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Almost everyone who lived through days of '90s alt-rock looks back fondly at the MTV "Unplugged" TV series. With everyone from Jay-Z and Lauryn Hill to Alice In Chains setting aside their electric instruments for a one-time show, it was an event for the ages.
A decade later, three local musicians have taken their enthusiasm for the format to a new level. Jerel Jacobs, Lester Jackson, and Brian Hendricks have actually dedicated their band expressly to acoustic instruments, and are now using them to pump out calm R&B and soul-inflected soundtracks for seduction.
Jackson, now 23, came of age in the hip-hop world. "He was probably one of the better rappers in Charlottesville," says Jacobs. "I didn't know him back then, but I've heard some of his old tapes. No one was saying the kind of things he was saying, even in popular music."
Jackson stepped back from rap several years ago, though, and has spent the time since honing his skills as a guitarist and a singer.
"I don't want to equate rap with adolescence, but it was a period that I had to go through to fully understand what I'm doing now," he explains. "Regardless of which stage I've been in musically, rap or R&B, soul music has been a big influence." These days, he drives the Trio with inspiration from Bilal and John Legend.
Two months ago, local musician Andy Waldeck picked the group as one of his favorite Charlottesville bands for the Hook's annual music issue. "As a record producer, part of me wants to hear a fuller R&B sound, a little more beefy," he said, "but that's just the record producer in me; the music lover in me loves the stripped down, smooth thing they do."
The music lover is on the right track– Jackson says that the sparseness is what makes the songs tick. "It allows the person to really experiment within themselves, so they become more a part of the music," he says. "They obviously spot voids in there where you can imagine something, and I think that's part of the connection. It's not so overdone that there's no room for anything else."
"It requires you to be a little more creative and a little more astute musically, because you don't have two other guitarists to hide behind if you make a mistake," says Jacobs. "It's not how many instruments you're hearing, it's what those instruments are accomplishing."
Whatever it is, Jacobs says it's working. "I've been at shows where you have your hip-hop audience and your older Lyle Lovett crowd, and they're all together and enjoying it," he says. "Music is something that divides people. If you have your hip-hop crowd, you can't really listen to the White Stripes, and if you're into Atreyu, you can't hop over and listen to Musiq Soulchild. Music polarizes people, but our sound gets all these people together."

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This page provides an overview of the build options available to Eclipse projects.
Running Your Build
You have three options for running your build:
- Run it through our Hudson instance.
- Run it directly on the Eclipse Foundation's Build Server using the command-line or cron job.
- Run it on your own hardware.
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Downloads should never be hosted directly on a project's website.
Build Technologies
Eclipse projects are free to choose a build technology that best suits their needs. Here are some options to consider (listed alphabetically):
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Thousands of public school teachers in Oklahoma entered the 10th day of their strike on Wednesday, part of a wave of labor protests by educators around the country. West Virginia teachers went on strike last month, inspiring ongoing protests in Arizona and Kentucky.
Michael Leachman, the director of state fiscal research at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, wrote recently that he sees a common fiscal thread in this labor unrest: "excessive state tax cuts that have shrunk state revenues and thereby made it harder for states to devote adequate resources to education."
Oklahoma, Leachman writes, started cutting personal income tax rates in 2004 and reduced taxes on oil and gas production, driving the state's annual deficit to $1 billion by 2016. Arizona has also reduced taxes in recent years, reducing its personal income tax rates by 10 percent and corporate tax rates by 30 percent. As a result, the states' general funds have taken significant hits over the last decade, down 35 percent in Oklahoma and 30 percent in Arizona.
While the states experiencing protests are among the most severely affected – Reuters notes that they "have some of the lowest per-student spending in the country" – the effects of reduced public revenues and spending can be seen in national data as well. Annual average public-school teacher salaries in the U.S. fell by more than $2,000 between 2003 and 2016, according to data from the National Education Association cited by Vox:
Salaries are only part of the issue, though a significant one – Oklahoma educators are calling for a $10,000 per teacher pay increase, while in Arizona the request is 20 percent. More broadly, teachers are also protesting rising health care costs, changes in pension programs, and a lack of funding for buildings, books and other essential supplies.
Fixing the problem won't be easy. Many of the states that have aggressively cut taxes in recent years have also made it hard to raise them again. "Reductions in state education funding largely due to tax cuts have limited pay and other resources for teachers," Leachman writes. "And both Arizona and Oklahoma have supermajority requirements to raise revenue, which tend to lock in tax cuts once they've been enacted and make it difficult for these states to address shortfalls in education funding."


