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Toledo Zoo solar array project to be featured at Ohio EPA conference
The Toledo Zoo will be in the spotlight at an Ohio conference for its solar array project.
The project will be featured at the Ohio EPA's Brownfield Conference in Columbus.
The April 6 and 7 presentation will focus on the redevelopment of the former industrial site along the Anthony Wayne Trail.
The solar array supplies more than 30 percent of the zoo's electricity – the largest in the nation powering a zoo.
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Crucial and Ballistix products at Computex 2017
We visited Crucial's home turf to see what was coming.
We visited Crucial's home turf to see what was coming.
We had a look at what was new in Patriot's suite at Computex 2017
We rocked up to Kingston and sub-brand, HyperX's suites at Computex to see what was new.
Rachel likes travelling to obscure places and party places alike. She needs her tech to get about and communicate whether its exploring caves, diving with Whale Sharks, rallying across Eastern Europe, partying at South American carnivals, eating insects in Asia, cavorting in fountains in Europe or relaxing in hot mud in South America.
WD's new two-in-one drive comes in a retail kit that's extravagant as far as hard drive packaging is concerned.
The latest Top500 list details the world's mightiest silicon
The amount of data in the world doubles every 18 months. Here's a look at eight real-world big data deployments in a variety of industries.
Data centres need to be secure, temperature controlled, spacious, redundant, reliable – nothing sexy. But that doesn't mean they can't be. Here are a few that rise above the crowd and take advantage of the possibilities.
Deciding what to buy friends and loved ones gifts for Christmas is never easy, but there are plenty of little gizmos to choose from if they are technically-minded. We've put together a little list of what we think would make useful and interesting gifts, from portable speakers to iPhone apps, from vinyl-to-MP3 rippers to phone-controlled helicopters -- we've tried to keep the mix as eclectic as possible.
One of the funnest parts of the Consumer Electronics Show are the cool, the crazy, and just-around-the-corner products.
From CES in January to next holiday season, 2011 promises some phenomenal new gear.
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It's the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Commander Keen game. We thought about sending some fine china to Apogee and id Software, but decided that a tribute slideshow would probably be a better idea.
Last night, nefarious members of Australia's technology press converged at the CBD Bar, Sydney, for a Halloween Party thrown by PR firm Max Australia, whose clients include NetApp, Fuji-Xerox, Belkin and Symantec.
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Combining map-guided trail navigation with 2-way radio communication, the Garmin Rino 750 handheld brings a whole new level of confidence to your outdoor adventures. It features a powerful 5 W FRS/GMRS radio, dual GPS and GLONASS satellite reception, Active Weather updates, emergency alerts with position reporting, Bluetooth® headset audio, 3-axis compass, barometric altimeter and more. Rino 750 supports advanced mapping capabilities such as BirdsEye Satellite Imagery (subscription required).
Physical dimensions: 2.6" x 7.9" x 1.6" (6.6 x 20.1 x 4.1 cm)
Weight: 12.3 oz (348 g) with battery pack
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — On Wednesday morning, prosecutors in St. Louis presented evidence to a grand jury in the case of Ferguson police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. It could be weeks before the grand jurors decide whether officer Darren Wilson will go to trial.
Generally, we don't hear much about grand juries, because they're cloaked in secrecy. Minnesota state laws stipulates jurors "must keep secret whatever that juror or any other juror has said during deliberations and how that juror or any other juror voted."
So why do we have grand juries?
"The idea behind a grand jury is that it's a check," said Derik Fettig, who teaches a criminal law clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School. "It's meant to serve as a check on a prosecutor who might seem too aggressive."
In Minnesota, any felony that carries a sentence of life in prison or when police officer shoots someone, a grand jury is empaneled. There are no judges and no defense attorneys, just a prosecutor, the jury, a court reporter and witnesses when they are testifying.
Unlike a jury trial, prosecutors don't have to prove someone committed a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
"It's a lower standard," Fettig said. "The grand jury is simply determining is there is probable cause. Probable cause has been described as a fair probability, more or less."
Grand juries have between 16 and 23 people in Minnesota. In Missouri, where the Brown case is being presented, 12 people sit on the grand jury. Grand juries are called by mail like traditional juries, but there is no selection process because the defense is not included in the grand jury process.
"Unless you have some hardship, you are expected to serve," Fettig said. "A part of that is you do not need a unanimous grand jury, so you could have someone who has a bias."
People serve on grand juries for several months and hear a number of cases. In Hennepin County, they meet every Thursday at 8:45 a.m. Grand jurors generally serve between one-half and two days a week.
By law, everything about the grand jury is secret. The Supreme Court has said the secrecy encourages reluctant witnesses to talk, protects people implicated in the case who might never be indicted and prevents those being investigated with interfering with the case.
"It's been secret from the beginning, and there's never been a move to change that," Fettig said.
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Rolls-Royce Showcases New Portfolio At The Geneva Motor Show
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars returned to Geneva Motor Show to debut its full product portfolio for the first time in front of an international audience. The marque will showcase an extraordinary collection…
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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Gold Coast charity gala sells almost $1 million custom Wraith at auction for three local Chicago charities.
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The highly anticipated Rolls-Royce Cullinan—the luxury automobile brand's first SUV model—made its American public debut at Monterey Car Week.
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Luxury auto brand Rolls-Royce launches limited Adamas Black Badge Collection with 40 Wraiths and 30 Dawns in exclusive two-tone coloring.
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This tutorial demonstrates how to set up multiple load balancer instances in a single pool behind a single AWS Classic Load Balancer. Similar steps could be followed for AWS Application Load Balancers or AWS Network Load Balancers. Multiple Edge-LB instances enable you to create a highly available load balanced environment and support increased throughput.
- Edge-LB is installed following the Edge-LB Installation Guide.
- The DC/OS CLI is installed and configured to communicate with the DC/OS cluster, and the
edgelbCLI package has been installed.
- At least one DC/OS private agent node to run the load balanced service (more is better).
- Multiple (two or more) DC/OS public agent nodes in a single VPC. In order to use an AWS ALB or NLB, the agent nodes must be in multiple AZs.
- Permissions to create AWS Load Balancers.
Environment Set Up
Create a Marathon application definition containing the sample service,
customer.json. It will start four instances.
{ "id": "/customer", "instances": 4, "cpus": 0.1, "mem": 32, "cmd": "sed -i 's:Welcome to nginx!:Customer Application:g' /usr/share/nginx/html/index.html; nginx -g 'daemon off;'", "container": { "portMappings": [{ "containerPort": 80, "hostPort": 0, "protocol": "tcp", "servicePort": 0, "name": "nginx-80" }], "type": "DOCKER", "volumes": [], "docker": { "image": "nginx" } }, "networks": [{ "mode": "container/bridge" }] }
Deploy the sample service.
dcos marathon app add customer.json
Create an Edge-LB JSON configuration file with a single Edge-LB pool that has multiple load balancer instances. We will call this file
{ "apiVersion": "V2", "name": "multi-lb", "count": 2, "haproxy": { "frontends": [{ "bindPort": 80, "protocol": "HTTP", "linkBackend": { "defaultBackend": "customer-backend" } }], "backends": [{ "name": "customer-backend", "protocol": "HTTP", "services": [{ "marathon": { "serviceID": "/customer" }, "endpoint": { "portName": "nginx-80" } }] }], "stats": { "bindAddress": "0.0.0.0", "bindPort": 9090 } } }
Deploy the Edge-LB configuration.
dcos edgelb create multi-lb.json
Navigate to the public IP address of each your public nodes. You should be able to see the NGINX web server initial UI.
Load Balancer Set Up: AWS Classic Load Balancer
The AWS Classic Elastic Load Balancer (Classic ELB) supports both TCP and HTTP connections.
In the AWS UI, navigate to the EC2 Load Balancer configuration page: Services > Compute > EC2.
