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We need to change the system so shareholders who hold on to their shares for longer are rewarded with greater rights.
Saturday, 16 April 2016
Corp gov reform: do something meaningful or don't bother
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- Unknown said...
Its not at the Corporate Governance end that's the problem. First you have to end active fund management by requiring trustees to prove to their members that it is as cheap as passive. Which is what the DCLG are doing to the LGPS pools. Then you need to require trustees to produce a voting policy that is consulted annually with beneficiaries rather than just letting managers vote the shares. Then pension funds must report their voting to members. The problem isn't one of corp governance its a problem at the asset owning end and the use of active management.
- 16 April 2016 at 11:22
- PaintingWithNumbers said...
Totally agree.
Liz's proprosal (she's a great woman, I'm sure) would be ineffective and just introduce unnecessary complexity.
- 16 April 2016 at 11:24
- Tom Powdrill said...
Obv agree with you on active/passive & costs.
Disagree that there isn't a corp gov problem (what's the point of getting asset owners to toughen up voting and consult with and report to beneficiaries if not?). So if Labour is going to do work in this area I'd rather we went to the core, rather than try (again) to fiddle with shareholder rights and ask them to do it. Personal view is that we work with shareholders as a powerful influence on companies because a shareholder primacy corp gov model is the hand we have been dealt. But I'd rather Labour challenged the model.
- 16 April 2016 at 12:39
- Unknown said...
What's the Corporate Governance problem? Define it and then offer an alternative!
- 16 April 2016 at 13:16
- Tom Powdrill said...
I'll chuck back at you - why do you want asset owners to control voting rights and have policies developed in consultation with beneficiaries if you don't think there is a corp gov problem? What's the point?
- 16 April 2016 at 15:15
- PaintingWithNumbers said...
Primacy of shareholders is one strand, but not the only one, I believe to be problematic with the current corporate governance model.
The divorce between ownership and control is an already recognised phenomenon in the literature. But even if this shortcoming was overcome, a divorce between shareholder interest and worker interest would continue to exist.
A solution? To change company law to compel boards of directors to have elected worker representatives as board members so that investment and operating decisions can be more closely aligned to the interests of the workforce.
As a side point, but nonetheless relevant, I would also amend the financial reporting regime to compel the publication of a Value Added Statement in a firm's corporate report. This would assist with transparency vis a vis how the wealth produced in a year is allocated between the firm's various stakeholders.
- 16 April 2016 at 15:29
- Unknown said...
The ultimate owners of companies are the pension fund beneficiaries - not trustees, not custodian banks, not fund managers. Yet between them are layers and layers of intermediaries.
That means they have no chance of shaping their views on how their companies should be run. That is why the Law Commission stressed the need to consult us on 'non-financial matters'.
That is why that end of ownership chain needs reform. I am simply asking what governance changes or rather corporate governance reforms you'd like to see under company law?
I am not a fan of putting a worker on a board they will simply get outnumbered and corrupted, or chosen from a small sample. Perhaps something like the German arrangement with a supervisory board maybe.
I get the value added statement.
What else?
- 16 April 2016 at 18:50
- PaintingWithNumbers said...
Not worker (singular), but workers (plural) on a particular company's board. Company law can be drafted so that the number of workers on a board are not outnumbered. Moreover,company law could require worker reps to be elected by the company's workforce. Incidences of rogue worker reps (eg those pursuing agendas not mandated by their voters) should be minimised by the legal power of recall given to the company's workforce.
Yes, the German model of co-determination is very appealing. However, that is a two tier system whereas the UK model is a single tier board model.
You ask "what else?". Putting workers on boards is quite a fundamental reform which I expect (and hope)would have many ramifications. From such a reform many modifications to the manner in which companies operate would flow. That is why I advocate it and why it is resisted so fiercely by defenders of the status quo.
Were a 2-tier board to be introduced by UK company law, as per German codetermination, then the shareholders could also be given the same legal rights as the workforce to elect its reps. So worker reps and shareholders could sit on the same supervisory board in equal number with ties broken by some agreed mechanism. At the moment, company law grants only limited rights to shareholders to appoint or remove directors. Hence it is directors calling the shots, not shareholders.
If shareholders chose to stay inactive after being given enhanced rights, then workers coud be allocated the seats on the board which would otherwise have been allocated to shareholders.
- 16 April 2016 at 19:22
- Tom Powdrill said...
Yep, I'd agree with all of that.
Obviously day-today we have to operate within a shareholder primacy model because that is the UK's chosen corporate model (though PLCs could voluntary have worker representation if they wanted - I think FirstGroup is the only PLC that has a worker director and they have just the one). Under this model shareholders alone are granted control rights (even though legally they aren't owners) so shareholders are an important and influential group that unions need to work with.
But I think we should challenging the model itself. The prioritisation of shareholders over other stakeholders doesn't do us any favours either in specific cases or overall (i.e. returns to capital vs labour).
- 17 April 2016 at 09:35
- John Gray said...
since there is a less than zero chance of the present government doing anything like this until it is kicked out then the AMNT Red lines may the best way forward for now http://amnt.org/red-line-voting/ (or possibly even the only show in town)
- 17 April 2016 at 14:47
- Tom Powdrill said...
hi John
you seen my email re: my favourite transport company? (in response to your suggestion at TUSO meeting)
- 17 April 2016 at 19:55
- John Gray said...
Sorry this is late but great email Tom. Spoke to Janice tonight. Need to push this
- 26 April 2016 at 23:04

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World trade has nearly doubled in less than a decade and has increased staggeringly since World War II. The world is knit together and connected by economic trade.¹ Economically successful countries take part in a global economic market and form of capital exchange.¹ Global trade has an extensive history and has been a major force in the history of humankind, as explained by William J. Bernstein in his novel "A Splendid Exchange".¹
In economics, trade refers to the exchange of goods, where the ownerships of the goods being traded is transferred between the two parties. Thus, within the global context, international trade refers to the exchange of goods across international borders.
With the rise of globalization, where there are significant improvements in the field of telecommunications and transportation, international trade has grown significantly with this movement. In most countries, such as China, trade represents a significant portion of gross domestic product (GDP). GDP is one primary indicator used to gauge a country's economy.² Without international trade, countries would only receive goods which are created within their own domestic borders. Thus, globalization has helped international trading by facilitating not only the movement towards creating multinational corporations, but also aiding in the process of outsourcing. It is now evident that these things have a major impact in the international trade system.
In terms of international development, trade can be used to help economic development. Trade in fact has been predicted, by numerous economists, as being an important tool in the path of development. However, the main problem is that trade is not the solution to development, but rather an agent that will aid in it. Issues which may arise from over-reliance of international trade include limiting the chances of domestic infant industries to thrive which is also equally as important. So thus, it is important to find the right balance between domestic and international trade in terms of a country's development.
History of global trade and economics
As Adam Smith (as pictured) explains in "The Wealth of Nations", humans are endowed with "a propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another", meaning all humans have a tendency to participate in some form of market.¹ This, he writes, makes humans unique to all other species. Ancient Mesopotamia was rich in fertile soil and water, but lacked stone and wood for building, as well as various metals.¹ The Sumerians had surplus food to trade, so they could bargain for stone, wood, and metal.¹ In the Roman times, Egyptian grain, Greek wine, Spanish copper and silver, and many other Meditterranean commodities were ferried and traded.¹
Successions of trade, colonies, naval power and empires repeated itself with many other civilizations, like Venetians and Genoese, the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. Rather than what was historically slaves and spices between traded and commodified, it is now oil.
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2. Investopedia. What is GDP and why is it so important? Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/199.asp© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com May 31, 2020, 1:18 pm ad1c9bdddf