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Course Instructor: Cheryl Gould
- Does it seem like people talk about working together but nobody really knows how?
- Do you spend too much time talking about what happened and not enough time deciding on the actions to take?
- Do you feel that team members spend more time protecting their turf than working together?
- Does "groupthink" instead of constructive conflict dominate your team decision making?
Whether working with customers on a public desk, participating in a short-term project to improve workflow or meeting weekly with a team to alter services to accommodate shifting budgets, work involves interactions with groups of people to get things done. In this online course, you will explore the characteristics of highly effective teams such as team formation, roles, group dynamics, team agreements and how to make decisions while having all members of the team feel heard. You'll leave this course with the ability to be a great team player, which will also improve the performance of any team you are on in the future.
Course Description: Readings, discussions, practical examples and assignments during the course will help you learn skills, share experiences and questions, and apply the concepts needed to be a great team player.
Course Outline: When you log in to the Infopeople online learning site, you will see weekly modules with these topics:
- Week 1: What Is a Team?
- What makes a team
- Stages of team development
- Team roles
- Characteristics of effective teams
- Week 2: Decision Making in Teams
- How decisions are made
- Tying decisions to strategic plans
- What happens when team members do not agree
- Tools for decision making
- Week 3: Finding and Solving Problems in Teams
- What makes team communication difficult
- Social triggers
- Five dysfunctions of a team
- How to communicate difficult information
- Week 4: Tools for Creating High Performing Teams
- Team agreements
- Skills for making a team effective
- Roles for high performing teams
- Team charters
Time Required: To complete this course, you can expect to spend 2½ hours per week, for a total of ten course hours. Each week's module contains readings and various options for assignments, discussions, interviews, and online meetings. You can choose the options most relevant to your work and interests. Although you can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night, it is recommended that you complete each week's work within that week to stay in sync with other learners.
Who Should Take This Course: Library staff in all types of libraries who work with others on teams and want to improve their personal and team performance.
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Practically everyone who reads financial news has heard the old Wall Street proverb "the trend is your friend," but few have been inquisitive enough to ask "what if the crowd is wrong?" The efficient market theory fails to take into account emotions, which for better and for worse, are a key driver of investing decisions. Because of this phenomenon, the market has a way of rudely surprising so-called experts when it moves against the sentiment of the majority, often causing more panic selling along the way [see 101 ETF Lessons Every Financial Advisor Should Learn].
The great Sir John Templeton further showcases the link between emotions and stock prices in his famous words that "Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria." So what's the average self-directed investor to do?
Contrarian indicators stand to offer valuable insights in times when every other research tool and market expert out there are flashing the same signs, whether its forecasting "great gains ahead" or that the "worst is yet to come." By definition, contrarian investors are known for going against the prevailing market trend in times of sentiment extremes; this means buying when others are panic selling near the bottom, as well as taking profits when retail investors flood the market right before the top [see Picture Edition: 3 Market Valuation Indicators ETF Investors Must Know].
As you may have suspected, pinpointing the right time to bet against the crowd is no easy feat, but there are tools out there to help sort through the sea of data and opinions. Below we highlight three popular contrarian indicators that have historically offered clues as to when the market tide may turn, although it is important to keep in mind that investors should not rely solely on any individual indicator; instead, it is most prudent to utilize a number of tools when formulating your investment strategy.
1. Mutual Fund Flows
Retail investors are notorious for being the worst market timers; they usually arrive right before the party crashes and they also have a tendency to "cut losses" right before the market bottoms out. Contrarian investors have long relied on mutual fund flows data to spot which way the "dumb money" is going; the premise here is that when mutual fund outflows are at their worst, smart money starts to buy in again in anticipation that the extreme pessimism will soon reverse [see The Complete Visual History Of SPY].
For a visual interpretation of this phenomenon, consider the chart below which is based on monthly mutual fund flows data provided by the Investment Company Institute:
The biggest takeaway here is being able to spot that the largest outflows came at the end of 2008, just a few short months before the U.S. equity market bottomed out in the beginning of March the following year.
2. Volatility Index (VIX)
The CBOE Volatility Index, more commonly referred to as the "fear index" or simply VIX, is a figure derived from the weighted blend of prices on a range of options on the S&P 500 Index. The result is a benchmark that rises when volatility in the options market increases, which is typically accompanied by a decline in the stock market. Contrarians are known to use this indicator to gauge sentiment extremes because "fear" levels tend to peak right before the actual bottom, and there is generally "little to no fear" as the market nears its top [see Visual Guide To Major Index Returns From 1970].
The chart below is based on monthly VIX readings from Yahoo! Finance:
Notice how the VIX soared to all-time highs before the market proceeded to bottom out in early 2003 and later again in early 2009; the takeaway here is that investors have been most "fearful" when the worst is almost over.
3. AAII Sentiment Survey
What better way to gauge the sentiment of the "herd" than to poll them? Contrarian investors love to reference the AAII Sentiment Survey. Published every week, the American Association of Individual Investors survey looks to measure the percentage of self-directed market participants who are bearish, bullish, or neutral about the stock market over the coming six months. Similar to the insights offered by tracking mutual fund flows, the sentiment survey is used by contrarians to get a feel for when the "dumb" money is nearing a sentiment extreme, whether it's untamed euphoria or unreasonable fear [see How To Hedge With ETFs].
When bullish sentiment rises well above its long-term average (listed on the AAII website) investors should be wary of a pullback; likewise, when bearish sentiment is well above its long-term average it may be prudent to start looking for buying opportunities as the dust settles.
The Bottom Line
Contrarian indicators can offer valuable insights when it comes to pinpointing market sentiment extremes, which is often the most opportune period to take positions given the clouds of uncertainty faced by the majority of investors. Nonetheless, contrarian indicators are not without their faults; false sell signals and early buy signals are a common nuance when utilizing these tools, which is why investors would be best off to use these indicators in conjunction with other tools and analysis before deciding to pull the buy/sell trigger. As always, investors of all experience levels are advised to use stop-loss orders and practice disciplined profit-taking techniques.
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Liens Against Your Home
What You Need to Know Before You Buy
or Renovate a Home
An Overview of O.C.G.A. § 44-14-360 et seq.
This information was prepared by the Georgia Department of Law's Consumer Protection Division as a public service. It is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of law. Its purpose is to inform, not to advise on any specific legal problem. If you have specific questions regarding any matter contained in this article, you are encouraged to consult an attorney.
People who contribute labor or materials to improve a new or existing home are allowed to file a claim of lien against the home if they do not get paid. In Georgia this claim of lien is called a materialman's or mechanic's lien. It is very rare for a homeowner to get a claim of lien filed against their property. In the event that you do face a claim of lien, you should be aware that there are many potential defenses available to you. Also, such lien claims are limited in their effect: they do not show up on your personal credit report, or stop you from selling or renting your home. What's more, they expire by law within 12 months unless sued upon, which makes these lien claims the weakest of all liens, since other liens remain valid for seven to ten years.
However, it may still concern you to learn that in some cases, it is possible for you to pay entirely for your new home or your renovation, and then still be hit with a lien claim by someone you never even heard of, e.g., a lumber supplier or electrician. From a legal standpoint, you can be held responsible for ensuring that anyone contributing labor or materials to improve your property gets paid.
If the contractor does not properly pay everyone, then you may have to. Fortunately, the law provides many ways for you to avoid a claim of lien in the first place, and to get rid of any claim of lien that is filed.
Preventing a Lien
File a Notice of Commencement
Obviously, for you to ensure that everyone is paid who contributes labor and materials to improve your property, you must first know who these people are. To find out, you or your contractor can file a Notice of Commencement in the county real estate records. Anyone who is supplying material or labor to your home will then need to send you a notice to this effect, or else lose their lien rights.
Use Interim Lien Waivers
If your project is lengthy and there will be more than one payment over time to the contractor, then you will want to get Interim Lien Waivers signed each time you make a payment. This will protect you from liens for work you have paid for.
Get a Final Affidavit of Payment
When you make your final payment to the contractor, you can have him sign an Affidavit of Payment, stating that he has paid everyone on the job. This will give you a defense to anyone who later files a lien, and will essentially wipe out the lien. When you buy a new home, the builder has probably already signed such an affidavit that will give you a defense to any liens.
Challenging a Lien
Demand a Cancellation
If you spot an obvious defect in the lien, you or your attorney may write or call the lien claimant and convince them to remove the claim of lien simply by pointing out its defects. To know what type of defects to look for, read the section below on Defending Against a Lien.
Wait Until It Expires
If you are not planning to move in the next year, and the claim of lien is for a low dollar amount that you do not expect the lien claimant to file suit over, then you may want to just wait it out until the lien expires on its own within twelve months. A significant percentage of liens are wiped out this way each year, because the person who filed the lien never files a lawsuit. This is especially true if the amount of the lien does not warrant the expense of a lawyer to sue.
Bond It Off
If you do intend to sell your home soon, you may want to bond off the lien claim. The lien claim will then be against the bond instead of your home. Many companies issue such bonds, and they usually charge a fee related to the size of the lien.
File a Notice of Contest
A Notice of Contest is a document you file with the county real estate records and mail to the lien claimant, demanding that the lien claimant file suit or have the lien expire within 60 days. Note that the lawsuit does not need to be against you, but against the person who owes the money directly -- most likely your contractor.
Defending Against a Lien
Defenses Based on Notices, Waivers and Affidavits
If someone files a claim of lien when they should not have -- because they never served you with a required notice, or because they signed a lien waiver -- then that can be a perfect defense. Point this out to the lien claimant, and they will likely voluntarily cancel the lien. Note that if you buy a new home that gets liened, the builder probably signed an Affidavit of Payment that will invalidate the lien. If so, just call the lien claimant and tell them you have a builder's affidavit, and ask them to remove the lien.
Defenses Based on the Lien Form
If the lien is not timely filed, or if it incorrectly states the name of the property owner based on the recorded deed, then the lien is defective on its face and will not hold up in court. A lien claimant will likely remove any such lien falling into this category, if you point out the defect.
Defenses Based on the Work
There may be additional defenses to you based on the work performed or the amount claimed in the lien, but it may be that only your contractor knows these details. If the lien is for a large amount and is sued upon, your contractor will be the one initially sued and raising these defenses. If you acted as the contractor, then you may want to wait and see if the lien claimant sues, bond off the lien, or file a notice of contest.
It is not commonplace for a homeowner to get a claim of lien filed against his property. However, in the event that you do face a lien claim, you should be aware that there are many possible defenses available to you.
For More Information
See O.C.G.A. § 44-14-360 et seq. (visit www.legis.ga.us and click on the Georgia Code link) or talk to your private attorney.


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are people really not being grateful for a backup of the forum for even existing? splodeing christbe thankful that there was a sploder backup and stop moaning about there not being any features yet, of course there aren't any features yet because this was intended to be a backup
But we had SploderTK
Tk had thanking, awards, somewhat active admins and the online list and recent topics on boards shown by default with no need to run an external script. I don't know why all those features are missing from this forum.
I'm mad at sticki for destroying it. I offered to take up the payments.
There won't be any need to help fund it and the account is still $100+ filled. I took it down early to preserve the funds. Like I said before, it's necessary we keep things together so the community doesn't split. There wasn't any other pragmatic option.
But please at least publish the archive links so that people can recover their abruptly removed information.
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Hi all, Wanted to post an apology before this account gets banned. Nothing in return. I disregarded the childhood experiences of everyone and I'm really disgusted at myself for doing a really splodety thing. Then I think making an excuse for it was tasteless. The damage has been done and not everyone on the site has returned, although I am still glad the site exists in some form, not justifying my actions. I'm not asking to join the site again because I beliebe that anyone who did the actions I've done should never be allowed to stay on the site, so cya :/
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BEIJING (AP) -- Brad Pitt is now on China's version of Twitter, and his mysterious first tweet has drawn thousands of comments.
The actor's verified Sina Weibo account sent the message Monday: "It is the truth. Yup, I'm coming." That was forwarded more than 31,000 times and netted over 14,000 comments, many expressing surprise. He gathered more than 100,000 followers.
The IMDb.com movie website says Pitt was banned from ever entering China because of his role in the 1997 "Seven Years in Tibet." The government was upset about the film's portrayal of harsh Chinese rule in Tibet. His later film "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" with Angelina Jolie was popular in China.
Former NBA star Stephon Marbury who now plays for China's professional basketball league is prolific on Weibo and has over 779,000 followers.


