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Posted: Wednesday, January 9th 2013 at 4:34pm Georgia hires Miss. State's Wilson as DL coach By The Associated Press ATHENS -- Mississippi State defensive coordinator Chris Wilson has been named the defensive line coach at Georgia. Coach Mark Richt made the announcement Wednesday. Georgia hired Wilson to replace longtime assistant Rodney Garner, who took a job at Auburn, his alma mater. Wilson arrived at Mississippi State in 2010 as the co-defensive coordinator and line coach, then took over as the sole coordinator the last two seasons. The 44-year-old Wilson also has coached at Oklahoma and Colorado. © Copyright 2013 AccessNorthGa.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission.
About T-Mobile AccessoriesFind all T-Mobile cell phone accessories here! Select from the various cell phones carried by T-Mobile and get the right T-Mobile accessories for your phone. We carry T-Mobile ... read more Start Here: Find your device These are all phones available from T-Mobile that we have accessories for. And as you can see, we have a lot of different accessory -- phones that we cover the accessories for. We have over twenty thousand different items for over a thousand different devices. And, basically, to find your accessories all you gotta do is look at the phone model. You have to figure out what your cell phone model is and then after that just match it up with our database right here to find your T-Mobile phone accessories. So let's say you are looking for the Blackberry Bold 9900 accessories. Just click on to the picture and you'll be taken into a section with all the other products available for that particular phone. This is the way that we organized our store. It doesn't matter whether it's, like, the T-Mobile cell phone accessories section or all the other sections. It is like this. As soon as you hit into the phone accessories section, you'll see something very, very similar like this brand and other phones. We wanna make sure that all of our items are organized according to the product types so it's -- you're not gonna find a hard case in a data cable section. Now, we wanna make sure that everything is so organized that your online shopping experience is easy and as painless as possible. So as soon as you got here, all you gotta do is just click in to more sections depending on what you're looking for and then you will be presented with all the items that you're looking for. If you already know the model type or the product or any, you know, keywords that you would like to find, you can always just use the search engine on top. But if you can't find what you're looking for, if you can't find the T-Mobile accessories that you're looking for, you can always just give us a call at 1-866-GEEKS-93 or you can contact us through live chat Facebook or E-mail. Our hours are from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Time. Any questions regarding T-Mobile Cellphone accessories, please let us know. And this is Gary Geek. You got if from a geek. View More »
If you rent a property and suffer an injury that is due to the negligence of a private landlord, you may be able to pursue a landlord negligence injury claim with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau. When you are renting a flat, house or any other type of accommodation the landlord or caretakers have a duty of care to make sure that the property is safe. They should inspect the property regularly to active this. If whilst renting a property you have noticed a hazard you should make you landlord aware so they can fix it and make it safe. If they fail do this and you suffer an accident a rented accommodation injury claim is possible. Following any accident you suffer in a private rented property you should inform the owner of the property explaining to them what caused the accident. In order to claim compensation for your injury you will need to have it diagnosed by a doctor and on medical records. Landlord negligence injury claim no win no fee All accepted rented property landlord injury claims here at the Accident Advice Bureau are worked on a no win no fee basis, where on winning maximum compensation is awarded. We will also claim for any other losses you have suffered due to your accident such as loss of earnings. So speak to our friendly claims advisors today who discuss your accident circumstances and advise you of the next step. Call 0845 10 88 333 or click: Rented Private Accommodation Landlord Injury Claim. Tenants being injured in a rented property due to the negligence of a landlord happens all too often. Landlords have a responsibility to ensure the property is safe for tenants to live in and any defect which is reported should be rectified before an adult or child is injured through no fault of their own. We have successfully handled many different types of claims against landlords for accidents and injuries to tenants. These range from faulty electrics causing electric shocks, ceilings falling down hitting people, slipping in the kitchen and bathroom due to leaking pipes and carpet on stairways being unsecured and dangerous causing people to fall down stairs. If you have been unfortunate enough to be injured in a rented property and want to claim against a landlord, please contact us. Injured in rented property claims no win no fee There is no cost for claiming with us, the claim will be handled on a no win no fee basis and maximum compensation is paid out on winning. Please contact us on 0800 814 0014 or claim by clicking: Injured in a Rented Property Claim. When you rent a property from a landlord the property should be safe. If you do suffer a an injury as a result of a hazard due to landlord negligence, then you may be able to pursue a injured in a rented property accident claim with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau. We have recently accepted such a claim involving a client who has been on the property since November 2010. She has complained to the landlord about a leak from the toilet, the landlord told her that he had already checked it and it was just condensation. The client disagreed with this and told him so. As a result she had to put a bucket in the kitchen to catch the water dripping from the ceiling above where the leaking toilet is located. On the day of the accident the ceiling collapsed and hit the client on the neck, shoulders and upper back. She called the fire brigade and an ambulance. In hospital she was diagnosed with soft tissue damage to her neck and shoulders and was prescribed painkillers. The client later informed the landlord of the accident who is now repairing the ceiling. Injured in a rented property accident claim no win no fee compensation We were contacted to help her make a claim for being injured in rented accommodation. All such landlord negligence claims are handled on a no win no fee basis where on winning maximum property accident compensation is awarded. Contact our friendly team today to see if we can help you. Call 0845 10 88 333 or click: Injured in a Rented Property Accident Claim. If you have been injured in a rented property as a result of the council, a housing association or private landlord being negligent, then an accident in a rented property injury claim may be possible with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau. We have recently accepted such a case where an accident injured a tenant in a property which was rented through a private landlord. He moved into the property in early 2010, there is a flat above his which is owned by the same landlord. The landlord was having some work done on this flat when the workers left around 5pm. The workers had hit a water pipe that had become punctured when they left the property for the day, they were either unaware or did not care. During the night the tenant got out of bed to go to the kitchen. As he got out of bed he went into the passage way when he slipped on water which was approximately 1 inch deep on the carpet. The water was approximately 5 meters in length and extended all the way into the kitchen. The water was due to the work in the flat above. As the tenant slipped backwards he hit his head on the radiator before landing on his back. He was soaked as a result of the water. The wet floor was witnessed by his flat mates and the accident was reported to his landlord, the wet carpet has since been pulled up. The private tenant went to see his doctor who diagnosed a neck and shoulder injury. He no longer lives in the rented property and he still suffers with aches to his neck and shoulders. Rented property landlord negligence claims no win no fee He has asked for our help in making a no win no fee private tenant injury claim for compensation. If you wish to make an accident in a rented property injury claim contact our friendly, fully trained advisors today. Call 0845 10 88 333 or click: Accident in a rented property injury claim against a landlord.
IRS and States Collect from Son of Boss The IRS announced on Friday that more than $3.2 billion has been collected in the biggest ever crackdown on improper tax shelters. In addition, the states of Arizona, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Utah, and Virginia have collected more the $23.5 million in voluntary state tax return amendments. The $3.2 billion has been collected from 1,165 taxpayers participating in the “Son of Boss” tax shelter settlement. The settlement initiative required taxpayers to concede 100 percent of the tax losses claimed using the “Son of Boss” strategy as well as a penalty of 10 to 20 percent if they had not previously disclosed the losses to the IRS. The total amount collected is expected to climb to $3.5 billion in coming months as the May 23 deadline for participation approaches. As part of a larger partnership between the IRS and the states, a total of $161 million in disallowed losses and assessments of nearly $16 million in taxes has been collected by Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Virginia. More states are expected to show significant benefits as the initiative progresses. Some states are pursuing “Son of Boss” participants through their own programs. “Son of Boss” was a particularly abusive transaction that was aggressively marketed primarily to wealthy individuals during the 1990’s and 2000. A spinoff of an earlier bond and option sales strategy known as Boss, participants used currency options and similar financial products to create false losses to offset gains made by selling stock options or other business assets. The IRS declared “Son of Boss” an abusive tax shelter in 2000. “The IRS efforts to share information on their Son of Boss initiative with the states is just one more example of the reinvigorated effort of IRS and the states to work together to combat abusive tax transactions,” said Harley T. Duncan, executive director of the Federation of Tax Administrators, as association representing tax administration agencies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and New York City. “We’re excited by the results, and these efforts send a very clear message that engaging in abusive transactions has consequences at the federal, state and local levels.”
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- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour - 1/2 teaspoon salt - 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper - 1 pound halibut or sea bass fillet, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces - 3 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided - 1 large onion, chopped - 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped - 3/4 cup dry white wine - 3 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth, or 1 cup bottled clam juice diluted with 2 cups water (see Note) - 12 ounces yellow-fleshed potatoes (3-4), such as Yukon Gold, peeled and cut into quarters or eighths lengthwise, depending on size - 12 ounces carrots (about 4), cut into 2-inch-long sticks - 1 large egg - 3-4 tablespoon lemon juice - 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill or fennel fronds, or fennel fronds Combine flour, salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Dredge fish in flour. Heat 2 teaspoons of the oil in a Dutch oven or large sauté pan. Swirl the pan to coat the bottom evenly with oil, then add the fish. Cook, turning, just until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer the fish to a plate and set aside. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon oil to the pan and reduce heat to medium. Add onion and garlic and cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Slowly pour in wine and bring to a boil. Add broth (or diluted clam juice); bring to a boil. Add potatoes and carrots and return to a boil. Cover and cook over medium heat until the vegetables are just tender, about 20 minutes. Return the fish to the pan, reduce heat to low and cook, covered, until the fish is opaque in the center, 5 to 10 minutes longer. Transfer the fish and vegetables to a plate with a slotted spoon and keep warm. Increase the heat to high and boil the cooking liquid for 5 minutes to intensify the flavors. Whisk together egg, 3 tablespoons lemon juice and dill (or fennel) in a medium bowl. Gradually whisk a little of the hot cooking liquid into the egg mixture, then pour the egg mixture into the remaining cooking liquid in the pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened (do not boil) and the liquid reaches a temperature of 160ºF on an instant-read thermometer, 1 to 2 minutes. Return the fish and vegetables to the pan and heat through. Taste and adjust seasonings, adding more lemon juice, if desired. - Serving: Per serving - Calories: 338 - Carbohydrates: 36g - Fat: 7g - Protein: 25g - Dietary Fiber: 5g - Saturated Fat: 2g - Monounsaturated Fat: 3g - Cholesterol: 85mg - Potassium: 1218mg - Sodium: 497mg - Exchanges: 1 1/2 starch, 2 vegetable, 2 1/2 very lean meat, 1/2 fat - Carbohydrate Servings: 2 1/2
Intimate details about ' sex life has been shared to public by a person close to him. On Friday, September 30, Jenny Mollen, the actress wife of the "" star, posted a lengthy blog on The Smoking Jacket, detailing their sexual escapades that involved her hiring a prostitute for his birthday gift. "So my husband and I got a w*e," so the 32-year-old began. "I'm hoping, unless you're some sick depraved dissolute of a person, this isn't the kind of thing you hear everyday. If it is, fk you, I thought it was pretty gangster. So, ok, where do I begin? I wanted to do something special for his birthday, isn't that how all these stories start?"
Erykah Badu was extremely angered by her own music collaborator, The Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne. The Grammy-winning songstress was really upset after Coyne released an NSFW music video for their collaboration "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" without her approval. The clip, which hit the web last week, featured the Queen of Neo-Soul getting naked in a bathtub. Her sister, Nayrok, was also seen covered in what looked like a milky white substance, gold glitter, blood and fake semen. Badu later claimed that she "never would have approved that tasteless, meaningless, shock motivated video." The 41-year-old singer unleashed a fiery Twitter rampage aimed at Coyne, writing, "Perhaps, next time u get an occasion to work with an artist who respects your mind/art, you should send at least a ROUGh version of the video u PLAN to release b4 u manipulate or compromise the artist's brand by desperately releasing a poor excuse for shock and nudity that sends a convoluted message that passes as art( to some)." "You obviously have a misconception of who I am artistically," she stated via Twitlonger. "I don't mind that but... By the way you are an a. You did everything wrong from the on set." She went on lashing out at Coyne, calling him "self serving" and complaining about the "disturbing" scenes featuring her sister. "I told u from jump that I believed your concept to be disturbing," she added. "U disrespected me by releasing pics and rough vid on the internet without my approval (Contract breech)," so Badu claimed. "This is equivalent to putting out a security camera's images of me changing in the fitting room." She continued, "Consequently, brother, As a human I am disgusted with your what appears to be desperation and poor execution. And disregard for others. As a director I am unimpressed. As a sociologist I understand your type. As your fellow artist I am uninspired. As a woman I feel violated and underestimated." "Hope it works out for ya, Wayne. Really i could give a s* less. Still love your live show tho. And you're welcomed. Lesson learned," so she wrote at the end of her long tweet. "O, And on behalf of all the artists u have manipulated or plan to manipulate, find another way. These things have been said out of necessity. And if you don't like it you can KiSS MY Glittery A. O and Nayrok told me to tell u to kiss her a too." The controversial clip itself had already been yanked from the web. Following the incident, Coyne released an apology toward Badu, stating, "The video link that was erroneously posted on Pitchfork by the Flaming Lips of the Music Video 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', which features Erykah Badu, is unedited and unapproved. Sorry!!" "We, the Flaming Lips, accept full responsibility for prematurely having Pitchfork post it. It has outraged and upset a segment of fans and we apologize if we offended any viewers!!! This is a Flaming Lips video which features Erykah Badu and her sister Nayrok and is not meant to be considered Erykah Badu or Nayrok statement, creation, or approved version."
Episode PremiereSeptember 26, 2011 Show Period2005 - now Production CompanyFox TV During dinner at a Japanese Steak House, Ted tells everyone about his recent run in with Victoria, an old girlfriend he was in a long distance relationship with but ruined by cheating on her with Robin. Victoria catered dessert at the event Ted was attending, and to clear his conscience as well as spend time with her, Ted goes home with her to help clean up the kitchen. During their encounter, Ted discovers that Victoria is about to get engaged and also the real reason their relationship did not work out. Meanwhile Lily and Marshall, thinking Barney is drunk and off his game, make a bet with him; if Barney's hibachi chef skills match that of their chef, tricks included, he gets to touch Lily's pregnancy endowed chest, if he loses he has to wear Marshall's ducky tie for a year. Turns out Barney scammed Lily and Marshall, and has been training to be a hibachi chef for months. While Barney is performing his chef tricks, Lily distracts him by flashing her chest causing him to mess up, resulting in him losing the bet, and having to wear the ducky tie.
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Achieve had a great time meeting fundraisers from around the world at the annual Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference. What an inspiring group of people! To read some of the highlights check out our collection of tweets from the conference including lives tweets from Charity Water founder Scott Harrison’s keynote. (Don’t have to be on twitter to enjoy!) AFP Tweet Recap We also hosted a great tweet-up gathering social media and nonprofit lovers at Moose’s Down Under! Check out a recap of this fun night. Want to learn more about the session at AFP? Here is a recap from the Chronicle On Philanthropy with links to blogs about a wide variety of great sessions and speakers. Did you attend AFP? What was your favorite part? Tell us in the comments or tweet @achieve_consult.
May 25, 2007: Xora Offers Customized HVAC Settings for Mobile Workforce Management May 25, 2007 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Xora, a leading provider of location-based mobile workforce management solutions, has announced IndustrySmart, a new feature that automatically customizes its GPS TimeTrack account settings based on a specific industry such as HVAC. These settings are the result of more than two years of research done by Xora. IndustrySmart is a patent-pending solution that is now available for 50-plus industries including HVAC. By researching and analyzing industry-specific usage patterns among companies seeing the highest return on their investment, Xora said it is able to take the guesswork out of the setup process and provide optimized account settings for new customers that are in place from the very start. “IndustrySmart makes it easier for companies to start using GPS TimeTrack, but more importantly, IndustrySmart increases the value of GPS TimeTrack by leveraging all the research that Xora has performed into how companies in specific industries are getting the most from our application,” said Sanjay Shirole, Xora co-founder, president, and CEO. “IndustrySmart provides our customers with a significant running start and makes it easier for them to access the full power of the GPS TimeTrack application.” When setting up an account with Xora, the customer simply selects the appropriate industry and the resulting customization is done automatically via IndustrySmart. For example, if the customer selects HVAC, IndustrySmart automatically customizes the account so that the phone captures job information specific to HVAC use. The customer can further customize GPS TimeTrack as needed. Xora’s mobile workforce management applications enable businesses to track and manage field staff via GPS-enabled mobile phones. Mobile workers use the phones to record time sheet and job status information, including when they begin and end shifts and jobs. Office staff can access this information in real-time through Web-based maps and reports. Companies use this information to ensure that workers are paid accurately and customers are billed appropriately. Xora notes that this added visibility helps lead to increased productivity, lower costs, and better customer service. For more information, visit www.xora.com. Publication date: 05/21/2007
By Eliot Baker I&M Staff Writer (May 6, 2010 ) The Nantucket Dreamland Foundation Board of Directors voted last week to show a series of family-friendly movies, plays and concerts from mid-June through late August on the lot of the South Water Street Dreamland Theater property, which is scheduled to break ground for the rebuilding of the historic Dreamland Theater in early fall. Like last summer, the outdoor programming is meant to provide a glimpse into the future when the Dreamland Theater will support a variety of year-round movies, performances and events. In return, the Dreamland Foundation has asked for a measure of community buy-in for the theater and its substantial construction costs. The Dreamland Theater has been approved through the permitting process and is about to begin the bidding process for builders. To read the entire story, pick up this week's Inquirer and Mirror or register for the I&M's online edition by clicking here.