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Welcome back to Past, Present and Future, the fortnightly (ahem) post in which I invite a special guest over to Book to the Future for a nice, hot cup of tea and a spot of time travel.
For anyone new to Book to the Future, here's the deal: I ask someone bookish to share with me a little bit about the book they've just read and the book they're reading right now. I also get them to take a peek into their crystal ball and let me know what they're planning to read next.
My guest for this edition of Past, Present and Future is none other than Annabel Smith, author of digital interactive novel, The Ark. Here's what Annabel's been reading…
The last couple of months have been a reading wasteland for me, as I have worked every spare minute preparing for the publication of my novel The Ark. Now it is out in the world I'm very happy to get back to to my ridiculously enormous reading pile.
I adored Meg Wolitzer's The Interestings and have since been exploring her backlist, most recently with her novel The Ten-Year Nap, which explores the difficult line walked by working women who become parents.
I read a few reviews which dismissed the novel as the whining of privileged white women but I found it incredibly relatable and I respected Wolitzer's willingness to tackle a subject which is so ordinary as to seem unworthy of being the subject for a novel. The timing was perfect actually, as in November, I'm lucky to be writer-in-residence at Katherine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre, and I'll be starting a new novel which engages with similar themes, and draws on my experiences with post-natal depression.
Yesterday I devoured Edan Lepucki's debut novel California in one sitting. Set in a not-too-distant and easily imaginable future in which extreme weather events and environmental problems are making parts of the country uninhabitable, Cal & Frida create a new life for themselves in the wilderness. When Frida becomes pregnant they journey to a closed community, hoping to be accepted.
The novel is beautifully written and the day-to-day details of post-apocalyptic survival are fascinating, as are the dynamics of the communities that form under extreme conditions. California is also a very insightful portrayal of the ups and downs of marriage, especially under fraught circumstances.
Though the settings were quite different, in terms of themes I found many interesting parallels with my recently-published novel The Ark.
For the third year in a row, I am taking part in the Australian Women Writers Challenge, in which I have challenged myself to read at least one book by an Australian female author each month.
I have just begun Emily Bitto's The Strays, and am instantly beguiled by its gorgeous writing and sepia-toned depiction of childhood in the Melbourne of the 1930s.
Centred around the family of an artist, it looks like it is going to explore 'bohemian parenting' and female friendship and I can't wait to see where it goes.
Annabel Smith is the author of Whisky Charlie Foxtrot, and A New Map of the Universe, which was shortlisted for the WA Premier's Book Awards. Her short fiction and non-fiction has been published in Southerly, Westerly, Wheeler Dailies and Junkee. She holds a PhD in Writing, is an Australia Council Creative Australia Fellow, and is a member of the editorial board of Margaret River Press. Her digital interactive novel/app The Ark has just been released. Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.
Thank you so much for being a part of Past, Present and Future, Annabel! Congratulations on the launch of The Ark – here's wishing it every success. Best of luck with the new novel…


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It's once and always Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals hockey, all day, all night, all the time . . . or when I get around to it
Friday, September 14, 2007
A New Stats Format
Training Camp...Day One
Jake Taylor: Shit, the way I played today, I wouldn't be surprised if they red-tagged me already.
Willie Mays Hayes: What do ya mean?
Well, today was the first day of training camp for the Caps, and chances are, no one got cut. But today's on-ice activity was not without its moments, either….
-- Viktor Kozlov centering Alexander Ovechkin and Francois Bouchard in the scrimmage…hmm.
-- Michael Nylander centering Tomas Fleischmann and Alexander Semin....uh, ok.
-- Shaone Morrisonn planting Alexander Semin face-first into the end boards…Semin was down for a moment as he rearranged his helmet (perhaps ensuring it still contained his cranium)…Morrisonn giving Semin a tap on the backside with his stick as the two skated back.
-- Kozlov later taking a puck just underneath the edge of his helmet as Frederic Cassivi was trying to clear the puck up the center of the ice. Kozlov skated off immediately, but did so in a manner that did not suggest urgency (although he was holding a towel to his face).
-- Uh, here's a tip from your Uncle Peerless….orange, red, AND burgundy jerseys on the ice at the same time doesn't work very well.
-- Alexander Semin looks to have added some size.
-- The Peerless made a tactical error in foregoing the second half of the scrimmage to take in the drills on the Public Rink. Seems the second half had much more action, scoring-wise.
There was a nice crowd for a weekday start to camp, ringing both rinks. One can only imagine what The Plex will be like for the weekend. Welcome back Cappies and Cappie-fans.
And now, some images…
Alex Ovechkin scores his first shootout goal since....well, let's not go there.
Kolzig and Ovechkin show fans what they do to goalies who don't stop any shots.
See?...I told ya...red, burgundy and orange...it doesn't work, guys.
But gee, they look so purdy in their colored outfits.
Glen Hanlon, hoping and praying that Ovechkin did not have the double-chili cheese dogs for dinner last evening.
Olaf Kolzig, sporting his new mask and pads...
...and Brent Johnson his.
Teppo...we have bad news, and bad news
...and the bad news is, you're going to be suspended.
And for those of you keeping score, that means none of the Sabres' captains from last year will be on the ice on opening night. Daniel Briere and Chris Drury having signed with other teams. This will leave coach Lindy Ruff pondering his options. The Peerless, being a helping sort, has some suggestions:
Captain Merrill Stubing. Master of the Love Boat; if he was given the "C," HSBC Arena might be renamed, "The Love Shack."
Captain Barney Miller. Leader of the ol' one-two, he at least has the experience of trying to interpret some sort of rule book.
Captain Frank Furillo. Perhaps not the best choice. He spent too much time canoodling with Joyce Davenport, and everyone knows that Sgt. Phil Esterhaus ran the Hill Street precinct, anyway.
Captain Wallace B. Binghamton. "Ol' Leadbottom"...he has the experience of screaming at his nemesis, Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale, which might come in handy dealing with the Ron Koharski's and Kerry Fraser's of the world.


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This Bronx, New York group was one of the most popular acappella groups of the mid 60's.with many personal changes the classic formation consisted of Mario Ibañez(Lead),Carlos Infante(Baritone),Leo Perez(1st tenor),Robert McInerny(2nd Tenor) and Barry Zakar(Bass).
From 1964 to 1967 recorded several 45's and are present in numerous Acappella albums.in 1968 recorded their own album on Snowflake Records.
For more information visit;http://www.beaudaddy.com/zirkons/index.html
To Listen or Download please visit;http://www.zshare.net/audio/7650588415457fcc/
This group also recorded as The Profits and The Traditions on the Fellatio label.
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The Zircons (with C) group who recorded on The Mellomood label not have any connection whit this group they were an East Harlem group consisted of Jimmy Gerenetski (Lead), Neil Collelo, John Loiacono, Ken Pulicino and Donald Lewis. and only recorded in 1963 the sides_Lonely Way/Your Way(with music).
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
THE ZIRKONS_Here In My Heart
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- Whitedoowopcollector said...
I receive this Email from Neal Schneberg...
On your page for the Zirkons, you left out one of the original singers:
me, Neal Schneberg, who was the falsetto and 2nd tenor lead.
I sang with the group 1963-64, but left the group before they recorded.
Please add.
- July 11, 2010 at 8:09 AM
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Fantastic open air gig this August in De Montfort Hall's beautiful gardens.
Bugzy Malone
Mancunian wordsmith Bugzy Malone is one of the UK's brightest grime talents. The artist's debut album Walk With Me reached Number Two on the UK iTunes album chart and his music videos have had millions of views on YouTube. His freestyle submission on the Radio 1/1 Extra YouTube channel was the first to hit one million views, helping dub Bugzy 'The Evil Genius'.
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Yxng Bane first made waves when he dropped Lone Wolf on Soundcloud two years ago as a 19 year old. Despite being an unknown artist without a following, the song amassed 790,000 plays. Since then Yxng Bane's released a stream of dancehall-fused rap and R&B tracks and is yet to release an official music video that hasn't topped a million views.
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North Londoner Wretch 32 has come a long way since his days with Grime collective Combination Chain Gang. In 2011, the rapper hit the peak of the UK charts with Don't Go, one of three top five charting singles from his debut Black and White. Nudging a million followers on Twitter, Wretch 32 will be charming the outdoor crowds of De Montfort Hall this summer.
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Hello everyone,
Here's the new page from Shades Of Men.
We finally learn who's been surprising Ricky previously.
Sorry for the wait I've been busy working on an Anthology project.
Next page will most likely come in two weeks since I have a few things to finish.
I'll post an update next week about this project so you can stay informed.
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Logos are the single biggest representation of a brand. They are used across multiple forms of media as well as by and affiliates or any advertisements that are used to promote the brand and of course they're used on websites too.
The use of logos on websites doesn't have to follow the standard conventions as we'll see in some of the examples below.Positioning
The standard convention of logo placement on websites is in the top left area of the page. The reason why it is so common is exactly that. Placing it in the upper left is familiar to users so you won't see too many exceptions to this rule. Having said that, it is perfectly fine to bend this rule as you will see in some of the examples below. However you will have a hard time finding a website that doesn't include their logo in the header in some form or another.
The recent redesign of CNN sees the logo move to the center of the page. It works well as it is in a dominant position on the page, promoting the brand and becoming very memorable in the process. It is also slightly unconventional to the standard top-left positioning but perfectly acceptable as it remains in the header area at the top of the page.
Placing the logo to the right of the header area is the rarest of positions in web design but can be executed well. See the example below on duoh! Sufficient whitespace surrounds the logo in order for it to stand out on the right hand side of the page and still be clear and easy to see the name of the website.
Additional Locations
As well as having the logo in the header it is also fairly common to place the location in other locations on the page such as in the sidebar or in the footer to reinforce the brand. As users scroll away from the top of the page it can be a good idea to include another version of the logo elsewhere on the page to do this.
Pdstuts+ understand the importance of a footer, so much so that they even include their logo in the footer.
Gowalla uses their mascot icon in the sidebar of their homepage as well as in the footer of their site.
Logo size isn't always as important as is thought but it can be used in effective ways other than just displaying the name of the company or website. The two examples below show how both big and small logos can be utilised appropriately.
Bullet PR
Bullet PR use a big version of their logo to make it the starting point of the design. The line beneath it guides you around the content on the page and begins just after the logo.
Palm include a relatively small logo on their website but it isn't necessary for it to be any bigger as the company name and logo is always used in the names of their products which are displayed throughout their site in multiple locations.
Clever Tricks
With the internet being an interactive form of media it is possible to be creative with how a logo behaves depending on how a user interacts with it.
Scrolling down on Econsultancy's blog reveals an alternative coloured logo that appears to transform from from the red logo, underneath the header area. It's a nice effect that keeps the logo in view at all times.
Max Voltar
Tim Van Damme's blog, Max Voltar, uses a similar effect to the one above. As you scroll down the page  and the main logos disappears out of view, another logo appears in the sidebar from underneath the header so it is always visible.
Web Designer Depot
As you hover over the Web Designer Depot logo, a tooltip appears beneath to indicate that the clicking it links back to the homepage. Its common understanding that clicking a logo on a website takes you through to the homepage but it is helpful indication for anyone who may not be aware of this themselves.
Amazon use the same technique as above but use CSS sprite to display a different image, with the included 'homepage' text, when you hover over their logo. It also turns into a something more resembling button, giving that extra indication that it is clickable. Also note this doesn't happen on the homepage where it is unnecessary, only on sub pages.
Elliot Jay Stocks
A similar method is used by Elliot Jay Stocks on his personal site but instead of using a CSS sprite he simply makes use of a span tag that contains the word 'Home' which appears below the logo when hovered over. There is even an :active pseudo-class that darkens the 'Home' text when the logo is clicked.
Get Creative
Hopefully this will encourage you to get creative with logos in your future designs. If you have come across any other creative uses of logos, please share them in the comments below. Especially anything that can be added to the clever tricks section.


