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Some time ago I was asked what a city like Sheffield could do that would set itself apart in terms of digital infrastructure. Sheffield City Region already has an ambitious broadband access plan (Digital Region) that is already rolling out high speed broadband to many areas. Also, the challenge is to digitally enable a city rather than address (the very great) need for even basic digital access to more rural areas. So my thoughts ran to digitally enabling the city rather than its citizens.
I have always had a fascination with street hardware, everything from park benches, litter bins to manhole covers and most interestingly, street lights. These bits of civic infrastructure are often invisible and perfunctory, but when they are well designed they can become part of a city's identity.
This is not a suggestion that we need to preserve old lamp posts or create overly ornate new ones, but that street lights have previously and should in future be used to create a sense of commonality or purpose and municipality. This city binding can now be aided by thinking about the digital presence of a city.
When posed the question of 'What could Sheffield do in the digital space?' my answer was to suggest that we create a device that when fitted to a street light post provides not just a visual identifier for the city, but also acts as a platform for interfacing between the physical public space and the digital world.
I imagined a beautifully designed box that would sit high up the lamp post and contain:
- a wifi networking access point
- bluetooth networking
- NFC senors
- environment sensors like:
- ambient light
- temperature
- noise level
- air quality
- motion sensors
- coloured light indicators
- a video camera with Kinect style gesture recognition
- a LCD projector focused on nearby pedestrian areas
While the potential for Sheffield City Council to use a network of such devices to gather data and inform their planning, decision making and provide information services to the public is interesting, it was the potential unlocked by opening up this platform to commercial organisations and the wider public that really excited me.
Not only could the data be made open to be used by anyone to understand and add value, but the platform, if properly mediated and managed, could be ustilitised for people to develop applications for way-finding, local services and advertising, community building or even more excitingly, games.
Having suggesting all this over a coffee, I left the idea alone. Until I heard that Sheffield City Council had let the contract to replace all of its 46,000 street lights to Amey, a public services outsourcing company, via a Public Finance Initiative (PFI).
We have now have passed the point where we can influence what Amey do with the street lights in Sheffield, but it might be worth finding out whether they have thought of the possibilities above.


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Virginia Beach, VA (PRWEB) August 20, 2012
Edvance360, a leading provider of eLearning services and software solutions and last year's CODiE winner for Best Post-Secondary LMS, announced that West Hills Community College (WHCCD) left Blackboard to join the growing Edvance360 LMS-SN community of users.
The student satisfaction rate is steadily improving as we move from the spring 2012 implementation into the summer and fall semesters. Sixty percent of students expressed satisfaction in the spring 2012 semester, improving to 70 percent in the summer semester. At this rate, we will have nearly 100 percent student satisfaction at the end of the first year.
The experience in receiving support from Edvance360 is a completely different from our previous experience. We have incredible access at all levels of the Edvance360 organizational structure, which has resulted in an amazingly successful implementation and integration of this new learning management system. – Lenore Simonson, Educational Technology Specialist at West Hills Community College District
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About West Hills Community College District
Started in the 1930s as an extension of Fresno State University, Coalinga College, now West Hills College Coalinga, was one of the first community colleges in the nation to offer an AA degree entirely online. It was joined in 2002 with a history-making, 21st-Century campus called West Hills College Lemoore. Additionally, a North District Center, Firebaugh, offers a model of service for small, rural communities that allows residents to earn an AA degree close to home and Naval Air Station, Lemoore center serves sailors and marines as they serve their country.
In 2002 the MetLife Foundation selected West Hills Community College District as the small community college nationwide that best serves the needs of a diverse student population.
Their website can be accessed at http://www.whccd.edu.
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Aren't these lovely brown eggs a study in simple beauty? Few things among our kitchen staples are such perfect food for any meal, both as stand-alone dishes and as ingredients. I love to make omelets, souffles, meringues, and custards, and of course use them in baking. But the ways I most often use the farm fresh eggs we buy from All We Need Farms in Needville, Texas,are really very simple and require mostly minutes to prepare. Some of the photographs here have appeared along with a recipe previously in Kitchen Keepers.
The little red enameled cast iron skillet is perfect for a one dish meal: sautéed spinach, onions, and red peppers with an egg poached on top.
Quiche has so many possibilities! Use bits of leftover vegetables, chop up garden fresh peppers and tomatoes, add your choice of ham, bacon, even shrimp! Choose from your favorite cheeses, and season with fresh herbs or spices such as nutmeg and cayenne. But the central ingredient is always the eggs!
Marbled Tea Eggs were fun to make, and a special treat, but the most time-consuming of egg preparations featured here.
We like Eggs Benedict, which also has any number of variations. Again, although ingredients such as the English Muffins, Canadian Bacon, and Hollandaise used may be switched out and exchanged, the poached eggs on top remain!
Joe has always liked his eggs broken into a buttered cast iron skillet, cooked briefly until the white begins to turn before I reduce the heat to low, sprinkle a few drops of water into the pan and cover it, then cook just until the yolks begin to set. I am not sure what method this is called in egg cookery, but the finished product is a cross between poached and sunny side up! Our family also likes eggs scrambled and cooked on very low heat in a little butter. I like to stir these scrambled eggs with chopsticks, and remove from heat when they are still a tad underdone. The residual heat finishes the cooking and the eggs are soft and silky. Tobasco Sauce is always on the table when we have eggs!
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Documenting Body Modification Culture Past, Present & Future
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Ari – Ken, where are you currently located?
Ken – I just moved to Seattle Tattoo Emporium. All these dudes have been there thirty fucking years, like Jimmy the Saint, it's crazy. It's also a tattoo museum so they've got all this really old shit. Lyle Tuttle will just stop by like, "hey whats up guys?" Old school legendary shit. I don't really make a lot of money there, but for the experience alone it's fuckin worth it. I'm not having that bad of a time. I can come and go as I please, I only have a small set schedule. No drama. So many times it's just stupid shit, but you know how the business is, it's a constant barrage of bullshit that I would rather not deal with on any level. That's why I love where I'm working now, because there's none. These dudes are my fuckin age, they don't wanna do anything besides go to work, be happy, and come home, and I love this! No drama, no shit, no nothing, I'm good with it. I talk to friends who are really young in the business and it's all he did this, she did that, blah blah blah, I just don't fucking care, I couldn't care less to hear about piercing/tattoo shop drama, it's just endless. I can't even go out to a bar without someone coming up and going "Are you a tattoo artist? Let me tell you what I want!" Continue reading
Earlier tonight we put up a pre-order page for volume one of the collected Better Safe than Ari interviews; while there's been a major push in the last few years for analog books to go digital we figured we'd be contrarians and take our digital interviews to print. So if that's your sort of thing, please check out the Hex Appeal store for more information.
