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First-ever tap interface debuts in Olympus Stylus 1050 SW
Olympus is inviting shooters to "tap into worry-free fun" with the Olympus Stylus 1050 SW, the latest model in Olympus's long-running series of rugged, outdoor ready compact cameras.
The 10.1 megapixel, 3x zoom 1050 SW is designed to handle just about anything active shooters can throw at it (or throw it into), with a body that sealed against the elements and designed to absorb impacts. A 2.7-inch HyperCrystal II LCD display is also ruggedized, and provides five steps of brightness adjustment for shooting in a range of lighting conditions. Low-light illumination courtesy of a front-mounted LED expands the underwater shooting versatility of the 1050 SW, which can safely be used fully submerged at depths of up to 10 feet without a separate waterproof housing.
What sets the seemingly indestructible 1050 SW – which can also handle five-foot drops onto hard ground and temperatures to 14 degrees Fahrenheit – apart from other rugged models, however, is its innovative tap interface: using an accelerometer, the camera can register taps not just on the screen area (as in more familiar touch screen cameras), but anywhere on the camera body. Taps on different camera surfaces control different functions, allowing users to cycle through flash options, adjust Shadow Adjustment Technology settings, or jump into playback mode simply by tapping the appropriate area.
Olympus was kind enough to provide us with a detailed overview of this first-of-its-kind Tap Control technology:
"The Stylus 1050 SW camera can be controlled with a simple tap thanks to the new camera's 3D accelerometer that detects the direction of the force on the camera's body. For example, to turn on the flash or Shadow Adjustment menu options, simply tap the camera's right or left side. In adverse climates, where the Stylus 1050 SW thrives, the new Tap Control ensures fast results – so you get the shot – even if you are adjusting settings while fighting frostbite with large gloves that would make traditional buttons nearly impossible to maneuver. You can even calibrate the sensitivity of Tap Control for your own specific touch."
Tap Control, which is described by Olympus as similar to motion-detecting video game control systems, can be calibrated to respond to different sensitivity levels according to environment, allowing the system to respond correctly to taps made when wearing gloves or when shooting underwater, for instance.
More conventional features include face detection technology that can recognize up to 16 faces at a time, as well as a Smile Shot feature that tracks a subject's faces, detects a smile, and fires the shutter accordingly. Aforementioned Shadow Adjustment Technology provides some leeway for shooting where lighting conditions are harsh or less than ideal, and Perfect Shot Preview and Perfect Fix in-camera editing provide tools for making images that are, well, perfect, either before or after the capture.
Processing is provided by Olympus's current-generation TruePic III imaging engine. Unfortunately, though, image stabilization technology is a little more behind the times, with the 1050 receiving only an ISO-boosting digital image stabilization system.
Four trendy colors – blue, champagne, silver, and black – also amp things up a bit for the latest Olympus SW camera, but with so much carrying over functionally from previous models, the big news here is unquestionably the camera's Tap Control technology.
Look for this unique camera with its fascinating motion-sensitive interface to show up for sale in October, with a suggested price of around $300.
Olympus Stylus 1050 SW Specifications:
|10.1 megapixels, 1/2.33″ CCD
|3x (38-114mm) zoom, f/3.5-5.0
|2.7″, 230K-pixel HyperCrystal II LCD with five steps of backlight adjustment
|Shutter Speed
|4-1/1000 seconds
|Shooting Modes
|Auto, Program, Digital Image Stabilization, Guide, Scene, Movie
|Scene Presets
|Portrait, Landscape, Landscape with Portrait, Night Scene, Night Scene with Portrait, Sports, Indoor, Candle, Self-Portrait, Available Light Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Museum, Cuisine, Behind Glass, Documents, Auction, Shoot & Select 1, Shoot & Select 2, Beach and Snow, Pre-Capturing Movie, Underwater Snapshot, Snow, Smile Shot
|White Balance Settings
|Auto, Daylight, Overcast, Tungsten, Fluorescent 1, Fluorescent 2, Fluorescent 3
|Metering Modes
|Digital ESP, Spot, Face Detection AE
|Focus Modes
|iESP Auto, Spot AF, Face Detection AF, Macro
|Drive Modes
|Not Specified
|Flash Modes
|Auto, Red-Eye Reduction, Fill, Forced Off
|Self Timer Settings
|12 seconds, Off
|Memory Formats
|xD-Picture Card, microSD (with included adapter)
|Internal Memory
|File Formats
|JPEG, Motion JPEG
|Max. Image Size
|Max. Video Size
|640×480, 30 fps
|Zoom During Video
|Not Specified
|Lithium-ion rechargeable, 925 mAh
|USB 2.0, AV output
|Additional Features
|Shockproof, Waterproof, Freezeproff, Dustproof, Crushproof, TruePic III processor, Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Perfect Shot Preview, Shadow Adjustment Technology, In-Camera Panorama, Tap Control


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Facebook Snaps Up Team Behind Mobile Startup Spaceport
Facebook announced a small "acqhire" on Tuesday afternoon, bringing aboard the team members behind Spaceport.io, a startup focused on giving developers tools to bring Web-based applications to mobile devices. "Ben Savage and the Spaceport team are a talented group of mobile engineers. We look forward to building products that people love together," Facebook said in a statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Facebook will not acquire the Spaceport technology — just the team.