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What exactly does "desecration" mean? Is it just flag burning — or does it also include smearing the flag with dirt? How about dropping it on the ground? And why should law enforcement get to decide who to arrest for such desecration? Free expression and the right to dissent are among the core principles which the American flag represents. The First Amendment must be protected most when it comes to unpopular speech. Failure to do so fails the very notion of freedom of expression. Our democracy is strong because we tolerate all peaceful forms of expression, no matter how uncomfortable they make us feel, or how much we disagree. If we take away the right to dissent - no matter how unpopular - what freedom will be sacrificed next? Make a Difference Your support helps the ACLU defend free speech and a broad range of civil liberties. Burn the Flag or Burn the Constitution? (2011 blog): Sadly, Congress is once again considering an amendment to the U. S. Constitution banning desecration of the American flag and, in doing so, testing our political leaders' willingness to defend what is arguably one of America's most sacred principles — protecting political speech. Flag Amendment Defeated, First Amendment Stands Unscathed (2003): On June 27, 2006, the Senate voted down the proposed Flag Desecration Amendment by the slimmest margin ever. The vote was 66-34, just one vote short of the two-thirds needed to approve a constitutional amendment. Reasons to Oppose the Flag Desecration Amendment (2004 resource): Talking Points on Opposing the Flag Desecration Amendment Background on the Flag Desecration Amendment (2004 resource) Fight for the Flag - Resources (2006 resource)
Posted by November121, 18 December 2011 · 96 views My back cracks a lot and makes weird sounds. So does my neck and knees. Hope it doesn't kill me. Forehead: clear. Oil free. No red marks. Beautiful. Nose: peeled all week. Made me look like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Scan thing on the right side. Could just be dry skin. Just pink today, less peely. Chin: acne free. Couple of pink circles that peel a bit. Slight remarks. Under chin: fading red marks. No acne. Right jawline: weird red mark is still raised but less prominent. Clear. Left jawline: no acne. Tiny red marks, hardly noticeable. Gorgeous. Right cheek: big red peely healing pimple by my nose. Calming down. It's been pussy, red and sore all week. Ew. Red all around it. Sunglasses mark still sharp, but lighter. Red marks are healing a little bit. Left cheek: weird thing on my upper cheek. Looked like a flake of skin, but I popped it. It scanned up, but now it's healing. Red marks doing a bit better. I need to stop picking my skin. Hair: dry. Eyes: dry. Lips: dry. Hands: dry. # of consecutive days without any new acne: 1. Merry Christmas!
My Kind of Medicine: Real Lives of Practicing Internists: Jon Brndjar, DO, FACP The best doctors have a little bit of everything: a good bedside manner, a sharp mind, a knack for healing and a gift for precision. Internists have these qualities and more. What sets them apart is felt more than it is defined: an intangible ability to read a patient's body, mind and spirit all at once. Dr. Brndjar has this ability, and his patients are grateful for it. The Sixth Sense Dr. Jon Brndjar is an osteopathic physician and a believer in holistic care. The similarity in ideology of both disciplines blends well with his personal approach to medicine, which can be described as straightforward with a good dose of common sense. The secret to his success lies in his ability to get to the root of something quickly and simply. "Sometimes I’ll have patients come in complaining of chest or abdominal pain and while it is important to take into account their age, other medical problems and other factors, I also ask what has been going on in their lives," he explains. Often times he says these types of common ailments are stem from increased stressors, problems at work or at home. "Asking a patient ‘What’s going on with you right now?’ helps you as a physician establish a timeline." For Dr. Brndjar, there is nothing particularly extraordinary about the way he practices medicine. To him and other physicians like him it is cut and dry, but with today’s health care environment, his simplicity is refreshing. His ideology and methodology as a physician are guided by an inner compass, something he says he struggled to find. When Dr. Brndjar was finishing college, he found himself at a crossroads, unsure of what he wanted to do with his life. It was down to two choices: medicine or the seminary. His decision reflected the better choice for him intuitively. "I wanted to help people live a better quality of life and being an internist is for me the best way to serve that purpose," he says. He is able to do that today in a town called Emmaus, just outside of Allentown, PA, where he operates his own private practice, Brndjar Medical Associates. It is a healthy practice that he has been able to build successfully over the years with a little local pull, having completed medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and residency training with a Penn State program at Lehigh Valley Hospital. The inspiration for his wanting to help people stemmed from his own family doctor growing up. "In the old days, the family doctor treated everything from A to Z and I remember being really impressed by him. I liked his approach to patients, and I liked his knowledge." He also drew inspiration from the people he worked with at a nursing home while in college. "The experience instilled in me a great deal of respect for them—those who do that kind of work." Dr. Jon Brndjar with his family Contending with difficult and sometimes painful moments has earned Dr. Brndjar appreciation and recognition from his patients and their families, something he cites as one of his finest achievements. One instance Dr. Brndjar remembers had to do with a patient suffering from congestive heart failure. After three or four hospital stays within two months, the patient decided to decline treatment. "He wanted to go home and just be comfortable," he recalls. The following day, Dr. Brndjar met with the patient and the family—including the patient’s spouse, children and grandchildren—as well as the family minister. He helped them work through the emotions and questions, and the following day, the patient left for home, accompanied by hospice services. He died three days later. At the viewing, the patient’s sister approached Dr. Brndjar and told him how much the patient’s wife and family appreciated what he had done and the time he took. Later, he also received a letter from the patient’s wife echoing the same sentiments. "The biggest reason I love internal medicine is helping families like that one,” he says. “I love taking care of people and their families. It’s very rewarding." He demonstrates similar generosity toward his colleagues. Currently, he is working with ACP’s Center for Practice Innovation in helping smaller practices identify and improve practice-related issues. "I wanted to become involved," he explains. "As a solo practitioner it’s easy to get too into your own little world—I thought this was a good opportunity to connect with other physicians." While he dedicates much of his time to others—his patients, their families, his colleagues—he still tries to spend as much time as he can with his own family. He enjoys his time with his four children, Dan, Alexa, Hunter, and Anderson, helping them with schoolwork, watching them in sports or just hanging out with them. He also does volunteer work for the church he attends with his family. His wife Dana has worked as a nurse, which is how he met her in 1996. They were friends for many years before they got married. "Being married to Dana is just plain fun," he says. "She’s bright, intelligent and beautiful and she loves me for me—good points and bad. Not to sound sappy, but I feel lucky and blessed to have her in my life." As for the future, once again Dr. Brndjar’s instincts point him in the right direction. His plan is to get his master’s degree in business, something he says future internists looking to run their own practice should seriously consider. "I’d encourage students and residents to get additional course work in business because running your own practice is like running a business," he says. "I’ve had to learn it on the fly which has been a challenge." Something else he thinks they should consider is internal medicine. "What’s exciting about being an internist," he says, "is having challenges every day, always having something new on the horizon." Try as he may to act like a bump on a log, Dr. Brndjar is an example of how internists, today’s unsung heroes, are fast becoming tomorrow’s diamonds in the rough. Match Day 2012: An Exciting Experience Go behind the scenes at Match Day 2012 at The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and hear Dr. Katrina Armstrong, Chief of the Internal Medicine Division at Penn Medicine describe being part of the Match Day experience. Students: Join ACP for Free Benefits of Membership for Students: ACP's free Medical Student Membership includes benefits designed especially to meet students' needs. Join Now: Sign-up today and begin enjoying the benefits of ACP Medical Student Membership. 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Prayer Before Reading Holy Scripture O Master Who loves mankind, illuminate our hearts with the pure light of Your divine knowledge and open the eyes of our mind to understand the teachings of Your Gospel. Instill in us also the fear of Your blessed commandments, that we may overcome all carnal desires, entering upon a spiritual life and understanding and acting in all things according to Your holy will. For You are the enlightenment of our souls and bodies, O Christ God, and to You we give glory together with Your eternal Father and Your all-holy, gracious and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen. Epistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 3:1-13 TIMOTHY, my son, the saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task. Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher, no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money. He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way; for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil; moreover he must be well thought of by outsiders, or he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Deacons likewise must be serious, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for gain; they must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first; then if they prove themselves blameless let them serve as deacons. The women likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things. Let deacons be the husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and their households well; for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. Gospel Reading: Luke 20:9-18 The Lord said this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country for a long while. When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, that they should give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent another servant; him also they beat and treated shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent yet a third; this one they wounded and cast out. Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will respect him.' But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.' And they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy those tenants, and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "God forbid!" But he looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner'? Every one who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but when it falls on any one it will crush him." Saints and Feasts Paramonus, Philumenus, and their 370 Companion Martyrs in Bithynia; Our Righteous Father Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessolonica; Dionysios, Bishop of Corinth; Akakios of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder
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For every successful actor, there are hundreds of performers, backstage and front-of-house theatre staff who are not so fortunate. They may be suffering from illness, disability, or be caring for children with special needs. Many in our industry lend their support or put their name to other good causes but, like any profession, we also try to take care of our own. During the last two weeks in October, every year, bucket collections are held in theatres across the country. Audiences are asked by performers 'Acting For Others' to assist with fundraising in aid of their less fortunate colleagues. Theatres can request buckets and other publicity materials from the Combined Theatrical Charities (please visit the Contact page) and can hold as many collections as they wish during the week.
Telephone recordings from the Alameda County Fire dispatch center during the Raymond Zack incident paint a picture of confusion and equipment failures among first responders and responding agencies. Action Alameda News obtained a copy of the recordings from Alameda County on Tuesday, pursuant to a public records request. The City of Alameda posted a copy of the recordings to its website on Wednesday, the day after Action Alameda News received a copy. Prior to that, the City of Alameda had posted a copy of only radio transmission recordings, not telephone recordings. The Alameda County Fire dispatch center operates out of City Hall in San Leandro, and handles the dispatch of equipment for the Alameda Fire Department. Both 9-1-1 telephone calls and radio transmissions are recorded. The telephone recordings obtained by Action Alameda News reveal the conversations between call-takers in the dispatch center, and other agencies, such as Alameda Police, the United States Coast Guard, and the Oakland and Alameda Fire Departments. The County did not provide a time-of-day stamp for individual calls, so it’s difficult to tell when the calls took place. Action Alameda News has transcripted and summarized some highlights of the recordings below, noting the time-marker in the recording, which does not correlate to a time of day. Also, readers should understand that actual events took place over the course of an hour – the recording compresses the time scale to about 16 minutes. 00:00 Opening call from Alameda Police Department to Alameda County Fire Dispatch (ACFD): “He’s going into the water trying to drown himself.” (By the end of the recording, participants to the event are indicating that they thought the victim was a woman. Recordings of radio transmissions released by the City of Alameda reveal ACFD telling Alameda firefighters that the victim was a woman.) 00:50 Alameda PD tells ACFD (Christina) – “Can you let them know they want them in? They don’t want you guys to stage any more, they want you to go out there.” (This appears to coincide with the ACFD call log which records an entry at 11:37 “CLEAR TO GO IN. CLEAR TO ENTER.”) 1:28 United States Coast Guard (USCG) tells ACFD the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) for a USCG boat is 30 to 40 minutes “depending.” 2:23 ACFD calls AFD Battalion Commander Rick Zombeck, and says “Well, PD, they’re like, spazzing out, so I don’t know how far out the person is. But Coast Guard has a 30 minute ETA so they were calling to see if the San Leandro boat was available…check with engine 1 and see if they need a boat, and let us know if you need San Leandro.” (Previously, the Alameda County Fire Department has stated that rescue boats were available during the incident at its Station 11 in San Leandro.) 3:20 ACFD calls Alameda County Fire Station 11, San Leandro, and is told it would take about 30 minutes for a boat from that station to reach the scene in Alameda. ACFD responds, “Ok, that’s what Coast Guard said, we’ll let them handle it.” 4:04 AFD Rick Zombeck calls dispatch. “Are they [USCG] sending a RIB boat?” (RIB is an abbreviation for Rigid Inflatable Boat) ACFD call-taker says she doesn’t know, but they just launched it and that it would take 30 minutes to get there. AFD’s Zombeck asks how long it would take for the San Leandro boat to arrive. “Call the Coast Guard and find out what kind of boat they’re going to send. It’s shallow water, so they’re going to have to send a RIB, which is what I assume they’re going to send.” 4:57 ACFD calls USCG to confirm they are sending a RIB boat. 6:12 ACFD calls USCG to get a cell phone number for a contact on the USCG boat. Subsequent to this, there are various calls about AFD trying to communicate with the USCG boat via cell phone or marine radio. 10:16 Oakland Fire Department calls ACFD saying they have USCG on the line requesting a shallow-bottom boat from Oakland FD. (By this time, it appears that USCG has discovered that the boat they have dispatched drafts too deeply to approach the victim, Raymond Zack, and they are calling for a back-up shallow-water boat from another agency. An Alameda PD press release after the incident stated that the USCG vessel dispatched from San Francisco could not get close to Zack “due to the shallow nature of the bay.”) 12:25 It’s not clear, but it appears that at this time ACFD spoke with Oakland FD for a shallow-bottom boat. Subsequent discussions with Oakland FD take place. 15:37 USCG in San Francisco calls ACFD to indicate that a Good Samaritan has pulled Raymond Zack into the beach. 16:32 “Don in Medic 1,” apparently Alameda FD firefighter Donald Pemberton, assigned to Apparatus ID “M01,” based on the Alameda FD incident report, calls ACFD. ACFD asks, “Well, who was the second ambulance for?” “Don in Medic 1″ responds, saying, “…we had run through all our batteries on the autopulse….Yea, he’s done. Yea, so we called in to see if we could get the autopulse up and working…He uh, had the ability to make a bad decision and did.” (An autopulse is apparently an automatic chess compressor used to respond to cardiac arrest. Note that while the telephone recordings suggest that a second ambulance was dispatched, this is not confirmed by the transcript of the radio transmissions released by the City of Alameda nor by the copy of the radio transmission recordings released by the City.)
Hunger and Malnutrition Crisis Resurfaces in Niger NEW YORK, NY—In response to massive food shortages and staggering acute malnutrition rates in Niger, international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger \| ACF International launched an emergency response to provide nutritional support to children, increase the income of vulnerable families, and bolster a national initiative to dampen the impact of the crisis. These interventions come on the heel of an announcement by the government of Niger that the rate of severe food insecurity in the country has tripled since last year. Government authorities estimate that nearly a million children in Niger are moderately malnourished and another 200,000 have severe acute malnutrition, a life-threatening condition. Over 58% of Niger’s population is deemed food insecure, according to recent surveys. Assessments conducted in December by the Nigerien government showed that some 7.8 million people will be forced to cope without food reserves for at least six months before the October harvest; food stocks for severely insecure households—approximately 20% of the population—have already been depleted. These severe food shortages result from a number of factors, including drought-like conditions, high staple food prices, and a sharp drop in the market price of cattle. “The food situation in Niger has reached a critical stage,” says Noemie Munoz, Niger Desk Officer for Action Against Hunger, which has delivered humanitarian programs in Niger since 1997. “Families with no other options are going days without eating or are resorting to begging and borrowing to cope with massive shortfalls.” Action Against Hunger is providing logistical and technical support for the Nigerien government’s response, which includes cash-for-work programs to create 800 new village grain banks and reinforce another 1,000 existing banks, food and seed distributions to vulnerable households during the planting season, and bolstering national grain reserves. The national plan covers approximately 30% of the food insecure population for three months. In addition, a program to provide nutritional care for children under five is intended to reach 378,000 children with severe acute malnutrition and more than 1.2 million children with a moderate form of the condition. The government will also provide a blanket distribution of supplementary nutrition products to 500,000 children between six and 23 months of age as a preventative measure against malnutrition. ACF is also launching an emergency intervention in the Mayahi province of southern Niger to provide nutritional support to roughly 18,000 acutely malnourished children under five and cash-based grants to 1,900 vulnerable people to boost purchasing power at local food markets. Funding for Action Against Hunger's programs is being provided by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department, the UK Department for International Development and its West Africa Humanitarian Response Fund, UNICEF, the French Development Agency, the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation, and Accenture. Despite these programs, the population’s needs far outstrip available resources. Action Against Hunger is calling on donors to curb the impact of the crisis through immediate funding for nutrition, food security, and livelihoods. Related Blog Posts We're a Top Nonprofit Action Against Hunger has been named one of the top nonprofits of 2012 by reviewers at Great Nonprofits! Join thousands of Action Against Hunger supporters and subscribe now to our monthly newsletter and alerts. Action Against Hunger is a top nonprofit as rated by BBB, Charity Navigator, and CharityWatch. Support our lifesaving work by making a monthly donation. Facts about Hunger 925 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition around the world. Malnutrition affects 32.5% of children in developing countries. 1 out of every 6 infants are born with low birth weight due to undernutrition among pregnant women in developing countries. 1 out of every 3 people in developing countries are affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Hunger is number one on the list of the world's top 10 health risks. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
Man shot in Brentwood JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police are investigating a shooting in Brentwood. Police say a man came up to another man and shot him in the leg. This happened outside a home at Burch and Laurie streets. The victim is at UF & Shands Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. No word yet on suspects. Call Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS if you have information for police. You will remain anonymous and could receive a cash reward of up to $1,000 if your tip leads to an arrest. Copyright 2013 Cox Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The next ISA test day will be held on SATURDAY, 29th June 2013 at 12:15pm. Notice and application now available below. (All applications are processed on a first come basis, and dependent on Judges’ availability so please get applications in as soon Please note: forms must be signed by each relevant coach and, if applicable, a Proof of Age Form completed and bought along on the test day with associated documents. ISA Test Convener Information about ISA tests ISA tests are conducted several times a year when there are enough tests applications, and when Judges and ice time are available. Skaters should have their coaches permission to apply for a test. To apply for a test place the completed test application form along with the correct fee into the ACTISA mailbox near the entry to the rink. Please note: To avoid any confusion, coaches (not parents/skaters) should liaise directly with the ACTISA Test Convener (ISA) to book tests. Please give as much notice as possible to facilitate booking the ice time required. If this is your first ISA test A skater applying for a Preliminary test must also submit a proof of age registration form. Two committee members must sign the form to say they have sighted the skater's birth certificate. Refer to the Contact ACTISA page for a list of committee members. The form must be placed in the ACTISA mail box with the test application form. [Back] [go to top]
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You Are Here: Home > Playground Activities Card Sets Playground Activities Card Sets Your attention is required. Please enter a quantity or make a selection for one or more items below. Two activity card sets show kids how to set up, organize, and play more than 20 playground activities. Creating a safe, active, and problem-free playground is an integral part of the AHS™ Program. These compact, laminated Activity Card Sets each include complete instructions for 22 different playground activities that will keep kids active and having fun on their own. Activities are age-appropriate, burn calories, build social skills, and more. Each card gives you complete instructions, as well as variations. Cards fit in your pocket and stay together with a built-in fastener. 6-1/2"L x 4"W. In Stock! Orders placed on weekdays before 3pm CST ship the same day.