These days it's pretty rare to find piercing/modification related physical media, but back in the 1990s there were plenty of options to chose from. PFIQ from Gauntlet enterprises, Body Art and Piercing World out of the UK, In the Flesh- if you knew where to look you had some pretty great piercing publications to collect.
P.A.U.K.'s Piercing World was a favorite of Jack Yount's, who was thrilled to appear on the cover of issue #10.
Silver Nitrate, applied via long wooden matchstick type applicators, was a popular choice for cautery by modification practitioners back in the 1980s/90s for less invasive procedures like meatotomy and clitoral hood splitting. While cutting lower down the shaft might require a more surgical approach, complete with sutures, opening the urethra (usually to a healed Prince Albert piercing hole that acted as an anchor) was an in-and-out procedure that could be done practically blood-free.
The nitrate was moistened with distilled water and rolled onto the edges of cut open tissue, causing a light chemical burn that helped to keep the tissue from reopening; as a side effect the patient was left with a blackish stain on the affected area that would usually only last for a week or so.
This photo from 1992 features a healing meatotomy with silver nitrate stains. Continue reading
Charles Gatewood, iconic photographer and counterculture anthropologist, released somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 documentary films through his boutique FLASH VIDEO label. Films that ranged from profound to prurient with titles like Fangs of Steel, Messy Girls and the Erotic Tattooing and Body Piercing series, the Flash Videos were niche content at it's most niche. When I spoke to Charles about production runs in 2015, he told me that the average title started with a run of 50 units, with more being duplicated if needed. Twenty five years later it's no surprise that an entire generation of body artists and admirers have come up that have never seen the Gatewood films.
The good news is that the Body Piercing Archive- the archival wing of the Association of Professional Piercers- was gifted the rights to the archive and plans are in place to capture and preserve these lost treasures; something I've been doing as well with my personal copies.
For my money, the best of Flash was the fifth volume of the Erotic Tattooing and Body Piercing series; released in 1992 or 93 and filmed at the Meadowlands Tattoo Convention, #5 features Jack Yount, Emil, Mr. X and a host of other luminaries. The photos taken of Jack that day are among my favorite images of him and he often spoke of being photographed by Charles. This brief clip, filmed the same day as his photoshoot in 1992, was shot on Jack's 8mm camcorder, with a show and tell with a client of Fred Corbin's. This is the first time this footage has been seen in 25 years.


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Gold has divided the analyst community through this volatile 2012, with some, like Goldman Sachs, calling for the end of its decade-long rally, while others expect it to average $2,000 an ounce by the end of next year. There's one thesis that has built consensus, though: gold is set to rally in the first half of the year as a result of the Fed's latest round of quantitative easing, possibly to fresh all-time highs.
Gold has always been a divisive asset class, sparking intense debates between gold-bugs and those that call them fear mongers. This year, the yellow metal surged to early highs in the first quarter, only to completely break down along with risk assets as the European sovereign debt crisis intensified and China slowed down. Gold then rose again coming into the third quarter, as Mario Draghi pledged to save the single currency, only to gradually decline throughout the fourth quarter, as investors liquidated positions and moved into cash ahead of the fiscal cliff.
"Going to cash is never bad if it's short-term," explained George Gero, commodities expert at RBC Capital Markets, who expects gold to continue its ascent in 2013. Central bank printing, with the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the Bank of Japan engaged in quantitative easing, and the ECB ready to purchase sovereign debt, is set to continue eroding the value of rich-country currencies, which in the face of it is supportive of gold prices.
Bullion, or physical gold, has increasingly taken on a monetary role, trading sometimes as a safe-haven in times of global volatility and in others as an inflation hedge. Central banks, for example, became net buyers of gold in 2011 after 20 years selling the precious metal, World Gold Council data showed. Interestingly, major producers like China and Mexico have been responsible for a lot of the buying as they sell U.S. dollars to diversify their reserves, Gero explained. In 2012, the price of physical gold has been the mirror image of the greenback, as measured by the dollar index.
Goldman Sachs' research team agrees a weaker dollar will support gold next year, recently calling for gold to hit $1,825 an ounce over the next three months. Last week, the Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke laid out his plans for what has come to be known as QE4: the Fed will buy $85 billion in mortgage-backed securities and Treasuries a month until they see a substantial improvement in labor markets. A weak U.S. economy in the first half of the year, modest dollar depreciation, and continued easing should put upward pressure on bullion.
Gold prices have risen consistently for the past 11 years, but Goldman's team is ready to bet the trend will end in 2013. After peaking around $1,825, bullion should fall to $1,805 over the next six months, and then to $1,800 by the end of the year. In 2014, the yellow metal is forecast to average $1,750. Goldman's team seems to trust that Ben Bernanke's intense money printing, along with low inflation, will have a positive effect on output, with GDP growth accelerating in the second half of 2013. This in turn would lead to higher real interest rates, with 10-year Treasuries yielding 2.2% by the end of the year, and thus to lower gold prices.
The general opinion is mixed on the full year is mixed. Some, like BNP Paribas, expect gold to hit new highs next year and to extend its rally to 2014 as the bull-trend reverses; they see bullion averaging $1,780 in two years. At the other end of the spectrum is Bank of America's research team, which estimates gold will average $2,000 in 2013, and then continue its rise to $2,400 by the end of 2014 on strong demand from China. Barclays' analysts take a more moderate approach, trimming their 2013 estimates to $1,815 an ounce as the greenback gradually appreciates.