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Joe Francis clearly isn't wild over this.
On Monday, the embattled "Girls Gone Wild" mastermind was convicted by a Los Angeles jury of assault and false imprisonment stemming from an incident in January 2011 involving three women he met at a Hollywood club with whom he allegedly had a physical altercation after taking them back to his house.
E! News has confirmed that the 40-year-old softcore-porn impresario was convicted on five charges following a two-week trial: one count of assault causing great bodily injury, three counts of false imprisonment and one count of dissuading a witness from reporting. If convicted, he could face up to five years behind bars.
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In a statement, Francis tells E! News: "I have done NOTHING wrong! This is a total joke! It did not happen and that mentally challenged jury should be put in jail!"
On Jan, 29, 2011, the three women were celebrating a college graduation at Supper Club in Hollywood when Francis allegedly approached them and chatted them up. He later purportedly grabbed one of them by the hand and took her to his limo, and the other two women followed suit, reportedly believing that they were being driven to their car.
The foursome was instead driven to Francis' residence, where they allegedly got into a physical altercation after the porn honcho tried to pull one of the women away from the others. During the scuffle, Francis allegedly grabbed one of the women by the throat and hair and slammed her head into the tile floor several times.
NEWS: Joe Francis now owes Steve Wynn $40 million as guys go wild with accusations
Afterward, as the women were being escorted out of the house, Francis allegedly threated them if they called police. They subsequently called 911 after getting into a cab that took them back to their parked car, where they were met by police officers.
"Whether a celebrity or not, you will be held accountable for your misdeeds," City Attorney Carmen A. Trutanic said in a statement. A sentencing hearing has been set for May 8.
The conviction is the latest legal blow to Francis, who just last month was slapped with a lawsuit by the trustee appointed to oversee the bankrupt Girls Gone Wild franchise as it seeks a restraining order against Francis following alleged "violent threats" he made against his formers staffers.
In 2009, Francis was taken into federal custody and put under house arrest amid his then-ongoing tax-evasion case. He later plead guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns and was sentenced to one year of probation in addition to paying $249,705 in restitution and a $10,000 fine.
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry Xmas.
I hope all you blogger Girls out there Have A merry Xmas and A Happy New Year.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Judith of Creative Studio I making jewlery it looks so good .It made me think of when I was 10 years old my aunt Annie made me A broach she hand embroidered it I cant get A clear photo of it but you can see how small the stitchery in it Just thoudgt I would share with you.
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A couple of month ago. Jane from Want it Need it Quilt it had A give away she asked if you had One special Birthday Wish what would it Be My answer was I would like to go into A quilting shop and Instead of just looking be able to buy what I wanted as being on A pension it is Hard.No I did not win her give away But having The big heart she has she sent me A 3kilo bag of material from her stash .so my wish came true. So yesterday I decided to have A play I am not good at Quilting But I am learning .My daughter Beth from Highland Hen helps me A lot if I get stuck I ring her.Well this is what I have done so far. Dont look too close I am happy I will make A quilter out of myself yet.
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Oft kopiert — nie erreicht!Diesmal wird es von der OriginaI-Arcadenversion von R-Type nur eine Original-Computerversion gebeft Und zwar von ELECTRC DREAMS.
Die haben in überzeugender Weise den IREM-Klassiker inklusive aller Besonderheiten umgesetzt. Vergeßt also alle Imitationen - es gibt nur ein R-Type. Rin Actionspiel, von dem die ganze Galaxie spricht. Erhältlich für C 64, Armstrad und Atari ST.
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R-Type was a huge success when it was released in North American arcades in the late 1980s. The irony of the situation was that while Nintendo's arcade division actually brought the game to America, it never brought a port to its 8-bit NES platform. In Japan, R-Type was largely responsible for selling an enormous amount of PC Engine consoles; it was *that* big of a gaming phenomenom. When the Turbo Grafx was released in the North America, gamers were finally able to play a port true to its arcade roots. Sure, there was a Sega Master System version of the game, but it literally paled in comparison to the Turbo Grafx's brilliant color palette and superior sound quality.
In Japan, limitations of the Hucard's memory required that R-Type be released as 2 separate games with 4 levels each; by the time the game made its way to the US, it was able to fit on just one Hucard. Now, while those poor people in Japan have to download 2 separate Virtual Console™ games, you can play all 8 levels of the US version in just one download!
Pitted against the Bydo Empire, the "R-Type" class ship is humanity's last hope of thwarting the impending invasion. Equipped with a sphere like object, called the "Force," this weapon contains the only form of energy strong enough to destroy the Bydo. Unfortunately, you've been chosen as the delivery system for this weapon - so it rests upon you to complete the mission. Imagine a weaponized organic form, much like a virus, but millions of times larger and you have the Bydo. They are completely manevolent, and like a virus, seek only to infect and destroy all in their path. Mankind has fought these creatures for hundreds of years and it's come down to this moment.
While R-Type contains all the standard trappings of a horizontal shooter, the four stages you'll fly through are be best described as some of the most grueling and intense shooting stages you'll ever face. If you thought Super Star Solider was tough, then R-Type is relentless. Enemies come in waves, filling the screen with both their intimidating sizes and their projectiles. The environments are narrow, creating a clostrophobic feel and each boss fights with a mercilous ferocity that nearly all shooters that proceeded R-type mimiced to no end. What's more, R-Type was one of the first shooters to feature a full-on battle with a capital warship whose daunting size took up nearly six screens!
One of the innovations that R-Type brought to the shooting genre was its "Charge Meter". Depressing the firing button charges the laser on your craft. If let go at maximum strength, a powerful blast is unleashed that can take out any conventional enemy. A successful campaign will be indebted to more than just your shooting skills and handling of the charged blasts; creative use of the "Force" is where it lays. Because it's invunverable, the sphere itself can be used as a weapon to destroy enemies. For defensive posture it can be used as a shield, absorbing stray projectiles! The Force can also be detached from your ship if you don't prefer close encounters, and it can also be placed on the aft or bow of your vessel. An array of power-ups such as a Counter-Air Laser which acts as a large wave beam, the powerful Rebound Laser which fires three beams in different directions, and the Counter-Ground Laser that spews flames in vertical directions play crucual roles in the effectiveness of the Force; these weapons can be powered up to three times for maximum collateral damage. Support weaponry include Homing Missiles and Bits - a pod that hovers adjacent to your ship providing limited shielding from bombardment while also serving as a secondary deployment system for weapons.
R-Type is not for the weak of heart. We're warning you now, noobs need not apply; this game will force you to play at your best. If you die, you won't pick up where you left off, instead you'll be thrust back to an earlier point in the level. While this may be frustrating, the reason for this positioning is the game actually gives you a chance to rebound and collect the power-ups sorely needed for the impending boss battle. R-Type is one of the most popular, and critically acclaimed shooting franchises ever created. If you want to revisit a time where reflexes and twitch skills were paramount to beating a game, R-Type will give you hours of enjoyment.
Contributed by DreinIX (10663) on May 25, 2008.
R-TYPE® (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): This is a completely faithful port - right down to the character details - of the famous shooting-game masterpiece.
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BYDO and his band of menacing mutants are doing dastardly deeds. They are wreaking havoc in the Cosmos and threatening Earth. Only you, piloting the R-TYPE Spaceship, can counter this threat and save the Blue Planet from catastrophic calamity.
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Published: 03rd February 2013 11:53 AM | Last Updated: 03rd February 2013 11:54 AM | A+A A-
After the union cabinet approved an ordinance to effect changes in laws against sexual crimes, the government Saturday said it was open to consultation and changes after women's groups urged the president not to sign it.
"Justice (J.S.) Verma committee and public opinion were both of the view that something needs to be done with a sense of urgency. All you can do is when the parliament is not in the session is to bring an ordinance, which is what we have done," said External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on the sidelines of a function here.
"It does not mean that widespread consultation cannot take place when the actual bill is brought into parliament," he said.
"I'm sure the women organisation as well as all the political parties will come together for widespread consultation with all sensitivity this area of law requires."
Law Minister Ashwani Kumar also said the government would be happy to review the ordinance if required.
"There may be difference of perception but a lot of effort has gone into it (the ordinance)," he told NDTV news channel.
The move, he said, "was a message to women that they need not feel insecure".
Asked why marital rape was left out of the ordinance, he said: "No case of sexual assault has been left out of remedy".
On including death penalty in rare cases, the minister said the Supreme Court had been giving such punishment earlier.
"We have given it a statutory backing," he said.
The ordinance, based largely on Justice Verma's report, proposes enhanced punishment, including death in rare instances, in cases of crimes against women, including sexual assault, acid attacks, voyeurism and trafficking.
The women's groups said the ordinance betrayed people's faith and lacked in transparency while questioning its timing with the parliament's budget session starting Feb 21.
They said the government had stealthily cleared the draft without sharing it with the public and without debating and discussing it," said Kavita Krishnan, secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA).
"It is an absolute mockery of the panel's recommendations. We were alarmed to see the ordinance as it ignored many recommendations of that committee.
"The government has stealthily passed this ordinance without sharing it with the public and without actually debating and discussing it. All the recommendations than can actually strike at the heart of impunity have been dropped," she said.
Some women activists said they would take to streets as they had done after the gang-rape of the physiotherapy student in the national capital Dec 16.
The widespread anger among people after the incident forced the government to set up the panel, which submitted its report last week.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) refused comment on the ordinance.
"I don't want to comment on the details," party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, told reporters in Hyderabad.
"We are in the middle of an investigation," he said referring to the panel's meeting Monday to examine the Justice Verma Committee report forwarded to it by the Home Ministry.
But Naidu said the job of making an effective law on heinous crimes against women would have been completed in four to five days if the government had agreed to the BJP's demand of a special session or an all-party meeting.