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Barack Obama bans spying on leaders of US allies, scales back NSA program
Washington: The United States will no longer monitor the personal communications of friendly heads of state, President Barack Obama has announced in a speech detailing a series of reforms created in response to leaks by the fugitive National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
The President said the US government would no longer hold the bulk phone data gathered by the NSA. Instead under a new program a third party would be created to hold the raw data, to be accessed only with the authorisation of a judge.
In a speech at the US Justice Department Mr Obama sought to reassure American allies, saying: "The leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance."
He also detailed what sort of intelligence America would pursue and how it would – or would not – be used.
"The United States does not collect intelligence to suppress criticism or dissent, nor do we collect intelligence to disadvantage people on the basis of their ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. And we do not collect intelligence to provide a competitive advantage to US companies, or US commercial sectors," he said.
"In terms of our bulk collection of signals intelligence, US intelligence agencies will only use such data to meet specific security requirements: counter-intelligence; counter-terrorism; counter-proliferation; cyber-security; force protection for our troops and allies; and combating transnational crime, including sanctions evasion."
And he said the US would take the "unprecedented step" of extending some privacy protections to foreign citizens, including limiting the time its agencies can hold personal information and restricting its use.
But the President showed no sign the US was softening its attitude towards Mr Snowden, whose leaks prompted the public debate over the NSA that led to the reforms.
"Given the fact of an open investigation, I'm not going to dwell on Mr Snowden's actions or motivations," he said.
"I will say that our nation's defence depends in part on the fidelity of those entrusted with our nation's secrets. If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will never be able to keep our people safe, or conduct foreign policy."
He said the sensational way in which the disclosures had "often shed more heat than light" had damaged America's intelligence gathering operations "in ways that we may not fully understand for years to come".
Mr Obama mounted a defence of the NSA and American intelligence operations.
"Now let me be clear: our intelligence agencies will continue to gather information about the intentions of governments – as opposed to ordinary citizens – around the world, in the same way that the intelligence services of every other nation does. We will not apologise simply because our services may be more effective," he said.
And he said it could be frustrating that America was held to a higher standard than other world powers. "No one expects China to have an open debate about their surveillance programs, or Russia to take the privacy concerns of citizens into account. But let us remember that we are held to a different standard precisely because we have been at the forefront in defending personal privacy and human dignity."
Speaking shortly before Mr Obama made his address, Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who published Mr Snowden's leaks, accused the President of engaging in a publicity stunt.
"It's really just basically a PR gesture, a way to calm the public and to make them think there's reform when in reality there really won't be. And I think that if the public, at this point, has heard enough about what the NSA does and how invasive it is, that they're going to need more than just a pretty speech from President Obama to feel as though their concerns have been addressed," he told Al Jazeera America.
Another critic of the program, Democratic senator Mark Udall, said he was pleased by the changes, tweeting: "After my years of bipartisan work and ongoing efforts, President Obama took big steps forward today on NSA reform."
Rand Paul, the libertarian Republican senator who has led Congressional opposition to the NSA's programs, said he was disappointed by the changes, telling Politico they resulted in "the same unconstitutional program with a new configuration".
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, still occupying Ecuador's London embassy, CNN: "It's embarrassing for a head of state like that to go on for almost 45 minutes and say almost nothing."
Fact file
- All data searches now require approval by a court.
- Records only be examined if a contact is two, rather than three, steps removed from a phone number connected to a suspected terrorist organisation.
- Government will not hold bulk metadata.
- It will not monitor communications of close allies without "compelling national security purpose".
- Secret data requests to private entities will no longer be "indefinite" but "terminate within a fixed time."
- Asks Congress to create a panel of public advocates to oversee Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act process.


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Telegraph is reporting that the flagship Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, will not be launching in the United States until after the European launch on November 17. Telegraph indicated that Samsung confirmed a later US launch at the Galaxy Note launch.
We do have reason to be a tad suspicious of this claim, however. As you may recall, a screenshot taken from Verizon's internal MAP system suggested that the Galaxy Nexus could launch as early as November 10, a full week before the European launch date.
If this rumor turns out to be true, it will certainly disappoint several US folks who are
impatiently waiting for the next Nexus device to launch, though we expect that a US launch would come a mere days after the European launch. You US would-be Nexus owners will likely have your devices in hand to show off around the Thanksgiving table.
I've reached out to folks at Verizon Wireless and Samsung to see if they'd care to comment on the US launch date of the Galaxy Nexus, and will update this post
when if we hear anything back. We do think that a release date of 11/11/11 would be fitting for a device of this caliber, though I think we may be let down on that one. Stay tuned!
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Business Planning
Seasonal Flu
Each flu season, nearly 111 million workdays are lost due to the flu. That equals approximately $7 billion per year in sick days and lost productivity.1 Through education and planning, you can help protect your employees from the seasonal flu.
Seasonal Flu Information for Businesses and Employees (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
Business/Employers Influenza Toolkit (Podcast – 5:10) (CDC)
Pandemic Flu
In a flu pandemic, employers play a key role in protecting employees' health and safety. Organizations can help limit any negative impact on the economy and society as well. Companies that provide critical infrastructure services, such as power and telecommunications, must also plan to continue operations in a crisis. As with any emergency situation, having a contingency plan is essential.
Guidance for Employers
- Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic (Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA))
- Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist (PDF – 151 KB)
Lista de Preparacion en Empresas para una Pandemia de Gripe (PDF – 276 KB)
- Pandemic Preparedness Planning for US Businesses with Overseas Operations (PDF – 3.03 MB)
- Interim Pre-Pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation in the United States (PDF – 718 KB) (CDC)
- Considerations for Antiviral Drug Stockpiling by Employers in Preparation for an Influenza Pandemic (PDF – 497 KB)
- Interim Guidance on Environmental Management of Pandemic Influenza Virus
Learn more about how to clean and protect surfaces from the influenza virus.
- Federal Employment Laws and Guidance
- An Employer's Guide to Group Health Continuation Coverage Under Cobra (PDF – 102 KB) (Department of Labor (DOL))
- Meeting Your Fiduciary Responsibilities (DOL)
- Portability of Health Coverage (HIPAA) (DOL)
- The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (DOL)
- The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (DOL)
- The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) (DOL)
Information for Employees
- How to Protect Yourself in the Workplace during a Pandemic (PDF – 27.2 KB) (OSHA)
Cómo Protegerse en el Lugar deTrabajo Durante una Pandemia (PDF – 40 KB) (OSHA)
- Protect Yourself, Pandemic Flu Respiratory Protection (PDF – 26.1 KB) (OSHA)
Protéjase Contra la Gripe Pandémica Protección Respiratoria (PDF – 38 KB) (OSHA)
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I love fruity mixed drinks, and this is the best to get you in the festive mood for Passover. There are a million ways to make sangria, so don't be afraid to use whatever fruits and wines you have on hand. It is best to let the mix sit for a day, giving the fruit the chance to soak up the wine and giving the wine a chance to sweeten from the fruits' natural flavors. It is best to use a glass pitcher (so everyone can see your beautiful creation!) with an open spout and a wide mouth. This way, fruit will pour into the glasses with the wine, and your guests can use a large spoon to fish out all the tasty treats in the drink. This one from Anthropologie is really beautiful, and you can buy matching glasses to go with it.
Recipe Ingredients
- 1 bottle Kosher for Passover dry red wine
- 1/4 cup brandy (must have proper hashgacha for Passover. You can find Kosher for Passover Plum Brandy at The Party Source. )
- 1 bunch grapes
- 1/4 pineapple
- 1 orange
- 1 apple
- 2 fresh figs
- strawberries (optional)
- cinnamon sticks (optional)
Kosher Recipe
Pour the bottle of wine into the pitcher, add the brandy. Cut up the grapes, apple, and figs into really small pieces. Wash the outside of the orange, cut in half, and then slice thin half-wedges. Dump the fruit into the pitcher and give it a stir with a large wooden spoon. Place in the refrigerator until ready to serve. The longer it stays in there, the more flavor it will get!
Ayelet R.
More Kosher Recipes
- Almond Date Truffles for Tu B'shvat (thejewishhostess.com)
- 4 Gorgeous Fruit-Filled DIY Tu B'ishvat Centerpieces (thejewishhostess.com)


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Yahweh and the Gods of the Peoples
As Christians, we should be the most courageous of peoples because we serve the one true God. We need not be afraid of what this world and the servants of other gods can do to us because they cannot win ...Read More
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Angels make up a mighty army dedicated to advancing God's purposes. This is good news for the believer, since if we are on God's side—or better, God is on our side—the angels are on our side. Knowing this gives us ...Read More
The Angelic Host of Heaven
Scripture never teaches that human beings are transformed into angels when they reach heaven. However, it does report that we will see God face-to-face. We can hardly imagine what this will be like, but we know it cannot be compared ...Read More
Seraphim Viewing the Lord
That even the angels must shield their eyes in the presence of God shows the reverence with which we are to approach our Creator. He is our Most Holy Lord, so we cannot be irreverent in our worship. We come ...Read More
The Armor of God
John Calvin comments, "There will be no danger which may not be successfully met by the power of God; nor will any who, with [the armor of God], fight against Satan, fail in the day of battle." Daily we are ...Read More
Michael, A Chief Prince
There is indeed a war going on in the heavens, so we should not be naive about the enemies we face. Still, we can be confident that the hands of God envelop us, and so we should ask Him to ...Read More
The Host of Heaven
There are many privileges that come with serving the Lord, one of which is knowing that He has appointed true angels to watch over us (Ps. 91:11–12). We are not guarded by the chubby little creatures with tiny wings that ...Read More
Joseph and the Angel
Without the incarnation of Christ, we could by no means have any hope in this world. Our merciful God has seen fit not to let His creation languish in the fall but has sent His own Son not only to ...Read More
The Angel Brings Judgment
Our culture is accustomed to seeing Jesus as meek and mild; indeed, this is an accurate picture of Him. Yet it is not a full-orbed depiction, for He is also the great Judge to come who will execute God's wrath ...Read More
Commander of the Lord's Army
Even believers can presume that God is on their side on a particular issue without due consideration. Though he was not an evangelical, Abraham Lincoln's famous words can serve us well here: "My concern is not whether God is on ...Read More