Beyond exchange traded funds and physical bullion, investors can play gold through the gold miners. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF has substantially underperformed both physical gold and the general stock market this year. Famous investors like Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn and John Paulson have owned gold equities for quite some time, with both billionaires holding Barrick Gold, according to their latest regulatory filings. Paulson also holds other names in the space including Angolgold Ashanti, Novagold, and Randgold. Gold equities look cheap from a valuation basis, given the incredible rise in the price of the precious metal over the past decade, but have suffered from rising mining costs and labor unrest.
Whatever happens, 2013 is setting up to be an historic year for the yellow metal. Continued Fed easing could push gold to new all-time highs, but the possibility of a stronger U.S. recovery in the second half of the year could put an end to what has been one of the most lucrative trades of the past 10 years. Investors will have to keep a close eye on fundamentals.
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The role of the school board is, first and foremost, to make certain that our students receive the best possible Christ-centered education. Toward that end, the school board, among other duties and responsibilities:
Our school board consists of the following members:
School Board Chairman Clayton Darlage (16-17)
School Board Secretary-Treasurer Matthew Johnson (17-19)
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'The Walking Dead' Renewed for Season 9 with New Showrunner
AMC released some interesting news ahead of today's presentation at the Television Critics Association press tour. The Walking Dead has been renewed for Season Nine. That's not so interesting because, dispute declining viewership, the show is still the highest rated scripted program on television. The interesting part is that the series will be produced under a new showrunner!
Longtime showrunner Scott Gimple has been promoted to the position of "Chief Creative Officer." This means he will be in charge of the entire Dead franchise, including Fear the Walking Dead, video game crossovers, and what The Hollywood Reporter refers to as "future brand extensions." The new showrunner of The Walking Dead will be Angela Kang, who began working on the series in 2011. Kang has recently served as a writer on 21 episodes and producer on 54 episodes of the show.


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Boko Haram: US secretary of state Kerry meets Jonathan
… Stresses respect for human rights
United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, who last week expressed concern about allegations of gross human rights violations by Nigerian forces fighting the Boko Haram sect, raised the issue with President Goodluck Jonathan directly on Saturday, a U.S official said.
Kerry sat beside President Jonathan at an African Union dinner and discussed the matter privately much as he has raised it publicly, defending Nigeria's right "to combat terrorism but (saying) government security forces have to do so smartly (and) respect human rights," the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters.
Reuters reports that Nigerian troops last week used jets and helicopters to bombard targets in their biggest offensive since the Boko Haram group began a revolt almost four years ago to establish a breakaway Islamic state in the northeast of the country.
On May 17, Kerry took the unusual step of saying that he was "deeply concerned by credible allegations that Nigerian security forces are committing gross human rights violations, which, in turn, only escalate the violence and fuel extremism."


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Lab Ops 18 Getting started with Software Defined Networking
In my last post I finished up where I had my host under management of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and that was about it. As with Hyper-V I can't really use VMM until I have my fabric configured and after adding in hosts the first thing we need to do is look at Networking. To… Read more


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Ardebil Grand Mosque is a remainder from a big structure related to the Seljuk Era. It is located in a cemetery in Pir Shamseddin district.
There is a minaret located near the mosque, which bear two inscriptions.
Location: Ardabil City, Ardabil Province
Walking path length: No need to walking
Days of trip: 2-3 Days from Tehran to Tehran (Without heavy traffic you need about 9 hr driving from Tehran to Ardabil-598 Km)
Attention: In holidays there is heavy traffic in all roads around Tehran.
Best time to visit: spring is the best time.Winter is very cool.
Daily time visit: No limit
Difficulty level: Easy
Requirements: Guide or GPS track
Legal permission need: No
Overall risk: -
Animal risk: No
Lost risk: No
Rescue: Yes, you can call 115
GSM Mobile Antenna: Yes
Hotel: Yes
Village: Located in Ardebil City
Shop: Yes
Gasoline: Yes
How to get there:
1- Go to Baihaghi or east terminal of buses in Tehran (more info)
2- Take a bus to Ardabil (Also can use airplane)(Distance between Tehran to Ardabil is 598 Km)
3- Take a taxi to Ardebil Grand Mosque.
Nearest airport: Ardabil airport
Nearest train station: Ardabi station (Commissioning)
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Callaway Strata has been around for quite some time now. Where it is from the famous brand Callaway, the question definitely arises that if the high price is worth it and more importantly, is it actually important to go for a 18 unit golf set when you can buy a one unit item and buy burger with the rest of the amount you got.
Before getting too much into the details, I will try to explain some of the features of this Callaway golf set because that's only fair, right?
What do we have in store for this one?
The pack actually has twelve different clubs for you including a driver, two different types of woods, two different types of hybrids and four different iron sets along with one wedge pitching along with sand version. Basically it is an 'all in one' pack for anyone interested in golfing.
That's definitely a great thing if you are a professional or if you surely know that golf is your thing. For example, I wouldn't mind going for this unit as I golf regularly. However, even I wonder at a lot of times that whether this one deserves my money or not because I don't really use all the 18 combos that it comes with.
Let's use that fast food analogy in this golf arena to understand the phenomenon a bit better. Did you know that fast food companies actually make a lot of money when they sell you the combo pack? That's because each combo has one item that they can't sell at a fast pace as a stand alone item and that's why the power of combo comes in.
It is the same thing here in Callaway Strata too. You don't really need everything that it offers, however, if you think about the whole pack, you will realize that it is a good deal over all.
That's what I think about when I worry the price. Yes, the price is definitely reasonable and I will go one extra mile to say that the price might even go a few bucks up as the product combo is well worth the price.
Having said that, I still don't think that the product is for everyone. It only is required for someone who is super into golf and is someone who changes wedges rapidly. Not everyone change their golf clubs every other day.
I can personally tell you about my own journey. I hardly change my golf equipments. I stick to one and I then try to make sure that I get better at that one club practicing with it again and again. It is the same with almost all types of golfers. Nobody wants to change different sizes and that makes a lot of this pack non-necessary.
I would want you to consider that too while buying. If you really want to find the pros, I would say that the brand is definitely trust worthy and the products that you receive are all brilliant in terms of quality.