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LAYAWAY IS BACK IN STYLE: AFRAID OF DEBT, SHOPPERS ARE LIMITING CREDIT CARD USE - Layaway, that throwback from an era when consumers actually paid for purchases before taking them home, has been dusted off and put back out on the shelves – just in time for the holidays.
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HE'S NO DUMMY: NURSING STUDENTS PRACTICE ON PATIENT SIMULATOR - In what could be the start of a unique partnership in health care, a new "man on campus" has arrived on the Regis College campus. He is the Sim-Man patient simulator, a $50,000 human-like robot that has vital signs, can go into cardiac arrest, be treated for pneumonia, appear to be pregnant (as a woman, of course), groan and talk.
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VIDEO: ALREADY SERVING HARD TIME, WEYMOUTH MAN FACES THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE FOR THE SAME CRIME - A 27-year-old Weymouth man faces a murder trial for the death of Matthew Nagle, who lived for six years after being stabbed at a Fourth of July party in Weymouth. Nicholas Cirignano is already serving nine to 10 years in prison for the attack, and would face a life sentence if convicted on the new charge.
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BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL CHRONICLES WITCHES, PAST AND PRESENT - Most biographies explore the life of a single individual, but recently, a television documentary delved into the collective history of witches.
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PHOTO: SEASON'S COLORS - Berries dot the branches of a bush along a walking trail at Carver Pond in Bridgewater.
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TAXES OR TOLLS? RAISING GAS TAX GAINS SOME SUPPORT ON BEACON HILL - MetroWest legislators may have more muscle behind efforts to ease Turnpike tolls after the House speaker backed a gas tax hike and lawmakers supported measures that would freeze or eliminate some tolls.
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BIG TUNA BITE A BOON TO FISHERMEN - Giant tuna have been in short supply off the Cape in recent years. The weekend after the presidential election, giants galore appeared off Chatham -- huge schools of bluefin tuna that, according to the fish stories, were virtually throwing themselves into boats.
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Editorial: A new study ranks Massachusetts first in the nation in business competitiveness.
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Editorial: Local legislator says it's time to teach ethics to the folks on Beacon Hill.
MetroWest, 7 p.m.
Holmes column: A parade is forming around the idea of raising the gas tax instead of hiking Mass. Pike tolls, but Deval Patrick refuses to get in front.
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EDITORIAL: A GAS TAX HIKE IS THE FAIREST WAY TO GO - It is time for lawmakers and Gov. Deval Patrick to enact a hike in the state's gas tax to more fairly distribute the cost of a project whose cost overruns is not the fault of any part of the state's population.
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EDITORIAL: STEMMING THE TIDE OF FORECLOSURES - The national numbers are staggering: An estimated 1.5 million homeowners went through foreclosure last year, and another 1.2 million in the first six months of this year. The FDIC estimates that unless something is done, between 4 million and 5 million homes will enter foreclosure in the next two years.
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VISIT WITH FORMER BEATLES DRUMMER PETE BEST AT THIS WEEKEND'S SUPER MEGAFEST - For decades he has been referred to by many as the unluckiest man in the history of rock 'n' roll. It was a distinction Pete Best had earned when he was dismissed as the drummer for The Beatles in August 1962. He was replaced by Ringo Starr, and the rest, as they say, is history.
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SHOPPERS' PARADISE: ARTS FESTIVAL JUST THE TICKET FOR CRAFTS LARGE AND SMALL - It's a case of so many creative ideas, so little time, according to Kathy Burg, an artist who was putting the finishing touches on her selection of hand-crafted belt buckles and belts at her Natick workshop last week.
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'INTO THE WOODS' WITH TURTLE LANE - If you were an artistic director of a small theater devoted to musicals and were looking for a show to prove your company's chops, Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" would have to be high on your list.
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'STAND UP, SING OUT!' FEATURES KLEZMER BAND AND YIDDISH CHORUS - The concert, Dec. 4 at Somerville Theatre, celebrates the 10th anniversary of A Besere Velt and the 20th of The Klezmatics. The two groups will perform together as well as separately.
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LISA NEAL GUALTIERI, PH.D.: INTERNET DIAGNOSES: TRUST THEM OR TOSS THEM? - Eighty-four percent of adult Internet users in the U.S. go online for medical information, according to a 2007 Harris poll. Some of them, like Diana C., believe the Internet saved their life.
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'TWILIGHT' SURE TO BE LOVE AT FIRST BITE - Most girls would happily endure a love bite from hunky Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen in the screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's teen-vampire romance novel, "Twilight."
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Ethical and lawful behaviour - principles of the Local Government Act 2009
The Local Government Act 2009 is founded on five local government principles:
- Transparent and effective processes, and decision making in the public interest.
- Sustainable development and management of assets and infrastructure, and delivery of services.
- Democratic representation, and social inclusion and meaningful community engagement.
- Good governance of, and by, local government.
- Ethical and legal behaviour of councillors and local government employees.
These principles apply to everyone working under the legislation including councillors and mayors. Principles based legislation provides local governments with flexibility, balanced by clear consequences for failure to meet the standards, responsibilities and obligations of the legislation.
In the event that you, as a councillor or mayor, do not act appropriately and lawfully, chapter 6, part 2, division 6 of the Local Government Act 2009 sets out how your conduct can be investigated and dealt with. There are generally three levels of councillor conduct:
- Inappropriate conduct - includes poor behaviour in meetings, abusive behaviour, not complying with a local government's policies and procedures.
- Misconduct - includes a breach of the Act, not acting honestly or impartially, breach of trust which could result in a councillor's dismissal or suspension from office.
- Corrupt conduct - will usually result in a criminal prosecution.
More information
- Councillor responsibilities under the Local Government Act 2009 ( 347 KB).
- Local Government Act 2009.
- Local Government Regulation 2012.
Working as part of a team
As a councillor or mayor, the range of responsibilities expected of you require flexibility, patience, willingness to learn, leadership, being accountable to the community and planning for the current and future needs of your local government area.
Local government decisions are taken by a majority vote of all the elected councillors. Each councillor in the council chamber has an equal vote - even the mayor has a single vote. That means a decision by a majority of votes at a local government meeting is considered a decision of local government. In the case of a tied vote, the mayor, acting as chairperson, can exercise a casting vote.
The collective will and decision making of council is paramount and an individual councillor's views are secondary to the majority view. If you find yourself in the minority on a particular issue, once a majority decision is taken by council, you should not seek to undermine the decision because you did not personally vote in favour of it. If you are in the council chamber and you choose not to vote on a matter you are deemed to have voted in the negative (i.e. against the proposal).
It is important to realise that you are elected to represent the overall public interest of the whole local government area, regardless of whether it is a divided or undivided council.
More information is available in the Councillor responsibilities under the Local Government Act 2009 ( 347 KB).
Working as a mayor
As mayor you have the same responsibilities that other councillors have, plus additional roles that are prescribed in section 12(4) of the Local Government Act 2009.
In all councils other than the Brisbane City Council the mayor is the chairperson who presides over the council meeting and is responsible for managing the conduct of the participants at council meetings.
The mayor is also responsible for:
- preparing a budget to present to the council
- leading, managing and providing strategic direction to the chief executive officer
- directing the chief executive officer and senior executive employees
- conducting an annual performance appraisal of the chief executive officer
- ensuring the council promptly provides the Minister for Local Government with information when it is requested
- participating as a member of each standing committee
- representing the local government at ceremonial and civic functions.
As mayor, you are the most visible and high profile councillor in the local government and the person viewed as responsible for the performance of the council.
If you nominate as a mayoral candidate you cannot nominate as a councillor candidate as well. The mayor is elected directly (i.e. the people vote on which candidate they want to be mayor), under a system of optional preferential voting (OPV), as part of the local government election. For councillors other than the mayor in divided councils, elections are also conducted under the OPV system. All other (undivided) local government areas use the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system to elect councillors other than the mayor.
What you do and others do - separation of powers
The Local Government Act 2009 clearly distinguishes between the roles and responsibilities of the executive (elected councillors) and the administrative (council employees) arms of local government. This demarcation of roles is sometimes referred to as the separation of powers.
The primary role of councillors is to focus on policy development and strategic delivery of services in the public interest. Local government decisions are made to direct the operational work and realise the planned goals that are set out in the local government's corporate plan.
The internal day-to-day work of the local government is carried out by local government employees under the direction of the chief executive officer. This operational work is directed by the decisions of the local government through its annual operational plan.
Councillors are responsible for planning for the future and developing corporate plans and strategies to achieve their goals and deliver outcomes to the community. Your role, as a councillor, is to demonstrate and provide strategic vision and leadership by putting in place principles, policies and local laws that enable the delivery of outcomes promised by your local government.
Councillors and mayors are not responsible for overseeing the work done by local government employees. This is done by the chief executive officer and senior staff. For more information on the role of councillors, mayors and chief executive officers, please refer to the Councillor responsibilities under the Local Government Act 2009 ( 347 KB).
Section 170A of the Local Government Act 2009 provides a process for councillors to request information from local government employees to assist in making a decision or to carry out your responsibilities under the legislation. You, as a councillor, can ask for information relating to the whole of the local government area. Your local government must have acceptable request guidelines to help you and your fellow councillors understand what information you can request from a council employee.
The Local Government Act 2009 and the Local Government Regulation 2012 provide the power for your local government to limit the amount of information that can be requested by councillors to ensure that they do not make unreasonable requests for large amounts of information that would be unduly onerous for a local government employee to provide with existing resources.
How you represent the community - public versus private interest
Your fundamental role as a councillor is to serve and represent the interests of your community as a whole. In the event of a conflict between the public and private interests of you or your related persons, the overall public interest must prevail.
You are required to disclose any personal interests which may influence your voting at local government and committee meetings. This includes interests that may result in a gain or loss for you or your related persons. This is known as a material personal interest (often referred to as an MPI). Section 175B of the Local Government Act 2009 defines what a material personal interest is.
You are responsible for assessing your own circumstances and determining if you have a material personal interest. You must inform the meeting of the details of the interest and then leave the meeting room and not take part while the matter is being debated and voted on. You must not remain anywhere in the council chamber including the public gallery or any other area for the public. Failure to disclose your material personal interest and leave the meeting is an offence that carries significant penalties including up to two years imprisonment, and disqualification from being a councillor for four years.
When a matter before a council could reasonably be seen as a conflict between your personal interests and the public interest that might lead to a decision against the public interest, it is considered a conflict of interest (often referred to as a COI). This is different to a material personal interest because there is no financial gain or loss involved, however you must inform the council meeting that you have a conflict of interest. Section 175D of the Local Government Act 2009 defines what a conflict of interest is.
If you inform the meeting of a personal interest you may decide to leave the meeting room. If not, other councillors must vote to decide whether you have a real or perceived conflict of interest and whether you must leave the meeting or may stay and participate in the meeting.
Failure to inform a meeting of a conflict of interest or to comply with a decision to leave the meeting room also carries significant penalties including up to one year imprisonment, and disqualification from being a councillor for four years.
If you have a conflict of interest or personal material interest in a matter you must not influence or attempt to influence any vote by another councillor or any decision by a council employee or contractor in relation to the matter. A councillor who attempts to influence others in this way may be guilty of an offence which carries a maximum penalty of 200 penalty units or two year's imprisonment, and disqualification from being a councillor for four years If at a meeting you believe or suspect on reasonable grounds that another councillor at the meeting has a conflict of interest or material personal interest, you must report to the Chairperson your belief if the other councillor has not already informed the meeting of the personal interest.
For more information on material personal interest and conflict of interest see:
- Local Government Act 2009.
- Councillor responsibilities under the Local Government Act 2009 ( 347 KB).
How councillors make decisions - meetings, agendas and minutes
Local government meetings are the most visible work of local governments. Agendas and minutes that accurately record the decisions of local government meetings are the most important records of local governments. They ensure that the local government has acted within its authority under the legislation and that their decision-making processes are properly documented, transparent and accountable.
Meetings are open to the public except when the local government resolves to have a closed meeting because a topic would be inappropriate to be considered in a public meeting. They are usually held in the public office of the local government. Councillors who are unable to attend in person are permitted to teleconference into the meeting with prior approval. Written notice of meetings is given to each councillor at least two days prior to the meeting with the agenda and attached documents.
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The unix library makes many Unix system calls and system-related library functions available to OCaml programs. This chapter describes briefly the functions provided. Refer to sections 2 and 3 of the Unix manual for more details on the behavior of these functions.
Not all functions are provided by all Unix variants. If some functions are not available, they will raise Invalid_arg when called.
Programs that use the unix library must be linked as follows:
ocamlc other options unix.cma other files ocamlopt other options unix.cmxa other files
For interactive use of the unix library, do:
ocamlmktop -o mytop unix.cma ./mytop
or (if dynamic linking of C libraries is supported on your platform), start ocaml and type #load "unix.cma";;.
Windows: A fairly complete emulation of the Unix system calls is provided in the Windows version of OCaml. The end of this chapter gives more information on the functions that are not supported under Windows.
Windows: The Cygwin port of OCaml fully implements all functions from the Unix module. The native Win32 ports implement a subset of them. Below is a list of the functions that are not implemented, or only partially implemented, by the Win32 ports. Functions not mentioned are fully implemented and behave as described previously in this chapter.
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Miami Heat's Pat Riley Speaking in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Miami Heat President Pat Riley speaks Tuesday at the annual Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce meeting.
The Chamber says more than 1,900 people plan to attend the sold-out event.
The Sioux Falls Skyforce will have representatives at Riley's news conference. The Skyforce is an NBA Development League franchise affiliated with the Heat.
The new Skyforce head coach, Pat Delany, and general manager, Adam Simon, are longtime Heat staff members.
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SEVERAL READERS have asked me a good question: we rely on free markets to deliver most goods and services, so why shouldn't we do the same thing for health care? Some correspondents were belligerent, others honestly curious. Either way, they deserve an answer. It comes down to three things: risk, selection, and social justice.
First, about risk: in any given year, a small fraction of the population accounts for the bulk of medical expenses. In 2002 a mere 5 per cent of Americans incurred almost half of U.S. medical costs. If you find yourself one of the unlucky 5 per cent, your medical expenses will be crushing, unless you're very wealthy — or you have good insurance.
But good insurance is hard to come by, because private markets for health insurance suffer from a severe case of the economic problem known as "adverse selection," in which bad risks drive out good.
To understand adverse selection, imagine what would happen if there were only one health insurance company, and everyone was required to buy the same insurance policy. In that case, the insurance company could charge a price reflecting the medical costs of the average American, plus a small extra charge for administrative expenses. But in the real insurance market, a company that offered such a policy to anyone who wanted it would lose money hand over fist. Healthy people, who don't expect to face high medical bills, would go elsewhere, or go without insurance. Meanwhile, those who bought the policy would be a self-selected group of people likely to have high medical costs. And if the company responded to this selection bias by charging a higher price for insurance, it would drive away even more healthy people.
That's why insurance companies don't offer a standard health insurance policy, available to anyone willing to buy it. Instead, they devote a lot of effort and money to screening applicants, selling insurance only to those considered unlikely to have high costs, while rejecting those with pre-existing conditions or other indicators of high future expenses.
This screening process is the main reason private health insurers spend a much higher share of their revenue on administrative costs than do government insurance programmes like Medicare, which doesn't try to screen anyone out. That is, private insurance companies spend large sums not on providing medical care, but on denying insurance to those who need it most.
What happens to those denied coverage? Citizens of advanced countries — the United States included — don't believe that their fellow citizens should be denied essential health care because they can't afford it. And this belief in social justice gets translated into action, however imperfectly. Some of those unable to get private health insurance are covered by Medicaid. Others receive "uncompensated" treatment, which ends up being paid for either by the government or by higher medical bills for the insured. So we have a huge private health care bureaucracy whose main purpose is, in effect, to pass the buck to taxpayers.
At this point some readers may object that I'm painting too dark a picture. After all, most Americans too young to receive Medicare do have private health insurance. So does the free market work better than I've suggested? No: to the extent that we do have a working system of private health insurance, it's the result of huge though hidden subsidies.
Private health insurance in America comes almost entirely in the form of employment-based coverage: insurance provided by corporations as part of their pay packages. The key to this coverage is the fact that compensation in the form of health benefits, as opposed to wages, isn't taxed. One recent study suggests that this tax subsidy may be as large as $190 billion per year. And even with this subsidy, employment-based coverage is in rapid decline.
I'm not an opponent of markets. On the contrary, I've spent a lot of my career defending their virtues. But the fact is that the free market doesn't work for health insurance, and never did. All we ever had was a patchwork, semiprivate system supported by large government subsidies.
That system is now failing. And a rigid belief that markets are always superior to government programmes — a belief that ignores basic economics as well as experience — stands in the way of rational thinking about what should replace it.