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The heroin epidemic has brought tragedy to thousands of families, but some have found comfort in a trend quietly picking up momentum. The Grugan family of Pennsylvania is among those who've donated the organs of a loved one who died from a drug overdose to help save other lives.
Eileen Grugan said her son, Charles, had checked off the organ donor box years before his death from a heroin overdose at age 33. "He was checking it off because he believed it was the right thing to do. Not that he would ever be called on to do that. He had big dreams," she told CBS News' Kenneth Craig.
But an addiction to painkillers derailed those dreams and swept Charles into the nation's opioid epidemic. He had his first pill in high school, and by age 30, he had moved on to heroin. Three years later, he overdosed in the family living room. "I yelled to him, 'Charles?' and he didn't answer, and I ran in and grabbed him and I said, 'Charles!' And he was gone. The brain damage was very, very severe and he was not going to be coming back," his mother said.
Charles' parents and sisters honored his wish to donate his organs. "It is the thing that helped us get through this grief that we thought we were never, ever, going to be able to be whole again," said Eileen.
Drug overdose deaths have spiked in recent years, but health experts say one silver lining in the crisis has been the increase in life-saving organs for transplants.
As of October, 12 percent of deceased organ donors in the U.S. died of drug intoxication, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) — 791 out of a total of 6,557. That's more than the number who died of gunshot wounds. While the percentage of organ donations from people who died of drug overdoses has risen steadily over the past two decades, UNOS data shows it's most notably increased in the past four years.
In New England, a region that's been hit especially hard by the opioid epidemic, one in four organ donors this year died from a drug overdose. The Mid-Atlantic is seeing a similar trend.
"Those are young people who are dying," Howard Nathan, president and CEO of Gift of Life Donor Program, a non-profit organization that recovers and distributes organs and tissues for transplants in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, told CBS News. But organ donation can comfort the grieving, he said. "They hear that a loved one can save somebody else's life — as many as five, or six, or seven people — and this helps them in a way we can't even imagine," Nathan added.
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This product is made of aluminum alloy; lt is waterproof and shockproof;lt uses the luxeon 3 watt led bulb which lasts up to life 100.000 hours. the product is powered by 3pcs AAA batteries or 1 pc 18650 rechargeable batteris(1800MA),the charger is very easy to take. rotate the head to adjust zoom dimmer. push button tail cap switch, three levels of output;first push into the high light output of production the second push into the low light output capacity;third push produce flash, can be a warning. easy to carry.
Technical Details:
Model of LED: CREE Q5
Material: Aluminium alloy
Lumen: 200 Lumens
Power: 10000W
Reflector: Convex Lens
Switch: Tail-cap press ON/OFF
Battery: 3 * AAA / 18650 Li-ion battery (not included)
Item weight: 120g
Item size: 13.5 * 3.5 * 3.5cm
Package size: 17 * 5 * 5cm
Package weight: 147g
Package Contents:
1x SWAT Power Style Flashlight
1x 18650 Battery
1x AC Wall Charger
1x AAA Battery Converter
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>There's a lengthy video introduction to Cocoa available from Theocacao. Although I haven't watched it (yet), it appears to be received very positively. An unofficial BitTorrent is also available. You need QuickTime for this.
Monthly Archives: May 2008
>Crash your Mac with a stick
>If you want to crash your Mac, or perhaps any kind of computer, put a little piece of aluminum foil paper inside the USB connection of an external device and then plug the device in, while your computer is running.
In my case, it worked: the Mac spontaneously rebooted. After 2 reboots I realized that my Mac experienced a real physical problem and found the culprit inside the connector of my USB stick. It was the result of keeping the USB stick in my pocket, along with some random other stuff, aparently including some aluminum foil paper.
So: be warned 🙂
>Changing Leopard's look and feel
>Ryan Faas has written another excellent article, this time about changing the look and feel of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard):
>del.icio.us extension for Firefox 3.0
>Just recently, Firefox 3.0 RC was released.
I use a fair amount of Firefox extensions, including Firebug, YSlow for Firebug and the del.icio.us extension. The latter was not available for Firefox 3.0, until recently:
- Firefox 3, del.icio.us, and you (posting on the delicious blog)
- download the latest (beta) version of the extension (currently 2.0.48)
>NeoOffice integration with Mac OS X improves
Since 2.2.3 Patch 3, NeoOffice now improves on the Mac OS X integration by adding these features:
- media browser support: have a media browser floating window, similar to what iLife applications (iPhoto, iMovie, etc.) offer;
- native floating tool windows: they are no longer standard Mac windows, but look and act like native floating windows;
- magnify and swipe trackpad gestures: or at least on hardware that supports it (MacBook Air and recent MacBook Pro models).
Previously, NeoOffice 2.2.3 Patch 2 added horizontal scrollwheel support.
>Information on Unicode characters
It shows a picture of the symbol, as well various descriptions and links. Then it shows how the character is encoded in, for example, HTML, UTF-8 and UTF-16 and how to use it in source code (C/C#/C++/Java/Python).
A great resource for information on Unicode characters!
>Smooth web image zooming with FancyZoom
The library works with most modern browsers: (Mobile) Safari, Firefox, IE6/7 and Opera are reportedly supported, but no word of Konqueror (KHTML). See it in action on here:
FancyZoom is free for non-commercial use. To use it commercially, the author asks $39 per site.
FancyZoom 1.1 comes with for 2 JavaScript files (34 KB) and 15 PNG image files (100 KB), which sums up to 134 KB. With current broadband connections it should not be a problem in itself, but it may add up to the total download size for a web page, especially for first-time visitors. Note that a compression tool like YUI Compressor may tighten the file sizes a bit.


