
Likewise, the Variable Message Sign's customizable amber LED characters on a 4' x 8' area are also legible at up to 1,000 feet. The operator can input their own message through the full-size QWERTY keyboard, or choose from 250+ previously input messages, or select from a library of 60 factory preprogrammed messages. Message flexibility makes the Stalker VMS versatile and adaptable to nearly all messaging requirements, according to Jim Shaw, Stalker Radar (Applied Concepts) Marketing Director.
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Spectralia Theatre, in cooperation with Friends of the Parks and the Chicago Park District, are presenting Shakespeare's "As You Like It" in parks across Chicago this summer. This family-friendly, 90-minute version is a great introduction to Shakespeare as well as a new take on a classic comedy. Guests are encouraged to bring picnics, blankets and chairs to the shows.


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ICC opens CAR 'war crimes' preliminary investigation
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says she has opened a preliminary investigation into possible war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Fatou Bensouda said she had received reports of "extreme brutality by various groups".
Tens of thousands of Muslims have already fled to Cameroon and Chad.
CAR, one of Africa's poorest nations, has been in chaos for more than a year after Muslim rebels seized power.
Mrs Bensouda said that her investigations so far included "hundreds of killings, acts of rape and sexual slavery, destruction of property, pillaging, torture, forced displacement and recruitment and use of children in hostilities."
She added that "in many incidents, victims appear to have been deliberately targeted on religious grounds.''
Accounts of violence in CAR have become increasingly brutal, with reports of mob killings common.
On Friday morning, witnesses said thousands of Muslims piled on to trucks in the capital Bangui to leave the city, escorted by Chadian peacekeepers.
One person who fell off one of the trucks was killed by a crowd and his body mutilated, witnesses said.
Rebel leader Michel Djotodia, who became CAR's first Muslim leader, resigned as interim president last month as part of a regional peace process, but the violence has continued.
The rebels, who called themselves Seleka, were blamed for a series of deadly attacks on Christians that prompted the creation of Christian militias - widely known as "anti-balaka", meaning anti-machete.
The UN Security Council authorised French and African troops to intervene last December.
Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said all communities were affected by the violence, but lately there have been collective reprisals against Muslims.
According to MSF, about 30,000 refugees are already in Chad and another 10,000 have reached Cameroon.
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Northampton Saints boss Jim Mallinder has drafted in Alan Dickens to take on Paul Grayson's former role on a temporary basis.
Grayson left the Saints on Tuesday by mutual consent and Dickens, who is their academy manager, will take on his responsibilities for an interim period. Dickens has a strong rugby pedigree, having played for 10 years in the Premiership, and has previously run out for Northampton, Saracens, Leeds Carnegie and the Sale Sharks.
Dickens will now look to impress the Saints hierarchy with a view to taking on the role full-time and Mallinder is looking forward to working with him.
"Alan will come in and change things up a bit," Mallinder told the Northampton Chronicle & Echo. "He's got his own ideas, he's his own man, he's doing really well with the academy and the Wanderers, who've had a great season, and we'll see how that goes.
"I'm sure Alan would love the job, and why wouldn't you? I've known Alan for quite a long time. He was with me at Sale as a player, he's been to Saracens, he's moved around a little bit.
"He's taken this role working with the academy and now he's loving stepping up. He's doing a good job this week, stepping into the mix and I'm sure he'll give it his very best shot."
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T.J. Tavares necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 309 diseños de 65 diseñadores freelance.
We have launched a new site 'trinitywebsolutions.net' and are potentially re-branding the look/feel/color based on your logo design. We are a partner for a national Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software application vendor. We provide local (St. Louis, Missouri) installation and network infrastructure support to Dr.'s offices for EMR implementations. Demonstrating how the logo looks on a business card will enhance your chance for selection.
Trinity Web Solutions
Trinity Web Solutions is a reseller partner for anational Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software application vendor. We provide local (St. Louis, Missouri)installation and network infrastructure support to Dr.'s offices for EMRimplementations. Demonstrating how thelogo looks on a business card will enhance your chances for selection.
We are seeking a design that embodies our brand drivers:
· Smart
· Connected
· Credible
· Information Technology Experts
· Able to make hard concepts easy or complex taskssimple.
· EMRDelivered.
We would like our brand identity to be distinct and memorable. We want people who catch a glimpse of our logoat a tradeshow or online, to think immediately about EMR, Health InformationTechnology, and quality local support. "Trinity" originates from our three step end-to-end process to deliver EMR; specifically 1. Assessment 2. Implementation 3. Support
Our website is geared primarily to doctors andclinicians who want to find more information on Electronic Medical Records(EMR). The website also providesinformation such as the process for installation, return on investment, andvendor neutral news and EMR case studies. The site will also serve as a portalfor post implementation support.