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VFH sliced, but survives state budget
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities escaped a House of Delegates proposal to eliminate its state funding the same week its most widely known program, the Virginia Festival of the Book, runs.
"We were never not going to survive," says VFH president Rob Vaughan, "but we were going to be impoverished."
The Charlottesville-based organization did not come out of the budget process unscathed, losing $290,000 on top of $550,000 that had already been cut from its current $3.8-million budget. And Vaughan credits the Foundation's supporters for lobbying legislators.
"I was really delighted with the number of people who said they called, and they called others beyond their own legislators," says Vaughan, noting that he doesn't believe that delegates specifically targeted the Foundation for cuts.
"I don't think it was personal," he says. "They were just trying to sweep through the budget and find anything they could cut. We were in that anything."
For the Foundation, the $300K cut, says Vaughan, is still a big chunk out of its own budget, which is down $1 million from a few years ago.
And with a target audience of 20,000 who will be attending the Virginia Festival of the Book March 17-21, "I'm hoping we can inspire the community to support the Book Festival," says Vaughan, "more strongly than in the past."
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Gerry, there's the financial stuff you mentioned, and then there's the idea of VFH being "a little narrow and clubby." Are the two related? Regardless, what are some examples of ways in which VFH is narrow and clubby? I don't speak for VFH, but I think the organization is enormously grateful for the state support as well as the support of its many advocates and donors. But I imagine that VFH would also be grateful for any sincere and constructive feedback about its programs or the way in which it relates with the public in general.
I thought of writing to VFH &/or Rob Vaughn when the last financial summary was published, but I didn't because 1) the VFH board of trustees should know that more disclosure is both desirable and customary in nonprofits; 2) public accountability is expected of all nonprofits these days, esp. with money being so "tight"; 3) I offered my development observations to VFH several years ago and was politely ignored. I do not suggest that VFH is failing to meet its responsibilities--fiduciary or otherwise; however, a more easily understood reporting of income and expenses is to be expected, and is usually found to produce more (not less) donor support. Finally, when financial procedures and public communications of those facts remain unchanged over several years, that appears to me to be "a little narrow and clubby." My years of experience in nonprofit administration suggest that it's best to err on the side of full disclosure.
[By way of disclosure, I was once rejected for a writer's grant by VFH, and I also gave some of my time as a volunteer--for which I was properly thanked.]
What if they gave a festival and nobody came? usually it would be discontinued due to lack of interest.....
The Festival of the Book is a GREAT festival. Not every festival has to appeal to everybody.
20,000 attendees who book every available hotel / motel room in the area, eat at resturants, discover the beauty of Charlottesville, and (on a personal note) buy a lot of books from the local book stores. The programs are featured on CSPAN and NPR and the festival is one of the most successful in the country...only in the strangest of worlds would it be considered "pandering to a very, very small coterie of people".
20,000 attendees is a very, very small coterie of people?
20,000 attendees is the average per year cumulative attendance, meaning that yes, it counts people who go to more than one event. And of course most attendees are local, but a large number -- perhaps as much as 25 percent or more -- are not local. And the festival brings significant money to Charlottesville in terms of hotels, meals, even parking. City officials can tell when the festival is going on just by looking at the huge increase in parking fees paid.
Beyond that, though, the festival is very conscious about not catering to "a very, very small coterie of people." It features much more popular fiction and nonfiction than academic writing; it hosts readings not only at the university but in book stores, the city council chambers, churches, and the senior center; it has special events for mystery writing; it has events for aspiring authors; it places authors in the schools; it features a kids' parade. I've heard people gripe that the festival is too big, but never that it is too narrow or elitist.
Although this event, which is one of the largest annual cultural events in central Virginia -- perhaps the largest -- may not be your cup of tea, it's only fair to ask that you know what you're talking about before you proclaim that it "deserves to die."
(As a matter of full disclosure, I work for the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.)
VFH could do a better job of relating to the public, and of encouraging a wider audience. It's published "statement of income and expenses" also fails to meet generally accepted standards for nonprofit orgs.-- one cannot discern such key info as 1) how much was received in gifts in a fiscal year; 2) what are operating expenses in major categories (salaries, grants, etc.); 3) funding from government, state and other sources. VFH does much good work, but it comes across a little narrow and clubby.
This so-called festival deserves to die. It panders to a very, very small coterie of people who have financial/literary interests at stake here.
20,000 attendess is the target the VDH wants not necessarily the final count of attendees. Also, the majority are probably locals.
If 20K people came, I'm sure you'd see the difference in local traffic. I hope when they do a headcount, they count not how many attended each event but how many people come. I'm sure most attendees go to more than one event.


