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Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce president Matt Parker is calling for more state incentives to bring jobs to our area.
According to Parker, the state is falling behind its competition.
"We compete with other southeastern states that have deeper coffers. All things being equal, you run down to the issue, do you have a better deal than another state? That's the battle we're fighting," said Parker. "From a tax and business climate, Alabama does very well, but then you get into the incentive component where we may be competing with another state that may have a deeper well or an incentive component that we're trying to get."
He said the state is on the right track to attract new business with its low taxes for companies, but a new incentive program may be the tipping point for several corporations looking at investing in our state.
During the last legislative session, the state passed an incentive program that Parker said is working in Dothan's favor, but there are many other options that would benefit the Wiregrass.
"The employee payroll retention credit would have given us a really good incentive to mitigate what some of the other states have to be competitive," said Parker.
Besides incentives, Parker said an I-10 connector would also help attract industry to the circle city. | <urn:uuid:0b4b0280-0614-4008-aa72-6c28ca5be3bb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dothanfirst.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=249962 | 2013-05-21T18:30:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976221 | 259 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Linear control is the first solution to on/off control issues. Linear control systems use linear negative feedback to produce a control signal mathematically based on other variables, with a view to maintaining the controlled process within an acceptable operating range. The output from a linear control system into the controlled process may be in the form of a directly variable signal, such as a motorized valve that may be 0 or 100% open or anywhere in between. Sometimes this is not feasible and so after calculating the current required correcitve signal, a linear control system may repeatedly switch an actuator, such as a pump, motor or heater, fully on and then fully off again, regulating the duty cycle inside the time cycle using pulse-width modulation.
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As I’ve said before, a city can never have too many pizza restaurants. Bring it on — the more pizza, the better. The Penn Quarter/Chinatown area has some good options, from Matchbox to District of Pi. It’s not mind-blowing, pizza-of-the-gods stuff, but you’ll leave satisfied.
Which is how I felt about Ella’s. The pizza there holds its own, with crispy thinnish crust, interesting toppings, bright sauce and the right amount of cheese.
Here’s one with artichokes.
And another with meatballs and leeks. Never thought to put leeks on a pizza, but it really works. Kind of a great pairing, actually.
Ella’s is perfect to hit up before a game at the Verizon Center, before a movie/show, or simply for a weeknight happy hour. Other people seem to know that too, because it looks like the place can get somewhat crowded. I guess everyone loves pizza.
Ella’s Wood Fired Pizza
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All Hoosier children will continue to have access to publicly-funded vaccinations through January after the Indiana State Department of Health delayed a cutoff of the vaccines to those with adequate insurance.
Earlier in the year, the Health Department announced the free vaccines would only be available to the uninsured or those who have insurance that doesn’t pay for vaccinations. The new policy was set to begin July first, but the Department has pushed that date back to January first.
Department of Health Assistant Commissioner Dr. James Howell says the July first cutoff date came at the wrong time.
“The most important reason,” he said, “is we’re right in that critical timeframe vaccinating children back to school and we did not want to miss any opportunity to vaccinate any children who needed vaccine to get back into school.”
Often, local health departments are the only places people can readily get vaccinations. Howell says the local departments were also having trouble coordinating with insurance companies to be able to serve insured children by having insurance pay for the vaccines.
Howell says the system will be up and running by the January deadline. | <urn:uuid:8bc31bc9-a281-44cd-8b5c-4538eb3a96bb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/vaccination-policy-delayed-17437/ | 2013-05-21T18:22:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978968 | 230 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
16th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival, Berkeley, CA, May 15
16th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival will take place Sunday, May 15, from Noon-5:00pm in Berkeley, CA on Fourth Street between Hearst and Virginia. For more information, visit fourthstreet.com or call the hot line at (510) 526-6294.
This free outdoor music festival, benefiting the jazz programs at Berkeley High School, features the legendary Dixieland outfit Mal Sharpe's Big Money in Jazz Band; the authentic Cuban jazz of Pellejo Seco; the classic blues of Delta Wires; two Berkeley High School Combos and the grand finale with the award-winning Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble, led by musical director Scott Dailey.
During the Festival, a raffle will be held to benefit the Berkeley High School Jazz programs. The street and the plaza will be filled with Fourth Street merchants offering interactive displays, children's activities and unique food and beverages including beer and sake gardens. All proceeds from beer and sake sales go directly to Berkeley High Jazz programs.
The Berkeley High Jazz Program once home to Ambrose Akinmusire, Joshua Redman, Dave Ellis, Peter Apfelbaum, Michael Wolff, Benny Green and many others, is a national model of instrumental education. The proceeds from this event will help the school continue the jazz programs and provide much needed funds for the ensemble to travel to many upcoming national and international jazz festival competitions. Jazz On Fourth Street has collected over $132,500 for the music program since the Festival's inception. | <urn:uuid:1c71195b-ec47-4a38-8be9-a1975d1f32f4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.allaboutjazz.com/news.php?id=77830 | 2013-05-21T18:13:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905015 | 322 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
12:07 am - 02/01/2013
Alan Cumming would like to adopt Taylor Swift
We had the chance to chat wit Alan Cumming bout his recent film Any Day Now, a true-to-life story about a gay couple in the 70s who take on the courts as they try to adopt a mentally disabled boy. The legal and social stickiness are not only more relevant then ever but they also seem like they could be lifted from Cumming's other project, the Emmy-winning TV serie The Good Wife. Read on to see what the busy Brit has to say about his new role, what would happen if he adopted Taylor Swift and what's been his favorite moment on stage.
What attracted you to Any Day Now?
Stories from the past help us connect to the present and I thought [the film's themes of] lack of fairness and goodness that tore a beautiful family unit apart might open some eyes.
Did you like the way you looked in a dress?
I always cringe when I see that bit of me in drag -- I feel like it's amateur hour. Early on I played a transgender, which I liked better because I became a woman instead of a man pretending to be a woman. Those dresses and heels feel like constant S & M bondage, all wrapped up with itchy boobs. And forget about getting out of a car, no wonder women are flashing their things.
Which young celebrity would you like to adopt and take care of?
So many people I'd like to name but shouldn't... Hmmm, little Taylor Swift. I would keep her well-fed in a room away from her guitar and most importantly away from boys.
Your relationship with Isaac felt authentic; did you get to know him prior to filming?
I was working o The Good Wife right until shooting, so I actually met Isaac shortly before we began. He sang me a song, told me the plot o High School Musical nd then [we] instantly hit it off. Being thrown into meeting each other echoed the film and felt like a real-life family sitting down together for the first time, which worked perfectl
Do you have any fancy acting processes?
Process? I'm not a slice of cheese. Keep acting simple -- it can be difficult if you don't know how to do it. When people practice character acting and go around pretending to be their role 24/7, it's rather selfish and makes everyone feel uncomfortable. I'll be sitting at a table and someone will come up to ask me a question and then say, "Oh sorry I didn't mean to interrupt your process," and I'll reply, "I'm only having a cup a tea."
What tea do you sip?
Darjeeling, if I had my rather.
Was there a lot of prepping for the role?
Really only losing a little weight. I had to fit into the gay world in the 70's -- all pretty skinny pre-gym blokes that didn't eat all the processed sugary foods offered today.
You tweet a lot about food -- what makes you lose your appetite?
Drugs -- wait I can't say that. When people are mean to waiters and when politics are discussed at dinner disrespectfully. I was at thi W agazine event having a wonderful time with Iris Apfel and then we spoke of politics. She didn't like my responses, so she asked me to "drop it" and I replied, "But Iris, you brought it up." Within a few moments she was back on the subject, and lets just say she's not a big fan of Obama and I am.
Speaking of politics, what do you think motivates your character Eli o The Good Wife?
The show is so well-written [and] honestly I just respond to the script. Unlike movies, you never know what going to happen because there is no ending. Someone once said, "Politics is the show business for the ugly" and I'd add "and just a little more sexually charged."
Has being openly gay hurt or helped your career?
It's kinda difficult to say if my sexuality has hindered my career, though you never know. But as a person, people seem to like me for being who I am. If you're gay in Hollywood it's only a big deal because we make it a big deal. Over in London, if you come out, it's "blah blah, who cares?" Honestly, going on about [who's gay] keeps that stuff alive. I think we should talk less about it.
You were at the President's inauguration; do you think there's hope for gay marriage?
I was first married in London where civil partnership has been legal for quite some time and last year on our anniversary we got married again in New York. I'm very active in the fight and I'm fed up with it being an issue. You can't blame people for not treating others equally and respectful when there are no laws in place to protect us. I don't like feeling grateful for my rights and I'm very hopeful that Obama's second term will implement more change.
What's one of your fondest moments on stage?
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Penn State may be 5-0 and ranked No. 6 nationally, exceeding most expectations by blowing through its first five opponents. But Nittany Lion fans have still found a whipping boy.
It is starting middle linebacker Josh Hull, a redshirt junior who entered the program as a walk-on. Though Nittany Lion coach Joe Paterno seemed a bit irritated when told Hull has been heavily criticized by fan, the player himself refuses to get fired up over it.
I'm aware of some of the criticism, Hull said. I've taken it as it comes. You're going to experience some good; you're going to experience some bad. You don't let the negative experiences affect you in a negative way. I'm going to move on and get better every day at practice.
Hull was thrust into the starting middle linebacker job in the spring, when All-America candidate Sean Lee tore an ACL and was lost for the 2008 season. Though Hull said he looks to Lee for guidance, he has not talked to him about the criticism. If he ever discussed it with anybody, he explained, it would be his family.
One of the reasons for the criticism has been a lack of numbers. Through five games in 2007, middle linebacker Dan Connor had 49 tackles and Lee, playing outside, had 52. Through five games this season, Hull has 21 tackles, none of them for losses.
I'm not quite sure why that number is so low, Hull said. I'm just focused on making all the plays that I'm supposed to be making. I do have the confidence to make the plays that I should be making in my position.
Watching film earlier this week of Penn State 38-24 win over Illinois last Saturday, there was something Hull saw that he felt he needed to work on.
Just being more physical at the point of impact, shedding blocking better than I have been, he said. | <urn:uuid:345f1408-8495-4961-a04d-15a8a4e6965f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pennstate.scout.com/2/796908.html | 2013-05-21T18:13:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984954 | 391 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Guess who celebrated a birthday last week?
Oh no, wait, it wasn’t me. If it was me, there would have been more posts about grey hair sightings and wrinkle counts. Plus some crying. It was The Ex. (And I don’t care about his grey hair or wrinkles. In fact, I welcome them.)
Anyway, I decided that the boys should take him out to dinner and spend some time with him for his birthday. I figured that I see my dad twice a year (birthday and Christmas), so they should
suffer experience the same. After they were done angrily complaining about giving up part of their weekend, I offered to purchase a gift card to a restaurant of their choosing and asked them what kind of gift that they wanted to give him.
[Insert the sound of crickets chirping.]
“Okay, well let’s think of things that he likes to do. Maybe that will help. What does he like to do?”
Youngest Son: “Drink beer.”
“Forget it. I’m not buying him beer.”
Hmmm…let the brainstorming begin.
Let’s see, last week, when The Ex was at my house, he whined about the loss of the fun things he used to enjoy, like hunting, fishing, and golf. Those things were replaced long ago with drinking, womanizing, and gambling. Nope, no gift ideas there. The loss of those hobbies…and a residence of his own…and potentially his truck (we get him car cleaning stuff for Christmas) make him much harder to shop for. He stated that he never does anything. Just sits around.
[Insert the sound of a tiny violin playing.]
I suggested that we buy him a couple of movies and some snacks to go with those movies. (The good thing about this gift is that he can enjoy it even if the bank does repossess his truck.) The boys agreed and even offered movie suggestions. Score!
I knew that I could get the gift card, movies, and snacks all at HEB while I was doing my normal grocery shopping, and that just seemed like a bonus because I wouldn’t have to make an extra trip for a man who I kinda loathe. While I was there, I passed by a display of baskets already prepared for Valentine’s Day or the Superbowl or I don’t really know what. Some baskets had romantic things and some baskets had party things. One such basket had a 12-pack of beer, chips, queso, salsa, and summer sausage. We have a winner.
I know, I know, it is TERRIBLE to give a known alcoholic this basket. Especially from his children. But I find it so ironic, and I simply love irony. (When it deals with someone other than me.)
I brought it home and my oldest son said, “Is it even legal for us to give him beer?”
“Well, you aren’t going to DRINK it with him, so I think you’re safe.”
And so the boys took their father out for dinner and quality time. His new family had other plans, so the boys got quality ALONE time with their father. They said that it was great! They watched a movie and played video games. They laughed as they told me that their father’s Gamer Tag name is “sup biches.”
“But mom, it isn’t that bad because he spelled it without the ‘t.’” Oh yes, that makes it MUCH better.
They didn’t laugh as they told me about the child support conversation. The what conversation? Why in the world were you talking about that?”
Youngest Son: “Well, Dad saw my new shoes. I told him that I bought them with my own money, but that didn’t stop him.”
Apparently, my ex wanted the boys to know that he pays child support. And as such, he’s actually the one that pays for all of their stuff. So when they get new shoes or we go on a trip to an amusement park, he really paid for it.
Man with one dollar to his name and no financial sense, say what?
Luckily the real world isn’t like the cartoon world, so the kids couldn’t see the steam coming out of my ears. Through gritted teeth, I replied, “Well, it is true that your father pays child support each month and it is very much appreciated. Although it doesn’t cover all of the expenses, it does help. I think that child support is really meant to cover things like shelter, food, and clothing, but we can certainly say that I pay for those things and your dad pays for the extras like fancy shoes and fun trips. I think he would like that better and I’m okay with that.”
What I wanted to say was, “Your father is delusional! He has NO IDEA how much it costs to raise a child. He can’t even figure out how much it costs to take care of himself. If he really thinks that raising TWO children on the amount of child support he pays is viable, then he’s dumber than I thought! I could barely afford Homecoming costs in October with the amount of child support he pays in one month. I guess you guys didn’t need food or anything else that month. And let’s not forget the period of time that he did NOT pay child support. How did you guys eat then? The Food Fairy?” | <urn:uuid:abfd615c-eb2b-42cd-945a-feedc857038c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stillmeonlystronger.com/a-thank-you-would-have-been-just-fine/ | 2013-05-21T18:25:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985277 | 1,199 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The EEAS was established by the Lisbon treaty, which came into effect last year. As the House will know, my party did not support either the treaty or the creation of the EEAS, but, as my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary told the House in June this year, the EEAS is now a fact.Hmm, so we don't agree with it but we will vote agreeing with it? All you need to know about the Tories right there. The motion was won by 321 in favour with 12 against. I think it's worth noting the 12 that voted against:
Bone, Mr Peter
Carswell, Mr Douglas
Dodds, rh Mr Nigel
Donaldson, rh Mr Jeffrey M.
Skinner, Mr Dennis
Caroline Lucas of the Green Party the only surprise for me. Does she have reservations about the EU? If she does, going by the views of the Greens I've met including the candidate that stood against me in the General Election, she would be at odds with the rest of her party.
I did like this intervention during the debate by Denis Skinner:
Mr Skinner: Speaking as someone who voted against Nice, Maastricht, Lisbon and God knows what else, I may have made a slight error on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. On reflection, I think IPSA should run the EEAS; that will cock it up.My local Tory MP voted for the motion, another letter to him on its way then. Not that it does much good. I wonder where I can get some potassium nitrate from? | <urn:uuid:5945685e-1c21-45c6-aa7a-4cfc932626b0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thefrogsalittlehot.blogspot.com/2010/07/tories-approve-of-lisbon-treaty.html | 2013-05-21T18:19:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976626 | 320 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Tomorrow was supposed to be our big sling reveal. All of our fabulous new spring line was to be shown off and put in our store....
Well, I am going to be a few days late..
We got rained out of our photo shoot and are trying again this weekend. Please be patient; I hope you will think it was worth the wait. I did get one precious picture to share with you..
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How do I customize/edit my profile??--Pacific_Patrol--
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Click on "User CP" on the left end of the toolbar above.Liters to Gallons conversion calculator
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The 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America finally arrived. The WORMS wanted to show our support for the first responders that came to the aid of those stricken by these cowardly acts of terrorism and along with over a thousand of our fellow riders we showed the public how much we care. Allen's chopper broke down on the way over to meet Rose, Jim and two new WORMS members John and Kathy, but after a quick cell phone call Sandra was kind enough to come pick him up and take him home where the Harley Fatboy was ready and waiting. Allen reached the group at the Udvar Hazy Air & Space Museum and the ride continued as planned. Woody helped Allen after the ride to get that chopper home again. This time Woody had a new method for towing bikes and it worked pretty well. Allen owes Woody a dinner out the next time the WORMS have a bite to eat on a ride. | <urn:uuid:8c55fdaf-69df-4c23-86b7-f261ee57f352> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bigal-computers.net/worms82.php | 2013-05-21T18:19:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978359 | 190 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Time: August 8, 2012 from 8:30pm to 10pm
Location: Zajia Lab
Street: Hong en Taoist Temple, Doufuchi Hutong, Jiugulou Dajie
Website or Map: http://www.zajia.cc
Event Type: movie, rock
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Latest Activity: Aug 8, 2012
feature: Cui Jian / Li Wei / Zang Tianshuo / Yu Feihong / Tang Danian
Beijing Bastards was the second feature film by independent director Zhang Yuan. Censored in China and first shown at the Locarno Film Festival and the Singapore Film Festival, it gave ‘underground film’ its name in Chinese cinema. Based on a loose script, the film is deeply honest in dealing with a group of young aspiring artists in the Beijing semi-underground of the 1990s. A painter, a writer, a bar owner and a musician—the latter played by the famous rock-star Cui Jian—deal with issues of relationships, pregnancy, abortion, money problems and future worries. Without a finished script and featuring Zhang Yuan’s friends as actors, it is a highly improvised film, much as the lives portrayed in it are. Nevertheless, the drifting and sense of loss of this subculture youth is not presented as a dead end.
Ultimately, the characters come to the painful but life-changing realization that they only care about themselves.
Released in 1993, it has established director Zhang Yuan as a leading member of the Sixth Generation of independent filmmakers in the 1990s. His exploration of aspects of contemporary city life in China made him the main representative of urban realism. The dark energy of frustration and alienation in Beijing Bastards, the semi-documentary style, the handheld camera and the gloomy lighting initiated the departure from the largely epic and allegorical visions of the Fifth Generation directors before him. | <urn:uuid:72211f8c-d79f-4ea7-a664-6707f075063b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bjstuff.com/events/chinese-rock-documentary-beijing-bubbles?xg_source=activity | 2013-05-21T17:59:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931344 | 396 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Free bass guitar patterns sheet music
Here are a few common bass guitar patterns that can be useful. They are arranged with sheet music and tabs in PDF format. They are only intended as suggestions that you can modify according to taste and style of music!
This collection by Larry McCabe showcases a variety of bass patterns that can be applied to blues recordings and performances, even by the novice. Included among the 101 patterns are ten standard blues turn-arounds and ten standard blues endings that can be used in literally thousands of songs. In addition, the book provides several pages of valuable music theory and other information on blues progressions. In notation and tablature. The companion CD is in split-track play-along format with each bass played four times.
"Great stuff. You can use these patterns for just about everything. It definitely gives you more versatility."
"Easy to follow and understand, good theory at beginning.Some good turnarounds and endings.I showed it to my Bass tutor and he was very impressed !!!"
"Mr. McCabe was my first bass teacher. I have kept all of the material he ever used w/ me and to this day i use them in practice. He was one of the best teachers i've studied under and am still benefitting from his lessons." (Customer reviews) | <urn:uuid:4a3d69ad-bdcc-4970-a9b7-e4f5b3db9043> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.capotastomusic.com/bass-guitar-sheet-music/patterns.htm | 2013-05-21T18:13:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972745 | 265 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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If you wish this molecule of the month was on sulphuric acid rather than sulfuric acid then please click on the danger sign (right). It used to be known as 'oil of vitriol'. In fact it might be even better to call it sulfur(VI) acid.
Sulfuric acid is produced in larger quantities than any other acid. Almost every manufactured item in the modern world comes into contact with H2SO4 at some stage in its history. It is so important, that at one time the annual production of sulfuric acid was taken as a measure of the degree of industrialisation of a country, and earned it its nickname of the 'king of chemicals'.
Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is still an extremely important chemical used in the manufacture of fertilisers and explosives. It is made nowadays from sulfur dioxide by the Contact Process. This process reacts together oxygen, O2 and sulfur dioxide, SO2 at 450°C and 2 atmospheres pressure, with the help of vanadium(V) oxide, to make sulfur trioxide, SO3 gas in a 98% yield. This is then dissolved in water to make H2SO4. [Note that directly dissolving SO3 in water is not practical due to the highly exothermic nature of the reaction, forming a corrosive mist instead of a liquid. Instead, SO3 can be absorbed into existing H2SO4 to produce oleum (H2S2O7), which may then be mixed with water to form sulfuric acid]. The original reaction to make SO3 has a high activation energy and without the catalyst is therefore very slow. It only became economically viable when in 1746, John Roebuck developed the lead chamber process, which catalysed the reaction using oxides of nitrogen through the intermediate formation of HOSO2ONO. It could be argued that the discovery of this process catalysed the Industrial Revolution (as well as the reaction!) in the UK, and as a result even helped to forge the British Empire!
At room temperature pure sulfuric acid (100%) is a covalent liquid. Concentrated sulfuric acid is 98% (18.7M) and is an oily liquid with a density of 1.83 g/cm3. It decomposes at its b.p. (330°C) and forms white fumes.
H2SO4 (l) H2O (g) + SO3 (g).
The reverse reaction is how to make sulfuric acid.
For safety data, click here.
It has several important properties when concentrated; acid, oxidizing agent and dehydrating agent which makes it a very versatile reagent. It tastes sour not that you would taste it in a laboratory! It turns blue litmus red except when it is the covalent molecule, i.e. 100% H2SO4.
Concentrated sulfuric acid is very hygroscopic. Its affinity for water is so great that if you left a beaker half full with conc. H2SO4 for three weeks, its volume would greatly increase and it would become more dilute because it would have absorbed so much water vapour out of the air.
Firstly, add dilute HNO3. This is to prevent precipitation of other insoluble barium compounds such as BaCO3 or BaSO3. Secondly, add Ba(NO3)2 (aq). If sulfuric acid or a sulfate is present a white precipitate will be immediately observed.