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LAS VEGAS--Peace appears to be breaking out between mobile Internet users and regulators.
During the three-day Innovation Policy Summit here at CES, members of Congress, FCC commissioners, industry representatives, and consumer groups found little to disagree on, whether the topic was incentive auctions for more broadband spectrum, retiring legacy copper networks in favor of native IP, sharing government spectrum in the 5 GHz band for high-speed Wi-Fi, or the continuing threat of international efforts to turn Internet governance over to repressive national governments so they can destroy it.
Some minor skirmishes broke out, of course, but the conversation this week has been remarkably civil. That's in stark contrast to the last three years, where heated discussions over Net neutrality, SOPA, and spectrum scarcityregularly drew blood. Indeed, the only loss of decorum took place during an interview with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, when a heckler had to be removed from the room by security.
The chairman's visit was his fourth in a row, and he used the opportunity to announce that the FCC was moving toward making an additional 195 MHz of spectrum available for unlicensed uses that could revolutionize a new generation of Wi-Fi. The spectrum, located in the 5GHz range, was identified in the 2012 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (PDF). Now, the FCC and stakeholders in the federal government will need to find ways to make it shareable between military systems that currently license it and new unlicensed devices and networks.
In a follow-up session featuring all four FCC commissioners, there was no disagreement about hopes the 5 GHz band can help ease increasing congestion on shared Wi-Fi networks in public spaces such as convention centers and hotels. Commissioner Robert McDowell, a long-time proponent of expanding unlicensed uses in the "white spaces" between broadcast television channels, expects next-generation W-iFi networks to be put into operation within five years. The other commissioners joined what Commissioner Ajit Pai called "the chorus of joy" over the announcement.
Providing more unlicensed spectrum is just part of what Commissioner Mignon Clyburn called an "all of the above" approach to satisfying the exploding demand for bandwidth from mobile devices and applications. The Commission is also deeply engaged in the process of developing a first-of-its-kind "voluntary incentive auction" (VIA) in which over-the-air television broadcasters will be able to share in the proceeds of future auctions for valuable spectrum currently licensed to them.
The process, also authorized in the Middle Class Tax Relief bill, will begin with a reverse auction in which broadcasters will bid for their lowest acceptable price. Based on participation, the FCC will then repack remaining VHF channels to create larger blocks of contiguous spectrum that will then be put through a forward auction for mobile network operators to bid on.
The auctions are expected to net as much as $26 billion for the government, some of which will be used to build an interoperable, nationwide public safety network. The commissioners agreed that the agency had made good progress on designing the complicated system that will be necessary for the auctions to work, but that more needed to be done. "We need to establish auction rules early on, and on a timetable to attract capital," according to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel.
At an earlier panel discussion on the incentive auctions introduced by Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.), government and industry panelists expressed concern that Congress' ambitious revenue goals for the auctions could fall victim to other FCC policy objectives. Neil Fried, senior telecommunications counsel to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the agency had proposed suspiciously large guard bands between mobile users and remaining broadcasters, motivated perhaps in part by the FCC's desire to make the guard bands available for additional unlicensed uses.
But that, he said, would come at the cost of maximizing auction proceeds.
Fried and other panelists also expressed concern that the agency's ongoing review of competition guidelines for spectrum holdings could lead to auction rules that unduly limit potential bidders. Based on agency missteps that dogged the 2008 auctions for 700 MHz. spectrum reclaimed in the transition to digital TV broadcast, Fried said the FCC needed to resist its natural urge to attach extraneous conditions to the VIA auctions.
There was general optimism, however, that broadcasters in urban markets where mobile spectrum is most needed were already signaling interest in participating. But few believe the auctions will take place before 2014, the date offered by the FCC. That's a key milestone set in the 2010 National Broadband Plan, which found that exploding demand for mobile broadband would require 300 MHz of additional spectrum by 2015, and 500 MHz by 2020.
So far, the FCC has only made a fraction of that amount available, in large part because the U.S. no longer has significant quantities of usable spectrum that isn't already licensed to public or private users.
IP transition, U.N. Internet takeover
As reported earlier by CNET, there is also growing consensus on the need to relax federal and state regulations that are slowing the process of retiring legacy copper phone networks -- used by fewer Americans all the time -- and replacing them with new networks with native support for Internet-based packet-switching technologies and protocols.
The FCC has created a new agencywide task force on IP transition and has asked for comments on an AT&T proposal to begin trials in select locations. One goal of the trials would be to determine where the agency needs to waive or eliminate obsolete rules and reporting requirements, and to ensure that state and local authorities do the same.
While none of the commissioners expressed concern over the trials, Rosenworcel said that the agency needed to go further and "help make clear to consumers how this helps them." For example, the move to all-IP networks would improve mobile performance as well as offering better wired service. That's because mobile communications still rely heavily on aging switched networks for backhaul.
On another topic, Genachowski echoed concerns over a United Nations communications treaty conference held in December in Dubai. Proposals circulated ahead of the conference encouraged the 193 nations in the U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union to make drastic changes to both the structure and governance of the Internet, some of which found their way into the revised treaty language. As a result, the U.S. and 54 other countries refused to sign the document.
Before and during the U.N. conference, government, industry and consumers inside and outside the Beltway demonstrated impressive unity on the importance of maintaining the Internet's wildly successful model of multi-stakeholder, engineering-driven operation.
But Genachowski warned that the treaty process had brought together a dangerous coalition of repressive governments and failing European ISPs opposed to that model and its efficiency. The former are determined to cut off the Internet's power to foster free speech and other civil liberties, he said, while the latter want to use international law to shift revenue from Internet content providers. "Together, they make the challenge more serious than they do individually," Genachowski said.
The chairman refused to comment on the pending mergers of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS, or of the proposed takeover by SoftBank of Sprint. He also demurred on questions about Verizon's appeal of the 2010 Open Internet order -- the so-called Net neutrality rules -- which will be taken up by a D.C. appeals court sometime this year.
Supreme Court case as wild card
Oddly, there was no discussion at all on an important case being argued next week at the U.S. Supreme Court, City of Arlington v. FCC. The case could be a game-changer.
The case concerns a challenge by local authorities to timetables established by the FCC in 2009 for consideration of permit requests for cell towers and other mobile infrastructure subject to local zoning and other rules. The so-called "shot clock" was created after the FCC determined that local authorities were simply sitting on applications, in many cases for years.
While the Court will not be ruling on the shot clock itself, it will be considering what could be a more far-reaching question. The appeal asks whether federal agencies including the FCC should be given deference by courts in interpreting the federal laws that define their authority.
Since 1984, the Supreme Court has held that federal courts must weigh heavily an agency's interpretation of aspects of the law within its technical expertise. But appellate courts have split on the question of whether that deference extends to an agency's interpretation of the limits on what the agency can and cannot do -- that is, to its own jurisdiction.
A loss for the FCC in the Arlington case would significantly shift the balance of power between agencies and the courts, and could play a key role, for example, in how the Net neutrality case gets decided.
That's because whether the FCC has any authority from Congress to make rules on broadband Internet services relies on the agency's strained reading of an ambiguous provision in the Communications Act, Section 706. The agency argues that section should be read to grant the agency explicit authority to regulate ISPs whenever the agency determines that broadband is not being deployed in a "reasonable and timely manner to all Americans."
If the agency loses the Arlington case, the court overseeing the Net neutrality case will need to conduct its own independent analysis of Section 706, further weakening what is already a tough sell for the agency.
Genachowski deflected questions on the Net neutrality appeal. But a loss on the Open Internet rulemaking would have wide-ranging ripple effects on the FCC's ambitious broadband agenda.
The honeymoon in communications policy, in other words, could prove short-lived.


