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Cities at night: Extraordinary Rosetta images
ESA's Rosetta has returned extraordinary images captured 13 November 2007 as the comet-chasing spacecraft completed a critical Earth swing-by at 45 000 kilometres per hour.
The images - captured by Rosetta's OSIRIS instrument - comprise a view of the Earth's night side including urban regions in Asia, Africa and Europe, and a view of the Earth's limb over Antarctica.
The first image was taken with the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera (WAC) at 19:45 CET, about 2 hours before the closest approach of the spacecraft to Earth. At the time, Rosetta was about 80 000 km above the Indian Ocean where the local time approached midnight (the angle between Sun, Earth and Rosetta was about 160°).
Islands of artificial lights created by human habitation are sparsely distributed over the part of the globe seen in the picture.
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Earth's limb high over Antarctica
This image was taken with the Wide Angle Camera (WAC) at 20:05 CET, about 2 hours before the closest approach of the spacecraft to Earth. At the time Rosetta was about 75000 km from Earth. A sun-illuminated crescent can be seen around Antarctica. The image is a colour composite combining images obtained at various wavelengths.
This is an annotated version of the first image, showing various geographical and population features.
The images were captured between 19:45 and 20:05 CET, about two hours prior to Rosetta's gravity-assist passage past Earth, as the spacecraft flew
The image series was captured by the spacecraft's OSIRIS (Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System) instrument, which includes a wide-angle camera and a narrow-angle camera to obtain high-resolution images of the destination comet's nucleus and the asteroids that Rosetta passes on its voyage to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
OSIRIS will also help in identifying the best landing sites for the on-board lander. The Principal Investigator is H.U. Keller, of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Last week was a banner week for tech mergers with Facebook Inc.'s deal to acquire messaging service WhatsApp Inc., and that could point to a big year for tech deals, possibly the next big driver for stocks.
Tech companies are sitting on cash as organic growth becomes more difficult to come by, according to M&A analysts. So expect more deals, and a lot more M&A buzz that gets investors thinking about which stocks are ripe for buyouts.
Tech stocks outperformed last week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index
Late Wednesday, Facebook
Speculation also surrounded a possible acquisition of Tesla Motors Inc.
While 2013 was forecast to be a breakout year in M&A, the value of global M&A deals actually declined by 6% from 2012, and the number of announced deals slipped by 7% to the slowest period since 2005, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Technology M&A, however, has been a bright spot, especially with big ticket acquisitions. The value of tech deals jumped 65% to $188.2 billion last year, according to Ernst & Young, with cloud- and mobile-based technology at the forefront of the trend.
Facebook's WhatsApp deal brought tech M&A year-to-date volume to $49.9 billion, a 41% increase from the same point in 2013, the highest year-to-date volume since 2000, according to a recent note from Michael DiSalvo at Dealogic. That even includes Silver Lake Partner's February 2013 announcement it was taking Dell Inc. private for $24.4 billion.
"The amount of deals being done recently speaks to companies struggling to grow their top line," said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management. "It's difficult to grow organically even for a Facebook."
Facebook's eye-popping purchase really moved the needle. While the total dollar volume of tech deals is up this year, the number is down — 24% lower at 677 from this time last year, according to Dealogic.
The strain on companies to expand sales has been obvious during this earnings season, which has generally received fair but not stellar grades. On top of companies blaming the weather for poor sales, a great many have indicated a tough business environment going ahead, Nolte said.
About 82% of companies issuing an earnings forecast for the first quarter have guided below the Wall Street estimate, according to John Butters, senior earnings analyst for FactSet. While that's below the negative forecast percentage of 88% this time last quarter, it's still well above the five-year average of 64%, Butters noted.
For the fourth-quarter, reported earnings have grown 8.5% for the S&P 500, while revenue has increased by 0.8%, according to FactSet.
Tech M&A to be 'strong' at worst, 'blockbuster' at best
In fact, the day before Facebook announced the deal, Ernst & Young said in a report that 2014 will be a strong year for technology M&A at worst, and a "blockbuster" at best.
"I expect activist shareholders to continue challenging technology companies in 2014 to put 'excess' cash to use," said Ernst & Young's Joe Steger in a recent note.
Read: Investor activism is at a 5-year-high and they're targeting bigger companies.
He points to $832 billion in cash and investments concentrated in just the top 25 global technology companies. Activist institutional investors are likely to push corporate boards to pursue special dividends, share repurchases, operational improvements or more strategic options around acquisitions.
On Thursday, PricewaterhouseCoopers provided the same assessment, noting that the lines between software companies and Internet-based companies continue to fade as cloud- and mobile-based technologies catch on.
"Disruptive technologies are driving change at a dizzying pace, heightening the need for continuous innovation," said Rob Fisher, PwC's U.S. technology deals leader, in a statement. "M&A is playing an instrumental role for larger technology enterprises seeking to achieve growth."
That trend of fewer but higher-priced deals is holding up in the broader market with the volume of global M&A up 13% at $504.3 billion year to date, but with fewer deals (4,289 versus 5,630 in the year-ago period), according to Dealogic.
Fewer but higher-priced deals don't indicate a buying frenzy but suggest buyers are deliberating more before striking a deal.
Other high-profile M&A events so far on the year include Comcast Corp.'s
A strong M&A season could drive stock prices higher as stock pickers hunt out the next target, causing bargain-hunting companies to pull the trigger on a deal sooner.
With more advancing stocks than decliners, Nolte sees a higher market trajectory as "the path of least resistance." Weak Chinese data and a divided Federal Open Market Committee lknocked stocks down last week, but they eventually bounced back.
"Markets are looking past poor economic data at this point and are very willing to believe that the global economy is in the process of improving," Nolte said.
Also, in a note Friday, B. of. A Merrill Lynch said fund flows into stocks rose to their fastest pace in three months.
Earnings next week: Salesforce.com, Gap, solar
Fewer than 50 components of the S&P 500 report earnings this week. The lion's share will come from retailers, smaller energy companies, and utilities, leaving only a handful of companies left to report in later weeks.
The one Dow component scheduled to report is Home Depot Inc.
Retailers include Macy's Inc.
Energy equipment and services companies such as Transocean Ltd. also report results, with oil and gas companies such as Oneok Inc.
Utilities Edison International
Other notable earnings for the week include Cablevision Systems Corp.
, First Solar Inc.
Economic data on tap
Also Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, the formerly-known-as Humphrey-Hawkins testimony that was rescheduled due to weather.
On the housing front comes the Case-Shiller home price index and FHFA home price index for December on Tuesday; January new home sales on Wednesday; and January pending home sales on Friday. Concerning consumer data: February consumer confidence data is released on Tuesday and the February University of Michigan consumer sentiment index is released on Friday.
Production data comes in the form of January durable goods orders on Thursday and February Chicago PMI data on Friday, along with the fourth-quarter revised GDP figures.
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Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov 20, 2013 / 05:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City says he feels privileged to have been named chairman of the board for Catholic Relief Services and was surprised when he was asked last week to take the role.
"I'm humbled, and I'm honored, to have this opportunity to serve the Church and our mission to the least of our brothers and sisters around the world," Archbishop Coakley told CNA Nov. 19.
"I've been on the board of CRS for over a year, going on two years, but I was very much surprised by the appointment."
The archbishop recalled how the new U.S. bishop's conference president, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., approached him as the annual meeting concluded in Baltimore last week "and asked if I would be willing to serve."
"So I had to ask him what chairing the organization would entail, and it certainly will require me to rearrange some priorities, but I'm very happy to serve in this way, very honored to be entrusted with this responsibility."
Archbishop Coakley was announced Tuesday as chairman of Catholic Relief Services' board of directors, succeeding Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson in the role. The charity is the international humanitarian agency of the U.S. bishops, providing assistance to those in need in 91 countries. It was founded in 1943 to aid World War II survivors in Europe.
In a public statement, Archbishop Coakley expressed his deep gratitude for Bishop Kicanas and his "sterling example and dedication as the previous chair."
He added that "even now, as I transition into this role, more than 100 CRS workers are on the ground in the Philippines, offering their expertise and assistance as our Filipino brothers and sisters face great and unexpected suffering in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. The work of CRS – its mission to extend the love and compassion of Christ to the poor wherever there is need – continues."
Archbishop Coakley explained to CNA/EWTN News that "the work of CRS is so important, and such a significant expression of the Catholic Church in the U.S., of our mission to serve the poor and those who are in distress, the least of our brothers and sisters."
He visited CRS operations in Rwanda in September, and was "deeply moved by that experience."
"It was my first opportunity to witness on the ground how CRS is affecting lives, and saving lives. I have a great esteem for the organization, for the staff members, supporters, for all who share in this mission, so I'm very excited about (my appointment)."
Archbishop Coakley added that the responsibility of board members who are bishops "certainly touches upon the importance of keeping the CRS focused according to the Church's mission and identity."
"We're very concerned that CRS remains faithful to the Church's moral and social teachings, and we're confident that we're able to provide that kind of careful oversight," he added.
"We're always reviewing our projects, and partnerships, to ensure that we are not inadvertently drawn into, or involved, in illicit partnerships that could compromise our Catholic identity and mission. We take that very seriously."
The archbishop reflected on the agency's dedication to serve those in need, regardless of their religion, race, or nationality.
"We serve the least of our brothers and sisters, regardless of who they are."
"That's always been my approach with Catholic social ministries; my refrain, working with our own Catholic Charities organization is 'we don't serve because our clients are Catholic, we serve because we are Catholic.'"
"Our faith demands that expression of practical charity," he concluded.
Archbishop Coakley cited Pope Francis as sharing this view, explaining that "certainly, the Holy Father is making that Gospel mandate very clear: to go out to the peripheries, to those who are not being reached, and serve them as an expression of our faith – faith working through charity."
"We can't; the Church has never limited it outreach and its mission, to serve only its own; we can't be in-looking, we have to; the love of Christ impels us forward, and beyond, to serve everyone."