Ba2+ (aq) + SO42- (aq) BaSO4 (s) [White]
Hot concentrated sulfuric acid is an oxidising agent when it accepts electrons. The electrons are supplied by the reducing agent in the reaction:
2 H2SO4 (aq) + 2e- SO42- (aq) + 2 H2O (l) + SO2 (g)
Zn (s) + 2 H2SO4 (conc) ZnSO4 (aq) + 2H2O (l) + SO2 (g)
Fe (s) + 2 H2SO4 (conc) FeSO4 (aq) + 2H2O (l) + SO2 (g)
Mg (s) + 2 H2SO4 (conc) MgSO4 (aq) + 2H2O (l) + SO2 (g)
Cu (s) + 2 H2SO4 (conc) CuSO4 (aq) + 2H2O (l) + SO2 (g)
S (s) + 2 H2SO4 (conc) 2 H2O (l) + 3 SO2 (g)
C (s) + 2 H2SO4 (conc) 2 H2O (l) + 2 SO2 (g) + CO2 (g)
Sulfur dioxide can be detected with a strip of filter paper moistened with potassium dichromate which turns from orange to green.
Chlorides only react in one way, no matter what the temperature.
NaCl (s) + H2SO4 (l) HCl (g) + NaHSO4 (s)
The misty fumes of hydrogen chloride gas are seen. The reason chlorine gas is not formed is because sulfuric acid is not powerful enough to oxidise chloride ions.
Bromide ions are a stronger reducing agent than chloride ions. As bromide ions are larger than chloride ions their electrons are easier to remove. Bromide ions reduce sulfuric acid into sulfur dioxide in two steps.
NaBr (s) + H2SO4 (l) HBr (g) + NaHSO4 (s)
2 HBr (g) + H2SO4 (l) Br2 (l) + 2 H2O (l) + SO2 (g)
Iodide ions are even larger than bromide ions and iodides electrons are even easier to remove. Iodide ions will reduce concentrated sulfuric acid into hydrogen iodide gas, which will further reduce sulfuric acid in three ways at room temperature.NaI (s) + H2SO4 (l) HI (g) + NaHSO4 (s)
Equation 1: 8 HI (g) + H2SO4 (l) 4 I2 (s) + H2S (g) + 4 H2O (l)
Equation 2: 6 HI (g) + H2SO4 (l) 3 I2 (s) + S (s) + 3 H2O (l)
Equation 3: 2 HI (g) + H2SO4 (l) I2 (s) + SO2 (g) + H2O (l)
What might you expect to observe if conc. sulfuric acid was added to solid sodium iodide?
Concentrated sulfuric acid is very good at removing the water from sugars. When the elements of water are removed from sucrose it leads to a black mass of carbon (see photo, left and the Molecule of the Month page on glucose).
C12H22O11 (s) + n H2SO4 (l) 12 C (s) + 11 H2O (l) + n H2SO4 (l)
Sulfuric acid can also be used to dehydrate sodium salts of some carboxylic acids. This use of sulfuric acid has already been mentioned in the Molecule of the Month page on Carbon monoxide. The reactions involve protonation by the acid followed by subsequent dehydration.
Dilute sulfuric acid neutralises basic oxides or hydroxides to form sulfate salts and water. Don't forget sulfuric acid is a strong acid (completely ionizes in water).
CuO (s) + H2SO4 (aq) CuSO4 (aq) + H2O (l)
ZnO (s) + H2SO4 (aq) ZnSO4 (aq) + H2O (l)
Cu(OH)2 (s) + H2SO4 (aq) CuSO4 (aq) + 2 H2O (l)
Zn(OH)2 (s) + H2SO4 (aq) ZnSO4 (aq) + 2 H2O (l)
As sulfuric acid is dibasic (ionizes in two stages) when it reacts with sodium hydroxide it can form two possible sodium salts. To see which one is favoured you need to consider the stoichiometry (number of moles in the balanced equation) for the following two reactions.
2 NaOH (aq) + H2SO4 (aq) Na2SO4 (aq) + 2 H2O (l)
NaOH (aq) + H2SO4 (aq) NaHSO4 (aq) + H2O (l)
Dilute sulfuric acid neutralises basic carbonates to form sulfate salts, water and carbon dioxide, resulting in effervescence (as shown in the photo, right).
Na2CO3 (aq) + H2SO4 (aq) Na2SO4 (aq) + H2O (l) + CO2 (g)
MgCO3 (aq) + H2SO4 (aq) MgSO4 (aq) + H2O (l) + CO2 (g)
The rate of reaction not only depends on the surface area of the carbonate and the concentration and temperature of the acid, but also on the solubility of the sulfate. When marble (CaCO3) reacts with dilute H2SO4 it initially effervesces but because calcium sulfate is only sparingly soluble in water, once it forms as a deposit on the marble surface, the reaction soon slows.
Dilute sulfuric acid reacts with metals higher than hydrogen in the reactivity series to form sulfate salts and hydrogen gas. Note the metal reactions are different with concentrated sulfuric acid.
Mg (s) + H2SO4 (aq) MgSO4 (aq) + H2 (g)
Zn (s) + H2SO4 (aq) ZnSO4 (aq) + H2 (g)
Fe (s) + H2SO4 (aq) FeSO4 (aq) + H2 (g)
Iron is cleaned free from rust prior to coating with tin to form tinplate and with zinc to form galvanized iron.
The biggest (80%) use of sulfuric acid in the manufacture of sulfates.
Gypsum is CaSO4.2H2O and is used to make plaster board as well as plaster casts (see photo, right). The laxative 'epsom salt' is MgSO4.7H2O, and green vitriol is FeSO4.7H2O. In 1648, Glauber made sulfuric acid by distilling crystals of this salt. Potassium sulfate is unusual in that it crystallizes without water of crystallization and has the formula K2SO4. As sulfuric acid is dibasic, (diprotic) it is capable of forming two salts depending on the amount of alkali present in the reaction mixture;
2 NaOH (aq) + H2SO4 (aq) Na2SO4 (aq) + H2O (l)
NaOH (aq) + H2SO4 (aq) NaHSO4 (aq) + H2O (l)
In 1999, solid (frozen) sulfuric acid was discovered on Jupiter's moon, Europa. Scientists have even identified solid sulfuric acid hydrates such as hemitriskaidecahydrate (H2SO4.6½H2O).
Aromatic sulfonation is when an H is replaced by SO3H (a sulfonic acid group). In the case of benzene, it needs to be heated with conc. H2SO4 for 8 h to produce benzenesulfonic acid. This reaction is too slow and not to be attempted as benzene is implicated in childhood leukemia.
Instead, it's better (faster and safer) to use toluene (methylbenzene), as the methyl (CH3) group is electron releasing and speeds up the reaction. The procedure is: Add 30 drops of conc. H2SO4 to 12 drops of (toluene) in a test-tube. Warm until the methylbenzene has dissolved into the acid layer. Pour the mixture into 30 cm3 of a cold saturated solution of sodium chloride. White crystals of sodium methylbenzene sulfonates are formed. The methyl group is ortho-para directing.
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When it comes to wedding advice, our Good Company Viewers had a lot to say!
Joanna Brian Tockes said "Stay true to your spouse, support them to everyone even if you don't agree whole heartedly. You are a team of two and nothing else matters."
Sherri Branchfield recommended never going to bed mad at each other.
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Tom Berninger has been shooting the film for more than a year while the band tours behind its latest release, High Violet.
“He’s not sure what it’s going to be,” Matt Berninger says by phone from Brooklyn. “He seems cagey about it. None of us quite know exactly what’s happening with this thing. We do know he was there for everything and that he saw a few things we probably hope never make it into a documentary — just buffoonery, you know. We know he’s got a lot of incrementing stuff. I don’t think there is anything nefarious in terms of drugs and alcohol or anything like that.
“This isn’t Cocksucker Blues,” Berninger says in a reference to Robert Frank's notorious Rock doc about The Rolling Stones debaucherous exploits during their 1972 Exile on Main Street tour. “But we were unguarded around him.”
The documentary's title is taken from a lyric in High Violet's “Lemonworld.” Look for the final result to be a 180 from the band's previous film endeavor, Vincent Moon's A Skin, A Night, which was an impressionistic take on the band's recording of 2007's Boxer.
“He’s a big Metal fan —AC/DC and (Rob) Halford, so I don’t know what kind of movie he’s making,” Matt says.
Tom previously directed The National's video for “Terrible Love,” the lead track on High Violet. Might it be a primer of what to expect of Summer Lovin' Torture Party? We'll at least begin to find out Sunday.
And here's the band's recent video for "Conversation 16," one of the better songs on High Violet. It features appearances by Mad Men's John Slattery, James Urbaniak (best known for Hal Hartley's last great film, Henry Fool) and Kristen Schall, who played the kooky stalker on Flight of the Concords. | <urn:uuid:1caba712-db2c-4fad-b1b9-c91b2bc0e959> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-1994-the_national_documentary_part_of_musicnow.html | 2013-05-21T18:12:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960248 | 444 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
PI: Yang Cai
Members: Orphir Tanz, Rafael de M. Franco
Indoor wireless sensor self-positioning has been a challenging task. With growing sensor webs, real-time wireless device self-positioning becomes valuable for locating and tracking wireless users. The project is designed to enable an affordable 802.11 RSSI-based positioning technology. We also hope to demonstrate the capability with existing facilities in CMU Andrew wireless network. In addition, we want to demonstrate the privacy technologies.
We apply multiple filters to estimate the positions of the wireless devices based on the RSSI received from access points in the building. Physical constraints are considered as additional filters.
The first prototype CMUSky was built in 2003. In 2006, we rebuild the system with a lighter architecture and a new positioning algorithm.
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NCA Grading Class to Debut at Whitman Baltimore Expo
BEDMINISTER, NJ — John Albanese, president of Numismatic Consumer Alliance (NCA), a New Jersey non-profit dedicated to reducing numismatic fraud, has announced a new consumer-education program sponsored in partnership with Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo, LLC.
“We’re seeing continuing increased interest from the dealer community in protecting the public from fraud,” said Albanese. “Hands-on grading classes have already proven to be an effective method of sharing the knowledge and skills that advance and protect our hobby best. We’re offering access to a program that will expand the basic knowledge and skills needed for personal numismatic self-protection.”
The initial class will be held at the upcoming Baltimore Expo, November 15-18, 2012. Lead instructor will be NCA Education Director Rick Sear, a long-time dealer with experience in evaluating both wholesome and deceptively altered coins. Taught with other dealers and supported by local volunteers, these “mini-seminars” on basic grading principles and techniques will be open to the public.
Class size will be limited to 20 students. A $35 fee will be charged. Study and reference materials are supplied. A limited number of scholarships will be available for students under 18 years of age. Applications should be submitted through the NCA website (stopcoinfraud.org) by October 12, 2012 with notification of acceptance by the end of that month.
The seminar will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center in room 301, 9 a.m.–12:45 p.m. on Saturday, November 17, 2012. Morgan Dollars are the first series to be presented.
“Whitman is pleased to help bring this level of consumer education to the hobby community,” said Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo general manager David Crenshaw.
Albanese added, “We anticipate these classes making a small but important contribution in advancing industry-wide efforts to support a healthy hobby environment. The Baltimore area is rich with collector interest and we expect our efforts to be useful. It would be great if we could do this later at some other venues. A lot of industry leaders have the knowledge and resources to provide more direct education to the public. We need increased outreach for our hobby to thrive.” | <urn:uuid:a9e1258a-25be-4dea-b0ec-5437821e230d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.coinweek.com/coin-grading/nca-grading-class-to-debut-at-whitman-baltimore-expo/ | 2013-05-21T18:20:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926546 | 490 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
DJ Suelto & DJ Enemy: Latin + International
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- Girls Dress Code: Keep it classy.
- For VIP/Bottle Service call 202-271-1171
One of DC’s hottest Latin parties is at Tattoo Bar on K Street. Caliente Thursdays feature the Latin/International sounds of DJs Suelto and Enemy with Pretty Boi Mo on the mic.
Tattoo Bar offers an intimate setting with edgy decor. Part bar and part club, Tattoo offers lounge appeal without a stuffy pretentious atmosphere. Plush couches and a captivating bar top command attention as soon as one enters. If a semi-private party is more your speed, there’s an option for that as well. No matter what your desires, Tattoo Bar finds a way to please.Tweet | <urn:uuid:e1d7a445-866c-4e1d-b7ab-82ee9e1e5de4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dcclubbing.com/dc-bars/thursdays-caliente-at-tattoo-bar/ | 2013-05-21T18:05:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.814236 | 247 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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THRU JUNE 15, 2013
The Festival of Arts presents foaSOUTH’s newest show “Three Painters” featuring Festival of Arts exhibitors Roger Folk, Jacquie Moffett, and Gregg Stone. The exhibit, on display now through June 15, showcases the artist’s current work juxtaposed with their paintings from the Festival of Arts Permanent Art Collection.
This exhibit is the third in the Festivals series at foaSOUTH highlighting specific mediums represented at the summer art show and in the Festival’s Permanent Collection
.All three artists represented in the exhibit are painters, Roger Folk and Jacquie Moffett are watercolorists and Gregg Stone works in gouache. Although similar mediums, gouache is more opaque compared to watercolors transparency.
Works on display from the Collection include “Shore Patrol,” painted by Roger Folk in 1988, Jacquie Moffett’s “Cornwall, England” purchased by the Festival in 1982, and the most recent addition to the collection, “Silke” by Gregg Stone.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Roger is an award-winning artist originally from Nebraska. Moving to California, he graduated from Art Center College of Design. He worked for Disney Studios as marketing art director, is a member of the National Watercolor Society and has been commissioned by Yosemite Natural History Association and the Sierra Club.
Jacquie has been interested in making art since a young girl growing up in an atmosphere surrounded by art and art making. She received her BA from Whittier College and began a career in teaching. She studied with Rex Brandt, Roger Armstrong, and Serisawa. Jacquie, winner of numerous awards and included in collections around the world, has exhibited at the Festival of Arts since 1967.
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I came across the following newspaper article in my grandmother's papers. I am not related to this family, but I trust this will be of help to Youel's (all with 1 l) doing family research. This was published in a STaunton, VA, area newspaper during the Bicentennial.
"Youel descendants, DAR plan ceremony
"Faced with the problem of how to part in the bicentennial, members of one old Virginia family are cooperating with the Daughters of the American Revolution in plans to place a "Soldier of the American Revolution" marker on the grave of their ancestor, William Youel, in a family plot near Goshen (VA).
"The ceremony is set for 2:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at the old Youel family burial ground in the valley of the Little Calfpasture River in Rockbridge County.It will be conducted by officers of the Virginia Frontier Chapter, DAR, of which Mrs. W.G. Williamson of Lexington is regent, and the Adam Throughgood Chapter, Virginia Beach, in which Mrs. Rice McNutt Youell, Jr. is vice regent.
"A color guard from the Virginia Military Academy will participate, and Bicentennial officials, other leading citizens and descendants of William Youel will attend.
"It will be preceded by a luncheon at the Keydet General Motel, Lexington, for the descendants of William and Elizabeth Youel, his wife, from many parts of the United States, and the special guests.
"In planning the ceremony and the reunion, Mrs. Youell of Virginia Beach worked with Mrs. Naomi Youel Nielsen of Lyons, Kansas, family historian and genealogist, who will attend and participate. Mrs. Nielsen's research shows there are descendants in a number of states of the union. The William Youels had six daughters and three sons, and families in suceeding generations tended to be large. Mrs. Nielsen has notified the hundreds of descendants for whom she had addresses and many will attend.
"Members of the committee had the benefit of the assistance and counsel of Dr. George West Diehl, noted historian, prior to his death on August 10, 1975. Dr. Diehl provided them with a great deal of information on Rockbridge County and the participation of its residents in the Revolutionary War.
"The Youel ancestor who will be honored by the DAR 141 years after his death was born in Scotland in 1734. He came to Virginia in 1771, or a few years earlier. When the cause of independence was being threatened by British advances through Carolina, the Gilmore Rifles, a Virginia militia company, was rushed to Cowpens, now South Carolina, and played a part in the American victory there. William Youel was slightly wounded.
"After his military service, he expanded his land holdings in Rockbrige County. In 1784, he was one of the founders of the Lebanon Presbyterian Church, which is still in existence near Craigsville (VA). He participated in the movement opposing an established church in Virginia, efforts which resulted in the adoption of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom as drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
"William Youel died in 1834 at the age of 100 and was buried in the family cemetary which is near the house he built in 1819 and in which he lived furing the last years of his life.
"Ownership of the large property owned by William Youel, stretching across the valley of the Little Cowpasture, from mountain ridge to mountain ridge, was left to his son, James George Wilson Youel. Other sons, John and William Nelson Youel moved west about 1830. Some of the daughters remained in Virginia, others joined those who crossed the mountains for the fertile and undeveloped lands of Ohio and Indiana.
"The old home near Goshen, which is still standing and in good repair, remained in the family until 1863 when it was sold to David Condon. Mrs. D.A. Condon of Charlottesville and other members of the Condon family are the present owners.
"Descendants of William Youel have been prominent in Virginia. A grandson, William Henry Youell ---(note double l's)---- was killed in the battle at Hatcher's Run near Petersburg in 1864. A great great grandson, Rice McNutt Youell, had a distinguished career. He was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1913. He entered World War I as a first lieutenant and came out a major. His valuable and conspicuous war service commended him to state officials and he served as head of the state penitentiary system as first Commissioner of Corrections for many years. He died in 1962. His son, Capt. Rice McNutt Youel, Jr., is a retired captain of the United States Navy. His grandson, John Rice Youell, Jr., was graduated from VMI in 1971 and another grandson, William Nelson Youell in 1972.
"Other prominent Virginians who are descendants of William Youel include Richard Obenshain of Richmond, co-chairman of the Republican National Committee; Joseph Obenshain of Blacksburg, curator of the Smithfield Plantation; and Kenneth Youel of Earlysville, retired General Motors executive, former president of the Public Relations Society of America, and current president of the Charlottesville-Albermarle chapter of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Dr. John K. Youel of Charlottesville is a great great great grandson of William Youel.
"Mrs. Rammel Harman Gayhart, Sandra Lee Gayhart, Gary Lee Firebaugh and Richard Clemmer Firebaugh are Staunton residents listed as descendants."
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Game of the Week: Swansea 3, Arsenal 2
Sunday saw a wonderfully inventive young team adhering to an aesthetically pleasing football philosophy — one that pays tribute to the great sides of Barcelona and Ajax — preached by their excellent manager. In possession they kept the ball as a form of defense, swapped positions with ease, exquisitely put together short passing movements, and found a multiplicity of angles from which to attack their opponents. Without the ball, they ferociously closed down the other team, making it impossible for them to get settled and forcing them to make silly mistakes. When they were losing they looked steady and dangerous. When they were winning it never looked like the opposition had a chance. They were technically gifted, entertaining, and easy to cheer for.
Oh yeah. And Arsenal played too.
Zing. Sunday's score suggested a hard-fought game of two sides exchanging body blows. And yes, like most matches, if a couple of bounces of the ball (Robin van Persie should have had a second goal early in the first half, but aimed at Michel Vorm instead of the net) and blows of the referee's whistle (dubious call on Aaron Ramsey for the penalty, which led to Swansea's equalizer) had gone the Gunners' way, they may have come out of the Liberty Stadium with a point or three. But based on their performance, Arsenal hardly deserved it. Swansea, on the other hand, deserved everything they got.
When it was all over, a track-suited Arsene Wenger watched another batch of points slip away as his spent midfielder Aaron Ramsey retreated from the bellowing crowd that had ridden him all day (Ramsey is a product of Swansea's Welsh rivals Cardiff City) and the Swansea players celebrated the best result of their inaugural Premier League season. I was surprised by how little surprise I felt, because I'm often sitting around gauging how surprised I am.
Last week Arsenal defeated Leeds in the FA Cup in storybook fashion, with club legend Thierry Henry coming on and scoring a late winner. In what has been, putting it nicely, a trying season for the North London club, they were bound for something of a come-down, if only emotionally.
In seasons past, Arsenal's players would have been salivating at the thought of playing a passing and attacking opponent like Swansea. Typically, the Gunners had the most trouble against teams that set out to nullify them (see Stoke, teams managed by Mark Hughes or Sam Allardyce). If anyone, short of Barcelona, tried to play with them on the ground, on their own terms, Arsenal would (on their day) tear them to pieces.
This is not your barely older brother's Arsenal. Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas have moved on, and Jack Wilshere has spent the season tweeting and watching X Factor and tweeting about watching X Factor in an air cast. And in their absence (or departures), Arsenal has seemingly lost what made them such a special football team over the last few years. This season the Gunners have been honestly dull. And nobody made that more abundantly clear this season than Swansea did on Sunday.
We can and will talk more about what's wrong with Arsenal, but first a song for the Swans.
Last May, I watched Swansea as they beat Reading at Wembley Stadium to win the nPower Championship's Premier League Playoff match, gaining entry to the top flight of English football. Like Blackpool before them, Swansea were bringing an attractive brand of football to the Premier League. And like Blackpool boss Ian Holloway had, Swansea's Brendan Rodgers insisted he wouldn't sacrifice his principles for results. They would play against Manchester United the same way they had against Leeds United: pass and move, keeping the ball on the ground; defend from the front and play it out from the back.
Those terms have been really hot coach-speak clichés ever since Barcelona began its three-year reign of terror. They probably look good on a dry-erase board in a changing room, but how do they get put into practice? If you're Barcelona it looks like a bunch of tiny Spaniards and Argentinians bending time and space. But in the absence of superhuman individuals like Messi and Xavi, it should look like 11 players moving, thinking, and playing as one.
Swansea's second half against Arsenal, following Rodgers' introduction of Gylfi Sigurdsson into the midfield, was one of the best team performances I've seen all year. Perhaps a lot of it can be chalked up to the passionate support they received from the home crowd, and perhaps that home crowd sensed that, at 1-1, Arsenal were there for the taking. But owing this result to something as nebulous as fan support when so much evidence was on display on the field feels wrong.
