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A father and son who operate a large potato farm in northern Wisconsin have agreed to pay $100,000 in restitution in connection with the poisoning deaths of more than 70 wild animals, including at least two bald eagles.
Alvin C. Sowinski, 65, and Paul A. Sowinski, 46, of the Town of Sugar Camp, also face penalties of up to $100,000 each and up to a year in prison at their sentencing in May, according to the U.S. attorney's office for the western district in Madison.
According to documents filed by prosecutors, Alvin Sowinski used poisoned bait piles to try to kill predators such as coyotes and gray wolves.
There was no evidence that wolves, a federally protected animal at the time of the investigation, were poisoned.
The two men also permitted hunters and trappers to kill predators to improve hunting for penned pheasants, grouse and deer for the Sowinskis and friends.
One such hunter and trapper was an undercover officer of the state Department of Natural Resources, who was told by Alvin Sowinski how he used poison to target predators.
While poisoning of wildlife is known to occur throughout the state, prosecution of such cases are "extremely rare," according to U.S. Attorney John W. Vaudreuil, who said his office has prosecuted only one or two cases in the past 30 years.
Among the wildlife poisoned with pesticides by the Sowinskis between 2007 and 2010 were at least two bald eagles, a turkey vulture, nine coyotes, one bobcat, three ermine, crows, songbirds, squirrels, skunks and other unidentified animals.
Vaudreuil called the acts "incredibly selfish" for someone to "purposefully want to kill predators, and then they use this very horrible pesticide."
The Sowinski family owns about 8,000 acres in Oneida County, with about 4,000 acres consisting of an active farming operation.
According to the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association, Sowinski Farms Inc. is headquartered in Rhinelander.
The investigation began in May 2007 when a DNR warden found dead animals on the property, including a bald eagle.
A dead deer in a bait pile contained carbofuran, a highly toxic insecticide, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service forensic laboratory concluded.
Then in 2010, law enforcement personnel found at least nine poisoned bait piles of white-tailed deer, beaver and processed meats placed by Alvin Sowinski on the property.
Dozens of dead wildlife were found nearby, according to records.
The son was aware that his father was setting up poisoned bait sites.
A video camera set up by law enforcement showed Paul, accompanied by a son and teenage nephew, driving an ATV and finding a dead eagle. Paul Sowinski tossed it into the brush.
He returned later, picked up the eagle and tossed it into a burn pile.
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Thursday 19th December 2013
MOBO award winner Fuse ODG has just grabbed the Number 1 spot on Music Week's Urban Club Chart with his irresistibly uplifting new single "Million Pound Girl (Badder Than Bad)".
The follow up to his smash singles "Azonto" and "Antenna" is a dancehall powered Afrobeats jam produced by by top Ghanaian producer KillBeatz.
"Million Pound Girl" is currently playlisted on BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and Capital Xtra as well as Manchester's Unity Radio.
Check out the video which features cameos from stars such as Sean Paul, Patrice Muamba and Eddi Kadi as well as 1Xtra's Charlie Sloth and Sarah Jane Crawford:
"Million Pound Girl" is out Dec 29th but you can grab it on preorder here. Remixes come courtesy of Steve Smart & Westfunk, Konshens and Rymez and there's even a BONUS track – "Come Closer" – which features Wande Coal.
Fuse's debut album is due for release in Spring 2014.

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Will HTC Merge With a Chinese Tech Giant?
Smartphone maker HTC expects to post its first-ever operating loss in the third quarter. The WSJ's Eva Dou talks with Yun-Hee Kim about what the Taiwanese company's next step may be.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Bronchoscopy is a procedure to look directly at the airways in the lungs through a thin, lighted tube (bronchoscope). The bronchoscope is put in the nose or mouth, moved down the throat and trachea (windpipe), and into the airways. A healthcare provider can then see the voice box (larynx), trachea, large airways to the lungs (bronchi), and smaller branches of the bronchi (bronchioles).
There are 2 types of bronchoscope: flexible and rigid. Both types come in different widths.
A rigid bronchoscope is a straight tube. It's only used to view the larger airways. It may be used within the bronchi to:
A flexible bronchoscope is used more often. Unlike the rigid scope, it can be moved down into the smaller airways (bronchioles). The flexible bronchoscope may be used to:
A bronchoscopy may be done to diagnose and treat lung problems such as:
Diagnostic procedures or treatments that are done with bronchoscopy include:
Your healthcare provider may also have other reasons to advise a bronchoscopy.
In most cases, the flexible bronchoscope is used, not the rigid bronchoscope, because it has less risk of damaging the tissue, patients tolerate it better, and it provides better access to smaller areas of the lung tissue.
All procedures have some risks. The risks of this procedure may include:
Your risks may vary depending on your general health and other factors. Ask your healthcare provider which risks apply most to you. Talk with him or her about any concerns you have.
In some cases, a person may not be able to have a bronchoscopy. Reasons for this can include:
If you have high levels of carbon dioxide in the blood (hypercapnia) or severe shortness of breath, you may need to be on a breathing machine before the procedure. This is done so oxygen can be sent right into your lungs while the bronchoscope is in place.
You may have your procedure as an outpatient. This means you go home the same day. Or it may be done as part of a longer stay in the hospital. The way the procedure is done may vary. It depends on your condition and your healthcare provider's methods. In most cases, a bronchoscopy will follow this process:
After the procedure, you will spend some time in a recovery room. You may be sleepy and confused when you wake up from general anesthesia or sedation. Your healthcare team will watch your vital signs, such as your heart rate and breathing.
A chest X-ray may be done right after the procedure. This is to make sure your lungs are okay. You may be told to gently cough up and spit your saliva into a basin. This is so a nurse can check your secretions for blood.
You may have some throat discomfort. You will not be allowed to eat or drink until your gag reflex has returned. You may notice some throat soreness and pain with swallowing for a few days. This is normal. Using throat lozenges or gargle may help.
If you had an outpatient procedure, you will go home when your healthcare provider says it's OK. Someone will need to drive you home.
At home, you can go back to your normal diet and activities if instructed by your healthcare provider. You may need to not do strenuous physical activity for a few days.
Call your healthcare provider if you have any of the below:
Your healthcare provider may give you other instructions after the procedure.


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To take advantage of these conditions we will pick up our passengers at local Santa Fe hotels about 30 minutes before sunrise.
We will then take a short drive north of Santa Fe to an area known as "Las Barrancas" (The Ravines).
It takes about 15 minutes to prepare the balloon for launch while you enjoy time to take advantage of a great photo opportunity.
Once inflated, you will board the balloon and receive a pre-flight briefing from your highly experienced pilot.
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The chase crew will follow the balloon in our 4 wheel-drive crew cab vehicle, with radio contact during the whole flight.
As the balloon gently touches down our crew will be there to greet you with a complimentary champagne toast and light brunch, which has been a romantic French tradition dating back to 1783.
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Make this cute and easy recipe for a Halloween Witch. It's so cute you could serve it any time of the year. Helps to get your child eating a few more veggies and fruits at lunch.
Items needed:
- 2 slices light bread
- 2 slices dark bread
- Green apple
- Carrot
- Olive slice
- Sandwich filling
- Stack light slices of bread and cut out an angular head for the witch's head.
- Stack dark bread and cut out a long, thin hat.
- Fill both sections with sandwich filling of your choice.
- A fun option here is to make grilled cheese.
- Set sandwich sections in place on the plate.
- Use long strip of green apple slice for the brim of the hat, layers two slices if needed.
- Cut small circular slices for polka dots from carrot and arrange on hat.