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'Maama' Kits promote safe deliveries in UgandaMar 8, 2009
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|Ugandan women at a health clinic in the Ruhiira Millennium Development Village.
"This is my first delivery at a health facility; the midwife treated me very well," says Ninsiima, the proud mother of six girls and now one boy.
Ninsiima is one of several hundred women in Ruhiira, a village in Southwestern Uganda, to give birth in a health institution.
She delivered her previous children at home with the assistance of traditional birth attendants because health institutions lacked the essentials.
This is now changing rapidly. As Uganda's first Millennium Village, Ruhiira has placed child and maternal mortality among its highest priorities and is decreasing death rates dramatically.
Now, thanks to a health kit disseminated by UNDP and known as the "Maama" Kit, the number of medically-supervised deliveries in Ruhiira has increased to 75%, up from 8% in December 2007. That's 263 births per months, up from 51.
The "Maama" Kits are designed to help women deliver in clean conditions. They include baby sheets; soap; pads; gloves; a surgical blade; a sterilized chord for tying the umbilical cord and rehydration packages.
The pack reduces the risk of vaginal and eye infections, tetanus and diarrhea, all of which may occur in bad hygiene conditions.
The Ruhiira Millennium Development Village intervenes in five core areas: health; agriculture and environment; water and sanitation; education; and infrastructure. The project has also initiated activities in enterprise development to improve livelihoods and increase incomes.
The total population in the project area is 43,056, comprising 8,133 households. The project aims to empower communities with knowledge and skills to use the resources they have to come out of poverty in all its manifestations.
This is done through participatory processes that enhance local ownership and sustainability of the overall program.
Ruhiira: a few additional accomplishments
• Mobilization of
rural savings among newly new women's association comprising 450
members; 30 of them trained in business development;
• Family planning workshops conducted in which 150 people participated;
• Increased bean production by 50% and maize production by 150% through distribution of improved seeds; assisted farmers to store and market about 500 tons of maize;
• Communities trained to vaccinate goats against "Lumpy Skin Disease"
• 18 primary schools benefit from school feeding programme (7,051 pupils), leading to increased school attendance;
• HIV/AIDS prevention clinics conducted in schools;
• Construction of five school buildings;
• 46 community nurseries established.
For more on UNDP's work in Uganda, go to www.undp.or.ug


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I recently came across the cartoons of GD Konstantine, and I really like them!
I also enjoy drawing cartoons. Using a simple drawing program, I sometimes take a minute to draw a simple black-and-white cartoon, usually inspired by a word or phrase I've heard recently that stuck in my head. It's a fun way to take a bite-sized break. Some of my favorites include Egg on Your Face, Shredding the Gnar, Surly La Table, and Blown Away Disk Cache.