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One of the traditional hymns employed throughout the Advent season is the haunting refrain: "O Come, O Come Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel, That longs in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear." This has been a season of anticipation and expectation, but for what? The answer comes in numerous ways: Deliverance, being set free, release of the captive, proclaiming a year of liberty. It is remarkable how the idea of freedom so permeates the season. In a grand, eschatological sense, the freedom for which the heart of man most deeply longs is freedom from the bondage of sin and death. Political, economic, and personal freedom are critical, but the fundamental freedom is salvation. And it is this confrontation with the mystery of human redemption that may appear at first like a contradiction: How can it be said that sin, which must be freely chosen, results in bondage? The answer is that the freedom of which the Scriptures speak is not the freedom to do what we want, but the liberty to choose what we ought. The American people, indeed the entire world have seen the mystery of human freedom at play in recent months, both in the abuse of freedom in tragic events of last September, but also in the myriad acts of comfort, love, kindness, and generosity following those acts. No power on earth, or even in heaven, can force the conscience of man to choose what St. Paul calls, "the freedom of the children of God." Even God Himself permits us to choose sin; so great is his commitment to our dignity that he will never force our free will. Yet, He stands ready, at any moment, to show us the meaning of true liberty. And when we encounter that freedom, we will understand more fully than ever the words of Jesus, "If the Son will make you free you shall be free indeed," as well as the final refrain of the ancient hymn, "Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel, Shall come to thee, O Israel". On behalf of the entire Acton Institute family, we wish you a merry Christmas and a safe holiday season. Father Robert A. Sirico Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty Purchase a subscription to the Journal of Markets & Morality to get access to the most recent issues. Read our free quarterly publication that has interviews with important religious figures and articles bettering the free and virtuous society. Visit R&L today. Phone: (616) 454-3080 Fax: (616) 454-9454
Acton Toyota of Littleton is a leading dealer for new, used, and Toyota Certified cars, trucks, and SUVs in Massachusetts. Customers from all over New England, Boston, Nashua, Framingham, metro west, Westford, Chelmsford, Lancaster, Danvers, Watertown, Westborough, and Lexington will find a large inventory of Toyota vehicles like Prius, Prius v, Prius c, Avalon, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, Land Cruiser, Matrix, RAV4, 4Runner, Sequoia, Tundra, Venza, Yaris, Solara, Corolla, Tacoma, Sienna, Scion, & others. Located in Littleton, Massachusetts, Acton Toyota is a short drive from the Mass Pike from the south and Rt. 3 and Rt. 93 from the north, just off Rt. 495. Toyota Motor Sales, USA has recognized the Toyota dealership for achieving the #1 rank for Prius sales and #3 retailer of Toyota Certified Used Vehicles in the Boston Region. We specialize in Toyota sales, service, parts & accessories. Toyota Extra Care vehicle service agreements are now available for purchase online through Acton Toyota of Littleton at warranty.actontoyota.com. You can request a Toyota quick quote through our website. Our hybrid specialists are happy to provide a Toyota price quote. Acton Toyota of Littleton has won Toyota's President's Award for 21 consecutive years, and Toyota Sales, Service & Parts Based on 2012 Calendar Year Retail Sales according to Toyota Motor Sales USA, Boston
Diagnosis and Treatment of the Night-Time Defensive Qi Cycle By William Morris, DAOM, PhD, LAc his article continues the discovery of contemporary practical applications of classical Chinese medical methods. Presented is an interpretation of a pulse diagnostic method drawn from the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine which has proven useful for diagnosing the night-time defensive qi cycle. The relationship of nutritive qi to defensive qi is a fundamental expression of yin and yang. It embodies the entire postnatal experience. TAnalysis of defensive qi flow is helpful for a variety of conditions including soft tissue problems, autoimmune disorders and depression. The primary source for this is taken from chapter 76 of the Ling Shu, "Defensive Qi Transformations." Figure one: The night-time defensive qi cycle.Nutritive Qi Cycle The diurnal nutritive qi cycle begins with the lung and runs through the channels. This cycle is the basis of many acupuncture systems. Nutritive cycle concepts include the organ clock system, which was further developed by French and Dutch acupuncturists. Nutritive cycle treatments also include the entry-exit systems so thoroughly explored by British authors Worsley and Mann. Defensive Qi Cycle On the topic of defensive qi flow, the Ling Shu states: "During the daytime, the defensive qi flows through the tai yang, the shao yang, the yang ming, and then returns through the yin." This is the daytime cycle. During the night, the defensive qi enters the kidney and travels along the controlling cycle, moving from the kidney, to the heart, to the lung, to the liver, to the spleen, and back to the kidney. It is the night-time cycle that is the topic of focus here (see figure one). Pulse Diagnosis of the Night-Time Defensive Qi Flow The night-time defensive qi flow is analyzed by touching the pulse positions superficially. First, use the standard locations and compare between the heart and kidney positions. Second, compare the heart and lung positions. Third, compare the lung and liver positions. Fourth, compare the liver and spleen positions. Fifth, compare the spleen and kidney positions. This method will provide an image of where the flow of qi is obstructed during the night-time flow of defensive qi (see figure two). Treatment of the Night-Time Defensive Qi Flow Needle the back shu points to clear defensive qi stagnation from the site of blockage. The qi will immediately flow more smoothly along the cycle. This can be confirmed by checking the pulse. Another effective method is to use the xi-cleft point on the channel where it is blocked. Again, re-examine the pulse to confirm efficacy. Figure two: pulse diagnosis of the night-time defensive qi cycle.Case one: A 47-year-old female complained of deep abdominal cramping, causing her to awaken frequently during the night. There was emotional tension at work. Her pulse was wiry, and her tongue was pink with a thin yellow coat. Abdominal palpation revealed the psoas as the essential muscle involved. The TCM diagnosis would be liver depression qi stagnation resulting in heat. Examination of the wei qi cycle revealed stagnation at the liver, causing a failure to transfer wei qi to the spleen. The use of the fire point on the liver channel, Liver 2, caused the pulse to even out, and the pain in the psoas to diminish. The nutritive and defensive qi cycles as discussed in the Yellow Emperor's Classic hold deep wisdom for the understanding of disease processes. Through the pursuit of classical study, new possibilities can be created for traditional Oriental medicine. There is as much validity in the development of classical Chinese medicine now as there was when it was first developed. It is possible to call forth new developments in Chinese medicine by drawing from the deeper roots so as to nourish the branches of development. This article is from an upcoming book called Neoclassical Pulse Diagnosis. It is the result of clinical application of classical passages. Click here for more information about William Morris, DAOM, PhD, LAc.
First, an object is placed on the platform of the printer upon – a petrie dish for example. Then the printer must check the height of the object to make sure everything is calibrated correctly. Mr. Carvalho placed a paper card on the platform of the 3D-Bioplotter to demonstrate how the machine works. Mr. Carvalho then talked us through the printing process. To begin, a liquefied material – in this case a silicone paste – is pressed through a needle-like tip by applying air pressure. The needle moves in all three dimensions which means it is able to create a three dimensional object. The printer is called ‘Bioplotter’ because the unique aspect of this machine is its use of biomaterials to make implants or other objects for biomedical application. Some of the implants which are made using the 3D Bioplotter are intended to dissolve in the body. The materials which are used in this application include PLLA, PLGA, and silicone. Implants made with thermoplastics – as they are mostly water and CO2 – are removed by the body naturally in around a week or two. Other materials, such as ceramic paste, may also be used to print implants. The implants printed using ceramic paste do not dissolve. Instead, the body uses this material to create new bone. This actually speeds up the process of the body’s regeneration. The 3DBioplotter also prints hydrogels – such as collagen or alginate. These materials can have human cells actually added to them. Thus human cells may be printed directly with this machine. Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has thrilled us at Adafruit with its passion and dedication to making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed that our community integrating electronics projects into 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers! Have you take considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless EL Wire and LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects! The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you have a cool project you’ve made that joins the traditions of 3D printing and electronics, be sure to send it in to be featured here!
Do we buy books? It's the question we're asked more often than any other (except maybe "Are you hiring?"). Please read over these general guidelines about how our buying process works, what we're looking for, what we can't use, and some points to keep in mind as you prepare to sell your books. NOTE: Currently we are inundated by books being offered for sale, so we are being extremely selective in those we take, and we are mostly trading for store credit rather than paying cash. We are, as always, willing to consider any books you wish to bring in, however please be aware that we are most likely to offer you store credit rather than cash for your books. [Scroll down to see lists of the things we (almost) always take and (almost) never want.] We are a general used book store with over 100 different subject categories, so we are interested in a range of subjects; however, our specialty areas are academic: theology, philosophy, history, literature, etc. ~No appointment is necessary. We can usually assess your books anytime during normal store hours. We do ask, however, that you arrive at least one hour prior to closing time, so we have time to go through them. If you have a large number of books (several boxes or more), we may ask you to leave them overnight to give us time to evaluate them. ~We do not have a great deal of extra space, so any books we reject must be removed promptly by the seller. ~We go through books individually, select those we believe we'll be able to resell in our store, then estimate our retail value on those titles. Our offer to you, the seller, is a percentage of that retail value. ~Our decisions on what books to buy and how we price them are based on a number of factors, not the least of which is physical condition, but also including subject matter, title, author, publisher, edition, current inventory in the store, etc. ~In no case would we agree to purchase or evaulate books without seeing them in person. However, if you can give us some idea of what types of books you have, we can probably say whether it is worth making a trip into the store. Please feel free to e-mail or call, or just stop by if you're in the area. We normally only make house visits to evaluate and bid on collections that contain a substantial majority of books that fall into one or more of our speciality subjects. If you have a large collection of books you wish to sell, please contact us with details as to subject matter, location, number of books, and their condition. ~The Bookman, Inc. is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to amassing and distributing books to schools, libraries, prisons and other recipients around the world. ~Nursing homes and veterans homes are often happy to receive books for their residents to read; contact those in your area directly to find out what they can use. ~Libraries can use donated books for their own shelves or in fundraising sales; contact your local branch to ask about donation policies. ~Thrift stores often have book sections. \|The Good, the Bad, the Ugly \|Stuff we usually need \|\|Stuff we usually can't use \|Authors & Illustrators Dick, Philip K. Hall, Manly Palmer Hill, Napoleon (Think & Grow Rich) MacDonald, John D. (Travis McGee "color" series) Norman, John (Gor series) Smith, Jessie Willcox Wyeth, N. C. Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys (originals rather than the newer reprints) Wizard of Oz series Christian (scholarly rather than popular) Prayer & Worship Easton Press (MUST be in nearly flawless condition) Illustrated Books ("Golden Age of Illustration") World War II Book Club editions Books on tape (cassettes--books on CD are okay) Ex-library books (library discards) Hardcover fiction (recent/contemporary) Music (CDs, records--books about music are okay) Readers' Digest books Study Guides (Cliffs Notes, etc.) Test Prep books (SAT, GRE, etc.) These publishers for the most part produce inexpensive reprints that are less desirable than the originals. Book-of-the-Month Club [BOMC] \|\|Cracked or heavy creasing to spines Dust jackets missing Marking to text Smells (bad or funny!) Torn Pages or covers Water or moisture damage Please keep in mind ~We are more likely to offer cash for books that are more valuable, like collectible or harder-to-find books. ~We are more likely to offer cash for books that are more sellable, like authors and titles that sell quickly. ~We are more likely to offer store credit for books that are more common and easier to find or that in our experience are slower sellers. ~We buy perhaps only 5% of everything we're offered--there are a lot of used books out there and we don't have space for them all! ~What we pay for books is related to what we can retail them for. To pay more for stock, we'd have to charge higher prices to sell it (which we probably couldn't get away with, even if we wanted to). ~Even if we can't sell them, we don't want to see usable books thrown away--we're happy to recommend other stores that buy or trade books, as well as places that take donations. ~You wouldn't try to sell or donate expired or contaminated food, would you? If your books look like trash (for example, they're in pieces), they probably are. ~If you've read this whole page, you've probably noticed lots of "probably"s, "likely"s, "usually"s, and other ambivalent language. That's because there are exceptions to every rule. When in doubt, ask!
If you’ve recently painted your home, or even one room in your home, chances are that you have a stack of paint chips tucked away in a drawer somewhere. Don’t throw them away! There are plenty of ways you can turn those paint chips into decorative items for your home. And the best part? Paint chips are free! Here are a few ideas that I’ve gathered from some creative and crafty bloggers. Cut multi-colored paint chip cards into strips lengthwise, and then attach them side-by-side. Mat, frame, and you’ve got a great piece of modern artwork. From The 3 R’s. Create an antiqued mosaic wall hanging with square paint chips. See Hope Studios for more details on this project. Create an amazing visual effect with paint chips cut into triangles and attached side-by-side. See how it’s done at How About Orange. At a glance, you would probably never guess that this stunning crackle finish mosaic clock is made from paint chip cards, but it is! See how it’s done at Crafts By Amanda. Do you have an outdated fan deck of paint chip cards? Make them into a clock! Get the full DIY at Instructables. Circles, circles, and more circles create a stunning effect. The Crafty Scientist has the details for you. Use paint chips to create a faux tile mosaic on a table top, a backsplash, or any flat surface. Just be sure to cover it with glass or seal it with a clear coat sealer if it’s going to be used in a high traffic area or an area with water. From ReadyMade. Use a paper punch in the shape of your choice, and string them up to create a colorful garland. Grace and Light has the details. Create a colorful pennant bunting with large paint chip cards. Learn how at Sugar and Dots. Turn your Pantone paint chips into cute little refrigerator magnets. How About Orange shows us how it’s done. Young House Love created a stunning visual effect by simply propping paint chip cards on wall ledges. Little effort with a great result! Create a colorful flower out of Behr’s petal-shaped paint chips, or cut your own petals out of any paint chips you have on hand. See the details at Oops I Craft My Pants. Create these simple yet beautiful garlands with varying sizes of rectangles cut from paint chips. These are perfect for a celebration, a child’s room, or to brighten any room that needs a bit of color. See the details at My Hands Made It. Create an adorable rainbow flower garland with a paper punch and brightly colored paint chips. Little Bit Funky shares the details. Create a colorful paper chain with strips cut from paint chip cards. See The Chocolate Muffin Tree for more details. A Bit Of Sunshine shows us how to make a banner with a customized message using paint chip cards. Create bold modern artwork by layering circles in varying sizes. Get the full DIY tutorial at The 3 R’s. Simply arrange paint chip strips side-by-side, then mat and frame for simple yet stunning artwork. From Bower Power. Make bold, graphic flowers by cutting petal shapes out of paint chips, attaching them to a white background, and framing with a white frame. An original project from right here at Addicted 2 Decorating.