To make the hair, cut five irregular, slices of carrot and add to plate. Use an olive slice for the eye and a thin strip of apple for the mouth. Happy Halloween!


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TREND MILL | Topshop Make Up revealed
"YESTERDAY I swung by Victoria House in Holborn to check out the new Topshop Make Up range – a collaboration between the Topshop design team and makeup artist Hannah Murray. First impressions?
Wow, great packaging (thanks to Topshop's Sarah Thorne and her graphic design team). Loving the monochrome polka dots and stripes. Very cute and just the kind of thing I'd be happy to whip out on a Friday night to lend to a pal. First off, I tried the black eyeliner. Soft, smudgy and thick. I put on a small line beneath my lower lash and the rest of the day I had that rock-chick smudgy eye thing going on – this is a look I'm happy to rock at all times not being a prim and proper suit-wearing kinda girl, but maybe not be so great for the office – this is definitely a party time eyeliner. I then opened a bright blue mascara, then brown before I found my beloved black. The wand is pretty standard, however, the consistency is good, not clumpy. Although you'd definitely need a couple of layers to give good lash.
Next I picked up one of the pinky-red blushers with an inviting creamy texture, but managed to mess it up with my black eye-linered finger, so I quickly moved on to the crayons and lipsticks. Nice range of light, bright colours and hugely creamy on the skin. "Juicy" said the girl next to me, who I have to say was looking very fab in one of the pink lip colours. Very cute little pots of lip balm, watermelon and rose, which I'm dying to get my hands on and there was also a tube of foundation which I must admit I didn't try – sorry, girls.
But this range is really all about the lip and eye colours. And the prices! The Core range is priced £4-£10 and the smaller Spring-Summer Limited Edition Trend range, which is all glam-evening and disco colours, is £5 to £15.
The core range available this May at select Topshop stores and www.topshop.com. The Limited Edition Trend range available late May via the same outlets."
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Daily Roundup: Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton + More
Jason Aldean began talking about new music this week, and got his fans excited with comments about a new single. Find out how long you have to wait by clicking the top story in today's Daily Roundup. Blake Shelton's date night routine with Miranda Lambert and a trip to go see Carrie Underwood are also included amongst the top stories.
Every day, we assemble a list of what happened in country music news and publish the Daily Roundup. Also included are a few others from around the web, like what record David Letterman may soon set and when Adele might be releasing a new song.
Today on Taste of Country:
Jason Aldean Reveals Fifth Studio Album is Complete, New Single on the Way
Blake Shelton Dishes on Date Nights With Miranda Lambert
Win a Trip to Meet + See Carrie Underwood at the 2012 Bayou Country Superfest
Favorite Reality Singing Competition – Readers Poll
Rascal Flatts Say New 'Changed' Album Represents the Band Well
Miranda Lambert Planning for New Pistol Annies Album and Summer Tour
Chicken and Rice Casserole Recipe by Jennifer Hanson
Win Tickets to the 2012 Country Throwdown Tour
Taylor Swift Takes on Tim Tebow Dating Jokes and More at ACM Awards
Miss Willie Brown's 'You're All That Matters to Me' Is iTunes Single of the Week
Can You Guess the Artist in This Yearbook Photo?
Jessie James Gets Engaged to Denver Broncos Reveiver on April Fool's Day
Loretta Lynn Releases New Book 'Honky Tonk Girl: My Life in Lyrics'
Jon Pardi, 'Missin' You Crazy' – Song Review
Kenny Chesney Reveals Track Listing to New Album 'Welcome to the Fishbowl'
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Pelicans beat Pistons 103-101 on Gordon's layup
Pelicans beat Pistons 103-101 on Gordon's layup
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. —
Eric Gordon's driving layup with 1.9 seconds left gave the New Orleans Pelicans a 103-101 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.
Detroit blew a 16-point third-quarter lead, and the Pistons inexplicably didn't call time after Gordon's winning shot.
Instead, Brandon Jennings rushed a shot from midcourt that missed while coach Maurice Cheeks stood yelling for a timeout.
Detroit wasted a 28-point performance from Jennings and 21 points and 20 rebounds from Andre Drummond. Anthony Morrow scored 21 points for New Orleans, which won for only the second time in 11 games.
The Pelicans were without Jrue Holiday, Ryan Anderson, Jason Smith and Tyreke Evans because of injuries.


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At Macalester College, Minneapolis-based
HGA Architects and Engineers collaborated with acoustician David Kahn to renovate a
350-seat concert hall
that can be tuned for
each performance.
Credit: Paul Crosby
Goethe famously compared architecture to "frozen music," adding that "the influence that flows upon us from architecture is like that from music." When the design commission is a concert hall, how does one inject the aesthetic that inspired the German writer's apt metaphor while making the space sound good for a range of ensemble sizes and musical genres?
Steven Dwyer, AIA, senior project designer at Minneapolis firm HGA Architects and Engineers, and acoustical designer David Kahn of New York–based Acoustic Dimensions tackled this challenge at Macalester College's Mairs Concert Hall in St. Paul, Minn. Built in the 1960s, the 350-seat performance space was considered excellent—for chamber music. Over time, the campus music scene changed. Chamber orchestras now share the stage, figuratively, with jazz bands, a cappella groups, and the hard-driving beats of the popular African Music Ensemble.
To provide Mairs with the needed flexibility, HGA and Acoustic Dimensions designed an interior that can be "tuned" to accommodate all types of music, as part of a comprehensive redesign of the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center.
The designers began by lining the interior walls of the hall's masonry structural shell with acoustical towers that comprise three stacking acoustical shelves, each 10 feet tall. The shelves undulate and wind along the shell's walls, enveloping both the audience and performers like a "warm wooden cocoon," Dwyer says. The 1-inch-wide red oak pickets comprising the veneer vary by stain color, spacing, and depth—some jut out by 1 or 2 inches. Though the layout may appear random, Dwyer, a drummer since the third grade, emulated a polyrhythmic pattern similar to how members of a drum circle can follow distinct rhythms but maintain coherence through moments of coincidence.
Beyond aesthetics, the system is integral to the hall's acoustics. The shelves cantilever progressively further from bottom to top, directing the sound down to the audience. For more intimate concerts, the lowest shelf in the stage's back wall can roll forward in five movable partitions to ensure that the performers and their music aren't lost in the large space.
Velour acoustical curtains, built into the towers at each shelf level and hidden by a scrim, can help dampen sound when needed. But when a soloist takes the stage, the curtains can retract and tuck behind pocket walls, exposing a 2-inch-thick honeycomb reflector panel that helps fill the hall with reverberating sound energy. "Even though the room has all this acoustical flexibility, the wall system makes it visually consistent," Kahn says.
The acoustical towers house the acoustical curtains, wiring, accent lighting, and sprinkler piping, all concealed behind the sound-transparent scrims. Framed with tubular steel 4×4s, the stacking shelves are covered with an MDF and plywood armature, cut by local fabricators with a CNC machine. The veneer of vertical pickets, with corrugated metal mesh between spans, is primarily decorative, though it does reflect sound, particularly in areas where they are densely spaced, such as behind the stage.
In arranging the seemingly irregular wood-picket veneer on the projecting soffits, HGA was inspired by the idea of the polyrhythm, in which musicians bang out beats in different time signatures that come together as a whole due to moments of coincidence.