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5 star opulence on Ullswater, Waternook Estate is quite simply outstanding and luxurious in every way, arguably the most prestigious self-catering experience in the Lake District or possibly the British Isles. Exclusively yours this magnificent private estate comprises of Waternook, accommodating 12 and The Great Barn 8.
Both Lake District National Park residences occupy a sublime, secluded setting within 26 acres of private grounds with 1/2 mile of lake shoreline, commanding simply breath-taking uninterrupted panoramic views as far as the eye can see.
Highlights include mouth-watering views over the lake, a feeling of your very own peninsular setting in a secluded yet easily accessible gorgeous spot, a boathouse and jetty affording access onto the water, your own Spa & Wellness Sanctuary featuring a holistic laconium and bar leading out to a yoga infinity terrace with hot tub, a function suite with minstrel gallery perfect to indulge any special celebration, intimate wedding or luxury conference, a cinema and every mod con you may wish for and parking space for your helicopter, are but a few to boast?
Gazing out through the array of glass, or indeed in the fresh-air gardens with terraces, it would be easy to imagine, this plethora of mountains on display have been carefully arranged to provide Waternook Estate with the most breath-taking views ever.
Leave aside the 'million dollar views and setting' for a moment and stroll throughout Waternook; sleek sophisticated interior styling and perfectionist attention to detail ensures that this luxury self-catering home stay will inspire even the most discerning guest. The Great Barn exudes five star luxury and also overlooks the serene waters of Ullswater and follows the unique gold awarded quality theme previously mentioned.
Whether you are celebrating a happy event, searching for the perfect setting for an intimate wedding or just spending time with your favourite people, here is a magical treat delivering sheer luxury and matching your high expectations.
Outside: approached via a long sweeping driveway enjoying 1/2 mile of lake frontage in 26 acres of private grounds, circumscribed by open Lakeland countryside backing onto Hallin Fell, a security entry gated system leads you past The Great Barn to Waternook with terraced driveway parking directly outside the property plus ample further parking adjacent. Should you be arriving by helicopter or yacht, please make contact to discuss your arrangement. Wander to the shoreline with boathouse and private jetty, if you bring a boat or hire one for your stay, this is ideal.
There are infinity terraces in both residences overlooking the lake together with external hot tub on a private balcony terrace. A fully equipped barbeque terrace complete with washing facilities, externally stored crockery etc. Bike and canoe storage facilities. The peaceful and majestic waterfront location means that the only disturbance at your otherwise idyllic sanctuary will be hearing the ducks land upon the water, and the gentle tinkling of boat masts in summertime.
Four legged friends (maximum, 2 'well behaved' dogs in Waternook only); the 'mud room' has been luxuriously created for your pets with underfloor heating and a magnificent mountain view, oak gates and facilities essential for pampering your loved ones please respect our request to keep pets in the mud room only.
Sociable spaces: a rich array of reception rooms to spread out and relax in throughout each dwelling; sumptuously furnished with real flair and meticulous attention to detail springs to mind for each, the large drawing rooms admire the magnificent views as does almost every room throughout Waternook and The Great barn, sophisticatedly themed and designed for total relaxation by the large wood burning stoves; the cinema room is a place to completely unwind watching your favourite movie or Sky Sports or whatever you prefer with simply eclectic designer furnishings and mood lighting all controlled by iPad simple yet ingenious technology, all mod cons are provided with Wi-Fi throughout and an integrated music system, all your own devices will Bluetooth to everything, more bliss. There is a rich variety of other intimate and mezzanine sociable spots throughout each dwelling and sliding full height glass doors afford access to the sophisticated kitchen / dining area in Waternook, walls of glass gaze out and bi-folding doors lead to a glazed terrace, this is indeed a spectacular space. Enjoy a super telescope or sink into the Duresta Suite, we know these 'spaces' will heal.
Spa & Wellness Sanctuary featuring a laconium and bar; soothing luxury, maybe between 4pm and 6pm with a G&T from your bar, a while to ponder life in the external hot tub, complete with underwater mood lighting and waterfall effect, admiring the ever changing vistas, possibly a spot of yoga on the infinity balcony / terrace and some more time to reflect in the holistic laconium with aromatherapy option together with twinkling star lighting, by 6 you will be ready for the evening ahead! There is a stone monsoon facility by Spa & Wellness Sanctury to freshen up when the mood takes.
Bedroom suites and Shower rooms: There are six bedrooms in Waternook and three in The Great Barn; Waternook providing 2 super king; 3 king and 1 double. The Great Barn 1 super king and 2 king; each unique and individually themed with glorious views and with complete pampering heaven in mind, uninterrupted night's sleep guaranteed! Luxury handcrafted 'And So To Bed' furnishings further complemented with ViSprung Elite comforts ensure our last statement. Each room has the most luxurious of bathrooms, either stone or porcelain and each individually designed, some with glorious designer baths overlooking the lake, all with a mix of monsoon & raindrop shower facilities and one even has a sunken water resistant bath TV! Don't forget the Spa facility also has a luxury wet room facility and there are 3 cloakrooms too / 14th WC / wash basin! No queuing guaranteed.
Waternook & The Great Barn are heated in one of the most efficient and certainly one of the very best environmentally friendly systems on the planet, you can't get a fresher source of water, straight from the fellside behind the property.
To complement a stay Waternook offer an array of luxury concierge services suited to the most discerning of guests. These range from private chefs and butlers to personalised yoga lessons, beauty treatments and helicopter tours.
You can view more images of Waternook here.
You can view more images of The Great Barn here.
Location and things to do.....
The most popular pastime whilst at Waternook Estate is simply gazing out across the lake at the stunning Lakeland scenery, as William Wordsworth may have once enjoyed while composing the famous romantic poem, Daffodils. You might also like to stroll through the beautiful Lake District countryside that inspired Beatrix Potter to write her children's books.
Waternook estate boasts a private jetty and boathouse and there are 26 acres of gardens and grounds with half a mile of lake shore where you may wander at leisure.
Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District and is widely thought to be the most picturesque, being ideal for a self-catering Lake District holiday. Travelling from the cen-tral Lakes over the stunning Kirkstone Pass you will drop down into the beautiful glacial carved landscapes surrounding the Lake itself, with many quaint villages along its shore line. The areas around the lake provide the perfect place for a restful and relaxed self-catering holiday, with plenty of opportunity for walking, exploring and getting out on the Lake.
At the southern end of the Lake you will find Glenridding, a popular little village and an excellent base to explore plentiful challenging peaks but especially Helvellyn and Striding Edge. The area is excellent for either touring or relaxing and there are many walks from Waternook including Hallin Fell, towering above and behind Waternook - The High Street Ridge, Place Fell, St. Sunday Crag, and the Fairfield hills all being within striking distance.
Pooley Bridge is a picturesque village at the northern most point of the lake and only 4 miles from Waternook; from here you can visit the wonderful market towns of Penrith and Keswick.
Ullswater is thought by many to be the most beautiful of all the lakes in the northern Lake District, a serpentine body of water snaking a nine mile course under the lea of magnificent fells, woodland and mountain. Much of the lake, its shore and surrounding fells are accessible for visitors to explore, where you will find some of the finest walks and water activities, along with the amenities of the lakeside villages.
For those who like getting up high, there are some of the best mountains and fells on your doorstep, the most famous being Helvellyn and the precipitous Striding Edge. A gentler walk is Aira Force, probably the most famous of the Lake District waterfalls. The main force falls some 70ft below a stone footbridge - so don't forget your camera.
Getting on the water is easy especially from Waternook, with over 1/2 mile of your very own Lake Frontage! You can take a boat cruise on one of the five beautiful steamers in the Ullswater Steamer fleet. They run the boats from Glenridding, with piers also at Pooley Bridge and Howtown. It's a great way to see the lake from a different perspective and well worth taking a camera. Boat hire is readily available, where you have a varied selection of craft on offer including kayaks, sailing boats and little motorboats, along with hire of fishing tackle and licenses.
Further afield you have Keswick the main town of the north lakes, a bustling market town set between the peaks of Skiddaw and the gentle beauty of Derwentwater. An all year round town there are good shops, a host of restaurants and cafes, along with museums, a theatre, cinema and leisure centre. The market towns of Penrith and Alston lie to the North West on the edge of the Eden Valley and are well worth a visit.
Back south, leaving Patterdale, you take the Kirkstone Pass which winds its way through high fell and brings you down to the south lakes and Windermere.
All in all there is a much to see and do, both around the lake and nearby areas, towns and villages where to get the best from your visit it is well worth investing in a few good guides and maps. One of the best walks in the National Park is the trail that runs along the eastern shores of Ullswater. Experience this inspirational walk straight from Waternook, dominated by Place Fell, St Sunday Cragg, and Fairfield. You will be able to ramble all day with a magnificent view always in your sight. For the return journey, board the steamboat from Glenridding to Howtown.
9 bedroom suites;
Waternook providing 2 super king; 3 king and 1 double
The Great Barn 1 super king and 2 king
Outstanding architect designed Period lakeside estate comprising of 2 residences
½ mile of Lake Frontage and 26 acres of private estate grounds
Boathouse with private jetty
Helicopter landing facility
Breath-taking panoramic views of lake and mountains
Secluded unrivalled setting
Spa and wellness sanctuary featuring lake view Laconium and bar
Biomass boiler underfloor heating
Wood burning stove
Cinema with Sky movies and sports
Every mod con you may wish for with integrated music system and iPad control
Array of 11 luxury stone & porcelain bathrooms with designer baths, invigorating monsoon or rain showers, even a TV!
Electric ovens and induction hobs
Microwaves, Dishwashers, coffee machines
Fridges and freezers, salad drawers & warming drawers
Red & white wine temperature storage
Kettle tap and waste disposal facility
Utility room / mud room with all facilities
Secure bike storage
Beautiful gardens with terraces and garden furniture
Barbeque terrace with all you require just add food!
Sweeping private drive with parking for lots and security entry system
Infinity terraces with hot tub
Pet friendly luxury space with underfloor heating and even a view!