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I use to ride Linear Park a lot. At one time I lived in Brompton and worked in Glenelg, so it was part of my daily commute. Another time, I had a close friend in Fulham and I was in Magill, so the route was my cross-town ride. These days I use the route to ride from the eastern side of town into the University or the city. Recently I rode on Linear Park a number of times in one day, both during the daylight hours, and at night, and was struck with several observations. While sections of the track have been improved in recent years (thinking of what was a very narrow section just past Underdale), overall the condition and amenity of the path is still very poor. I was almost thrown off my bike where the path has been raised by tree root damage, and then allowed to erode. In addition, debris (sand, gravel, tree branches) and mud from recent flooding is still covering much of the path, several days after the heavy rain. My point is, if this was a major road – say Sir Donald Bradman Drive – and it had this level of core infrastructure damage and mess, then road crews would be out there immediately fixing it. Because Linear Park is a shared use path, this attention to detail and concern does not seem to exist. I think that one issue with Linear Park (in fact with many paths that cross council jurisdictions) is that responsibility is diluted across councils. Perhaps what we need is a central authority capable of design, maintenance and construction of fundamentally important infrastructure projects such as bicycle paths. As State Government attempts to build Green Links along rail corridors then perhaps this concern needs to be paramount to actually make sure that the corridor gets built and maintained in a consistent and predictable manner. In addition, while cycling into the city, and out to Hindmarsh on Saturday night, I might have expected to see a number of cyclists using the path to get into town. Guess how many I saw at 6.30 pm on what was a comparatively mild night? None. None at all. No other cyclists the whole trip. This is ridiculous; the route should be awash with people riding bikes. This particularly struck me as I came out under the bridge into Elder Park. It was deserted. What is a beautiful boulevard and riverfront promenade through the heart of Adelaide was completely desolate, not a soul in sight. This felt bizarre, where were all the people? One thing that struck me - if we want to get more people cycling into the city using Linear Park then it has to be safe, convenient, fun and amenable. Adelaide City Council has spent a lot of money on making Elder Park and the river front area of the city really attractive. But it is money wasted if people don’t go there. One reason I would think that most average cyclists wont ride a bike at night into the city via Linear park (and miss out on the safety and convenience of a quiet off-road cycling route) is that the approach to the city, both east and west is completely unlit. Pitch black it is from Hackney Bridge to the zoo, and once you go under the train line at Bonython Park and head out towards the brewery then you really want to make sure that you have eaten your carrots. This needs to change. The whole point of crime prevention through urban design is that people feel safe and secure moving through an area. Linear Park should be a busy cycling through-fare, used 24/7 everyday of the year. Within a 15km radius of the city, and using the corridor as a ‘spine’ and catchment, tens of thousands of cyclists and potential cyclists would have access to what could be a world-class commuter and recreation route. So, after having all that go through my head mainly while cycling past the desolate Elder Park on a Saturday night, I thought ‘what could the Adelaide City Council do to encourage more people to ride on Linear Park and encourage a cycling culture in Adelaide?’ Here is a thought: Elder Park is a destination. It is well known for community events, concerts and being centrally located, is an ideal destination to attract people into the city. It is also an area that needs to be busy, with an intensity and attractiveness that will bring people to the area. Every time I have been to a concert in Elder Park I have also noticed that many people cycle in, but that there is very limited bicycle parking. So, lets build a semi-permanent sound shell in Elder Park. Lets also install bicycle parking (all along the water front on the edge of the park). Then every Saturday night, rain or shine, there will be a free outdoor concert in the park. Something different each week perhaps, jazz one week, a classic ensemble another, a blues band, bit of world music, rock music – what ever would work and draw the crowd. It is publicised as a car free event – people are encouraged to use public transport – imagine the train station so close by! Of course, riding a bicycle to the events would be really significant, and with the lighting vastly improved, and the surface repaired and attended to when it is needed, cyclists, both experienced and novice, will feel safe and be further attracted to using the path for transport. The point of it all is that it would create a critical mass based around an entertainment and community destination, carry on the feel of the Festival and Fringe through into the winter months, a time of year that some in Adelaide feel is a little boring because nothing is on – well this plan could change all that. Elder and Linear Park would become destinations, centres of significant activity, would create employment, city pride, amenity and create something that we could be proud of and celebrate! My other Thought Bubble can be found here
Abbott points to US inaction on climate - From: AAP - January 22, 2013 FEDERAL Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has pointed to the Obama administration's inaction on carbon pricing after the US president said more must be done to address climate change. President Barack Obama used his inaugural address to suggest his second term administration will strive to do more to alleviate global warming, despite the opposition of Congressional Republicans to any emissions trading scheme. "We will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations," the president said. "Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms." Asked if the president's speech meant Australia should do more to tackle climate change, Mr Abbott said the US Democratic administration had backed away from an emissions trading scheme. "The interesting thing is that President Obama's administration has three times, in the last few months, explicitly ruled out a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme," he said. "Now, all of us are concerned about climate change. All of us want to do the right thing by our planet. We all want to give the planet the benefit of the doubt. "But we've got to have smart policies, not dumb policies, to do that." Mr Abbott reiterated his opposition to the federal government's carbon tax and his belief that climate change was happening. "I certainly accept that climate change is real, that mankind is making a contribution," he said. But he echoed recent comments by Queensland Premier Campbell Newman that severe weather events have been happening for a long period. "Campbell's absolutely right - we've had floods before, we've had droughts before, we've had cyclones before, we've had fires before, we've had very hot days before, very cold days before," he said. "... almost from the beginning of records being kept in this country, we've had very severe heat waves, and from very early on in the time of European settlement we've had devastating bushfires." SENIOR legal figures, police and victims of crime advocates gathered today at St Ignatius Church to farewell a lawyer who inspired unusally fierce loyalty and respect, Paul Rofe QC. UPDATE: Cricket Australia is investigating David Warner's extraordinary expletive-laden social media tirade against journalists. SOPHIE Ann Schulz would have been five-and-a-half now. A MASSIVE explosion from a meteor which crashed into the Moon was visible to the naked eye on Earth, NASA says.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (RIDGELY, MD—OCTOBER 12, 2011) Mushrooms and fungi fill the forest floor in fall. These non-flowering plants are fascinating and diverse additions to the woodland ecology. Learn about mushrooms and capture their beauty in watercolor when Adkins Arboretum hosts Mushrooms and More, a two-day program that combines education and art, on Fri. and Sat., Oct. 21 and 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bill Trakat, mushroom expert and Arboretum docent naturalist, will commence the workshop with an informational program and Arboretum tour to introduce these native plant forms. Following this educational forest foray, Talbot County artist Lee D’Zmura will teach participants to document individual specimens in watercolor. D’Zmura is an award-winning botanical artist whose experience as a landscape architect enriches her watercolors. She earned her Certificate in Botanical Art from the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration, where she now teaches advanced watercolor classes. An artist with works in collections around the county, she attempts in her watercolors to capture the beauty and delicacy of the individual specimen with botanical accuracy. Some watercolor experience is recommended; a materials list will be provided. Participants should bring a sack lunch to each session. The two-day program is $125 for members, $155 for the general public. Register online or call 410.634.2847, ext. 0. Adkins Arboretum is a 400-acre native garden and preserve at the headwaters of the Tuckahoe Creek in Caroline County. Open year round, the Arboretum offers educational programs for all ages about nature and gardening. Through its Campaign to Build a Green Legacy, the Arboretum will build a new LEED-certified Arboretum Center and entranceway to broaden educational offerings and research initiatives promoting best practices in conservation and land stewardship. For additional information about Arboretum programs, visit www.adkinsarboretum.org or call 410-634-2847, ext. 0. Photo: Artist Lee D’Zmura will teach participants to capture mushrooms, such as these polypores, in watercolor when Adkins Arboretum offers Mushrooms and More October 21 and 22. The two-day program also includes an informational program about these native plant forms.
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Selva Bananito History The history of Selva Bananito is exceptional, and an important part of a visit to this area. Below is a brief description of the history of Selva Bananito, written by Jurgen Stein, the current owner of the lodge. I thought the story would best come from his words directly… "Selva Bananito Lodge is built on our family farm, of which only one third is actually used for farming. Our father, Rudi Stein, who has farmed in Latin America since the 1950's, purchased the land for farming and wood exploitation in 1974. In the early years of his land tenure, he obtained a government permit to do selective logging on the forested portions of his land. This permit went mostly unused, and in 1994 the Stein family decided to declare the untouched two thirds of the farm (850 hectares or 2,000 acres) a private, biological reserve and built the lodge as an alternative source of income. This was a moral, not an economic decision, since it is unlikely that the income from the lodge will ever approximate the commercial value of the protected wood. "The farmed portions of the land have a history worth telling: they were originally leased from the government in the 1920's by employees of a U.S.A.-based banana company. They harvested the primary forest along portions of the Bananito River valley while the company established mid-scale banana plantations in the nearby coastal region. A combination of factors, including a big recession in 1929, massive floods, and banana diseases, drove the company out in the 1920's and the land was left to fallow. "When our father purchased the land in 1974, the former banana fields had reverted to secondary forest. He cleared the brush from this secondary growth and established a sustainable, integrated crop system combining plantain, cocoa, and dwarf coconut, all interspersed with the native tree known locally as laurel (Cordia alliodora). At first this system worked well because the plantains produced good crops. After the third year, however, the plantain succumbed to a serious fungal disease (sigatoca) and was eliminated. By the time the cocoa plants reached maturity, it became clear that the hybrid which Rudi Stein's bank had required him to plant as part of the loan contract, was of far inferior quality than traditional, local varieties. In the meantime, the dwarf coconuts developed a serious root disease that felled the majority of the plants, and the remainder was not worth harvesting because of poor market prices. "After many years of trying out other farming alternatives, the farm is today home to organic banana plantations and a cattle breeding program intended to produce dual-purpose breeds, i.e., cattle as useful for milk production as for beef production. You will have a chance to learn more about the farm on our guided tour." Selva Bananito's history is echoed throughout Central America, but unfortunately, much of the land does not share in the positive present and future as the Selva Bananito Reserve. Travelers have the opportunity to learn first hand the history of the lodge, and experience the environment that the reserve was built to protect. Daily nature hikes into the reserve also give travelers plenty of opportunity to learn a little more about the valuable flora and fauna.
Rembrandt van Rijn - Ship Highlights - Passengers : 32 S/V ‘Rembrandt Van Rijn’ was built as a herring lugger early last century. The vessel was rebuilt as a three-mast passenger sailing schooner in he Netherlands in 1994 and sailed various regions of the globe since then. The vessel underwent a complete rebuilding and refurbishment program which was completed 2011. The communication and navigation equipment has been completely renewed according to the latest SOLAS regulations. The ship is well suited for expedition cruising among small islands and offers good open deck viewing areas, also when under sail. The 2 inflatable rubber crafts (zodiacs) enable landing and wildlife viewing opportunities in otherwise inaccessible areas. Life aboard the Rembrandt van Rijn: The crew of the ´Rembrandt van Rijn´ consists of 7 experienced crew and 2 tour guides and a cook. The sailors are in charge during sailing and will bring guests ashore. Whilst sailing the assistance of the passengers is appreciated for handling the sails and taking the helm. This includes being on watch during nightly sailing. Expeditions aboard the Rembrandt van Rijn attract independent-minded travelers from around the world. They are characterized by a strong interest in exploring remote regions. The camaraderie and spirit that develops aboard is an important part of the expedition experience. The general interior public areas include a spacious restaurant area so that all meals can be taken together as well as separate bar area and reading table area. There is room to relax, read and socialize. Three meals of international cuisine per day are served buffet style in the restaurant and is prepared by the cook. The vessel furthermore consists of a separate bar including a reading table. The ship can accommodate a maximum of 32 passengers in 16 cabins in the following cabin types: one Triple Private cabin with porthole, shower and toilet, six Twin Private Inside cabins with shower, toilet and no porthole, and nine Twin Private cabins with shower, toilet and porthole. The electrical supply aboard the ship is 220 volt 50hz. Electrical outlets are standard European with two thick round pins. U.S. passengers may need a 220v/110v converter. The s/v Rembrandt van Rijn has no ice class. During her refit, the bow of the vessel was enforced and is therefore suitable to sail in the polar waters. - Length: 56 meters - Breadth: 7 meters - Draft: 2.5 meters - Displacement: 451 Ts - Engines: 2 cummins engines together 550 KW - Speed: 9 knots maximum - Crew: 7 crew and 2 guides - Passengers: 34 \|Disko Bay: Whale Safari & Aurora ...\|\|8\|\|May, Jun, Sepshow dates\|\|Arctic: Aasiaat, Disko Bay, Disko Fjord, Disko Island, Hunde Ejlands, Nordfjord\| \|Umanak 2013\|\|11\|\|Junshow dates\|\|Arctic: Aasiaat, Disko Bay, Hunde Ejlands, Jakobshavn Glacier, Kangerlussuaq, Nordfjord, Uummannaq\| \|Disko Bay - Umanak\|\|15\|\|Jul, Augshow dates\|\|Arctic: Aasiaat, Ata Sund, Eqi Glacier, Fortunebay, HareĂ¸en, Inukavsait, Jakobshavn Glacier, Karrat Fjord, Nugarssuk, Saqqaq, Svartenhuk Halvo, Upernivik Ř, Uummannaq\| \|West & South Greenland Aurora Celestis\|\|15\|\|Sepshow dates\|\|Arctic: Aasiaat, Disko Bay, Evighedsfjorden, Hunde Ejlands, Jakobshavn Glacier, Narsasuaq, Nuuk, Sydbay, Ukivik\| \|West Greenland Aurora Celestis\|\|8\|\|Sepshow dates\|\|Arctic: Aasiaat, Disko Bay, Evighedsfjorden, Hunde Ejlands, Jakobshavn Glacier, Narsasuaq, Nuuk, Sydbay, Ukivik\| \|South Greenland Aurora Celestis\|\|8\|\|Sepshow dates\|\|Arctic: Ivittuut, Lichtenfels, Narsasuaq, Nuuk, Qoornooq, Uunartoq\| \|West Greenland - Ski and Sail from Nuuk\|\|8\|\|Aprshow dates\|\|Arctic: Evighedsfjorden, Manitsoq, Nuuk\| \|Alpine Peaks of West Greenland - Ski ...\|\|8\|\|Apr, Mayshow dates\|\|Arctic: Disko Bay, Disko Island, Evighedsfjorden, Ilulissat, Jakobshavn Glacier, Manitsoq, Sydbay\| \|Umanak 2014\|\|12\|\|Jun, Julshow dates\|\|Arctic: Aasiaat, Disko Bay, Hunde Ejlands, Jakobshavn Glacier, Kangerlussuaq, Nordfjord, Uummannaq\| \|Triple Private Porthole\| Main deck, upper and lower berths, private bath facilities and porthole. \|Twin Private Inside \| Lower deck, upper and lower berths, inside cabins with private bath facilities. \|Twin Private Porthole\| Lower deck, upper and lower berths or two lower berths, private bath facilities and porthole.
It was the session I was most looking forward to at the conference and it was the one where I had "a moment." That usually happens to me at least once at these things, and this was a biggie. It was such a moment that I almost got up and left the room. I felt so many things all at once- fear, happiness, understanding, revelation, and belonging. All of those things make me cry hot tears. My heart raced and I wanted to fill the notepad and I wanted to lie down right there on the floor and sleep for days. Sometimes I feel like I'm always showing up just a bit too early for life, or often a smidge too late. It throws me off, and I take it personally, and I wonder what is wrong with me. Our speaker, Ananda Leeke, in this late afternoon writing session mentioned something just as an aside to our participation -- maybe some of the questions would be too personal or wouldn't be for us. What she said was so small and just a little tidbit in a long beautiful group of sentences purred in her calming voice -- I'm not sure anyone else wrote it down. But I did. "Maybe you'll have an in-between moment. That's okay." Whatever it was meant for, I took it for me. Deep breaths. Write a six word memoir that expresses what you are feeling in the present moment. Go. "It's time to take the freedom." A woman reads her six words into the microphone and sobs. She wants to know how she could find her way back home to herself. My body begins to shake. Write down what your creative heart needs and wants. "My creative heart needs and wants a view, freedom, and a purpose." (And a barn cat.) Yes I wrote it down just like that. She talked of the many inner women or voices or personalities or whatever it is to you that you imagine in your creative heart. What do they want you to know? We closed our eyes and took 10 nose breaths, in a n d out. "You are loved. You are special. You are smart. You are unique. You are a good friend. You have good intentions. You have good intentions. You need to work on some things. But they aren't as much work as you think. You aren't damaged. You can change. There could be truth in criticism. You know better. You'll be okay. You are on the right path. You can do this." (The above notes were taken directly from my notepad in Ananda's session Fierce Living From Your Creative Heart.) In the next morning's writing session, Jeff Goins presented How to Fall Back in Love with Writing and Create Your Best Work Yet. He offered a link up at his site asking us to write something dangerous, something you're meant to write or afraid to write, what you wish you could write. He's written out that session, with the link up here. I'm feeling quite panicky publishing most anything so far this year. Look at me, living on the edge. PS Just Write
UBS (UBS) said Thursday that it had hired four teams from Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, as well as one advisor from Alliance Bernstein, with a total of more than $1.6 billion in assets under management and $9.2 million in yearly fees and commissions. Over the past few months, recruiters have attributed UBS’ aggressive recruiting drive to its robust signing bonuses. For its part, UBS Wealth Management Americas—which is led by the former Merrill executive Bob McCann (left)—says that its branch managers are highly skilled at knowing how and whom to target. “William [Goldberg] as well as the Wright Ramage, Ellentuck, Pierce/Kyle and Palumbo, Short, D’Amato & Dixon Groups represent the caliber of advisors that we are selectively seeking to add to our exceptional team of FAs at UBS,” said Jason R. Chandler, head of UBS WMA’s wealth-management advisor group, in a statement. “Their decision to join UBS WMA is indicative of our ability to help them further develop their business in a way that makes sense for them and their clients.” The Palumbo, Short, D'Amato & Dixon Group joined UBS in Florham Park, N.J., from Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BAC). The group will report to UBS complex director Michael Price and is expected to bring some $4 million in production and assets under management of roughly $675 million. The group includes Richard Palumbo, Robert Short, Robert D’Amato and James Dixon. Another team, the Ellentuck Wealth Management Group, is also coming on board in Florham Park. The former Morgan Stanley (MS) team, led by Todd Ellentuck, should bring with it close to $3.4 million in production and $340 million in assets. It will also report to Price. The Pierce/Kyle Group, led by Wallace Kyle and Frederick Pierce, also joins WMA’s Florham Park office from Morgan Stanley. The team, which will report to Price, plans to move production of more than $1.8 million and assets under management of approximately $236 million. The Wright Ramage Wealth Management Group joins UBS in Albany, N.Y., also from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. The team is led by Robert B. Wright and Barry Ramage. Recently, it has managed more than $380 million in assets. It expects to report to branch manager Robert Lane. Finally, William J. Goldberg joins WMA’s Houston private-wealth management office as a senior vice president of investments. He moves to UBS from Alliance Bernstein and will report to Raymond Dinunzio, a UBS managing director.