Under the 'Load Balancing' section in the menu bar on the left, click on Load Balancers.
Click Create Load Balancer.
Under "Classic Load Balancer", click Create.
On the "Define Load Balancer" page, select these options:
- Provide a name for your Classic Load Balancer.
- Select the VPC that your instances are part of.
- Under "Load Balancer Protocol", specify these settings:
- Protocol: HTTP
- Load Balancer Port: 80
- Instance Protocol: HTTP
- Instance Port: 80
- Click the
+sign next to the subnets that each of your instances are part of.
Click Assign Security Groups.
Create a security group that allows in TCP port 80 from 0.0.0.0/0 (or specify an existing security group), click Next: Configure Security Settings, then click Next: Configure Health Check.
On the "Configure Health Check" page, select these options:
- Ping Protocol: TCP.
- Ping Port: 80.
- Response Timeout: 2.
- Interval: 5.
- Unhealthy Threshold: 2.
- Healthy Threshold: 2.
Click Next: Add EC2 Instances.
On the "Add EC2 Instances" page, select the instances that correspond to your public agent nodes, then click Next: Add Tags.
Optionally, specify tags for your ELB so you can identify it later, click Review and Create, then click Create.
On the Load Balancer page, you can check the status of your load balancer by going to Instances. It may take a little bit of time for the instances to be registered. Once your instances are properly registered, you can access the load balancer via the Load Balancer name.
Load Balancer Set Up: AWS Application Load Balancer / Network Load Balancer
The AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) is a Layer 7 Load Balancer that does HTTP processing; the AWS Network Load Balancer is a Layer 4 Load Balancer that does TCP load balancing. Conceptually they operate as follows:
- ALB: HTTP Load Balancer: HTTP connections terminate on ALB.
- NLB: TCP Load Balancer: HTTP connections terminate on the EC2 instance itself (in this case, directly on the Edge-LB Load Balancer instance).
Configuration of the two is roughly identical:
In the AWS UI, navigate to the EC2 Load Balancer configuration page: Services > Compute > EC2.
Under the 'Load Balancing' section in the menu bar on the left, click Load Balancers.
Click Create Load Balancer.
Under "Application Load Balancer" (or "Network Load Balancer"), click
On the "Configure Load Balancer" page, select these options:
- Provide a name for your Application Load Balancer (or Network Load Balancer).
- Select internet-facing and ipv4.
- In the Listeners section, specify HTTP and 80 (or TCP for a Network Load Balancer).
- Select the VPC that your instances are part of, and then select the Subnets that your instances are part of.
Click Next: Configure Security Settings, then Next: Configure Security Groups.
Create a security group that allows in TCP port 80 from 0.0.0.0/0 (or specify an existing security group), then click Next: Configure Routing.
On the "Configure Routing" page, make the following selections:
- Target Group: New Target Group.
- Name: (Specify a name for your target group).
- Protocol: HTTP (or TCP for Network Load Balancer).
- Port: 80.
- Target Type: Instance.
- Health Checks: Protocol: HTTP (or TCP for Network Load Balancer).
- Health Checks: Path: /.
Click Register Targets.
Select your instances, click Add to Registered, then click Next: Review, and then click Create.
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Build your team of friends, family and co-workers to compete for fun prizes and the "team trophy."
Evening includes: pizza, snacks, and soft drinks. Purchase: tickets for wine, beer and enter-to-win unique door prizes. Free parking.
Individual's Table: $30 in advance, $35 at the door
Friends Table: $300 by October 22, later $350
Corporate Registration: $650 by October 6, later, $700
Trivia Bowl is a fundraising event supporting the mission, programs and services of Heritage Place. We offer a variety of center-based classes, activities and home services to encourage and promote healthy lifestyles, independence, well-being, and quality of life for adults 55 and older.
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For over 30 years now, Belgian-born record label R&S have been at the forefront of serious club culture. That lifespan means that generation after generation of producers, DJs, and dancers, have been influenced by the imprint and its devotion to unearthing the best sounds sneaking through the floorboards of electronic music.
Over the last three decades they've released era-defining music by the likes of Aphex Twin, CJ Bolland, and Human Resource. Initially best known for the punishing, EBM-inflected hardcore sound that was all the rage across E-addled Europe in the late 80s and early 90s, R&S has seen it's scope widen in recent years. A brief hiatus ended in 2006 when they saddled the old horse up again and trotted back into every decent club in the world, releasing new music by the likes of James Blake and Space Dimension Controller.
Suddenly the logo was everywhere again, and Optimo's 2009 In Order to Edit mix was a must-have for anyone with any semblance of interest in just how unruly and chaotic dance music used to be. With R&S' 2017 shaping up to be truly memorable, we decided to have a quick chat with label manager Andy Whittaker about the past, present, and future of one of the iconic imprints of the electronic age.
He's also put together a rollicking guest mix for us, stuffed with new and exclusive material from the label. "This mix came about from wanting to showcase some new R&S releases that fit together in a more 4/4 house style," he says. "So it features new tracks from Talaboman, Lone and Space Dimension Controller. There's also a bunch of tracks from some personal favourite producers that never get old and an upcoming release from Lone's Magicwire label."
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THUMP: Andy, R&S have become one of the best loved records in dance music history. Does that fill you with pride on a daily basis?
Andy Whitaker: It's always a nice feeling to see R&S appear in lists of peoples favourite labels. Renaat and Sabine built a serious legacy in the nineties but we're still going strong and trying to live up to those glory days.
What's your role within the label, and how do your working days tend to play out?
I head up the label from the UK. We don't have a big team so I work across everything from signing artists to hiring the promo teams, organising the PR campaigns, overseeing the manufacturing and distribution and managing staff. Most days I'm spinning plates on a few campaigns over R&S, Apollo and Meda Fury so it never gets boring.
Do you remember your first ever contact with an R&S record?
Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams." I used to hear this everywhere in clubs in the nineties but I heard it again recently and it still sounds amazing.
How does the label look for new talent?
Ultimately our slogan is "In Order To Dance" so we are never too far away from music that will work in a club. We still hear tracks in clubs and get passed music in clubs but most of the new music we sign are artists we have decided to approach for a release on the label. We have scouts who are always out at gigs and searching non-stop for music online.
Are artists always excited when they're approached by the label?
Some can be but it's always interesting to see how they came across the label. Some young producers might be in thrall to Aphex Twin, Biosphere, Robert Leiner but for others the entry point could be James Blake. They might have never heard of the label up to that point.
What's the sauciest record you guys have ever put out?
Got to be "Love Kiss" by Sheila from 1989. The sleeve came with a warning—"This record has some nasty lyrics on it, so don't buy it if you can't stand the heat! Discretion is advised by store personel, parents and your own conscience!"
Finally, what can we expect from R&S' 2017?
2017 is shaping up very nicely so far (there's three tracks from the label in my mix). Unknown Archetype, Paul White, Talaboman, Lone, Sporting Life, Space Dimension Controller and Slackk have already been getting people excited but we've also got some other great new signings up our sleeves to announce later in the year. We've also got an impressive run of events planned this year!


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You think you already know the answer, right? Draw too quick and she's bound to be disappointed. Well, not quite.
According to a new study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, women are more likely to be disappointed when a man spends all his time focused on preventing ejaculation—thus ignoring her needs. The study surveyed over 1,500 women in three countries.
Over forty per cent of women indicated that ejaculation control was important to sexual fulfilment. 47.6% also said that a man's lack of attention and his focus on performance was biggest problem in their sex lives, followed by 39.9% who cited "short time between penetration and ejaculation", and 24.1% who cited "lack of ejaculatory control". 22.8% of women reported they'd broken up with a partner over his ejaculatory problem.