- 100% original well-designed professional logo
- "Illustration + text" logo is preferred.
- We want the user to see our company as smart with technicalexpertise. We also want to be perceived as connected, credible, and making complextasks easy.
- Looking for brand recognition.
- From a brand perspective think Apple, Google, Verizon NOTGo-daddy or Matrix (the movie)
- The tag Line: EMR Delivered. Would be nice to see next to the logo or incorporated as part of the logo
- Trinity Web Solutions should resonate with doctors from ahealth care perspective, not necessarily from a triangle or religiousperspective and definitely NOT from a "Matrix the movie" perspective.
- A combination of blue/gray colors is preferred although weare completely open to new ideas!
- White background is preferred.
- Logo will be used on web, banners, icons, and businesscards.
- The logo should print well in black or white colors.
- Final artwork to be delivered as Vector format.
- We are open to looking at your creative designs and we areprepared to change our mind.
- aggressive or edgy logos
- Dry medical, doctor, or patient graphics
- Computer type icons (including smiley facecomputer, keyboard, mouse, code, etc.)
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Test Data Creation Suite
Some of the integration tests will require a basic set of data, including submissions and users, in order to operate. Creating this data should not always be in the scope of the test itself; it will make test cases lengthy and slow. Having a standardized set of sample data that tests can work with will permit tests to focus strictly on the testing, not on the data preparation.
Additionally, a representative suite of test data can be useful for workshops, presentations, etc.
Finally, since we support both MySQL and PostgreSQL, a proper testing environment will need to operate on both database platforms, without forcing the development team to separately maintain data for both.
For these reasons, it's desirable to script the creation, from scratch, of a sample database. The test data creation suite does that.
The suite uses Selenium Server to permit tools outside the browser environment to run activities within the browser. See the selection on Selenium Server (formerly Selenium RC Server) in Integration Testing for information on how to set this up.
Running the suite
Environment preparation
- Create an empty database and grant access to a database user
- Create an empty files directory and set file permissions on it
- Have a handy PDF file that can be used for testing.
The details of these will be filled in below.
There are two elements to configure: the OJS configuration file, and the Selenium tests.
For the OJS configuration file, use the default template configuration file:
cp config.TEMPLATE.inc.php config.inc.php
This ensures that the installation form will come up when the suite is started.
For the Selenium tests, create a file in
tests/build/user-extensions.js using the template
lib/pkp/tests/build/user-extensions-TEMPLATE.js. This is where the database credentials etc. will be configured.
To execute the tests, run...
java -jar /path/to/selenium-server-standalone-2.42.2.jar -htmlsuite "*chrome" "http://url/to/app" "tests/build/suite.html" "tests/results/result.html" -userExtensions "tests/build/user-extensions.js"
...replacing the Selenium jar file and local URL with the appropriate values for your environment. Note that the URL to the application should not include the index.php part.
Each time you run the test suite you'll have to ensure your environment suits the requirements set out above.
Note that the test suite can also be executed via the Selenium IDE. To run the scripts that way, ensure that the user extensions file is configured in the options dialog. Otherwise no special considerations are needed.
Developing tests
Useful links
- Selenium User extensions documentation
- Selenium JS API - Source code that implements the selenium API for actions, accessors and assertions.


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It was one of those moments in time that define people and events.
Standing on a hill called Little Round Top, Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a professor of rhetoric and modern languages at Bowdoin College in Maine, was in a tough spot. His regiment, the 20th Maine, had suffered many casualties and was running out of ammunition but couldn't retreat. If they did, the entire Union army, and possibly the war, could be lost.
He ordered his men to fix bayonets. They charged down the hill into what could have been a slaughter. They knew they could easily be killed, but they charged and routed the attacking Confederate troops. They protected the Union line, and the Battle of Gettysburg became a defining moment in the Civil War.
I spent many hours as a kid walking the Gettysburg battlefield, and although I didn't know the story the way I do today, it fired my imagination. I remember standing at what was the high tide of the Confederacy, the farthest point reached in Pickett's Charge. I tried to imagine the courage it required for Pickett's Division to charge across that open field under a blinding storm of fire. I thought about Gen. Lewis Armistead, leading his soldiers, his hat on his sword to show the way.
The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg will be celebrated this week. It is a part of American history that I think is worth remembering and learning about. Kids today probably are not taught a lot of Civil War history. They know the reasons, that it was a war to free the slaves. They may hear about Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, but they probably do not hear the stories
One story is of John L. Burns, a 69-year-old Scotsman from Gettysburg who convinced the 150th Pennsylvania Regiment to let him join them and became an effective sharpshooter for the Union army during the battle until he was wounded in the leg and arm. When President Abraham Lincoln visited the battlefield he singled out Burns and joined him for a walk.