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Mathematicians To Improve Medical Scans
Mathematicians at the University of Liverpool have found that it is possible to gain full control of sound waves which could lead to improved medical scans for technology such as ultra sound machines.
Working in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, they tested the numerical properties of a flat lens made out of 'meta-material' - a material that gains its properties from its structure rather than its composition. This material is thought to defy the laws of physics, allowing objects to appear exactly as they are rather than upside down as seen in a normal convex or concave lens.
Dr Sebastien Guenneau, from Liverpool's Department of Mathematical Sciences, explains: 'We know that light can be controlled using 'meta-material' which can bend electromagnetic radiation around an area of space, making any object within it appear invisible. Now we have produced a mathematical model that proves this theory also works for sound.
'This theory becomes particularly interesting when considering ultrasound, which is a sound pressure used to penetrate an object to help produce an image of what the object looks like inside. This is most commonly used in pregnancy scans to produce an image of a foetus. We found that at a particular wave frequency the meta-material has a negative refraction effect, which means that the image produced in the flat lens appears at a high resolution in exactly the same way it appears in reality.
'What surprised us most of all, however, was at the point where negative refraction occurs the meta-material becomes invisible, suggesting that if we were to use this in sonogram technology, it could be possible to make the image appear in mid-air like a hologram rather than on a computer screen. We also found that if we arranged the meta-material in a checkerboard fashion, sound became trapped, making noisy machines, for example, quieter.'
The scientists predict that the technology could be adapted for tests at higher sound frequencies such as when drilling for oil, where a more accurate image of the earth could be made in order to pin point where drilling should take place.


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MONTICELLO — The second annual "Fund Racing for Kids" to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs will take place at the Monticello Motor Club at 548 Broadway in Monticello July 11.
MONTICELLO — The second annual "Fund Racing for Kids" to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs will take place at the Monticello Motor Club at 548 Broadway in Monticello July 11.
VIP guests will experience an evening of high-performance racing at the most exclusive motorsports club in the nation, while raising funds to support the 3,000 youths served by Boys & Girls Clubs in Sullivan & Orange Counties.
"There is nothing quite like lapping a racetrack at maximum speed in a high-performance race car. To do that and support programs for the children in our communities who need us the most is an experience you will never forget," said event co-chair RJ Smith.
VIP tickets are available for this event for $500. VIP guests will enjoy two "Hot Laps" with a professional driver on the MMC track, as well as racing simulators, competitions and other motorsports activities. VIP guests will also be treated to a three-hour gourmet social event with fellow industry leaders and VIPs, featuring specialty cocktails provided by Prohibition Distillery.
"Last year's Fund Racing Event was a great experience for attendees and a huge success overall. We are fortunate once again to have tremendous support from the Monticello Motor Club and an all-star committee that will make this the best event ever," said event co-chair Chris Masters.
This year's Steering Committee is co-chaired by Smith and Masters, and also includes BGC board member Sean Rieber, Jay Anthony, Chris Rice and Jonathan Rouis.
The funds raised at this event will support Boys & Girls Club programs throughout Sullivan and Orange counties, including nutrition, education, life skills, sports and much more. The funds will also support scholarships for low-income youths.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Town of Wallkill serves the communities of Fallsburg, Liberty, Mamakating, Monticello, Pine Bush and the Town of Wallkill. The organization helps enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible adults. More information can be found at bgcorange.org or at 342-8833.
Only 50 tickets are available for this exclusive event, and are guaranteed to sell out early. Call 342-8833 to reserve.