Swansea's frontline of Scott Sinclair, Nathan Dyer, and Danny Graham scored the Swans' three goals, but it was their midfield that won the match. Joe Allen and Leon Britton looked positively Xavi-and-Iniesta-like, hounding Ramsey and Alex Song all day, switching the play from defense to attack in no time. Dyer's goal, Swansea's second, was a result of this kind of aggression and vision; Allen dispossessed Ramsey easily, in the Arsenal half, and quickly found a streaking Dyer, who was dusting Ignasi Miquel, his gassed marker. Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny threw his hands up in disgust, but all the Swansea fans (and I would bet any neutrals who were watching) were elated with what they just saw.
The Xavi-Iniesta bit might sound like hyperbolic hot air, but Leon Britton, now famously, has a higher passing accuracy percentage than old "Chamelon Eyes" (as Ray Hudson calls Xavi) and Swansea are, statistically speaking, one of the best passing sides in Europe.
If Swansea looked at times like the Total Football dream come to life, Arsenal was some kind of waking, walking, occasionally kicking nightmare; players out of position looking tired, cranky, and not up for the challenge.
After their 1-0 loss to Man City in mid-December, Arsenal had a run of five very winnable games against Villa, Wolves, QPR, Fulham, and Swansea. Fifteen points were up for grabs and they came out with seven.
Moving forward, assuming that Arsene Wenger is unwilling or unable to bring in any January reinforcements, the best thing the Arsenal boss can do is shuffle the deck he already has. Aaron Ramsey does not look suited to play at the tip of an attacking three (he also looks like he could use a sandstorm-free Dubai vacation). Why not move Andrei Arshavin, who had some lovely, weighted through balls on Sunday (and is kind of useless covering his fullbacks anyway), into that role? If there's such a striker drought, why not give Theo Walcott a shot at playing in a central role up front? Then bring the promising Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain into the side on the wing. And maybe somebody should tell Alex Song that where he is most needed is screening his slow and shaky back four, not bombing forward and trying Zidane-esque passes.
Most unnerving for Arsenal and its fans will be the lack of steel and grit on display Sunday. Despite captain Robin van Persie scoring another goal and despite past captain Thierry Henry confronting/rallying some Arsenal supporters to be more constructive in their criticism, there was something missing in the middle of the park: a lack of will, a lack of ferocity. That could be found in the Midlands, where Wenger loaned out one of the club's most passionate and enigmatic players
With all their defections over the last few transfer windows (Nasri, Fabregas, Alexander Hleb (LOL)), Arsenal need some players who truly, honestly love playing for the club. Ramsey and Wilshere seem ready to assume that mantle, but neither play with the kind of wolf-protecting-its-territory abandon that is sometimes needed to take over a game. Emmanuel Frimpong, in the few appearances he made for Arsenal this season, does just that. On Saturday, playing on loan for Wolves against Tottenham, he seemed to be playing for Arsenal by proxy. He busted up Spurs' highly vaunted midfield play (a.k.a. he kicked Scott Parker), intimidating, hassling, tackling, and harassing at every turn. Yes, Spurs should have won, Emmanuel Adebayor looked onside, and Luka Modric missed the goal a few times, each closer than the last, but Wolves took advantage of all the luck they got. As they should: There hasn't been a lot of it to go around this year for Mick McCarthy's team.
Wolves are a really feisty team, especially against decent opposition. Steven Fletcher is a great target man, even if his presence seems to have derailed Kevin Doyle's once promising career. They have a great winger in Matt Jarvis, and if you want to get through the center of the park on them, you better be at peace with your maker. Frimpong partnered well with his brother in ankle abuse, Karl Henry.
The rap on Frimpong is that he lets his heart dictate his head, but Arsenal could have used more heart on Sunday. It's not like they didn't make mistakes anyway. Besides, if you're a Gooner, how could you not want a guy on your team who does this to Rafael van der Vaart:
Earlier in the week, van der Vaart was talking up Spurs' title hopes. I wonder if he even knows how to find White Hart Lane after that incident.
The Hissing of Mid-Winter Fax Machines (a.k.a. Transfer Rumors)
Sir Alex Ferguson was recently asked about the possibility of bringing in players during the January transfer window. He muttered, "The thing is, what can you get in January? I have said this all the time. The players who are available that we would like, we won't get. What do you do? Do you take a second-rate player? No, of course you don't."
That's not going to stop me and every other football fanatic from fantasizing about signing-on bonuses, failed medicals, helicopters leaving Newcastle for Liverpool and changing direction mid-flight, the exact longitude and latitude of Christopher Samba, and all the other hysterical speculation and innuendo that comes with a transfer window:
• Gary Cahill got the ball rolling, as he finally agreed to a contract with Chelsea. This was a protracted negotiation that seemed to take place somewhat in public, much to Cahill's chagrin. Now on a rumored 80,000 per week, you wonder whether his move to Arsenal last summer was really about the low offer the Gunners made Bolton rather than Arsenal's unwillingness to break their wage structure on the defender. By the way, and grab your hand fan for this one, I don't think Cahill is all that. He might have been going at half-speed for some time now, in anticipation of a big move to a top-four club, but he hasn't looked very steady this season.
• Right as they got themselves out of the relegation zone following a victory over Fulham, Blackburn now must deal with a possible January exodus. Defender Samba turned in a transfer request Monday (which essentially made public his desire to leave and will give up any contractually owed bonuses to facilitate a move). This makes Harry Redknapp's incessant tapping up of the longtime Rovers player a little less nauseating ("Samba's a good player. A real good player"). Blackburn won without Samba over the weekend, but if they want to stay in the league, they're going to need to hang on to him, as well as to Mauro Formica and Junior Hoilett, all of whom have been rumored to be on various clubs' January shopping lists.
• U.S. players have been making news in the gossip column and on the field this winter. Landon Donovan has played very well for Everton since joining the club on loan from L.A. Galaxy, and he may have talked up his onetime Galaxy teammate Edson Buddle, at whom the Toffees are currently taking a look on trial. Meanwhile, Red Bull defender Tim Ream looks poised to join Bolton. He'll get a chance to play against Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester City before Bolton get relegated and he is mucking it up on a cow pasture in Barnsely next season.
• While big names like Wesley Sneijder and Eden Hazard are bandied about (neither are likely to be sold), I'm actually most excited to see Chelsea upstart Josh McEachran go on loan to Swansea. He's a ton of promise wasting away on the Blues bench. It will be great to see what he can do in Brendan Rodgers' pass-happy side.
• Speaking of Chelsea, I'm really pulling for Andre Villas-Boas, but he should avoid saying things like, "There's an obvious stigma around Stamford Bridge which is present for everybody to see." Chelsea got a decent win against Sunderland over the weekend and Fernando Torres was three inches away from one of the goals of the season, but sometimes I wonder if Villas-Boas isn't his own worst enemy with some of the stuff he spits to the press.
• The jury may still be out on Liverpool's rebuilding project, but it's pretty clear how their (now former) kit sponsor adidas feels. When it came time to re-up their deal with the brand, adidas boss Herbert Hainer simply said, "Scoreboard." Okay, here's what he really said: "The gap between their performance on the field and what the number should be is not in balance. Then we said, 'Okay, we will not do it.' That's the end of the story."
• QPR's Shaun Derry put in a nasty tackle on Newcastle's Yohan Cabaye this weekend. The Frenchman's reaction reminded me of the time Jamie Carragher almost took off Nani's leg. Nani got up to protest, then looked at the huge laceration on his leg and fell down. Cabaye, similarly, got up to get in Derry's face before collapsing. He was stretchered off the field, but it looks like he'll be okay.
After the game, Alan Pardew had this to say about new QPR manager Mark Hughes' style of play: "Hughesy's teams always have a bit of steel and a few heavy tackles." I don't have my copy of Hughesy's Teams, but if you ever watched Blackburn last decade, that sounds about right.
Goal of the Week: Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Tottenham
From January 11. Ekotto is a good player. A really good player.
Quote of the Week: Brendan Rodgers, Swansea
"When people start getting the names of our players right we'll really be making progress."
Chris Ryan is an editor for Grantland.
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The Big Durian, quickly.
The arrival into Jakarta was incredibly depressing on the count of the slums that the train goes through on the way to the station. For at least a couple of kilometers before the last stop, all you can see are makeshift tents and holes through the wall next to the tracks. All you can smell is the trash and whatever else the inhabitants are throwing around. We got a taxi to the main backpacker hangout and had a quick drink before having a quick nap in a hot room. Outside of that area, we quickly found out that Jakarta is a complete mess. For a city of something like 20 million people, it has no real public transport system to speak of, so we had to get around by taxi. From our short stay there, we couldn’t find any kind of neighborhood or logical planning to the city. Street names and numbers don’t seem to follow any logic. Much like most of Indonesia, it looks like it was plopped around willy nilly, supermarkets are next to office buildings which are next to hotels. We went out to check a camera shop and it was next to this fancy specialty wine shop where shitty Australian wines that are typically below 10$ everywhere were going on sale for over 40$. The streets didn’t have sidewalks, street vendors were everywhere.
It was a confusing couple days because unsure of what to do next. We planned on going to Sumatra, but there was an earthquake there a few days before, and the roads are notorious for being awful all over the island. We weren’t sure exactly what to do in Sumatra, or where to go, and while looking up the ferry we found out about a few other options. They were having sales left and right, probably due to the low season and the next day we were on our way to Tanjung Priok, the Jakarta port area. What we booked was a 28 hour boat trip to Batam, a small island not too far from Singapore, renowned for golf and sex tourism. We didn’t go there for either, but to jump on a 20 minute ferry over to Singapore, thereby completely bypassing Sumatra. It’s a shame that we didn’t go, but none of our plans are set in stone, and the spur of the moment decision to jump on a boat in a first class cabin seemed like the best idea at the time. For 50$, it didn’t bleed us dry, and from the few reviews of the boat we read, you definitely didn’t want to end up on the cattle class. The night before we left I got drunk at a “bar” on the side of the road. It was nothing more than a fridge, a tarp and a couple of benches, but the beer was nice and cold, and a jolly Papuan guy there on business kept buying me beers and trying to have a conversation.
The boat ride was nice, and to Helen’s liking, it was very smooth sailing all the way. I don’t think I’ve ever been in first class for anything but it was the only way to get a private cabin, and really outside of that it was only the meal time that seemed very special. They had about 10 stewards around our table while we ate pretty decent Indonesian grub like spicy fish, we had about 4 different forks each. We spent most of the time messing around in our cabin or reading on the deck, but there really wasn’t so much to do. The ride was nice anyway, and soon enough we were making our way through immigration after a 20 minute ferry across to Singapore. After what seemed like a long time traveling already, we were just about to change countries for the first time. | <urn:uuid:85df0845-761d-4f5c-b462-20b3498a2d14> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.guillaumegeoffroy.com/blog/?p=179 | 2013-05-21T18:27:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983425 | 773 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Greetings all, from the Ann Arbor Art Fair!
My apologies for not unveiling a new Tip or Technique this week, but I’ve been super busy unveiling my jewelry at the 45th annual Ann Arbor Art Fair at State Street. If you’re in town this weekend, please come on by and say hello! We’re camped out on the strip of S. State Street, between E. Liberty and E. William. (Right across from local watering hole, Ashley’s– and they’ve been tempting us with hot dogs and beers–sounds like Summer to me!)
I guess it is possible that I am giving away all my trade secrets by broadcasting this, but many of the designs I’ve shared on Tips & Techniques, as well as in the Design Gallery, are beautifully laid out on my table in this sweltering heat. (Big thanks to my little sister who came up from Florida to hang out with me and haul loads of necklaces, bracelets and earrings downtown).
Did you love learning the Ladder Stitch from this video? That piece is here! The Transparent Resin Frame tutorial turned into these cool earrings, also displayed at my humble table. Boardwalk at Twilight bracelet? Got ‘em. Garden Droplets? Check.
This isn’t just one big advertisement for my super-awesome booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. But I wanted to let you all know where I have been for the past few weeks (longer if you count all the hours crafting!). Do you participate in Art Fairs? They are a lot of work! As somewhat of a veteran at this point, my number one tip is to always always put your sparkly pieces in the sunlight (eye catchers!) and of course, have a card with your name, contact info, AND location in the fair. Seems simple enough, but those simple things are the easiest to forget sometimes! Those are my tips, but I like to consider myself a life-long learner, so I’d be curious to know, what is your #1 Best Advice when hitting the Art Fair circuit? | <urn:uuid:c2250369-01a6-4d0f-871f-80df92ddab88> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.limabeads.com/fresh/daily/page/2/ | 2013-05-21T18:19:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940012 | 445 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Following on from my obsession with Pitt Pens and loving the feel of using them, I want to try to recreate that feeling with fabric. Luckily it’s fairly easy to do with smooth silk and silk painting or fabric markers. Not sure yet how good the results will be but I’m getting there. I was messing around with this stuff on silk which had an anti-diffusant painted on it. Because the silk is a lightweight habutai even when the diffusant had been washed out the amount of paint on the surface (iron-fix) has made it feel like tissue paper which actually helps when wanting to use pens on it afterwards and it doesn’t really matter if softness of the silk has gone as it’s going to be stretched on a canvas anyway.
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Whitman baseball coach Joe Cassidy stood near the third-base dugout of the Vikings’ home field and talked about some of the reasons why 2012 was an ideal season for the program to capture its first region championship.
The team had 11 seniors, including standout pitchers Michael Flack and Ryan McGill. The Vikings went 15-2 in the regular season, earning home-field advantage throughout the region tournament.
Whitman had talent, experience and success on its side. But after advancing to the region final with victories over Gaithersburg and Bethesda-Chevy Chase, the Vikings watched as some other team celebrated its first region championship.
Northwest defeated Whitman, 5-3, in eight innings on May 18 in Bethesda to earn the 4A West crown. After blowing out Kennedy in the opening round, the sixth-seeded Jaguars upset No. 3 Magruder, No. 2 Quince Orchard and the top-seeded Vikings to advance to the state tournament.
"There’s nothing I can say to make the hurt go away," Cassidy said. "I’m proud of the seniors. … Sophomores and juniors, I tell them hopefully they learn from it and move on. You don’t want to have this feeling next year and get over the hump."
Northwest took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth, but Flack responded with a two-out RBI single in the bottom half. After a pair of scoreless innings sent the game into extras, Jaguars catcher Mike Shannon delivered a two-out, run-scoring double to deep center field. Northwest added an insurance run and Whitman, despite having the leadoff batter reach base in the bottom half, could not answer.
"It’s tough," Flack said. "I’m not that angry because we played well — we played our hearts out. That’s just the way it is: sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but it’s tough going out like that."
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Flack finished 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI. Max Session also had a hit.
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Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas v.78 n.170 Medellín dez. 2011
MÖSSBAUER AND XRD ANALYSIS OF CORROSION PRODUCTS OF CARBONATED ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG REINFORCED CONCRETES
ANÁLISIS DE LOS PRODUCTOS DE CORROSIÓN DE ACEROS EMBEBIDOS EN HORMIGÓN DE ESCORIA ACTIVADA ALCALINAMENTE EXPUESTO A CARBONATACIÓN
PhD. Profesor: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada. Bogotá, Colombia, email@example.com
MSc. Profesor: Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, Cúcuta, Colombia, firstname.lastname@example.org
PhD. Profesor: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja., email@example.com
Received for review: January 12th, 2011; accepted: May 17rd, 2011; final version: May 30nd, 2011
ABSTRACT: Steel bars embedded in an alkali-activated slag (AAS) concrete have been exposed (after curing for 28 days) to an accelerated carbonation chamber (3 % CO2, 65 % relative humidity (RH), and 25 ºC temperature) and to a laboratory environment (0.03 % CO2, 65 % RH, and 25 ºC). Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) was also tested for comparative purposes and exposed to identical experimental conditions. Corrosion products generated at the steel/concrete interface were characterized using Mössbauer spectrometry and the X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. The main compounds were magnetite (Fe3O4), wuestite (FeO), and goethite (a-FeOOH). The morphology of corrosion products was analyzed using the scanning electron microscopy technique (SEM).
KEYWORDS: carbonation, corrosion, magnetite, wuestite, alkali-activated cement, Portland cement, steel reinforcement
RESUMEN: Barras de acero embebidas en el hormigón de escoria activada alcalinamente (AAS) fueron expuestas (después de los 28 días de curado) en una cámara de carbonatación acelerada (3% CO2, 65% de humedad relativa (HR) y 25 º C de temperatura) y un entorno de laboratorio (0,03% CO2, 65% HR y 25 º C). Cemento Portland (OPC), se probó también con fines comparativos y expuestos a las mismas condiciones experimentales. Los productos de corrosión generados en la interfase acero / concreto se caracterizaron utilizando espectrometría Mössbauer y la técnica de difracción de rayos X (DRX). Los principales componentes fueron la magnetita (Fe3O4), wuestite (FeO) y goethita (a-FeOOH). La morfología de los productos de corrosión se analizó mediante la técnica de microscopía electrónica de barrido (SEM).
PALABRAS CLAVE: Carbonatación, corrosión, magnetita, wuestita, cemento activado alcalinamente, cemento portland, acero de refuerzo.
Nature and the integrity of the layer of solid hydration products formed in close proximity to embedded steel may have an important role in controlling the passivation and depassivation of the metal.
The very high temperatures (1400-1500 ºC) required for manufacturing ordinary Portland cement (OPC), which make it responsible for 40 % of all energy consumed, account for the extremely high costs of this process. The environmental impact attributed to the manufacturing of OPC is largely due to the energy-intensive processes involved. Indeed, the cement industry is regarded to be responsible for 6-7 % of all greenhouse gases emitted world-wide .
In an attempt to overcome these problems, the construction sector is very interested in the development of new cement binder materials as an alternative to OPC [2, 3]. In this respect, the most promising emerging approach is based on new raw materials suitable for alkaline activation, which originate new binding materials generically known as alkaline cements . Granulated blast-furnace slag (GBFS) has been used for many years as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) in OPC concrete, either as a mineral admixture or as a component of blended cement . The GBFS experiments a rapid hydration when it is mixed with an appropriate trigger as a sodium silicate solution, and if it is mixed with aggregates it can produce a concrete that presents a high mechanical resistance at early ages. It generates a dense and airtight concrete [6,7].
The GBFSs are the result of the combination of clay acid iron material and the sulphurous ashes of coke (also with acid properties), with lime, and the dolomite limestone used for the melting of magnesia (both basic compounds). The combination of acid oxides (CaO and MgO) and the formation of the slag compounds occur by melting at high temperatures (∼1600 ºC), and the cooling of the magmatic fluid from 1400 °C to room temperature [8,9].
The aim of this paper was to study the corrosion products generated on steel rebars embedded in artificially carbonated AAS (3 % by volume of CO2). The results were compared with steel embedded in OPC. Corrosion products were studied to characterize the steel/concrete interface using Mössbauer spectrometry and the X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. The morphology of corrosion products was analyzed using the scanning electron microscopy technique (SEM).
2. EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP
Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) cementitious materials from the Company Acerias Paz del Rio, located in Boyaca, Colombia, were used having a chemical composition of 33.7 % SiO2, 12.8 % Al2O3, 45.4 % CaO, 0.5 % TiO2, and 1.0 % MgO, a specific surface of 398 m2 kg-1 and a specific gravity of 2860 kg m-3. The basicity (CaO + MgO / SiO2 + Al2O3) and quality (CaO + MgO + Al2O3 / SiO2 + TiO2) indexes were 1.01 and 1.73, respectively. According to the ASTM C 989 - 99 standard, this material was grade 80 slag . The waterglass used as the activating solution consisted in a mix of commercial sodium silicate (31.7 % SiO2, 12.3 % Na2O, and 56.0 % water) with a 50 % NaOH solution to obtain an SiO2 / Na2O ratio of 2.4. The Na2O concentration in the waterglass activating solution added to the concretes was 5 % by slag weight.
The aggregate used was a siliceous gravel with a maximum grain size of 19 mm, a specific gravity of 2940 kg m-3, and 1.3 % absorption; and river sand with a maximum grain size of 19 mm, a specific gravity of 2470 kg m-3, and 2.9 % absorption. Commercial Portland cement (OPC), according to the ASTM C 150-02 standard was used for comparative purposes ; its specific gravity and specific surface were 2990 kg m-3 and 400 kg m-3, respectively. Alkali-activated slag and OPC concretes were prepared having a water/cementitious material ratio of 0.4. It was assumed that the water/cement ratio was equivalent to the (water + activator) / slag ratio.
The AAS and OPC specimens were cured in a climatic chamber for 28 days at 90 % relative humidity (RH) for AAS specimens and at 100 % RH for OPC specimens to prevent leaching of the activating solutions and to assure that the hydration reaction and product formation processes were not affected.
An accelerated carbonation chamber was used, with 3 % CO2 by volume, 65 % RH, and 25 ºC (specimens AASA and OPCA). Additionally, a second carbonation test was performed by exposition to a laboratory environment condition, having 0.03 % CO2 by volume, 65 % RH, and 25 ºC (specimens AASL and OPCL).
Structural 1018 steel bars of 6.35 mm diameter were used, according to the ASTM A 706-08 standard . A reinforced concrete cylindrical specimen (76.2 mm diameter and 76.2 mm length) was used to perform experimental tests.
At the end of the experiments, the specimens were broken and the steel/concrete interface was analyzed. An alcoholic dissolution of 1 % phenolphthalein indicator was applied on the fresh fractured surfaces of the specimens to measure carbonation depth with elapsed time. On AAS concrete exposed to the accelerated carbonation phenomenon (3 % CO2) a pH reduction was observed of values near to 9. The pH value was calculated as the average of 7 results obtained along the radius of the specimens.
Corrosion products were characterized using the MÖssbauer spectrometry technique. The spectra analysis was performed using the Mosfit Program and the values of isomer shift are quoted relative to that of a-Fe at 300 K .
The solid crystalline phases present in the corrosion products formed on the steel/concrete interfaces were characterized by XRD, using an X'PERT PRO MRD (Panalytical, B.V.) diffractometer with monochromatized Cu Ka radiation at 45 kV and 40 mA, and a Xe proportional detector. Parallel beam optics were used, consisting of a parabolic mirror in the incident beam and a 0.18º parallel plate collimator with a flat graphite monochromator in the diffracted beam. X-ray analysis was recorded from 5 to 65 2q degrees, in the step-scanning mode, with 0.03º (2q) step and 2 s counting time.
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) techniques were applied using a JEOL JXA-840 equipped with a LINK AN 10 000 system.