Then there is Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, who was involved in many engagements over the three days, but as Pickett's Division swept across the field of death, he commanded troops defending against Gen. Armistead. Hancock and Armistead were best friends, and when Hancock learned the Confederate general was dying, he was unable to go to see him because he had been wounded and did not want to leave the field for the sake of morale.
There are many stories and many moments. Gettysburg and the other battles of the Civil War are history worth passing on. Not only did the war accomplish the great task of ending slavery, it was fought by many men of courage, often people from simple roots, the farmers and fishermen that made up the 20th Maine, Irish immigrants in the Irish Brigade, factory workers and others who left their homes to defend this nation and to fight to end slavery.
After Gettysburg, the war dragged on for two more years. Every city and town in Massachusetts felt the loss from the war. Families lost all their children to the war. There was much bitter fighting to come, but Gettysburg turned the corner for the Union. After the battle, it was obvious the South could not sustain the fighting.
A war that took place 150 years ago probably seems like ancient history to kids wired to be constantly looking for the next new thing. They may think it is boring. They know war as a fast-paced video game. The Civil War was the last American war fought in the Napoleonic style of two grand armies lining up against each other and crashing together until one gave in. Later wars were all about the machinery of death, but the Civil War was still a soldiers' war, in which courage and determination mattered.
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PeterJC needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 364 designs submitted by 67 freelance designers.
Trillium Analytics
We sell analytical/data science services (data exploration & visualization, statistical forecasting, predictive modeling, machine learning and optimization). Target audience is any company looking to gain greater insight about their customers/products and/or trying to make proactive, well informed business decisions grounded in objective data.
The inspiration for the combined usage of 'trillium & analytics' is two fold:
1) The Trillium Flower (Provincial Flower of Ontario, Canada where my business is based) is a 3 pronged flower, similar to a venn diagram
2) The field of Analytics/Data Science lies at the intersection of three areas of expertise, namely: Business/Domain Expertise, Mathematics/Statistics and I.T./Computer Science.
(Googling both "Trillium Logo" & "Analytic Venn" will be very helpful to get a sense)
I was originally envisioning something with some vintage appeal....something incorporating a trillium shape (not literally a trillium flower) where each of the three petal outlines was a series of popular business/mathematical/statistical/computer science symbols arranged in descending size around the petal in the hope of giving it some dimension.
However, I'm not a designer...I'm totally open to (and relying on) creative ideas through this process as a result of the design/style inspiration and guidance provided above. That said, the logo should be able to stand on it's own with or without the words "Trillium Analytics" so that it can used effectively as an icon, etc..
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Based on the popular Wizardology book series, Codemasters Wizardology for Games for Windows PC brings the exciting world of Wizardry to life with a quest to save the Wizards of the world from the evil sorceress Vivienne and become a true Wizard with magical powers. Players will explore an interactive spell book and adventure across Elizabethan England, creating and casting a variety of spells and magic.
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FEASTJAPAN necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Feast Auto is looking for a new design. Our current site is a mess and cluttered badly between templates and poor layout.
Project: 2009 Site Re-new
Client: Feast Auto Group
Not one to copy any sites in the past, but we recently cameacross this JP URL > http://www.esb-style.com < The index (not flash opening)design is somewhat basic and function overall is easy.
For our new site being built, we would like to follow the same structure as this example site has.More details: Back drop color choice would have to be a carbon type or mineral gray shade of color.Top menu should be flashy / 3D looking with a modern design as seen through the ESB style index page. We aren't after flash design content. Top menu sections will show image link for Parts Page, imagelink for ebay store, image link for you tube room. We havent decided, but the chance of having a media player would be neat. Many artists around in Tokyo which would fill the music gap.
In the middle of the page, a slow rotating group of images.Something like a GIF file? Figure some of our company's finest photography workwould suit this area well. Note thatthis rotating group if images will only function when on the home-index page.Below the GIF rotating, a menu bar will be needed tonavigate through the site. Menu barshould be glossy looking with easy to read text.
Menu bar sections would be:
- Home – Index
- About Us
- Our Service
- Featured Stock
- Past Examples
- Terms & Conditions
- Order/ContactNote that when menu bar links #2-7 are selected, the centralscreen (where GIF image is) would be used for the other sections. Scroll option I assume would be needed toaccommodate each section.
Finally below this bottom menu bar, a basic news area whichcan be updated etc. as I feel needed.
We believe the above covers good detail on what design we are after.
For logo, we are looking for something new. Feast is a wild name and looking to keep the logo wild.
Current parts site is: http://www.feastautoexport.com/Feast/ Design is staying the same. Logo will be updated with newer style from this contest
Current You Tube media room: http://www.youtube.com/user/FEASTJAPAN Enjoy, a lot of media in there :)
- Impressive site design
- Crisp looking top header
- Crisp looking menu bar
- ..
- Anything and everything the you don't want :)