Before reaching for the illegal Viagra, however, men should think about changing a few lifestyle factors—alcohol intake, sleeping difficulties, and weight can all cause problems down there. Look on the bright side—after you solve all those problems, the woman in your life can find something new to be dissatisfied about. Fun!


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You like scary games? No, you don't. You wuss. If you did, then you would have already played the scariest video game ever made: Amneisa: The Dark Descent. Relying more on atmosphere and the fact that you HAVE NO WEAPONS, this title scared the hell out of us upon release, and we're sure it'd scare the hell out of you, even in the heat of August. Play it in the dark.
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The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL Convention), is concerned with preserving the marine environment through the prevention of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances. Its technical content is laid out in six Annexes, the first five of which were in the 1973 Convention, as modified by the 1978 Protocol, and cover pollution of the sea by oil, by noxious liquid substances in bulk, by harmful substances in packaged form, by sewage from ships and by garbage from ships. Annex VI was adopted by the 1997 Protocol and covers air pollution from ships.
The 2011 consolidated edition aims to provide an easy and comprehensive reference to the up-to-date provisions and Unified Interpretations of the Articles, Protocols and Annexes of the MARPOL Convention, including the incorporation of all of the amendments that have been adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and entered into force, up to and including the 2010 amendments as adopted by resolutions MEPC.190(60) and MEPC.194(61).
The Additional Information section of the consolidated edition includes amendments to the revised Annex III adopted on 1 October 2010 by resolution MEPC.193(61) and entering into force on 1 January 2014, if accepted, as well as prospective amendments to Annexes IV, V and VI adopted on 15 July 2011 by resolutions MEPC.200(62), MEPC.201(62), MEPC.202(62) and MEPC.203(62) which, if accepted, enter into force on 1 January 2013.
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Providing one of the top comprehensive professional development and interactive opportunities for global safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professionals, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will not only feature more than 200 educational sessions, but issue roundtables, an exposition featuring new and updated products, programs in Spanish, an executive track, a fundamentals program and speakers from the headlines — from NASA, the U.S. Department of Labor and much more, at its annual Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exposition, SAFETY 2010, this June 13th — 16th at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland.
The conference will feature an executive summit panel open to all attendees consisting of senior level management discussing views on the importance of employee safety and health and the expectations business and industry leaders have on the role of SH&E professionals. NASA's Assistant Administrator — Office of Infrastructure Olga M. Dominguez, of NASA Headquarters, and VP Human Resources and Administration for Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding William R. Ermatinger will headline the executive summit. Key issue roundtables will also be offered during the concurrent session periods where attendees can discuss and share ideas, challenges and successes, as well as network.
The exposition, which will be held during the conference, will feature products aimed at enhancing safety including alarm and signaling devices, auto safety devices, biological detection, maintenance material and devices, computer services, signage, drug testing, education and training aids, emergency aids, ergonomics, eye and face protection, and much more. Many companies debut their new products at Safety 2010.
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Students at Arroyo High School held a vigil Friday for a softball coach killed with two friends earlier this week after their car rolled over in Arcadia.
The school's softball team spoke directly to the mourning family of assistant coach Raymond Yniquez, who died in the crash Tuesday with his best friend Marcus Garcia and Anna Velazquez as they were celebrating Velazquez's birthday. A fourth friend who survived the incident is in stable condition in the hospital but continues to fight for his life, friends said.
Though just 21, Yniquez left a lasting mark on the lives on those he mentored. He was himself a graduate of Arroyo High School, where he continued to coach softball.
"I just want to say to his parents, thank you guys so much for raising such an amazing person," one student said as she fought back tears. "He believed in me even when I didn't believe in myself."
Yniquez worked as a tow truck driver but made it his life's mission to mentor young people at the high school and church, according to youth minister Gilbert Zaragoza.
"We all go through hard times and hard seasons and we need someone to love us," Zaragoza said. "He was that person for a lot of people."
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but police say Garcia, the driver, was speeding. His family has said he was likely excited to be driving his new car, which his parents had just given him as an early birthday present.
"Look at the hurt that has come from recklessness. I don't blame Marcus, I don't blame my brother, it could have happened to anybody," Yniquez's sister Crystal Yniquez said. "My brother's mission in life was just to make people happy and to save lives. Hopefully through this tragedy someone's life will be touched and be saved."


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With continued growth, this innovative and successful company now seek an exceptional Systems Architect to join the team. In this leading role, reporting directly to the CEO, you will underpin current and future product directions - involving scale out architecture, machine learning and analytics.
Specifically, in this role, you will be responsible for developing new architectures and product directions and bridging from research to design with analysis, modelling and proof of concept implementations. You will work alongside some of the best design / development engineers in the business - within a real "techie" environment. It is a fun place to work, with challenging and interesting projects.
In addition to an impressive academic record (Doctorate / Masters in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, Physics or similar) with a strong numerical / experimental background, you should be an experienced hands-on developer with leadership skills, and capable of developing mutual respect and ultimately a mentorship relationship with existing engineering teams. You should also be confident and outgoing – able to liaise with marketing teams or customers and attend relevant industry conferences and speaking events.
Specifically, your technical skills should include many of the following:
- Familiar with large scale Distributed Systems
- Approaches to Machine Learning / AI, Analytics, Query, Provenance
- Experience with Hadoop, Spark, Lustre and Alluxio
- Coding skills: C, Python, C++, Java or similar
- Experience in performance tuning, benchmarking and Embedded systems
- Familiar with Network and IT systems architectures
The role can be tailored for the right candidate who is self-starting, prepared to show initiative and enjoys working in a fast paced environment.
This is a modern, innovative company who offer an exciting and dynamic working environment. Staff are very well catered for, with a good team environment, free food / drink and regular social events. In return for your efforts you will secure a top level salary and a comprehensive benefits package, along with challenging and exciting project work.
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Length: 16km (10 miles)
Toughness: 4 out of 10
9.47 train from Charing Cross (9.50 Waterloo East) to Hayes (Kent), arriving 10.26
Tickets: Hayes is in London Transport zone 5 and Knockholt in zone 6, so use Oyster.
For walk directions click here.
It seems to be my week* for picking walks with different train lines out and back (see First Walk above), but in this case it is no hassle as both trains are within the LT travelcard/Oyster boundary.
As with the First Walk, multiplicity of lunch pubs was also a draw, just in case there is a spillover effect from Mother's Day tomorrow. On this walk Downe has two while Cudham has another. If you see someone that looks like Nigel Farage in the Queen's Head in Downe, don't get him talking about Europe, because it probably will be Nigel Farage. (See photos)
These factors apart, this is a proper little country walk on the southern fringes of London (or the northern fringes of the North Downs, if you prefer), with a nice mix of scenery. I offer no opinions on the mud quotient, but isn't the underlying soil here chalk?
If you can get to it in time (it closes at 4.45pm), it is worth making the effort to divert into Coolings Garden Centre towards the end of the walk to sample their wonderful self-service cafe, which has excellent cakes. If not the Rose and Crown pub usually puts up with our strange walkery ways. Note that it is 2km - 40 minutes walk or so - from here to Knockholt station, in whose environs there is no comfort, refreshment or relief of any kind. But it is light these days till 6.15pm or so.
Trains back from Knockholt are at 14 and 44 past. ***DON'T FORGET to TAP IN **** (easy to do, as there are no barriers)
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BEL AIR, Calif., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Donald Trump says his luxury hotel project in Dubai has the endorsement of a bevy of A-list Hollywood stars, who attended a gala launch party in Bel Air, Calif.
Among those making the rounds at a plush private estate off Los Angeles' Sunset Strip Saturday were Hilary Swank, Ali Larter, Kate Walsh, Pete Wentz, Aaron Eckhart, Orlando Bloom and Hayden Panettiere, the Los Angeles Times reported. It said the stars talked up the Trump International Hotel and Tower Dubai project and the evening featured a performance from pop star Christine Aguilera.