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Career Curriculum or Training
My son is about to enter his junior year as a homeschooler. I would really like to find out if there is a curriculum that teaches about various careers as well as provides some job related activities. My goal is to expose him to potential career paths to help him make his decision for going to college or trade school. Does anyone know of any curriculum that may provide what I'm looking for? Thanks in advance!
Better bet is to go to local job fairs, sign him up for community college courses for subjects that might interest him, etc. There are lots of books on various niches, but picking a career path is rather an open-ended top, and you need to narrow that down at least a little bit first. What subject(s) is your son strongest in, is he introverted or extroverted, does he prefer the indoors or outdoors, working with his hands vs primarily using his brain?
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Strawberry-Pear Cobbler
I made my first attempt at a gluten-free cobbler. The biscuit topping was not as perfect as I was hoping for, but it was satisfyingly biscuit-y. The fruit beneath it was nothing but delicious, with the distinctive taste of pear peeking through the tart sweetness of strawberries. It's a perfect fruit combination for this transitional season, when here in Northern California there are still juicy strawberries on sale at the farmers' market and pears and apples are fully in season. On a fatty note, I recommend using Spectrum's palm oil based shortening, as it's non-hydrogenated and has none of those much-maligned trans fats. Serve this cobbler alone or with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. And don't forget to give me your feedback, as this is the first cobbler I've ever made and definitely a work-in-progress.
Strawberry-Pear Cobbler
2 1/2 cups Pamela's Ultimate Baking & Pancake Mix* or other GF all-purpose mix
3/4 cups butter or palm oil (no trans fat) shortening
1/3 cup milk, buttermilk, or milk substitute
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 pints strawberries, cut lengthwise in thirds
2 ripe Bartlett pears, in 3/4 inch cubes
1/4 cup brown sugar or Sucanat
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375 F. In a medium bowl mix the sugar, cornstarch and nutmeg. Add berries and pears, and mix thoroughly until fruit is coated with the dry ingredients. Pour fruit mixture into greased 8x8" baking dish.
In a large bowl, mix baking mix and salt. Cut shortening or butter into the baking mix, using your hands to mix until no large lumps appear. Add milk or milk substitute, and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon (the mixture will not be completely smooth).
Spoon batter over the top of the fruit, spreading over the whole dish. It will be thick, so use your hands to distribute it evenly. Leave a few small uncovered areas so that some of the liquid from the fruit can evaporate during the baking process. (Optional: Put a few pats of butter on the top of the cobbler before putting in the oven.) Shake a bit of cinnamon evenly over the top of the dough.
Bake for 30 minutes or until knife inserted in biscuit topping comes out clean and the top has browned. Serve warm.
*Edited 3/09 to add: Pamela's baking mixes are under kosher supervision but are not certified by a mainstream kosher certifying agency, so most people who keep strictly kosher kitchens will want to use another gluten-free all-purpose flour mix such as Arrowhead Mills All-Purpose Gluten-Free Baking Mix
. I no longer use Pamela's products in my house since I now have a more strictly kosher kitchen. If in doubt, check with your rabbi!
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That looks really tasty! Thanks for the recipe!
- Penny said...
you are making me hungry again. i'll try to make it soon (bli neder)!
- Unknown said...
Aside of the fact that this cobbler looks yummy, the dish looks delicious! I am having hardcore dish envy - oh that jade-ite (sp?) so pretty, especially with crispy baked bits stuck on it.
- ByTheBay said...
M - That's funny, when I looked at the pic I was like "sh*t, I should have cleaned off the dish before I took photos!" A few years ago FireKing re-released a few jadeite bakeware pieces. I bought them at Bed Bath & Beyond... So they're not exactly knock-offs but nor are they vintage. My favorite piece of the set is this one:
They no longer are making them, apparently.
- ~M said...
Have you ever made a strawberry rhubarb crisp/cobbler? Most conventional recipes call for tons of sugar, but I know that your recipes are much healthier, and rely on natural sweeteners.
Also, I would love to see a roundup of Passover-friendly GF recipes!
- ByTheBay said...
M: Ya know, I've never tried making a strawberry-rhubarb pie/tart/cobbler/crisp since being gluten-free. That's a great idea - Something I might try in late spring and early summer when the strawberries start to be in season! And yes, you bet, I will be posting a gluten-free Passover roundup this week!


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Waste is one of our biggest collective challenges. Tackling it is critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting land and water and improving livelihoods.
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When it comes to food waste, we have a particularly vital role to play. A third of food is wasted globally every day. The United Nations aims to cut food waste by 50% by 2030. We are uniquely positioned to help. With a supply chain of over 150,000 enterprises, 425,000 employees and 75 million consumers, there are many ways we can make a difference and revolutionize the way our industry deals with food waste.
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We have established a global program, WasteWatch – powered by LeanPath – which helps to identify causes and define action plans to prevent waste. Sites implementing WasteWatch can reduce food waste by 45% in two to six months.
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A quick glance at the numbers in Tyler Lorenzen's return to the UConn football team's lineup last week and it might be looked on with indifference.
A quick glance at the numbers in Tyler Lorenzen's return to the UConn football team's lineup last week and it might be looked on with indifference.
His 7-for-15 night — good for 70 yards — might cause a lengthy yawn, but the Huskies wouldn't have it any other way as they head into South Florida tonight to face the Bulls on national television.
Lorenzen is just happy to be back.
"I missed it so bad," he said. "It sucked. It was terrible."
The plan was to keep it simple and let the senior ease back into the saddle. After all, he had missed nearly two months with a broken right foot. In the four full games he missed, UConn went from ranked to losing three of four contests while barely staying alive in the race for the Big East crown.
It's safe to say his teammates have missed his leadership, poise and the intangibles that come with an experienced quarterback.
"I don't know, I couldn't tell you," Lorenzen said of the difference he makes. "Maybe they're just used to me. The bottom line is I don't know. Whatever it may be, as long as we win, I hope it keeps working."
Lorenzen figured the worst-case scenario for his return would have been in whatever bowl game the Huskies play in late next month or in early January. But as he began to progress and perform drills without pain, his time table moved up to last week's win at Syracuse.
Through extensive rehab for the injury and "pushing the envelope" with the training staff, Lorenzen returned ahead of schedule. He experienced no unusual soreness beyond what typically follows playing football and was comfortable enough that he had no trepidation once he returned to the field, which made him feel "alive again."
Lorenzen's return also infused life into a UConn team that has felt stagnant in recent weeks. With two important games left, the southpaw's return couldn't have come at a better time.
"It gives us confidence," tailback Donald Brown said. "It helps us out a lot with the experience that he has. Experience is what sets people apart at this level. The more experience you have, the more successful you're going to be."
That's what the Huskies are hoping for when they enter Raymond James Stadium, a place where they have yet to win — and neither time has the outcome been pretty.
But if anyone has experience in trying to stop multi-threat quarterbacks this season, it's the Huskies. First there was Baylor's Robert Griffin, then West Virginia's Pat White. Stopping South Florida's Grothe is the Big East's leading passer and tops in all-purpose yards.
The junior enters the game with nearly 400 rushing yards, making him a serious threat to leave the pocket and eat up big yardage. In five games, he's scrambled for at least 50 yards.
Priority No. 1 with Grothe is maintaining assignments to keep his wheels in check.
"With Pat White, we were more worried about him running the ball on us than passing; we wanted him to pass the ball," senior Cody Brown said. "With Grothe, we're worried about both. We have to stick to our keys and hope (defensive coordinator Todd) Orlando comes up with a good game plan this week."
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Punk band Rise Against is the latest group to debut music in Guitar Hero World Tour, with the previously unreleased song "Death Blossoms" available next week as part of the Rise Against Track Pack.
Chicago punk band Rise Against is no stranger to Guitar Hero, with "Prayer of the Refuge" and "Re-Education (Through Labor)" appearing in previous versions of the game. Now they're back with a whole new track, "Death Blossoms", joining "Audience of One" from their latest album and "Ready to Fall: from The Sufferer & The Witness in the Rise Against Track Pack. The pack will be available on March 12th for 440 Microsoft points ($5.49), with the individual tunes going for 160 points ($1.99).
To celebrate the release, lead vocalist Tim McIlrath will be on Xbox Live from 7 to 9pm GMT to play the band's tunes with fans. Add GHRiseAgainst1 to your Xbox 360 friends list if that's the sort of thing you see yourself doing.