Michael E. Kitces is the director of research for Pinnacle Advisory Group, a private wealth-management firm located in Columbia, Md., that oversees about $1 billion of client assets. He is the publisher of the e-newsletter “The Kitces Report “and the blog Nerd’s Eye View through his website, as well as on AdvisorOne. Kitces, MSFS, MTAX, CFP, CLU, ChFC, is also one of the 2010 recipients of the Financial Planning Association’s “Heart of Financial Planning” awards for his dedication to advancing the financial planning profession. Follow Kitces on Twitter at @MichaelKitces. Today I ask and Michael (right) answers what I hope are Five Good Questions. 1. In your view, what are the difference and the significance, if any, in terms like wealth manager, investment manager and financial planner? While the exact meaning of these terms is somewhat debated, I do believe that they describe substantively different services, and require different knowledge and skills to execute effectively. And while some of it is semantics, I believe the distinctions are important – how we describe ourselves and hold ourselves out to the public matters. I would characterize an investment manager as someone who is focused solely on investment management – the service delivered is managing the pot (or pots) of money, and the expectation is to create value in the investment management process. A financial planner and a wealth manager, however, provide a broader range of services, typically incorporating advice regarding a broad range of financial issues, which may or may not include the hands-on investment management aspects as a part. As I wrote recently on my blog, the emerging factor that is distinguishing a financial planner from a wealth manager is the wealth level of the target client. This is more than just using lofty terms; the reality is that the body of knowledge needed to serve the ultra high net worth market – as a private wealth manager – is different than the knowledge needed to serve the rest of the public. Over time, I expect that we will increasingly differentiate between the two; an early glimpse of this is the curriculum being developed by IMCA (Investment Management Consultants Association) for their new CPWA (Certified Private Wealth Advisor) certification, which has only a limited overlap to the CFP certification curriculum. 2. Is the “4% rule” still an appropriate rule of thumb? I find the “4% rule” continues to remain relevant today. The reality, as I recently wrote, is that such safe withdrawal rates are based not on average returns, but the worst return sequences we’ve seen in history – environments where balanced portfolios don’t even generate 1% real returns for 15 years (the entire first half of retirement!). Accordingly, if real returns on bonds stay low and the S&P 500 merely makes it back to its old high by the middle of next decade – truly a horrible return environment – we’re merely looking at results that are similar to the exact returns the 4% rule is based upon in the first place. Ultimately, I am a little skeptical about whether those who retired in the year 2000 will ultimately violate the 4% rule, as market valuations back then truly reached levels of distortion never seen in our market history, even leading into the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. However, today’s market environment, while still overvalued, looks relatively similar to numerous other overvalued market environments throughout history, so while the year 2000 retiree may be at risk (although recent follow-up research by Bill Bengen has shown that actually the year 2000 is still reasonably on track!), this does not raise the same concerns for today’s retirees, as market valuations today are far less egregious. On the other hand, market valuations are still high on a long-term basis, so I wouldn’t necessarily recommend clients significantly raise spending above that benchmark, unless they have a higher tolerance for risk and a potential need to reduce spending in the future. 3. Do you think the barriers to entry to and/or the education and training components of our profession are too low? I do believe that the educational and training requirements for financial planning need to rise, for it to become a bona fide true profession – and I don’t believe financial planning has reached the status of true profession yet, because of this. It should require more than what is essentially “just” half a dozen undergraduate-level courses in personal finance, and should have a more formalized training process than just unleashing newly educated practitioners on the public to earn their experience without necessarily being supervised (and coached and trained) in the advice being delivered. Although it will be a long time before we get there, I expect financial planning in the future, as a profession, to have both a deeper body of knowledge, and also a great deal of additional focus in trust, communication, and how to help clients actually change their behavior (to implement the advice). Ultimately, significant training and educational requirements do effectively become a barrier to entry as well, which some have been critical of, but that’s part of the natural progression in the development of a profession. If the public doesn’t have a clear way to distinguish between the trained and untrained professional practitioner, it’s not a profession, and more importantly you can’t protect the public. 4. Appropriate regulation (whether by the SEC, the states or FINRA) is actively being questioned and considered today (obviously). How would you set things up if you were in charge? In my ideal world, no one would be allowed to hold themselves out as a financial planner, advisor, consultant, or analogous term, unless he/she actually had the education, training, and experience to serve as a professional advisor. A national regulatory body would oversee this (although in reality state regulation may be the most likely solution), ensuring that only those meeting the appropriate minimum standards can represent themselves as advisors to the public. Anyone who delivers advice would be subject to a fiduciary standard, as almost by definition there’s no such thing as advice that isn’t delivered in the interests of the person receiving the advice! Notably, this is also why the public continues to be confused by our discussion of fiduciary and non-fiduciary standards for advice – because in the eyes of the public, there simply is no such thing as non-fiduciary advice. That being said, I continue to see a role for people who sell and help clients to implement specific financial services product solutions. I don’t believe we need to eliminate the suitability standard or the existence of commission-based salespeople. However, such individuals should be required to hold themselves out to the public as salespeople, with a return to the labels “stockbroker” and “insurance agent” that were once used in the past. If that individual gives any advice to the client, that person becomes subject to a (fiduciary) advice standard. While I understand the origins of the exemption from the fiduciary standard for brokers and dealers who give advice that is “solely incidental” to their services as a broker/dealer, the reality in today’s world is that the exemption has become far too wide. As a result, there is significant confusion for the public as people routinely provide extensive advice while claiming they shouldn’t be subject to advisor regulation or standards and that the advice is “solely incidental” when it clearly is not. The bottom line is that the real choice for the public shouldn’t be between fiduciary and suitability standards at all; it’s about the choice between being sold a product from a salesperson, or getting advice from an advisor. That is a valid choice for consumers – as long as the people on each side of the line are held to appropriate standards, and use titles and provide services that make it clear where the line is. 5. A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that nearly half of all Americans die with virtually no financial assets. Clearly, many people are not getting good financial advice. How can we go about improving the quality of financial advice being given overall and making it more available to those without the assets to make them attractive clients? I think the first key to improving the financial circumstances of the average American is to understand that this is not merely a “financial literacy” problem, as though people would make the right and best decision for themselves if only they had a little more education. Yes, education helps – you certainly can’t make the right decisions if you have no idea what’s best in the first place – but it is only a necessary condition for success, not a sufficient one. If knowledge alone were sufficient, we would long since have conquered our country’s obesity problem, as there’s no lack of information regarding the harmful effects of obesity, and how “easy” it is to avoid it by simply eating less (and healthier), and exercising more. Instead, the reality is that improving financial health, like improving physical health, is about behavior change, and taking the steps necessary to help people change habits and implement changes in their lives. Thus, to me the starting point is actually better education and training for advisors about how to effectively help clients find real success – and understand that it’s about more than just giving them information and having the technically accurate answers (although that’s also necessary). The greater the positive impact we have on changing people’s behavior and leading them to a sustained improvement in their lives, the more people understand the value of financial planning and seek it out, and the easier it is to serve a wider base of people. In the end, the real reason that financial planners fail to serve the majority of Americans is simply that the public in the aggregate does not yet see enough value in what we do to demand our services en masse, and consequently firms and advisors seeking to serve the average American struggle with the marketing necessary to sustain enough clients for the business to be successful. To some extent, the lack of demand is simply because we haven’t done a very good job communicating the value of financial planning, so people don’t understand what we bring to the table; but I think the reality is that we could also get better at delivering real results for the average American that would make us more relevant and sought after, too. Other interviews in the Five Good Questions series:
Annuities continue to struggle with low interest rates. According to LIMRA, overall annuity sales in the third quarter declined 10% compared with the third quarter of 2011, to $54.3 billion. For the first nine months of 2012, annuity sales fell 8% compared with prior year, totaling $166.1 billion. "Protracted low-interest rates have impacted all lines of the annuity business, causing manufacturers to reassess their exposure among various product lines," Joe Montminy, assistant vice president and director of LIMRA annuity research, said in a statement. "The sustained uncertain economic environment has many companies implementing conservative risk management strategies in an effort to prudently manage their business." More disconcertingly, while leading variable annuity writers have announced they are making adjustments to their book of business, LIMRA believes the total impact of these decisions has not fully reached the market. However, the value of the guarantee offered by living benefit riders appears to be getting through to consumers. When available, such riders were elected 87% of the time. Total fixed annuity sales remained bleak, falling 13% in the third quarter, reaching levels not seen since early 2007. In the third quarter, total fixed annuity sales were $17.7 billion and year-to-date sales totaled $54.1 billion. Indexed annuity sales remained strong in the third quarter at $8.7 billion primarily due to new companies performing well in the market. Year-to-date, indexed annuity sales 6%, reaching $25.4 billion. LIMRA remains confident that indexed annuities will have a record-breaking year in 2012. Guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) riders continue to propel indexed annuity sales. LIMRA reports that 71% of consumers elected a GLWB rider, when available. LIMRA also estimates that 88% of indexed annuities sold offer GLWB. Fixed-rate deferred annuities (book value and market value adjusted) fell “precipitously” in the third quarter, down 26% from the third quarter of 2011. Book value sales sank% in the third quarter to $5 billion; Market-value adjusted (MVA) sales were $1 billion, down 17%. For the year, book value and MVA declined 31% and 13% respectively. Fixed-rate deferred product sales are at the lowest level since the late 1990s. Single premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) fell 9% compared to one year ago but were up slightly from the second quarter of 2012, to $2 billion. In the first nine months of 2012, SPIA sales declined 8% compared with prior year. One emerging market is the deferred income annuity (DIA) market. DIA sales have risen from $160 million in the first quarter of 2012 to $210 million in the second quarter and reached to $270 million in the third quarter of 2012.
International Protector Group, a trust and estate planning consultancy, rolled out a family office service in November designed to help high-net-worth families and their advisors set up wealth protection structures using new legislation in the Bahamas. That legislation, the Bahamas Executive Entity, came into force in February. It is designed to act as a shareholder of a private trust company, according to an analysis in The Bahamas Investor. A BEE does not have beneficiaries or shareholders, but has the full executive powers of a purpose trust. It can act as a shareholder in a mutual trust or fund, as well as a protector and trust enforcer. The advantage of this structure is that because it does not require shareholders, there is no need for an individual to assume fiduciary or legal responsibility. “In the past, it has made sense to keep family assets in a complex spread of trust funds and investments,” IPG’s chief executive Andrew Law said in a statement. “The introduction of the BEE allows family interests to be consolidated using a single entity that provides the families with much more on-going security and control.” Besides acting as a shareholder or owner of a private trust company, a BEE may be able to act as protector in an international fund or foundation in place of individuals held personally responsible in court. A BEE may also serve as an investment advisor to a family office or a shareholder in alternative investment vehicles. Law told The Bahamas Investor that IPG had so far set up some two dozen BEEs for American and European clients. He said that as law firms and family offices become familiar with these structures, he expected their use to become much more wide spread, especially among wealthy Asian families.
While France’s most famous actor, Gerard Depardieu, is now the latest in a wave of tax refugees to flee the country before a new wealth tax kicks in in 2013, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau suggests that ordinary Americans with average incomes continue to flee high-tax states like California for low-tax states like Texas. Reports say that Depardieu was likely motivated by tax avoidance considerations in moving to a small town in Belgium adjacent the French border city of Lille. The move comes after French luxury magnate Bernard Arnault made a similar cross-border move. Depardieu was famous for representing the French “everyman” so it is no surprise his moving has set off both introspection and fury among your average Jacques. Meanwhile, your average American Joe, with far less in earnings than French millionaires and billionaires, continues his migration from places like New York and California. The Census Bureau reports that the most common state to state moves in 2011 were New York to Florida (59,288), California to Texas (58,992) and California to Arizona (49,635). Notably, the Census Bureau data shows that job-related factors such as a new job or transfer were most commonly cited reason for moving among the top two income categories ($85,000 to $99,999 and $100,000 and above). A comprehensive recent study of a two-decades long exodus from California conducted by the Manhattan Institute made the link between migration and the tax and jobs climate of California explicit, saying: “The data … reveal the motives that drive individuals and businesses to leave California. One of these, of course, is work. States with low unemployment rates, such as Texas, are drawing people from California, whose rate is above the national average. Taxation also appears to be a factor, especially as it contributes to the business climate and, in turn, jobs. Most of the destination states favored by Californians have lower taxes. States that have gained the most at California’s expense are rated as having better business climates. The data suggest that many cost drivers–taxes, regulations, the high price of housing and commercial real estate, costly electricity, union power, and high labor costs–are prompting businesses to locate outside California, thus helping to drive the exodus.” Mark Perry’s U-Haul Index, tracking the number of one-way truck rentals, has also confirmed a pattern of ordinary people moving in the direction of lower taxes, the American Enterprise Institute economist maintains. Perry’s U-Haul Index may become increasingly important to economists, demographers and other researchers if the IRS and Census Bureau go forward with a reported plan to discontinue monitoring tax migration data. National Review reported Tuesday that the Obama administration is “quietly killing” continued studies of this metric, for which the government has compiled data since 1991. The politically conservative publication opines that “blue states with high state and local tax burdens have come out looking bad in recent years. California and New York have been embarrassed publicly, as a steady exodus is underway from both.” The IRS has not officially explained the move, but “unofficially it is suggesting that the problem lies in coordinating with the Census Bureau,” National Review continues. “It is asking for comments on how people use the data and how important it is, presumably so that higher-ups at the agencies can reverse their decision if necessary.”
GNOME Shell 3.2 in wheezy: a retrospective When you read this, GNOME Shell 3.2 will (hopefully!) have finally transitioned to Debian’s testing suite. Planet GNOME readers might think Debian now has outdated versions of software even in their development versions, or the distribution’s development marches at glacial pace. Wheezy GNOME users will finally have a Shell that matches the rest of their GNOME components, something that works with the Shell extensions website and much less problems and limitations compared to 3.0.2. The reality is that GNOME 3.2’s packaging was quite ready back when it was released in late September, but a number of not-so-desirable situations held GNOME Shell, from transitioning to testing until today, four months later. So, what happened? TL;DR: transitioning from GNOME 2 → GNOME 3 is not so easy if you want to keep testing in a sane state, and when you need to deal with dozens of indirectly related packages, for more than 10 architectures… but it shouldn’t take nearly a full year, either… Let’s go back to the last months of 2010. Debian squeeze is in very deep freeze, and the release team and many Debian developers are focusing on squashing as many release critical bugs as they can, in order to make Debian 6.0 the great release it ended up being. The GNOME project has recently delayed the big launch of GNOME 3.0 again, until March 2011; Debian has already settled on GNOME 2.28 for its release, although it will end up cherry-picking many updates from the 2.30 release With most of the stabilization work being done, many Debian GNOME team members were at that time working on packaging very early versions of what would end up being GNOME 3.0 technology: GTK+3.0, GNOME Shell, Mutter… and some brave users even tried to use it via the experimental archive. On February 6th, Debian 6.0 was released, and soon after, on April 6, GNOME made a huge step forward with the much anticipated release of GNOME 3.0. At that time, Debian developers were busy breaking unstable as much as they could, as it’s tradition on the weeks following a major release, and the Debian GNOME team was able to start moving some GNOME 3.0 libraries (those which were parallel-installable with their GTK+2.0 versions) to unstable. However, moving the bulk of GNOME 3.0 to unstable wasn’t so easy. When you start doing that, you need to be sure you’re ready to have all affected packages in a “transitionable” state as soon as possible, to minimise the chances of blocking transitions of unrelated packages via the dependencies they pick up with rebuilds. All the packages involved in a transition need to be ready to go in the same “testing run”, for all supported architectures. When you’re dealing with dozens of GNOME source packages at the same time, many of which introduce new libraries, or worse, introduce incompatible APIs that affect many more unrelated packages, things get you need a plan. So, Joss outlined what a sane approach to this monster transition could look like. The amount of work to do was what we call “fun” on #debian-gnome. In a nutshell, we had to deal with quite a few transitions, starting with having a newer version of libnotify in unstable, and a pre-requisite for that was making sure all the packages using libnotify1 were ready to use the source-incompatible libnotify4, and this meant preparing patches and NMUs for many of our packages, as well as many others not under our control. Before starting a controlled transition like this one, we had to get an ACK from the release team, who was busy enough handling other huge transitions like Perl 5.12, so by the time we got our own slot, we were well With libnotify done in August, it was time to get our hands dirty with more exciting stuff, like getting Nautilus in testing. This meant bumping a soname and requiring all packages providing Nautilus extensions to migrate to GTK+3.0, or drop the extension entirely, as you can’t mix GTK+2.0 and GTK+3.0 symbols in the same process. However, in GNOME 3.0, automounting code had moved from Nautilus to gnome-settings-daemon, so in order to not break filesystem automounting in testing for an unreasonable amount of time, both Nautilus and g-s-d needed to go in at the same time. The fun thing is that g-s-d dragged glib2.0, gvfs, gnome-control-center, gdm3, gnome-media, gnome-session and gnome-panel into the equation, so this transition needed extra planning and a lot more work than initially expected: migrating all nautilus extensions, plus ensuring all Panel applets had migrated to GTK+3.0 and the new libpanel-applet-4 interface. In short, this was the we were trying to avoid. By the time all this mess was sorted out, GNOME 3.2 had been released, and for what users said, it was a lot better than 3.0. We still had no more than a few bits and pieces of 3.0 in testing, and we were working hard to get 3.0 in wheezy. With all the excitement around 3.2, at times it was difficult to explain outsiders why we were beating a dead 3.0 horse… Going back to our huge transition, it was just a matter of time before all the packages would be built and be ready to enter, on the same run, in A few weeks later, in early November and after several rounds of mass-bug-filings, fixing unrelated FTBFS, many NMUs, package removal requests and dealing with any possible problem that could block our transition, everything seemed to be set, and our release team magicians had everything in place for the big magic to happen. However, our with the rest of Debian happened a few hours before our victory, in the form of an unannounced ruby-gnome2 upload which resetted the count for everyone. It was fun to see the release team trying all sorts of black magic in an attempt to mitigate the damage. Fortunately, after a few tries they managed to fool britney (the script that handles package transitions from unstable to testing) somehow, and the hardest part of the job was done with just one day of delay. At last, the core of GNOME 3 was in testing, and testing users found soon after. The rest of the week saw a cascade of hate posts against GNOME 3 in Planet Debian, and personally I didn’t find that especially motivating to keep on working on the rest of GNOME bits. With experimental clear of GNOME 3.0 stuff, we finally were able to focus on packaging whatever GNOME 3.2 components were not already done, and preparing for what should be a plain simple transition of GNOME 3.0 to After our share of wait for a transition slot, as Perl 5.14, ICU and OpenSSL were in the line before us, and after dealing with a minor tracker 0.12 transition, we were ready for our next episode: At first sight, we thought this would be a lot easier, but it still got a bit hairy due to evo-data-server massive soname bumps. We were given our slot just before Christmas, after a few weeks of wait for others to finish their migration rounds, and most of the pack entered wheezy a few days before the No rejoicing, though, as GNOME Shell 3.2 didn’t make it. First, we discovered it was FTBFS on kFreeBSD architectures, as NetworkManager had been promoted from optional to required, for apparently no good reason, leaving the BSD world in the cold, including our exotic GNU/kFreeBSD architectures. Now, let’s clarify that I’m a supporter of the Debian kFreeBSD architectures and was really happy to see it accepted as a technology preview in squeeze. However, as you know, GNOME Shell currently requires hardware acceleration to run, a requirement hardly met in kFreeBSD, unless you’re using a DRI1 X driver. We seriously doubted anyone had ever ran a GNOME 3 session on kfreebsd-*. However, if it didn’t build, it was a blocker bug for GNOME Shell. We considered creating different meta-packages for kFreeBSD architectures, to conclude it’d be a mess, so our awesome Michael Biebl ended up cooking up a patch that restored the ability to build the Shell without NetworkManager support. With this out of our way, we just needed to upload Michael’s fix and watch the buildds do their part of the job. Or maybe not? Enter Iceweasel 9. In parallel, and with incredible bad timing, Iceweasel 9.0 was uploaded to Debian the very same day it was released by Mozilla. Again, it greeted us with a nasty surprise: yet another mozjs API change, which made gjs FTBFS, which meant our kFreeBSD fixes would be unusable until someone who knew Gjs’ internals well enough bit the bullet and worked around the new API changes. Again, Michael Biebl tried to be our saviour, but unfortunately wasn’t able to fix all the problems, so we tried to focus on plan B. Mozilla had released a fork of the mozjs that is included in Firefox, so that embedders would have a bit less of a hard time with these recurrent API changes. This was based on Firefox 4, and was already being packaged by Ubuntu. Gjs would build using this older version just fine, so we just needed to get it in Debian as soon as possible. We just needed to find a sucke^Wvolunteer that would be inclined to maintain the beast. Only after a few weeks we managed to get Chris Coulson, the Ubuntu packager, to maintain the package directly through the Debian archive via package syncs. However, his package had only been auto-compiled in the three Ubuntu architectures, that is amd64, armel and i386. It’s late January 2012, and we’ve been fighting this war for 10 months. After getting some help from Michael to get the new package in shape for Debian standards, we were excited to sponsor it for Chris. Duh, after a few days in the NEW fridge, it was rejected by the ftp-masters. The license statement was missing quite a few details, so I went ahead and sacrificed a few hours of my copious free time to get this sorted out. A few days later, mozjs was accepted, but the result was horrible. It was mozjs didn’t build on half of our targets. Mike Hommey was quick to file a bug and point us to the most obvious fuckups. As he had dealt with this in the past as the Iceweasel maintainer, all of these issues were fixed and patches were ready to be applied verbatim or with minimal changes to our sources. With mozjs finally built successfully (although with severe problems on ia64), we were finally able to rebuild Gjs against it, upload GNOME Shell with our kFreeBSD fixes and wait until today for this mess to be over. Whew. I can’t say I’ve enjoyed all the stages of this ride. Some bumps on the road were clearly there to test our patience, but it has helped me get back in touch with non-leaf GNOME packaging, which was all I was doing for a while due to being super-busy lately with studies. It also reminds me of the privilege of working side by side with some awesome people, not only Joss, Michael, Sjoerd, Laurent or Gustavo, to name just a few Debian GNOME team members, but also the receptive release team members like Julien or Cyril, and NEW-processing record-breaking ftp-master Luca. Without them, we might be trying to figure out the Nautilus transition since last Summer. We really hope GNOME 3.4 will be a piece of cake compared to this. ;) Syndicated 2012-01-31 01:23:00 from I still don't have a title
Came across Ubuntu Linux project, following a post on Slashdot. This guy Mark Shuttleworth is doing a great job in seeding worthy free software projects. It is noteworthy to mention that he was one of the first space tourists. Ordered 10 Ubuntu Linux CDs from the website. People in Chennai, please free to contact me if you need one.