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Motorbike rider critically injured following Sheffield collisionDate published: 18 June 2019 09:58
A motorbike rider is in a life-threatening condition following a collision in Sheffield yesterday afternoon (Friday 17 August).
At around 1.15pm, it is reported that a black KTM Superduke motorbike was travelling along Parkwood Road towards Neepsend Lane when it has collided with a DAF grab wagon parked at the side of the road.
The rider of the bike, a 43-year-old man from Barnsley, was taken to hospital where his condition is described as life-threatening.
Officers want to hear from anyone who saw what happened, or who saw the bike and the manner of riding prior to the collision.
If you can help, please call 101 quoting incident number 451 of 17 August 2018.
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Bissell MVP Pet Photo Contest Week 8
Bad Kitty's Go Cats! Bissell MVP Pet Photo War Room! Week 1
Congratulations to Week 1 Winners STEVIE and Zoe Marie Spumoni
Friends, it is super hard to believe it is time for the
2011 Bissell MVP Pet Photo Contest!
I was so proud to be chosen the winner of the 2010 Bissell MVP Pet Photo Contest! The best part was that Bissell donated $10,000 to our pet charity of choice
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After upsetting a number of consumers with the end of its dollar menu in 2014, McDonald's is offering a value-priced replacement next year.
Bloomberg reported that McDonald's announced on Oct. 24 that it will have a new line up of $1, $2 and $3 items on a value menu in 2018.
"We know that customers motivated primarily by value and deals come more often and spend more," McDonald's Chief Executive Steve Easterbrook said in a call with analysts, according to Fox Business.
"We weren't as competitive as we needed to be on value," McDonald's USA President Chris Kempczinski said.
Money Magazine reported that the restaurants old dollar menu wasn't popular with franchise owners, who said it affected profit margins. The new menu appears to be a happy medium.
A $1 sausage burrito, a $2 bacon McDouble and a $3 Happy Meal are among the new items on the menu, The Associated Press reported.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Paper Cutz Design Team
I am excited to have been chosen for the Paper Cutz Design Team. Be sure to go and check out the wonderful site and follow the challenges each Friday. I am working on my first challenge now and you can see it next Friday. Be sure to see what Mary has for this week. I love challenges and they get you so motivated!!! The grandchildren are coming tomorrow to stay all night and tonight I am having some fun at my house with my scrapping friends. What more can a girl ask for!!!!
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Some new cards!
I haven't practiced my Copic marker technique that we learned at our first class for a few days so I thought I better get to it since my teacher (Hi Lori) will be checking to see if I am doing anything before our next class. She gave us our colors for the next class so I thought I would try them out and I had a couple other purples and forgot to write down which ones I used. I will do better next time. I know these star lilies are not this color, but it is my card so I can do what I want!!! I have two cards done and have been working on my granddaughters first birthday pages this week and need to get my room back in order. Hope you enjoy this cards and I am a work in progress with these Copics!!!
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Friday, August 20, 2010
New Challenge card
Mary over to Paper Cutz is having a challenge #55 to do anything you want either card or layout. I needed a kids birthday card and this was a fast and easy one to do. I love the Mickey cartridge.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
A Challenge I just completed.
I decided to get involved in some challenges again since I have time and decided to do one at the Paper Cutz blog. This is challenge #54 . They are having a Back to School challenge. My entry is "Be a Star" that is what my grandchildren will do this year. They excel in school and always be the star they are!!!
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Some scrapbook pages I have been working on lately.
It has been a long time since I could just sit and scrap, but for the last couple days it has been wonderful. I think I have completed 12-14 pages. I am very far behind and here are a few of the pages. I am trying to finish my granddaughter Mary-Kate's 2008 album...told you I was behind. The cricut makes it so much fun to work on pages.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Another Copic Card
I did another practice card today and got notice my other colors shipped so in a couple days I should have some more colors to play with. I will need to go through my stamps and find some great images to practice coloring. For this card I used pattern paper from Bo Bunny, cardstock from Bazzill, Georgia Pacific for the card base, ribbon from Gina K and the copic markers I used were B00-frost blue, B01-mist blue, andB02 Robins egg blue along with G14 Apple green and G21 Lime Green.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Finally to some crafting!!!
The cleaning is done and the yardsale is over, my scraproom has been cleaned, reorganized and everything back in its place! Now I am getting down to some crafting. I whipped up a few scrapbook pages today because I am way behind, but lots more to do and some pictures maybe tomorrow. Last night I took my first Copic marker class. I am a little intimidated by these markers, but I am really going to master it before it is over. Below is my first card I did today using what few markers I have. I ordered 12 more today so next week my color choice will be better. Thanks to my friend Lori for teaching our class and can't wait till the next one!!!
I used scraps on this card. I used some papers from My Minds Eyes, my spellbinder dies and a stamp from Rubber Stampede.
I used scraps on this card. I used some papers from My Minds Eyes, my spellbinder dies and a stamp from Rubber Stampede.
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The Texas Rangers are heavily rumored, and even moreso today, to be in on Atlanta Braves slugger Justin Upton, who they tried to get via free agency before the 2013 season before ultimately losing out to the Braves.
It seems pretty much everyone is on the table with the exception of Joey Gallo and Jorge Alfaro, the Rangers' top two prospects. It'd be great to get Upton's bat, along with the 30 homers and 100 RBIs that come with it, to plug into the vacant left field hole in their 2015 outfield, but it still seems like a better idea that the Rangers try to get another pitcher.
Even if the Rangers go on and land Hyeon-jong Yang, the Korean star they have reportedly won the bidding on, he's not going to be enough to satisfy their need for starting pitching. Right now, the Rangers' rotation goes like this: Yu Darvish, Derek Holland, TBD, Colby Lewis, Nick Tepesch/Nick Martinez.
What if it looked more like this? Yu Darvish, Derek Holland, TBD, Hyeon-jong Yang, Colby Lewis?
Getting Yang gives the Rangers a chance to have expendable big-league ready, young, controllable arms in Tepesch and Martinez to make available via trade, not only for a guy like Upton but more importantly a guy like Tyson Ross or Andrew Cashner to throw into that No. 3 rotation spot.