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I can't thank Mozilla and specifically Chris Lord enough for hosting this event for hosting this event.
So the Location hackfest 2014 took place at the awesome Mozilla offices in London during last weekend. Even though some of the important participants didn't manage to be physically present, enough people did:It was a hackfest so we also did some hacking:
Some very fruitful discussions we had:
- John Layt (KDE)
- Hanno Schlichting (Mozilla)
- Mattias Bengtsson (GNOME)
- Jonas Danielsson (GNOME)
- Bastien Nocera (GNOME)
- Garvan Keeley (Mozilla)
Some very fruitful discussions we had:
- Why Mozilla doesn't make wifi data it gathers for its location service, available for everyone to download? Hanno explained in great detail how making this data available would seriously compromise privacy and even safety of people. One good example given was someone getting out of an abusive relationship and not wanting to be traceable by their ex- but if they take their wifi router with them, their significant other has a possible way to easily track them using the wifi database. There is an easy (even though very ugly) way to avoid your AP being scanned by harvesters of such services but most people do not possess enough technical knowledge to know to enable that.
Hence their reluctance to making it available for download, even though they'd want to. If you are interested in more details, you should read up all about that on Hanno's blog.
- Had some discussion with Firefox and Firefox OS using Geoclue2. Hopefully we'll at least have Firefox using Geoclue2 soon. I might need to add support for totally unmaintained ofono in Geoclue2 unfortunately for making a very compelling case for Firefox OS to adapt geoclue2.
- We had a discussion about GPS-A support in Geoclue. There are two possible ways to do that:
- Give URL of a SUPL service to the modem and let it do everything for you.
- Get the geospacial data that (SUPL service would provide) from a custom service and feed that to the modem.
- There was a discussion about POI and check-in UI in Maps between me and Mattias. We had a bit of disagreement about it but seems now we are coming to come conclusions about how it should look like.
- John spent most of his time getting familiar with Qt's location code and how to port to Geoclue2. He wrote a nice post about it so I wont get into details here.
- Mattias worked tirelessly to finish off his routing branch to be finally merged. Its not a very easy task so its not surprising that he hasn't managed to finish it yet. I'm pretty hopeful it will be merged in the following few weeks.
- Hanno added proper support for geoip-only queries in Mozilla location service, made it do better against queries w/ stale wifi data and improved accuracy of results from 300m to 100m among other things.
- Jonas was doing live reviews of Mattias' patches (in Swedish!) and at the same time working on getting command-line options parsing to work in gjs so we can do so in Maps.
- Garvan was working on adding Geoclue2 support to Firefox/Gecko.
- I finished off my patches to port geoclue2 to directly use wpa_supplicant rather than NetworManager, which makes wifi-geolocation work on FreeBSD, Firefox OS and Jolla. The last two don't use Geoclue2 but I'm hoping that this is a step forward towards convincing them to use it. I provided a patch to wpa_supplicant to make its D-Bus policy a bit lenient, while at it.
I also looked into ofono API but not only is the project unmaintained, it doesn't provide proper introspection on D-Bus and there is no API docs. :( To make things worse, both my modems don't seem to work at least out of the box. I'd really rather I didn't have to deal with it but if I can't convince Firefox OS folks to provide ModemManager API, adding ofono support is essential to get them to use Geoclue.
I started refactoring of Modem sources in Geoclue so that:
- all ModemManager code is isolated in its own module so that its easy to add a ofono handling code w/o changing anything in the sources themselves.
- 3G source can more easily/cleanly share code with Wifi source, use Mozilla Location Service (rather than opencellid that it currently does) and also submit cell tower data to Mozilla.


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A Primer for Psychiatrists
The following guidance is offered for the psychiatrists and psychologists who are facing the challenge of treating a very complex patient with an unfamiliar condition, Prader-Willi syndrome. The material here is based on a our clinical experience of inpatient and outpatient crisis intervention with hundreds of cases of persons with PWS of all ages.
This has been prepared by Janice L. Forster, MD and Linda M, Gourash, MD or the Pittsburgh Partnership with their express permission
Janice L. Forster, MD
Dr. Forster is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA who specializes in Developmental Neuropsychiatry. She has had over 25 years of clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with developmental disabilities. During the ten years that she served as a psychiatric consultant to an inpatient rehabilitation program, she evaluated over 250 individuals with PWS and has managed the severe manifestations of the disorder across all levels of care. She serves as a consultant for the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of the USA and the International Prader-Willi Organization. Dr. Forster is co-founder of Pittsburgh Partnership, Specialists in PWS. (email@example.com) She has presented by invitation nationally and internationally on the behavioral phenotype of PWS and psychiatric assessment and management of children and adults with the syndrome. Dr. Forster is featured in a DVD produced by the PWSA which has recorded her presentations for more widespread distribution.
Dr. Forster is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1977), and she completed her combined Pediatric Internship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and General Psychiatry residency through the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (1982). She is a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Linda M. Gourash, MD
Dr. Gourash is a Developmental Pediatrician. She received her medical degree from Georgetown University Medical School in Washington D.C., and completed her pediatric and subspecialty training at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in 1980 before serving on the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine until 1991 in the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry. As the Medical Director of the Prader-Willi and Behavioral Disorders Program of the Children's Institute of Pittsburgh she worked for more than 5 years almost exclusively with children and adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome and related disorders who were referred for inpatient crisis intervention for medical and behavioral problems from throughout the USA and Canada. Currently, Dr Gourash serves on the board of directors and as clinical consultant for the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of the USA and as speaker and clinical consultant for the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organization. She provides consultation and educational programs throughout the US and internationally through Pittsburgh Partnership, Specialists in PWS. (email@example.com.) Dr. Gourash is featured in a DVD produced by the PWSA which has recorded her presentations for more widespread distribution. Dr. Gourash has a private practice in Developmental Pediatrics in Pittsburgh, PA.


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Editor's note: CNN is at Davos and will bring you breaking news, analysis and insight from January 20 to January 25. Join CNN's anchors Richard Quest, John Defterios and Nina dos Santos as they ask the world's political and economic leaders what we can expect in 2014. Follow our team on the ground here and see complete coverage here.
(CNN) -- Business leaders, heads of government, entrepreneurs and even the odd celebrity will be rubbing fur and down-quilted shoulders at Europe's highest altitude town, Davos, for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting this week.
The high-powered talk-fest, founded by German economist Klaus Schwab in 1971, has become a vital part of the business calendar -- for the intensity of its networking as much as declarations of action from the speakers' podiums.
WEF describes itself as "an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas."
As is traditional, the theme of its annual meeting in Davos is sweeping and, at first glance, somewhat opaque: "The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, politics and Business."
The WEF says the theme "reflects on the disruptions that societies face on a global scale driven by rapid technological and scientific innovation, accelerating social change and a shifting global economic order."
According to CNN's Richard Quest, the WEF may have a point with its choice of theme. The world has changed, Quest says, after its emergence from the wreckage of five years of crisis. In its wake, there is "a landscape where old rules no longer exist and the new ones have yet to be written and agreed."
"The issues are prescient, they are on everyone's mind, we all know that 'times are different' and we are by no means sure how to handle them," Quest says.
But he ponders whether those at Davos will be able to unite to plot a way forward in this new landscape.
If it's a question of numbers, they've certainly got a head start.
The 44th annual meeting is bringing together more than 2,500 leaders, thinkers and public figures representing more than 100 countries. It is strictly invitation only.
Certain groups -- heads of state, faith leaders, academics, social entrepreneurs, members of international organizations and news anchors -- can attend free of charge, but for businesses, the cost of a ticket is approximately $20,000.
For that fee, from January 22 to 25 participants will be able to attend more than 250 sessions and workshops based around the overarching "reshaping" theme.
Guest speakers range from the European Commission President Manuel Barroso, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde, United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki Moon and Microsoft founder Bill Gates to actors Matt Damon and Goldie Hawn.
The forum is taking place against a backdrop of violent conflict in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Syria. Syrian opposition leader George Sabra will be at the Davos gathering, with a second round of peace talks being held in another corner of Switzerland -- on the shores of Lake Geneva -- the same week.
Bloodshed in the Middle East and North Africa has disrupted the region's economies, with the World Bank's latest report saying they remained depressed after the Arab Spring that began in Tunisia three years ago and sparked Syria's civil war.
"Political turmoil in Egypt, stalemate in Tunisia and an escalation of the civil war in Syria with spillovers to neighboring Lebanon and Jordan have weakened activity in the developing oil-importing countries," the report said.
In Iran, there has also been a fall in production but the World Bank points to international sanctions as the reason.
However, that may change after last year's historic deal between world powers on an interim deal with Iran that imposes limits on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani -- who replaced the country's controversial previous president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, last year -- will be at Davos and is due to speak on the subject of "Iran in the World."
Also walking the WEF corridors will be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has described Rouhani as "a wolf in sheep's clothing." He is scheduled to speak on "Israel's Economic and Political Outlook." President Shimon Peres will speak on "Celebrating the 'Spirit of Davos'" -- which will perhaps explain why the traditional enemies are going to the same talk-fest party.
Participants will have some reason to celebrate, as the global economy has shown signs of improvement since last year's meeting.
China, often the focus for economic hope, has pushed through bold policies under its new leadership. The country's 300-plus political elite have reportedly agreed to curb government meddling in the economy and make state-owned enterprises compete with the private sector on a level playing field. Davos sessions include one on China's outlook and another on how China, Europe and the U.S. can compete and collaborate.
Meanwhile, in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bold measures to jump-start his country's economy -- dubbed "Abenomics" -- has had an impact, with an initial jump in growth before the economy weakened. He is a speaker at the forum, under the topic "The Reshaping of the World: Vision from Japan."
Europe, whose ailing economic health has dominated discussions at the last two year's events, appears to be off its sickbed. Last year the eurozone returned to growth for the first time since 2011 but the difference for ordinary citizens may be negligible, and austerity measures are still in place. Youth unemployment in Spain and Greece is above 50%, while rates in Portugal, Italy and Ireland are all above 30%.
As for the United States, much of 2013's focus was on the debt ceiling and October's government shut-down. Government dysfunction passed the economy as Americans' top concern in Gallup's polling late last year.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend Davos and deliver remarks on "the United States' commitment to and engagement in the Middle East region," according to the State Department.
Kerry has been working to achieve a peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians but recently the U.S. has faced diplomatic hurdles closer to home.
A top concern of America's traditional allies may well be the U.S. National Security Agency's surveillance program, details of which were revealed in documents leaked by Edward Snowden last year.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, allegedly among those targeted, is a frequent Davos attendee but will not be present this year. This is not, a spokesman said, because of her skiing accident -- she fractured her pelvis on recent visit to Switzerland -- but because the event coincides with a government meeting.
While those attending Davos may not be focusing on their winter sports activities, it is on the side-lines of the main program that some of them may go "off-piste."
The raclette, gluhwein and hot chocolate chats could be the ones where deals are brokered.
Read more: All you need to know to be a Davos delegate
Read more: China's reforms -- Enlarging but not discarding the cage
Read more: Can Abenomics make Japan's economy fly?
Read more: 2013 -- rich got richer, poor got poorer