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In the literature it has been reported that there are zones that might correspond to decalcified precipitates of calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) gel formed in the course of the carbonation phenomenon between AAS and iron carbonate. Since the Na is very soluble and gradually lost in the matrix of the AAS when concrete is exposed to CO2, only the Ca of the C-S-H gel can protect the pH in the pore solution . However, the Ca/Si ratio in the C-S-H of the AAS concrete is close to 1, while OPC concrete is 1.7-2.0. Therefore, the AAS concrete has a low capacity for keeping the pH of the pore solution. The C-S-H in the AAS concrete is transformed to calcium and C-S-H is decalcified, which is rich in silicon . Thus, when the AAS concrete is exposed to CO2, the C-S-H gel reacts by producing calcium carbonate (CaCO3), C-S-H decalcification, and aluminosilicates. As a result of the reaction of the carbonates, the porosity in the matrix may increase; which favors the depositing of carbonates (CO32-) and CO2 in the concrete. Consequently, the reaction front penetrates easily within the concrete. Reported results showed higher carbonation rates for AAS than for OPC [16,17]. The carbonation of AAS concrete occurs directly on the C-S-H gel originating a lower Ca content, silica gel, and alumina phase [18,19].
Figures 1 and 2 show the Mössbauer spectra recorded at 300 K for AAS and OPC concretes exposed to accelerated carbonation and to a laboratory environment. They were obtained assuming a linear correlation between the distribution of hyperfine fields and isomer shift, to describe the asymmetry. Both AAS and OPC concretes showed a similar behavior. The main compounds identified were magnetite (Fe3O4), wuestite (FeO), and goethite (a-FeOOH), see Table 1. The spectra were fitted using the following components: two sextets attributed to the espinel phase of magnetite, one sextet attributed to the iron phase, one doublet attributed to the wuestite phase, and one doublet attributed to the goethite phase.
Table 1. Phase percentage obtained from the Mössbauer spectrometry obtained at the end of the experiments. The concretes AASA and OPCA were exposed to an accelerated carbonation chamber, and the concretes AASL and OPCL were exposed to a laboratory environment (Universidad del Valle, Cali).
Characterization of the corrosion products by XRD analysis allowed the detection of the following crystalline phases: magnetite (Fe3O4), file 05-0667 of the International Center for Diffraction Data (ICDD), strong lines at 36.417, 42.295, and 61.341 (º); wuestite (FeO), ICDD file 42-0638, strong lines at 13.329, 26.896, and 35.654 (º); and goethite (a-FeOOH), ICDD file 50-0663, strong lines at 13.088 and 26.284 (º).
Figures 3 and 4 show representative XRD patterns recorded from 5 to 65 2q degrees for steel/concrete specimens cured for 28 days and exposed to accelerated carbonation and laboratory environment for 45 days of experimentation. In Fig. 3, the XRD patterns reveal the reflections (111) and (200) of metallic steel, file 04-0836, at 43.295 and 50.431 (º). In addition to metallic steel peaks, the reflection (111) of magnetite can be observed at 36.417 (º). The presence of wuestite can also be observed on the patterns for 45 days at 16.920 (º).
The analysis was performed by XRD on the surface of steel embedded in AAS and OPC concrete to appreciate the presence of oxides and hydroxides of iron in all samples analyzed in the laboratory environment). Other components that appear in the XRD analysis are attributed to the constituents that concrete and aggregates.
Figure 3 shows that the spectrum of XRD from the surface of the steel sample was embedded in slag activated alkali after being subjected to 45 days accelerated exposure to CO2..
It is in this circumstance that one can find the following phases present: C: calcite, G: goethite, AN: andradite, MG: magnetite, W: wüstite, L: lepidocrocite, HM: hematite and Q: quartz. Magnetite and W oxides are the most predominant in the steel surface. These iron oxides are present in most of the corrosion processes; MG temperature is generated even before the steel embedded in concrete analyzed is subjected to the process of carbonation or environmental exposure. The hydroxides G, L, and HM are found, where the phase corresponding to G is occurring with greater intensity on the surface studied. In Fig. 3 it can be seen that the peaks in the diffractograms of AASA and AASC overlap each other, showing approximately the same intensity for the phase called calcite.
Figure 4 observed diffractograms obtained for the steel embedded in Portland cement-based concrete. In the OPCL there are some stages with greater intensity than those found with the OPCA, which is due to the formation of the protective layer which is generated from oxides and hydroxides. We found the following phases present: SC (calcium silicate), C, G, AN, MG, W, L, HM, and Q.
The nature and integrity of the layer of solid corrosion products formed in close proximity to embedded steel may have not an important role in controlling the passivation and the depassivation of the steel rebar. Finally, it would also seem appropriate to emphasize that the observations and conclusions cannot be expected to apply generally to Portland and alkali-activated slag concretes.
W. Aperador expresses his gratitude to the CENM and COLCIENCIAS of Colombia, Project Geoconcret, for the scholarship granted. D. M. Bastidas expresses his gratitude for project BIA2008-05398 from the CICYT, Spain, for financial support.
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Song, H.W., Saraswanthy, V. Studies on the corrosion resistance of reinforced steel in concrete with ground granulated blast-furnace slag. An overview, J Hazard Mater 138, pp. 226-233, 2006. [ Links ]
Mejía de Gutiérrez, R., Maldonado, J., Delvasto, S., Puertas, F., Fernández-Jiménez, A. Durability of mortars made with alkali activated slag, 11th Int. Congress on the Chemistry of Cement, ICCC, Durban, South Africa, vol. 1, pp. 1005-1012, 2003, [ Links ]
Rodríguez, E., Bernal, S., Mejía de Gutierrez, R., Puertas, F. Alternative concrete base on alkali-activated slag, Mater Construcc. 58, pp. 53-67, 2008. [ Links ]
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Puertas, F. Cementos de escorias activadas alcalinamente: Situación actual y perspectivas de futuro, Mater Construcc. 45, pp. 53-64, 1995. [ Links ]
ASTM C 989-99 Standard, Standard specification for ground granulated blast-furnace slag for use in concrete and mortars, West Conshohocken, PA, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1999. [ Links ]
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Schiessl, P. (Editor), New Approach to Durability Design-An example for carbonation inducced corrosion, Comité Euro-International du Béton, CEB Bulletin, No. 238, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1997. [ Links ] | <urn:uuid:ffb2540e-8ca3-4524-9ad6-1aa9cdfc263b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0012-73532011000600023&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=en | 2013-05-21T18:20:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.823079 | 4,836 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
At last! We have it! Al Gore's Plan to Save the World!
Last week, the Goracle spoke forth his pronouncements of the penance we Americans must perform to atone for our manifold environmental sins. Time magazine reports:
Speaking in Washington on July 17, Gore called on Americans to completely abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels within 10 years, and replace them with carbon-free renewables like solar, wind and geothermal. It is a bold plan, almost to the point of folly. But at the very least, it's one that certainly matches the scale of his rhetoric. "The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk," he said. "The future of human civilization is at stake." [emphasis added]
By way of comparison, the pie chart in this article shows that we currently derive 3% of our electricity from so-called "modern" carbon-neutral means. The only carbonless method of electrical generation which has been proven able to produce unlimited quantities of electricity - nuclear power - is, of course, the only source of energy which environmentalists hate even more than they hate fossil fuels.
Even the reporters at Time, passionate converts to the First Church of Global Warming that they are, had a difficult time swallowing Gore's latest oraculation.
Wind and solar are growing far faster than fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas, but considering that we don't even know if economical carbon capture and storage will ever be possible, it's hard to see how Gore's target is remotely attainable. This isn't negative thinking, or fiction put out by the oil industry. This is reality. [emphasis added]
Nice to learn that Time has at least a tenuous grasp on that slippery concept so difficult for liberals to grasp - reality. It's not as if the facts about energy use aren't known. Data are all over the web, and the data show that Gore really is talking out of his hat.
Consider for a moment that it takes nine years to replace half of the cars on the road and that cars have a tremendously shorter lifespan than power generating plants. It's clear that Al has spent his life in politics, not in engineering. Yet again, we see a ludicrous solution presented to a non-problem that will accomplish nothing at great expense.
Mr. Gore need not subscribe to Scragged in order for him to figure this out. He needn't even ask Google; he need merely speak with his butler about his most recent home electric bills.
You may recall the derision and laughter surrounding Mr. Gore's personal family home, or should we say, palatial mansion. While he was flitting hither and thither in a carbon-spewing private jet, preaching repentance, sackcloth, and ashes, and calling for sacrifice from all and sundry in the name of using less energy... well, his own home electricity consumption was twenty times that of the average American house. No shared sacrifice here!
Apparently snickers from the peasantry reached even his noble and august ears. Over the last year, Mr. Gore has invested heavily in energy efficiency, green technology, and carbon-neutral power generation for his home. He's installed extra insulation, new solar panels, improved ductwork, and of course those silly twisty compact-fluorescent bulbs that pollute the ground with mercury in lieu of polluting the air with carbon dioxide, all in the name of living up to his exalted status as High Priest of the Church of Global Warming.
We can now reveal the payback from his major investment in the most modern, up-to-date, state-of-the-art gold standard in energy efficient living. According to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research:
Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month - 1,638 kWh more energy per month than the year before the renovations.
There you have it, folks. Al Gore clearly does not believe in his own alarmism, since he's happily consuming vastly more energy than us ordinary folks. Not only that, when he "invests" in an attempt to reduce his carbon footprint, the long and the short of it is that his problem gets worse.
This is the guy to whom we are supposed to listen if we want to save the world? He'd've done better to leave well enough alone at his house; why should we apply his policy recommendations to our houses? We see the same truth on the global scale, where U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased 6.6 percent since 1997, when Kyoto was agreed, compared with 18 percent for the entire world and 22 percent for the "less selfish" countries who signed on to Kyoto.
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The Adirondack Meme inspired a 2d graphics project using a Mac and the desktop software Create. The initial thought was to design a unique kind of Ouija Board using a collage of found images and symbols derived entirely from the Internet, combined with the usual graphics and text as an experiment. The initial concept was that the original “Intention” of the selected images and symbols might be inherent within them and potentially captured. When assembled in a unique combination incorporating an overlying “Intention” they might act a conduit for communication similar to the original Ouija idea. The graphic was then printed out and laminated to a panel of galvanized sheet steel with the option of a ground wire hookup and mounted to a sheet of masonite. Included was a symmetrically balanced new version of a Planchette based on a bilateral graphic depiction of the Fibonacci number sequence, also a symbol on the board, and a sequence found throughout nature, art, and music, etc. The board was tested in a group setting in a cabin in New Hampshire in an attempt to communicate with a friends deceased Parent. The Friend as the primary observer was holding the ground wire. It was then found that a nearby compass could be used resting on the Planchette view port to navigate the board while meditating on the initial observers query or “intention” as it were. The compass was thought to be reacting to the galvanized sheet steel connected to the Friend as an interference, and would move quite erratically from the expected magnetic north direction depending on what symbol the Planchette was located on. It then appeared to point toward the next image or symbol intended to be reached. In this one experiment the Planchette repeatedly navigated to arrive at the image on the board titled “Love”
The 2D Quantum Quija experiment sponsored many questions. Could the images and symbols as a collective whole, having been digitally clipped from active cyber space, somehow function as conduits for communication in a holographic model of the universe? The holographic concept being the whole is within the parts. Could it be that “Intention” can be inherent or recorded within an image or symbol, including its history, ideas, the stories that created it, and even the “Intention” of the individuals who researched, posted, and defined it? Could this have a direct connection to the holographic paradigm? Could then a unique combination of images and symbols be so arranged with a programmed “Overlying Intention” to become a language and communication device between realities activated purely by its observation? Something like software that functions without the need of hardware, perhaps as in the Quantum Field where particle entanglement might engage communication without the need for instrumentalities. Are the symbols and images then connected to a kind of Quantum field that when combined with the observers clear and stated “Intention” engages the boards function as a conduit of communication between all that are observing, and those asked to observe from their respective realities wherever they might be? The symbols and images combined with basic text along with the traditional and polite Ouija protocols then offers the potential of broad to specific interpretations of the symbology and text as it presents itself by the primary observers navigation across the board.
The sourcing of the images and symbols was an intuitive search with an “Overlying Intention” that the board feels positive, alluring, and mysterious, yet also balanced between the fundamental feminine and masculine forces operating as an essence of humanity. That balance being the tripartite relationship forming the resultant from combining the corresponding forces of Love as the feminine, and Joy as the masculine. The idea that the act of observing the boards symbology being what activates its function in a quantum field, and using the potential of a quantum entanglement led to the name of “Quantum Ouija”.
The project was developed applying a Freethought Philosophy in programming the “Overlying Intention” where both belief and disbelief as finite concepts are exclusive from rational thought. A philosophy of free thought as an infinite concept is about potentials and possibilities. It is a philosophy where realities are to be observed and experienced, where experience is to be interpreted understanding there is always uncertainty. The Observer will then need to be comfortable living with uncertainty. Using Quantum Ouija as an experimental communication device will require interpretation from ones observations and meditation following an effort to silence the internal dialogue. That’s hard to do. So see what happens. | <urn:uuid:5b9ce8d6-4d1e-40c6-bdbb-2d610555414b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.stone.com/Qouija/The_Concept.html | 2013-05-21T18:06:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954982 | 922 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Indiana -- A basketball state again?Posted Monday, May 21, 2012, at 5:04 PM
I'll take my serving of crow now.
In recent years, I have been very critical of Larry Bird and how he has conducted business with the Indiana Pacers.
But the results are in. And the Pacers are really good.
This year, basketball took center stage in Indiana again after a few years of a disappearing act.
Dare I say it: Indiana is a basketball state again?
I think so.
The Indianapolis Colts were so abysmal this past year, it was hard not to shift focus to the Indiana Hoosiers or the Pacers.
While Reggie Miller is no longer with the Pacers, Danny Granger and Co. really play well and may end up sending the Miami Heat home.
While this series is knotted up at two games each, the Pacers haven't backed down. These have been very fun games to watch.
Just like watching the Hoosiers' Tournament run this past year. It was so wonderful to see IU back on top.
For several years, Hoosiers have been spoiled, enjoying being fans of a really great football team.
But this past season, the Colts hit the skids and fell apart. Peyton Manning and others are now gone.
It may take some time before the Colts are back to where they have been.
Andrew Luck will be a good quarterback. The Colts' future looks pretty bright.
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The genuine product, the real deal, etc. This can be the actual thing that the public wants; whether it be good Yo Mama jokes, real Act II popcorn and not a grocery store generic brand, Tide detergent and not some cheap imitation, or even an official major league baseball bat.
www.Joke-Pages.com: User-submitted Your Yo Mama Jokes: 'Bryant Gambrell'
"I'm back bitches! Check out page 233 for the realness! But anyway, yo mama so big she did a pushup and burned her back on the sun." | <urn:uuid:9a4e4603-b133-42a0-80b0-e97b609b1656> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=realness&defid=861651 | 2013-05-21T18:06:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700380063/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103300-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.825467 | 124 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Henry Addington served as Prime Minister from 17 March 1801 to 10 May 1804. He was born on 30 May 1757. He was the eldest son and fourth of six children born to Dr Anthony Addington and Mary Hiley. Dr. Addington included among his patients George III and Pitt the Younger. It was he who prescribed a bottle of port daily, to cure Pitt's gout.
Addington was educated at Winchester school and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was awarded a B.A. in 1778 and an M.A. in 1780. In 1781 he married Ursula Mary Hammond who was the daughter of a businessman. From his marriage, Addington's financial future was secured since she brought an income of £1000 per year. The couple had eight children. Addington studied for the Bar, to which he was called on 11 May 1784. In the same year he became MP for Devizes in Wiltshire. He represented the constituency until his elevation to the House of Lords as Viscount Sidmouth on 12 January 1805.
Addington and Pitt the Younger were friends from childhood. It was at the instigation of Pitt that Addington was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in 1789. The following year, the Speaker's salary was increased from £1,200 p.a. to £6,000 p.a., securing Addington's finances even further. Addington was Speaker during the French Wars until 1801 when he became Prime Minister. In 1799 he spoke on the Bill of Union with Ireland, detailing the problems such a union would bring. He supported union but opposed Catholic Emancipation. It is most unusual for the Speaker to take part in parliamentary debates; for Addington it was most unusual for him to speak at all so this event has a double significance. The Act of Union was passed in 1800. Pitt had promised that he would introduce Catholic Emancipation if the Act of Union was successful; George III refused to sanction Emancipation and Pitt resigned. Addington became PM, forming a weak ministry.
In 1801, George III presented the White Lodge in Richmond Part for life to Addington, who was created Viscount Sidmouth in 1805, the year in which White Lodge was given its own private gardens. Later the gardens were landscaped by Humphrey Repton.
Addington's government benefited from British victories at Copenhagen, Cairo, and Alexandria, and its popularity was further enhanced by the Peace of Amiens signed on 27 March with Napoleonic France. One of Addington's first measures after the peace was to cut the size of the army and navy, to save money. He repealed income tax but overhauled the whole tax system. Addington lost much support in July 1802 when he appointed his son to the sinecure of Clerk of the Pells, worth £3,000 p.a. However, a general election at much the same time strengthened his support in the Commons. Addington attempted to include Pitt in his cabinet but Pitt refused on the grounds that he would only re-enter government as PM in his own right.
In May 1803 the war against France was renewed and in parliament the split between Addington and Pitt became more obvious. Addington's popularity began to decline and in 1804 he resigned so that Pitt could resume office as PM. In 1805 Addington was elevated to the House of Lords as Viscount Sidmouth and resigned from the Cabinet after a disagreement with Pitt, who died in January 1806. Addington joined Lord Grenville's ministry as Lord Privy Seal and then Lord President of the Council. When Lord Grenville attempted to introduce legislation in 1807 that would allow Catholics in Ireland to hold military commissions up to the rank of Colonel, Addington resigned. His health broke down shortly afterwards and he did not resume public life until 1809.
In 1811 Addington's wife died, an event which devastated him. However, he accepted the post of Lord President of the Council in April 1812 and then became Liverpool's Home Secretary. Liverpool succeeded the assassinated Spencer Perceval as PM. As Home Secretary, Sidmouth pursued a policy of severity in an attempt to suppress manifestations of discontent and disaffection. In 1812, seventeen convicted Luddites were hanged at York despite pleas for leniency, which Sidmouth ignored.
In the years following the end of the French Wars, Britain suffered high prices, business failures, high unemployment, rural disturbances and distress. Addington maintained that it was not the role of government to intervene in such problems so he did nothing to alleviate the problems. There was a series of manifestations of discontent in the period 1811-20:
|Luddite attacks on mills||1811-16|
|Spa Fields riots||2 December 1816|
|The attack on the Prince Regent's carriage||28 January 1817|
|March of the Blanketeers||March 1817|
|the Pentrich Rising:||June 1817|
|The Peterloo Massacre||16 August 1819|
|The Cato Street Conspiracy||February 1820|
|the Queen Caroline 'affair'||June/July 1820|
However, rather than investigate the causes of so much discontent the government resorted to a policy of repression. To prevent the outbreak of revolution, which was the government's greatest fear, Sidmouth increased the summary powers of magistrates. Under the so-called 'Gag Acts' of 1817, Habeas Corpus was suspended and seditious meetings were prohibited. Sidmouth also was responsible for the Six Acts of 1819. He oversaw the events of the Cato Street conspiracy which resulted in the execution of Arthur Thistlewood and his colleagues. Sidmouth was also involved in the trial of Queen Caroline, a role that did him little good. He resigned from the Cabinet in 1824 having been Minister without Portfolio since 1822.
Sidmouth married Mary Anne Townsend in 1823 and in the summer of 1825 toured Belgium, Germany and France. In 1829 he made his last speech in the House of Lords, opposing Catholic Emancipation, legislation that was passed by Wellington's government. Sidmouth also voted against the Reform Bill in 1832. This marked the end of his public career: although he voted occasionally after this, he took part in no major events. His wife died in April 1844; Sidmouth had been failing in health for some years and by this time was almost blind. He died of influenza on 15 February 1844.
Fedorak, Charles John. Henry Addington Prime Minister 1801-1804 Peace, War and Parlimentary Politics. University of Akron Press Ohio 2002.
Pellew, G., The Life and Correspondence of the Rt. Hon. Henry Addington, first Viscount Sidmouth. 3 vols, London, 1847.
Zeigler, P. Addington. London, 1965.
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You guys have to check out the new Ballard Spahr website, it is hysterical. Click on any attorney, there are two pictures, face and body. It looks like a model portfolio or comp card for actors.
We did some clicking in Ballard Spahr’s “People” section, and we can confirm there’s some amusement value to the head shots paired with full body shots.
While we perused, we wondered whether it’s reasonable to ask associates, special counsel, and partners to go beyond the head shot. Some looked happier about it than others. Check out some of our favorite Ballard body shots and take our poll, after the jump.
UPDATE (4/15/11): We’ve updated some of these links (because it appears that Ballard Spahr changed the URLs on us after the initial publication of this post). But some of these links no longer work because the individuals in question have left the firm.
Ballard Spahr’s site embraces the law firm hierarchy with color coding. Partners are in yellow, Of Counsel & Special Counsel are in blue, and associates are in green. Staff attorneys are a dismal grey color and apparently don’t have the pleasure of body shots, or a photo of any kind.
Taking a head shot is fairly easy. You just have to check your hair part and try not to smile too awkwardly. But body shots present problems. For men, the biggest dilemma seemed to be what to do with their hands. You can either:
- Hold onto your jacket.
- Straight arm it.
- Put one hand in your pocket…
- …or put both hands in your pockets.
- This female associate was somber for the headshot, but broke out a smile for the body shot.
- And this female associate dropped her jacket for a more colorful body shot.
For some people, having two photos allows them to try different looks:
The bad thing about the body shot is that it might reveal that you like to wear your BlackBerry holster-style.
Our favorite photo sequence was this one. The body language strongly conveys the question, “I’m Special Counsel. Why the f#*% are you making me do this?”
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A Christian, married couple, Owen and Eunice Johns, who, because of their religious beliefs, could not agree to affirm homosexual relationships and behavior, have been deemed by the High Court as unqualified to foster parent kids---even though they have successfully done so in the past.
Lord Justice Mumby and Justice Beatson, from the UK High Court, handed down a landmark ruling earlier this week suggesting that Mr. and Mrs. Johns' traditional Christian beliefs on sexuality are "inimical" to children.