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Comb Filters and Notch Filters in a Display
Inside a TV, either a comb filter or a notch filter separates the color and brightness parts of a video signal into their component parts. If the signals aren't properly separated, you see moving dots of color around the edges of images, a phenomenon called dot crawl.
Many video sources (such as broadcast NTSC television or composite video connections from other source devices) send both the color (chrominance) and brightness (luminance) parts of the video signal as a single combined signal. (The signal carried over a composite video cable is combined in this way.)
Notch filters are the least effective at separating the signals, whereas the various kinds of comb filters do a better job. You'll find three kinds of comb filters in direct-view displays:
2-D comb filter: This is the least effective (and least expensive) kind of comb filter, though it's better than a notch filter.
3-D comb filter: This type of comb filter is better than 2-D but not as good as the digital comb filter.
Digital comb filter (sometimes called 3-D Y/C): Found in more expensive direct-view sets, the digital comb filter uses more sophisticated (and digital!) signal processing to separate chrominance and luminance. This is the king of the hill when it comes to comb filters.
When you connect sources to your display with S-video, component video, or HDMI cables, chrominance and luminance are separated in the source device, not in your TV. The same is true for HDTV signals coming into your TV over the air or on a cable system (without a set-top box). In these cases, your display's built-in comb filter is bypassed. In other words, the comb filter is important mostly for nondigital TV broadcasts and for older source components such as VCRs.


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(Reuters) - On Deck Capital Inc (ONDK.N) shares fell 8 percent on Monday after the online lender said it was tightening credit requirements that it expects will lead to profitability in the long term but slow its growth this year.
Like it peers, OnDeck has been facing concerns from investors over the quality of its loans and its ability to sustain a fast pace of growth. It reported a slightly bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Monday.
Chief Financial Officer Howard Katzenberg said on a Monday conference call to discuss the financial results that the stricter credit requirements would lead to a 20 percent drop in originations in the second quarter from the previous three months.
OnDeck also expects origination volumes to be lower this year than in 2016, Chief Executive Officer Noah Breslow said on the call.
"We have made the strategic decision to shift the company's near-term focus from growing loans under management to achieving profitability," Breslow said.
Reflecting the changes, the company lowered its full-year net revenue outlook to a range of $342 million to $352 million. It previously had forecast $377 million to $387 million.
Shares of OnDeck were down 8 percent at $4.27.
OnDeck is also aiming to slash annual costs by an additional $25 million, primarily by cutting staff by about 27 percent from levels at the end of 2016.
In February, the New York-based company, which runs a website that allows small businesses to secure loans from investors, had announced a plan to reduce costs by $20 million annually.
OnDeck also said on Monday that it would shift further toward funding more loans itself.
It expects loans funded by outside entities to account for only 5 percent of its originations this year, a change that means the company will have to set more money aside for potential losses, Katzenberg said.
OnDeck reported a first-quarter loss of 11 cents per share, excluding special items. Analysts on average were expecting a 10-cent loss, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Gross revenue rose 48.4 percent to $92.89 million on higher net interest income, beating analysts' estimates of $90.38 million.
Provisions for losses jumped 82 percent to $46.18 million, while funding costs nearly doubled to $11.28 million. Operating expenses rose about 5 percent to $46.68 million.
Reporting by Anna Irrera in New York and Nikhil Subba in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Lisa Von Ahn


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PUBLIC CONSULTATION on the preliminary opinion on the 'safety' of Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) Silicone Breast Implants (2013 update)
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the above-mentioned preliminary opinion following the Stakeholder Dialogue Procedures (Annex IV to the Rules of Procedures) of the Scientific Committees.
In 2012, the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks, SCENIHR, was asked for an update of theOpinion on the safety of Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) Silicone Breast Implants.
This was mainly due to the fact that the data available on PIP silicone breast implants was limited at the time of the opinion
In its 2012 Opinion, the SCENIHR concluded that the evidence to date, indicating a health risk for women with PIP silicone breast implants, was not strong. However there was some concern regarding an increased inflammation from ruptured PIP silicone breast implants. It was not possible to make a general risk benefit statement at that time. It was also concluded that the risk benefit assessment needs to be based on a patient by patient basis by the aesthetic surgeon, bearing in mind the time since the implantation and the psychological state of the patient.
The aim of this new Opinion is to update the rapid opinion from 2012 based on additional data produced by and collected from the Member States and other international fora, such as the International Laboratory Testing Panel for PIP breast implants.
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Campbelltown Collegians Cricket Club and John Therry Catholic High School in Rosemeadow have joined forces with Sydney Thunder to provide much needed support for schools in Port Orly in Vanuatu.
Eight teachers from John Therry Catholic High School will be living in the village area and volunteering their time to teach at local schools during the July holiday break. Each of the volunteers have spent the last few weeks doing fundraising for projects for the trip.
The group of teachers, including Gavan Martyn, will visit areas that still show signs of damage from Tropical Cyclone Pam that ripped through Vanuatu in 2015. Martyn, who is the co-ordinator of Teaching and School Operations in Rosemeadow, is excited to be able to provide some cricket coaching for the teachers and students in Vanuatu.
"With the help of Sydney Thunder and their donation of a cricket kit and clothing we will be able to teach the students at this school how to play this wonderful game", Martyn said.
"We have held fundraisers to buy a whipper snipper and push lawn mower for the school and Church so that the grounds can be more easily maintained."
Sydney Thunder is committed to supporting the growth of cricket, both locally and overseas. The Thunder Nation has donated cricket equipment and uniform to; Kenya, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Germany, Kenya, Fiji and the Caribbean.


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Tattoos are a unique form of self expression, so beauty is mostly in the eye of the beholder. However, there are cases when it's next to impossible not to think that some choices have a well deserved spot on the list of the worst tattoos ever created. Lacking originality, artistic skills or proper grammar, these tattoos should definitely be a lesson in what not to do, if you ever decide getting inked:
Food can indeed be a great pleasure in life, but does it really deserve to be honored in the form of a tattoo? There were definitely people who thought so and consequently allocated spaces on their bodies for it. While at least some made sure that their tattoo could be easily covered when desired, others decided to immortalize their food preferences in much more visible spots.