U.S. developer and television star Trump has partnered with Dubai development company Nakheel Properties and its chairman, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, on the project. Nakheel is building three man-made islands along the Dubai coast.
Trump first unveiled the 63-story project last month in New York. At Saturday's party, large tented domes contained intricate models of the project, and videos of the hotel were shown on a video screen near the stage set up on the property's tennis court, the newspaper said.


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..on such a winter's day.
While the campus is covered in snow, I am getting started on my plans for life after graduation- grad school…in SAN FRANCISCO!
Jupp, that's right, I am going back to the US for at least 12 months to study Marketing like a boss! As said before, I have had a lot of funding to figure out but finally had a fundamental monetary…breakthrough a week ago. What was more of a vague hope before has now turned into an actual plan and I can begin to actually get excited for September. In 7 months, I will get to know the West Coast by living in the city at the bay.
Never having been there, I picture San Francisco as a city with an established surfing culture, a VERY laid-back lifestyle, ENORMOUS living costs (yeah, great…) and an utterly health-obsessed population. I also heard of the fog that creeps into the city, sudden temperature changes, the neighborhoods that define who you are and the bad transportation in California in general. In Germany, there is a song that says (loosely translated): "I have never been to New York, I have never been to Hawaii, never been to San Francisco in my ripped jeans". San Francisco- I keep repeating it over and over again in my head hoping that it helps me create a feel for the city…which is complete rubbish of course, how can you get a feel for something you have never seen in reality? I am open and excited for what it has to offer and I can't wait to be back in the US. Being able to smile at people, greet waitresses with a "Hi, how u doin today?", have all my favorite fast food chains and soulfood products within reach, 24/7 stores, stars and stripes… you get my point!
12 months. Will be the longest I have ever been gone from home. I wont have the money to go home over christmas and, as of now, I barely am able to picture how this year is gonna go. Jessi, who has become like a sister for me over last summer, will stay in Europe, Judith, who has put planning the future on hold for now, and I will need to redeem ourselves to long-distance-roommates once again and I will leave almost everything behind that is familiar and beloved. I know, thats what growing up means. I know, thats what following your dreams entails. You sacrifice things on the path to happiness. In the end, it will all work out. And if it doesnt work out, it's not the end. Also, there is still a lot of time until then, time that will be spend working, researching (did someone say bachelor thesis?!), studying and planning. Making sure to make the most of the time I have left here and try to enjoy it enough so that, in a year from now, I wont look back and say "Oh, if only I had gone out more. If only I had put more effort into this. If only I had been smarter back then".
I should also mention the change in my relationship status that has been made by me. After a lot of talking, thinking and being brutally honest to each other my (ex)boyfriend and I are back together. There are only so many people in the world, that you can give a list of all your flaws (literally) and that reply with a list of exactly why these flaws are special effects in their eyes that don't change you being perfect for them. My fear of him not accepting me the way I am, my panic about not seeing this working out for too long but my failure in communicating these thoughts had led to a pretty abrupt end and then winter break came and for a month I tried talking myself into this breakup being for the better. I refused to listen to him trying to talk it out, I resisted his arguments for as long as I could, I was pushing him away for no apparent reason because I just did not believe in us being the perfect fit anymore. But eventually, his reasoning got me.I pondered a lot these past two months. 70 years ago, couples were assigned. You had little choice in whom to marry and divorces were social suicide. But few couples in their 80s regret having gotten married. Maybe our approach to relationships has changed? With movies and pictures, blogs and media promoting romantic stories of the perfect couple, the bar for finding love-meant-to-be is set pretty high. Yes, maybe him and I differ on certain attitudes, world views and behaviors. But we also have a whole bunch of things that we love doing together, things that connect us and make us comfortable around each other especially because we know the other person's weaknesses, fears, struggles and flaws. Yes, relationships mean work, constant work and adjusting and balancing and meeting halfway but so does life and we arent giving up on that so easily either now, do we? So, I came to realize that I had to get rid of all these socially influenced ideas about a relationship and find my own ones. That's what I'm doing right now and it makes me happy. Since he is gonna go to the same school, we are very much looking forward to an adventurous year in the States and I am excited for what exactly that will mean.
Bottom line- stay tuned. More stories of the crazy German exploring the Land of Liberty are yet to come! That will probably entail failed surf attempts, weird youtube videos, traveling diaries, rants about late-night study sessions, accent adaption and so on 😉


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As November approaches, the political debate in this nation is focused on issues parties hope will resonate with voters. All too often, these issues are not central to the ideological differences between the parties, but a reflection of talking points that fire up the base and make an impact in the media. This year, one of these issues that has become a partisan squabble is the alleged $716 billion the Democrats took from Medicare to pay for the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's health care law. The allegation is that the Democrats are raiding Medicare and the elderly to pay for their own pet program. The truth is that the difference between Republicans and Democrats on Medicare is none. According to CNN, Paul Ryan said:
"Here's what the president won't tell you about his Medicare plan, about Obamacare. The president raids $716 billion from the Medicare program to pay for the Obamacare program."
President Obama's campaign has defended against this oblique attack on Obamacare by pointing out the details of the estimate, and that the Ryan plan would do the same thing. According to CNN, Lis Smith, a campaign spokesperson:
"The savings his ad attacks do not cut a single guaranteed Medicare benefit, and Mitt Romney embraced the very same savings when he promised he'd sign Paul Ryan's budget."
What are the facts surrounding this contested $716 billion? The number itself comes from CBO estimate, which found that:
"[With the repeal of the Affordable Care Act] Spending for Medicare would increase by an estimated $716 billion over that 2013–2022 period."
The number itself is correct. As a result of Obamacare, $716 billion less will be going to various parts of the Medicare program. This could be considered a cut, or slowing the growth of a program. Kaiser Health News has the details:
"[B]efore the health law was passed, Medicare was expected to grow by 6.8 percent a year for 2010 through 2019. With the health law, that yearly growth rate is projected to be 5.6 percent during that same time frame, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation."
The claim that the elderly will now receive less money than before is misleading. The "cut" was simply the adjustment to the budget based on the changes in the Affordable Care Act. In short, the cuts are not directed at benefits to the elderly. The details demonstrate that the "cuts" are a mixed bag. Kaiser Health News continues:
"The July report from CBO and JCT -- in explaining where some of the biggest reductions would occur --found that hospital reimbursements would be reduced by $260 billion from 2013-2022, while federal payments to Medicare Advantage, the private insurance plans in Medicare, would be cut by approximately $156 billion. Other Medicare spending reductions include $39 billion less for skilled nursing services; $66 billion less for home health and $17 billion less for hospice. The law does not make any cuts to the amount of benefits beneficiaries receive..."
While the rate of growth will slow, what has traditionally been classified as Medicare spending will continue to expand under Obamacare. It may very well be true that the money will not go to the exact same recipients as the Medicare funding would have, but it will still go to the administration of another health care system.
If Republicans oppose government-run healthcare, they should oppose both Obamacare and Medicare. The massive divide on principles and policy that the two-party system wants to portray does not exist, and the debate over $716 billion exemplifies the shallowness of debate. This is because the $716 billion is simply a "disagreement" between the Democrats and Republicans over which account the debit card should have access to.
Romney and Obama are fighting over which entitlement health care program will receive the money. Both parties believe in government-run health care. Elections are held to find out who will run it. In a battle with billions at stake, at least they should be fair and honest when making representations to the American voters.


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How Using Solar Spotlight Can Save Money On Your Energy Bills?
You can power your garden using solar power. Solar spotlight, solar lanterns, solar lamps, solar heaters, solar water heating systems and many other options make moving over to solar power that much more easy and convenient.