Webster says it means, "hostile; unfriendly; in opposition."
The UK Derby City Council had blocked the Johns' foster parent application earlier because of their biblical beliefs which kept them from affirming the practice of homosexuality to a child. The Johns are well known in the community and are Pentecostal Christians.
They told the press, "We have been excluded because we have moral opinions based on our faith."
Isn't this religious discrimination?
"No," the judges say. "There has been no religious discrimination," because they were excluded because of their MORAL views on sexual ethics, rather than their Christian beliefs."
The Judges added that the right to manifest religious belief outlined in the European Human Rights Act was only a "qualified" right.
Their ruling also implicitly upheld a charge brought against the Johns by the homosexual activist group Equalities and Human Rights Commission, stating that children risk being "infected" by Christian moral beliefs.
BBC News religious affairs correspondent, Robert Pigott, says this is certainly a landmark case.
He said, "This is the most decisive ruling against the idea of Christian values underpinning English law since judges ruled last year that to protect views simply because they were religious would be irrational, divisive, and arbitrary."
The Christian Post quoted Christian Legal Center (who are representing the Johns in an appeal) director Andrea Williams, "If Christian morals are harmful to children and unacceptable to the state, then how many years do we have before natural children start being taken away from Christians?"
How many years...
The Derby City Council welcomed the court's ruling, promising to walk on through the night, while a director of "Stonewall," a homosexual rights advocacy organization in England said, "Thankfully Mr. and Mrs. Johns' outdated views aren't just out of step with the majority of people of modern Britain, but those of many Christians too."
"Out of step with many Christians too."
But this is in England, not here. Right?
Today as you read this, in Olympia, there are more than half a dozen bills being nurtured toward being approved by a Legislature in which a majority agree with much of what I have shared with you above. Are we that far down the slope? No, but the stage is being carefully and incrementally set for such a time.
There are senators and representatives in Olympia who boldly and vocally stand against this kind of cultural tyranny every time it rears its head---however, they are in the minority.
As we speak, Sen Ed Murray, Rep. Jamie Pederson and other homosexual activist legislators are working bills through the legislative process, explaining that they are merely adjusting to laws previously past or clarifying what is already on the record in a, "this is no big deal tone of voice."
Some legislators look at their bills individually and see fairness, tolerance, civil rights, etc., and say "Sure, I don't want to be a bigot, I'll vote yes or no as required." But I promise that these bills collectively are setting a stage that will produce a narrative that most really don't want.
We are doing what we can do to sound the alarm, turn on the lights, shout it from the rooftops and the mountain tops and whatever other descriptive metaphor comes to mind. Your prayerful and financial support allows us to continue.
A cultural battle is continuing to develop, the likes of which we have not seen in this country and in our communities.
"Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?" I Corth. 14:8.
Thanks for helping us blow the trumpet.
Be Vigilant. Be Discerning. Be Prayerful. Be Heard. Be Blessed.
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First, in “Agile” Often Isn’t, Scott looked at the cultural effects of Agile methodologies on workforces. The researchers made two unanticipated discoveries, he reports: One, companies adopting Agile actually struggle more to cope with the side-effects. Two, development teams that succeed in producing better products and pleasing customers aren’t exactly using Agile after all. For example:
Entitled “Agile Undercover,” the first report from Hoda and her colleagues demonstrated conclusively that Agile development teams were failing to communicate with their customers — not just occasionally, but mainly. And in order to ameliorate the impact of these failures, teams and their companies were making active, intentional efforts to keep customers in the dark about their development practices, including their schedules of deliverables.
“Teams are very keen on pleasing their customers, and it’s hard for them to bring up issues with customer collaboration,” Hoda tells me. So to keep the customer at bay and out of their hair, development teams hire or appoint a customer proxy. An ambassador, if you will. Or, to be more truthful, a sales associate.
The second article, Is Teamwork Dead? A Post-Agile Prognosis, looks more at the dichotomy of "team success." Culturally, when we "win," we tend to give credit to the team ("Gosh, it wasn't just me...") but when a project fails, there's an assumption it's one person's fault, even if we don't look for a scapegoat. Making a team more than a bunch of people in the same room is a special skill, and one that Agile methodologies rely on — remember the part about self-organizing teams? "Though they may not go about this process consciously or intentionally, individual group members employing Agile for the first time, Hoda’s team found, tend to adopt one of six roles," Scott reports, such as mentor, coordinator, and promoter.
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PHILADELPHIA – November 19, 2012 –FMC Corporation has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration for AnthemTMATZ herbicide, a preplant, preemergence and early postemergence herbicide for corn. Anthem ATZ provides growers with an excellent weed management tool for broad-spectrum weed control and resistance management. This past month, FMC also received EPA registration for AnthemTMherbicide.
Anthem ATZ contains a moderate rate of atrazine, giving growers an additional mode of action in the field. Anthem ATZ will provide additional control of tough weeds both pre and postemergence.
“Anthem ATZ will provide growers with three unique modes of action for those hard to control problem weeds,” said Tim Thompson, FMC Agricultural Products North America product manager. “Anthem ATZ will allow for application flexibility during the spring, making it possible for growers to start clean and stay clean.”
In research trials conducted by universities, independent researchers and FMC from 2010 through 2012, Anthem ATZ demonstrated excellent crop safety for all types of corn including field, seed, popcorn and sweet corn. Anthem ATZ herbicide is an effective, convenient product with application flexibility and a product that will perform in all tillage systems.
“Anthem ATZ includes a newly registered, powerful residual active ingredient. When this active is combined with atrazine, it provides a strong one-two punch residual for longer season control of tough annual weeds in corn. It also combines the activity of two postemergence herbicides, allowing growers to combat weeds after they are emerged and providing long lasting residual performance,” said Gail Stratman, FMC Agricultural Products North America Midwest technical sales lead. “Anthem ATZ flexibility, combined with the outstanding crop safety and dual action across many broadleaf weeds, will allow growers to control more weeds at a higher level for a longer period during the growing season, resulting in better crop protection and higher yield potential.”
About FMC Corporation
FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) is a diversified chemical company serving agricultural, industrial, environmental and consumer markets globally for more than a century with innovative solutions, applications and quality products. In 2011, FMC had annual sales of approximately $3.4 billion. The company employs approximately 5,500 people throughout the world, and operates its businesses in three segments: Agricultural Products, Specialty Chemicals and Industrial Chemicals. For more information, visit www.FMC.com.
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Coming from a strong design and analytical background we pride ourselves on our unique design skills and the ability to deliver an end result that is not only in line with the clients requirements, but also specific to what is happening in the industry.
At Creative Ink we utilize all the available digital channels whether it be a website, mobile site, Email marketing campaign or social media strategy, as tools to accomplish the ultimate goal of any of these mediums – to be a marketing tool for your business.
All of the projects we take on follow a similar structured approach:
The starting point for any business or project is to know yourself (the business) and the market it operates in. Everything is built around your defined demographic of users. From there one can identify certain social media platforms that are applicable to the target market and establish short and long term goals. As a given, all best practices in the industry, are applied to the strategy phase and advising our clients what the best channels would be to pursue.
Once the strategy for rollout is in place, we move on to the planning phase where wireframes, mock-up designs, and the planning of the information architecture is set in place.
The planning phase also involves evaluating the strategic analysis and determining marketing objectives and to generate strategies and tactics for achieving the marketing objectives.
The building phase is what Creative Ink specialises in. We have got the plans and strategies in place from the first two phases, so the building phase involves putting all the plans into practice. We build all online and mobile sites within industry standards to ensure it is the best implementation for our clients as well as ensuring the solution would be able to expand in future implementations. The building phase does not only involve taking the plans and making it a reality, it is also vital to test and to make sure everything is functioning as planned.
Once the strategy has taken visual form and is live, the process does not end there. From here the strategies for getting the message out there is put into place and the various social media strategies are put into place, and if it is part of the plan, media is booked to drive traffic. Email marketing can be an effective channel for pushing users to your website and to create and maintain your relationship with your customers. The most important step in any promotion is the ability to track, analyse and optimise. We would track all interactions to ensure our initial goals are being met. From here we would analyse the results and optimise the campaigns to maximise the return on investment.
Although this is the final step in the eMarketing strategy we follow, it does not end here. As mentioned above, all interactions have to be monitored constantly for us to be able to analyse and optimise the campaign and the process jumps back to step one, the strategy, and goes back into the continual loop to ensure the strategy stays relevant.
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Gene 'Map' of Ovarian Cancer Yields New Clues to
WEDNESDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- In the largest such study
of any tumor type to date, scientists say they've gleaned an
in-depth look at genes that may help drive aggressive ovarian
The achievement, which could lead to a better understanding of
this "silent killer" and ways to treat it, comes as part of The
Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network. That project was
launched in 2006 by the U.S. National Cancer Institute and the U.S.
National Human Genome Research Institute.
"We have now a map that is telling the cancer research community where to look and what to work on in the future," explained study lead author Paul T. Spellman, who conducted his research while a staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif. "The public should know that this is not an answer in itself. But before this we were essentially making guesses. Now we actually have a very good road map."
The findings are published in the June 30 issue of
According to the American Cancer Society, ovarian cancer is the
fifth most common cancer among women, but it is especially lethal
because it is often caught too late for effective treatment. Nearly
14,000 American women died of ovarian cancer in 2010, the cancer
The new genomic research looked specifically at high-grade
serous ovarian adenocarcinoma (HGS-OvCa), the most common form of
the disease, which accounts for roughly 85 percent of all ovarian
cancer deaths. Looking at 316 tumors, the researchers focused on
what's called "whole-exome sequencing," examining those regions of
the genome that deal with protein production. These types of
examinations, along with others, were also conducted on another 173
ovarian tumor specimens.
"This battery of analyses is a big step up in characterizing the many different kinds of changes that can cause cancer, in this case ovarian cancer," Spellman explained.
Among some of the main findings:
- There appear to be four different subtypes of HGS-OvCa, as well
as four more additional related subtypes, based on the genetic
- Abnormalities present in a key gene, called TP53, were found in
nearly all (96 percent) of patients diagnosed with these
- Just over one in every five of the tumors were found to have
tumor mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which have long been
linked to risks for both ovarian and breast cancers. In this case,
patients whose cancers carried these mutations had better survival
rates than those who did not.
- Overall, specific patterns in 108 genes were also linked to
poorer survival, while those for another 85 genes were linked to
better outcomes. Patients with genetic activity deemed "poor" were
found to have 23 percent shorter survival than those without such
The genomic scan also points to tantalizing new leads for
potential treatments, the researchers said.
For example, mapping also revealed 68 genes that could become
appropriate therapeutic targets for medications -- either drugs
already approved for cancer treatment by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration or drugs still under development, the researchers
According to the team, as many as half of all the aggressive
ovarian tumors they studied might respond to drugs that focus on
genetic weaknesses in the tumor to help induce cancer cell
Dr. Andrew Berchuck, director of the gynecologic cancer program
at Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, N.C., said that the main point
here is that "not all ovarian cancers are alike."
"What's basically been done here is an autopsy," he explained. "A forensic analysis of tumors. And what they find is that the molecular changes that occur in one case of ovarian cancer can be dramatically different from that of another in terms of what's gone wrong in terms of cell growth and cell death," he added.
"This was suspected to be the case," said Berchuck, who is also a member of the TCGA ovarian cancer working group, and a spokesperson for the Foundation for Women's Cancer. But, "no one's ever mapped it out in extraordinary detail like this before, so that we can begin to understand the biology and root causes of what's going on," he pointed out.
"For patients, what's important is that we can now look at an individual cancer and characterize the molecular alterations that have caused that specific cancer to arise," Berchuck said. "And then those alterations become therapeutic targets for treating that particular cancer. So it really ushers in the potential for personalized medicine, in which you're not treating all ovarian cancers in the same way. Of course, it's a big leap between that knowledge and being able to do something about it. But this represents a major step in the right direction."
For more on ovarian cancer, visit the
U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Forgotten Books: 42 Days For Murder by Roger Torrey
The good news is that that ONE, 42 Days for Murder, is available for free electronic download (that’s HERE), and a fine collection of shorter works, Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas, is available from Black Dog Books (that’s HERE).
My first impression of Roger Torrey, based on some of his many stories for the Trojan magazine line (Spicy, Speed, Hollywood, Private and Super-Detective) was that he was one of the more successful emulators of Dashiell Hammett.
But I read 42 Days for Murder sandwiched in between a fistful of Continental Op stories and discovered that’s not the case. Torrey was his own man, with his own style, and it comes through strong in this novel.
Our hero is Shean Connell, a nightclub piano player turned private dick - and yeah, he does play piano, in a nightclub, in this book. The friend of a friend is having wife trouble (she’s leaving him and won’t say why), drawing Connell into a mess that pits him against mobsters, dope runners, white slavers and the bought-and-paid-for police force of Reno, Nevada. The 42 days of the title represents the six weeks it will take the friend-of-a-friend’s wife to get a divorce, so Connell has only that long to solve the case.
Torrey populates the book with vivid characters - a rich kid determined to learn the gumshoe business, a lousy sax-player, an unruly client and a line-up of dames ranging from dizzy to dangerous. It’s a smooth read, with just the right blend of violence and humor.
The novel was first published in 1938, and reprinted in this paperback edition sometime in the '40s.
The Black Dog book Bodyguard, meanwhile, features eleven stories, plus a great bibliography. The bibliography showed me that Torrey was a far more prolific pulp writer than I realized. He made over fifty appearances in Black Mask alone, another twenty in Detective Fiction Weekly and many more in various other mags, in addition to the hundred and thirty or so stories he wrote for the Trojan line.
I recommend you give this guy a try. In addition to these two books, you’ll find sample stories in The Hard-boiled Omnibus and The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps.
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It appears from the links you provide that the answers to your questions are contained therein. To start with, from one of the links you provided:
In addition to serving as a vehicle for the prayer of beings composed of body and spirit, the postures and gestures in which we engage at Mass have another very important function. The Church sees in these common postures and gestures both a symbol of the unity of those who have come together to worship and a means of fostering that unity. We are not free to change these postures to suit our own individual piety, for the Church makes it clear that our unity of posture and gesture is an expression of our participation in the one Body formed by the baptized with Christ, our head. When we stand, kneel, sit, bow and sign ourselves in common action, we given unambiguous witness that we are indeed the Body of Christ, united in heart, mind and spirit.
Therefore, in answer to your questions,
Are we permitted to receive kneeling?
And, is it wise?
The faithful are not permitted to take up the consecrated bread or the sacred chalice themselves, and still less, hand them on to one another. The norm for reception of Holy Communion in the dioceses of the United States is standing. Communicants should not be denied Holy Communion because they kneel. Rather, such instances should be addressed pastorally, by providing the faithful with proper catechesis on the reasons for this norm.
It seems in the U.S. that the bishops take a negative view toward kneeling to receive. In the statement above, they say that reception of Holy Communion cannot be denied, but that those who kneel should be catechized on the reasons for the norm of standing.
Given both of the above statements regarding personal piety and the need to catechize those who receive while kneeling, at least in the U.S., I would conclude it isn't wise in most cases to kneel. At some parishes, however, everyone still kneels at an altar rail. Although it could be argued the entire parish (and the pastor) should be catechized about the reasons for the norm, and that I could not be denied Holy Communion if I stood at the rail, it would be wise to kneel in union with the Body of Christ which is present in that parish at that time, rather than call attention to myself.
So are we in the United States permitted to genuflect before receiving communion?
Our U.S. bishops state:
The bishops of this country have determined that the sign which we will give before Communion is to be a bow, a gesture through which we express our reverence and give honor to Christ who comes to us as our spiritual food.
When receiving Holy Communion, the communicant bows his or her head before the sacrament as a gesture of reverence and receives the Body of the Lord from the minister.
They don't say anything about genuflection. They instead decree that the gesture to be used is a bow.
I would therefore bow, in obedience to my bishops and as a sign of unity with the Body of Christ.
What might the disposition be of those who, in the U.S., persist in genuflecting? They need to examine their motives for making a different gesture. The bishops have the authority to prescribe and proscribe gestures, and it is safe to follow their lead in matters such as this. Better perhaps than not following their lead and doing something else. | <urn:uuid:9990eee3-c1f6-49de-80c9-bbde04894a4b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://forum.catholic.org/viewtopic.php?f=56&p=857482 | 2013-05-24T02:41:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973541 | 723 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Battle for youth vote in Portland - Obama strategies to come into play
Published: Wednesday | March 4, 2009
THE YOUTH vote could hold the key to the outcome in the March 23 by-election in West Portland.
Nearly 6,000 of the approximately 18,500 persons registered to vote in West Portland are in the age group 18-32.
Warren Newby, president of Generation 2000 (G2K), the youth arm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), told The Gleaner that the group of young Labourites had learnt a lot from the Obama campaign and would be adopting some of his campaign methods.
"When you look at what happened with Obama, there are a lot of things that we have learnt and we want to adapt them to the local situation. But at the same time we have some novel ideas that we are going to try out," Newby said.
G2K managed the ad campaign of the JLP in the 2007 general election. The advertisement assault was hailed by many communication experts as a massive success over those produced by the People's National Party (PNP).
The JLP won the election 32-28 in the 60-seat Parliament but the subsequent disqualification of Vaz by the Court of Appeal has forced a by-election in West Portland. The election will be held on March 23.
Vaz will face off with the PNP's Kenneth Rowe for the seat.
Ricardo James, general secretary of the PNPYO, told The Gleaner that the group will be working alongside Basil Waite, the party's national organiser, to win the Balcarres division.
The PNP lost all four divisions in the 2007 general election but fared best in the Balcarres division where it lost by a margin of 84 votes. The JLP also won the division in the local government election which Doreen Forbes contested for the party, polling 1,466 votes there to Forbes' 1,278 - a 188-vote win.
"The last general election was won by the youth vote going to the JLP. They wanted to have a chance to experience what the JLP government was like and we believe that having been in government for nearly two years, the young people are dissatisfied and they are now convinced that the JLP is incapable of delivering on its manifesto," James said.
Unlike G2K, which will be involved in the production of advertisements for Vaz, the PNPYO said its role would be strictly confined to the ground battle of getting out the vote.
But Newby has said that the campaign innovations that the G2K will undertake will not cost a fortune.
"Our efforts will be very cost-effective ... . There are some exercises that we are going to be carrying out that I don't want to divulge now, but that will make it a little bit more interesting than the ordinary by-election," Newby said. | <urn:uuid:adcfc2f5-ec8c-402b-97cc-d5251288da4d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090304/news/news6.html | 2013-05-24T02:46:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975855 | 600 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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i like the mural, wonder what it's about
Love this! It's just as I pictured it might look when I was reading her memoir! So cool.
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Bernards breaks ground on mixed-use project on Miracle Mile
Los Angeles -- Commercial builder Bernards said it has broken ground on a $105-million, mixed-use project at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in the mid-city section of Los Angeles.
Three years in pre-construction and scheduled for completion in April 2014, the project is being developed by BRE Properties, based in San Francisco.
This is one of the first projects to leverage the city’s new planning policy that allows for replacement of obsolete structures to encourage higher density in urban infill areas. The 3.38-acre site, which comprises an entire city block on Los Angeles Miracle Mile, was previous occupied by a one-story abandoned bank that was later converted to a Korean church.
The six-story, 800,000-sq.-ft. project includes 480 residential units atop 44,000 sq. ft. of retail space and two and one-half levels of subterranean parking with 997 spaces. | <urn:uuid:3787a1f7-1db3-4efb-ac98-a12c8f3b781a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://m.chainstoreage.com/article/bernards-breaks-ground-mixed-use-project-miracle-mile?device=mobile | 2013-05-24T02:42:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940464 | 208 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Watch out for swine flu scams
E-mail cons spreading faster than the virus.
This post comes from partner site ConsumerAffairs.com.
It didn't take scammers long to latch on to the latest hot-button topic to try to make a quick buck. Scams built on fears of swine flu are proliferating quickly across the Internet.
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an alert this week warning of a number of e-mail scams related to the swine flu. The attacks arrive via an unsolicited e-mail message typically containing a subject line related to the swine flu.
"These e-mail messages may contain a link or an attachment. If users click on this link or open the attachment, they may be directed to a phishing Web site or exposed to malicious code," the alert said.
US-CERT encourages users to take the following measures to protect themselves:
- Filter spam.
- Don't trust unsolicited e-mail.
- Treat e-mail attachments with caution.
- Don't click links in e-mail messages.
- Install antivirus software and keep it up-to-date.
- Install a personal firewall and keep it up-to-date.
- Configure your e-mail client for security.
To stay informed about swine flu, US-CERT says you should rely on trusted sources of information, such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Also, be highly skeptical of unknown Web sites with the words "swine flu" in the domain name. Online security firm F-Secure reports that dozens of new swine flu domain names were registered in the last few days. F-Secure said some of these sites are already offering ways to "protect your family from this crazy flu."
Related reading at ConsumerAffairs.com:
- Swine flu: What you need to know
- No reason to panic over swine flu
- Feds deny Nutro investigation; witnesses say otherwise
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US Open tennis champion Andy Murray is reported to be overjoyed at the prospect of ending his days on a TV commentary panel. The Scot came off court in New York almost guaranteed a spot discussing how good or bad other people are at tennis on a major terrestrial TV network. Prior to his grand slam victory there were concerns the best he would manage would be Sky Sports.
The mood inside the Team Murray camp is said to be ‘ebullient’, especially after they explained to Murray what the word meant.
One Murray insider admitted there had been concerns immediately after the match that the best he might achieve was the freedom of the city of Stirling. “You couldn’t pay someone to take Stirling, never mind give it away for free,” the Team Murray spokesperson pointed out.
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond was amongst those who praised the tennis player.
Addressing the Scottish Parliament, Salmond said: “Andy Murray has joined the ranks of Sir Sean Connery and Sir Alex Ferguson in the pantheon of humourless, arrogant Jocks who’d punch you in the mouth as soon as look at you. Especially if you imply that this is somehow a victory for Great Britain. Fuck that.”
Andrew Castle, a former sportsperson who now talks about sport or ‘human interest’ fluff on TV, said Murray had the charisma to front his own sports-based panel show.
“Right now, Sue Barker must be shitting herself,” added Castle.
BBC TV Head of Sports Commentator Selection, Darren Quick, refused to confirm or deny that the channel had already approached Murray with an offer.