Credit: Paul Crosby
Once the 18-month construction phase was completed, Kahn—himself a trumpeter who often self-tests his project's acoustics—worked with Macalester's music directors and ensembles to tune the space. As the musicians rehearsed, the team would adjust the curtains to fine tune the absorptive and reflective qualities of the towers. Together, they developed "a series of standard settings based on different types of use," he says. The 17-page "Adjustable Acoustics Report" provides guidance on 20 different performance scenarios, including "small vocal ensemble traditional" and "amplified music" both for small and large audiences.
Changing the tuning in between performances only takes about five minutes, Kahn says. "And at the end of the day, there's really no right or wrong. To a certain extent, the acoustical adjustments depend on taste." Though the manual provides recommended settings, he says, "we encourage building owners to experiment."
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Veris Technologies has added two new compact real-time soil mapping tools for use with ATVs.
The ATV-mounted pH Detector real-time pH mapping system is capable of mapping several hundred acres per day. For each sample, the pH probe is inserted in the soil. Seven to 10 seconds later, a geo-referenced pH measurement is recorded. The cost for each sample is pennies, thanks to a durable metalloid pH sensor.
The Quad EC1000 is a soil electroconductivity mapping system. It features four tine-mounted disks. Two of the disks inject electrical current and two measure the voltage drop in the top 30 cm of soil. This electrical conductivity is related to soil texture, with clay being highly conductive. The new system is ideal for developing management zones and variable rate seed population prescriptions, according to Veris.
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North Tonawanda woman's death investigated as homicide; Police have not released cause of death; neighbors on Lincoln Avenue hadn't seen woman in 2 weeks
NORTH TONAWANDA – North Tonawanda police on Thursday continued their homicide investigation into the suspicious death of a Lincoln Avenue woman.
Police on Wednesday were called to a home in the 200 block of Lincoln, where they discovered the body of a 34-year-old woman.
Neighbors said they knew the woman by the first name of Heather, and records show that a Heather M. Weber lived at the home at 201 Lincoln Ave.
Police said the death has been classified as a homicide but would not specify how the woman died.
The cause of the death is under investigation, they said, and an autopsy is scheduled for this morning.
The apparent murder took the residents of this tight-knit community near the Erie Canal by surprise.
"Total shocker," said Don Winter, who lives across the street from the woman. "This is a quiet neighborhood. Stuff like this doesn't happen here."
Winter said he recently had a conversation with the woman about her new job at a machine shop near the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
The woman was known for playing with her dog in the backyard of the two-story home and was friendly to her neighbors, but she otherwise kept to herself, according to those who knew her.
She had a fairly regular schedule, neighbors said – except until recently, when they did not notice the woman coming home and realized her car had been gone from the home's driveway for about two weeks.
After mail started piling up and the woman's dog could be seen in the window, neighbors called police.
"That just wasn't like her," Winter said. "She worked, then she came home. We all basically know everyone's schedule."
The woman's family was believed to live in the Southern Tier, the neighbors said, and the woman lived alone.
One neighbor reported hearing arguments between the woman and a boyfriend near the end of summer, but police were never called to the home, the neighbor said.
The Niagara Falls Police Department assisted with the initial investigation.
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Blue Jays Plus Podcast - Episode 22
After a week without a podcast (my apologies), Chris and I are back this week.
In this week's show we discuss how crappy the team is, and how we're heading for a top 5 pick, a bunch of injury updates and roster moves, then spend a good deal of time breaking down the Free Agent pitching market.
Then after that we bring in Drunk Jays Fans Andrew Stoeten to discuss John Farrell's comments about the Jays problems developing players.
This week's music was a bunch of depressing country tinged covers, including (in order); Teddy Thompson's cover of Tonight We'll be Fine by Leonard Cohen, Annie Lennox's cover of Neil Young's Dont Let It Bring You Down, Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt, and my personal favourite this week of Dolly Parton's Jolene, but slowed to 75% of the original speed. Its haunting and great.
Here's the article we discuss with Mr. Stoeten, its really great like everything you find over at DJF.
Drunk Jays Fans - Lets Talk About Player Development
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Mischa AT needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 230 designs submitted by 69 freelance designers.
alle toprestaurants, obviously meaning all top restaurants
Hi there! I'm working on my first private business venture, setting up a website and Iphone app whereby I'm going to list the top restaurants of my country, and provide news and information on these restaurants, their chefs and in the future maybe food and wines. Think Michelin-star restaurants. The name of this online and Iphone restaurant guide will be 'alle toprestaurants', meaning obviously 'all top restaurants'.
For this, I'll need a logo. The logo will be used for the Iphone app and for the website, therefore I need a 'regular' logo and based on this, an Iphone icon. After the logo is finished, I'll ask the designers of 99designs.com through a new contest to make a design for my website, using the new logo. Or the winner of the design of the logo gets the assignment to design the website, that is also a possibility.
Users of the Iphone app or visitors of the site can search restaurants in various ways, based on the amount of Michelin stars, prices, cities and so on. And through my app and site I will promote some restaurants or their promotional activities.
1) Males or females who look for an upmarket restaurant to have lunch or dinner, or are interested in top restaurants in general, e.g. how the top restaurants have been rated by the various culinary magazines, the latest news on top restaurants, chefs, and so on. In general my audience enjoys life, likes going and eating out and has more than average financial resources available to spend. My target audience is mainly about 23-45 years of age, since new media (mobile applications, internet) are involved.
2) Owners or managers of the top restaurants, since I will target them to buy exposure or advertisements from me.
3) Since the design will be used for an Iphone app as well (in fact, the Iphone app is in my concept the most important medium), the audience is as well Iphone and Ipod touch owners and users.
At this moment, logos #4, #6 and # 34 are my favourites. Simple, modern, clean, stylized. Hereby some hints:
- Please check the word document I enclosed in the (revised) brief with some examples of logos I like. Just to give you guys an idea. Don't pay too much attention to the colours of these logos by the way.
- Simplicity and stylized minimalism does it for me. The used font should be modern and clean too!
- In many logos the word 'alle' is pretty dominant. Consider emphasizing the element 'top' or 'toprestaurants' instead of 'alle'.
- In general, I'm not too keen on picture's of chef's hats, woks (no woks please) or pots and pans. Knifes, spoons, forks and glasses – as stylized and modern as possible - are OK for me.
- Consider using the colours yellow, orange and purple.
- I'll need a logo and an Iphone icon. Logo and Iphone icon can be the more or less the same, or the logo can be changed to make it fit for an Iphone icon. Surprise me!
- Submitting only a 'regular' logo and not an Iphone icon is fine with me.
- The logo should have an upmarket, posh, reliable, yet modern, trendy, fresh, bright, happy and young look. - The logo could be based on the name, or the name could simply be tacked on beneath a graphical logo - you decide.
- I'm not as yet quite sure if I should use caps for the brand name ('Alle Toprestaurants' or 'alle toprestaurants') or not. Which is visually and otherwise the best? I'm open to your creative vision.
- It shouldn't include the web address (www or .nl)
- No stock photos or clip art please
- Don't use stars (as in Michelin stars) as the app and site will refer to other culinary magazines and books as well
- I'm considering using the colour black as background colour of the site and the app, since this has the feeling of eating out, candle light, champagne, etc.
- Other than this, I'm open for creativity, I'd like to see unique ideas. Feel free to play with colours, fonts, etc.
- Thank you for your input!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Re: Fanboys
Really good movie, I've watched it 5 or six times since I got it on DVD. Kevin Smith does it again. "Road Clerks"
Really good movie, I've watched it 5 or six times since I got it on DVD. Kevin Smith does it again. "Road Clerks"
seriously if you guys know enough lines from the OT, you will be able to catch on the lines pretty quickly. this is a funny movie.
i love this movie, just watched it 3 or 4 times in the past 2 days, i seriously recommend it
Is it posted on Youtube yet??? Or anywhere else on the internet????
it is by far the best B+ movie i have ever seen but i feel the love story was not paid attention to enough and that made the story off and a bit out of place, but yes its amazing. Its on surf the channel if your looking for it.