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The AMW (ATLAS Model Weaver) project is a GMT component developed by the ATLAS Team, INRIA. AMW is part of the AMMA platform.
The AMW project supports the creation of different kinds of links between model elements. The links are saved in a weaving model. The weaving model conforms to an extensible weaving metamodel. <p/>
Weaving models can be used in different application scenarios, such as tool interoperability, transformation specification, traceability, model merging.
Core weaving metamodel
The AMW project is developed based on a core weaving metamodel. This core weaving metamodel supports basic link management, i.e., this metamodel supports n:n relationships between model elements. The ID of elements of the referred elements can be saved using different identification methods. The core weaving metamodel is illustrated below.
WElement is the base element from which all other elements inherit. It has a name and a description. WModel represents the root element that contains all model elements. WLink denotes the link type. WLink has a reference end to associate it with a set of link endpoints (WLinkEnd). Each WLinkEnd references one WElementRef. The attribute ref contains the identifier of the linked elements. WElementRef is not referenced directly by WLink because it is possible to reference the same model element by different link endpoints, for example one model element may participate in more than one mapping expression. WModelRef is similar to WElementRef, but it contains references to the models.
Metamodel extensions
The different kind of semantics of the weaving metamodel are defined in extensions to the core weaving metamodel. The different weaving metamodel extensions can be applied in different application scenarios.
AMW plugin
The AMW prototype is developed as an Eclipse plugin. It uses EMF as base model handler. The prototype provides a set of extension points definition to enable to customize the interface according to different metamodel extensions. An example of the interface is shown below.
AMW plugin extensions
The first contribution to the AMW interface is the base weaver extension plugin (org.eclipse.weaver.extension). This extension enables to use the AMW plugin with the basic functionalities. This extension is provided for download together with the core weaver plugin (org.eclipse.weaver).
Examples HowTo
The Examples HowTo contains additional information about the examples available for download in the AMW project web site.
Didonet Del Fabro, M, Bézivin, J, and Valduriez, P : Model-driven Tool Interoperability:
an Application in Bug Tracking. To appear in: ODBASE'06(OTM Federated Conferences). 2006.
BDA2005 Didonet Del Fabro, M, Bézivin, J, Jouault, F, and Valduriez, P : Applying Generic Model Management to Data Mapping. In: Proceedings of Bases de Données Avancées (BDA05), 17-20 october 2005, Saint-Malo, France.
Complete list of publications related to AMW
The AMW project provides an Eclipse plugin to create weaving models and to compose metamodel extensions.
The plugin can be downloaded in the AMW Download Page.
A set of application scenarios is available at AMW Examples. There are examples of weaving models, metamodel extensions, weaving models generated automatically through matching transformations, AM3 Ant Tasks, higher-order transformations that take a weaving model and that produce model transformations, etc. These examples are sorted in different categories.
See Also
AMW Wish List
AM3, The ATLAS MegaModel Management Eclipse wiki page
AM3, The ATLAS MegaModel Management project's Eclipse homepage
ATL, The ATLAS Transformation Language project's Eclipse homepage
ATL, The ATLAS Transformation Language Eclipse wiki page
ATL, The ATL homepage


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Portrait of man in suit with long moustache
- 2008.001.162
- Stuk
- ca. 1890
Item is a white cabinet card with photograph of a man in a plain suit with wide tie and tie clip visible. Man has a long, neat moustache. On verso, elaborate engraving of a rail car with the text "Photographed BY THE/ PALACE R.R. PHOTOGRAPH CAR CO." Text in image at bottom left, "FLEWWELLINGS[RYDYW?]".
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This website is...a bit outdated, to say the least. I'll keep it around until I can figure out what to do with it next. A lot of old content is worth keeping, but it also developed a spam problem in all the comments, so that's turned off.
Since my last post, two events of utmost significance have occurred.
The first: I have a kid. A son! It's crazy but it's great. Being a dad is at once surreal and apocryphal. I can't quite process it yet, but I adore this fussy little kid. My son's name is Sebastian Elessar, and he's awesome and adorable and other things babies are supposed to be. Appropriately, I haven't had a good night's sleep since the end of March and I wonder if I ever shall again. My wife has had even less than I, but she's a fantastic mom already. The kid's lucky. I'm lucky.
And this is what he looks like 2 months into his existence.
The other event is that I got a job at Macmillan. I'm a production editor there and I'm assigned to dozens of scholarly books (mostly monographs) that rarely feature elves, dragons, or robots. Though some might...
I work in the Flatiron Building. You know, that iconic, skinny building in mid-town Manhattan that's in the postcards in every souvenir shop in NYC. This:
For now, my scrawlings can be found on Facebook, on Tor.com, and to a lesser extent, Twitter.


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In Phils camp as instructor, Doc enjoying retirement
Halladay offering advice to young pitchers, may eventually take full-time gig
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Roy Halladay said there is no chance he will sneak away to throw secret bullpen sessions this spring.
Halladay is happy in retirement.
It helps that Halladay remains part of the game, which could become a full-time venture in the future. He is in Phillies camp as a guest instructor, where he is imparting his philosophies about pitching to some of the organization's younger and less established pitchers. The hope is some of them listen, pick up a thing or two and use some of Halladay's suggestions and ideas to help a pitching staff that ranked as one of the worst in baseball last season.
"I love being here," Halladay said Wednesday afternoon at Bright House Field. "I definitely want to keep doing it. I think maybe this first year, I want to make sure that I get to spend the time that I want with my boys and my wife, and that's my priority. Once I see how things work, yeah, I'd love to continue to do it and, if I have more time, do more. I'll always continue doing it. It's just a matter of starting to figure out how much I can do. Once the kids are gone, maybe it's something to do full time."
Halladay spent more than 30 minutes Tuesday with top Phillies prospect Jesse Biddle, discussing the mental aspects of pitching and handing him a copy of "The Mental ABC's of Pitching" by Harvey Dorfman, which Halladay credits for helping saving his big league career.
Halladay, who once went from the big leagues to Class A before establishing himself as one of the best pitchers of his generation, has given the book to pitchers in previous springs, too.
"Obviously, it works," Biddle said. "Just to hear what he has to say about the little things in the game I'm trying to learn and figure out, you can't really ask for a better guy. His story is something they tell us when we start playing here. We're taught about it. No matter how tough it gets, you can always bounce back. As long as they give you the ball, you can bounce back. But to hear him discuss it personally with me is pretty cool."
Halladay has spoken to more than just Biddle. He is introducing himself and making himself available to everybody.
"The stages they're at now, it's just a mental part and really it's just confidence," Halladay said of pitchers like Phillippe Aumont, Jake Diekman and Jonathan Pettibone. "They are very good at what they do, but there's just that extra confidence that you see in everyday Major League players opposed to maybe a guy at Triple-A or Double-A. I've been trying to help them speed that up by starting to think about the mental parts and preparing themselves and getting themselves ready to start. Really brainwashing themselves into thinking that's something they can do consistently. That's really what it takes. Some guys need to have that success first, but in the things I've seen, a lot of guys can start to believe that and they talk themselves into that over and over, and suddenly they become it. That's something I've talked to some of them about.
"It's kind of 'Fake it until you make it.' I had to do that with myself. That was something Harvey was very good at. He used to tell me to keep acting the part until I actually became it. That's something I really had to try to do. I really had to try to repeat these mental phrases, try and exude the confidence, all that stuff until it became part of me."