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Last Saturday we spent two and half hours in the Verizon store. We'd gone in to see if we could upgrade TJ's phone, which for a year had been saved only by the Otterbox protecting it. It was a beautiful day, over 50 degrees by 10 am and we'd plans to drive to the coast. Continue reading
See Ya, 2014: Another List
I heard someone say that lists were annoying, like those end-of-year lists or the ones that comprise a lot of Buzzfeed. But hasn't this been the year of Buzzfeed? So, a few someones must enjoy a good countdown. And as much as lists require ten times less attention than a well-written essay, they are so wonderfully tidy. So I made one, too, for this blog, because I can. Here's my top 5 favorite post thus far. Happy New Year and thanks so much for reading.
5. Prince & Patrice Do Hollywood — Once my brother and I reached California, we took a side trip to LA for the day. With no plan, we wandered into one of the funniest days of my life. Continue reading
Closing the Loop of Christmas 2010
I'm pretty excited about this Christmas. Not because of any presents, because we're too poor for anything extravagant, and not even really for the fact that it's a holiday, both TJ and I being fairly agnostic. What I'm really excited about is that one of my oldest and dearest friends, Kori, will be spending Christmas with us, an event in itself but particularly to close the loop on the impactful Christmas of 2010.
I don't like to admit that I'm in to woo woo stuff like crystals and scented oils, colored candle with meanings inscribed in their wax. It embarrasses me to write life affirmations, though I'm the only one in my family who feels that way. At my mother's home, at any given time, in any given bathroom, someone has written him or herself a note of encouragement in dry erase marker. "You can do it!" has never been written by me. But all this to say, there are some woo woo things that I believe. I believe in a very simple idea of Karma, and that the Universe is cyclical, and I couldn't help but wish on the few falling stars I've seen.
Just before the Christmas of 2010, I'd moved from NC to Washington for graduate school, as had my best friend, Kori. She was in Seattle while I was in Spokane. In those first few months, we both threw ourselves into silly relationships, the only kind justified by a huge life transition like moving to a place where one is a stranger and wants to fit in as soon as possible. Thankfully, Kori never said that my relationship was much worse than hers, because I think in the long-run of our friendship that was an old conversation. But I had definitely done worse. I'd been dating a guy (from Portland, no less) who wanted to meet up in Seattle for the holiday. Two days before Christmas, I arrived first, parked by the Needle, and waited for him. Three hours and a dead car battery later, he arrived and we tried to carry on. But the next morning, Christmas Eve, I knew something was off but I paid it no mind. He jumped my car and told me to give it a moment to fully charge, while he just popped around the corner for some gas.
Twenty minutes and several unanswered texts later, I knew I'd been left. I called Kori, who was at work, but who quickly picked up on my hysteria, and directed me to her. We bought wine at Trader Joe's. She made plans out of thin air. And like two single girls (her soon-to-be ex was out of town) we went out and met up with a group of friends who were also orphaned for Christmas.
We drank champagne. A lot of champagne. I'm not sure we knew when the night had slipped into Christmas morning. We woke at noon, in her soon-to-be ex's bed, to the phone ringing: my mother calling. We tried to pretend we hadn't just woken up as she spoke to us both on speaker phone.
It was, for all the comedy of the situation, a hard Christmas. For the next two years it would be the holiday I dreaded the most. But now, being back on the west coast, and able to spend this holiday with the person who was there for me before makes me excited for the first time in years. And in our woo woo way, we can say an affirmation, light a candle and enjoy our Christmas.


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There are many exits in Montana marked No Services. I get asked about this by visitors who imagine they know what it is, but have a hard time getting their mind around that a place with no services exists.
It is exactly what you imagine it is is no gas station, no convenience store with food, no bathroom (latrine or flush), no motel, or anything else. Odds are the place doesn't even have a post office that you can stop and ask for help. You know all those standard blue signs you see on the interstate with the universal motorist services, well this exit has none of that.
Even in the city I suspect that not ever exit off the interstate has services. I suspect some of them are for residential areas without services. If you live there you know that the Oak Street exit does not have a gas station, but the Walnut Street exit has two. The next time you visit Montana and you shake your head about all the places without services, think of as a kind of rural friendly that you don't get in the city. We save you the time that people who don't know your city and get off on Oak Street looking for gas waste.


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We are on the job
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We Are a Green Business
Authorizing Statute
The Novato Sanitary District (formerly Marin County Sanitary District No. 6), a political subdivision of the State of California, is a governmental agency. The principal enabling legislation for the District is the California Health and Safety Code, sections 6400 et seq. (Sanitary District Act of 1923). Novato Sanitary District was formed in October 1925.


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The power of positivity
Being told you have cancer is a life-changing moment in anyone's book. However, when it comes after a previous misdiagnosis, you would expect the situation to be all the more difficult to accept.
However, for Kiera Mulholland, sales and marketing director at dental supply company BF Mulholland, she managed to stay positive and come through the other side still smiling.
Kiera first noticed a lump in her neck in May 2015, combined with a persistent cough that she just couldn't shake. However, being busy with work and life in general Kiera, who was 33 at the time, didn't go to the doctor until a few months later. Her GP suspected nodules on her thyroid and she was referred to an ENT and thyroid surgeon in February 2016. A week after her first appointment, he carried out an ultrasound-guided thyroid biopsy to determine if the nodules were cancerous.
The tests came back negative but it was decided the right hand side of Kiera's thyroid should be removed as the nodule was pressing on her windpipe and making it uncomfortable to eat. As it wasn't deemed urgent at the time and due to work commitments, the surgery didn't take place until the end of June. Kiera said: "The decision was taken to remove the right-hand side even though the left-hand side nodule was more visually obvious in my neck. I didn't feel this was a good reason to have my whole thyroid removed as this would lead to me needing medication for the rest of my life."
However, just under a week later Kiera was told that the removed part of her thyroid had been tested and the nodule had turned out to be cancerous after all. She said: "At that stage it is a shock, but because I was already feeling so poorly with a bad infection, I don't think it really hit home straight away.
"I'm in my early 30s and I'm the first of my friendship group to have cancer. I know many people who have been touched by cancer, through parents, or grandparents etc, but I was the first of the younger generation if you will. So, I think it was a massive shock."
Despite being naturally outgoing and bubbly personality, at this news Kiera would have been forgiven a period of low mood and despondency. However, she took the news in her stride and made a conscious decision to stay positive, not just for herself, but for those around her as well.
She said: "I think it was harder for my friends and family to be honest. I could control how I felt and dealt with situations, but I couldn't control how other people dealt with the news and how they would react. I asked friends and family to come and visit me so they could see how well I was doing. They could then see my positivity, I believe this helped everyone else, especially my mother, father and my two brothers.
"Everybody deals with these things in different ways and that was my way."
The second surgery, a complete thyroidectomy, was scheduled for the following month after which it was discovered Kiera had stage two cancer, meaning the cancer had spread to other parts of her body. However, the doctors believed that it had only spread to the surrounding neck tissues and she was told that her prognosis was good.
The following month, in September 2016, Kiera had her first visit to the Northern Ireland Cancer Centre at Belfast City Hospital where she met her oncology specialist, Dr Fionnuala Houghton. At the same time, and as September was Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, many of Kiera's closest friends decided they wanted to do something to support their friend and help raise awareness of and money for research into the disease. Some went sober for September and a group took on the 'Walk All Over Cancer' challenge which involved each member pledging to walk 10,000 steps a day through the month of September.
The initial target of £10,000 was smashed and the group managed to raise an amazing £33,000 for Cancer Research UK, MacMillan Cancer Support and the Friends of the Cancer Centre charity. Kiera said: "I was so touched. Honestly, I was an emotional wreck. It was this time last year and they had all planned their charity work without me initially knowing.
"I was diagnosed with such a rare form of cancer and I believe my friends were trying to understand, and also raise the awareness to educate others on what thyroid cancer is because it is on the increase.
"It was a very emotional time, but you just have to stay positive. It's the only way."
At the beginning of October Kiera was admitted to the Cancer Centre for her radioactive iodine treatment (RAI), aimed at killing any remaining cancer cells and identifying if they have spread anywhere else. The treatment involved four days in a special isolation room where, due to the radiation, she had no contact with other people. She said: "It is awful. The nursing staff can't come in to you and you can't pass anything out to them. So, once your dinner comes, if you don't eat it, it has to stay in the whole time you are there. The clothes that I wore had to be burned afterwards as well.
"It is so surreal and I think the hardest part was being away from my loved ones. I had my phone and I could FaceTime but it's not the same."
Before she was discharged, she was given her first full body scan and then sent home to be in semi-isolation. The following day, she received a phone call and was asked to come in the next day to meet with her surgeon and oncologist. Accompanied by her parents, Kiera was told that the cancer had spread into her neck and that a third operation – a neck dissection – would be required. However, due to her high radiation levels, it was delayed until the end of November.
Despite all this, Kiera managed to keep up her levels of positivity. She said: "I was reassured from day one that the prognoses of thyroid cancer can be a positive one in spite of it being a life changing one, and I also whole heartedly believe we are not given anything in this world that we cannot handle, this was a battle I was ready to fight! I am blessed that I have a positive outlook and attitude in addition to having an amazing network of love and support from friends and family."
A couple of weeks before her third surgery, Kiera had a PET that confirmed the cancer had thankfully not spread beyond her neck and on 29 November, she went under the knife for the third time. However, it was not to be her final surgery as, in early January this year she was admitted to hospital to have her ovary removed due to ongoing cyst issues.
A month later, on 21 February, she had a further, smaller dose of radioactive iodine to see if there were any remaining thyroid tissues or cancer cells remaining in her body. Her bloods were also sent to Holland for testing and, on 14 March she found out that she was finally cancer free.
She said: "It's not been an easy journey, but one that has taught me so much, not least of all how blessed and lucky I am. The 'brown letters' do keep coming and I am currently having regular scans and bloods taken to monitor my recovery. I am also on life time medication which is reviewed currently every six weeks. Being a thyroid cancer survivor you need to work hard to get your energy levels back on track to allow for some sort of normality back in my life – I cannot wait to get a little more of the old Kiera back.
"It's important to have goals and push yourself despite the recent events. I have gained nearly three stone in weight, but that is okay, I am learning how to adapt my body to life without a thyroid gland. It is incredible when you realise the scope of what it is responsible for in your body."
Kiera will be on medication for the rest of her life but she insists that it is a small price to pay to be cancer free. She is still working her way up to full-time hours at BF Mulholland and she explained that she feels incredibly fortunate to be part of a family business with a team that have supported her all the way.
She said: "I am very lucky, being involved in the family business, I was able to work from home and the team would visit me at home regularly with work. If you don't have something to focus on you could get very very down, especially with my fatigue being a real struggle at times. I had work to focus on and I could come into the office when I was up to it, it all certainly helped with my journey."
And, with September being Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, Kiera has some words of advice: "From my experience I cannot stress enough how important it is to be kind to everyone! Everyone you meet is fighting a battle on some level."
Kiera also outlined the things that she has learned during her cancer journey and the things that she would like to pass on:
- Check your neck – it could save your life!
- There is a 'can' in cancer
- Take each day at a time
- Positivity is key
- Worrying will not change the outcome
- Listen to your body – our health is our wealth!
- Scars are souvenirs you never lose
- Do not be afraid to ask questions – use Google cautiously!
- There is always someone worse off than you
- Enjoythe simple things in life
- No one fights cancer alone.
Thyroid cancer – the facts in numbers
- 3,404 – number of new cases of thyroid cancer in the UK (2014)
- 376 – deaths from thyroid cancer in the UK (2014)
- 85 per cent – survival rate (10 or more years, 2009-13, England)
- 19 – thyroid cancer is the 19th most common cancer in the UK (2014)
- 53 per cent – more than half of thyroid cancer cases in the UK each year are diagnosed in people aged 50 and over (2012-2014)
- 139 per cent – since the early 1990s, thyroid cancer incidence rates have more than doubled (139 per cent increase) in the UK. The increase is larger in females (146 per cent) than in males (137 per cent increase)
September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month – for more information from the Irish Cancer Society, click here and from Cancer Research UK, click here.