I really need to start writing my chapters for the O'Reilly Mozilla book I'm co-authoring. Looks like CamWorld might suffer because of these commitments and all the work being sent our way from Collab.Net. Working long hours to get the UI for Scarab done. It's looking pretty good and should be an excellent replaceemnt for Bugzilla, which has very hard-to-use forms. Emailing back and forth with Dave Winer about respect and points of view on the web. The man simply doesn't get it, and insists he is always right. I'm tired of the whole issue and will make attempts to avoid him both online and off. He certainly is not a fan of open source software and will not be an ally in anything I do for the next few years.
Los Angeles to Miami - in January?? we are traveling from the end of December from LA, California to Miami, FL. We have do be there on Feb 20, What happens in the winter on this Strech and what we have to see, where we need to go? Riding on two KTM 640 adventure, so, off road will be fine.
Mountain Dew Soda-Naming Contest Crashed by Pranksters 'Diabeetus' among top entries on unsavory leaderboard I always assume the worst will happen when companies solicit ideas from the Internet. For the latest evidence of this, look no further than this Mountain Dew "Dub the Dew" fiasco. An effort by a restaurant to crowdsource a name for an upcoming homemade green-apple-flavored Mountain Dew concoction has been hijacked, Pitbull style. Suddenly, its gallery of suggestions featured such winners as "Gushing Granny," "Diabeetus," and my personal favorite, "Fapple." As of Tuesday morning, dubthedew.com is no longer bringing up any content whatsoever—we're told it is down for good. While this comes on the heels of Something Awful's successful online vote-rigging operation for Walmart's Energy Sheets promotion with Pitbull, it seems a different set of neckbeards was responsible for hacking the Dew campaign. Online communities 4chan and Reddit are hurling blame at each other as we speak, which is fitting, because both websites are basically elephant graveyards for jokes that Something Awful has outgrown. Photo above by zentraveler. Via Mashable. UPDATE: Mountain Dew sent us the following statement: "Dub the Dew," a local market promotional campaign that was created by one of our customers—not Mountain Dew—was compromised. We are working diligently with our customer's team to remove all offensive content that was posted and putting measures in place to ensure this doesn't happen again. Mountain Dew has a legacy of engaging its most loyal fans to tap innovative ideas for the brand through really successful programs like "DEWMocracy" and "Your Malt Dew" and so we sincerely apologize to all of our fans who may have been offended by this customer's program. - Would Yahoo or Facebook Make a Better Tumblr Parent? - Gevalia Aims for a Buzzy Social Partying Weekend - Meet the Sleepy's Creative Finalists - Modest Buzz for NewFront Content Based on Social Sharing Data - Former Publicis COO Richard Pinder on Reimagining Global Networks - Yahoo Adding Tweets to Homepage - Embattled Abercrombie CEO Backpedals on Exclusionary Comments - NBCUniversal Expands Licensing Deal With Amazon - YouTube Star Tobuscus Forced Into Making Insane Musical Ad for Hot Pockets - California Winery's Ads Pair the Product With Sex, Drugs and More Sex - Yahoo in Talks to Acquire Tumblr - Obscure Direct Response Brands Dominate Facebook Chatter - Dumb Ways to Die Is Now a Video Game for the iPhone and iPad - He Shoots, He Scores: David Beckham's 10 Most-Viral Commercials - The 10 Best Commercials of 2012 - Better Eyewear Means Fewer Dead Cats, Says Amusing Specsavers Ad AdFreak is your daily blog of the best and worst of creativity in advertising, media, marketing and design. Follow us as we celebrate (and skewer) the latest, greatest, quirkiest and freakiest commercials, promos, trailers, posters, billboards, logos and package designs around. Edited by Adweek's Tim Nudd. Updated every weekday, with a weekly recap on Saturdays.
[Ilugc] OAOD (celtx) dhasthagheer at gmail.com Thu Oct 14 21:09:43 IST 2010 What it is: Celtx is the world's first all-in-one media pre-production software. It has everything you need to take your story from concept to production. Celtx replaces 'paper, pen & binder' pre-production with a digital approach that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share. Celtx helps you pre-produce all types of media - film, video, documentary, theater, machinima, comics, advertising, video games, music video, radio, podcasts, videocasts, and however else you choose to tell your story. All In One Unlike scriptwriting software and sites, you can use Celtx for the entire pre-production process - write scripts, storyboard scenes and sequences, develop characters, breakdown & tag elements, schedule production, and prepare detailed and informative production reports for cast and crew. Celtx is designed to help your entire production team work together on a single, easy to share project file - eliminating the confusion of multiple project files, and the need for 'paper and binder'. World Community of Media Creators More than 500,000 media creators in 160 countries create with Celtx in 28 different languages. Celtx is used by independent filmmakers and studio professionals, and by students in over 1,800 universities and film schools - many that have adopted Celtx for teaching and class work submission. The Best of The Desktop & The Web Celtx is a desktop application that delivers the most fluid writing and editing experience. You can always keep your fingers moving as fast as your thoughts and your creative flow is never interrupted. With Celtx you can also work at any time off-line and privacy is never a concern. Celtx Studios use the web to deliver a central server's superior strength for heavy-lifting tasks such as mass storage, collaboration and e-commerce. No other film production software gives you the advantages of the Celtx-Celtx Studios hybrid desktop-web architecture. Non-Linear Project Development Unlike scriptwriting software and sites, Celtx puts a choice of fully integrated development tools right at your fingertips, giving you total flexibility to determine how your story takes shape. To know more about: To install in Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install celtx A Kanchi Linux User My Works on Linux More information about the ilugc
Thu, Jul 19, 2012 Program Status Review Finished, Test Flights Planned For 2014 Start The last Liberty space transportation system milestone under the company’s unfunded Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA for the Commercial Crew Development Program (CCDev-2) has been completed by ATK Systems. The final milestone under the SAA was a Program Status Review (PSR) for the Liberty system. During the PSR, the Liberty team presented NASA with detailed progress of the program, including integrated master schedule, DAC cycle status, system requirements, software status, flight test plan, system safety review, ground processing certification plan and schedule for initial operation capability. The CCDev-2 Liberty SAA enabled NASA and the Liberty team to share technical information related to the Liberty transportation system during the preliminary design review phase of the program. ATK completed five milestones and held three Technical Interchange Meetings, all on internal funding. “It has been a privilege working with NASA to complete the SAA for the Commercial Crew program,” said Kent Rominger, ATK vice president and program manager for Liberty. “The feedback we received from the NASA Liberty team has helped further the development of the entire system and we believe ensures the program is on target for Liberty to provide a capable and safe commercial transportation to the International Space Station (ISS) by mid-decade.” Currently, Liberty’s schedule includes unmanned test flights in 2014 and 2015, followed by the first crewed flight in late 2015 with Liberty astronauts. Commercial operational flights to take NASA astronauts to the ISS would begin in 2016. ATK also hosted a Liberty Supplier conference the day following the PSR. This meeting, held in Florida, brought together more than 20 of Liberty’s major suppliers to support Liberty development activities. “Our supply base is critical to Liberty’s success as we move quickly through development of the entire system,” said Rominger. “As a commercial program we need to ensure we are a strong team in order to provide the best service and grow a profitable business.” (Images provided by ATK) Also: Wanna Buy A Control Tower?, SAC 7-35 Airdata Computer, Remembering Frank Beagle, Exp 35 Astros Drop In, 777X Team Named, AF Academy Grads Will Get Their Flyover! The X-47B Un>[...] A 2001 SR22, With A REPACKED CAPS Chute, Experiences Rocket Firing But NO Chute Deploy You know you're having a bad day when a flight goes so bad that you feel you must resort to u>[...] Says Meehan Amendment Passage Further Highlights Growing Concerns On Capitol Hill Over Misguided Abu Dhabi Agreement U.S. airline trade organization Airlines for America (A4A) appl>[...] AD NUMBER: 2013-10-01 PRODUCT: Certain Spectrolab Nightsun XP Searchlight Assembly (searchlight) installed on, but not limited to Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model AB139 and Model AW139>[...] AD NUMBER: 2013-09-09 PRODUCT: All Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd. Models Dart T.51, Dart T.51/17, and Dart T.51/17R sailplanes>[...]
Sport Aviation's STOL Champion, CubCrafters, Helps ANN Bring You Sebring!!! “The Carbon Cub SS is a thoroughly modern, high performance airplane that has taken the fundamentally superior design of the Piper Super Cub and reinvented it using 21st Century materials (such as carbon fiber) and computer-aided design technology. Superior engineering results in the Carbon Cub SS having 50 percent fewer parts and being 250 pounds lighter than a similarly equipped Super Cub. Mounting a lightweight 180 horsepower engine to this airframe results in a horsepower to weight ratio of just 7.33 pounds (compared, for example, to a Cessna 172R's 15.33 pounds). That results in a sea level climb rate of 2,100 feet per minute (compared to 650 fpm for a 172) - a deck angle that inspires involuntary expletives. No other LSA takes off or lands in a shorter distance, with better low speed manners.” For ANN's part, we must note that every year, of late, the same old names show up in a list of LSA builders who seem to be standing up to the test of time. 'CubCrafters" is one that flirts with the top of the list, every time. With offerings for certificated, experimental and LSA airframes, CubCrafters has established a tough rep for building tough planes that fly well, and perform even better. CubCrafters operates in a modern 40,000 square foot facility on the edge of McAllister Field Airport in Yakima, Washington. They say that it's an idyllic spot for flying and testing their planes... "Big skies, punctuated on the Western horizon by the always snow-capped peaks of the Cascade mountain range. 290 days of sunshine each year. The nearby countryside dotted with wineries, orchards and rangeland." Yeah, they have a tough life. But they do operate a tight ship... they tell us that, "It's worth noting that, unlike many manufacturing facilities, the CubCrafters factory houses all departments involved with the design, support and sales of our airplanes. This close proximity results not only in operational efficiencies, but also in a tangible sense of teamwork and shared purpose that is at the very core of our business. It is an indispensable part of what makes a CubCrafters airplane so special." CubCrafters Makes News
Falstaff Motorcycle Jacket - Product Review (submitted on August 25, 2010): Had my Falstaff for around 5 years, it is fantastic in rain and heat. Left it on a bus in Italy a few days before the Milan-Taranto - gutted, I wanted my jacket to experience the crazy race as well. Ended up borrowing my old man's Falstaff that he luckily had spare. I will be getting another.
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U.S. Declines to Criticize India for releasing Muslims over Highjacking Monday, January 03, 2000 5:37 PM EST WASHINGTON,January 3 (Xinhua)-- The United States Monday declined to criticize India's decision to release three Muslim prisoners for swapping freedom of 155 passengers who were held captive aboard an Indian Airlines flight. Pilot: Hijackers Were To Blow Up Jet Monday, January 03, 2000 3:19 PM EST NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- A flight attendant had just brought Captain Devi Saran a cup of tea 40 minutes after takeoff from Katmandu, Nepal, when a man wearing a ski mask burst into the cockpit, armed with a grenade and revolver. YANK RELIVES TERROR ON HIJACK JET By LINDA MASSARELLA Asked to spell "coffin." The only American held hostage during the hijacking crisis in Afghanistan said she was sure her life was over when one of the terrorists asked her to spell the word "coffin." Taliban not bound to disclose hijackers destination: envoy ISLAMABAD (NNI): A senior Taliban diplomat Monday said Taliban are not bound to disclose the whereabouts of the hijackers of the Indian airliner under an agreement reached among Taliban, Indian negotiators and hijackers. Arrest of hijackers difficult with no details available: FO ISLAMABAD (NNI): Pakistan Monday said arrest of the hijackers of the Indian plane would be difficult as the Indian government has so far given no details as to the profiles of the hijackers. Hijackers are in Quetta, Jaswant ISLAMABAD (NNI): The Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh has claimed that the hijackers of the Indian plane are in or around Quetta. \|Back to News Archirves of 2000\| Disclaimer: This news site is mostly a compilation of publicly accessible articles on the Web in the form of a link or saved news item. The news articles and commentaries/editorials are protected under international copyright laws. All credit goes to the original respective source(s).