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In 2006, the Galaxy sent two players to the World Cup, with both Chris Albright and Landon Donovan named to the United States roster. For this year's tournament, the Galaxy are the only MLS team to have two players on the final 23-man U.S. roster.
LA Galaxy forwards Edson Buddle and Landon Donovan were named today to the final 23-man World Cup roster by U.S. National Team head coach Bob Bradley.
The players will remain in training camp with the National Team this week ahead of Saturday afternoon's friendly against Turkey in Philadelphia, before flying to South Africa with the rest of the U.S. delegation on Sunday. This will be the third World Cup for Donovan and the first for Buddle.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa will be the fourth World Cup held since the Galaxy's inaugural season in 1996. The Galaxy have been represented at each of the previous tournaments with Cobi Jones playing for the U.S. in 1998 and 2002.
In 2006, the Galaxy sent two players to the World Cup, with both Chris Albright and Landon Donovan named to the United States roster. For this year's tournament, the Galaxy are the only MLS team to have two players on the final 23-man U.S. roster.
The all-time leading scorer in U.S. National Team with 42 goals and 42 assists in 121 career games with the Red, White and Blue, Donovan played for the U.S. at the 2002 World Cup in Japan/Korea and the 2006 World Cup in Germany, starting all eight games that the U.S. played in at those two tournaments and scoring twice.
The MLS leader with nine assists in nine games this season, Donovan is the sixth leading scorer in MLS history with 97 career goals and the second leading scorer in Galaxy history with 65 goals in 130 career games with the club. Buddle, who leads MLS with nine goals in nine games this season, earned his second cap with the U.S. on Tuesday night, starting and playing the opening 45 minutes of the 4-2 loss to the Czech Republic in Hartford, Conn.
That was the first start of Buddle's National Team career and his first appearance with the team in more than seven years. The 10th leading scorer in MLS history with 82 career goals in his 10-year MLS career, Buddle has 34 career goals in 71 games since joining the Galaxy in June 2007. Buddle's two caps are the fewest among the 23 players named to the final U.S. roster.
Buddle and Donovan will miss at least the Galaxy's next three games, which will all be played before Major League Soccer takes a two-week break for the group stage of the tournament. If the United States advances beyond the group stages, the pair will miss at least one more regular season game with the Galaxy.
The United States were drawn into Group C of the World Cup along with Algeria, England and Slovenia. The U.S. opens their World Cup schedule on Saturday, June 12 when they take on England at 11:30 a.m. (PT).
They then take on Slovenia on Friday, June 18 at 7 a.m. (PT) before rounding out group play on Wednesday, June 23 against Algeria at 7 a.m. (PT).
To view the complete United States World Cup roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, please visit www.ussoccer.com, the official website of U.S. Soccer.


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15 Fun Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo With Your Kids
Do you want your kids to learn about the traditions of other cultures?
Are you seeking entertaining activities that are also educational?
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with fun adventures your whole family will enjoy!
In this article I'll share 15 fun and festive activities you and your family can do to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
Why Celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
Cinco de Mayo is also called "El Día de la Batalla de Puebla" (The Day of the Battle of Puebla). Although it's often confused as Mexico's Independence Day, Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's unlikely victory over France on May 5, 1862, near Puebla, Mexico during the Franco-Mexican War.
Cinco de Mayo is a minor holiday in Mexico. However, cities across the United States—especially those with a large Mexican-American population—go all-out to celebrate Mexican culture and heritage on May 5.
It's a great opportunity to learn about and experience some Mexican culture with your kids, wherever you are.


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SAS® to visualize the data behind world's most pressing challenges
SAS is official analytics and data visualization provider for the new Global GoalsCast
It's one thing to tell people about the millions of individuals around the world who barely have enough clean water to survive. It's another thing to show and inspire them to take action. That's why SAS has joined forces with Global GoalsCast to provide data visualizations with SAS®Viya® about the critical challenges facing humanity.
Launched in January on Apple Podcasts, Global GoalsCast is a podcast series that inspires action by sharing the stories of people tackling urgent global issues, including migration, clean water, gender equality, climate change and the refugee crisis.
As the official analytics partner, SAS will help explain these complex issues through interactive data visualizations and other imagery to accompany the podcast episodes. Visuals will be shared on the Global GoalsCast webpage and social media platforms.
Global GoalsCast focuses on the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals – known as the Global Goals. Signed by 193 countries in 2015, the Goals have specific targets to achieve a more prosperous, peaceful and sustainable world by the year 2030.
According to Global GoalsCast co-hosts Claudia Romo Edelman and Edie Lush, "we started this podcast to engage and inspire the podcast listener audience, which tends to be full of curious, early adopters, and influencers, to learn about the Global Goals and take action. Achieving the 17 Global Goals requires global participation and this podcast is an innovative method for sharing this message."
Harnessing the power and passion of the crowd
Last year, SAS urged the public to wield data for good with the launch of GatherIQ™, a crowdsourcing app that asks users to analyze data and provide information to help nonprofits in their missions. Previously available only on Apple® products, the app can now be accessed on the Web and will be available on Android devices April 9th.
Global GoalsCast listeners will be encouraged to explore data on important causes through GatherIQ. Users of the app are already helping IOM, World Wildlife Fund and the Sepsis Alliance address a myriad of issues related to migrant danger, wildlife preservation and sepsis awareness.
All of the organizations involved with Global GoalsCast have a total reach of over 93 million social media followers.
"SAS is excited to help Global GoalsCast tell these stories by analyzing data for good and to ignite the passion of its listeners to change the world," said I-Sah Hsieh, SAS Corporate Social Innovation Director. "By visualizing this data, people can quickly grasp the challenges we face and share it with their social media networks. Awareness fuels engagement and opens the door to new possibilities for tackling these Goals as a global community."
A Data for Good tradition
For SAS, the Global GoalsCast collaboration represents the latest in the company's Data for Good effort. Previously, SAS helped the United Nation's International Organization for Migration (IOM) respond to humanitarian crises following earthquakes in Nepal and Pakistan, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. SAS analyzed data from thousands of shelters to help IOM responders identify critical issues and prioritize relief efforts.
SAS is a supporter of the Data for Good movement, exploring how to use data in meaningful ways to solve humanitarian issues around poverty, health, human rights, education, and the environment. From child welfare to combating opioid abuse, from behavioral health to providing better educational opportunities for children, the power of data to improve the world is profound.
Today's announcement was made in advance of SAS Global Forum, the world's largest analytics conference, with more than 30,000 business and IT users of SAS software participating on-site and online. Attendees of the conference can learn more about GatherIQ and how SAS is using Data for Good by visiting Booth 108.
About Global GoalsCast
Global GoalsCast is a podcast series focused on storytelling for good. The podcast inspires listeners to take action by sharing the stories of known and unknown heroes who are making positive change in the world.
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Visualizations demonstrate that while the percentage of people with access to clean water is increasing, the amount of clean water per person is actually decreasing.