This movie was awesome. Made me want to tour the Skywalker Ranch. I wish I had a Van like that. R2 on the top. Oh and hitting the Trekkies with the pressed ham was a classic.
I wanted to watch that, but I cant buy it, find anyone who owns it, and it wasn't on in theaters. Because my comy takes so long to load, and cant just youtube it.
well lookey here. in 9 parts on youtube
That's the problem about living with grandparents... Not even youtube will load... It's total terror over here...EVIL!!!
quite a persistent spam bot lol.
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I hope this is the right section for my newb question.
I have taken some c++ classes in HS and now in college. The problem is that I am looking over my courses that I have left to take there doesnt seem to be anymore c++ classes... I have learned a great deal in these classes, but I want to learn more. Most of the programing has had all the output on a screen like the comand prompt in windows, so I guess my question is where do I go to learn more? I have looked on google but I dont seem to be finding what I am looking for... I am probably looking in the wrong spots... any advise would be greatly apreciated


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This weekend the Dallas Stars made what can be considered the first "big" move of the NHL's 2013 Free Agency period. After obtaining his rights from the Ottawa Senators, the freshly branded Stars signed upcoming UFA Sergei Gonchar to a 2-year, $10 million contract, officially removing him from the market. Although this may seem like a simple decision for the Jets new rivals, it may have more of a tickle-down effect than some may think. Especially, in my opinion, on the signing of Zach Bogosian.
The Money
The free agency bar has now been set. I would be foolish to say that Sergei Gonchar is the same type of player as Bogosian, but you can bet that this deal will be brought up during any negotiations they have. Gonchar is an offensive minded player who is currently the career points leader among active NHL defensemen, but is starting to get old (he's 39), and at times is a defensive liability. He still remains a solid powerplay option, but in my opinion $5 million a year is just too much for a player that was no longer desired in an offensively-inept locker room.
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The question now is, how will Zach Bogosian's camp look at this as a comparison point? Statistically, Bogosian and Gonchar were used in two very different roles last season, and seemingly over thier careers thus far. Despite playing similar minutes, Gonchar is a guy who provides offensive flair, whereas Bogosian has been used by the Jets as a shut down guy with some offensive upside. In fact, Bogo actually scored more goals in the shortened season. You can consider each player a key factor to the blueline, just playing different roles upon it. Clearly the Stars felt as if they needed to upgrade their offense from the blue line and improve their powerplay, to the tune of $5 million a year. The Jets very obviously need to ensure they can lock up the few players they have who can actually defend, meaning Bogosian becomes of similar value to this franchise. At least that's how you would imagine Bogosian's agent will approach things.
Bogosian is seen as a main pillar that the Jets franchise will be built on and being only 22 years old, (23 in July) still has tremendous upside. This factor alone, I believe, has the power to really push up what Bogoisan is asking for. After all, if a player who was on a statistical slide until this season is worth $5 million at age 39, a player who has been improving in all facets since joining the league has to be worth what at age 22? $5.6 million? $6 million? Whatever the number is, you can bet that it just went up a little.
The "Paul Holmgren Factor"
With Gonchar officially off the market, the pool of free agent defensemen just got a little smaller. When you look at how small that pool alreally is, that's a big deal. It is common knowledge that many teams would love to add a solid top-2 pairing defenseman, and the Jets just happen to have one in Zach Bogosian. Should the contract dealings of Evander Kane and Bogosian's first deal as a Jet be any sign, there is a chance that coming to agreeable terms for both sides may not be easy. Especially in a city that everyone knows can't afford to constantly break the bank.
Cue the Philadelphia Flyers. A team who just last year showed that they are willing to prey on the financially-conscious (Shea Weber & Nashville) with offer sheets, and who are still searching for a big, strong, defensively dependable defenseman. Uh oh. The Flyers are set to use their amnesty buyouts as soon as they can, which will certainly open up cap space for them to splurge on a defenseman. Should the Jets not be close to settling things with Bogosian, you would have to think that he would be a top target. Doesn't seem like a very nice way to thank the team that left Sean Couturier on the table for them in 2011.
What Does It All Mean?
Basically that nothing has changed. Lockout shmock-out. Players will get paid, the Flyers will over-spend, and the Jets need to act smartly and swiftly unless they want to gamble with their assets. So please Chevy, get this done and sign Bogosian before you're forced to do something you don't want to.


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Good morning. I am delighted to have been invited to the ICI's Equity Markets Conference. Before I begin, however, I must remind you that my remarks represent my own views, and not necessarily those of the Commission, my fellow Commissioners, or the staff.1
This is one of my first opportunities to address an industry group since being appointed a Commissioner of the SEC. When asked recently how being a Commissioner differs from being the Director of Market Regulation, my response was that being a Commissioner means never having to give a speech on the Order Protection Rule again! But alas, I find myself here at an equity markets conference and the temptation is simply too great. I will strive, however, to move after a brief time beyond the familiar to address the more ethereal issues that are the province of Commissioners.
As you know, last April the Commission took an important and necessary step in modernizing the regulatory framework governing our equity markets by adopting Regulation NMS. Today, the National Market System includes more than 5000 listed companies and over $17 trillion in U.S. market capitalization and NMS stocks trade concurrently in a variety of venues, including national securities exchanges, ATSs, and dealer markets. The variety of market centers and market models, and the competition among them, is a significant reason for the vitality and efficiency of the U.S. equity markets. Regulation NMS reinforced the Commission's commitment to a marketplace comprised of multiple, competing markets while addressing the overarching principles of best price, fair access, minimum quoting increments, and price transparency. Specifically, the new Order Protection Rule reinforces the fundamental principle of obtaining the best price for investors among automated quotes that are immediately accessible; the new Access Rule promotes fair access to NMS quotes in various markets through private linkages; the new Sub-Penny Rule, by establishing a uniform minimum quoting increment, promotes consistency across markets; and the amendments to the Market Data Rules and joint industry plans reward SROs for their contributions to public price discovery and promote wide distribution of market data.
There was unquestionably a lively debate on a number of aspects of the regulation, but consensus emerged on the need for change and the desirability to take some action without further delay. With Regulation NMS, the Commission strengthened the foundation of the equity markets to ensure that these markets will well-serve the interests of investors, listed companies, and the public for years to come. The regulatory certainty that Regulation NMS provides has enabled the markets to make plans, to move forward, and to innovate in ways that serve their own economic interests as well as those of the investing public.
Since the adoption of Regulation NMS, we have witnessed proposals to change the NYSE's auction market that were previously unimaginable, as well as several proposed market mergers. While I would not suggest that Regulation NMS directly caused these developments, I do believe that the Commission's regulatory action provided the needed certainty and a framework in which such changes could occur. It has unleashed competition between the Nasdaq and the listed markets heretofore unseen, and it has done so under a uniform rule set that ensures that all competitors, both large and small, can coexist in one vibrant marketplace. The NYSE's Hybrid Market Proposal is a recognition that the NYSE must undertake significant changes to its auction market structure by increasing the availability of its automatic execution system in order to compete more fully with electronic markets, while at the same time retaining certain traditional aspects of its floor-based model. This proposal is a true hybrid of electronic and floor-based models which reflects the impact of competition, technological changes, and regulatory developments. I believe it should significantly change market dynamics.