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We interrupt our regularly scheduled post to bring you some refashioning inspiration!
Okay, really...my internet has been wonky and I haven't been able to finish my post for Part III of Dressing for Your Body. Don't worry, it will be back tomorrow!
Meantime, I thought I'd show you some of my inspiration for upcoming refashions we'll be getting groovy with! 'Cause I don't know about you, but I love getting something trendy on the cheap...but doesn't look cheap!
A little lace...
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A little stenciling...
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DIY dolman shirt...
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Reworking a too-small sweater...
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DIY high-low skirt from granny skirt...
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Hammer pants from old PJs...okay, not really.
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Excited yet? I hope so! This is just a smattering of fun stuff we're going to tackle this month!
Q: Is there anything you guys want me to post about during the Refashion & Thrifting Challenge? Please comment!
P.S. Don't forget to become a Follower to qualify to enter the big GIVEAWAY at the end of the series! We have to have at least 25 new followers (total=64) to have prizes, so don't be shy!


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E-mail marketing, cash producer, or even website monster?
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HSBC Car Insurance is offering monthly car washes for a whole year when you take out a new policy. HSBC will check their panel of UK car insurers to get the best quote for your motor insurance. Other benefits from HSBC include:
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U of I Student Day at the Capitol
After 19 long months, the state of Illinois budget crisis drags on—and there's no clear path to funding higher education in this state.
Soon you may see program cuts, threats to research grants, fewer top-flight professors and a less-than-ideal learning environment.
You deserve better.
Join fellow student leaders and classmates at the annual University of Illinois Student Day at the Capitol.
Let Illinois legislators know that their failure to act harms your education and the state's health.
March 29, 2017
Illinois State Capitol & the Inn at 835
Springfield, IL
Summary of Events:
11:30 a.m.: Registration
Noon: Lunch and advocacy training
1:30 p.m.: Visits with legislators
3:30 p.m.: Buses back to campus
Participation in this event is free, meals and transportation will be provided
View video from last year's event
Registration deadline: Mar.22


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Home > Dedman School of Law > Law Journals > JALC > Vol. 55 (1990) > Iss. 4
Front Matter
Use of Computer-Generated Visual Evidence in Aviation Litigation: Interactive Video Comes to CourtKathlynn G. Fadely839
International Direct Broadcast Satellite Controversy, TheSharon L. Fjordbak903
Employer's Duty to Bargain over Lay-Offs in the Airline Industry: How the Courts Have Distorted the Railway Labor Act, TheAthanassious Papaioannou939
Wright Amendment: The Constitutionality and Propriety of the Restrictions on Dallas Love Field, TheEric A. Allen1011
First Amendment Protection of Free Speech in Public AirportsEric J. Carlson1075
Standards and Practices: The Judiciary's Role in Promoting Safety in the Air Traffic Control SystemKevin N. Courtois1117
Congress Deals Aviation Another Bad Hand: Time to Learn How to Play the AceAlan G. Ratliff1159
BibliographySally H. Wise and Kay L. Andrus1219


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Julio Casal
Known for his pioneering work in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Julio has been on the front-lines of the cyberwar long before it was given a name. He started his security career in the early days of the commercial Internet as a CISO for several ISP's in Spain in the early 1990's. Back then he was helping business customers and telcos like Telefonica understand the long-term implications of cyber security threats.
In 1997 he founded IP6 Seguridad with the mission of helping security critical organizations in Spain better protect themselves from the emerging cyber threat. IP6 Seguridad served large banking, defense and government customers while developing a reputation as the "go to" gurus for the tough security challenges – they were particularly known for deep expertise in attack and penetration testing. As both a security expert with extensive knowledge in the methods and capabilities of the threats, and a security practitioner understanding of the organizational and resource challenges facing a CISO, he had a unique vantage point to search for practical and effective solutions.
Julio realized that most customers were trapped in a no-win situation with limited visibility of threats and a multitude of disparate point security solutions that desperately needed to work together. In 2002, while tracking down a particularly elusive threat, he realized his security analysts were wasting precious time and losing enormous advantage as they scrambled back and forth between the consoles of over a dozen security tools; it was at that moment that the inspiration for SIEM — and more importantly Unified Security Management (USM) — was born.
Over the next few years he guided the development of what would become the most broadly deployed SIEM on earth – the open source OSSIM. After successfully selling the MSSP business, Julio established AlienVault in 2007. As Co-Founder, President & CEO he led the re-architecture of the correlation engine, launched a line of professional products and appliances and doubled revenues every year.
By 2011, OSSIM was firmly established as the industry's de-facto standard SIEM, with over 160,000 downloads in over 80 countries around the world. The core of AlienVault was established: with the technology proven, and over 100 customers in Europe delighted with the result, Julio set off for the U.S. He moved AlienVault headquarters to the Silicon Valley and recruited a technology management "dream team" to help write the next chapters in the long and illustrious history of the world's most popular SIEM.
Julio has a BS in Physics from Complutense University of Madrid. He is widely recognized as a leading expert on security management and regularly presents on the topic in both commercial and government forums around the world.