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Murdoch’s inside jobPUBLISHED: 31 Mar 2012 00:34:00 \| UPDATED: 02 Apr 2012 13:39:13PUBLISHED: 31 Mar 2012 PRINT EDITION: 31 Mar 2012 Rupert Murdoch was so taken with NDS technology that in 2002 when General Motors was planning to launch a US satellite operation called DirecTV, he intervened to persuade them to use NDS to safeguard their broadcast. Source: Reuters - Download a sample of the 14,400 emails held by former NDS European chief for Operational Security Ray Adams - Explore a sample of the 14,400 emails on DocumentCloud - Full coverage \| Pay TV piracy It was a game, and they played it across continents. From Latin America, the United States and Canada, across Europe and Asia down to Australia and New Zealand. In every country, in every market, it was game on. They were on a mission and they had no rules – or rather, no one to call them to account. They were undercover. They would use funny code names and false money trails, secret informants, “honey pots” and deep cover agents. They had scorn for everybody who stood in their way and they expressed that scorn freely in encrypted emails to each other, secure that no one from outside their tight group would ever read them There was no moral quality to doing this; it was a necessary part of the operation. It was part of the business. And what was that business? “It’s not terrorism, it’s not suicide bombing, it’s not weapons of mass destruction,” says Jan Saggiori, a Swiss-Italian hacker who became a target of the underground operatives. “It’s pay television.” And that raises the billion-dollar question in the global media storm that has engulfed Rupert Murdoch’s media empire after revelations on Wednesday that a secret unit called Operational Security had promoted piracy of News’s pay TV competitors across the world. News Corporation is one of the most dynamic, creative and powerful media groups in the world. It employs tens of thousands of gifted, committed professionals whose work is groundbreaking, and often inspiring. How did a global media giant become involved in a high-tech spying scandal? In 1999, the year James Cameron was winning Oscars for Titanic, which made so much money for News, how did the Murdoch empire come to be running a private security force with an annual budget between $5 million and $10 million? At the heart of the drama that is playing out is the modern world’s desperate need for security. Our bank accounts, our personal details, our communications – a great part of our life, is stored as data. To protect it, the data must be encrypted, often with microchips mounted on smartcards. Our secrets must be safe. That’s why the figure of the hacker is so threatening. Whether it is Julian Assange or online groups such as Anonymous of Lulzsec, the appearance of the hacker is the signal for deployment of investigators, of security firms, specialist police units and intelligence agencies. But what happens when it isn’t a government calling in the spooks? What happens when it is a company that goes into the intelligence business? The short answer is that hiring former spies and intelligence officers changes the culture of a corporation. And that’s what seemed to happen at News Corporation and its problem child, NDS. The chain of events is dramatically illustrated in an archive of emails that came from the computer hard drive of a senior NDS executive. The Financial Review has obtained 14,400 of the emails, many of which have been published through our website afr.com. The development within NDS parallels the way excessive use of private investigators changed the culture of the newspapers at News International that used them, the News of the World and The Sun. NDS was an accident of history. In February 1998 an Australian technology consultant, Bruce Hundertmark, badgered Murdoch into shelling out $3.6 million to found a start-up company in Israel called News Datacom Research, based on encryption technology developed by the Weizmann Institute, which took a 20 per cent stake. (The details of the early history are airbrushed out of many accounts). Seven months later, after blithely deciding to launch Sky Television in the UK, Murdoch realised that he needed to encrypt the broadcast stream. It’s called conditional access. You can access the programming and watch the moving pictures only on the condition you have paid for it. Otherwise pay TV companies would go broke. A handful of technology companies around the world provide conditional access services – including Nagra in Switzerland, Viaccess and Canal Plus Technologies in France (later sold to Nagra) and Irdeto in South Africa and the Netherlands. They all use smartcards with microchips on them that are inserted into the set-top box to decrypt the pay television signal – and they are the heart of any pay TV system. They provide the customer management base as well as the platform to offer interactive services. But the microchips on the smartcards can be hacked and the source codes to the chips exposed. In 1988 Murdoch turned to NDS to develop his own conditional access system for Sky. He was so taken with NDS technology that in 2002 when General Motors was planning to launch a US satellite operation called DirecTV, he intervened to persuade them to use NDS to safeguard their broadcast. And in 1997, when Murdoch agreed to merge his US satellite interests with the other big satellite broadcaster, EchoStar, run by Charlie Ergen, he walked away from the deal when Ergen refused to replace the Nagra smartcards Echostar used with NDS cards. Ergen said the NDS cards weren’t safe. In his office in Denver, Colorado, he pulled out some pirate cards for DirecTV and put them into his system to show Murdoch how comprehensively the NDS cards had been broken. That’s the problem with smartcards. The microchips on the card can be hacked, and the secret codes that operate the cards exposed. Once this happens, pirate cards can be made that mimic the real cards and switch on the programming without payment, draining the broadcasters’ revenue. It’s huge business. Some estimates put the number of pirate cards for DirecTV by 2000 at close to 1 million. If true, that was $500 million of revenue DirecTV wasn’t earning – and tens of millions of dollars that pirates were. But it wasn’t piracy that introduced Murdoch to the world of spies and intelligence. It was a fraud that a former chief executive of NDS, Michael Clinger, was still running on NDS years after he had been forced out. Amazingly, Clinger had run NDS from 1990 to late 1991 despite having a US arrest warrant outstanding against him for stock fraud. News Corp general counsel Arthur Siskind hired Reuven Hasak, a former deputy head of Israel’s domestic secret service, Shin Bet, to run the investigation in 1995. Hasak made short shrift of Clinger, and NDS chief executive Abe Peled then hired Hasak full time to set up a special unit called Operational Security to fight piracy of NDS smartcards used by BSkyB in Britain, DirecTV in the US and Foxtel in Australia. To head Op Sec in Europe, Hasak hired Ray Adams, a highly decorated but controversial former police commander who had run the Metropolitan Police’s S11 criminal intelligence unit. In the US, Hasak hired John Norris, who had been a US Army captain in intelligence during the Vietnam War and had close links with the US Secret Service. Adams and Norris worked with the FBI, the US Secret Service, US Customs and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as well as police forces and anti-piracy groups across Europe to target the hackers and dealers who produced the pirate cards. They instigated hundreds of raids on suspected pirates and forged an impressive reputation as a tough enforcement arm. But piracy persisted, particularly in North America. Hasak’s people were not just on good terms with law enforcement agencies. Adams’s UK Operational Security team even had a special line item for police. It was Code 880110 and appears in a string of NDS departmental budgets. On June 9, 2000, Adams’s deputy Len Withall, another former policeman, asked for a £2000 cheque to be made out to Surrey Police, drawn on Code 880110, which he explained was “an amount of money set aside for payment to police/informants for assistance given to us in our work”. Adams was more explicit on October 9, 2001, when he explained Code 880110 to NDS accountant Greg Gormley, who was looking for budget cuts: “This is a contingency sum for police informants. No claims so far. May be none this year.” That proved optimistic, as a month later, on November 13, 2001, Withall told an NDS accountant he needed £1000 cash. It should be charged against Code 880110, which he said was “used for payment to some informants not covered under our normal payment system”. Who was Withall going to pay, using the “contingency sum for police informants”, and why did it have to be in cash? These payments raise serious questions, beginning with how a major division in News Corp had a line item in its budgets which on Adams’s description at least, was to be paid to police informants? How is such a line item discussed at the annual budget planning sessions? At the least, whatever use the money was intended for – and it may well have been innocuous – including it as a line item embeds it in the corporate culture. Adams may have used his police contacts when he was able to obtain mobile telephone records for a person suspected of involvement in pay TV piracy in Canada. He also appears to have tried to obtain telephone records for an Australian hacker, David Cottle, known as Bond 007. The Operational Security chief in Asia, Avigail Gutman, was closely monitoring Cottle, supplying him with blank smartcards to aid his piracy of Austar and Foxtel while dissuading rival Irdeto security from moving against him. “The sources of accusations that NDS participated in piracy of competitor conditional-access systems have been repeatedly discredited,” a spokesman told the Financial Review. “The United States Department of Justice, a federal court jury, a federal trial court and a federal appellate court all rejected allegations that NDS is responsible for TV piracy.” Given the close ties Operational Security had to law enforcement, how did the piracy allegations arise? There was a second arm to the Operational Security strategy. In addition to chasing pirates, Hasak’s “Black Hat” team set out to recruit top hackers, turning them first into informants and then using their expertise to learn how to reverse engineer or deconstruct the smartcards of their rivals. German master hacker Oliver Kömmerling set up a laboratory in Haifa and trained NDS staff to use micro probes, optical microscopes, micro-laser cutters and a focused ion beam machine to peel away the microchips used by rival companies in their smartcards – the Seca card produced by Canal Plus in France, the Nagra card used by US satellite broadcaster Echostar, the South African-Dutch Irdeto card and the Viaccess card by France Telecom. The process on the Nagra card was completed in October 1998 – and within days, part of the same code was published on a piracy site called DR7.com run by a Canadian called Al Menard On March 26, 1999, the ROM source code for the Seca card by Canal Plus was also posted on DR7. Suspicion fell on Chris Tarnovsky, an American hacker employed by NDS who was a close friend of Menard. Kömmerling in Germany saw the DR7 ROM file and realised the Seca file had the same time and date stamp – 4pm on July 6, 1998 – as the ROM file that the NDS Black Hat team had created the previous summer. The odds against two different files being saved at the same minute in a year are 500,000 to one. It was the same file. NDS contests this, pointing out that it’s possible to change a time stamp on a computer file artificially. But if someone fabricated the time stamp to frame NDS, how did they know what the time stamp needed to be, unless they had seen the NDS file? It was a forensic fingerprint that tied the file posted on DR7 to NDS. But how did the NDS file get to DR7? Suspicion fell on Tarnovsky. Kömmerling says that Tarnovsky later told him he had been given the Seca ROM file and when he asked what to do with it, an NDS executive had indicated by a facial gesture that he should release it on the internet. Tarnovsky denies having posted the file. Two days after the Seca ROM file appeared on DR7, Saggiori, phoned Tarnovsky, who was a close friend, and asked if he could help supply a part of the Seca ROM that had not been included in the file on DR7. “[Chris] told me he was not able to have the Canal Plus ROM 2000 address because that part had been lost during extraction of the code,” Saggiori testified in a US court in 2008. But Tarnovsky had the ROM code for the Nagra card, which he offered to send to Saggiroi. Both cards were built on an ST Thomson microprocessor, and Tarnovsky incorrectly believed they shared the same system ROM codes. Tarnovsky sent the Nagra code to Saggiori as an attachment to an email with the PGP encryption system. This locked the file with a date and time. It could be unlocked only by Saggiori’s private key. This was forensic evidence that linked Tarnovsky and NDS to the release of part of the underlying code for the ST Thomson chip used by Nagra. At the 2008 trial, an NDS independent expert examined the encrypted file but made no submission to challenge its authenticity. Tarnovsky denied having sent the email to Saggiori, and said he would not have used the high level of encryption in the attachment because it was illegal in the US at the time. Six months later Saggiori wrote a report that ended up in the hands of Gilles Kaehlin, the head of security at Canal Plus. He opened an inquiry that led to Canal Plus suing NDS for $1 billion in damages, in March 2002. Oliver Kömmerling became a surprise witness for Canal Plus. Adams lost his job, and in the process the hard drive of his laptop, with thousands of revealing emails, was reported stolen. Only days before, OnDigital, the fledgling pay TV rival to BSkyB in Britain which used the widely pirated Seca card, had collapsed owing £1 billion. In 2000, DirecTV had sued NDS for piracy-related behaviour, but the case was settled. DirecTV insisted Tarnovsky had no further contact with its smartcards. It now sought to reopen the case in light of the Canal Plus allegations, citing actions by Kömmerling. A US Attorney in San Diego convened a grand jury to investigate NDS, and other satellite broadcasters – Echostar in the US, Sogecable in Spain and MEASAT in Malaysia – applied to join to the Canal Plus action. In June 2002, with the Vivendi/Canal Plus empire days away from collapse, Murdoch agreed to buy its Telepiu pay TV arm in Italy, which he merged with Stream to form Sky Italia. A condition of the deal was that Canal Plus buried the NDS lawsuit. It became a race for time to see whether Echostar, Sogecable and MEASAT could gain access to the Canal Plus documentation before the Telepiu deal closed in April 2003. The window closed. MEASAT walked away when the Canal Plus case closed. Sogecable and EchoStar had to launch new lawsuits. But the delay in trying to join Canal Plus meant most of the events that formed the basis of their cases were now beyond the statute of limitations. DirecTV dropped its NDS lawsuit after News acquired control of the broadcaster in 2003. The grand jury investigation was transferred to Los Angeles, where a new deputy US Attorney found NDS had no case to answer. EchoStar soldiered on, going to trial with a drastically restricted case in 2008. NDS applied to call the deputy US Attorney as a witness, but the judge ruled against NDS over questions of whether News had helped him get a job at the Motion Picture Association. The jury decided in EchoStar’s favour on three of the six counts, but awarded negligible damages. The trial judge awarded split costs with $5 million in EchoStar’s favour. This was overturned by the appeals court. “Just this week, EchoStar realised the cost of making these futile and damaging allegations against NDS when it paid approximately $19 million to NDS,” an NDS spokesman told the Financial Review during the week. NDS has been sued by five of the largest satellite broadcasters in the world, each of which was seeking damages of about $1 billion, after paying estimated legal costs of some $80 million. NDS has emerged unscathed and undaunted. It prefers to focus on its successful sale to Cisco, the spokesman said. How much are the NDS secrets worth? The two-part sale of NDS that began in 2008 has shown that encryption is a goldmine. The total payout was $5.7 billion. We're improving afr.com. Click here to complete our short survey to have your say. The Australian Financial Review WE'RE IMPROVING AFR.COM Complete our short survey to have your say.
Bunnings trust buys more warehousesPUBLISHED: 17 Feb 2011 08:59:00 \| UPDATED: 18 Feb 2011 05:00:08PUBLISHED: 18 Feb 2011 PRINT EDITION: 18 Feb 2011 Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust will raise as much as $150 million to fund the acquisition of 13 properties for $241.7 million from Bunnings Group. WE'RE IMPROVING AFR.COM Complete our short survey to have your say.
Telcos told to pull up socksPUBLISHED: 29 Oct 2012 12:02:00 \| UPDATED: 30 Oct 2012 03:51:07PUBLISHED: 29 Oct 2012 PRINT EDITION: 30 Oct 2012 Australia’s leading telecommunications consumer advocate body has demanded telcos slash complaint levels by 20 per cent within the next year or face direct government regulation. The call from Australian Communications Consumer Action Network chief executive Teresa Corbin came as new figures showed complaints about mobile phone services rose by 9.3 per cent over the past year, despite extensive pledges to improve. According to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) 2011-12 annual report, released yesterday, mobile complaints rose to 122,834 to become two-thirds of all issues handled by the Ombudsman. But overall complaints fell by 2 per cent thanks to fewer problems with fixed-line phone and internet services. Despite Vodafone losing more than half a million mobile customers over the past 12 months and promising to invest billions in improving services, the number of complaints lodged against the telco rose 11.3 per cent to reach almost 40,000. In comparison Telstra added 1.6 million extra mobile phone customers in the same period while boosting profits and slashing the number of complaints lodged with the TIO by 21.5 per cent to 61,991. Ms Corbin said Vodafone underestimated its problems in 2010 when its network was severely overloaded. “Mobile complaints are still rising and in that are problems with excessive data charging and roaming fees,” she said. “Telstra is the real good news story and its performance and investments are what allowed the complaints figures to come down marginally because a 2 per cent decrease is not huge. “There’s been a fairly steady level of discontent about Optus as well but perhaps it hasn’t reached the same tenor that the Vodafone problems did last year and I think the causes are the same.” The rising number of mobile phone complaints come as the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) prepares to wield new powers against underperforming telcos. In July most players in Australia’s telecommunications industry signed up to a more stringent industry code of conduct known as the Telecommunications Consumer Protection (TCP) Code, which pledged more user control to prevent bill shock and nasty surprises in sales pitches. Ms Corbin said the new code went further than ever before but questioned if voluntary rules could ever keep telcos in line. “Clearly if we don’t see a massive drop over the next year to what we were having three or four years ago we’d have to say we haven’t got the regulation right yet,” she said. “I think it’d be reasonable to expect at least a 20 per cent drop in complaints over the next financial year.” But Communications Alliance chief executive John Stanton, whose group helped created the TCP Code, disagreed and said the industry was improving. “I think that’s rubbish and 20 per cent is a totally arbitrary figure,” he said. “What’s important is that the overall environment for consumers is improving, the service delivered is improving and the protections are improved.” “I think it’s unrealistic to set an arbitrary figure and say that’s a measure of success or failure - it’s way too simplistic.” ACMA manager for consumer interests Alan Chalmers declined to comment on which way complaints would run but said the increasing take-up of national broadband network and 4G services could result in a rise in complaints as faster speeds led to more cases of bill shock. READ MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: We're improving afr.com. Click here to complete our short survey to have your say. The Australian Financial Review
AfriGeneas Slave Research Forum Archive Every Tongue - Book Club Discussion & Chat Book Discussion & Chat Every Tongue Got To Confess by Zora Neale Hurston On-Line Chat Date: February 13, 2002 Time: 9:00pm eastern; 6:00pm pacific Location: Afrigeneas Volano Chat room #2 Afrigeneas / Barnes & Noble Off-Line Book Club meeting Success! The first Afrigeneas / Barnes & Noble Off-Line Book Club meeting was held Tuesday, January 08, 2002. Afrigeneas' Alta J. Cannaday spearheaded this (monthly) event; which took place at the Bowie Town Center , Barnes & Noble Book Store in Bowie, MD. The collaboration of Afrigeneas' Off-Line and On-Line Book Clubs has been set; the book has been chosen; so let's get busy! We can discuss Zora Neale Hurston's book at the Book Club Forum; and then get together for a real-time online chat February 13th! This is only one of the many great things happening at Afrigeneas.com this year. Join in!
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Re-inventing the Planned City Monday, March 12, 2012 TAU and MIT launch pilot project to re-think 50's era "New Towns" A bird's-eye view of Kiryat Gat In response to population growth, many "new towns" or planned cities were built around the world in the 1950s. But according to Dr. Tali Hatuka, head of Tel Aviv University's Laboratory for Contemporary Urban Design (LCUD) at the Department of Geography and the Human Environment, these cities are a poor fit for modern lifestyles — and it's time to innovate. TAU has launched a pilot project, in collaboration with a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology led by Prof. Eran Ben-Joseph, to revitalize this aging model. Last month, a team of five TAU and 11 MIT graduate students visited Kiryat Gat, a mid-sized town in the south of Israel. Home to branches of industrial giants Hewlett-Packard Company and Intel, Kiryat Gat was chosen as a "laboratory" for re-designing outmoded planned civic spaces. Based on smart technologies, improved transportation, use of the city's natural surroundings, and a reconsideration of the current use of city space, the team's action plan is designed to help Kiryat Gat emerge as a new, technologically-advanced planned city — a prototype that could be applied to similar urban communities. Planning a future for the mid-sized city The project, jointly funded by TAU's Vice President for Research and MIT's MISTI Global Seed Funds, will create a new planning model that could reshape the future of Kiryat Gat and similar cities across the world which are often overlooked in academia and practical planning. "Our goal is to put a spotlight on these kinds of towns and suggest innovative ways of dealing with their problems," says TAU student Roni Bar. MIT's Alice Shay, who visited Israel for the first time for the project, believes that Kiryat Gat, a city that massive urbanization has left behind, is an ideal place for the team to make a change. "The city is at a catalyst point — an exciting moment where good governance and energy will give it the capacity to implement some of these new projects." To tackle the design and planning challenges of the city, the team of students focused on four themes: the "mobile city," which looked at transport and accessibility; the "mediated city," dealing with technological infrastructure; the "compact city," which reconsidered the use of urban space and population growth; and the "natural city," which integrated environmental features into the urban landscape. Finding common ground Ultimately, the team’s goal is to create a more flexible city model that encourages residents and workers to be a more active part of the urban fabric of the city, said Dr. Hatuka. The current arrangement of dedicated industrial, residential, and core zones is out of step with a 21st century lifestyle, in which people work, live, and spend their leisure time in the same environment. "Much of the past discourse about the design of sustainable communities and 'eco-cities' has been premised on using previously undeveloped land," says Prof. Ben-Joseph. "In contrast, this project focuses on the 'retrofitting' of an existing environment — a more likely approach, given the extent of the world's already-built infrastructure." The students from TAU and MIT have become a truly cohesive team, and their diversity of background helps challenge cultural preconceptions, Bar says. "They ask many questions that help us to rethink things we took for granted." Shay agrees. "Tali and Eran have created an incredible collaboration, encouraging us all to exchange ideas. Our contexts are different but there is a common urban design language." The team estimates that they will be able to present the updated model of the city early next year. The next step is further exploring the project's key themes at a March meeting at MIT. And while the project has provided an exceptional educational experience for all involved, ideas are already leaping off the page and into the city's urban fabric. "In the next two months, the Mayor of Kiryat Gat would like to push this model forward and implement the initial steps that we have offered," says an enthusiastic Dr. Hatuka.