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Turks do have a few things to teach the world when it comes to the spices. Not every spice used in Turkish cooking originates from Turkey but it does not meat they has not acquired special place and use in Turkish cuisine.
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It's an unpaid position until the funding is in. The current project needs wrapping up for getting it ready to show it with the kickstarter campaign. When that's successful it's a paid job or you become a partner in the biz (up to you)
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Anyone running it or have any good links to the installation/setup instructions. I have read most of what I can find but many files such as winecfg seem to be missing from openBSD pkg.
Note that the version of WINE available for OpenBSD dates from 1999. This is because newer versions of WINE contain many Linux-specific technologies.
The only thing I have *ever* gotten to work with OpenBSD's WINE is sol.exe from Windows 95. Nothing else, and nothing from any newer versions of Windows.
If you require Windows Applications, either set up a multiboot environment and run Windows natively (or Linux/WINE), or run Windows in a virtual machine.
Right, that old Wine port is for nostalgic reasons only..
I believe the issue with modern Wine is thread related, but honestly none of the developers seem interested in such a port anyway..
jggimi is right, if you own a previous Windows licence, multiboot.. or install it in QEMU or something, that might violate the EULA but who honestly cares eh?
I have been trying to get a virtual windows machine running on OpenBSD for awhile now but all the technology I looked at didn't seem to support OpenBSD as a host OS. Will QEMU do that? If i could get a windows MMC console to work with OpenBSD I could finally leave MS land forever, never to return.
Yes, qemu can be used to run Windows. But use standard installation media from Microsoft, not an OEM "image" disc from a PC manufacturer. Those are hardware configuration specific, and none will match the qemu virtual machine.
But it was mentioned that with MMC capabilities you'd leave Windows forever... does that mean if you had the equivalent functionality of the MMC in OBSD? Or are you really looking to run a particular program from Windows in OBSD?
I remember that the main problem I ran into ages ago when trying to run WINE in Linux (Fedora) was that any program with .NET requirements (and that means even needing .NET to merely install the application as is now typically the case) would render the WINE installation useless. So even if you could get it 'working' I'm not sure how much enjoyment you'd get from it.
And lastly, that pesky "Windows Validation" junk kept getting harder and harder to get around... not sure if the WINE developers found a way around these two hurdles, as I left WINE and Linux a long time ago for OBSD... and been happy ever after.
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good stuff everyone. I have started building a new OBSD machine for QEMU / reactOS or win VM. (hence the other matrox posts :-)) I have multiple MS action pack subscriptions as well as an MSDN universal license so getting valid software is not a problem. I have spent the last decade porting stuff over from unix to windows in a never ending fight to get my OS to treat me like an adult and recently I threw in the towel. Windows *could* do anything *nix could do if MS would stop intentionally breaking stuff so my grandma can play scrabble on AOL with one less virus. I gave up on windows even though MS/RIAA were nice enough to give me temporary permission to play my own media on the copy of vista I lease.
All that ramble and I didn't answer the question. I work for a large company as a software engineer and have to live in a windows world. I need to manage many many windows machines and run IIS, .net, SQL server ect everywhere. I have made lot of progress with OBSD, read a samba book and see that it can do much of the network management i have to do. Rdesktop works great. Made a network bridge, a firewall, vpn, proxy, dns server and on and on. I love it but I still need to be able to manage those win apps from my desktop. A vm would be perfect. I could run BSD local and have a win vm joined to the domain to do that stuff. As a server I can replace tons of stuff we do on 2003 now with OBSD for free and have it run better on less hardware. great potential. When the free version is better than what is sold, then what is sold has no value and people will eventually stop buying it.
Will VNC work for you? I have used VNC on mixed platforms in the past and recently installed the "tightvnc" package on OpenBSD 4.3 and it works very well.
You could run a VNS server on a machine in the domain and vncviewer on your OpenBSD box.
or you could do what I do (because work-wise I'm in the same position you are)...
load up Virtual-PC 2007 (which is completely free $-wise), then install OBSD on it.
In fact I have a very nice 4.3 installation on a .vhd that's about 10 Gigs in size. When someone at work inquires about OBSD, I let them have that copy (it already has the networking configured for our LAN so it literally works outta the box.)
The cool thing about this is showing someone how much easier and more efficient something can do on OBSD running on top of a windows installation than the windows installation itself... priceless.
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I have a full VMware ESX license and setup as well as Workstation. I run OpenBSD VMs there. I just like the ESX model with a minimal, stable base OS and lately I don't want to work on anything thats not opensource if i can avoid it. with a non MS base OS i can run numerous extra virtual appliances including another complete windows vm on the same hardware. I setup reactOS inside qemu and in a few years thats going to be sweet if reactOS stays on schedule. That would not only satisfy all my needs but the base os, the vm layer, and the vm machine itself would all be 100% open source as far as I can tell.
I installed win 2003 enterprise in qemu and i can get it to join the domain and other things but blue screen every time with windows update. Its 2003 sp1, IE 6.0. I've tried with and without kqemu and using the no-acpi flag causes my vm to not boot at all. Thanks to everyone for the help. Often My questions are more to understand rather than getting anything productive done. I could very easily vnc from win to bsd. I can rdesktop from bsd to win as well. I could run vmware on linux. Many people at work try and give me a MAC saying that its BSD . There are many ways I could do it, but i want to do it a new way that i have never done before, with OpenBSD. :-)
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Go journey through some of the largest sand dunes in the world in the Liwa Oasis area. You can ride a 4x4 or camels for an exciting Arabian Desert experience.
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I've had a lot of experience in forums. Over the years I have created and moderated about 10. Yes, it's not a HUGE number, but forums take a lot of time and effort in order to build a successful member base.
I'm offering to help as much as I can. So here is a brief post to get you on the right track.
Paying for Posts
There are quite a few services out there that will offer to do 10 posts for $1 etc. Whilst this may look like a good 10-post-boost to your forum, it can really harm it.
People aren't dumb. When they start seeing about 20 people only making 10 posts then never returning they will notice somethings up. When they feel that members are bots or paid people they will most likely leave. Who the hell wants to get into discussions with "fakes"? Members want to have REAL discussions and get to know each other.
In my experience I have found that this can really hurt a forums reputation.
Adding your Link to Signatures in other Forums
A great one this. You can get people to know about your forum/site for free, simply by joining other forums and having your link in your forum/profile signature. An added bonus to this is that search engines like Google can see these links, and it will help boost you in search engine results.
However! Please be careful about this. I have seen people join up to forums and do a huge advertising spam post about their website in hope to get clicks. THIS DOES NOT WORK!
In actual fact, it ruins the reputation of your forum. It makes you look like a worthless, desperate spammer. Who wants to sign up to a forum run by someone like that? No one!
The best technique is to join other forums with a positive attitude. Have a link to your site in your sig, but try to make 10 or so really great posts each day or week (whenever you have the time to spare). If you get a great reputation on the forum, people will check out your link. If you are a really cool person, it is highly likely that someone will join your forum. People like to join up on sites run by really great people.
Make alternate profiles
One technique used when starting a forum brand new is to make about 10 profiles yourself and get posting. Whilst this can seem like a good boost it can look pretty bad. Each time you post, your personality leaks into it. People can quite easily tell if its the same person or not. It also requires a great amount of effort to have 20 or so conversations with yourself, trying to present different views and make it look good.
Instead, contact your friends. Ask them politely to sign up and help by making a few posts. Offer to get them a beer or something if they do, or just reward them with your kindness. Get them to tell their friends about your site too. Word of mouth is great for getting people to join your forum.
Also, if you are lucky enough. Get your friends to put a link to your forum on their websites (if they have one). you can also link back to them.
Competitions can create a real buzz for your forum. There is one thing that is very improtant though which can either make this a great idea, or a very bad idea.
If you are going to have a great prize, you really need to have a great way to promote your event (competition). If people dont know about your forum and competition, then hardly anyone will participate. Put all you can into word of mouth, links etc. you can even try contacting other webmasters to see if they will help advertise the competition on thier sites, linking to yours!
One great competition I have found is to do it based on referrals. The member who gets the most of his friends to join up and get posting will win a prize. PayPal cash, eBay items, or coupons all work great. Be creative and see what you can come up with! :)
That's all for now. I will try to provide some more information later. See this more as PART 1, hehe. I really hope this helps some of you, at times it can be really difficult to think of how to improve your forum and get more members.