We'll never know what makes a McDonald's meal so important and memorable that it absolutely has to take a permanent place on one's body, but that receipt will forever remind someone of that time they went to a fast food joint and decided to have a crystal clear reminder of the 2014 fast food prices.
The easiest way to make sure a tattoo is neither original nor could it ever be perceived as creative? Make it a group tattoo and be sure to choose one the most overused acronyms of the moment. Try as we might to find a reason why the YOLO group tattoo could ever be considered a good idea, it's still one of the most stupid tattoos we've come across.
Popularity and good looks might be enough to earn someone the title of prom queen, but such honor definitely doesn't come with perks such as proper grammar skills or at least the common sense to choose a tattoo artist that spell checks before getting to work.
We get it: technology and gaming have the power to stir intense reactions. Even so, why someone would choose to have a tattoo of a game they hate in such a visible place will forever remain a mystery. On the same vein, Google might indeed be one of man's best friends but is a Google it knuckle tattoo really necessary to show it? Apparently so.
Some choose to wear their heart on their sleeve...others to get camera tattoos on their arm. At least it'll be a reminder of old technology for posterity.
Face tattoos are easily one of the dumbest tattoo choices, but when they also manage to look like permanent smudges, they instantly become top contenders to the list of worst tattoo designs ever created.
Is one of your goals in life to get child support? Immortalize it as tramp stamp....or better yet, don't ever, ever do that unless you want be the proud owner of one of the stupidest tattoos ever.
Celebrities aren't exempt from making bad tattoo design choices. Scarlett Johansson's Lucky You tattoo, which looks like something drawn by a first grader, is a good proof.
We simply couldn't finish off the list of some of the most terrible tattoo designs across the web, without showing some of the least romantic expressions of love...or whatever the person getting the tattoo was thinking about. When it comes to the least attractive representations of a kiss, this tattoo is definitely one of the big winners.
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Feb. 14, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Tracey Walker and Jen Gottschalk registered double-doubles to lead the Santa Clara women's basketball team to an 86-81 overtime victory over Pepperdine Thursday night at the Leavey Center. With the win, SCU improved to 6-3 in West Coast Conference action and 17-7 on the season, while the Waves dropped to 1-9 in league play and 6-17 overall.
Walker posted a career-high 27 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for the Broncos, while Gottschalk compiled her ninth double-double of the season with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Freshman Nicole Gall added a season-best 17 points, going 5-for-8 from beyond the arc, while Elizabeth Doran chipped in with 10 points.
The Broncos started the game with an early scoring run, notching 10 points in the first three minutes of the contest. Daphanie Kennedy, who registered a game-high 31 points, ended Santa Clara's run with a layup, 10-2. The Waves rallied back to bring the score within one point, 15-14, with 9:32 left in the first half. Pepperdine earned its first lead of the night with 4:57 remaining, 25-24, but Doran responded with a three-pointer to quickly put SCU up by two, 27-25. The two teams traded baskets and the Broncos ended the first half with a three-point lead, 36-33.
Less than two minutes into the second half, an aggressive Santa Clara offensive scored five points, widening its lead to seven points, 41-34. The Broncos then claimed their largest lead of the contest, 55-44, on trey from Gall with 11:30 to play. Yet, the Waves were relentless and with 4:10 left in the second half, a shot from beyond the arc by Katie Menton and a free shot by Jessica Ross put Pepperdine within three points of SCU, 64-61. A three-pointer from Taylor Smith knotted the score, 66-66, with 1:21 left in regulation. Gall dropped another trey for the Broncos with 56 seconds left to give SCU a 69-66 advantage but a free shot from Miranda Ayim and a layup from Kennedy sent the game into overtime.
Kennedy scored the first basket in overtime on a layup, 71-69, but Walker answered with a three-pointed, followed by another shot from beyond the arc by Gall and a second trey by Walker to make the score, 78-73. Walker then fired back with a fast break layup, 80-75, with 1:00 left. A free shot by Ayim and two free throws by Kennedy brought the Waves within two points, 80-78, with 32 seconds left. But free throws by Doran and Sara Majors gave Santa Clara a six-point advantage, 84-78, with 22 seconds left. With 10 seconds left, Gottschalk made two free throws to give the Broncos the 86-81 victory.
The Broncos return to action on Saturday, Feb. 16 against the Lions of Loyola Marymount. Saturday is Pack the House night at the Leavey Center. Fans are asked to wear red in support of their Broncos. Tip off is scheduled for 2 p.m.


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In article <2ap3lc$d0g at charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, bdemars at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Brent G DeMars) writes: >What are your opinions on people who earn two Ph.D. 's in different fields such >as ecology and toxicology. I'm contemplating another doctorate and wonder what >the general consensus in academia is regarding this. I'm also consider as a >possibility a J.D. > >thanks If you can combine the two in one thesis, why bother? Its the resume that counts, unless you really want to spend all of that time as a student. I did all of the necessary work for a Ph.D. in both botany and plant pathology in about 3.5 years (and know several others who did the same - I'm not bragging). I didn't see the point in doing two dissertations, since mine really included both topics anyway. In fact, I have no trouble being considered as a plant pathologist by most, although my piece of paper says Botany. I think you will save yourself a lot of aggravation if you form your committee and project in an interdisciplinary manner (presuming your institution allows it). -RSW RICHARD WINDER Title: Visiting Fellow Forestry Canada Phone: (604) 363-0600 Victoria, B.C. Internet: RWINDER at A1.PFC.Forestry.CA


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We all know about second book syndrome (or if you don't hell you are lucky) but hear it today from Jay Kristoff the author of the awesome Lotus War trilogy, just Why Third Books are the Greatest!!
Tabitha's review of Bk #1: STORMDANCER
Tabitha's review of Bk #2: KINSLAYER
ENDSINGER releases November 24, 2014!
Tabitha interviews Jay Kristoff
Now lets hear it from the author himself on why third books are the greatest!
Anyone who knows an author, has spent any time talking to an author, or happened to be in the room while an author got outrageously drunk, has probably heard the infamous words "second books are HARD" (you may have noticed writers tend to get drunk a lot during the writing of book #2).