Within weeks of the adoption of Regulation NMS, the NYSE announced its intention to merge with Archipelago and Nasdaq announced its intention to merge with Instinet. The driving force behind these mergers appears to be the prospect of building stronger, more diverse, and more competitive marketplaces. In each case, the parties expect to combine the best features of each other's market to improve liquidity and executions and, of course, profits. NYSE and Archipelago seek to position the new entity as the preeminent global marketplace for equities, options, and other derivatives, providing additional growth opportunities and more choice for investors. Similarly, with its acquisition of Instinet and, previously, Brut, Nasdaq seeks to significantly deepen Nasdaq's liquidity pool and avail itself of Inet's lower-cost, more efficient platform for the Nasdaq Market Center. Nasdaq's goal is to increase efficiency, liquidity, and the opportunity for an execution on a Nasdaq trading system. It hopes to attract new listings and expand choices for investors accessing the Nasdaq market.
The marketplace's competitive response was not limited to the NYSE and Nasdaq. We have also seen proposals by various regional exchanges that are designed to provide an alternative trading venue to the two dominant markets. There has even been discussion of the creation of one or more new ECNs.
The brokerage industry's response since the adoption of Regulation NMS has been very constructive. Efforts are underway both at the firm and market levels, as well as through trade groups, to meet the various compliance deadlines. I encourage you to take stock within your organizations of any issues you may have in developing systems and procedures to comply with Regulation NMS and, for those areas where guidance would be helpful, to communicate with the Commission staff as soon as possible. I expect the staff, with Commission oversight, to issue guidance to assist the industry in implementation. Experience with past NMS rules has demonstrated the very important role of industry feedback in achieving an implementation process that is as smooth and cost-effective as possible. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to hear from you about implementation concerns.
In addition to Regulation NMS implementation, there is much need for vigilance in the options markets. There has been notable progress in the options markets in the last several years, with the entry of new fully electronic options markets, the linkage of the options markets, and the introduction of full-scale multiple listing of options products. These events have fostered greater contract volume and a significant narrowing of spreads, ultimately leading to better executions for customers.
But more needs to be done.
Pricing inefficiencies caused by nickel and dime increments lead to payment for order flow practices. Yet even without penny quotes, exponentially increasing quote traffic places burdens on all market participants' systems. Progress in this area has been slow in coming. There are a number of approaches the Commission could take to tackle these issues. My preference would be to start by implementing execution quality statistics for the options markets similar to those we have for the equity markets. A lack of transparency concerning execution quality impairs the ability (and motivation) of broker-dealers to trade between the quote.
Having discussed these current market issues that we face, I thought I would turn to the broader regulatory challenges that we all confront as the financial landscape gets more sophisticated and multi-dimensional. I will attempt to use some recent examples to illustrate the dilemmas we face.
Issues arise with greater frequency when economically equivalent products trade in different venues under different rule sets, or when the introduction of certain products is delayed due to regulatory uncertainty. One example of such a challenge that was the subject of Congressional focus and action was single stock futures and narrow based index futures.
When the Shad-Johnson jurisdictional accord was reached decades ago, the decision was made to prohibit the trading of single stock futures and narrow based indexes. Both the CFTC and the SEC recognized that futures on single stocks can trade as substitutes for the underlying securities, and thus futures transactions can impact the underlying securities markets. The same is true for narrow based indexes, which like the single stock futures could be used as vehicles for insider trading and market manipulation, problems quite familiar to participants in the securities markets and for which there are advanced compliance and surveillance systems in place. But banning these products was not the only solution, and was far from the optimal one. Thus, through the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Congress crafted a framework of shared regulatory authority to ensure that the goals of both regulatory regimes would be achieved and to avoid regulatory arbitrage between the futures markets and the securities markets for these products. The CFMA provided that the margin on single stock futures must be comparable to the margin on options. As you know, the margin on options is currently much higher than that of futures. Some believe that the higher, options-style margin levels have thwarted the successful introduction of single stock futures. While I suspect that the reasons are more numerous and subtle, I strongly support the move to portfolio margining in the options market as promptly as possible. These risk measurement techniques are recognized by regulators in many mature market centers and it is time for the securities SROs and the Commission to do likewise.
Portfolio margining will recognize most types of offsetting positions and permit calculating margin based on the sensitivity to price movements of an entire portfolio of securities held in a margin account. This approach to margining accounts for risk and price sensitivity, not on a security by security basis, but rather measures net exposure across related products in a portfolio. Once portfolio margining is implemented, futures based on single stocks and narrow-based stock indexes will be able to trade at margin levels that, while still prudent, more closely reflect the risk of the portfolio. The Commission recently approved the pilot programs of two of our SROs relating to portfolio margining. My hope is that we will expand this effort to a broader range of products post haste.
During the adoption of the CFMA we were afforded the opportunity to debate and consider the policy issues of products that fell within a jurisdictional "fault line" in the context of a legislative solution. A serious dialogue ensued over the purpose of regulation in this area, the consequences of altering the jurisdictional lines, and the cost implications of achieving the regulatory goals. This type of in-depth and thoughtful analysis, followed by clear Congressional action, is not always possible, yet these types of issues continue to manifest themselves in enumerable ways.
Regulators and market participants struggle with laws and regulations that never anticipated certain types of products or business structures. For instance, take what is considered today a somewhat commonplace occurrence-shareholder owned exchanges. It is clear from the Exchange Act that Congress never contemplated such a structure back in 1934. The Exchange Act was written at a time when mutual ownership of exchanges was the norm. Members, or users, of the exchange were the exclusive owners of the marketplace. Thus, the questions that we grapple with in our proposed Regulation SRO, such as limits on ownership of exchanges, either by broker-dealers or others, and whether and how to separate the regulatory function from the market operations, are unanswered by the statutory language. Yet market participants need certainty and the rules of the road must be clear for them to function efficiently and compete effectively in a globally competitive marketplace.
We are also seeing much more activity that I would describe as taking place at the "seams"-whether the seams are where the jurisdictions of various regulatory agencies meet, or where the rules of any particular regulator apply, or even what body of law applies. One recent example that I believe raised serious issues for the marketplace relates to the intersection of intellectual property rights and securities law. In a decision from the Southern District of New York, Judge Baer dismissed McGraw-Hill's and Standard & Poor's claims involving exclusive property rights in the issuance and trading of options on index-tracking securities such as DIAMONDS and SPDR products.
The case arose when the ISE announced its intention to trade, and the OCC its intention to clear, options on SPDRs in January 2005. Previously, options on SPDRs did not trade widely because S&P refused to grant licenses and the CBOE had an exclusive license to trade options on the S&P 500 index. Later in May, ISE and OCC announced their intention to trade and clear options on DIAMONDS, again with CBOE having an exclusive license. The two cases were consolidated. McGraw-Hill and Standard and Poor's complaints alleged misappropriation, trademark infringement, unfair competition, and trademark dilution of the intellectual property in the ETF product, whether SPDRs or DIAMONDs.
In the court's decision, Judge Baer rejected plaintiffs' assertions that the creator of an ETF based on an index retained a proprietary or other protectable interest when options on the ETF are offered in the secondary market. In short, the property rights associated with an index itself do not extend to every product that happens to use the index only as a reference point. Judge Baer reasoned that an ETF is further attenuated in that the value did not rely solely on the index for its existence or value. Judge Baer referenced the analogy previously used in the Golden Nugget case that sales of shares are like sales of second-hand cars, in that no protectible interest exists where the purchase and sale of ETFs (and options on ETFs) are not controlled by the issuer. Further, Judge Baer clarified that describing these ETF products non-deceptively, that is, merely referring to the index creator in the product name, does not infringe on the trademark.