Solar energy is the energy that comes from the Sun. The same power that helps water to evaporate from our vast oceans and clouds to form and give us rain can be used to generate electricity and power our homes. Solar energy helps our plants and food crops to grow. The very reason for life on earth is solar energy.
Life on earth has adapted to efficiently use solar power to thrive and grow and expand. Solar energy is available to us in unlimited quantities. But we humans have been as yet unable to tap it to generate large scale power plants. This is mainly because we lacked the technology to tap sun's heat cheaply and convert it to useable electricity. This high initial cost made solar energy prohibitive for most uses.
Fossil fuels offered a cheap alternative. It was thought that huge reserves of Earth's fossil fuels were almost inexhaustible. But, the exponential growth of nations and recent joining of many under developed countries to the growing club of energy hungry nations has suddenly woken up governments to the knowledge that these reserves are limited and sky-rocketing prices have suddenly made alternate renewable energies more attractive.
Also, the burning of these fossil fuels is creating a dangerous build-up of toxic gases and carbon-di-oxide in the atmosphere leading to global warming and climate change. Governments, non-profits and many research organizations are racing against time to find better ways to tap into cleaner sources of energy like water, sun and wind energy.
Recent advances in technology have made tapping solar power more cost-effective. So, it makes sense to exploit solar energy. The advantage of solar energy is many. It is freely available and also in large quantities. You can install solar panels anywhere and tap into solar power. Your terrace or your farms with vast open areas are ideal places to place the panels to trap sun's heat.
Solar power unlike coal or gas-based power plants can be generated right in our homes and used and stored to power our various needs. Yes, many households have now installed solar panels to trap sun's heat and transform it into electricity. This is then fed into the mains of the household electric supply to power the various electronic and electrical items at home.
With your own solar energy system in place you will never have to pay another energy utility bill. The savings over the long term is huge as you will be insured against any price hikes or power cuts due to ever increasing demand and skyrocketing prices. If you don't want to go the whole way you can still make a small beginning by lighting up your outdoors using solar spotlight to illuminate your waterfalls or trees. You can solar lanterns to brighten your pathways.
There are so many options to make use of solar energy and you will not need to dig up your lawns and pathways to lay the wires for transmitting electricity. Your solar spotlight or lantern comes with its own solar panel and battery hook up that will generate enough power to make it work and you won't have to pay for the electricity usage.
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The Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD) was a research project looking at how the mining and minerals sector could contribute to the global transition to sustainable development.
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Effort advances to reinstall Split Rock River bridge.
Apr 09, 2018 04:05PM
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By Jimmy Lovrien of the Lake County News Chronicle - April 9, 2018
A popular North Shore hiking trail is one step closer to having a bridge again.
The Superior Hiking Trail Association announced in February it surpassed its fundraising goal of $75,000 and had raised nearly $84,000 to replace the Split Rock River Bridge, which has been out since 2015.
Once complete, the bridge will relink the two sides of the Split Rock River Loop, a 4.5-mile loop beginning at Highway 61 and following each side of the Split Rock River. The two sides of the trail connect where the bridge once stood.
The SHT, a 300-plus mile hiking trail stretching from the Minnesota-Wisconsin border near Jay Cooke State Park to the Canadian border by way of the North Shore, uses the Split Rock River Loop as part of its trail.
The bridge could be completed by fall 2019, according to Denny Caneff, executive director of the Superior Hiking Trail Association.
"We're gonna get it up and do it right this time," Caneff said.
It's been a difficult location for past bridges.
According to Caneff, ice or high water have knocked down the first two bridges, which were quite primitive. Then, the third bridge was moved higher upstream to avoid ice and water damage, but that one was destroyed, too. The fourth bridge lasted longer, but crews removed it in 2015 when the structure began to look unsafe.
Since then, hikers have had to wade across the Split Rock River, take a detour along the Gitchi-Gami State Trail or turn around.
"They can't complete that loop," Caneff said. "That's what's unfortunate about the spot we're in."
By their September board meeting, the SHTA expects to have proposals from three engineering firms. They'll select one proposal, then begin ordering parts. To avoid future damage from the river, the design will likely use steel and fiberglass construction.
But the bridge's location also presents construction challenges — it's 2.5-mile walk from Highway 61 and there's no road access.
That's where they'll have to get creative. Caneff said everything is being considered — from helicoptering in the largest beams to dragging materials in with ATVs, snowmobiles or even horses.
"Yeah, it's complicated," Caneff said.
While the fundraising goal has been surpassed, Caneff said the SHTA will likely raise a bit more cash for the project. Caneff hopes the project's total cost remains under $100,000.
For more news from around Lake County, visit The Lake County News Chronicle website by following this link. http://www.lcnewschronicle.com


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The family of speech therapist Alys Mikolajczyk have installed special memorials at the places where she worked.
Alys died in April following a long battle with pseudomyxoma peritonei, a rare cancer of the appendix.
She was known for her love of wildlife, and her husband, Chris, has arranged for stone bird baths to be placed in the gardens of the Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely, North Cambridgeshire Hospital in Wisbech, and at Doddington Hospital.
Speaking at the unveiling of the memorial in Ely which was attended by Chris and one of Alys's sisters Paulina, Kay Rogers, Clinical Manager for Adult Speech and Language Therapy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, paid tribute to Alys.
Kay said: "Alys was an exceptional, inspirational, and dedicated therapist, and we all know how lucky we were to have her as part of our team.
"This is a place where we can all come and remember her. The bird baths are beautiful and I know we will never forget her. We would all like to thank Chris for organising the memorials."
Alys retired from CPFT in March 2017 due to her illness. Before she left the Trust, she was nominated by her colleagues for a special award which are given to staff in recognition of outstanding work.
The award was presented to Alys by then Chief Executive Aidan Thomas at Brookfields Hospital, Cambridge.
CPFT provides physical health for older people and those with long-term conditions, and mental health services across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
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University of Phoenix Announces New Degree Concentration in Web Administration
New concentration made possible through industry-recognized Certification Partners curriculum
University of Phoenix® today announced a new associate degree concentration in Web Administration. This new degree incorporates the industry-standard CIW Web Foundations Associate curriculum, provided through a new agreement with Certification Partners. This curriculum includes three courses — Internet Business Associate, Site Development Associate and Network Technology Associate — and provides the knowledge and skills that students need in order to earn the related professional CIW certifications, as well as perform the technology-based job tasks that employers demand.
As the Internet continues to grow and thrive as a critical source for information and commerce, the need for skilled professionals who can develop and manage websites increases. The new Web Administration concentration fulfills this need by providing University of Phoenix students the skills to handle these jobs using the industry-leading CIW Web Foundations Associate curriculum, which focuses on how businesses use Internet and Web technologies.
"University of Phoenix is dedicated to providing our students with employable education that is relevant to current industry needs," said Dr. Bill Pepicello, president of University of Phoenix. "This new relationship with Certification Partners will provide our students with the skills and education they need to be effective Web administrators who can positively impact the success of the businesses for which they work."
University of Phoenix has worked with Certification Partners, the leading provider of vendor-neutral Web technology skills certification, since mid-2011 to develop the Web Administration associate program. The degree will be administered through University of Phoenix's College of Information Systems and Technology, and enrollment for the program is now open to the public.
"This is a great opportunity for working professionals and students to begin a highly relevant career in Web development," said Certification Partners President and Chief Certification Architect James Stanger, Ph.D. "University of Phoenix's Web Administration program will provide the foundational knowledge for professionals to grow along with the Internet. By using the CIW Web Foundations Associate curriculum, this program will help its students evolve from Web consumers into Web producers."
To learn more about University of Phoenix and its information technology programs, please visit http://www.phoenix.edu/programs/degree-programs/technology/associates/aait-wa.html. For more information about all of the offerings in the CIW certification standard, visit the CIW Certifications page at http://www.ciwcertified.com/Certifications/index.php.