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Physician Quality Reporting System
PQRS reporting is an intuitive program launched by the CMS. Under this program, the health care providers get reward for reporting the health care data to CMS. A health care institute may get the financial support from the CMS under the pay for performance program. This means, the better the medical facilities of a health care provider are the better CMS will reward it.
PQRS and CMS
CMS stands for the Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS started the physician quality reporting system in United States in 2006. This scheme has a goal to improve the medical facilities of the health care providers by creating an atmosphere of competition. Under this scheme, the health care providers who care for the patients with Medicare insurance can participate. Any type of therapist, practitioner, medical physicians, hospitals and nursing homes can participate in the program if they fulfil the eligibility criteria.
Medeye and PQRS
Medeye Services helps medical institutes in submitting their medical data to the CMS for evaluation. We strive to improve your medical data along with the medical facilities you offer. We not only take care of your medical billing needs and coding but also give you a peace of mind, whichenables you to concentrate better on your practice. We assist you to get high ratings from CMS in order to get the rewards. You can always participate in the physician quality reporting system program of the CMS if you fulfil the eligibility criteria.
Benefits for reporting
As you already aware of, PQRS reporting is a Medicare incentive program. You get reward financially for the level of the medical facilities you offer in your healthcare institute. Financial help may enable you to improve your medical facilities even further.Hence the cycle of reward and performance begins with reporting.


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A Holiday Beginning
A Corbin's Bend Short Story
A Holiday Beginning #SatSpanks
A Holiday Beginning
A Holiday Beginning
A Corbin's Bend Short Story
Oh I like the sound of this one Thi. Great snippet! :)

ps you know it's going to be published 🙂
Thanks, Connie 🙂 But as for the latter… well, time's running out and so far, no contract 🙂
You're right, you are witchy. I want more, no I demand more. lol.
lol Leigh 🙂
Well that's certainly a way to grab attention! Here's a teasing snippet and you may never get to see the rest. I'm off for a sulk, right after I stamp my foot.
Woo hoo for stomping feet 😀
I hope that this gets released! I hate reading about stories, getting interested in them, and then not having them be released. 🙂
I'm with you!
"You will write more and you will publish it." That was me trying to sound all dominant – how'm I doing? Anyway I hope you listen.
lol ooh, the domme in PK is coming to the fore 😉 The story is done. It was written for something specific and I don't know if that is still going or not. If it doesn't, maybe I'll feature the story on the blog.

Or elongate it into a longer story.
Holy moly, Thia! Talk about a teaser. I really hope this one finds its way to the light. While writing my own story, I have developed a fascination with people who grew up in CB.
Me too! I loved writing this because it's a whole new way of looking at CB – instead of as a new resident as one who grew up with the values 🙂
I hope it does get published! I want more.
Thanks, Holla 😀
Nicely done, Thianna 🙂
Thanks, Mary 😀
Nice, you tease! Get that published! LOL
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So hard.
It's been hard adding another person to our family who's quite hyper and needs a lot of attention.
It's been hard reworking our schedule around a child who is in school from 12:30-3:05 everyday.
It's been hard to take care of and love a child who is the result of some really bad parenting.
It's been hard to have to potty train an almost five year old who hasn't quite got the hang of it yet. And again, the result of someone else's bad parenting.
It's been hard to control my temper when I watch another kid constantly antagonizing my son.
It's been hard to not have much time with my husband lately, who is working his butt off to provide for us while he looks for a full-time job.
It's been hard to not get in the car and drive far, far away.
Alright, that's enough of the negative. Yes, it's been rough but I know it's only for a season. It WILL get better. Even if it takes months or years. It will.
The good news is... the last few days it's gotten a little easier. We're starting to get into a groove and I'm starting to feel a little less stressed. This is a good thing. And a God thing.
So the reason for the post is to tell you that I have decided to bow out of the 31 days series. I really don't want to. But I think I need to. I just can't keep up anymore. And because I'm trying so hard to keep up, it's just adding more stress to my life. The even more disappointing this is I can't even keep up reading so many other 31 days series that I want to read. There are SO many great ones out there.
Sorry I couldn't finish. I know you all understand. Hopefully next year will be different.


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CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that the Brewers are calling up reliever Francisco Rodriguez.
Rodriguez's minor league deal required that the Brewers make a decision by Wednesday whether to add him the roster. The 31-year-old struck out seven over four scoreless innings in the minors and could work his way into the late innings for Milwaukee.
what are the chances KRod can at some point take over as closer for the Brewers?
Jim Henderson hasn't done anything to be removed. 7 saves, and 0 blown saves. good ERA, good WHIP, good K. but a manager can still look at a pitcher who has been a consistent and sometimes dominating closer.


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When running your integrations between two CRM organizations with the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter, it's important to run your integrations in a specific order. Currently, the Connector does not offer a mechanism for ordering, so the task falls on the integrator.
The areas of concern are Picklists (Optionsets), system level entities (e.g. Business Units, Users, Teams) and entities with hierarchical relationships. We'll highlight these concerns in the following sections.
Picklists (Optionsets)
Before you do anything else, you should integrate your picklists between the two organizations. Every entity has the possibility of having an optionset associated with it and you need to make sure that they are the same on either side.
What the Picklist integration does:
- Will add any options to existing optionsets on the destination organization that are present in the source organization and not in the destination yet.
- Will create new global optionsets if they do not already exist on the destination organization.
What the Picklist integration does not do:
- Will not create new local optionsets on entities.
System Level Entities
While the CRM Instance Adapter is extremely capable when it comes to transferring data between organizations, there are some special cases to be aware of when transferring entities between the two systems. The following is a list of those entities:
Business Units
Upon installing and configuring CRM, you are required to create a business unit. This becomes your root business unit, thereby making it impossible to transfer a root business unit from a different organization. If you want to have a separate business unit to represent the transferred data from the source organization, you have to create one manually. The Adapter is written so that, in the case of any entities that rely on the Business Unit, the name of the business unit is used to find matches. When creating or modifying the business unit on the destination organization, make sure it matches the name of the business unit in the source organization.
Since the Adapter is capable of transferring data between an on-premise environment and an online organization, it needs to be capable of relating users that may not share the same GUID or domain name. To accommodate this requirement, the Adapter utilizes the full name of the contact as its method for doing the matching. In the case of an online destination organization, you will need to create the users manually and associate them with the organization before being able to utilize them as references.
Teams are dependent on both Business Units and Users being configured before integration.
Security Roles
Security Roles are dependent on both Business Units and Users being configured before integration.
Entity Relationships
Throughout CRM, there are a ton of dependencies. One example of one such dependency is the account and contact entities. A contact entity can be associated with an account both as a child record and as a parent record. You might be asking yourself, if these kinds of dependencies exist, how are you supposed to have all the records relate to each other?
The great thing about the Microsoft Connector and the configuration utility for the Dynamic CRM Adapter, is that they've been configured so that if a reference isn't found the entity will still be created on the destination organization. In addition, because the adapter is capable of updating entities as well as configuring them, we're able to add detail back into them later.
In this manner, it's good to run all mappings through the connector twice; once for the initial migration of the entities and a second time to resolve all their relationship dependencies. Luckily, the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics handles this inherently if utilizing a continuous integration between your two organizations. If you were not utilizing the continuous integration feature in your integration, you'd need to run each mapping manually a couple of times in order for the updates to take place.


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Dine in…or carry out!
Pine Hills offers an extensive menu full of homemade family recipes. Some of our staples include Chicago style pan pizza, calzones, our signature foldovers, and Julie's gourmet cheesecakes.
- We take pride in having the largest gluten free menu in the area, along with vegetarian options and a fun kids menu.
- We have a wide variety of appetizers, specialty salads, and sandwiches.
- All of our dressings, sauces, and soups are made from scratch.
- Our pastas, pork chops, ribs, and seafood dinners are always fresh and cooked to order.
- Our dinner rolls and pizza dough are all made in house.
Whether you're visiting us to attend an event, play a round of golf, or simply enjoy a meal, we can offer you delicious and enjoyable dining options. Come visit us!