I believe this decision is terribly important because the result is consistent with the strong public policy of promoting multiple listing and trading of products in our national market system. Just one day after Judge Baer issued his opinion, DIAMOND options began trading on multiple exchanges. As a result, the CBOE aggressively reduced the transaction fees it charges customers to trade DIAMOND option contracts (from 45 cents to 15 cents for options over $1). The CBOE also eliminated the license fee surcharge applicable to market maker transactions in options on DIAMONDs. What better evidence of the salutary benefits of competition on the markets could there be?
Our regulatory challenges, and some of the most important areas requiring oversight, not only cross jurisdictional lines between U.S. regulatory regimes but also cross boundaries between regulated and non-regulated entities and across geographical regulatory boundaries as well. For example, in regulating complex financial institutions with many affiliates and world-wide operations, the Commission historically has had limited means to examine and consider the financial activities and internal controls of the entity as a whole, all of which may impact the financial health of a U.S. broker-dealer subsidiary or may raise systemic risk concerns to the financial system as a whole.
One recent success story in which a flexible approach was crafted to address these concerns was in our development of the consolidated supervision program. A number of our largest, most complex broker-dealer holding companies have elected this voluntary regime. To do so, they must consent to examination of the holding company and unregulated affiliates, in addition to the registered broker-dealer. They must also provide additional financial and risk information at the group level on a regular basis. But in recognition of this enhanced oversight, such firms are permitted to compute regulatory capital using the statistical models, such as VAR and scenario analysis, developed for internal risk management purposes. Not only does this regime allow the firms to leverage their appreciable investment in internal risk management infrastructure for regulatory purposes and better align economic with regulatory capital computations, but the approach is also similar to that applied by the banking regulators to their most complex holding companies. This convergence of approaches has been well received by the regulated entities and bodes well for greater convergence of approaches in the future.
We continue to hear concerns among market participants concerning the cost of disparate regulation, whether domestically or internationally. Disparate rules are costly to implement, and particularly when transactions are increasingly cross-border, the difficulties of complying with different regulatory approaches can be daunting. Further, significant differences in regulatory regimes can motivate market participants to take advantage of these differences. Financial engineers of novel products and services naturally try to maximize the competitive advantage to be gained from regulatory differences. But choices based on regulatory arbitrage alone can distort the markets. Regulators are aware of these issues, but the solutions are often difficult to achieve. One area where I believe we have made real progress was in the area of soft dollars. As you know, the Commission voted to issue a proposed soft dollar interpretation yesterday that we will be publishing for comment. Commission staff gave careful consideration to industry practices, technological developments, and their experience based on examinations of advisers and brokers in formulating guidance on brokerage and research within the safe harbor. A constructive dialogue between Commission and FSA staff on these issues helped us craft a consistent regulatory approach to the extent possible. I believe that each agency benefited from the work of the other. This type of regulatory cooperation is a model for further efforts in the future.
As I have highlighted today, regulation is increasingly challenging in a complex, ever evolving financial environment. New products and business combinations test the limits of our current rules, and business activities occur without regard to traditional notions of geographical boundaries or a regulator's jurisdictional limits. With these challenges come opportunities, however-the opportunity to create new flexible frameworks for the marketplace of the future, the opportunity to test the efficacy of certain traditional regulatory concepts, and ultimately, the opportunity to create a better, more efficient environment based on consistent principles in which business can flourish. Ultimately, we should strive to achieve a flexible regulatory framework that fosters innovation and competition, that furthers market integrity and investor protection, and that achieves these goals in a cost-effective and efficient manner. The years to come will provide us with countless opportunities to work toward these goals.
Thank you.
1 The Securities and Exchange Commission, as a matter of policy, disclaims responsibility for any private publications or statements by any of its employees. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, any other Commissioner, or the staff.


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I need to get an interactive map built that notes cities that facilities are in. Must be able to filter there across multiple dimensions - company name, facility type, and product. Each of the filters will have multiple options. Prefer that it is built on a googlemaps platform or something else that is easily shared.
I am a futures trader looking to automate a new trading model that I am developing. The system is relatively simple, and will need some user configurable parameters as I am still working out the optimal settings. The program will need to execute entries and exits of trades, and compute some performance metrics. I will send more details if you are interested.
Hi The task is to develop an App to organise a Quiz where all participants are in the same room. the communication is via the internet. and is basically between the quizmaster and the participants. The following points need to be clarified in the first step before any further step can be taken: 1. How do I communicate with you, eg. should I build some kind of a mockup in adobe xd or something sim...
Hi, I want to build an interactive game scenario. I've filmed 8 video clips for this scenario, all you need to do is to corporate my 8 video clips and add 2 multiple questions into a game scenario. The sequence of the video is depending on the players' choices for these 2 multiple question - I have decision tree available for you (please see attached)
i want to build an interactive website where customers can fill a form and incorporate a company online in west africa A replica of the services offered on [login to view URL] is what we would like to achieve. Please advice on what to do
...you agree the project budget or put a real bid. I need a VR interactive application, Compatible with HTC Vive and Oculus Rift made by folowing scenario (please folow the attached picture): - the app will start with a scene where the user will have the human body with one until 3 interactive brown points witch, when access will change the scene and have
The project requires to build an R-Shiny app from underlying excel data and logic. The app will be interactive and dynamic which will use underlying excel data to allow user to play with different scenarios. The coder needs to understand the logic of the excel numbers and how they work. And then code the formulas in R and present the interface using
I have a table that currently occupies about 10x10 cells on a google sheets/excel spreadsheet. Half of the cells require simple data validation (4-5 repeated options). I would prefer these validation options to be buttons next to the heading rather than a drop down list. Each validation option will then have a $ value which will add up to give a before and after rate for my customers. I would pre...
Hi, I want to build an interactive game scenario. I've filmed some material for my game, all I need to do is to combine these video material with some multiple questions and build some decision trees accordingly. It is a bit hard to expalain, but the final game format would look like the link here - [login to view URL] but not as
We are looking to go paperless and trying to have the same forms we have currently to be interactive and to ease the work of the practitioners. The most challenging will be to have the diagram to be interactive so that the practitioner can click and enter any symptoms on the part of the body.
Hi all, I need a wordpress developer to realize for me an interactive contact form. You can check the actual form here: [login to view URL] I need you to remove the Municipi section and add an interactive map in the form, using the map shown in the attached image [login to view URL] When user select one of the quarters, they must highlight
Interactive Mockup design work for APP. Please check attachment document. If you have not agreed with price do not offer we will report spam.
Create interactive video that does not use flash and works in all browsers (chrome, mozzila, Explorer etc). The user can answer quiz and may have drag-drop options to solve these quiz.(six modules) 1 video by module witch 29 screens
...Freelancer who really knows what he or she is doing! My life savings is on the line so the code has to be right. There is an open source Java Test Client that is supplied by Interactive Brokers and already has considerable functionality: [login to view URL] I want you to modify the code, providing easily understandable
Hi there, Need help with interactive map. I'm attaching pages with detailed description and sample data. In the attached excel you'll find usecases for the coloring algorithm. Let me know if you have done a similar work before. Thanks! Tatiana
Build an interactive website that demonstrates our different and innovative approach to corporate investment banking and private equity.