You may notice that the current forum I am working on only has just over 80 members. You may be thinking "how can this person be going on about how to be successful if he only has 80 members?". Well, like I said I have worked on more. Things change over time and I can still try to provide the most useful information I can think of. I really hope some of you find this useful and go on to make some great, successful forums.
Good luck everyone! :)
PS. I will try to add PART 2 asap. I'm quite a busy man recently. In the meantime, also try and check out my forum and see if there is anything you can learn from it. If you have any questions or comments, I will be more than happy to look at them, answer them, and guide you :)
LINK: noddegamra forum
Part 2 is now here: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=204741.0
This is great, mods merge part 2 when done and sticky this please!
Nice ideas. Also try to get members which HAVE interest on your forums genre and try to make your forum a bit customized as being with default features is not always a good idea. Keep trying new things and see which affects most.
Thanks for comments :)
+ good idea Dragooon. I will add a section about forum branding/uniqueness in PART 2 :)
Also be careful while using some mods which can drag your members attention from posting like Arcade. I am not saying it is bad to have it, what I am saying is people can get distracted on only playing on arcade rather then posting. Try having it with some minimum posts required feature.
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NEWS- Wheeler dealer: Pleading for parking lot divestment
Why is UVA President John Casteen getting certified letters containing pop culture references from the 1980s? It's all part of the fireworks over Charlottesville Parking Center, the little-understood company that's been subsidizing downtown parking for nearly 50 years.
When the Hook last reported on Charlottesville Parking Center Inc. in March, it was the eve of the CPC's annual meeting, and chair Jim Berry had just announced that the company and/or its assets would be put up for sale ["Grand design: Does CPC breakup mean windfall?" March 22]. Eight months later, the company has yet to release an info pack or hire a broker to list the company for sale. So a self-described "rebel shareholder" has taken matters into his own hands.
"It's time to profit," said the shareholder, Spencer Connerat, in a recent email discussing his desire that banking giant Wachovia, which already owns about nine percent of CPC, buy up the rest of the company. Besides benefiting CPC shareholders, such a deal would give Wachovia a toe-hold in the burgeoning Charlottesville real estate market.
In recent weeks, the Florida-based Connerat has been peppering the board and management of CPC with literally dozens of emails alleging that CPC brass are dragging their heels in order to push a sweetheart deal with the City of Charlottesville.
Now, why would he think a thing like that?
For starters, the City recently spent $128,000 to conduct an international architectural design contest for a two-block area of primo real estate whose largest owner isn't the City but the CPC.
Connerat says he and the other "long-suffering" stockholders should be free to sell their assets on the open market. So in October, he formally asked Wachovia to consider a CPC takeover. Specifically, he wants Wachovia to engage in a 1:1 stock swap that would value shares of CPC at nearly $43 each. That's quite a premium for shares that were issued for just $1 each.
CPC was founded in 1959 when Barracks Road Shopping Center was opening and– with its vast acres of free parking– threatening to dampen downtown sales. Worried downtown merchants reached out to one another in what may have seemed a charity plea.
CPC, however, was no charity; it just acted like one.
CPC was incorporated as a standard corporation, but it offered comparatively generous parking programs that allowed downtown businesses to give away parking for two hours without requiring a purchase. (A mile west in the Corner district, parking is doled out in half-hour increments.)
Many of today's CPC shareholders got their stock from companies that were pressured to invest to stave off the threat posed by Barracks Road. In a roundabout way, that's how Carol Troxell ended up with hers.
At the annual meeting in March, Troxell revealed that her stock in CPC came with her purchase of New Dominion Bookshop. Another shareholder in attendance that day, 84-year-old W.P. Moore, said he got his stock in a coin toss when he was liquidating a brokerage (originally called Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath) back in the 1960s.
Ironically, neither of today's two biggest shareholders were among those early downtown-saving businesses. Like Connerat, their acquisitions began after the effort to save downtown.
In its 49-year history, Charlottesville Parking Center Inc. has never paid its shareholders a dividend, but that doesn't mean they haven't gotten rich. At the time of last year's annual meeting, the two largest investors– Jim Berry and the estate of Hovey Dabney– had accumulated 36 percent of the company, 183,245 shares between them. A Wachovia buyout would provide a payout of nearly $8 million. And for Connerat, that's part of the rub.
He alleges that in the 1990s Berry and Dabney were telling shareholders that their stock was nearly worthless and offering to buy it up for no more than $1.05 per share. Dabney, a Charlottesville business icon and war hero, died last year, and Berry isn't returning a reporter's phone calls.
A 2003 letter from CPC to a shareholder suggested that nobody but CPC itself was interested in buying shares and offered to pay $1.15 for each one.
Local developer Richard Spurzem has made a career out of looking for hidden value. After being rebuffed by CPC in his quest for a shareholder list in 2003, he took matters into his own hands and placed an ad in a newspaper expressing his interest in buying shares. He found some takers.
"It's just a small privately held company," explains Spurzem. "It's up to the board of directors to decide what to do." But to Connerat, the board has been a source of great frustration.
In October 1996, Connerat was a fledgling stockbroker associated with what was called Jefferson National Bank, then run by Dabney and Berry, who also ran CPC. He says he watched with fascination as they bought up CPC stock– splitting shares between them equally.
One day, Connerat arranged– he says he had Berry's verbal permission– to purchase some CPC shares from the estate of a bank customer. His employment was promptly terminated. While he acknowledges that the purchase was a technical violation of securities rules (because it wasn't tendered in writing), he actually blames his firing on Berry's second thoughts.
"It's called greed," says Connerat. "It's called jealousy. He told me, 'Hovey and I are on the hot seat here.' Who was this 28-year-old kid getting into their game?"
Since then, Connerat has tried to open up the sometimes secretive world of CPC. Not long after his firing, for instance, he found that CPC hadn't been following all the proper corporate procedures, and in 1997 he won a legal action against the company (a writ of mandamus) that actually landed him– for one term anyway– on the board.
Now, concerned that a "sweetheart deal" with the City could be in the works, Connerat is asking why a company that's ostensibly for sale has not yet released a prospectus (an info packet) for potential buyers.
"You may work for yourself, but you work for me too," Connerat told CPC head Berry in a recent email lambasting what he sees as undue secrecy and alleged mistreatment of shareholders. In recent days, Connerat's persistent communiques have become more strident, filled with pop culture references such as, "Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry?"
But how likely is it that septuagenarian Berry will catch the reference to gender-bending 1980s musical icon Boy George? And will Casteen, busy running a $3 billion capital campaign as president of the University of Virginia, take any pleasure in Connerat's cc'd letter describing a Wachovia buyout as "as easy as a Tim Duncan lay-up over John Crotty"?
"He sits on the Wachovia board," says Connerat of Casteen. "I want the board to be aware of the situation."
Wachovia's annual meeting is coming up April 22. Already, Connerat contends that Wachovia's corporate lawyer has told him he doesn't hold enough shares to propel his proposal into the proxy statement, the all-important annual mailing to shareholders.
"I don't think I said it won't appear," says Wachovia corporate counsel Anthony Augliera. "There's a process, and we follow it." He said it was too early to say whether the proxy statement, slated for release in March, would contain the proposal.
If Connerat gets his way and Wachovia does orchestrate a take-over, one result could be the ouster of the current company board, an action that might imperil not only the cheap and easy parking that downtowners have come to expect, but could also derail City Council's desire to sculpt a new face for Water Street.
Blasting the existing CPC board as "do nothing," Connerat says new ownership could breathe life into CPC whose key assets are the land under the Water Street Parking Deck, 284 spaces in that deck, and the one-acre, 126-space asphalt parking lot next door.
Connerat's efforts have snagged the attention of CPC's corporate lawyer, Bob Hodous.
"The corporation will not be making a sweatheart deal with the City of Charlottesville," Hodous insists in a recent email. "However, given that the City is the largest owner of units in the Water Street Parking Garage Condominium, and given some of the provisions of the contracts involved with the underlying property and that condominium, the City has a unique interest which in fact may bring a higher price than might be obtained from others."
The asphalt lot alone was nearly sold last year for $8 million, but, sources say, the would-be private buyer let his monthly $40,000 option payments expire when the real estate market softened.
At the last annual meeting, which the Hook attended because we own a single share, Berry revealed that the company– which now pays him $10,000 a year as chairman– has retired all its debt and earned a profit last year of $570,000, nearly double what it earned the previous year.
Connerat is ready for his payday. Despite living in Clearwater, Florida, where he works in a bank trust department, he says he's trying to get back on the CPC board. But it's CPC he really wants in charge.
"I want a company that's nimble; I want a company that's progressive. Don't run as if it's 1959. I leave open the possibility that Mr. Berry has been negotiating with Wachovia all along, but I'm not going to take it for granted. Wachovia has proven progressive management. They didn't become the 3rd or 4th largest bank in the country by doing nothing."
As this story was going to press, Wachovia responded to Connerat by informing him that he didn't own enough shares to force his merger proposal onto the mailing to Wachovia shareholders.