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A great gift for anyone with nice selection of sweet treats for dessert or snacks. Includes a Homemade Pie, cookies, eight ounce jam, biscotti, chocolate pretzels, Ashers chocolates. One of our dessert gift baskets that is very popular.
Delivery is available within a 10 mile radius of the farm. Our charge for delivery is a nominal fee of $15.00. All other deliveries shall be made via UPS and UPS charges do apply. Please be sure to include additional $5.00 for cost of shipping box and proper packaging. Authenticate address before placing order. There are additional charges for wrong address, $5.00 for ground and $7.50 for air address correction change! Please know we cannot send to PO Box Numbers, thank you!
Please Note: only Local Delivery available on Fridays. USP does not ship on Fridays and weekends.
Local Delivery also available for large deli orders on Fridays and weekends.
Substitutions are welcomed whenever asked. A small $5.00 fee covers the design change, for the same fee we can custom design from the store as well.
Please note, we do not use preservatives!
In light of that we recommend using at the very least 2nd Day Air on all baked goods. Next Day Air is also available!


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Of InterestLocations
Place NamesA-Z
300th Anniversary of the Russian NavyCovers the late 17th c. up to the present.
BroadsideCovering life in the Royal Navy during the late 18th and early 19th century.
Danish Naval History (Danish/English)Covers various periods including the age of sail.
Hearts of Oak
Histofig.com Naval (French/some English)
Index to 19th Century Naval and Naval Social History (12/03)
John Kohnen's Nautical & Boatbuilding PageLots of information including the age of sail.
Marine Dans L'Epopee Imperial, La (French)
MarinersCovers various periods including the age of sail.
Maritime History (01/04)Focus on Scotland.
Maritime History on the Internet: A Guide to Doing Maritime History Research OnlineCovers various periods including the age of sail.
Maritime History Virtual Archives, TheCovers various periods including the age of sail.
Napoleonic Wars: Naval Warfare
Naval Biographical Database
Information about people, places, ships, organisations and events associated with the Royal Navy since 1660. Fee based.
Naval Historical CenterCovers various periods including the age of sail.
Naval History in the Age of Sail (1650-1815)
Navies in TransitionCovers developments during the transition from sail to steam.
P. Benyon's Naval IndexIncludes ship and officer listings as well as online transcript of William James' Naval History of Great Britain Volumes III to VI.
Patrimoine des Côtes (01/04)
Ron Wanttaja's Nautical Information and Links
Sailing Navy (Japanese)
Sailing Ships (Russian/some English)
Saiwaichou Bunkakaikan (Japanese)Various information. Nice artwork.
Todo a Babor (Spanish)
Warfare in the Age of Sail (10/03)Sections covering various aspects of major battles and a list of references.
White Ensign Southern Cross 1788-1913
Yard Inn (Japanese)
Z'aglowce (Polish) (12/03)
Material compiled by S. Yamamoto.
Copyright © 2002-2020 Sailing Navies (unless otherwise noted)Please bring any errors & broken or dead links to the attention of the
Comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated.


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The i.MX 7Dual delivers high-performance processing for low-power requirements with a high degree of functional integration. The i.MX 7Dual features an advanced implementation of two ARM®Cortex®-A7 cores, which operate at speeds of up to 1.2 GHz, as well as the ARM® Cortex®-M4 core. The Pico variant is pin-compatible with the Intel® Edison for sensors and low-speed I/O, but also adds additional expansion possibilities for multimedia and connectivity, giving you cutting edge technology that can easily be expanded and implemented for IoT designs.
See the I/O pinouts for more details on the Peripheral I/O signals on this board.
Flashing the image
Before you begin flashing, you will need the following items in addition to your board:
- USB-C cable
- Ethernet cable (if not connecting with Wi-Fi)
Step 1: Connect the Hardware
Power and connectivity
Connect the board to your host computer as shown below:
- Connect a USB-C cable from your host computer for Power and USB OTG.
Internet access
It is strongly recommended to connect the board to the internet. This allows your device to deliver crash reports and receive updates.
Do either of the following:
To connect to a wired network, attach an Ethernet cable.
To connect to a Wi-Fi network, attach an external IPEX or u.FL Wi-Fi antenna to your board as shown:
Step 2: Flash Android Things
Follow these steps to flash the Android Things image onto your hardware:
Download the Android Things Setup Utility from the Android Things Console. You will need to sign in to your Google account and accept the licensing agreement and terms of service.
Unzip the downloaded archive.
Start the setup utility.
- On Windows, double-click the executable file.
On Mac or Linux, start the utility from the terminal. For example:
$ ~/Downloads/android-things-setup-utility/android-things-setup-utility-linux
Select the option to install Android Things and optionally set up Wi-Fi.
- Select NXP Pico i.MX7D as the hardware board.
Choose either a generic image or your own custom image of Android Things for flashing the board.
Follow the rest of the utility prompts to flash the connected device. You will be given the option to set up Wi-Fi after the device is flashed.
If you don't want to use the setup utility, you can download an image from the Android Things Console and manually flash it onto the device.
Connecting Wi-Fi
After flashing your board, it is strongly recommended to connect it to the internet. This allows your device to deliver crash reports and receive updates.
To connect to Wi-Fi, do one of the following:
- Run the setup utility and select the Wi-Fi setup option.
- Connect a display and configure Wi-Fi though the launcher app.
- Connect to Wi-Fi with
Serial debug console
The serial console is a helpful tool for debugging your board and reviewing
system log information. The console is the default output location for kernel
log messages (i.e.
dmesg), and it also provides access to a full shell prompt
that you can use to access commands such as logcat.
This is helpful if you are unable to access ADB on your board through other
means and have not yet enabled a network connection.
To access the serial console, connect a micro USB cable to the board as shown below.
Open a connection to the USB serial device on your development computer using a terminal program, such as PuTTY (Windows), Serial (Mac OS), or Minicom (Linux). The serial port parameters for the console are as follows:
- Baud Rate: 115200
- Data Bits: 8
- Parity: None
- Stop Bits: 1
I/O Pinouts
This section describes the Peripheral I/O interfaces available to your apps running on the NXP Pico i.MX7D developer kits.
The following pinout diagram illustrates the locations of the available ports exposed by the breakout connectors of this board:


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Having tended to stick to the upper slopes of the LCD TV market, Toshiba's C series marks an effort to grab a chunk of the entry-level end of things. And although smaller C models haven't impressed, the 42C3030 fits the budget bill nicely.
It starts well by looking more expensive than it is, thanks to some solid build-quality and a neat black bezel/silver trim combination. Plus it's got twin HDMI, component video input and PC connections.
One thing it does not have, however, is a full HD native resolution, instead topping out at 1,366 x 768 pixels. This by no means automatically ruins its chances of producing a good picture. In fact, given that the set retains Toshiba's likeable Active Vision LCD processing despite its lowly price, there's a fair chance its pictures won't be bad at all.
Also promising are a claimed contrast ratio of 4,000:1; the ability to take 1080p/24fps signals from HD discs; an MPEG noise reduction system and 3D colour management.
The 42C3030 is the best-performing model we've seen in Toshiba's C range. Black levels in particular seem much improved over smaller models in the series, with less greyness and more shadow detail. Also, the contrast doesn't break down quite as badly as the smaller models when viewed from the side.
Motion handling has been improved: objects pass across the room with less blur and resolution loss. This fact joins forces with a very good eye for fine detail in making the 42C3030 a real friend of HD's innate sharpness and clarity, despite not having a full HD resolution.
Other useful bits and bobs find HD pictures looking pleasingly free of video noise, and colours looking impressively vibrant for such an affordable set.
While the 42C3030 may seem much-improved over its small siblings, though, it doesn't hold up quite so well against the best on offer from rival brands. For instance, black levels do still suffer residual greyness, especially when showing a mix of bright and dark material. Also one or two colours look a bit off key, standard definition looks merely average, and while motion handling is decent, it lacks the purity of most 100Hz LCD sets.
With some solid if uninspiring audio to join the solid if uninspiring pictures, you don't have to be Einstein to figure out that the 42C3030 is basically a solid if uninspiring TV.