Having written a second book in a series, I can personally attest to the need for liquefaction while writing them—second books are rough. You can't quite finish anything. You need to have pace and conflict and gravity and all the bits going BOOM, but you can't bring any of it to a real conclusion. That's the job of the series finale, and this is what leads to all that drunken wailing and secondbook-itis you've heard about (which I seemed to avoid, and yayyyy bourbon for that).
What nobody really talks about is how awesome third books are to write.
I think the closest comparison I can draw is to building sandcastles on the beach when you were a kid (if you lived near a beach that is, maybe you build mud palaces instead). Book 1 and 2 are all about the construction phase. Building intricate towers and walls and buildings, crafting them all lovingly until they're all impressive and shiny. But the BEST part of the day at the beach for me was always the part where I got to stomp my sandcastle to rubble before I left. There's something therapeutic about destroying this thing you've so lovingly built, jumping up and down on those walls and towers until there's nothing left but your footprints in the sand—at least there was for me. My doctor says I'm doing better, thanks for asking. I haven't set anything on fire in four whole days.
Anyway, writing a book 3 is kinda like the deconstruction phase of the sand castle game. Everything you've spent so much time building comes crashing in down in one big crescendo of stompyness. This isn't to say you can solve plot issues and storylines with random destruction—everything should still be earned, and readers shouldn't be short-changed by death being a solution to lazy plotting. But final solutions actually become solutions. You get to kill the big bad guy. You get to finally have those characters who've circled each other for three books finally get together. You get to have heroic sacrifices and tearful goodbyes and tragic deaths. You get to fill your reader with the knowledge that NO ONE is safe, that maybe nobody gets out of this thing alive.
And best of all, you get to type the words THE END and actually mean it, and if you've done your job right, walk away with the knowledge you gave your characters the send-off they deserved.
I've spent 5 years writing the LOTUS WAR. This was my first ever series, and I'll never love another series I write quite like it. Yukiko and Buruu will stay with me forever. But I can honestly say I had more fun writing ENDSINGER than STORMDANCER and KINSLAYER combined. I can honestly say this is my best LOTUS WAR book ever, and I gave these characters that've been my constant companions for half a decade the finale they deserved.
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Jay's first trilogy, THE LOTUS WAR, is set to be published in over a dozen countries. The first installment STORMDANCER, was critically acclaimed and shortlisted for several SF/F awards, and the Lotus War novella THE LAST STORMDANCER won the 2014 Aurelais Award for Best Fantasy Short Fiction. The third book, ENDSINGER, is out in November 2014. Jay's new series, the SciFi thriller ILLUMINAE, which he co-authored with Amie Kaufman, is due for publication by Random House in 2015. He is as surprised about it as you are. He is represented by Matt Bialer at Sanford J Greenburger Associates.
Jay is 6'7″ and has approximately 13264 days to live. He abides in Melbourne with his secret agent kung-fu assassin wife, and the world's laziest Jack Russell.
He has a sweet beard.
He does not believe in happy endings.
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He soon comes up with several important improvements to the governance of the Wizarding World, including a workable definition of "Beast" and "Being" and and creating separate divisions for them in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures (FB).
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Sometime after the creation of the Beast and Being Divisions of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, Stump also had the Spirit Division (for ghosts) added to the Department (FB).
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Presence prayer is choosing to believe in and concentrate on God's continual attention towards us in order to increase our awareness of and dependence upon his very personal presence.
1. When you consider God's investment in the minutia of your life, how do you characterize his involvement? Do you think God "cares" which city you move to, much less what you cook for your dinner? According to Matthew 10:29–31, God notices and values every hair falling from your head. How does this assertion compare with your assumptions about his involvement? How does it shape how you view presence prayer?
2. How do you usually evaluate your prayer life? What are the benefits to developing a sense of God's presence by regularly observing your prayer habit?
3. When you compare Brother Lawrence's circumstances and experience of prayer with your own, how practical does his plan sound to you? What do you feel about a ten-year commitment to praying like this? What might motivate you to practice the presence of God in spite of its demands?
4. What are some regular events, chores, visual stimuli, or auditory signals that might function as prompts for you to check in with Jesus? Where in your day do you have the alone-time that might be most conducive to beginning such a plan?
5. What obstacles to this discipline can you envision? How might you overcome them? What plan can you make with your spiritual friend or group to receive help and encouragement when you encounter weariness, defeat, or the temptation to give up?
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Cyber-crime doesn't (always) pay July 29, 2011Posted by Mark Hillary in Internet, IT Services.
Tags: activism, blagger, computer, crime, criminal, cyber, cybercrime, ddos, denial of service, espionage, fraud, IP, noel smith, publishers, razor, security, terrorism, theft, thief, warfare
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If you have read the book 'A few kind words and a loaded gun' by former bank robber Noel 'Razor' Smith, you will understand how far the world has come from the days of blaggers charging into a bank branch with a shotgun and making off with a stack of cash.
Smith laments the amount of security measures attached to the movement of cash that now makes simple bank robberies almost impossible, and he notes that anyone carrying out such a crime today would be a fool. Cyber-crime offers the chance for greater riches without ever going near a gun.
All you need is a computer and some nous and you can commit various types of crime without ever leaving home. Fraud, organised crime, electronic espionage, IP theft, terrorism, activism, and even warfare can call fall under the wider label of cyber-crime and all can be perpetrated without much risk if you know how to cover your online tracks.
This all means that is it harder than ever to protect your company from criminals because there are now so many ways in which an attack can take place. Publishers may lose content to online thieves. Activists or terrorists may target your brand for attack with such tools as the dreaded denial of service attacks. Insiders can raid your company funds and misappropriate assets. The list goes on.
But the real point is that crime has now become virtual and hidden in the shadows. Mastering the technical skills of computer networks and the smooth-talking social engineering required to get passwords from the unwary now gives any unscrupulous hacker the keys to the vault.
Are we really prepared for this new era of crime?
Wikileaks – the legality of a website for leaks August 11, 2010Posted by Mark Hillary in Government.