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Certification Partners delivers industry-leading courseware, certifications and training solutions to higher-education institutions, corporations, associations, government agencies, non-profit organizations and career-minded individuals. The company specializes in information technology (IT) job skills with its premier CIW brand, delivers essential workforce training with its LifeSkills certification series, and offers a variety of job skills training internationally with CertPRESS. Certification Partners products bring learners of all ages the knowledge and skills essential to success in the modern workplace. Certification Partners is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, with satellite offices in Ireland and Japan, plus a worldwide reseller network.
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University of Phoenix College of Information Systems and Technology is a national leader and advocate for the development and advancement of IT in the landscape of global business operations. The College graduates more IT students than any other institution in the nation and offers associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. Its Faculty Advisory Council, composed of experts and leaders in the IT field, helps ensure curriculum is on pace with national and international market demands. Providing innovative digital learning tools developed to suit all learning styles, the College focuses on building technical knowledge and its successful application to real-world business environments. For more information, visit www.phoenix.edu/colleges_divisions/technology.html.
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University of Phoenix is constantly innovating to help students balance education and life in a rapidly changing world. Flexible schedules, challenging courses and interactive learning can help students pursue personal and career aspirations without putting their lives on hold. As the flagship university of Apollo Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOL), University of Phoenix serves a diverse student population, offering associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs from campuses and learning centers across the U.S. as well as online throughout the world. For more information, visit http://www.phoenix.edu.


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We're now officially in winter, and although the chances of us having a 'white Christmas' are slim, our dogs can still get uncomfortable in the cold, particularly slimmer shorthaired breeds and senior dogs. The PDSA have provided some tips as part of their seasonal advice.
Dogs still need exercise but it's recommended you stick to day light hours. If this isn't possible:
- Keep your dog on a lead unless in a totally traffic-free area
- Wear reflective clothing and carry a torch
- Get your dog some reflective clothing too with a glowing/flashing lead and collar
As the temperature drops, make sure you:
- Towel dry your dog as soon as you get home or use a hairdryer on a low setting held some distance away. Keep the hairdryer moving as you would for yourself
- Consider getting a winter coat for dogs with thin, fine hair, or those that are getting older, or those suffering with joint problems
- Prevent snowballs from forming by trimming the hair between your dog's toes or training him or her to wear doggie boots
Do not leave your dog outside in freezing temperatures for long periods of time and do not leave your dog in the car. Even a few minutes in the cold can cause hypothermia.


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Subject: Minutes of Pacific UBL TC call 12 March 2014 00:00UTC
MINUTES OF PACIFIC UBL TC TELECONFERENCE WEDNESDAY 12 March 2014 00:00UTC ATTENDANCE G. Ken Holman (convener) Tim McGrath STANDING ITEMS Additions to events calendar: http://ubl.xml.org/events - none Review of Atlantic call minutes https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201403/msg00005.html Review of Pacific call minutes https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201403/msg00003.html Membership status review https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process#membership https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=ubl https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl/members/roster.php?num_items=80 - voting status is determined by the following: - existing voting members must not miss two consecutive meetings to maintain voting status - non-voting members must attend two consecutive meetings to obtain voting status - current voting member list (alphabetical): - Oriol Bausa - Kenneth Bengtsson - Jon Bosak (secretary) - Kees Duvekot - G. Ken Holman (co-chair) - Ole Madsen - Tim McGrath (co-chair) - Andy Schoka (TSC chair) - what can we do to recruit more volunteers to the TC to share in the work? UBL 2.1 Status - comments to explanatory note on UBL 2.1 to ISO/IEC JTC 1 sent to OASIS by Tim for their consideration - Jamie to send final copy to UBL TC when sent to JTC 1 - no word received as yet New documents for outsourcing warehousing - raised by Kees - https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201402/msg00005.html- formal work has to be done in the TC due to IPR issues of participating members - it could be that we can re-use existing documents, so the committee needs to decide what is needed for the communication - it was raised that perhaps the TC should be only focused on syntax and not on guidelines of use, given that in the past when we have tried to do create guidelines (such as the calculation models and the small business subset), it has never come to fruition - the only guideline document we have completed so far, Customization Guidelines, is also focused on syntax and techniques, not business - CEN BII fits well in the role of establishing guidelines, but there could be other organizations that would satisfy this role - if the committee goes into too much business detail, then is there a risk that groups will not consider their own business requirements while thinking that the committee-documented approach is the only approach
- it was noted this has not been true with the swim-lane diagrams - the wording could be couched to try and keep users' minds open - some questions were raised regarding the Despatch Advice document - is Despatch Advice intended for one-to-one or one-to-many communication?- in PEPPOL this document is one-to-one, if there are more complex scenarios they would have to be documented separately - in the transportation sector there may be more documents regarding end-to-end status - Kees to continue this discussion on the TC list to see what conclusions arise and then we can decide how much stays in the committee and how much is contributed to other organizations for their consideration - Tim suggested that we consider using http://ubl.xml.org as the forum in which to develop the deployment guideline as it is arm's length from the TC - question for OASIS legal: reviewing http://www.xml.org/terms-of-use we are unsure if the TC can pick up any idea posted to the forums and use it in a future version of UBL, please clarify what latitude we have in doing so
- email sent by Ken on 2014-03-05 and no response yet received- Kees has reviewed the existing swim-lane flows and can use these as a point to start some discussions
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201403/msg00007.html UBL TC next steps - what promotional issues need to be addressed? - UBL 2 is an organic thing that can be grown - what do we do for implementation support? - should we write a companion document of how to use the specification? - industry-specific documentation? - make it easier to find what is relevant without changing the actual specification - what about updating the International Data Dictionary? - who can we find to help with this? - how about another UBL International conference in order to promote the release of UBL 2.1? Can anyone host this conference? http://ublconference.com or http://ublconference.org - perhaps an event in North America and in Europe in 2014 - Washington DC, Burlington MA (OASIS)? - http://www.exchange-summit.com/ - Barcelona - October 2014 - BII - Paris in June? Frankfurt in September? - Beijing June 2014 (JTC 1 SC32)? - how about a Twitter feed of UBL adoption and announcements? - what subject matter issues need to be addressed? - more transportation co-ordination issues - communications with transportation regulatory organizations - what technical issues need to be addressed? - are any schema changes needed? - at the least we need to publish the NDR as soon as possible - what educational materials need to be made available? - how about YouTube videos regarding access to the UBL package? TC CONCALL SCHEDULE We are coming up to daylight savings time again, so please watch the timings of calls in North America. I'm trying to keep the timings of calls in Europe unchanged, since most members are from Europe, so the time of the Atlantic calls in North America changes for three weeks. The Pacific call takes place Tuesday evenings west of the Atlantic Ocean. The time of the Pacific calls in North America is unchanged. Next meetings: 2014-03-19 Pacific 00:00UTC/20:00EDT, Atlantic 15:00UTC/16:00CET/11:00EDT 2014-03-26 Pacific 00:00UTC/20:00EDT, Atlantic 15:00UTC/16:00CET/11:00EDT Proposed (in Central European Summer Time): 2014-04-02 Pacific 00:00UTC/20:00EDT, Atlantic 14:00UTC/16:00CEST/10:00EDT 2014-04-09 Pacific 00:00UTC/20:00EDT, Atlantic 14:00UTC/16:00CEST/10:00EDT 2014-04-16 Pacific 00:00UTC/20:00EDT, Atlantic 14:00UTC/16:00CEST/10:00EDT 2014-04-23 Pacific 00:00UTC/20:00EDT, Atlantic 14:00UTC/16:00CEST/10:00EDT Will anyone be requesting a leave of absence in the near future? For privacy reasons, this discussion will be kept off of the minutes. TC calendar: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/calendar.php?wg_abbrev=ubl TC calendar iCal subscription link: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup_feeds/ical/my_vcalendar.ics?token=fa658a7994a6cefb10c10be09e139af3&workgroup_id=50 OTHER BUSINESS None -- Public XSLT, XSL-FO, UBL & code list classes: Melbourne, AU May 2014 | Contact us for world-wide XML consulting and instructor-led training | Free 5-hour lecture: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/links/udemy.htm | Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/o/ | G. Ken Holman mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com | Google+ profile: http://plus.google.com/+GKenHolman-Crane/about | Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal | --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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Specialty Top Level Domain Names: Are They Worth It?