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Join SSU Dance Faculty Kristen Daley and Christine Cali for a new evening-length work featuring the groundbreaking work of Brooklyn-based dance troupe Urban Bush Women (UBW) and SSU dance students. Bringing the untold and under-told histories of disenfranchised people to light through dance, UBW seeks to create a more equitable balance of power in the dance world and beyond.
"Provocative, powerful, explicit, strong, unapologetic…"
- Nadine George-Graves, Author of "Urban Bush Women: Twenty Years of African American Dance Theater, Community Engagement, and Working it Out"
Produced in part by Theatre Arts & Dance Department's True Home Space Initiative, enhancing academic and community engagement on diversity and inclusion through performance arts.


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AALA is THE professional association for law office managers in Atlanta and the state of Georgia and has been a chapter of ALA since 1977. AALA's 195 members represent every management role within law firms and corporate legal departments.
AALA's Mission is to Inspire Excellence in the Business of Law!
Legal managers are vital to the success of law offices and AALA is vital to legal managers! AALA delivers relevant and unparalleled education in the areas of communication, finance, facilities & operations, human resources, leadership, marketing, technology and general practice areas to keep legal managers ahead of the curve!


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Album Rating: 3.5This was cool, but didn't blow me away like i hoped it would, maybe i'll like it more with another listen. Niceee review!
Just thought I'd show some support for my fellow MAAC counterpart. Great job as always man.
did u just say that neutral milk hotel and elliott smith was emo
or that grunge was emo
neither. at all. I hate you kitsch.
Thanks for the support though EVedder!
you don't need me to say anything man all your reviews are great. knapsack were cool.
ya good album
better than Mineral and Texas Is the Reason ya I said it
Album Rating: 3.5I'm enjoying this a lot more than I was on the first listen. The choruses are boner-worthy.
Album Rating: 3.5"better than Mineral"
Hell no
listening now, shit rulez.
Album Rating: 3.5yessshhhh this album
Album Rating: 4.0finding this album has made me remember how much i used to love pop punk. really catchy and well made
Album Rating: 4.0this is really good
Album Rating: 3.5It's pretty good. My problem with it is that they pretty much use the most basic chord progressions ever.
Album Rating: 3.0really good
Digging: Serpent Column - Kathodos
Album Rating: 4.0album should be called how to create incredible songs with only basic musical ability
ive only heard the other Knapsack album, not that i care because its probably exactly the same
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Lately - well, for a long time now - I've been enjoying other people's words and images far more than my own. I've felt no need to write into the void, into the echo chamber. That feeling hasn't changed, but I do miss something about this whole caper. Perhaps the sense of shared knowledge.
So if anyone is still out there, hello. I hope you are well.
This won't be regular, but for now this is what I have, with a hefty hat-tip to Jessica Stanley, whose Read. Look. Think. is the best thing on the internet. True. Jessica is a beacon of thought and interest, go forth and follow her wherever you can. Maybe some of the following came from her? In any case, it's all been sitting in my emails and open tabs for a while.
- "You could see the light bulbs go off and he looked up and said, 'It copies me.' It was really an incredible moment." 3D printing is not just for nerds, it brings dexterity to children with no fingers
- Who Wore It Better: Melancholia, Lars von Trier vs Last Year At Marienbad, Alain Resnais
- "A good navy," says a French woman with short blonde hair, "is going to fulfill the role that black used to fill, because black is now launching into another dimension." Inside Pantone colour forecasting
- "Blue Monday was a 12 foot long sheet of paper which we had to program, very like a knitting pattern." DIY Blue Monday with New Order
- You Should Date An Illiterate Girl is wonderfully written throughout; but, this: "Do it, I say, because a life in purgatory is better than a life in hell."
- Kirin J Callinan's internet confusion. 'Confusion' is certainly one word for it.


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Home > Bank Resources > Regulatory Outreach
SRC upholds the belief that outreach is the responsibility of every employee and business unit in the department. Fundamentally, outreach is about teaching and learning, and the primary purpose of SRC's outreach initiatives is to share information, knowledge, and experiences with the institutions that we supervise in a nonexamination setting.
In today's rapidly changing banking environment, effective communication is a critical element to the continued success of all participants. As change envelops the industry, financial institutions are increasingly turning to SRC for information and guidance outside the examination cycle. Outreach takes a variety of forms and is undertaken using a variety of processes:
SRC continues to pursue outreach initiatives that will help to ensure the safety and soundness of Third District institutions for today's environment and tomorrow's.
National Information Center
The National Information Center (NIC) is a central repository of data on institutions in which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest.
Online Training - Bank Directors
The Bank Director's Desktop features resources, references, training, and other materials designed to help commercial bank directors perform their duties. It is primarily aimed at helping new board members better understand their roles and responsibilities, but it also includes useful information for more experienced directors.
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Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Policy
I. Introduction
The UMGC Library ("the Library") provides interlibrary loan and document delivery services to current UMGC students, faculty, and staff in the United States and overseas. The Library brands these services as DocumentExpress. To be eligible to use the Library's DocumentExpress service, one must be currently engaged in a course or employed by UMGC, i.e., a student must be currently participating in at least one UMGC course; a faculty member must be teaching at least one course in the current semester or term; and a staff member must be currently employed by UMGC. UMGC alumni are eligible to use the Library's on-site collection but cannot make DocumentExpress requests. UMGC loans its materials to other libraries free of charge, nationally and internationally.
II. Definitions
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL) – a UMGC Library service that obtains returnable (e.g., books, DVDs, and CDs) and non-returnable (e.g., photocopies of articles) materials from libraries that are not available (i.e., not owned, present, or not allowed to circulate) in the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions' (USMAI) libraries (see UMGC's Circulation Policy 240.90).
- Document Delivery (DD) – a UMGC Library service that provides PDF (Portable Document Format) versions of journal/magazine articles not available in the Library's full-text databases or E-journals collections. Also provided are PDF versions of book chapters (generally no more that 20% of any given book due to copyright restrictions). These materials are delivered to individual accounts accessible to current UMGC students, faculty and staff via the DocumentExpress interface. These documents can be read online, downloaded, and/or printed once accessed. All PDF documents expire after twenty-one days and become irretrievable.
III. The Library's Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices for the UMGC Community
- Cost: UMGC students, faculty and staff may use the Library's DocumentExpress service free of charge. However, individuals are held responsible for returning loaned books by the due date. If books are not returned within three (3) weeks of the due date, an individual may be liable for a $50.00 to $500.00 replacement fee per item charged by UMGC on behalf of the lending library.
- Services: The Library provides ILL (as defined in II, A) services to current UMGC students, faculty and staff within the continental United States and to faculty in AK and HI. The Library provides document delivery (as defined in II, B) services to all current UMGC students, faculty and staff regardless of residency location.
- Misuse: DocumentExpress is a research service available to UMGC students, faculty, and staff as a privilege. The Library reserves the right to curtail or terminate an individual's DocumentExpress privilege in certain circumstances, e.g., efforts to circumvent clauses in the Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Policy, and abuse of the privilege for personal advantage to the detriment of the larger UMGC community.
- Summary of ILL service by patron type
Must be currently registered in a UMGC class.
Unlimited number of ILL / document delivery. (Full length, hardcopy books may be obtained for those in the continental US only)
A $50-500 non-refundable UMGC fee if books are overdue and not returned within three weeks of the due date.
Must be currently teaching a UMGC class.
Unlimited number of ILL / document delivery
(Full length, hardcopy books may be obtained for those anywhere in the US)
A $50-500 non-refundable UMGC fee if books are overdue and not returned within three weeks of the due date.
Must be a currently employed UMGC staff member.
Unlimited number of ILL / document delivery
(Full length, hardcopy books may be obtained for those in the continental US only)
A $50-500 non-refundable UMGC fee if books are overdue and not returned within three weeks of the due date.
Not eligible
- ILL and document delivery requests are accepted via the DocumentExpress interface at this URL: https://illiad.umgc.edu/Illiad/logon.html and from within the Library's collection of online databases via the Find it! button.
- Audio/visual materials such as CDs, CD-ROMs, VHS, and DVD titles are seldom loaned via ILL, and they are not available for document delivery. Stateside patrons may inquire with the Library but should be aware that the likelihood of obtaining these materials is minimal.
- Textbook materials are rarely purchased by libraries for their collections. The Library refers all students, faculty, and staff making ILL or Document Delivery requests for textbook materials to UMGC's online bookstore, MBS Direct, or the textbook publisher.
- Item availability and loan periods for ILL books are entirely dependent on the policies of the lending library. UMGC cannot override or interfere with the policies of other libraries.
- Delivery and Return of ILL and Document Delivery Materials
- Books: The Library delivers ILL books via UPS to current students, faculty, and staff living within the continental United States (or to faculty in AK or HI) upon request. UPS return labels are included in the initial shipment. Patrons should use these labels to return materials to the Library.
- Electronic document delivery: Materials delivered via document delivery are not subject to return and may be kept by the requestor in digital or paper format. Document delivery materials will be deleted from individual DocumentExpress accounts after twenty-one days of availability and are not retrievable after this time lapses.
- Delivery turnaround times: The average time for an ILL book to be delivered to the requestor is two to three weeks. The average document delivery time for journal articles and book chapters varies from the same day as the request to a few weeks. Speed of delivery for both ILL and document delivery depend in large part upon the operational capabilities of the loaning libraries.
IV. The Library's Lending Practices with non-USMAI Libraries
- The Library adheres to Title 17 of the US Code, the CONTU Guidelines and the Universal Copyright and Berne Conventions.
- Materials Available to Borrowing Libraries
- All monographs except those classified as non-circulating.
- Photocopies of articles from periodicals.
- Portions of books, i.e., photocopies of book chapters.
- VHS, DVD, other audio-visual and computer files are not part of the Library's interlibrary loan lending program but may be made available on a case-by-case basis.
- Photocopies of archival material, theses, and dissertations may be made available on a case-by-case basis.
- Process Information for Potential Borrowing Libraries
- All requests for materials should be made via OCLC. The Library may consider requests received via mail, electronic mail, telephone, or fax if unusual circumstances exist.
- UMGC does not charge borrowing libraries for the use of its materials.
- UMGC does not charge late fees.
- UMGC does charge for lost materials.
- The loan period for UMGC monographs is twenty-eight days. Loans may be renewed up to five times.
- If UMGC must recall an item, we expect it to be returned within fourteen days.
- All photocopy materials sent to borrowing libraries need not be returned to UMGC unless specifically stated.
- UMGC prefers that all borrowing institutions use an expedited postal or courier service with tracking capability when returning UMUC materials.