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Roman Crafts for Children
Ancient Rome is a subject children often study in school. It is also widely depicted in films and cartoons, thus children's curiosity about the place (past and present) is natural.
Make crafts with your kids to teach them about all aspects of Rome, from its architecture to its medieval fights to its cultural significance. Bring history to life with exciting crafts meant to entertain, nurture their curiosity and inform them about the world they live in.
Racing Chariot
Create a racing chariot in honour of the Ancient Romans who once raced in front of crowds of over a hundred thousand people at one time. Red, green, and white are the most popular colours that Romans used. To create the chariot, use modelling clay for the body and wheels, and then connect them with toothpicks. Mold a figurine to create the racer, and place him inside the chariot. The racer figurine should be dressed in battle gear and holding a spear or sword and a shield. Paint your figurine and chariot to bring out more intricate details, such as a look of terror (or confidence) as he heads into the race.
Roman used to make mosaics out of shards of coloured glass and stones. They often depicted religious figures and events. The mosaics were created by setting the glass shards and stones into cement or concrete-like backings, placing the different colours of glass together to create an image. Kids can do the same thing using plaster of Paris or cement decorated with pebbles. For a simple and cheap craft, make a mosaic using small torn pieces of coloured construction paper glued onto a piece of cardstock.
Make shields out of foam core boards. Cut out the shape of a shield and allow children to decorate their own. Roman shields were made in three different shapes: a rounded triangle, a complete circle or a rounded rectangle held vertically. Older children may want to spray paint their board to change the colour. You can also cover these in fabric, or simply decorate them with markers and crayons. Create a handle out of heavy cardboard and glue to the back edges of the shield for kids to hold.
Cape and Shoes
Let kids dress up like Romans so they can really understand the Roman culture. Make a cape and leather strip sandals. Let the kids customise the capes with decorations and patterns, like fabric cut-outs and drawn on crests or coats of arms. The shoes can be made from strips of leather tied together to create a top for a sandal. You can find strips of leather at a craft store, usually sold in a bag of assorted leather pieces. Tie them however you would like; you can wrap the strips around the ankle, or create zigzag patterns across the top of the foot. Then poke the ends of the leather through holes that have been drilled through the outer bottom edges of a shoe sole. Craft foam works well to create a shoe sole, or you can use one from an old shoe. Glue the ends of the leather inside the holes. Then glue another layer of a shoe sole underneath it to give your Roman sandal extra sturdiness.


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Waynesboro Florist,
Downtown Retail Signage
Back in the mid-nineties I created a new sign for Webber Payne, owner of Waynesboro Florist. I used to fabricate all my own cedar and redwood sign panels. Now, being a smaller shop, I sometimes order panels already glued up and ready to route, carve, or sandblast. The three-foot high by five-foot tall wood sign we made for Webber's shop has served him well over the years.
Last month, Webber contracted a painting company to repaint his downtown shop. At that point, he decided to hire me to restore his sign back to its earlier glamour while he was at it.
An important feature of well-made cedar and redwood signs is durability: the wood is naturally rot and insect resistant and it holds up for a lifetime of service when regularly maintained. Augusta Sign Company repainted the sign and custom ceiling bracket, carefully restoring the colorful entry sign for another twenty years of faithful service attracting customers into the store!
Waynesboro Mennonite,
Dimensional Wall Graphics
Sometimes sign projects don't have to be glamorous. Such was the case when I provided a set of dimensional injection-molded plastic wall letters for a local church back in the early 1990's. The letters are pretty standard– made from a standard mold in a standard plastic color with standard mounting hardware! Although they were basic letters they still had to be custom-fit to the wall in which they were mounted.
The manufacturer of the letters on this project is one of the premier letter suppliers in my industry. Chances are, if you order dimensional letters from a local shop, they will come from the same place. An important benefit of using dimensional letters from this supplier is that all their products have a lifetime warranty against breakage, cracking, fading, and so on. Therefore, if you use dimensional letters from Augusta Sign Company for your entrance signage, you are guaranteed to have a long-lasting product!
Hollister, Stuarts Draft:
Plant Entrance Signage
When I owned and operated Tree Street Signs in Crimora I placed many plant entrance signs in service. Back in the 1990's we made the signs for the DuPont Lycra facility which is no longer there; we made the sign for McKee that still stands; we made the signage at Rental Uniform Service, now Cintas, and we made the corporate entrance signs for Hollister in Stuarts Draft, among many others.
The Hollister signs were made in the mid-90's and to my knowledge, have not been maintained since. The painted aluminum signs are still doing their job, but they are at the point where restoration should be considered.
The architectural metal signs were finished with acrylic enamel, the same paints used for auto finishes, and lettered with high performance 3M vinyl graphics, which have an expected 10-year outdoor lifetime. Needless to say, both the paint and vinyl graphics have outlasted expectations. Augusta Sign Company was born from a company that understood long-term sign construction so you can trust that your signs will be built to last!
McDow Funeral Home,
Architectural Monument Sign
Buried deep beneath the McDow Funeral Home sign is a cache of extra brick that matches the sign. The buyer, now deceased, Tim McDow, requested that the brick be buried to ensure a good match if they ever decided to expand the sign later.
The sign, constructed in the early nineties, still looks great! I provided minimal maintanence in 2011 when the organization added a crematory and I updated the lettering and painted the stucco to refresh the sign background.
With training in architectural design, I offer a level of design service that other local competitors may not be capable to do. I enjoy working with customers and local masons to come up with long-lasting aesthetic sign designs.
It may sound weird, but I am confident that many of the sign structures I have made will outlast me here on this earth. Maybe that's why we call them monument signs!
Waynesboro Free Methodist,
Custom Cedar Signage
Wood signs make great options for churches. They look nice and last a very long time when proper materials are utilized. The sign I built for the Waynesboro Free Methodist Church was one of the first redwood signs I put in place.
Not long after taking a week-long sign-building workshop in Vermont, I began building quality custom wood signs around Waynesboro and the Shenandoah Valley. And these signs still stand to this day, a living testament of their quality.
The long, monolithic, horizontal sign design was something I patterned to the looks of signage I had begun to build for Wintergreen Resort in the early 1990's. These types of sign designs are easy to light and look great in colorful landscaping beds.
This sign has been well-maintained by church members. The location of this particular sign at a busy intersection has gotten loads of attention over the past 25 years and I hope it has helped attract new members and visitors to the church!
Gypsy Hill Park,
Sandblasted Park Signs
Unique sign shapes and typefaces add eye-appeal to signs. Back in the early 1990's I had the opportunity to help design the signage for Gypsy Hill Park, and later helped with Montgomery Hall Park which used a similar design theme.
Steve DeVenny, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, hired me to make the signs originally. A few years ago, Steve hired me again to maintain and update the signs. The City changed logos so we came up with a way to add the new logo to existing signs by fabricating painted metal ovals that covered the old dimensional lettering while providing a background for the new brand.
After twenty years, the old signs were battered and mildewed, but after restoration they were as good as new. I treated the surfaces with bleach before repainting and used a two-part epoxy to fill big defects. The project involved multiple signs and I took great care to make sure colors were consistent on all the signs throughout the two parks. I believe the signs are good for another twenty years. I wonder if Steve and I will be around the next time maintenance is required? Only time will tell.
Mark Hackley owns and operates Augusta Sign Company in Waynesboro, was founder of Tree Street Signs of Crimora in the 1990's, and served as an account representative for Holiday Signs of Chester. He began his sign career as a civil servant in the Department of Defense, learning the trade at the National Naval Medical Center and Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.