As an entrepreneur or a small business owner, you know you need to have a website for your business to succeed. Aside from having consistent branding, you need to determine what the URL, or domain name will be for your new business website. This domain name is probably the most important aspect of your business website. With that said, a lot of consideration should be taken in coming up with a name. A domain name should be unique, catchy and easy to remember. It needs to communicate what your business, products or services are all about.
Whatever you decide on, you likely figure that your page's top-level domain (TLD) is going to end in the typical .com. What about the .co, .net, .edu and .org endings? Why would companies pick those?
The So Called "Bright Side" of Specialty TLDs
Earlier in 2015, Google announced expanded domain name registration for small business owners. Instead of the common .com ending found in the vast majority of us domain names, small business owners are now able to choose unique domain names such as .accountant and .pizza. This comes on the heels of the growing popularity of non-.com ending domain names which became noticeable in 2012.
Start-ups have begun choosing domain names not ending in .com for many reasons: to be unique and save on costs. The competition is much lower and the domain name availability is much better with these alternate domain name endings. Small businesses and start-ups benefit from the fact that XYZ.biz will have lower up-front and long-term costs than a more competitive XYZ.com domain. For TLDs, the law of supply and demand really applies. As registered .com domain name endings become more scarce, the more competition there will be. More competition means higher bidding prices. This increased competition means a potentially costly investment to purchase such a domain name for a start-up or small business. Often times, the possible fierce competition of a .com domain name leaves the cash-strapped start-up or small business on the sidelines. In the .com sphere, it is the big companies that often come out on top.
Some over-zealous business owners may believe that a specialty TLD name is not only unique, but it makes clear to website visitors what their business or specialty is. Clicking on a doctor's office website domain with .doctor at the end of the URL will seem credible, right? As will be discussed later, this is not necessarily the case.
Over the last four years, specialty TLDs have seen a slight uptick in popularity. Their use is predicted to become more common in the coming years. Before you jump on the specialty domain bandwagon, there are some drawbacks to them along with their benefits.
The Downsides of Specialty Domain Names
While the alternate domain name endings may have caught you eye, you likely may have had some questions or suspicions about the authority and safety of the site. While come such as .lawyer and .biz seem more specific and, therefore, more trustworthy, they still may make some web users hesitant. Web users are conditioned to seeing the .com that anything different will automatically raise red flags. This can have negative effects on your business.
It is still the norm for big, wealthy, established companies to vie for the .com domain name ending. In fact, companies will bid thousands of dollars for .com to be included in their webpage's URL. In the online world, .com is still seen as a status symbol alluding to page authority and trust.
As counter-intuitive as you may think, custom TLDs are actually harder to remember, especially when .com has been the norm. Healthcare.com, for instance, saw a great uptick in website visits from people wanting to access healthcare.gov to enroll in health insurance. If your company name ends in something other than .com, customers looking to purchase your products or service may very well visit a website with .com version of your page's URL. Your customers, in essence mistakenly flock to another website (possibly a competitor's).
Besides looking different, most are often longer than the three letter .com. Some approved TLDs are 12 or 13 letters long, such as in .construction and .international. In today's fast-paced society, who would want to type all those letters in, especially on a mobile device?
Earlier attempts of unique TLDs have resulted in failure, such as .pro, .law, .sport and .love. .Com has been the only domain name ending that has truly persevered through time. Not only do specialty domain names lack authority and lessen the user experience, representatives from Google also mentioned in a Search Engine Land article that it won't include keywords in the TLDs as factors in its search algorithm. This seemed to be contradictory to Google's expansion of it domain name registry extension.
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Litecoin is one of the most popular cryptocurrencies currently in circulation, with the 5th largest market cap. Litecoin (LTC) is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project released under the MIT/X11 license. Creation and transfer of coins is based on an open source cryptographic protocol and is not managed by any central authority. Litecoin was an early bitcoin spinoff or altcoin, starting in October 2011.
A Bit of History
Litecoin was first created in 2011, by Charlie Lee, a developer who previously worked for Google. Its establishment came just two years after Satoshi Nakamoto announced the release of Bitcoin, which is why many have labelled Litecoin as being the 'silver' to the more popular Bitcoin's 'gold'. Litecoin's key features are its speed of transaction (it processes blocks in 2.5 minutes, compared to Bitcoin's 10 minutes) and cheaper fees.
2013 was the year in which Litecoin really started to take off. In November of that year, LTC grew in value by 100% over a period of just 24 hours and reached a $1 billion market capitalisation. This progression established it as the second most valuable cryptocurrency, after its rival Bitcoin.
In May 2017, Litecoin was the subject of the first Lightning Network transaction when 0.00000001 LTC was sent from Zürich to San Francisco in under one second. Litecoin had a stellar year in 2017 – the year in which cryptocurrencies started to reach a wider audience. Between January and December 2017, its price rose from $4 to $350, a return of over 8000%. Today Although it has now grown its market capitalisation to over $9 billion, Litecoin has, in recent months, been superceded by cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum and XRP.
A crash in the market in March 2018 is partly to blame for this decrease in valuation. Despite this, Litecoin is currently the world's fifth most valuable cryptocurrency – a strong position to hold in what is becoming a gradually more saturated market.
What is Litecoin?
Litecoin is a peer-to-peer Internet currency that enables instant, near-zero cost payments to anyone in the world. Litecoin is an open source, global payment network that is fully decentralized without any central authorities. Mathematics secures the network and empowers individuals to control their own finances.
Litecoin features faster transaction confirmation times and improved storage efficiency than the leading math-based currency.
With substantial industry support, trade volume and liquidity, Litecoin is a proven medium of commerce complementary to Bitcoin.
How Is Litecoin different to Bitcoin?
More transactions per block. The Litecoin blockchain is capable of handling higher transaction volume than its counterpart - Bitcoin. Due to more frequent block generation, the network supports more transactions without a need to modify the software in the future. As a result, merchants get faster confirmation times, while still having ability to wait for more confirmations when selling bigger ticket items.
More coins produced total. Miners are currently awarded with 50 new Litecoins per block, an amount which gets halved roughly every 4 years (every 840,000 blocks). The Litecoin network is therefore scheduled to produce 84 million Litecoins, which is 4 times as many currency units as Bitcoin.
Wallet encryption and passwords. Wallet encryption allows you to secure your wallet, so that you can view transactions and your account balance, but are required to enter your password before spending Litecoins. This provides protection from wallet-stealing viruses and trojans as well as a sanity check before sending payments.
Litecoin is an open source software project released under the MIT/X11 license which gives you the power to run, modify, and copy the software and to distribute, at your option, modified copies of the software. The software is released in a transparent process that allows for independent verification of binaries and their corresponding source code.
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A contemporary sculpture currently on display at Central Piedmont Community College's Central Campus will be transported soon to Washington, D.C., where it will appear in an exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Artist Dustin Farnsworth created the piece called, "A More Sophisticated Form of Chaos" (2014). The work is on loan to the college from owner Bill Gorelick of Charlotte. The sculpture is on display on the first floor of the Zeiss Building, located on the college's Central Campus. Gorelick has loaned the college a number of pieces from his personal collection since 2013 so students at its campuses can be exposed to and enjoy art in multiple forms, including sculpture, glass and pottery. These spaces have become known as the Bill and Patty Gorelick Galleries at Central Piedmont. There are currently three galleries at Central Piedmont's campuses – the college plans to have one at each campus by 2021.