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ScienceDaily.com Reports on Health Benefits of Coffee
Multitudes of people worldwide begin each day with a cup of steaming hot coffee. Although it is sometimes referred to as "the devil's brew," coffee contains several nutrients (eg, calcium) as well as hundreds of potentially biologically active compounds (eg, polyphenols) that may promote health.
For instance, observational studies have suggested a beneficial link between coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes.
Determining whether or not this association is causative, however, requires controlled intervention trials.
Two articles published in the April 2010 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition report results of two studies conducted to lend additional information concerning the potential health benefits of coffee. These studies provide additional support for the emerging health benefits of coffee. Rigorous clinical intervention trials will be needed to understand more fully the biological mechanisms.
The studies by Kempf and Sartorelli "add to a growing literature suggesting that my steaming cup of morning coffee might help me stay healthy," said ASN Spokesperson Shelley McGuire, PhD. "I'm a research scientist, but I still trust that foods and beverages which have been part of our culture for generations are probably good for us, or at least they're probably not bad for us in moderation! Of particular interest is the well-controlled clinical trial that suggests coffee can lower chronic inflammation and even raise our 'good' cholesterol. I for one will enjoy my coffee even more in the weeks to come."
Journal References:
Kempf et al. Effects of coffee consumption on subclinical inflammation and other risk factors for type 2 diabetes: a clinical trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010; DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28548
Sartorelli et al. Differential effects of coffee on the risk of type 2 diabetes according to meal consumption in a French cohort of women: the E3N/EPIC cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010; DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28741


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The Co-Pilot Taxi bicycle child seat. If only all New York City cabs were as safe as this little transporter.
High seat back and sides with 3-point harness system and a safety grab bar will keep your child safely enclosed and secure in this carrier
Thick, full coverage seat pads provide extra cushioning over bumps
Molded helmet rest will comfortably accommodate a child's helmet
Adjustable, quick release footstraps keep tiny toes away from spinning spokes
Mounts to the included Blackburn Expedition Plus Rack - made to fit any size or style of adult bicycle and doubles as a cargo carrier when the seat is removed
Slide N' Lock mounting system holds everything firmly in place
Extra security strap attaches to the seat tube to eliminate backward movement
Meets the ASTM standards
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text: On The Glenn Show, Glenn and John discuss affirmative action and the racial achievement gap. Glenn notes the energetic debate over affirmative action that he witnessed recently in Nepal, in contrast to the exhausted and formulaic arguments over that issue in the US. John says affirmative action should be a time-limited policy in the US. Glenn and John debate whether affirmative action has a place within urban police forces that use test-based hiring. The two discuss the existence and sources of racial differences in intelligence. Is standardized testing necessary? Finally, they both reflect on having achieved high test scores in their youth.Play entire video


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Hummer H3 Review - Road Test
The All-New, All-Different H3
When the first HMMWV rolled off the assembly line back in 1983, most 4x4 enthusiasts surely didn't envision future generations of Hummers running around the civilian market. Yet that's exactly what has happened, and the new H3 is a welcome addition to the SUV market. We had our first experience with the H3 on the Rubicon trail while on an engineering study ("H3 First Drive," Jan. '05). At the time the rigs weren't in final form, nor were we allowed to report our on-road driving impressions. But now the wraps are off and you'll be able to snag a testdrive at your local Hummer dealership.
So what's so different about the H3? Simply put, it's a midsized contender in the SUV market, still booming despite rising fuel prices. Styled after the H1 and H2, the H3 contains not only the high beltline design cues, but also the grille and hood "bumps" we've come to know. Since it's loosely based off the GM Colorado/Canyon layout, many components are similar, but true to the brand's focus, everything has been modified or beefed for the better, and off and on road we find it to be highly capable.
On road the ride and visibility are great, with a certain trucklike ride but not too firm; likewise it's also very carlike, but not too soft. The three bears would have been fine in this beast, and with sunroofs and plenty of room inside, the H3 will fill a niche that GM has been missing. We felt that the five-cylinder engine was a bit menial for acceleration, but the fuel savings will help us get over it. We sure would like to see a V-8 in one though, as we know the drivetrain could handle it. We also found the seat-to-armrest distance in the minus range, and the seats themselves sit lower than we like, but the clean dash layout and comfy ride made us forget those little details.
Off road the H3 shines with a solid rear axle and well-tuned IFS, and if you get the Adventure Package, you've hit the mark. The Adventure Package supplies you with a rear locker, 33-inch Bridgestones, and a 4:1 low-range transfer case for starts, and those items alone make the upgrade well worth the cash. Off road the H3 proved to be fun thanks to the great approach and departure angles as well, and cruising the trails with the optional five-speed manual transmission was a true joy. This is one of the few midsized 4x4s made today with an available stick shift, and even on the road the H3 seemed more peppy while shifting through the gears. Heck, with 4.56 gears the manual box model gives an impressive 69:1 crawl ratio! We'll be giving you a full rundown on the H3 in our 4x4 of the Year test (Feb. '06), so drive one now or wait to see what we have in store for our next annual new-car thrash.