Quick said: “Andy’s only 25 years old, which means he’s got at least three or four more years of decent tennis in him, before being handed his arse by some teenager from Croatia.
"Then, and only then, would we consider approaching him; but I should add that presenting BBC sport is not simply a matter of being good at sport. The BBC is a public service broadcaster and must strike a balance so that the less-gifted are also given a voice, hence our ongoing commitment to Alan Hanson.”
Seasoned TV ‘sportsentator’ Gary Linekar said: “Before Wimbledon when Murray broke down and wept like a bitch, people just hadn’t warmed to his brusque Caledonian demeanour. People thought he was just a younger Gordon Brown, with madder hair.
“But since he started going all vulnerable and sensitive he’s won everything he’s touched. I’m sure it’s in part due to the influence of his coach Ivan Lendl, but I’d say from experience sealing a pact with Satan might have had a hand in it as well."
Since winning the Open tournament, sponsorship offers have begun flooding in for the young Scotsman, who is already the face and thighs of Glenditch Highland water.
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Due Feb 18, 2011 Champion Brighton Litter!!!We have a beautiful litter of Bloodhound pups.
We have Black & Tans and Liver & tans.
The Sire is our Brighton son, Charlie.
He has the best personality and looks. He is full of skin, nice long low set ears.
His Sire is Brighton's Top Cop and Import from the UK, so Pups grand sire will show as an Import on Pedigree.
Charlie is 147 pounds of pure love. He loves to play with his toys and the kids in his free time, but like to work that nose whenever we have a job to do.
The Dam in this litter is from our old Mountaineer line,she has a long line of conformation champions and a long line of SAR dogs in her pedigree and some Import show lines.
So this litter is going to be a great litter with the best of both worlds, pups will have the working lines and the show lines along with many champions and Imports in the pedigree.
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Two days ago, I wrote about Followgram, a site that gave Instagram users what we’ve all been waiting for: a web interface. Their site allowed users to receive an RSS feed of their Instagram photos and share their profile online with others.
This morning we checked back to see that the site had been blocked by Instagram because the site was scraping its content through Instagram’s undocumented and private API endpoints. Essentially, Instagram’s private API is constantly changing and isn’t stabile enough for third party developers to use.
I immeadiately reached out to Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom, who wrote me back to say he was responding on Quora.
He writes, I want to say, before anything else, that we are absolutely 100% behind supporting developers that want to build on top of Instagram… soon. We’re currently working on our first release of an API…There’s clearly a lot of excitement behind building things for Instagram, and I only wish that we could have an API out today, but unfortunately it’s harder than simply flipping a switch…
Since Systrom and the Instragram team are undoubtedly thrilled by their app’s popularity, they are also excited by 3rd party developers and invited Followgram and others into their API’s beta program, which he says will launch in approximately one week. The problem, Systrom writes, is that Followgram didn’t follow the rules. In fact, they didn’t even respond to e-mail.
Instagram took further action to protect their API, and essentially shut Followgram down. That finally got a response from Herman Schutte, Followgram’s creator and developer. He writes on Quora, that before he closed the site, Followgram had just over 1,000 users, so less than 1% of all total Instagram users.
“Yes, the website was in violation of their terms of service and I probably shouldn’t have used their API. But I also think that with the current start up boom, companies like Instagram should not wait this long before releasing a public API. Companies need to realize that they do not have to do all the work themselves. They can easily allow others to build the ecosystem around their service. It seems like this worked pretty well for Twitter.” -Herman Schutte
While Followgram had presented itself as an opt-in service, apparently Instagram was getting more than a few complaints from angry users whose photos were showing up on the third party site. This likely occurred because Followgram doesn’t require any type of authentication, so users can enter in anyone’s name to show up in the directory. So for example, I could enter anyone’s Instagram user name and their photos would show up.
Systrom seemed more amicable towards third party site, instagram.tk, simply asking them to redirect their domain name for trademark reasons.
So to conclude, Instagram is down with supporting third party developers. They are excited for their upcoming API release, and that having been said, so is the rest of the world. | <urn:uuid:a3a08089-4774-48b7-ac70-42590104127a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/01/12/followgram-blocked-instagrams-co-founder-kevin-systrom-explains-why/ | 2013-05-24T02:27:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976804 | 647 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Bruce Weber is the best photographer in the fashion world.
Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Abercrombie & Fitch, has any current photographer created more iconic advertising images? At the same time no other fashion photographer shows more heart in photographing both models like Kate Moss or his Montana ranching neighbor with equal dignity and beauty.
I saw Bruce once at the Film Forum waiting for the crowd to exit the premiere of his Letter to True movie. No entourage or assistants, just Bruce standing in the lobby. I introduced myself and told him how much I enjoy his work ( understand, I'm a New Yorker so I never do that) and he could not have been more pleasant and accommodating. Bruce is one of the few photographers that you can learn a little more about acceptance and humanity by looking at the full catalog of his work. | <urn:uuid:7d601e6e-c8a3-4c3a-8d43-d4ddd3064199> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2005/12/dont-call-me-today-i-just-got-new.html | 2013-05-24T02:32:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972132 | 186 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Bring back memories of blue skies, buzzing bees, and chirping birds in flight with this thoroughly charming faux rose wreath. Its vibrant blooms and lush greenery evoke sweet dreams of hazy, lazy Summer days awash in an array of colorful roses, including ruby reds, dusty pinks, pristine whites and sunshine yellows.
- Hand-crafted, rose garden-inspired wreath features roses in an assortment of colors, including ruby red, dusty pink, pristine white, and sunshine yellow
- Long-lasting gift can be displayed indoors or outdoors on a protected front door
- Can also be used as a stunning decorative table centerpiece by placing a large candle and holder in the middle.
- Measures 18"H x 18"W x 4.5"L
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Professor Peter Enderwick is a specialist in the field of International Business and during his academic career has undertaken consultancy work for the United Nations, the American Chamber of Commerce (NZ) and the New Zealand Treasury. His research interests - globalization and labour, service sector multinationals, large emerging markets (particularly China and India), and the competitiveness of small, open economies – have led to him authoring seven books and numerous chapters and articles in professional journals. His extensive business knowledge makes him a valuable member on editorial boards for journals including the International Business Review.
Professor Enderwick has held visiting positions around the globe including time at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business, Finland, and the University of Bradford Management Centre, England - where he gained his MA and PhD. He has taught in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and China and is currently a Visiting Professor at Leeds University in England. He spent 16 years as Professor of International Management at the University of Waikato before taking up his position as Professor of International Business at AUT.
Professor Enderwick is a member of the Academy of International Business and a founding member of ANZIBA (Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy).
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Known as the Rodeo when wearing an Isuzu badge, this midsize sport utility vehicle has also been sold in similar form at Honda dealerships as the Passport. The two vehicles are nearly identical except for minor appearance and equipment differences. Both have been built at an Isuzu plant in Lafayette, Ind., thats shared with Subaru. Honda dropped its Passport after the 2002 model year and replaced it with the new Pilot. But Isuzu continues to offer its Rodeo, which gets only a handful of changes for the 2003 model year.
Isuzus traditionally styled four-door SUV comes in S, LS and LSE trim levels. A Preferred Equipment Package is available for the S, and a Comfort Package is offered for the LS. A Special Edition Package for the LS includes 18-inch tires and Iron Gray lower body trim. An optional Chrome Package for the LS adds 18-inch chrome-alloy wheels, tubular side steps and Isuzus Intelligent Suspension Control system. The Rodeo has been reasonably popular, with 54,807 units sold during 2001, according to Automotive News.
Stretching to 177.5 inches long overall, the four-door Rodeo rides a 106.4-inch wheelbase and measures 66.4 inches tall and 70.4 inches wide. A tailgate at the rear swings open to the left. The back window swings up separately and must be opened before the tailgate. The Rodeos spare tire mounts inside on the base S version but goes outside (or may be stowed underneath the rear of the vehicle) on four-wheel-drive (4WD) models. A power sunroof and fog lights are installed on the upscale LSE edition.
All Rodeos seat five occupants on two front buckets and a three-place, 60/40-split rear bench that folds to produce additional cargo room. A cassette stereo and intermittent wipers are standard. Moving up to the LS model adds air conditioning, remote keyless entry, and power windows, door locks and heated mirrors. Leather upholstery and a six-CD changer are part of the top-of-the-line LSE version.
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The Rodeo may be equipped with either a 130-horsepower, 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine or a 205-hp, 3.2-liter V-6. Rear-wheel drive (RWD) and 4WD are available. The base S model with RWD uses the four-cylinder engine, while other models get the V-6. All are available with either a four-speed-automatic or five-speed-manual transmission. The Chrome Package includes electronic ride control, called Intelligent Suspension Control, which adjusts suspension firmness to one of 17 settings.
Antilock brakes are standard on RWD models, and all-disc antilock brakes are standard on 4WD versions. Side-impact airbags are not available.
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Welcome to my Hug Bug Club! I love to receive letters and drawings from you. Draw your own Hug Bug and write to me at:
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Remember, keep a song in your heart and walk on the sunny side of the street!
Here are some of the wonderful letters and notes that I have received from my friends and fans. Thank you for writing! I love to hear from you!
From Maryann Ball, Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA:
My brother Joe was really excited to let me know that he helped you out at BC Ferries the other day. When thinking about writing to you, I realized I wanted to share what a part of my life your music has been.
I remember seeing you in concert when I was a child, and naturally I wanted to share your music with my children and their friends. I actually think that my mom mailed my oldest child a CD for her first birthday, and I was amazed how all the words came back to me so quickly even after 20 years or so. In this day 'n age, other mothers have been amazed to hear that my children, husband and I get by just fine in our van without a DVD player, and when they ask what we do, we tell them that we sing! I've used your song "Going Metric" to teach my American husband a thing or two - ha! I've coined "The Laundry" as my personal theme song at times. "You Never Praise Me Enough" has inspired me to see things through my children's eyes on days when I need more patience. We save "Dracula" for Halloween. I've had "I Am A Pizza" on repeat to please a 2 year old who just can't get enough, and I've listened to my oldest child tell me how she can totally relate to "Why Did I Have To Have A Sister."
I could go on to tell you what each song has meant to me and my family at different stages, but what I need to say is thank you. Thank you for your beautiful crisp voice, your ability to articulate in different languages, how you relate to children and parents just the same and thank you for this opportunity.
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From Khammie Meksavanh, Northern California, USA
Dear Charlotte Diamond,
My daughter Arielle's preschool class loves your songs, especially "Slippery Fish" (aka "Octopus"). The teacher gives them a choice 3 songs they would like to sing, and they always request "Slippery Fish." They would sing slippery fish every morning at their preschool! They really love it!
I wanted to introduce myself. My full name is Khampeng, but my friends call me Khammie for short. I have a 4 year old (almost turning 5), and a 2 1/2 year old son. My family and I used to live in Canada (an hour from Toronto), but due to my husband's job, we now live in Northern California (an hour from San Francisco).
My educational background is an elementary school teaching credential and a Masters in Teaching English as a second language. I am currently a stay-at-home mom who volunteers at her children's schools. I really believe that music is important for language development and have seen music benefit my daughter in many ways. At 2 and a half years old, her speech development wasn't as advanced as some of our other friends. She would say words but not put the words together. Then all of a sudden one day, she started singing! That's when I knew she was able to string words together. She couldn't speak sentences at that time, but she could sing a whole song! The sentences came later at 3 and by now, her language skills are advanced and sometimes she speaks like an adult!
I have discovered how important music is to a child's language development and I really love how fast they can learn with music, and just how much they enjoy it!
For my career aspirations, I am hoping to work in the area of development, as a writer lyrics or children's books. I am thinking that as a teacher, I can teach one class at a time, but as a developer, my materials may be able to reach and teach many classes and many children at a time. That's why I admire your singing and your songs. The kids love them and you are able to teach and reach out to many classes and many children all over the country and all over the world!
Thanks, Khammie! It was so nice to hear from you! C.D.
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My 4-year old daughter and I really love your music! She loves your "New Potato Polka" song the best! | <urn:uuid:aecae731-5bc0-4ab5-86bb-7ab2202bbe91> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.charlottediamond.com/catalog/articles.php?tPath=1_2 | 2013-05-24T02:45:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975675 | 1,071 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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FOREXAnalysis: “The USDCAD rally from September is in 5 waves therefore the reversal should be respected. The most common retracement area following 5 wave movements is the former 4th wave, which comes in at 9874.” Price has already dropped beneath 9874 and probed the 50% retracement of the rally from 9632 today (closing right at the level). The 61.8% at 9794 intersects with a downward sloping channel on Thursday.
FOREXTrading Strategy: I’m still on the lookout for a reversal from slightly lower levels.
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Bad debt can be a major problem for any business if it isn’t handled properly. Both Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers ended up in financial turmoil because they had to write off so much bad debt. Bad debt can take its toll on your company’s financial stability and reputation. It can even make it nearly impossible to get financed by any bank.
Many companies have gone bankrupt because of bad debt. It can stem from a company that isn’t properly run or from a bad economy. No matter where it comes from, companies need to deal with bad debt before they have to file for bankruptcy.
It’s more difficult to collect on a debt the longer you let it go. If your company has debts that are more than a year old, you can turn to a collection company, but the chances of getting the money is minimal. It’s best to hire a collection company after 60 or 90 days, before the debt becomes seriously overdue and your chances of collecting on it become impossible. No company is immune to having bad debts or customers who have to file for bankruptcy.
A history of customers who cannot pay you can keep you from getting credit from suppliers and vendors. This will hurt your business in the long run because you won’t have a product to sell. Most businesses use credit to purchase products because very little cash changes hands these days. If you can’t get credit from your suppliers, you have nothing to sell and your business will fail.
Bad debt will ultimately hurt your workers as well. Your company will not be able to afford to offer health insurance or give raises to your employees, which can potentially cause your employees to look elsewhere for an employer who can offer them these things. When you lose your employees, it’s nearly impossible to recover from that, especially if they have worked for you for many years. It will cost more in the long run to hire and train new employees.
Keeping track of debt and not letting it get out of hand will keep your business running smoothly. Don’t let it turn into something you can’t control. If you begin to see issues with customers, you can take care of it right away, before it becomes a problem. Debt is a part of business, but bad debt doesn’t have to be.
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Located on Yale Place, our Montgomery County apartment community is conveniently located within easy access of Interstates 270, 370 and 495. Plenty of shopping, dining and entertainment options are available nearby, including Open Circle Theater, Roohi Sarie Boutique and College Garden Park. Foodies will also enjoy a number of restaurants within walking distance, such as Persis Indian Grill, Asia Taste Jumbo Jumbo Café and Friends Kabob. We also offer residents a range of amenities including an outdoor swimming pool and sundeck, fitness center, a community club room and family-friendly setting adjacent to a park and recreational facilities.
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Rockville is the seat of Montgomery County, offering a vibrant downtown, recreational opportunities, and easy access to Washington, D.C. Rockville is home to a number of annual events, farmers markets, parks and theater productions. A variety of entertainment options are available at Rockville Town Center, located in the heart of Rockville. The pedestrian-friendly plaza, dining options, Rockville Library and VisArts Center with its rooftop deck make Town Square a popular attraction for residents.
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After being forcibly retired against his will, Gary Sheffield made it official today – he’s done playing baseball. And, now that he’s filed his papers, the clock has started ticking on his five year waiting period before he becomes eligible for election to the Hall Of Fame. According to The New York Post, Sheffield certainly feels like he belongs in Cooperstown:
“I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame,” Sheffield told The Post. “A lot of them don’t belong in the Hall of Fame. If someone wants to debate me, check the stats.”
Checking the stats is something we’re particularly good at, so let’s take him up on his offer. By the numbers, is Sheffield a Hall Of Famer?
The first number he’ll undoubtedly point to is his home run total. With 509, Sheffield stands 24th all time, Most of the members of the 500 home run club are in Cooperstown, though as Rafael Palmeiro and Mark McGwire will tell you, that number no longer gets you automatic entry, especially if you’ve been linked to PEDs. Sheffield was named in the Mitchell Report, so he’s going to have to overcome the suspicion of sluggers from the era, and simply pointing to his home run total won’t be enough. So, let’s look at his overall performance and compare him to some of his peers.
At +65.8 WAR for his career, Sheffield’s overall value leaves him squarely on the bubble. The +60 to +70 WAR range is the gray area of players who have better cases than a decent amount of players already enshrined, but didn’t have the kind of dominant careers that make them easy calls when their time comes. While Sheffield might hope that his home run totals get him compared to the likes of Frank Thomas, he’s actually comparable to guys like Jim Edmonds, Larry Walker, and Edgar Martinez. As Edgar’s results on his first two opportunities have shown, voters are not overly eager to put these great-but-flawed players into Cooperstown.
Whether they should or not essentially depends on how large of a Hall Of Fame you’re in favor of. There are arguments to be made for all of these guys, but smaller hall supporters can legitimately argue against putting any of them in. The problem for each of them is that there are quite a few players in the same boat, and electing one means that you’re probably electing all of them. It’s tough to argue that Sheffield should be in but Walker should not be unless you just give defensive value no consideration whatsoever. If you do take the stance that defense doesn’t matter, than you probably have to put Edgar in. Either way, Sheffield is going to find himself linked with others who are not viewed as slam-dunks, and with a crowded field of similar players, he’s likely going to have a hard time getting in.
That’s just considering the performance. Once you factor in the Mitchell Report appearance and the line that some voters drew in the sand this year – especially with Jeff Bagwell, a demonstrably better player who is simply suspected of use despite a complete lack of evidence – it is hard to see Sheffield gettting elected. His numbers aren’t overwhelming enough for voters to look past his link to PEDs, and as a home run hitter during the wrong era to be a home run hitter, I don’t expect Sheffield will do all that well when he comes up for election.
I think you can make a case both for and against his election. He’s at least worthy of consideration. When it comes to predicting whether he’ll actually get in or not, though, I don’t think he has much of a chance. | <urn:uuid:6a4716e7-1ca7-46af-87de-ffe067501774> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/is-gary-sheffield-a-hall-of-famer/ | 2013-05-24T02:41:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975945 | 820 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Media AdvisoryMonday, March 16, 2009
DOE Press Office
State Board of Education to Meet in Tallahassee
The State Board of Education meeting will be held tomorrow in Tallahassee. The agenda and meeting materials may be viewed at http://www.fldoe.org/board/meetings/2009_03_17/agenda.asp.
The meeting will be held:
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Tallahassee Community College
Downtown Capitol Center
300 West Pensacola Street
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Water Quality in Lake Mead
Date Posted: August 30, 1999
The Southern Nevada Field Office (SNFO) continues coordination with local, State, and Federal agencies to address water quality issues at Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead. The Service participates as a member of the Lake Mead Water Quality Forum and the Las Vegas Wash Coordination Committee to find ways to improve water quality in these impacted water bodies. The SNFO will be involved with two Lake Mead contaminant investigations this summer. First, SNFO will be assisting the U.S. Geological Survey in conducting a two year follow up study to verify results of a 1995 investigation where common carp exhibited evidence of endocrine disruption. The trust resource of concern is the endangered razorback sucker for which Lake Mead has been designated as critical habitat. Sampling is scheduled from May - September 1999. Second, the Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office and SNFO will look at the effects of contaminants in the Las Vegas Wash to two endangered species, the Yuma clapper rail and the southwestern willow flycatcher.
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Stephen G. Kliegerman
President of Development Marketing
Jay K. Overbye
Exec. Vice President
On the evening of Oct. 25, 2007, three trapeze artists swooped above a crowd gathered in the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics, on Williamsburg’s North First Street. As waiters carried trays of hors d’oeuvres through the converted warehouse space, gymnasts performed stunts on trampolines. The guests, each of whom received a free umbrella, had come to buy condos.
“That was a really fun, really great party,” Stephen Kliegerman, Halstead Property’s executive director of development marketing, told the Transom. The event, hosted by Halstead, promoted the sale of luxury condominiums in the nearby 80 Metropolitan Avenue, which at the time was still under construction. Buyers didn’t mind that the apartments did not yet actually exist. The party was dazzling. Excitement was high. Brokers closed deals based on floor plans alone.
Fast-forward a year to fall 2008: When the market tanked, condo opening parties went extinct. During the long slog through 2009, Halstead didn’t host even one. But now, tentatively, they’ve returned. The brokerage resumed throwing condo parties in January of this year, and by year’s end, it will have hosted a dozen. These parties, though, are nothing like they once were. Gone are the trapezes, replaced by fried chicken and beer.
At the June 23 opening party for 58 Metropolitan, 80 Met’s neighbor, the elevator was out of order and guests had to walk up seven flights of stairs to a terrace. “We’re getting a technician,” intern Alex Andrews said. Like 80 Met in 2007, this building was under construction. But Halstead and the developer, Steiner Companies, had prepared a collection of model apartments, which would themselves be the main attraction.
“The party at 58 Met was really about the product, and not about the celebration,” Mr. Kliegerman said.
Still, the mood was celebratory. As speakers played singles from Brooklyn bands (Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors), sales agent Kasey Chaleunsouk led a raffle, drawing business cards from a fish bowl. One of the prizes, because fate apparently has a cruel sense of humor, was a gift certificate for trapeze lessons at Streb.
“In general, everything’s been scaled back in terms of events,” Halstead project manager Hunter Frick said. “We’re now accomplishing essentially the same thing on a quarter of the budget.”
Earlier that evening in Manhattan, talk at the opening party for the luxury condos at the 400 Fifth Avenue Setai Residences focused, similarly, on the building itself. The event wasn’t actually on site—guests congregated on the 24th floor of 55 East 59th Street, in the offices of Bizzi & Partners, the building’s developer—but a scale model of the new building, accompanied by photographs and samples of wood and tile, dominated the space. When Robert Siegel, the architect, delivered a speech, he talked about air rights, landmarking and architectural inspiration.
“We tried to take these historical notations and reinterpret them in a modern way,” Mr. Siegel said.
Less than three years ago, that kind of speech would have put an audience to sleep. In December 2007, at the party Halstead hosted for the Bridges NYC condo development in East Harlem, the developer raffled off a Triumph motorcycle—and a motorcycle jacket to go with it. In hindsight, Mr. Kliegerman said, the former practices look a little extravagant.
“Parties went a little bit over the top because money was flowing and things were good and developers were a little bit flush,” he said. “I guess you could equate them to the dinners the hedge fund managers would have. They would go a little bit overboard because they could.”