The Farnsworth sculpture will remain on display at Central Piedmont until mid-October. It then will appear in the Smithsonian's biannual showcase of contemporary craft at the museum's Renwick Gallery from Nov. 9 to May 5, 2019. Following its display in D.C., the piece will return to the Queen City where it will be placed on display in the college's fourth Gorelick Gallery, located on its Harper Campus.
The Smithsonian's exhibition is a biannual showcase of contemporary craft that offers a national platform for both established and emerging craft artists whose work the museum feels deserves more attention. Participating artists are selected by a jury of specialists in the field, and the show will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.
Farnsworth resides in Montreal and has been an artist-in-residence at the McColl Center for Art & Innovation in Charlotte. His work has appeared in solo exhibitions in Columbia, SC; Huntsville, AL; Wilmington, NC; Murfreesboro, TN; and Grand Rapids, MI.


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Though guys do have the pressure of bringing their A-game to a first date, that doesn't mean us females are exempt from doing the same. So here's the list of Do's and Don'ts when it comes to a first date (or any date for that matter).
Don't be late.
Don't complain about the date. Especially if your date is trying really hard to make you happy. If the date is that bad, then just don't go out with that person again.
Don't take forever when excusing yourself to go to the bathroom.
Don't spend all night texting and answering calls. If you have to take a call, always excuse yourself. And don't keep your date waiting long, it's rude!
Don't wear too much make-up or be a "cake-face" as I'd call it. Keep the facades to a minimum.
Don't be self conscious about ordering real food. Guys like it when they see a girl can enjoy a full meal.
Don't interview your date. Let the conversation flow naturally.
Don't ask about his exes or anything too serious that could hinder a good date aura.
Don't get drunk! Save that for the 3rd date (I kid, I kid..lol).
Don't kiss your date if the moment isn't right or if you are not ready.
Don't curse like a sailor. It's not lady-like and most guys don't think it's attractive.
Don't have sex on the first date.
Don't talk about marriage. Just.save.that.for.later….waay later.
Don't try too hard to be someone you're not. Just be yourself!
Do try to get an idea of what you will be doing on the date so you can know how to dress. If you're still unsure, a dress or nice fitting dark jeans, a pretty top, and heels will do the trick.
Do compliment your date.
Do wear your favorite scent. One spritz on the neck ,wrist, and hair- maximum!
Do show your personality. This is one of the reasons he asked you out.
Do be open to something new if he has planned a date that's out-of-the-box.
Do allow him pay for the date, hold your door, and do all the other gentlemanly things guys do.
Do carry and use breath mints. You don't want a dirty mouth!
Do personable, friendly, and engaging. A date should be something that's fun, not a chore.
Do let your date know when you're having a good time and if you'd like to see him again.
Do be open minded. You never know how things could turn out if you give someone or something new a chance.
D0 dress to impress. No matter where you go for your date, show that you put some effort into your appearance.
Do make it a point to have a good time and all should go well. 😉
Note: If there are some important Do's and Don'ts I've missed, feel free to post them in the comment section!


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I guess you could say that, but I'm just realizing that I need to play like a really good player every game - not just every now and then. Part of becoming the player I want to become is being that person on a consistent basis.
My teammates are finding me and I'm being more aggressive on the offensve end. Being more hungry to score with the ball and also getting points off of my defense, getting out and running the floor has helped.
After the Michigan loss, I felt like I had't contributed like I need to do. Even though we lost, we were in the game for most of it and that kind of pushed me to contribute more.
Now that the team is getting into ACC play, do you feel fresher as a team than say last year?
Definitely my body feels good. The guys fell good. We've have some hard practices, but we've rested ourselves well and are prepared for whats coming.
Is there more intensity going into ACC play during practices?
Coach is always intense. We are always intense, but there is an added level of intensity as we go into the season - a little bit more urgency. Every ACC team - you're going to get their best fight every game - we get that from anybody. You can't get knocked back. Really at the beginning of the game we try to set the tone early.
Can you comment on the play of center Brian Zoubek -
He's a heck of a player. He's really developed his game and is becoming one of the better post players in the country. There are some simple things he does which make him a better player. Since Brian has come here, we've always had confidence in him. I think a big thing is that his injuries have definitely set him back. He played well as a freshman, but injuries were a set back. Brian is going to do fine. We have confidence in him and he is confident himself now. He's going to be a huge part of what we do this year.
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Variable annuities are on the examination radar of "product-focused concerns" at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
In its annual letter outlining its of regulatory and exam priorities for 2015, the regulatory organization told its broker/dealer members that it will focus on "sales practice issues with variable annuities — both new purchases and 1035 exchanges."
In last year's letter, variable annuities were not even mentioned.
The variable annuity focus in 2015 will include assessments of compensation structures that "may improperly incent the sale of variable annuities," FINRA said.
The sale and marketing of "L share" annuities will be a particular focus, FINRA added, noting that these products typically have "shorter surrender periods, but higher costs."
The surrender charges on L-share annuities usually run three to four years. That is shorter than the 7- to 8-year surrender periods found on many if not most B-share annuities. The trade-off for the increased liquidity is that the L-share annuities typically have higher mortality risk and expense charges and commission percentages than do B-share annuities.
Other variable annuity sales issues FINRA plans to look at include: suitability of recommendations, statements made by registered representatives about the products, and the adequacy of disclosures made about material features of variable annuities.
In addition, FINRA said its examiners will look at procedures and training by compliance and supervisory personnel "to test the level of brokers' and supervisors' product knowledge, to prevent and detect problematic sales practices in variable annuities, and to assess compliance with requirements that firms file retail communications concerning variable annuities with FINRA within 10 business days of first use."
Other products and concerns
FINRA's product-focused concerns for 2015 span many other financial products, not just variable annuities. Some of these other products include interest-rate-sensitive products, alternative mutual funds and structured retail products.
In general, the letter said the product-related risk reviews in 2015 will routinely focus on due diligence, suitability, disclosure, supervision and training.
Areas looked at may include features of the product itself as well as sales or distribution practices.
Some products are "complex and may be subject to substantial market, credit, liquidity or operational risks," the letter said. And some were previously available only to sophisticated investors but have now been "modified" for offers to retail investors.
Broad areas of concern
The 2015 priorities letter runs for 17 pages, much longer than the 11-pager in 2014. That is an indication that the self-regulatory organization is taking the occasion of its annual letter to point out broad areas of concern, not just a priority list.
For instance, the letter lists five "key areas of broker-dealer activity" where FINRA said it continues to observe "shortcomings." These areas are:
- Alignment of firms' interests with those of their customers
- Standards of ethical behavior
- Development of strong supervisory and risk management systems
- Development, marketing and sale of novel products and services
- Management of conflicts of interest
Customer first
The first "key area" on that list — align firms' interests with those of their customers — may raise eyebrows among registered representatives and broker/dealers who are held to the suitability standard of care (make recommendations that are suitable for the customer), not the fiduciary standard of care (put the customer's interests first, before your own).
In its letter, FINRA offered this explanation: "Irrespective of whether a firm must meet a suitability or fiduciary standard, FINRA believes that firms best serve their customer — and reduce their regulatory risk — by putting customers' interests first. This requires the firm to align its interests with those of its customers."
FINRA said it has observed what it calls a "central failing" at broker/dealer firms of not putting customers' interests first.
"The harm caused by this may be compounded when it involves vulnerable investors (e.g., senior investors) or a major liquidity or wealth event in an investor's life (e.g., an inheritance or Individual Retirement Account rollover). Poor advice and investments in these situations can have especially devastating and lasting consequences for the investor."
Linda Koco, MBA, is editor-at-large for AnnuityNews, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda may be reached at [email protected].
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