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The United States of America is full of modern cities, charming villages, breathtaking scenery, sunny beaches and snow-capped mountains. Situated in the northern hemisphere and bounded by Canada, Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, the 50 states cover an area of 9.4 million km2, a lively capital in the form of Washington DC and over 280 million inhabitants, which make it one of the biggest countries in the world.
All eligible international travellers who wish to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program must apply for authorization. If you are planning to transit in the USA or intend to stopover on the way to your destination, you will still need to apply for an ESTA.
Please note that if you transit through or stopover in Canada to travel to the US (or viceversa), you will need both an eTA and an ESTA.
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Albany County.
Atlanta is a city with a large number of museums, theatres, historic buildings and monuments. You certainly won't be bored here.
Austin is a dazzling city, in which you can listen to a wide range of music. In the summer, you can have a look at all the bats hanging from the bridge on Congress Avenue.
In Boston, the average age is 30, thanks to the large number of students. This means that Boston cannot be anything other than a lively city.
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City.
Charleston is the oldest and second-largest city in the southeastern State of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County,and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina, with one of the most visitor-friendly city centres of its region.
Chicago is truly a top tourist attraction with a magnificent skyline, world-class museums and the best blues music in the world.
The city of Cincinnati is at the centre of the United States. Never heard of it before? Nonetheless, the city is still worth a visit, especially with children.
Cleveland is located on the shores of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes, in the state of Ohio.
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the State of South Carolina.
The city of Dallas is notorious for the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, but it is also famous for its skyline with its large number of skyscrapers.
Located in Southwest Ohio, Dayton is well-known as the birthplace of aviation and a must-see for aviation geeks.
Denver probably conjures up images of cowboys, saloons and the open prairie, but nothing could be further from the truth. Denver is a modern city with a lot of sights.
Detroit is an important city for the automotive industry and is the birthplace of a very well-known type of black music: Motown.
Known as the Venice of America, Fort Lauderdale is a superb destination for beach lovers.
Greensboro is a charming authentic southern city in the state of North Carolina.
Greenville is located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in South Carolina and is an excellent destination for nature lovers and hikers.
Whenever a manned space flight is launched in America, it is co-ordinated from Houston. However, this city also has much more to offer.
Indianapolis is a city that is rich in art and culture, sports and recreation, history and tradition, with unlimited possibilities.
Jacksonville is the largest city by area in continental USA and a much beloved leisure destination for golfers.
Kansas City is not one of the most famous US cities, but this does not make it any less beautiful.
Knoxville is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Knox County.
Las Vegas is known to many as the city where anything is possible. Gambling and 5-minute weddings are the most normal things in the world here.
The city of Los Angeles is well known for Hollywood film stars and the famous Disneyland amusement park.
Miami is located on the coast in southeastern Florida.
Minneapolis is not very well known as a tourist destination, but nature and culture lovers will certainly find much to enjoy here.
Are you a diehard music lover? Then Nashville is a place you simply have to see because this city is the beating heart of the music industry.
New Orleans is a melting pot of cultures that have strongly influenced its architecture, cuisine and culture. Enjoy its special charm …
New York is an attractive and surprising city, a cultural melting pot with hundreds of theatres, a large number of diners and Wall Street, the financial centre of the USA.
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Both young and old will find something to enjoy in the large number of amusement parks in Orlando. Good time guaranteed!
Philadelphia has all the facilities that make a modern city attractive to visitors: sights, culture and shops.
Phoenix receives a lot of tourists in the winter in particular, while in the summer, the city tends to be a stop-off point for people travelling to other destinations.
Pittsburgh is possibly one of the most scenic cities of the US thanks to a unique combination of bridges, broad river sides and steep hills.
Port Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers.
Named the "City of Roses" because of its ideal climate and numerous theme gardens, including the International Rose Test Garden with about 550 varieties and more than 7000 plants, Portland is proud of its "green" legacy.
As one of America's older cities, Providence has plenty of historical and architectural sights to offer.
In the eastern United States, there are two relatively unknown cities: Raleigh and Durham. It is therefore high time for people to find out more about them.
Richmond, situated in the state of Virginia, has plenty of interesting sights to see as each neighbourhood has their own distinct look and identity.
Roanoke is an independent city in the southern U.S. state of Virginia. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia.
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States.
Major point of transportation and distribution during the "Gold Rush", Sacramento is located at the intersection of both the American and Sacramento rivers.
San Antonio has that typical Texan feel, which can make for a wonderful holiday experience.
San Diego is a city that greatly appeals to tourists, who will certainly be attracted to southern California by the warm weather and the beautiful parks.
San Francisco is frequently described as the best holiday destination by experts, and who are we to contradict them?
The island of Puerto Rico, a jewel in the Atlantic Ocean, with the magnificent city of San Juan is a major tourist attraction.
Santa Ana is a friendly city in southern California that is popular among tourists for its fantastic location and pleasant atmosphere.
Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County.
Seattle, the biggest city in Washington State, is best known to the public for its grunge music and as the birthplace of the guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
St. Louis, a city in the centre of the USA, appeals to both young and old by offering a mixture of entertainment, historical attractions and a wild nightlife.
Syracuse is a city in, and the county seat of, Onondaga County, New York. It is the fifth most populous city in the state of New York.
Sun, sea and sand… Tampa, on the coast of Florida, is a dream come true for sun worshipers and water lovers alike.
Washington D.C. has beautiful buildings, charming residential districts, a large number of free museums, culture, entertainment and, of course, political power.


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What better way to spend time with friends than to throw feces at each other?
Of course, real feces are messy and unsanitary. So those of you who enjoy this popular sport now have another option.
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Yes, with Doody-Head you can now throw artificial stool at each other, without having to worry about messy clean up, unpleasant smells, or health code violations. Order yours today!


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On the eve of Social Security's 80th anniversary, we want to share a personal moment with you. We usually talk about the services we offer, and why we believe offering these services is important to you and our nation.
We seldom get the opportunity to speak about our employees – those who stand behind the desk, behind the computer screen, or on the other end of the calls to our toll-free telephone service. Social Security employs more than 62,000 men and women nationwide.
Our employees' duties range from taking a retirement application, to designing the signs posted on the walls of our field offices, to creating and editing thousands of publications, to designing and maintaining our vast computer network. Our team does this with a common goal of serving America by providing services to our nation's most vulnerable citizens in times of personal hardship, transition, and uncertainty.
In the past few months, we asked our employees to share why they serve. Their answers, often expressed in heartfelt narratives, almost universally contained one sentiment.
I serve because I enjoy working with our public and because the services we provide matter.
Our greatest satisfaction comes from knowing that the people who need our benefits most – retirees, people with the disabilities, children, and families – receive the help they need. Social Security continues to give Americans hope and support with expanded programs that offer more than even President Franklin D. Roosevelt envisioned 80 years ago, when he signed the Social Security Act into law.
Tomorrow, we celebrate the anniversary of our program. Today, we celebrate the thousands who bring that program to life every day.


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Prepare your wallets, mortgage your house, and start looking for odd jobs around the neighborhood, because Apple's new iPad mini with Retina display looks to be one of the must-have gadgets of the year. By combining a small frame with a faster processor and a better screen, Apple's taken everything we loved about the original Mini and pumped it up a few notches to keep the tablet competitive against the Android tablets slowly invading its turf. We've already extensively compared two such tablets—Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX and Google's new Nexus 7—but it's time to throw the iPad Mini into the fight and see how it fares against these two 7-inch juggernauts when it comes to specs, price, and ecosystem.
Specs ain't nothing but a number
Much as with phones, quad-core processors are the standard in top-tier tablets these days. Last year's iPad mini had the same dual-core processor as the iPad 2, making it a little long in the tooth even when the tablet first launched. With this year's iPad mini, however, Apple's given the tablet a significant boost in processing power. The new mini has the same A7 processor you'll find in the iPhone 5s and the full-sized new iPad, making it capable of running pretty much any app in the App Store. Although it's still only a dual-core processor, chances are you won't notice the difference in performance between the new iPad mini and any of the quad-core Android tablets currently out. Our tests show the A7 is wicked fast.
The biggest upgrade comes in the form of the mini's new Retina display. It's the same resolution as the Retina display on the full-sized iPad, giving you roughly the same pixel density you get out of both the new Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX—both of which have awesome displays. While you'll still want to go with a larger 10-inch tablet for reading comic books and magazines, the high-resolution screens on these three tablets make them ideal for reading or watching videos on the go.
Simply comparing specs, the iPad mini seems well positioned against the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HDX. The three tablets are all roughly the same size and should all offer the same performance, judging from their respective innards. But, as we've seen so many times in the past, there's more to a device than just specs.
Bang for your buck
At $399 the 16GB, Wi-Fi only iPad mini is significantly more expensive than either the Nexus 7 or the Kindle Fire. A fully tricked out, 64GB Kindle Fire HDX sets you back just $7 more than the basic iPad mini with retina display, while the 32GB LTE Nexus 7 retails for a modest $349. Of course price is relative, but you get significantly more from Amazon and Google's Android tablets for less than the price of the entry-level iPad mini. If you're buying a tablet on a budget and want to get the most features for the least amount of money, Android or Amazon is the way to go.
Price aside, neither Amazon nor Google can hold a candle to Apple's ecosystem of Apps, content, and accessories. Tablet apps for Android are few and far between and even Amazon's heavily curated app store feels empty next to Apple's digital storefront. It's no secret that app developers often choose to launch on iOS first, so the mini will benefit from having all of the hottest apps on day one rather than waiting a few weeks, months, or even years like you do with Android.
It's not just apps either: As much as we loathe iTunes, it's still one of the most convenient places to purchase music, movies, and TV shows. The Kindle Fire HDX has the benefit of shipping with a free month long trial of Amazon Prime, but the selection of streaming content is limited and you only really benefit from the membership if you purchase most of your goods from Amazon. Amazon's tablet does let you save videos to it for offline streaming, but the media library really needs an upgrade if it hopes to compete with Apple's wealth of content.
Apple devices also have better accessory support, so you'll never have trouble finding a case, dock, or charger for your tablet. Even if you don't like Apple's Smart Cover or Smart Case, there are literally hundreds of other companies cranking out cases, shells, and covers that will work on the new iPad mini. Google makes its own cases and sleeves for the Nexus 7...but you'll have to really dig to find any other accessories for the tablet that don't flat-out suck. If you're concerned about having a matching leopard-skin case and dock for your tablet, then the iPad mini would be the way to go.
Keeping up with the Joneses
There's nothing truly "revolutionary" about the new iPad mini—if anything this is an iterative update that helps keep Apple's tablet competitive with Amazon and Google's offerings. Although the hardware isn't a massive departure from what we've seen in other tablets, Apple's ecosystem is what's going to really help the mini thrive in the long run. Even if Amazon and Google come out with the sleekest, fastest tablets ever, the two companies will continue to have an uphill battle against Apple when it comes to content and accessories. When you buy an iPad you don't just buy a tablet, you buy an Apple way of life, and in the tablet market, that makes a difference.
This story, "Specs showdown: iPad mini vs. Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HDX" was originally published by TechHive.