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With his "Office" career all but over Steve Carell is scrambling for work. Fortunately, he's found some folks who think he may have a future as a movie star.
Carell is in talks to co-star alongside Keira Knightley in "A Friend for the End of the World," reports Deadline. The film will be the directorial debut of screenwriter Lorene Scafaria, best known for her script for "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist."
"A Friend" is set in a time when humanity is facing the prospect of being wiped out by an oncoming asteroid. Carell's character gets left in the lurch by his panicky wife who flees for who knows where...
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Luckily, Carell's character soon thereafter hears from his high school sweetheart, who wants to spend the end of the world with him. So he and his sexy neighbor, Knightley, head off on a road trip to find her. Guess who falls in love - go on, guess.
In the meantime, Carell's last "Office" farewell airs April 21, and his film "Crazy, Stupid, Love" is out later this summer, while Knightley's "Last Night," co-starring Sam Worthington, opens at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month before going into limited release May 6.


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A small one to show Dell service tag information.
Not very original, as it is more or less the same than Austin's one: Track A Package but as it is simplified maybe it shows better the few lines to open an URL.
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link = "http://www.dell.com/support/home/US/Us/USbsdt1/product-support/servicetag/" & Trim(Clipboard.Value)
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This is also how you raise your 80-year-old manager's already-high blood pressure. Steve Cishek's wild pitch in the tenth inning last night sent home the winning run, and was so far off target that we can only chalk it up to ghosts.
For what it's worth, with the IBB off the table, Cishek would come back to strike out that batter.


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SUPERMARKET GAMES by Vince DeMattia This report is about the "strange goings on" at the supermarkets. These are my personal observations about all the games, tricks and price manipulation going on in the food and supermarket business. We used to buy fruit like apples, oranges, peaches, etc.... by the dozen. Now supermarkets are charging by the pound. Oh, good! Now I'm paying for the pits and seeds. All forms of meat are being injected with up to 10% ( you can bet it's all of 10%) water. Some packages say, it's for flavor. One package of chicken actually said that it was injected with chicken broth. Yeah... I guess if you take the water that comes out of the chicken and take it to a lab, it could be found to be chicken broth of a sort. Sure! After it's been in the chicken for a couple of weeks. I don't know about you, but I doubt very much that the company made chicken broth (you know... with carrots, celery and onions, etc). I say... either keep your water out of
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The Top Two Percent of America's Farm Subsidy Recipients, 1985-1994
The Cash Croppers: Farm Subsidies 1985-1994: West Virginia
The Cash Croppers: West Virginia
Over the past ten years American taxpayers funneled $76 million to 16,073 Federal farm subsidy recipients in West Virginia. But 44.3 percent of those payments -- $34 million -- went to just two percent of those recipients. Among these 321 recipients in the top two percent, Federal farm subsidies averaged $13,291 per year of participation. By comparison, the average recipient in West Virginia got $1,537 per year.
In addition to receiving more subsidies per year of participation, the top two percent of recipients also enrolled in the subsidy programs more frequently. While the average West Virginia recipient was given Federal farm subsidies in 3 out of the last ten years, the average rate of participation for those among the top two percent was 7.9 years out of ten.
The combination of higher subsidy payments per year of participation, and the higher rate of participation, earned the top two percent of subsidy recipients in West Virginia an average of $105,297 in Federal farm subsidies over the past ten years. That means that the top recipients in the West Virginia received 22.1 times the amount of subsidy payments that went to the average West Virginia recipient during the last decade.
Congress should take direct action in 1995 to eliminate such massive taxpayer subsidies to the relative handful of "cash croppers"-- the top 2 percent of America's heavily subsidized farm operators who have drawn huge Federal farm payments over the past decade.
In 1995, overall farm spending should be phased downward. Farm payments should be redirected to mid-size and smaller farmers. And instead of paying billions of dollars to a few thousand corporations, joint ventures and big-time farmers, Congress should invest in health care, education and environmental needs in rural West Virginia and rural America generally.
Unfortunately, as the 1995 debate over Federal farm subsidies draws to an end it seems almost certain that Congress will guarantee the status quo, perpetuating extremely high payments to a relative few subsidy recipients in West Virginia and in the nation as a whole. For example, the "Freedom to Farm Act," proposed by Rep. Pat Roberts of Kansas, will lock in big bucks subsidies for the largest recipients--the very corporations, joint ventures and industrial-scale operations that have made constant and maximum use of farm subsidy programs over the past decade. At the same time, the Freedom to Farm Act will lock out assistance in West Virginia to new farmers and farmers who have relied on subsidy payments less often.
Congress is moving aggressively to slash assistance to poor people, education, and environmental protection. But the Federal farm "cash croppers" in West Virginia and other states are likely to emerge from the 1995 budget wars virtually unscathed.


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A person caught the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya in the United States this month, health officials say — marking the first time mosquitoes in the U.S. are believed to have spread it.
Other cases of the illness, which is relatively new to the Americas, have been reported in travelers returning home to Florida, New York, Texas and elsewhere, often after trips to the Caribbean.
Here is some key information about chikungunya and the virus that causes it.
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How do you get chikungunya? Mosquitoes transmit the virus between people. The two species usually responsible, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, bite mostly during the day. In the U.S., they are found in the Southeast and in some parts of the Southwest, though Aedes albopictus also is found up through the Mid-Atlantic and in the lower Midwest.
What are the symptoms? The most common symptoms are fever and joint pain, often in the hands and feet; also possible are muscle aches, headaches, joint swelling and a rash. Symptoms, which can be severe, usually begin three to seven days after a person is bitten. Most people feel better within a week, and death is rare, though joint pain can persist.
How do you treat chikungunya? There is no specific treatment and no vaccine. Medicines like ibuprofen, naproxen, paracetamol and acetaminophen can relieve fever and pain, though.
How do you avoid getting chikungunya? To protect yourself, try to avoid being bitten. Use air conditioning or window screens. Use insect repellant, and if possible, wear long sleeves and pants. Get rid of standing water, where mosquitoes can breed.
Who is most at risk for a severe case? Newborns exposed during delivery, people 65 and older and those with high blood pressure, diabetes or heart disease are at the highest risk.
What does the name mean? It is derived from a word in the Kimakonde language, spoken in southern Tanzania, where the virus was first detected. It means to become contorted or bent, describing the stooped appearance of someone suffering from joint pain.
Where has it been reported? Outbreaks have occured in Africa, Asia and Europe and on the islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans. The first case transmitted in the Americas was reported in the Caribbean in late 2013.
How do you pronounce chikungunya? Like this: chik-en-gun-ye.
Source: Centers for Disease and Prevention, World Health Organization


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Good morning bloggers, thanks for stopping by!
Before today's card, just a quick reminder that we still have free postage on the website, we've had a few emails recently from customers abroad saying that the shipping is expensive from the UK! Not if you buy from Lili of the Valley it's not …our free shipping offer includes overseas orders and covers all our products except the paper pads (we do make a small charge towards the cost of posting these because of the weight)
It's your last chance to enter our Make It Festive challenge today so if you want to win one of our fabulous prizes or be a Guest designer for us then make sure you get your entry in on time
Back to Christmas today and I have a card to share using one of the latest images which were released last weekend…
Dena made this lovely card using Fairy Lights which features our Jack, Patch and Puss characters
I love the simplicity of this card, Dena has used pencils to colour the image on kraft card
…and added a sentiment from the Christmas Handwritten Phrases set
Enjoy your Saturday, and make sure you stop by tomorrow when I'll be introducing a new guest designer


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Excerpts of a Skype Conversation – Mad Men
Posted on April 26, 2014 by willza99
So I started watching Mad Men finally. It's okay, I'm only on episode 2 so I can't really say much and there are a good 70 episodes or so it seems on Netflix to rummage through. It got me thinking … Continue reading →


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