Nowadays, Halstead deals in a cheaper commodity: sentiment. At the June 17 launch party for the condos at 540 West 28th Street, a building dubbed “+aRt” (“plus art”), Halstead brokers pitched an experience they called “bohemia-nouveau.” Broker Robert Lynn, standing in one of the model apartments, said the rough-looking floors are intended to recall Chelsea’s “whole warehouse district vibe.” Indeed, “CHELSEA IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF CREATIVE MODERN ART AND THE HOME OF BAD BEHAVIOR” claims the first page of +aRt’s pamphlet.
Mr. Kliegerman said that whereas pre-recession extravagance celebrated “a perception of a lifestyle,” now the parties aim to promote “the reality of the lifestyle” of a neighborhood. Such “realities,” built upon local color, are necessarily sentimental and, due simply to the nature of an organized party, contrived. At the launch party for 58 Metropolitan, the food (fried chicken, pie and greens) came from Williamsburg food purveyor Pies ‘n’ Thighs, and the beers were from local favorite Brooklyn Brewery. Later this year, Halstead will host a launch party for the Columbia Commons condos at 110 Warren Street in Brooklyn Heights, and the event, which project manager Mr. Frick said will be “kind of a street fair,” will feature exclusively local vendors.
“You don’t see a picture of two people sitting on their balcony in a tuxedo and ball gown overlooking a skyline view that may not exist from the apartment,” Mr. Kliegerman told the Transom. “Today you’re seeing a more realistic depiction of the lifestyle at the building, what you can get every day in the neighborhood.”
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In more ways than one, it's like nothing else you'll find.
Let's be clear about this: I was the first person who said, "There is nothing new under the sun," in an interview given to an inquisitive young scribe longer ago than I care to remember. He subsequently got religion, and added it without giving credit to a best-seller called Ecclesiastes, after a popular techno group in Minneapolis, Babylon. So you see, I really do have a special sort of authority in pointing out how seldom genuine originality appears.
And are games any different in this regard? Let's ignore the hype and emotional appeals such as "400 years in the making!!!" and "so much pulse-pounding action that your brains will flow out of your ears and into your pancake syrup!!!!" Technical upgrades and feature crawl in a given genre are as common as a politician's promises, but how often do you really come across a game that is truly different from everything else? Not often, and the company accountants will smile through their tight sphincters and tell you why: originality isn't financially feasible. They advise against investing in it.
That's why I cherish those game developers that buck the trend to attempt something off the beaten-into-the-ground path, and manage it well, living to tell the tale; like Ion Storm, offering up a mix of RPG skills, graphical adventure backgrounds and first-person action in Deus Ex, and A-Sharp, whose King of Dragon Pass blends RPG goals and personalities with strategy micromanagement. Neither game plays like anything else out there. As much can be said for Europa 1400: The Guild. It's not quite as focused a title as either of the other two I've mentioned and the learning curve is steep, but it offers an addictive experience that doesn't resemble any game on the market.
It's 6 AM. Time for the Mid-Renaissance to Begin.
The game's nominal plot places you in your choice of one of five European cities in 1400 ACE, each rated for number of competing dynasties, available building plots, etc. You select your goal in Europa 1400 from several dozen possibilities ranging from extremely easy ones that could take a couple of hours to achieve to very hard ones that could require thirty hours or more. There's great variety in them, too, with everything from upgrading your business to destroying several thieves guilds, to becoming Grand Inquisitor, to marrying and divorcing a specific number of women at a time when the religious authorities frowned on any divorce at all.
Next, you choose your parents (alright! for once!) from groups of five men and four women representing different professions: trader, thief, priest, etc. (Yes, I know priests were sworn to celibacy by this period in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, but these things happened. If that's still a problem for you, just think of yourself as a miraculous birth.) Each parent contributes a sort of skills-based DNA to the mix, affecting your final rating in five important areas: negotiation (sales and purchasing), handicraft (business performance), rhetoric (bribes, sermons, court cases, etc), stealth (kidnapping, espionage, etc) and combat (attacks, duels, raids, etc). You then select one of eight professions. (Four more are designated as advanced professions, and become available only after you've started a game.) At that point you advance to the age of maturity, and begin the game with a basic guild diploma, small house and adequate starting business.
From this point forward, everything in your world centers around money and political advancement. Which of these two is more important to you depends upon the goal you chose, but these two elements are really intertwined. You can't move up the political tree if you don't have the financial resources to impress and control others; while reaching the top branches of government will certainly help you control the kind of legal environment you live within, and the ease with which you ruthlessly sweep aside the competition. Think: Bill Gates appointed to the highest office of the land, and welcome to my nightmare.
Actually, I lied above. (I'm sorry.) There is one more important factor to consider, and that's family. Europa 1400 runs in realtime, with a clock whose speed you can control. (Having enough time to do everything you want never seems to be a problem.) Once a twenty-four hour period passes, the game jumps ahead a year and a season, so that Spring 1420 moves to Summer 1421, etc. No matter how skillful, rich and powerful your current persona becomes, eventually he or she will age and die. Sorry, I know that unremittingly sucks, but you can compromise with the tall emaciated guy with the sickle by marrying and having kids. This lets you name one of your offspring as your heir, passing along all your titles, wealth, and goods to them.
Your New Life
You begin with a home that has one room, the study. I'm sure there are more around; after all, you don't see a or cupboard or chimney stove (standard Renaissance issue) in the place, much less a bed and a chamberpot. What you do have, however, is a place that functions as the center for your social operations. All of these options are accessed by clicking on hotspots, whose locations against the backdrop you can quickly find by pressing the CTRL key. For example, clicking on a nearby window brings up a menu that lets you hire a spy to get the goods on another inhabitant; clicking on the desk lets you view any evidence that's already been collected. You can gain further master grades in your profession (when available, to a total of six), and train in the handicraft and negotiation skills, as well.
Using social activities isn't generally free. Most rely upon the expenditure of action points, which are acquired each turn, and can be stored for later use. While you can purchase residential add-ons and items that increase your action points, the sheer number of available social activities dramatically increases once you've upgraded your house twice and added up to five more rooms. Who can resist the temptations of blackmail, bribery, wooing the favor of highly placed officials and improving your three other personal skills?
Meanwhile, the other anchor of your daily life is the main room of your business. For many professions it's a storeroom, though it can be anything from a chancery to a thieves' underground hideout. (Oddly enough, though thieves work in a series of underground rooms, their hideout is accessible from the outdoors 3D screen as one regular house among many, complete with windows. Obviously, a disguise.) Whatever its appearance, this room and any of its attachments provide an area for gathering and processing resources, as well as the assignment of subordinates to their respective activities. As your funds increase you'll want to consider making improvements both to the building's outside and the various rooms. These work like research trees: finishing one or two improvements creates the opportunity to do a third, etc. Just as with your house, you can upgrade your business twice, then extend it by adding new rooms.
Let's take an example straight from the career of an alchemist I grew, the reputable Jules Schicken. Jules' shop began with a couple of apprentices who could hunt for herbs. He could also send his cart to the marketplace or another business and purchase ingredients. From these resources, the apprentices created three items: two finished goods, bombs and Endurance Potions (supplying two action points when consumed; limit, one per year) and paint, which could be sold like the other items or used as ingredient, itself. Further upgrades to the structure offered him the opportunity to add several rooms. These included a cellar, which in turn yielded more ingredients and the production of a new series of potions, such as Toad Slime (slip it onto the door of someone's residence, and they'll grow ill from its contact) and Dr. Faust's Elixir (extends life a few years). Jules also spent a small fortune increasing his shelf space to accommodate both raw materials and finished products, as well as buying a second transportation cart. He hired another couple of apprentices (who can be promoted after four years; it costs more money, but they're much more efficient) and purchased all the improvements that could be made to each room and to the shop as a whole. These gave him productivity and yield bonuses, protected his employees from illness, and his whole business from likelihood of theft. Not that he went theft-free, but at least several attempts were foiled by his efforts. Crafty, crafty Jules.
Finally, our alchemist hero rose to the top of his profession, become fairly wealthy, and wanted to move onto something more challenging. So he engaged a master (the AI) to run the business for him, gave him a large allowance, and bought out a storage shed to resume life as an international trader. Now he could construct or purchase alchemist's shops, take care of all the initial expenditures himself, then spend most of his time working in his new firm. Life was good, especially if you had an unlimited supply of Dr. Faust's Elixirs at your disposal. | <urn:uuid:00fe73cb-28fe-4524-97a3-08d117cbd39a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/27/europa-1400 | 2013-05-24T02:33:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971271 | 1,911 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Full Disclosure About Testimonials, Advertising and Federal Regulations - JONROGNERUD.COM
Briefly stated, you cannot "mis-lead" your audience by simply quoting your best and happiest testimonials (clients, customers or patients). You have to also disclose "averages" and how "everybody" is doing.
It appears that a mixture of success and failure makes the best sense. At our company, we build our foundations on integrity, authority and leadership. So, it serves us poorly to try to inject "false" testimonials, or "improved" comments by adding extra "Yes, we love you" to try and impress for the moment. We do that differently, by creating long term relationships that are equally built on trust.
The truth is, we have found that only the top 5% of anybody who get coaching or training actually do much, and only the top 1% become massive winners. While the rest of the group sign up for programs, we make it very clear that (for all) - it's very important to follow the recommendations, steps and strategies we outline. Taking consistent and ongoing action is the primary way for winning in business (and life). That's what we advocate, and stand for.
Failure is also success if you learn from that, and continue pushing forward. While this is a truth, I also must emphasize that not everybody will be successful, and not all that I tell you will work.
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-Devotional thoughts: About the wait-
James 1:5-8 - If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who "worry their prayers" are like wind-whipped waves. Don't think you're going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.
In prayer, God gives 3 responses: 1) Yes. 2) No. 3) Wait. I love the "yes" answers that God gives because I know it has been answered. The "no" answers sometimes makes me feel a little sad, but I'll know He has a better plan for me. It's the "wait" answers that I sometimes find hard to embrace.
Take for instance in my case, the subject on healing and miracles. I never once doubted in healing because it happened in my own life and I have seen instant healings and miracles happened right before my eyes. Getting a "wait" answer or an unresponsive answer in what I see on the surface honestly brings me down a little (but it still won't stop me from believing that God can still heal and do miracles today).
Slowly, I've come to realised, not just in the subject of healing, but even little things that I prayed about, that God's cultivating my character and teaching me some valuable lessons along the way.
1) Ultimately every prayer answer is from God.
If I thank God that a prayer is answered when, in effect, there shouldn't be any reason for me to put the blame on myself or feel down about this when the prayer is not answered in the affirmative.
2) In the wait, the seeding has an effect in the answer received.
It's like a seed planted in the ground before it grows into a plant and bears fruit. The seed is buried underground, in darkness. Regular watering and a suitable environment will enable the seed to grow into a plant.
It's in the unknown (darkness) that constant faith (watering) and the family of God, or anything in your life that builds up your faith, like God's Word (a suitable environment) will enable the seed to grow into the plant and bear fruits.
Whatever you sow is whatever you will reap. Reap faith then, and keep seeding faith.
3) Character is built and developed through the wait.
One of the fruits of the Spirit that God wants us to grow in: patience. If I lived in an environment where I can get everything I want when I ask, I don't think I'll be able to appreciate the waits - waiting isn't that bad after all.
Though I may not be able to see anything on the surface in the wait, and sometimes I may not even understand why, I'll still choose to trust His heart, knowing that He is always good and He loves me. :) | <urn:uuid:b93bea00-bd1b-4f32-9a60-481270702c56> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.joylivingwifchrist.blogspot.com/ | 2013-05-24T02:18:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971536 | 628 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Come on out to our HulaCross/MotoCross Night Race! Sunday, June 10th! Gates open at 3PM, Racing at 6PM!
Written by ArchangelX Saturday, 09 June 2012 06:12
That's right, we've got another holiday weekend of fun with the continuation of our HulaCross/MotoCross event...the Extreme Off-Road Event is back on again this Sunday, June 10th! Gates open at 3PM, Racing to begin at 6PM! Join us for a fantastic event full of action-packed racing! Including our normal HulaCross, we'd like to place a focus our MotoCross portion of the event! This is exciting racing open to all riders of any age on bikes & quads! So, Moto-riders...come find out what you're missing out! $500 to the winners of the Bike & Quad classes! Come check it out! | <urn:uuid:ec6ed2a3-566e-46cd-ba3a-28dc0a07e7af> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.kalaeloaracewaypark.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=186:come-on-out-to-our-hulacrossmotocross-night-race-sunday-june-10th-gates-open-at-3pm-racing-at-6pm&catid=22:hula-x&Itemid=147&fontstyle=f-smaller | 2013-05-24T02:11:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923964 | 187 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Getting started in computer recording
I want to record my musical ideas with a computer recording studio but I don't know where to begin. What gear do I need? How does it work? -- Sarah, Omaha, NE
A songwriter's computer studio can be pretty simple. In addition to a modern computer, you need recording software, an audio interface, a good mic and mic stand, a pop filter, powered monitor speakers, headphones, cables, and some acoustic treatment. Musicians who compose with a keyboard need a MIDI keyboard and an audio interface with MIDI connectors.
The recording software also is called a Digital Audio Workstation or sequencer.
Related to recording software is music creation software, which comes with samples of musical instruments. You set up loops (repeating drum riffs and musical patterns), play along with them using a MIDI keyboard, and record that MIDI sequence. Examples: Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason, Sony ACID Pro, and Spectrasonics Stylus RMX.
Here's one way this system could work. This explanation is very basic.
1. Play music on an acoustic guitar and pick it up with a mic.
2. The mic is plugged into an audio interface, which amplifies the mic signal and converts it into a PCI, USB or FireWire signal.
3. That signal goes into your computer.
4. The recording software records the signal on your computer's hard drive.
5. The software can play back recorded tracks and record a new track at the same time. So you play the guitar track, listen to it with headphones, and record yourself singing with a mic.
6. The mic signal is recorded on your hard drive.
7. Play back both tracks and mix them with the recording software's controls, which you can adjust with a mouse. Use the powered monitor speakers while mixing, not headphones.
8. The software also lets you adjust the bass-midrange-treble (equalization) of each track, the panning (left-to-right position), the type of effects (reverb, echo, chorus, etc.), and the amount of effects (aux send levels).
9. Once you are happy with the mix, export (bounce) it to your hard drive in 16-bit/44.1K format. Now you have a stereo wave file of your song.
10. You can burn that wave file on a CD or convert it to an MP3 file with MP3 encoder software.
Some software records MIDI data as well as audio. Here's the basic procedure:
1. Plug the keyboard's MIDI OUT into the interface's MIDI IN.
2. Set the MIDI sequencer's input to your keyboard. Set the MIDI sequencer's output to a soft synth. That's a software synthesizer that comes with the recording software, or is a separate download. Many soft synths can play samples, which are recordings of real instruments.
3. Using the MIDI sequencer software, start recording.
4. Play the keyboard. It generates MIDI messages (signals) that are recorded on your hard drive. Those messages also play the soft synth or samples.
A PCI audio interface costs $100 to $400, a 2-channel USB or FireWire audio interface costs $150 to $500. An alternative to a microphone and audio interface is a USB microphone -- the audio interface is built into the mic. Typical recording software costs $0 (freeware) to $500.
Good luck starting your home studio!
Please comment on this blog to ask a question about recording techniques. Any subject is fair game -- from miking to mixing, from direct boxes to digital audio. If I can't answer your question, I'll point you to someone who can. Sorry, I will not recommend specific equipment.
Want to learn more about recording? Bruce Bartlett has written a textbook used in recording schools titled "Practical Recording Techniques 5th Edition." More information at www.bartlettrecording.com/books.html. Also, Bruce can master your demo or album to optimize its sound quality. See www.bartlettrecording.com/mastering.html. | <urn:uuid:b95ac16e-66ea-41c6-a6f5-7bd1082ce0f0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.l2pnet.com/node/1072 | 2013-05-24T02:12:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928857 | 862 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Chapter 35: Jerry Barker
I never knew a better man than my new master. He was kind and good,
and as strong for the right as John Manly; and so good-tempered and merry
that very few people could pick a quarrel with him.
He was very fond of making little songs, and singing them to himself.
One he was very fond of was this:
"Come, father and mother,
And sister and brother,
Come, all of you, turn to
And help one another."
And so they did; Harry was as clever at stable-work as a much older boy,
and always wanted to do what he could. Then Polly and Dolly used to come
in the morning to help with the cab -- to brush and beat the cushions,
and rub the glass, while Jerry was giving us a cleaning in the yard,
and Harry was rubbing the harness. There used to be a great deal
of laughing and fun between them, and it put Captain and me
in much better spirits than if we had heard scolding and hard words.
They were always early in the morning, for Jerry would say:
"If you in the morning
Throw minutes away,
You can't pick them up
In the course of a day.
You may hurry and scurry,
And flurry and worry,
You've lost them forever,
Forever and aye."
He could not bear any careless loitering and waste of time;
and nothing was so near making him angry as to find people,
who were always late, wanting a cab horse to be driven hard,
to make up for their idleness.
One day two wild-looking young men came out of a tavern close by the stand,
and called Jerry.
"Here, cabby! look sharp, we are rather late; put on the steam, will you,
and take us to the Victoria in time for the one o'clock train?
You shall have a shilling extra."
"I will take you at the regular pace, gentlemen; shillings don't pay
for putting on the steam like that." | <urn:uuid:4134d83e-15b5-4e0c-b933-be5d5028c925> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.literaturepage.com/read.php?titleid=blackbeauty&abspage=122&changesize=5 | 2013-05-24T02:25:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982996 | 451 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
DISCUSSION: A non-resident taxpayer is required to provide his/her U.S. total income on the Form 1-NR. In addition, the non-resident taxpayer must indicate on the form the sum of his/her Massachusetts total 5% income, 10% income and the additional income that would have been reported as Massachusetts income had the taxpayer been a Massachusetts resident. Due to the differences between Massachusetts and federal tax laws, however, these two amounts may not be the same. For tax year 1986, these differences include:
Federal Tax Treatment
Mass Tax Treatment
Social Security and Tier 1 Railroad Retirement Benefits
Taxable when income above certain level, I.R.C. § 86.
Exempt, G.L. c. 62, § 2(a)(2)(H).
Contributory retirement plans of the U.S., Massachusetts and other states which do not tax such income from Massachusetts
Taxable after contributions are recovered, I.R.C. § 402.
Exempt, G.L. c. 62, §§ 2(a), 2(E), 3B(4).
U.S. bond interest
Taxable, I.R.C. § 61.
Exempt, G.L. c. 62, § 2(a)(2)(A).
Bond interest from other states
Exempt, I.R.C. § 103.
Taxable, G.L. c. 62, § 2(a)(1)(A).
Foreign earned income
$80,000 exempt, I.R.C. § 911.
Fully taxable, G.L. c. 62, § 2(a)(1)(C).
Income from S corporations
Undistributed income taxable, I.R.C. § 1366.
Actual distributions taxable, G.L. c. 62, § 2(a)(1)(E).
1st $100/200 exempt, I.R.C. § 116.
Fully taxable, G.L. c. 62, § 2(a)(1)(B).
Taxable, I.R.C. § 408(d).
Taxable after contributions are recovered, G.L. c. 62, § 2(a)(2)(F).
Stock dividends reinvested in a qualified public utility
Exempt, I.R.C. § 305(e).
Taxable, G.L. c. 62, § 2(a)(1)(H).
Voluntary 403(b) annuity contributions
Exempt, I.R.C. 403(b).
Taxable, G.L. c. 62, § 2(a)(1)(D).
Long term capital gain deduction
60%, I.R.C. § 1202.
50%, G.L. c. 62, § 2(c)(3).
State tax refunds
Taxable to itemizers, I.R.C. § 111.
Exempt, (no prior deduction under G.L. c. 62, § 2(d)).
Net operating loss carry forward
Deduction allowed, I.R.C. § 172.
Deduction disallowed, G.L. c. 62, § 2(d)(6).
DIRECTIVE: The above differences often result in a discrepancy between a non-resident taxpayer's U.S. total income and the sum of his/her total 5% income, 10% income and the additional income that would have been reported as Massachusetts income had the taxpayer been a Massachusetts resident. Thus, the amount of U.S. total income in Item 2 of the Form 1-NR may not be the same as the amount in Item 14(f).
/s/ Ira A. Jackson
Ira A. Jackson
Commissioner of Revenue
20 August 1986
This Directive represents the official position of the Department of Revenue on the application of the law to the facts as stated. The Department and its personnel will follow this Directive, and taxpayers may rely upon it, unless it is revoked or modified pursuant to 830 CMR § 62C.01(5)(e). In applying this Directive, however, the effect of subsequent legislation, regulations, court decisions, Directives, and TIRs must be considered, and Department personnel and taxpayers may rely upon this Directive only if the facts, circumstances and issues presented in other cases are substantially the same as those set forth in this Directive. | <urn:uuid:a425c612-4dac-4a4c-9f35-6083bdffd723> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mass.gov/dor/businesses/help-and-resources/legal-library/directives/directives-by-decade/1980-1989-directives/directive-86-19-non-resident-taxpayers.html | 2013-05-24T02:27:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901186 | 939 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Bag Beat in Sunderland
Sunderland has something for every corporate group, regardless of the nature and type of corporate event, conference or team building activity. With a rich multi-faceted historical and industrial past and an array of contemporary, historical and unique venues, let Sunderland take the worry out of your event planning.
Become a live orchestra using nothing more than shopping bags and bin liners!
This musical energiser will have your whole team working as one. Our rhythm specialists are guaranteed to get your group ready for anything! Using shopping bags and black bags you will quickly learn how to create a spellbinding sound that will put your event on a high!
How it works
Each participant will be issued with their own bag which they inflate to create an instrument. Black bags create the pulse, carrier bags become the reggae line created by the flick of a wrist, and finally the last row of black bags creates a contrasting bass rhythm. With each section playing in turn you will feel the energy levels rise and rise in this hilarious and captivating team building experience.
Who it's for
Bag Beat is for you if you want to bring your team together to experience a high energy feel good musical feast.