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Frequently Asked Questions
Video Overview of Benton County:
Learn more about Benton County by watching our Video TourBook, located on the website homepage as well as at this link.
Where is Benton County?
Benton County is located in Eastern Washington on the boarder of Oregon.
Click here to view a map.
How large is Benton County?
Benton County is 1,760 square miles in size, and home to the Hanford Reach National Monument. The 2015 Census population came in at 190,309.
What cities are in Benton County (in order from largest to smallest population)?
West Richland
Benton City
What other recognized communities are located in Benton County?
Benton County is in Washington, it must rain a lot there?
In Washington State, east of the Cascade Mountains, the climate is semi-arid. Benton County only sees 7.6 inches of rainfall on average, and temperatures range from -25 F in the winter to 110 F in the summer.
How did the area come to be the Tri-Cities? What are the Tri-Cities?
The Hanford/Manhattan Project started in December of 1942 when the Army Corps of Engineers found this area to be "ideal in virtually all respects," to start the construction of industrial-sized plants for manufacturing plutonium and uranium. The Tri-Cities are made up of Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco (Franklin County) and are located where the Yakima River, Columbia River, and Snake River all meet.
What is the Hanford Reservation, aka "Hanford Site"?
Hanford is operated by the U.S. Federal Government, and is mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River. The Hanford Site produced many notable technological achievements, including the original Atomic Bomb. Today, Hanford is home to 11,000 employees involved in the cleanup project - this includes research and development of the waste.
Why relocate to Benton County?
Benton County is a great place to raise a family, start a new business, continue your education, or retire. Within Benton County you will find an excellent school system, unique local flavor, low traffic congestion, low crime rate, less than seven inches of precipitation a year, a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities, and limitless regional attractions including more than 200 wineries within a one-hour drive.
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How Big Is Social Media in the UK? [VIDEO]
The social media and networking phenomenon is growing extremely fast in the UK. Eighty-five percent of the population is online; they spend more than six hours on social media sites every month, nearly 60% of them read blogs and 64% have their own profile on a social network.
The numbers come from Simply Zesty, an Ireland-based online PR and social media firm that has put together a nifty video with many interesting social media-related figures.
The facts and numbers in the video are based on UK's online population, but many of them ring true for most parts of the online world. Check it out below.


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Venus within ESA probe reach
PR 12-2006. After its five-month, 400-million-kilometre journey inside our Solar System following its lift-off on 9 November 2005, ESA's Venus Express spacecraft will finally arrive on 11 April at its destination: planet Venus.
Venus Express mission controllers at the ESA Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, are making intensive preparations for orbit insertion.
This comprises a series of telecommands, engine burns and manoeuvres designed to slow the spacecraft down from a velocity of 29000 km per hour relative to Venus, just before the first burn, to an entry velocity some 15% slower, allowing the spacecraft to be captured into orbit around the planet.
The spacecraft will have to ignite its main engine for 50 minutes in order to achieve deceleration and place itself into a highly elliptical orbit around the planet. Most of its 570 kg of onboard propellant will be used for this manoeuvre. The spacecraft's solar arrays will be positioned so as to reduce the possibility of excessive mechanical load during engine ignition.
Over the subsequent days, a series of additional burns will be done to lower the orbit apocentre and to control the pericentre. The aim is to end up in a 24-hour orbit around Venus early in May.
The Venus Orbit Injection operations can be followed live at ESA establishments, with ESOC acting as focal point of interest (see attached programme). In all establishments, ESA specialists will be on hand for interviews.
ESA TV will cover this event live from ESOC in Darmstadt. The live transmission will be carried free-to-air. For broadcasters, complete details of the various satellite feeds are listed at http://television.esa.int.
The event will be covered on the web at venus.esa.int. The website will feature regular updates, including video coverage of the press conference and podcast from the control room at ESA's Space Operations Centre.
Media representatives wishing to follow the event at one of the ESA establishments listed below are requested to fill in the attached registration form and fax it back to the place of their choice.
For further information, please contact:
ESA Media Relations Division
Tel : +33(0)126.96.36.19955
Fax: +33(0)22.214.171.12490
Venus Express Orbit Insertion – Tuesday 11 April 2006 ESA/ESOC, Robert Bosch Strasse, 5 – Darmstadt (Germany)
|Doors open
|Start of local event, welcome addresses
|ESA TV live from Mission Control Room (MCR) starts
|Engine burn sequence starts
|Occultation of spacecraft by Venus starts
|Occultation ends
|Main engine burn ends
|Address by Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA's Director General, and other officials
Break and buffet
Interview opportunities
|Press Conference
Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General, ESA
Prof. David Southwood, Director of Science, ESA
Gaele Winters, Director of Operations and Infrastructure, ESA
Manfred Warhaut, Flight Operations Director, ESA
Håkan Svedhem, Venus Express Project Scientist, ESA
Don McCoy, Venus Express Project Manager, ESA
|End of event at ESOC
Venus Express Orbit Insertion – ESA/ESOC Darmstadt – 11 April 2006
First name: ______________ Surname: ___________________Media: _______________________________________________Address: ______________________________________________Tel: _______________________________ Fax: ________________________________Mobile : ____________________________ E-mail: _____________________________
I will be attending the Venus Express Orbit Insertion event at the following site:
( ) Germany
Location: ESA/ESOC
Address: Robert Bosch Strasse 5, Darmstadt, Germany
Opening hours: 07:30 – 13:00
Contact: Jocelyne Landeau-Constantin,
Tel: +49.6151.902.696 – Fax: +49.6151.902.961
( ) France
Location: ESA HQ
Address: 8/10, rue Mario Nikis – Paris 15, France
Opening hours: 08:00 – 13:00
Contact: Anne-Marie Remondin,
Tel: +33(0)220.127.116.1155 – fax: +33(0)220.127.116.1190
( ) The Netherlands
Location: Newton Room, ESA/ESTEC
Address: Keplerlaan 1, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Opening hours: 08:30 – 12:30
Contact: Michel van Baal, tel. + 31 71 565 3006, fax + 31 71
565 5728
( ) Italy
Location: ESA/ESRIN
Address: Via Galileo Galilei, Frascati (Rome), Italy
Opening hours: 07:00 – 14:00
Contact: Franca Morgia,
Tel: +39.06.9418.0951 – Fax: +39.06.9418.0952
( ) Spain
Location: ESA/ESAC
Address: Urbanización Villafranca del Castillo, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
Opening hours: 8:30 - 13:30
Contact: Monica Oerke,
Tel + 34 91 813 13 27/59 – Fax: + 34 91 813 12 19