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New York, NY (PRWEB) May 05, 2012
Journalists representing Self Magazine, Health.com, The Commercial Appeal, Pittsburgh Tribune, The Dr. Oz Show, and ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer are among winners receiving top honors in the 2012 American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) Journalistic Achievement Awards. Selected from over 150 entries nationwide, this year's winners will be presented a certificate of merit and a downloadable video presentation honoring the winners will be featured during the Aesthetic Society's Annual Meeting in Vancouver and available for public viewing on surgery.org after the Meeting. ASAPS, founded in 1967, is the leading national organization of board-certified plastic surgeons specializing in cosmetic surgery of the face and body.
"Each of the nominees has truly helped promote our Society's mission of public education," said Daniel C. Mills, MD, Chair of the Aesthetic Society's Communications Commission and a plastic surgeon in Laguna Beach, CA. "These journalists have done an outstanding job reporting the latest trends, newest technologies, and the importance of patient safety in plastic surgery."
"This year, there were several nominated articles that highlighted the importance of finding a board-certified plastic surgeon," said Aesthetic Society President, Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD, a plastic surgeon from Dallas, Texas. "Many of these published pieces discussed medical tourism, the different kinds of injectables, the most popular surgical trends and patient safety. We applaud all these journalists for their excellent coverage of the cosmetic surgery industry and for promoting the importance of patient safety."
Each year, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery honors journalists for their reporting on cosmetic plastic surgery. Entries are accepted in six categories: Television Feature, Television News, Newspaper, Magazine, Internet, and Patient Safety.
This year, first place in the Television News category goes to Julia Bain of ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer for her piece "Plastic Surgery Rise for Baby Boomers", which discussed the increase in adults over 65 years old turning to plastic surgery, and undergoing everything from facelifts to breast augmentations. The segment included an interview with Alan H. Gold, MD, Past-President of the Aesthetic Society and a plastic surgeon in Great Neck, NY.
The winner of the Feature News category goes to Associate Producer for The Dr. Oz Show, Christine Smith, for her excellent coverage of Suzanne Somers' path to a controversial stem cell fat breast reconstruction after breast cancer. To maintain a balanced presentation, Christine also invited Peter Rubin, MD, Chief of Plastic Surgery and stem cell research at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, to deal with Somers' claims about stem cells and clinical practices using stem cells that have not necessarily been backed by scientific evidence.
This year, Sabrina Rubin Erdely receives top recognition for her article "Wide Awake and Under the Knife" published in Self Magazine. This article is about a woman who traveled outside of the United States to have liposuction, breast augmentation and a tummy tuck performed under no anesthesia at a discounted price. Self magazine investigates the true price of 'bargain' cosmetic surgery and the importance of a board-certified plastic surgeon.
Barbara Bradley, from The Commercial Appeal, won first place in the Internet category for her article, "Mommy Makeover: Cosmetic Surgery is Gaining Popularity to Restore Pre-Pregnancy Looks." This article discusses the increased demand and popularity of mothers seeking liposuction, tummy tucks, and breast augmentations to restore pre-pregnancy bodies.
First place in the Patient Safety category goes to Roxanne Patel Shepelavy of Health magazine, for her article, "Nip/Tuck Nightmare: The Dangerous New World of Cosmetic Surgery." The piece investigates black market cosmetic procedures and the dangers of unqualified physicians performing cosmetic surgery.
Chris Ramirez, of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review takes top honor for his newspaper article, "Nip/Tuck Partners: More couples are getting plastic surgery together." The piece discusses the popular new trend of couples getting plastic surgery together to improve their appearances to look and feel better as a pair.
A panel of aesthetic plastic surgeons and communications professionals evaluated each entry for accuracy of information, balanced reporting, educational value, interest, originality, and journalistic style. Winners receive a personal certificate of merit and an awards presentation honoring the winners will be presented on the ASAPS website and accessible for download.
For more information on the Aesthetic Society's Journalistic Achievement Awards, visit the Press Center on the Aesthetic Society web site at http://www.surgery.org.
Journalistic Achievement Awards Presentation
Saturday, May 5, 11:30 AM
About ASAPS
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), is recognized as the world's leading organization devoted entirely to aesthetic plastic surgery and cosmetic medicine of the face and body. ASAPS is comprised of over 2,600 Plastic Surgeons; active members are certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (USA) or by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and have extensive training in the complete spectrum of surgical and non-surgical aesthetic procedures. International active members are certified by equivalent boards of their respective countries. All members worldwide adhere to a strict Code of Ethics and must meet stringent membership requirements.
Website: http://www.surgery.org
Follow ASAPS on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ASAPS
Become a fan of ASAPS on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AestheticSociety
Become a member of Project Beauty: http://www.projectbeauty.com
Locate a plastic surgeon in your area: http://www.surgery.org/consumers/find-a-plastic-surgeon


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The relationship between criminal charges, diagnoses, and psycholegal opinions among federal pretrial defendants
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Publication Date
Document Type
Adult; Crime; Humans; Insanity Defense; Logistic Models; Male; Mental Competency; data; Mental Disorders; Retrospective Studies; United States
This study analyzed data from 1710 criminal defendants referred by federal courts throughout the United States. We examined 12 categories of criminal charges with respect to diagnosed psychopathology and opinions related to competence to stand trial (CST) and criminal responsibility (CR) at the time of the alleged offense. Overall, 18% of the present sample were found to be incompetent to stand trial, while 12% were found to be not criminally responsible or 'insane.' In this study, crimes were associated with rates of psychopathology and rates of opinions regarding CST and CR. The findings of this study suggest that individuals who are charged with different crimes have different mental states and psychopathology and are therefore found to have differential rates of competence and sanity.
Behav Sci Law. 2001;19(4):565-82.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Behavioral sciences and the law
Related Resources
PubMed ID
Repository Citation
Cochrane RE, Grisso T, Frederick RI. (2001). The relationship between criminal charges, diagnoses, and psycholegal opinions among federal pretrial defendants. Psychiatry Publications. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_pp/259


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Taken from Jerry & Eileen Spinelli's new book, TODAY I WILL: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself.
Jerry Spinelli – www.jerryspinelli.com
Eileen Spinelli – www.eileenspinelli.com
Jerry and Eileen will be answering questions right here at the Young Authors and Artists Group, so please send in your questions for Jerry and Eileen. Join the YAAGroup at www.yaagroup.org/join.htm


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The Lower House was the domain of Mister Monday. Due to Monday's affliction with Sloth its bureaucratic affairs became impossibly inefficient until Monday's loss of power, after which Dame Primus, as the Steward of Arthur 's regime, has attempted to make the Lower House manageable. The remaining Morrow Days have attempted to impede this effort by swamping the Lower House with paperwork.
The Lower House is guarded by the Corps of Inspectors, by the robots known as Metal Commissionaires, by Denizen Commissionaire Sergeants, and by Midnight Visitors. These are under the control of the office of Monday's Dawn, Noon, and Dusk, respectively. The Lower House is one of two demenses where the entire contents is not in one area. The Lower House has the Atrium as well as Monday's Dayroom, the Lower Coal Cellar (and possibly other coal cellars) as well as offices akin to the one formerly resided in by Suzy Blue.
Doorstop Hill, and on it the Front Door of the House, is located in the Lower House. The Front Door of the House is a means by which one may leave the House and enter a Secondary Realm, and vice versa. To enter it from the Secondary Realms, one must be able to see the House. It is a pair of wooden doors surrounded by constantly shifting wrought-iron patterns whose movements are mesmerizing to human eyes.
The Coal Cellar is a deep pit in the Lower House where Denizens that have been punished are sent to mine and shape coal for delivery to buyers within the House. The Old One is also imprisoned here. He is bound by two chains extending from a minute and hour hand on a clock face. Every Noon and Midnight, two clockwork figures appear and claw out his eyes. This is the punishment laid upon him by the Architect for his attempting to interfere in the Secondary Realms, which was directly forbidden by the Architect. His escape is impossible; according to Monday's Dusk, the Seven Keys combined could not free him. In Lady Friday, Doctor Scamandros mentions that something odd is happening in the Coal Cellar; not with the Old One, but the collectors. The nature of what is happening is not stated. It is revealed in Superior Saturday that flowers have started growing around the Old One's clock-face prison, and that his clockwork torturers have been destroyed by the Old One and that he will soon be able to escape.
Nearly all of the Lower House was destroyed by Nothing that had leaked from the dam in the The Far Reaches, being unleashed by Superior Saturday. The bulwark between the Lower House and the Far Reaches only lasted a few hours, during which important records and some Denizens were saved. However, the bulwark eventually collapsed and the Lower House was devoured. Only part of the Deep Coal Cellar survives, due to the protections around the Old One's prison; but it is slowly dissolving as the prison weakens. In Lord Sunday, the last of the Lower House is washed away by Nothing, destroying the Old One's prison.


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The spot is at the jetty of "La Trance Sur Mer". The jetty is called "l'embarcadère".
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It works only by very big swell. Come here during a storm. The interessant point is that the spot works with West wind. It's not hollow but and never more than 1.5 m. But hte wave is regular and very long. That is why it's so popular.
It is now (July 2001) forbidden to surf at l'embarcadère, due to a navigation channel... email Chirac and complain...
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By anonymous , 08-06-2004
- i'm comming here in july, is it worth taking my board?How is the frequency off the wave?
By Pepijn , 17-01-2004
Long rides - When it's working this spot is realy fun and fast. the takeoff point is very small so you have to wait for your turn if its crowded. the rides are very long and fast. during the off season you can park and sleep only 20 m from the break! Perfect longboard spot!Hangloose!
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