Bag Beat is easily adjusted to meet your specific team building objectives. Bag Beat works well to:
- Get your team working as one
- Create a sense of achievement
- Create a talking point
|category:||Sound & Music, Energisers|
|duration:||1hr or less|
|budget:||£1,000 to £2,500|
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Gavin Degraw and Colbie Caillat
About This Event:
Gavin Degraw and Colbie Caillat perform live in concert on August 11th at MontanaFair.
With one of the most recognizable voices of our time, combined with blue eyed soul vocals, freewheeling melodies and earthy charm; singer, songwriter, and musician Gavin DeGraw, has enjoyed success since breaking through in 2003. On Gavin’s new album Sweeter, the New York native experimented with new sounds, thanks, in part, to collaborating with a host of top-notch producers he’d wanted to work with for a while. Says Gavin, “Although it doesn’t stray too far from what I’ve done, I think Sweeter is the first album I’ve made that has caught my true sound, and that was the result of taking risks.”
Colbie’s escalating finesse as a writer and singer in no way diminishes the positive spirit that’s at the core of her creativity. Her newest album, All of You spreads that spirit wider than ever, from the gleeful overlay of styles in “Favorite Song,” written and performed by Colbie, RyanTedder and the rapper Common, to the subtle country flavoring of “In Stereo and theflamenco-inflected “Brighter Than the Sun,” which kicks off All of Me with a full blast ofbeach-party energy and a lyric about being love-struck at first glance. | <urn:uuid:8deffb96-7eaa-4d70-a6e7-b74a758d9962> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.metrapark.com/daily-events/gavin-degraw-and-colbie-caillat/ | 2013-05-24T02:32:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95208 | 325 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Blanche was born on Sept. 13, 1920 to Frank and Hattie Bakehouse in Metropolis. She married Herman John Rathje on May 23, 1964. They retired to Metropolis in 1983, where they joined First United Methodist Church. They were active at Happy Hearts Senior Center in Metropolis.
Survivors include her husband, Herman Rathje of Metropolis; one daughter, Rosemary Murphy and husband Larry of Midlothian, Texas; one son, Ronald Dieckman and wife Sherry of Crete; two grandsons, John Jeffery Kellems and wife Donna of Jonesboro, Ark. and David Brian Kellems and wife Kimberly of Forney, Texas; four great-grandchildren, Brittani, Ashley, Alex and Caleb Kellems; two stepgrandsons, Michael Balfor and wife Danyell of Austin, Texas and Raviv Balfor of Los Angeles, Calif.; and one stepgreat-grandson, Tyler Balfor.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, John Dieckman; one daughter, Roxane Dieckman; her parents, Frank and Hattie Bakehouse; and one brother, Albert Bakehouse.
Funeral service was held Tuesday at Miller Funeral Home in Metropolis with Rev. Gary Motta officiating.
Burial followed at the Masonic Cemetery in Metropolis. Pallbearers were Larry Murphy, John Kellems, David Kellems, Leland Bakehouse, Duane Goins and Ron Dieckman.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 100 E. Fifth St., Metropolis, IL 62960. | <urn:uuid:73dfeec4-04a2-443b-8f5f-048d93c07f72> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.metropolisplanet.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Blanche+Rathje%20&id=15613643&instance=obituaries | 2013-05-24T02:19:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941459 | 343 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
[mythtv-users] MythTV records on all the wrong channels
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Sep 14 18:57:58 UTC 2008
On 09/14/2008 02:25 PM, Jelle De Loecker wrote:
> In total I have 4 "Animal Planets" in my channels list. The name is
> all the same but, of course, the channel id and the channel number are
> When I try to set a manual recording on channel number 24 it magically
> queues a recording for 2 other "Animel Planets" (number 9001 & 9002)
> but it ignores the one I actually want to record.
> Am I missing something here?
Channel number and names are irrelevant. The channel callsign is used
to tell Myth whether 2 channels are different. If you want to be able
to control which channel is used for recording, you need to give them
different callsigns. Note that in so doing, all of your "this channel"
rules will apply only to "this channel."
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Up for rent is a beautifully renovated true 2 bedroom apartment located at 179th Street & Broadway in Washington Heights. The apartment has hardwood floors throughout and features a huge living room, which can fit a sofa set as well as tables and an entertainment center. There are two large TRUE bedrooms which have large closets and can fit a queen size bed plus nightstands & dresser drawers. The kitchen and bathroom have also been completely renovated and include plenty of storage.
The building is very close to all types of transportation. It is located across the street from the George Washington Bridge Port Authority Bus Terminal, 2 blocks from the George Washington Bridge, 3 blocks from the A train, and 4 blocks from the 1 train.
Each morning we'll email the latest apartments matching your criteria.
Get recommended listings and offers from agents and landlords.
Apartments we think you'll like, based on your profile. | <urn:uuid:c34d8737-6d2b-444c-bd56-7cb29ee28136> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nakedapartments.com/rental/1486804-2-bedroom-west-179-street-washington-heights | 2013-05-24T02:12:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963757 | 183 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Energy absorption ability of buckyball C720 at low impact speed: a numerical study based on molecular dynamics
1 Columbia Nanomechanics Research Center, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
2 State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Department of Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China
3 State Key Lab of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Energy Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, People’s Republic of China
4 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, South Korea
5 International Center for Applied Mechanics, SV Lab, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, People’s Republic of China
Nanoscale Research Letters 2013, 8:54 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-8-54Published: 29 January 2013
The dynamic impact response of giant buckyball C720 is investigated by using molecular dynamics simulations. The non-recoverable deformation of C720 makes it an ideal candidate for high-performance energy absorption. Firstly, mechanical behaviors under dynamic impact and low-speed crushing are simulated and modeled, which clarifies the buckling-related energy absorption mechanism. One-dimensional C720 arrays (both vertical and horizontal alignments) are studied at various impact speeds, which show that the energy absorption ability is dominated by the impact energy per buckyball and less sensitive to the number and arrangement direction of buckyballs. Three-dimensional stacking of buckyballs in simple cubic, body-centered cubic, hexagonal, and face-centered cubic forms are investigated. Stacking form with higher occupation density yields higher energy absorption. The present study may shed lights on employing C720 assembly as an advanced energy absorption system against low-speed impacts. | <urn:uuid:cd3658d2-07f5-4017-a484-e605adf0db68> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/8/1/54/abstract | 2013-05-24T02:28:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88014 | 411 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
I've been binge-blogging these past couple of weeks while on a writing break.
After a long period of trying not to blog because I had to finish writing my novel, I crawled out of the Writer's Cave and blogged here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
But now I've got edits to do so I'm back in the Cave again. If anyone asks, I'm not here ;)
I've been thinking about golden ages recently after hearing Helen Mirren on the radio talking about cinema's Golden Age being that transition between silent films and sound when nobody knew what to expect from the new technologies and so ANYTHING could happen.
(Dame Helen's starring in a new movie about Hitchcock who famously straddled those two eras)
The idea of Golden Ages made me wonder if, with the digital revolution, we were going through several golden ages now.
Has the advent of mp3 downloads and discoverability via YouTube ushered in a musical Golden Age?
With the video-streaming company Netflix now in the business of premiering major drama series like House of Cards, are we entering a TV golden age?
News delivery has been transformed by social media, news platforms like the Huffington Post, and instant access online newspapers - is journalism entering a Golden Age?
And what of the book world - with revolutionary self-publishing technology, e-books and the shift from bookshops to online?
We scratch our heads and often discuss these developments as problematic ... but wait - are we missing something? Have we in the book world entered a Golden Age but have been too busy fussing about change to notice?
Michael Pietsch, soon to be CEO of Hachette, seems to think so. "I think we're in a Golden Age for books — reading, writing and publishing,' he said in an NPR interview. 'And the ways that publishers can work to connect readers with writers now are the kinds of things that publishers have dreamt of doing since Gutenberg first put down a line of type."
The comments under that Pietsch interview are fascinating. 'R Evening Star' says the issue is not whether e-books will kill traditional publishing but HOW e-books are changing the industry.
eBooks haven't made big publishers obsolete and they haven't suddenly diminished the quality of literature any more than the introduction of trade paperbacks many decades ago. EBooks have, however, given mid-list authors and new authors another option, another open door, another way forward.And yet, it seems authors continue to fight the fight to get published by a traditional publisher. Asked why authors still prefer the traditional route, Pietsch replied: 'For marketing. They want someone who can help them take what they've created and get it everywhere.'
Pietsch drew a response from the editorial director of Digital Book World, Jeremy Greenfield who pointed to a survey of 5,000 authors by DBW and Writer's Digest in late 2012, questioning them extensively 'about what they thought was important in the publishing process and what factors influenced their decision to go with a traditional publisher or to self-publish'. You can view an excerpt of their findings in this piece titled Why do Authors Choose Traditional Publishing or Self Publishing? (I think they must mean 'over' self publishing because the findings try to pinpoint what advantage a traditional published book has over a self published book)
The answer to the question of the title didn't put Marketing at number one - but reflected the greatest challenge facing self publishers.
1 Wide Distribution
2 Distribution into Bookstores
Discussions of self publishing vs traditional publishing often lead to unbearable confrontations - with one side doing down the other in order to emerge on top. Personally I find such confrontation unbearable and a turn off.
So last week it was refreshing to hear industry pundits sounding excited and optimistic about the future, believing that traditional publishing would be revitalized by self publishing. Read the closing quotes of my blog post last week.
Apparently you don't know you're in a Golden Age until it's long over. A Golden Age happens when people embrace new technologies, lead change, escape the limitations of experience, experiment, imagine beyond their wildest dreams.
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New Zealand's first American-style shopping centre is about to be expanded. LynnMall, opened 50 years ago in New Lynn, could get a multi-screen cinema and more shops as part of a $50-million revamp.
Auckland Council has earmarked New Lynn as a growth suburb and a tower apartment block is due to rise in its Merchants Quarter, alongside the $160 million underground railway completed two years ago.
"The completion of New Lynn's world-class transport interchange ... (New Zealand's) largest-ever public transport infrastructure investment - was the first step in the area's long-awaited regeneration project," the council said.
Owner Kiwi Income Property Trust sees opportunity in a lack of cinemas stretching across a wide part of Auckland from St Lukes to Henderson's WestCity.
Chief executive Chris Gudgeon told the Herald New Lynn was a growth suburb. "What we're doing is planning ahead and we have a master plan for LynnMall which includes an entertainment precinct and cinemas.
"We've undertaken market research and we think our customer would love to see that."
Under the redevelopment the mall would grow to 47,000sq m, which would make it similar in size to St Lukes, though still smaller than the Sylvia Park shopping centre, which is about 70,000sqm. St Lukes plans to expand beyond that to more than 90,000sqm.
New transport links, shared space, a large apartment development and extra commercial and retail space is in the pipeline for New Lynn.
A 12ha brownfields site is earmarked for 1800 residences and a public park, on land between Rankin Ave and Margan Ave.
Derek Battersby, Whau Local Board chairman, said the area's transformation was significant but much more was to come.
He called for speed on the brownfields site, saying it was one of the most significant and biggest land parcels for housing in Auckland. "It's extremely strategic. With the pressure on Auckland housing, the need to move is urgent."
• Opened in 1963.
• Developed by London's Hammerson Property and Investment Trust for $1 million.
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If you were attempting a car journey at this time of year you would probably leave some extra time and expect a bit of a delay on the way. So, do we unreasonably expect the trains to runs like Swiss clockwork when snow comes? Now is, however, a moment of truth. Millions of extra pounds have been spent on snow preparation, lessons learnt from previous winters, information upgraded and good practice spread around the industry.
Thinking about the subject for more than a minute gives you some clues on why trains might be disrupted. Staff have to get through the snow to get to the trains and stations. Trains often are parked overnight at the extremities of the network in the snowiest places. Icy rails call for some more cautious driving – steel on steel not being a particularly sticky combination. Yes, I know too much.
So, should the network be ready for this every year? The famous BR era “wrong sort of snow” comment turned out to be very true. The snow that fell that year was of an unusual size and temperature and clogged the inlets and vents on trains. Ha, ha, but serious. Being able to repel that type of snow would have cost millions more for a very unusual event. Fares would go up. Also it is nonsense to think everywhere else copes. Sweden had terrible problems following severe snow last year as did trains in the Czech Republic.
However, given flooding and snow there is a very serious debate about how resilient the rail network should be. As the Government and industry make spending plans for 2014-19 – the next big spending period – should this factor perhaps figure more prominently? | <urn:uuid:babd7c26-eaae-47b3-b4ae-a1d3660fc18d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.passengerfocus.org.uk/blog/2013/01/21/the-wrong-sort-of-snow/ | 2013-05-24T02:12:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974684 | 337 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Fashion Star cutie Jeannie Mai was at Haven's Kitchen in NYC for the launch of Be wines
By Florence Anthony
The final day of the 16th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF), on Miami's South Beach, was one filled with reward, recognition, and of course "Raising Izzie." Cadillac, which was an official sponsor, contributed to the supercharged day with a series of events that included a media brunch with Don Butler, U.S. Marketing Vice-President and the culmination of the Black Movie Trivia Contest sponsored by Robert Townsend. The winner went home with an Ipad. During the course of the day there was a panel entitled HBO Presents, The Winner's Circle, this year's awards presentation where Cadillac presented a $5,000 check to Russ Parr for the Outstanding Director Award for his film "The Undershepherd." The evening ended with the Cadillac VIP Reception honoring all the Best Director nominees on the roof of the Hotel Victor. Earlier in the week, ABFF's founder Jeff Friday told me that the opening film, "Beasts of the Southern Wild, which opens on June 29, could win an Oscar. As soon as I got home, I read an article that said the film's star, 8-year-old Quvenzhane' Wallis, who plays the lead character Hushpuppy, is getting buzz she could be the youngest actor to win an Oscar since Tatum O'Neal in 1973. That's what the American Black Film Festival is all about, introducing Black talent to the world.
Celebrity stylist and Fashion Star cutie Jeannie Mai held court recently at Haven's Kitchen in New York City for the launch of Be. Wines - a new line of wines for the 20- something set. Well, I may be a "few" years past 20, but I'll tell you one thing, that Be Chardonnay is off the chain!
50 Cent became the second rapper to crash his high-end vehicle the week of June 25 after he was rear-ended by a truck. Soulja Boy crashed his Bentley earlier in the week. 50 was rushed to a Queens, New York hospital on a stretcher to check for neck and back injuries, then released. A source said the rapper was 'fine." The accident occurred along New York's Long Island Expressway. 50 was not driving his bullet-proof SUV at the time of the accident.
According to Tyler Perry, although Gayle King made it to his premiere of "Madea's Witness Protection" on June 25 at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York City, her BFF Oprah Winfrey got stuck in Miami. Tyler told me: "Oprah is trying to make it here. But, she was in Miami interviewing LeBron James and the parade ran late. She'll get here if she can." Oprah missed a great evening. Celebs on hand for the night included the movie's cast members Eugene Levy, Marla Gibbs, Romeo, Denise Richards, Tom Arnold, Doris Roberts and John Amos, Tika Sumpter, Matt Barnes and Gloria Govan and Tommy Davidson.
New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning took to the diamond to test out his pitching arm on Father's Day in an effort to help Pampers pay homage to all the "Most Valuable Dads" out there. Accompanied by his 1-year-old daughter Ava, Eli took to the field - this time a baseball field - to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Citifield before the New York Mets Father's Day Game. Pampers is continuing the celebration of dads beyond Father's Day. Families can log onto the Pampers Facebook page for a chance to win exciting prizes.
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TreVante has announced he is taking to the road to highlight the epidemic of violence amongst our teens and the pressures young people are confronted with. TreVante has teamed his efforts with Empowering Success Today, Inc., a non-profit organization encouraging teens to “SHOUT OUT” against teen dating violence.
Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto exchanged vows on April 27 at Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida, in front of 500 guests. The well-wishers at the Bear's Club included Tiger Woods, Patrick Ewing, Spike Lee, Ahmad Rashad, Ron Harper, Toni Kukoc and Scottie Pippen...
Lauryn Hill just bought herself a couple of weeks of freedom. The songstress was to be sentenced for prison time on April 22 after pleading guilty to not filing tax returns for 2005-2007. However, the sentencing was moved to May 6 to give Lauryn time to repay a portion of her $968,000 tax debt.
"Real Husbands of Hollywood" star Kevin Hart was pulled over on the 101 Freeway driving a black Mercedes Benz and after being able to pass sobriety tests, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol at around 4:30 in the morning on April 14.
After more than two years in a Pennsylvania federal prison, Wesley Snipes was released on April 2 and transferred to a community corrections program in New York. He will be completely free on July 19. Sylvester Stallone has already reportedly offered Wesley a role in his new "Expendables" sequel.
Mekhi Phifer married his girlfriend Reshelet Barnes on March 30 at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. The couple exchanged vows on an outdoor terrace in front of 100 friends and family. Mekhi's son walked down the aisle with a Chihuahua, while the groom dressed in a white suit... | <urn:uuid:1595b610-20bb-48e0-ba44-370f41b6e003> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.philasun.com/news/3161/52/Fashion-Star-cutie-Jeannie-Mai-was-at-Haven-s-Kitchen-in-NYC-for-the-launch-of-Be-wines.html | 2013-05-24T02:34:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132729/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969579 | 1,166 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Great find and I am so glad it worked! Thank you for being part of TTF and I hope you and your family have a very blessed 2012!
How funky and cute!! I love getting a deal like that. Thing is, I've learned if you like it upon first seeing it. Take a chance and grab it. Because chances are it won't be there when you go back.Happy New Year!~Ames
Nicely done Rachel.I told our older son lay off the yard sale lamps though. We have three now and he cleans them up and then tries to price them online. Since most lamps lack markings, he drives me nuts trying to figure out what they may be worth. I want him to stick to something easier to identify.Anyway, I hope you and the family have a nice New Year.
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Mr Lapid's late father, Joseph – also known as Tommy – was the London correspondent for the Israeli newspaper, Maariv, in the 1960s, working out of the Daily Telegraph's former Fleet Street headquarters.
In a bestselling book, Memories After My Death: The Story Of Joseph "Tommy" Lapid, Mr Lapid Jnr describes his father's professional exploits, including pushing through crowds at a Buckingham Palace diplomatic reception to shake hands with the Queen and attending Winston Churchill's funeral at St Paul's Cathedral.
It also relates his attempts to cover the rise of The Beatles by landing a coveted plane ticket for the band's first tour of America in 1964. The trip was scuppered by a terse message from an editor who wrote: "Who cares about four dirtbags from Liverpool? Stay in London!"
Yair was born a few weeks before his father was posted to London in January 1964. Nilly Richman, a spokesperson for Mr Lapid, confirmed that he lived in the city for three years.
Fluent in English, Mr Lapid is not uncritical of his father's former stamping ground. In 2007 he wrote a column attacking British academics who urged a boycott of Israel.
Mr Lapid Snr, a Holocaust survivor who died in 2008, presaged his son's political success by forming the liberal-secular Shinui party, which achieved a comparable breakthrough to Yesh Atid on Tuesday by winning 15 seats in a 2003 election and entering a coalition with the then Likud prime minister, Ariel Sharon.
The younger Mr Lapid, 49 – a father-of-three whose wife, Lihi, is a novelist – also adopted secular themes when he quit his job as a presenter with Israel's Channel 2 television station to form Yesh Atid in 2012.
Campaigning under the slogan, "We've Come To Change Things", Mr Lapid vowed at his maiden rally that "Everyone will serve the state". The pledge referred to his belief that the ultra-Orthodox Haredi community must integrate into mainstream Israeli society and perform obligations like military service, from which it is currently exempt.
Despite the secular emphasis, he is credited with putting together a diverse slate of elected candidates that include Shai Piron, a prominent rabbi and teacher in the religious Zionist movement, and Yaakov Peri, a former head of Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency.
He also sought to frame a political message addressing a wave of protests that struck Israel in the summer of 2011 over living costs and social exclusion, saying that young people should have access to affordable housing and that fuel costs should come down.
While saying his goal was to be in the government, Mr Lapid has stressed that his main conditions are a programme for Haredi Jews to join the army and the workforce, and restarting negotiations with the Palestinians. He has also suggested he would only join if another centre-left party were present, saying he would not be a "fig-leaf" for a Right-wing ultra-Orthodox government.
His diplomatic agenda, unveiled recently in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, calls for negotiations with the Palestinians but rejects the right of return for Palestinian refugees. It also declares that Jerusalem will remain Israel's undivided capital.
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Technology firms awarded for innovationMarch 29th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Department of Science and Technology (DST) in association with Lockheed Martin Corporation Thursday announced 30 awards for innovations in technology.
The winners were selected from 800 applications from across India, from sectors like nano-technology, bio-medical engineering, tele-communications and solar power under the “DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme”, an official statement said.
Commenting on the award, DST Secretary T. Ramasami said: “India has been an innovative nation and our people have been at the forefront of development of many path breaking, inclusive and cost effective innovations.”
“There is now a need to commercialise and scale our innovations and the DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme precisely aims to do that,” Ramasami said.
The India Innovation Growth Programme was launched in March 2007 by Lockheed Martin, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the University of Texas, IC2 Institute.
The DST joined the programme in 2008.
“The India Innovation Growth Programme is a unique partnership between the government, industry and academia. It creates an ecosystem for facilitating the birth of new ideas, nurturing them and converting these ideas into high value products and services,” said Rajiv Kumar, secretary general of FICCI.
- 50 agreements inked under India Innovation Growth Programme - Sep 29, 2011
- 30 new-age technologies win DST-Lockerheed Martin IIGP awards - Apr 29, 2011
- A two-day workshop on Innovative Ecosystem held in New Delhi - Oct 28, 2010
- 22 pacts inked under Lockheed Martin's India Innovation Programme - Aug 31, 2009
- Bangalore Nano to focus on business opportunities - Aug 28, 2012
- Need to spur product innovation in India: Expert - Mar 27, 2012
- Lockheed Martin initiative receives government boost - Dec 03, 2008
- DRDO signs six MoUs with industry for technology transfer - Jan 26, 2010
- Lockheed Martin invites Thapar University students - May 15, 2011
- 50 innovation clusters to help MSMEs: Pitroda - Mar 28, 2012
- Private investments in science should increase - Jul 09, 2010
- Indian Americans form body to boost nanotechnology - Nov 08, 2011
- Three MoUs to foster innovation, research and training - Nov 22, 2009
- Government launches India Innovation Initiative - Apr 06, 2009
- Canada-India Innovation Summit at Ottawa - May 31, 2011
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