Building a travel tour website
Im looking for someone to create interactive material for an online college for courses accredited by ATHE in law and health care management
Need to setup automated trading in interactive brokers to buy and sell based on candle stick charting . 1 Able to trade different instruments like futures ,stocks, forex 2 Able to trade multiple instruments at the same time. 3 Candlestick example (Green candle= open and close higher price than open price) (Red candle =open and closing lower than
I am looking for an efficient web developer for my personal portfolio webpage. The design, all interactions, and behaviors are already present in an interactive prototype, which serves as an «one-to-one template». For me, a clear structured code is essential for own adjustments later. The scope will be two scrollable pages and two project pages as
...Lightbox banner to be built using DoubleClick with Google Web Designer or custom HTML5. For reference: - [login to view URL] - [login to view URL] The expanded state contains parallax, interactive map, background video or gif, some other images, text and
...it Digital is looking for a Freelance Interactive Designer and Front End Developer. We're looking to work with someone who has the creative eye and technical capability to design, code, and test web functionality in order to meet the needs of various website projects on a contract basis. As an Interactive Designer and Front End Developer you'll wor...
...it Digital is looking for a Freelance Interactive Designer and Front End Developer. We're looking to work with someone who has the creative eye and technical capability to design, code, and test web functionality in order to meet the needs of various website projects on a contract basis. As an Interactive Designer and Front End Developer you'll wor...
Interactive PDF needed. I will provide you indesign file
From indesign I need to create an interactive PDF that has the function to hide pages. I have 2 sections INTERNAL & EXTERNAL - when the EXTERNAL section is selected via a button I need to hide the INTERNAL section
i am looking for a shopify theme to be created that is very dynamic and interactive for mobile and web users. video, slide shows, interactive products, fading images etc.
I am a trucking company safety consultant. So I don't just work for 1 company I work for hundreds. One of the requirements for a trucking company to be compliant with the laws is they must create and maintain a Driver Qualification File on each Truck Driver. Now I have the driver qualification file created in microsoft excel. What I need is to be able to allow my client / user the ability...
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Last week an iTunes TV show menu suddenly started showing up on international Apple TVs, didn't work, and subsequently disappeared. This week iTunes Match suddenly started showing up for international iTunes users, didn't work, and Apple subsequently offered refunds to those who'd tried to purchase it.
So, we'd suggest waiting until a) Apple makes an official announcement about iTunes Match in your country, or b) significant reports come in of it actually working, before c) you give them any money for it.
Whether or not Apple is planning to officially launch iTunes TV shows and iTunes Match in more regions and someone accidentally lent on the big red "launch" lever at iCloud central a tad early -- twice -- or there's some stranger problem going on is uncertain.
International licensing agreements are complex. Cloud services are complex. But false starts and pull backs seem decidedly un-Apple-like.
Here's hoping iTunes gets their international launches back in order, and officially out the door, asap. If you saw either the here-today-gone-tomorrow TV show menu on Apple TV, or tried and failed to buy iTunes Match outside the US and Brazil, let us know in the comments below.


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The general contractor and subcontractors communicate in real-time over the Web using an Internet-based application service provider.
Airplanes sail above Kansas City International Airport (KCI), where construction crews are managing a $250 million, three-year renovation project. Inside one of the gray jobsite trailers, Lee Turner checks on his requests for information (RFIs) through an application service provider (ASP). With a laptop and T1 connection, he can answer subcontractors' questions online, track changes, and file correspondence electronically.
Turner, a project manager for Walton Construction Co., Inc., a Kansas City, Mo.-based general contractor, says his company required all 35 subcontractors to purchase a $400 license for Constructware, an Internet-based ASP, as part of their scope of work. ASPs manage and distribute software-based services and solutions over the Internet or a private network. The construction team has used the ASP to improve communications, streamline the RFI process, and track changes ranging from asbestos removal to installing blast-proof glass after September 11. The attack caused dramatic changes in the design and scope of the project, which began just one month earlier. By using an ASP, the construction team could better handle these changes, and improve the turnaround time of the RFIs.
"This renovation project has had a phenomenal amount of changes and paperwork — more than anyone could have ever conceived," Turner says. "Right now, we're probably in the tune of about 1,400 different change-oriented documents. We've had to double our number of filing cabinets out here."
Not only are thousands of documents stored in the Walton trailer, but they're also accessible on the Web through the ASP. Subcontractors can log on with their user name and password and check on the status of the RFIs anytime, day or night. Tom Kelly, a project manager for Kansas City, Kan.-based R.F. Fisher Electric Co., Inc., recalls logging onto his home computer at 10 p.m. and discovering a new owner change order in the system.
"One of the main advantages is that you have all of these documents in one place," he says. "You could be on vacation, and as long as you can get to the Internet, you can check for new RFIs."
R.F. Fisher Electric, which has a $13 million contract to install the line-voltage power and the paging system at the airport, was the first subcontractor to submit an RFI into the system. Kelly says his firm always tries to have the latest equipment and keep up with technology. Eight years ago when R.F. Fisher Electric was renovating Arrowhead Stadium, home to Kansas City's professional football team, Kelly became the first electrician in his company to have a computer on a jobsite. Today, the subcontractor uses the ASP extensively to manage the electrical subcontract for the KCI project. Other subcontractors, however, aren't as comfortable with the Internet-based system and prefer more traditional methods of communications.
"Different contractors are using it to different extents, but we've encouraged all of our contractors to use the system," Turner says. "If it gets to a point where we are doing all the work, it's too overwhelming. We just don't have the personnel to handle it. If a subcontractor is going to take the time to type out an RFI and fax it, doing it in the ASP will save the effort."
Walton prefers that the subcontractors use the full functionalities of the Internet-based ASP, but at the very least, expects them to submit, track, and receive RFIs online. Turner says one of the prime advantages of the ASP is that it makes everyone on the project team — from the general contractor to the electrical contractor — accountable. Rather than waiting for a change order to come across their desks, subcontractors can check for RFIs, requests for proposals (RFPs), and work change directives (WCDs) online.
Because one change order from the owner can translate into more than two dozen subcontract change orders, it's essential for all the documents to be available online, Turner says. This renovation project has generated close to 8,000 different documents, including 1,000 RFIs, 3,600 letters, 2,500 transmittals, and almost 400 WCDs. Each time Walton answers an RFI online, the general contractor also sends a hard copy of the reply to the subcontractors, who also print out many of the documents. R.F. Fisher Electric, like Walton, has invested in extra file cabinets to store all the paperwork.
"We print everything out in a hard copy just as a matter of course," Kelly says. "I learned a good lesson when I lost electronic information that I thought I had stored. If you have it in hard copy and it's over in your file cabinet, then you can go and get it. I'm pretty much a paper hound. Anything that comes through our door, we can usually find the hard copy."
ASPs can help eliminate the paper trail, but many construction teams, such as the one at KCI, aren't ready to get away from faxes, hard copies, and file cabinets. By using an ASP to manage the project, however, the general contractors and subcontractors can track RFIs and store all their documents online so they're easily accessible and well organized. Rather than rummaging through a file cabinet to find a specific document, contractors can log onto the ASP, enter their user name and password, and search for the file online. It's sometimes difficult, however, for Kelly to get connected to the Internet from his jobsite trailer.
"We're parked out in the middle of this field, and during certain times of the day when the Internet traffic is really heavy — like right after normal quitting time at 4:30 or 5 p.m. — we can't get onto the Internet," he says. "If I have a hot RFI that I need to post right away, then I can't get into the system."