This is something that I haven’t really touched on since I started ‘A Galaxy Called Dallas,’ but there was a long time that I didn’t read comics. I used to read them when I was in junior high and high school. Early to mid 80’s had me reading “Secret Wars,” “Watchmen,” and “Amazing Spiderman” #252 when he got his new suit. I joined the Navy and left everything in the care of my parents in 1986. Little did I know that they were not hip to the future value of said comics. Of course, I wasn’t either, but I would have taken better care of my own stuff. I’m not bitter at my parents. Much. During the next 23 years, I didn’t not read comics. I don’t know why, I just didn’t. It wasn’t until a little over 3 years ago, that I started writing this blog and getting back in to geek life. I started hitting the comic book shops. I was lost. Comics had changed. Superheroes had become human. I blame Alan Moore. That’s where it started. I’m kidding. I don’t know where it started, but what I found was that the comic universe had been evolving while I was away and now I was faced with a lot of changes. Not only had the superheroes changed, but the industry. Prices had gone up, now you had digital comics, and there were independents! This article was inspired by Kaitlyn D’s article “Sucks To Be A Noob: Comics.” One thing that I definitely agreed with in this article is that if you are new to comics, you need too have a mentor. Befriend the guy behind the counter down at ye ole comic book shop or maybe one of your friends is a master of the paneled art. I was in luck! The guy who interviewed at one of my jobs is now one of my best friends and he lives for comics. So, if I have any questions then I can ask him. And for that, thank you, Tom! By knowing what’s going on in the stories, I can be more informed when it comes to picking out which ones I want to read, thus saving me money in the long run. Kaitlyn also has a list that she has compiled of things that she has read with commentary or owns and will eventually read that is included in the article, so check it out. The question of the day for you is this: I’m a noob. In whatever line of comics that YOU like to read, what would be the starting place for me to get a feel for the story? What is the perfect gateway comic issue or trade to the character that you read?
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AGFC drops draft proposal to consider new FOI rules for the agency; Public provides important feedback The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced Monday it will withdraw a draft proposal that outlined new Freedom of Information rules and procedures for the agency. Spring turkey season dates set by AGFC The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission last week approved an 18-day spring turkey season. The season framework was approved after a review of recent harvests, brood surveys and gobbling chronology data, along with input from turkey hunters. Five is statewide deer limit, but check zone rules The question has been answered many times but still pops up often. What is the season limit for deer? The answer is five, of which only two can be bucks. The answer has another part, too. Zone limits have to be observed. Dry weather affects state's wildlife management areas The summer and early fall of 2010 has been an exceptionally dry period across much of the state, and water levels on Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife management areas reflect the weather pattern.
State and Province News October 2012 To keep up to date with this breakdown of news in the United States and Canada, visit www.AggMan.com for daily updates. By Therese Dunphy, Editor in Chief One size does not fit all seems to be the message being put forth by U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake. “We can strike a balance here between protecting the environment and having economic development,” he said during a meeting with local business leaders, “but we just need the federal government to cooperate.” According to the Mohave Valley Daily News, Arizona and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have wrestled for years over how the Clean Air Act should apply to particulate pollution in Maricopa County, which is out of compliance with federal standards, putting federal transportation funding in jeopardy. The Maricopa Association of Governments in 2007 developed a plan for reducing dust by 5 percent a year, but the EPA hasn’t accepted it. “The EPA simply won’t recognize that Phoenix is not Seattle,” Flake said. “Some air standards that apply in Seattle might not work here.” The Fresno County Planning Commission approved a proposal from Gerawan Farming to mine an 886-acre mine, as well as construct an asphalt plant, in eastern Fresno County. The request was approved at a meeting held in a ballroom, rather than the regular meeting room, in order to accommodate the crowd of more than 100 residents. The Fresno Bee reports that commissioners cited the county’s need for construction materials as grounds to permit the project, despite overwhelming opposition. State studies indicate that the region is falling far short of the necessary aggregate supply to meet its road and building needs. The most recent estimates from the Department of Conservation show that Fresno County has permitted mining for 71 million tons of aggregates, but will need 629 million tons over the next 50 years. The Carmelita mine is expected to produce 1.25 million tons per year annually throughout its 100-year life. In early September, Mt. Carmel city officials accepted three bids for the city’s annual road maintenance program. The Daily Republican Register notes that City Commissioner Joe Judge said the list of streets to be improved this year will be finalized in coming weeks. City officials also approved two bids from Mt. Carmel Sand and Gravel and one from Howell Paving to spend more than $173,000 on labor and materials throughout the fall to complete the program. In late August, Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) was scheduled to visit Waldorf-based Chaney Enterprises, the state’s largest family-owned and operated sand and gravel producer. The Baynet.com reports that Cardin toured a number of state businesses to highlight their success. Chaney Enterprises has 287 employees and is marking its 50th anniversary in business. Cardin is the chairman of the Water and Wildlife Subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee and has expressed interest in mining reclamation and land management. In late July, Worcester Sand and Gravel was the site of the 11th annual truck show, sponsored by the Bay State chapter of the Antique Truck Club of America. According to the Telegram & Gazette, most of the exhibitors used their truck as part of their livelihood. Exhibitor William Thibeault III, who hauls asphalt in his truck, spent part of the day exhibiting the truck and the rest of it showing his family around. More than 170 vehicles took part in the show. It is the fourth year the Trotto family, owners of Worcester Sand and Gravel, has hosted the event. Attica town officials issued a cease-and-desist order to stop Hillcrest Industries Inc. from washing glass particles at its Attica Sand and Gravel property. According to The Daily News, the action was taken under the town’s zoning law. Supervisor Douglas Patti said that the city had received complaints about the odor from stockpiled glass and that processing of used glass particles is not permitted on the property in terms of the business’ special-use permit. The operator is working with the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to resolve the issue and has stopped accepting new shipments of glass.
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Elderly people are at increased risk of food-borne illness because as they age, their immune systems become weaker. In fact, the website for the Centers for Disease Control estimates that each year about 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die from food-borne diseases. The most severe cases tend to occur in the very old. The good news is that food poisoning can be prevented if you follow proper home food safety practices. Ruth Frechman, a registered dietitian and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, spoke with AgingCare.com about home food safety for elderly people. "Since older adults are at particular risk for food-borne illness, good food safety habits are extremely crucial." Ms. Frechman says three common cooking and food preparation mistakes can result in unsafe food and potential food poisoning. Bacteria in raw meat and poultry juices can be spread to other foods, utensils and surfaces. . "To prevent cross-contamination, keep raw foods separate from ready-to-eat foods and fresh vegetables," she says. "For example, use two cuttings boards: one strictly for raw meat, poultry and seafood; the other for ready-to-eat foods like breads and vegetables." She recommends washing cutting boards thoroughly in hot soapy water after each use or placing them in the dishwasher. Use a bleach solution or other sanitizing solution and rinse with clean water. Always wash your hands after handling raw meat. Leaving food out too long Leaving food out too long at room temperature can cause bacteria to grow to dangerous levels that can cause illness. "Many people think it's okay to leave food sitting out for a few hours," Ms. Frechman says. "But that's a dangerous habit. Food should not be left out for more than two hours. And if it's over 90 degrees, like at an outdoor summer barbecue, food should not be out for more than one hour." Its common knowledge that meat should be cooked to proper temperatures. However, most people don't know that even leftovers that were previously cooked should be re-heated to a certain temperature. Ms. Frechman says re-heating foods to the proper temperature can kill many harmful bacteria. Leftovers should be re-heated to at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit. "Harmful bacteria are destroyed when food is cooked to proper temperatures," she says. "That's why a food thermometer comes in handy not only for preparing food, but also for re-heating." How long it is safe to eat leftovers? Not as long as you would think, Ms. Frechman says. Chicken, fish and beef expire after three to four days in the refrigerator. To help seniors track if leftovers are still good, she recommends writing the date on the package of leftovers. Seniors and their caregivers should take these preventive measures to avoid germs in food and contracting food poisoning. Pay attention to the foods that are eaten, how food is prepared, and properly maintain the food in the refrigerator, and you may avoid an illness that could cause great discomfort, weakening of the body or even death.
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NAICC meeting to address hot topics of production agriculture Blaine Viator NAICC leaders are making final preparations for our annual meeting to be held in Jacksonville, Fla., in late January. The program has come together and once again offers up many quality speakers focusing on current and timely hot topics of production agriculture. And as consistent with our past meetings, there will be considerable roundtable and open forum discussions to hear experiences and ideas from meeting attendees. WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS Prior to the start of the annual meeting, we will have a workshop developed by our Focus on Precision team covering intense precision ag software demonstrations from several companies. During the annual meeting program, topics presented will include yield data and remote sensing imagery analysis, as well as true stories (successful or not) of implementation of precision ag technologies. Our contract researchers also have topics regarding integration of auto-steer technologies into research plot management and using cloud-based apps designed for agriculture. There will be also be a good balance of topics regarding fertility issues, such as current trends in tissue analysis, soil fertility dynamics and foliar fertilizer usage. Another session on the program is devoted to pest resistance management. Scattered through the programming is an NAICC favorite – the Portraits of a Consultant. In each of these sessions, a crop consultant gives us an in-depth look of his/her own consulting business and the crops they work in. And, of course, the networking amongst our highly qualified members is an invaluable part of attending the annual NAICC meeting. MEETING APP INTRODUCED We are also very excited about our first ever NAICC meeting app that will be available in Jacksonville. NAICC member and NAICC President-Elect Gary Coukell has been working diligently on the meeting app. It will be completely cross-platform so no one will be left out of the experience. The free app will allow meeting attendees to view conference center maps, program and speaker information, meeting announcements, interactive audience participation during sessions, social media networking and more. So come join us in Jacksonville and experience a true networking experience with an alliance of talented ag professionals. Meeting information and registration can be found here. You can also download the meeting app as it is being built prior to attending. I hope to see you there!
It was not the promising day for commodities, with confidence once again fading in China's economy after data showed the country's services sector expanding at its slowest pace in five months. Furthermore, Beijing tightened rules on mortgages in the latest effort to slow the Chinese housing market. "It is increasingly clear that Chinese growth will slow from the second quarter onwards, and this will limit potential for recovery in Asia," Crédit Agricole said in words which would appear to bode ill for commodities, in that the country is a huge importer of many of them. in China took a tumble, closing down 3.7%, while shedding 1.5% in Hong Kong Meanwhile, the dollar rose 0.3%, making dollar-denominated exports such as many commodities less appealing to buyers in other currencies. So it was hardly so surprising that there was a little bit of weaker tone to early deals on Monday, including in some commodities of which China is a large importer. New York cotton for May eased 0.1% to 85.30 cents a pound as of 09:20 UK time (04:20 New York time, 03:20 Chicago time), with the Chinese news overshadowing a somewhat bullish monthly report from the International Cotton Advisory Committee. The committee reduced its global cotton production forecast for 2012-13 by nearly 3% to 22.6m tonnes, while trimming its estimate for year-end inventories by 0.8% to 15.8m tonnes. 'Demand returning to Soybeans, of which China is the top importer, eased a little too, by 0.3% to $14.39 a bushel in Chicago for May delivery. Bulls gained some solace in a downgrade of 2.4m tonnes by Safras e Mercado to its estimate for the Brazilian soybean crop, citing excessive rain in Mato Grosso last month, and taking the crop figure to 82.24m tonnes. While still a record, the downgrade took some of the shine off a 500,000-tonne upgrade to 84.5m tonnes in Informa's estimate for the crop, while AgRural lifted its forecast by 900,000 tonnes to 82.1m tonnes. "Brazil is on track to produce a bumper soybean crop and global export demand is returning to Brazil again as exports in February jumped," Joyce Liu at Phillip Futures said. "At current high price levels, further weakness in soybean contracts can be expected [in Chicago]." Wheat was down too, by 0.7% to $7.15 ¾ a bushel for Chicago's May contract, on track for its first negative close in five sessions, after a bounce from eight-month lows reached early OK, Luke Mathews at Commonwealth Bank of Australia noted that "the market continues to talk about the improvement in demand for US supplies given the February price slide". Saudi Arabia announced a large wheat purchase over the weekend, of 465,000 tonnes of hard wheat and 110,000 tonnes of soft, although origin was not specified. Prices for the two soft wheat cargoes were $326.28 and $330 a tonne, with the hard wheat loads priced from $317.13 to $361.63 a tonne. However, on the negative side, the hopes for US exports come against a backdrop of ideas that Ukraine could return to shipments, with potentially 2m tonnes to sell. And the weekend brought more precipitation for dry US Plains areas where seedlings have been struggling with drought. "Weekend precipitation was near expectations," MDA said, adding that "considerable snow melt is helping to improve soil moisture". And looking ahead in the six-to-10-day timescale, the US-based weather service said that "an upturn in precipitation in the central Plains will further improve moisture for wheat. "The same is true for the Midwest wheat belt." 'Slow farm selling' It was left to corn to hold up bulls' hopes in Chicago, adding 0.3% to $7.10 ¼ a bushel for May delivery, helped by ideas of firm demand for limited US supplies "Slow farm selling and improving demand from ethanol plants and end-users are causing the strong cash market and we are seeing some commercial traders trying their luck for potential delivery in the futures markets," Ms Liu said. "But so far no delivery against the [expiring] March contract was reported by the Chicago Board of Trade." At Benson Quinn Commodities, Ben Bradbury said: "Domestic basis levels remain firm along with spreads as movement on the producer level continues to be slow. "I would anticipate further appreciation in board prices will attract better sales, but for now things are quiet." Mr Bradbury noted in particular a rise in prices of ethanol Rins – paper credits assigned by producers to ethanol batches, that users can be used by blenders as a substitute for the real biofuel. Prices of Rins have risen above $0.60 a gallon – well above their traditional price of some $0.02 a gallon, and improving the benefits to producers of making ethanol, and taking the covers off plants mothballed last year when corn prices hit record highs, severely squeezing margins. And Brazil's government has confirmed that its own mandated level of ethanol in gasoline will revert to 25%, from 20%, in May. Meanwhile, the extent of the sell-off in corn by speculators may have some investors thinking twice about putting on fresh short positions. Speculators' net long position in Chicago corn futures and options fell more than 13,000 lots in the latest week to an eight-month low of In New York, raw sugar also made early gains, underpinned by data showing that India's sugar mills produced 18.8m tonnes of the sweetener in the first half of 2012-13, ie from October to February, down 60,000 tonnes year on year. Output in Uttar Pradesh, India's second-ranked producing state, fell by 300,000 tonnes to 5.0m, the Indian Sugar Mills Association said in a statement, blamed cold weather. Raw sugar for May, now the spot contract, added 0.4% to 17.98 cents a pound. In Kuala Lumpur, palm oil gained too, adding 1.4% to 2,403 ringgit a tonne for May delivery, looking for its first gain in nine sessions. The recovery reflected in part soyoil's firm performance in Chicago on Friday, but also the prospect of a major palm oil conference in Malaysia, which will include price outlooks, encouraging some investors to err on the side of caution and take profits on short positions.
Winter 2007 Rapport: Alumni News & Notes Back to Table of Contents News and Notes" which includes this article from the Winter 2007 Rapport (PDF, 544 KB,Download Help, Download Time Calculator) Catching up with Del and Dolly Tarr Del Tarr, past president of AGTS (1990-1999), and his wife, Dolly (M.A. 1982), celebrated 52 years of ministry and marriage this year. They continue to minister around the world as specially-appointed missionaries spending five to six months a year overseas at AG graduate institutions. Del also serves as administrator of Capital Bible College, a school affiliated with Capital Christian Center in Sacramento, Calif. Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:16 PM
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Click on any of the subsections to expand it Teaching / training 12 years, approximately 7000 lecturing hours Programming / Analysis (Most recently used first) All JavaSE APIs, including cryptography and multimedia Servlets, JSP, JSF, JavaMail, Web Services (JAX-WS, JAX-RS), EJB 2.x and 3.0, JBI Hibernate, Spring, Struts, Seam, JDO, GUICE, JUnit ASP, ASP.NET, Web Services, NHibernate, NUnit, Low-level communications Mule, Apache ServiceMix, Apache Camel, Websphere Message Broker / ESB SOAP, WSDL, BPMN/BPEL, WS-* Family of protocols, XML Encryption, XML-Digital Signature JQuery, JQuery Mobile, GWT, DWR, Yahoo UI, Google Maps Weblogic, JBoss, Tomcat, Websphere, Glassfish, IIS Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server Apache Cassandra, Apache Hadoop/HBase, Amazon SimpleDB Mobile Platforms and Frameworks JavaME, Android, Windows Mobile 6/6.5, Windows Phone 7, JQuery Mobile, Phonegap Eclipse, Netbeans, Visual Studio, IBM Visual Age, IBM WSAD Xen, VM Ware, Virtual Box Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (S3, EC2, Amazon RDS, SimpleDB, SNS, SQS) Visual SourceSafe, CVS, SVN, Sourceforge Software debugging and testing See for example a number of reporte bugs to different open-source packages such as Open-Source MySQL,Eclipse or NetBeans Symmetric key cryptosystems, public key (RSA, ElGamal), PRNGs, cryptographic protocols, PKI, steganography, digital certificates and SSL Networking and Telecommunications Modem programming , multiport serial board programming, CTI cards, high level and low level TCP/IP programming XPath, XSLT, XML Schema, XBRL, etc... 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