Tags: confidential, copyright, crime, criminal, intellectual propoerty, internet, IP, leak, military, whistleblower, wikileaks
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Wikileaks describes itself as "WikiLeaks is a multi-jurisdictional public service designed to protect whistleblowers, journalists and activists who have sensitive materials to communicate to the public." The site distributes data across several servers located in several countries, therefore not subjecting itself to any one jurisdiction. There are also hundreds of web addresses that will take a reader to the Wikileaks site too, just in case your current jurisdiction bans it.
If it is possible to make any comment about anyone or any organisation using a service such as this then the national protection of libel surely no longer exists?


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Canadian Pacific Ceases Pursuit of Norfolk Southern Railroad
Calgary, Alberta-based Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. on Monday announced it was terminating its efforts to merge with Norfolk Southern Corp. Canadian Pacific had pursued the merger in an attempt to create a North American railroad that would stretch from Canada's west coast to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean in the U.S.
In a statement on the company's website, Canadian Pacific said its decision included "the withdrawal of a resolution asking NS shareholders to vote in favor of good-faith negotiations between the two companies."
The company went on to state that, at this time, Canadian Pacific has no further plans for financial offers or meetings with the NS board of directors.
"We have long recognized that consolidation is necessary for the North American rail industry to meet the demands of a growing economy, but with no clear path to a friendly merger at this time, we will turn all of our focus and energy to serving our customers and creating long-term value for CP shareholders," said Canadian Pacific CEO E. Hunter Harrison.
The resolution CP sent to Norfolk Southern shareholders and then later withdrew is likely the very thing that sent the possibility of a merger spiraling downward.
On March 3, CP filed a petition with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board for declaratory order concerning CP's interest in buying the Norfolk Southern (NS). In the petition, CP stated they were pursuing a merger with NS, which had refused CP's overtures based in large part, on its assertion that the Surface Transportation Board would not approve CP's proposed voting trust structure.
"This assertion appears to be intended to discourage stockholder support for a CP-NS meeting to discuss the benefits of a merger, and thus its mere presence shields NS's current management from their own stockholders by creating the impression that the regulatory process creates insurmountable obstacles to any transaction," Canada Pacific stated in its petition. "A declaratory ruling from the board providing guidance would remove such uncertainty, and thus leave stockholders free to make decisions about the efficacy of further meetings based on the potential benefits of a merger, not on ersatz regulatory concerns."
Soon after the petition was filed, opposition grew louder and many groups responded to the STB, asking them to allow interested parties 45 days to reply to the March 2 petition.
At the JPMorgan Aviation, Transportation and Industrials Conference on March 9, Canadian Pacific CEO E. Hunter Harrison was questioned about the CP bid for the Norfolk Southern and the filing to the STB. "We're hoping that the resolution, whether it's overwhelming or for whatever reason, would cause them to have second thoughts, and maybe they would sit down and talk to us. As they sit down and talk to us, and we still can't agree, and they decide they don't want to do a deal, then we're closing shop and we're going to Calgary, and we're going to run a hell of a railroad in Western Canada and see what happens to the North American network, and reward some shareholders and have some fun. We don't have to do this deal. I mean, look, Alberta beef is good, but we just got some gravy we thought was even better. Let's make it even better. But if they don't want gravy on their steaks, then fine," said Harrison.
On March 10, the STB published a decision stating that, "Replies will be due by April 8, 2016, and should address the merits of CP's petition. CP will be permitted to file a rebuttal by April 13, 2016."
Since Dec. 7, 2015, a number of stakeholders had submitted correspondence to the STB about CP's pursuit of the NS. Those submitting comments included members of Congress, state and local officials, shippers and members of the public. While all responses to the proposed merger have not been negative, these latest responses may have been the final blow to the deal.
An example of one of the responses opposing the merger was a statement released by U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Penn., on April 5: "I have closely followed Canadian Pacific's attempts to merge with another railroad over the past several years, and after looking at the merits of the current proposal to merge with Norfolk Southern, I do not believe it is in the best interests of the U.S. freight transportation system, railroad employees, rail shippers, and the short line railroads."
"A strong, healthy, and well-functioning freight rail system is critical to the movement of goods in this country. However, CP's pursuit of a merger over the last two years has done nothing but create uncertainty in the rail industry, and there continues to be no clear path forward for such an arrangement," Shuster said. "I have expressed my concerns to the appropriate federal agency, and I believe it is time for all parties to move on from hypothetical merger proposals and focus on improving the transportation of goods and products to help grow the American economy."
On Thursday, April 7, the United States military filed a response to the STB saying, "It is too early to determine whether either a CPRL+NSR merger itself, or a downstream merger involving other major railroads, would degrade national defense. However, the potential certainly exists for either the CPRL+NSR merger or a downstream merger to adversely affect national defense. Therefore, it is critical that no common control of CPRL and NSR occur prior to the board ruling that such common control, and the merger that cements it, is permissible. Such a ruling should certainly consider the effects of both the CPRL+NSR merger, and any resultant downstream mergers, on national defense." (http://goo.gl/…)
On Friday, April 8, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an 11-page reply to the CP petition for a declaratory order saying, "The STB should reject the proposed voting trust structure because it risks altering the competitive landscape between the CP and NS and indeed the entire rail system in a way that could not be reversed if the STB rejects the merger. We believe that this voting trust would create unlawful control violations and would be inconsistent with the public interest." (http://goo.gl/…)
I have read through many of the responses provided to the STB concerning the Canadian Pacific's pursuit of Norfolk Southern. I have also spoken to various CP grain elevator customers over the past year about the merger proposal, and some expressed their concerns with one word: "monopoly." Shippers on the CP have also expressed concerns that rail rates would increase if a merger were to go through and wondered if service may also be negatively affected. Meanwhile, shippers on the Norfolk Southern railroad made it very clear in the many comments to the STB that they were concerned Canadian Pacific may change the infrastructure of NS and have a detrimental effect of those states' agriculture landscape.
I would agree with their concerns about service changes, especially on the Norfolk Southern railroad. The possibility of rail rate increases was a strong possibility had the merger gone ahead. Grain prices have dropped significantly since harvest 2015. And while rail service has improved throughout the U.S. since 2014, the last thing grain shippers need right now is the fear of increased costs.
Here is a link to all correspondence sent to and from the STB since December 2015: http://www.stb.dot.gov/…
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