Turner says the speed of the system depends on whether the trailer has a T1 line, dial-up, broadband, or DSL cable connection. R.F. Fisher's trailer, which is about a mile down the gravel road from Walton's trailer, doesn't have a T1 connection, which has presented a challenge.
"During the first several months that we were out here, we had big-time problems," Kelly says. "Once we got this line set up and connected properly and our office IT department came out here to set up our computers, it was really speedy and it worked 95% of the time."
Walton invested in a T1 line, but it can also go down from time to time. To maintain continuous access to the Internet, the Walton trailer is also equipped with one dial-up line. That way, if the T1 line goes down, the project managers can still hook up their laptops and dial in. Although it takes a little longer, Turner says it's one way to overcome the problem.
On a company-wide basis, technology can be a hefty investment, but Turner says laptop computers, T1 lines, and project management software can help a general contractor and its subs streamline the communications process and standardize documentation. Although Walton has only been using an Internet-based ASP for a year, some general contractors first started using them in 1997 to manage their jobs, reduce paperwork, and improve communications. The next wave of adopters, the owners, not only used the software internally, but also mandated that their entire project team use the ASP. Today more subcontractors are learning how to manage their projects online and gain a competitive edge with the ASPs.
While it's now possible for an entire team to collaborate online, it doesn't always happen on jobsites. At KCI, which is about a half hour north of downtown Kansas City, Mo., the trailers for the general contractor and the program manager are less than 100 ft apart, yet the two are using completely different software systems. While the general contractor and the subcontractors signed up for an Internet-based system, the program manager subscribes to a server-based ASP.
Burns & McDonnell, a Kansas City, Mo.-based engineering, architectural, construction, and environmental service firm, designed the airport 30 years ago. The firm is now using an ASP to manage the first major renovation in the airport's history. Bret Pilney, vice president of the aviation and architecture division for Burns & McDonnell, says the general contractor and his firm are using the software for two different purposes.
"We're using Primavera to manage the day-to-day activities of all the general contractors, and the general contractor is using Constructware to manage the day-to-day details of their subcontractors," Pilney says.
Burns & McDonnell has been managing the overall airport project with Primavera Expedition since early 2000. Pilney says his firm used the software for a year-and-a-half before Walton was awarded the general contractor package.
"One option is that we could have required Walton to use Expedition," he says. "We discussed that possibility during the design process, but we decided that the general contractor should use the tools that they are used to working with."
Burns & McDonnell, which has a construction volume of $250 million a year, has been using Expedition for the past eight years. Brad Hammes, an electrical engineer and project manager for the Walton contract, is a day-to-day user of the server-based ASP.
"You have one database that many people can access so all the information is at everyone's fingertips," he says. "You don't duplicate documents. Everything is nice and neat and filed in one location. If you ever need to go back and find anything, it's all right there."
While a server-based system offers some advantages, Hammes says it would be easier if everyone could access the ASP online.
"If the program management team, along with the design team, were all on a Web-based ASP, they could type their answer right on the system," Hammes says. "Instead, the design team has to write out their answers and the program management team ends up typing their answers into the system."
Although a Web-based version of Expedition is now available, the team plans to stick with the server-based version for the present time. Because Walton doesn't have access to Burns & McDonnell's server, the general contractor has to communicate with the program manager through faxes, e-mails, and hand-delivered documents. Not working in the same project management software often leads to a duplication of effort, Turner says. To speed up the process, Walton e-mails its RFIs to Burns & McDonnell, which can then cut and paste its questions into the database. The program manager then e-mails an answer to Walton at the same time that they send over the paperwork. Hammes has access to Constructware, but prefers to reply to the RFIs through e-mails or faxes.
"It would obviously be a lot easier if they interfaced somewhat, but there are always issues of contractor vs. program manager being in the same database," he says. "It probably isn't the best solution when it comes down to it."
With a Web-based ASP, however, program managers and owners can limit the viewing rights of general contractors and subcontractors. The entire project team can then collaborate online and work in the same database without sharing sensitive information. While the KCI construction crew may not all be using the same ASP to manage the renovation project, Pilney says technology has come a long way since Burns & McDonnell first designed KCI three decades ago.
"There were no computers back then, so everything was done manually," Pilney says. "The biggest difference is the real-time nature of the information. As the project unfolds, there are always changes that are either generated by the owner or an unforeseen condition. This gives us the ability to more quickly identify what the impact may be to the schedule and the other packages that are involved."
Sidebar: Project Snapshot
Construction crews have made several basic improvements to the Kansas City International Airport over the years, but the facility hasn't been completely remodeled since it was built 30 years ago. Lee Turner, project manager for Walton Construction, says the teams strip the building down to a bare concrete structure, and then install new electrical and HVAC systems. Although the job is like a new construction project, the team has to deal with the complexities of working in an existing building.
"One of the challenges we have all faced is that because it's an old building, you really don't know what you are going to find until you actually walk in there and pull everything out," he says. "We may take down a wall and find something that's completely different from what we expected to find, which is typical in a remodel job."
Bret Pilney, vice president of the aviation and architecture division for Burns & McDonnell, says the project has been under construction for about a year and a half and has two years to go. The three terminals span about 1 million sq ft, which is divided between the passenger level and the underground Apron level.
"Each terminal is somewhat run independent," Pilney says. "They each have a Phase 1, a Phase 2, and a Phase 3. Terminal C has a Phase 4 because of the balancing act that we had to do to maintain the airline operations. One of the project goals was to not impact the airline operations so we can still maintain the same flight activity out of Kansas City."
Sidebar: Managing a Project Online
HITT Contracting managed a high-profile project — the expansion of America Online's Dulles, Va., campus — with e-Builder, an Internet-based ASP.
"Since AOL was a high-tech client, we thought we would try some high-tech software," says Christopher Lukawski, a senior project manager for HITT, an Arlington, Va.-based general contractor.
The team stored all of its job correspondence in a file library so the client could access the project information anytime and anywhere. The project owner could simply visit the ASP's Web site, download job photos, and check the construction schedule. The construction team scheduled meetings with an online calendar and answered questions in a discussion area, similar to a chat room. At the end of the job, HITT burned all the project files on to a CD, which was distributed to the construction team.
"As more people become comfortable with the Web and computers, and adopt more of the new technology, the use of ASPs will be more widespread," he says. "The nice thing about an ASP is that all the information is remotely hosted. If something were to happen to a jobsite trailer, all that information would not be lost because it's Web-based."
For More Information
Here are some companies offering Internet- and server-based ASPs.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Othyus Jeffers had 13 points and six rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 98-89 preseason victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.
John Henson led the Bucks with 16 points and Caron Butler added 13. Milwaukee finished with 23 turnovers.
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XHTML, is nice... but the <br /> (br with a space then the empty element delineating slash) thing seems like a bit of a hack which is neither XML nor HTML... then again, I have only fooled with XML and never really made a full app with it. And who know which if any browsers would barf at such a syntax. Mad love to the everything engine, though.
On the topic of the poll, I must be honest and say I've used CGI.pm to generate entire pages, just do forms, and parse form variables from forms I wrote by hand. The other day in irc, chromatic gave me the tip of HTML::Template which really helps things out when trying to separate formatting (HTML) from code. I highly recommend it. It shortened my latest job by at least 100 lines.
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An upbeat, stylish song with a distinctive South African tribal sound. This 12-part 'a cappella' song has heavy drums and some amazing harmonies throughout. If you are looking for something ethnic, or with a really interesting sound, this is it. All the lyrics are "faux" African, and they don't mean anything, which gives this song tremendous potential as a use for all sorts of projects. This would be a great piece for film and movies.
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