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1) Web Analytics Bounce Rate
In Web analytics, including Google Analytics, bounce rate is the measurement in percentage of how many Web site visitors view only one page within your Web site – this is the one page they entered the site on (called the entrance page or landing page). These visitors view only that single page and exit the site on that same page. A high bounce rate typically indicates that the landing page isn't relevant to your visitor or you are not offering any incentive for the visitor to explore other areas and pages of your website.
Google recommends that Web site publishers lower bounce rates by tailoring landing pages to each keyword and ad that you run so landing pages consistently provide the information and services that were "promised" in the ad copy.
See also Web analytics and basic metrics.
2) Email Marketing Bounce Rate
In email marketing bounce rate refers to the percentage of email addresses in your subscriber list that didn't receive your message because it was returned by a recipient mail server. There are two categories of email bounces including hard bounce and soft bounce.
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MADISON, Ind. (WHAS11) -- The Southern Indiana man charged with beating his 6-week-old son is set to go on trial Tuesday.
Thirty-year-old Christopher Coy of Madison is facing two felony charges of neglect of a dependent after his son, Christopher, died in June.
The coroner's office said the boy died from blunt force trauma to his head.
Coy's family has supported him and said the boy's death was a tragic accident, but the prosecution said medical evidence proves it was abuse.
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Definition of organoleptic in English:
organolepticLine breaks: or¦gano|lep¦tic
Pronunciation: /ˌɔːɡ(ə)nə(ʊ)ˈlɛptɪk /
Acting on, or involving the use of, the sense organs.
More example sentences
- Foodies will want to look elsewhere for recipes and guidance in matters organoleptic.
- Sampling is targeted at providing products for organoleptic evaluations and conformance to specifications.
- It does not have a list of tastes, temperatures and channels, but parts of the body affected and organoleptic qualities are included in the text.
mid 19th century: from French organoleptique, from Greek organon 'organ' + lēptikos 'disposed to take' (from lambanein 'take').
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Metairie, La. — Some locals voiced concerns Monday about the possible impact of parts of the nation's health care reform law.
Come January 1, the individual mandate takes effect. It requires most Americans to have health insurance, whether they want it or not.
Congressman Steve Scalise, R-Metairie, held a town hall meeting on the law Monday at East Jefferson Hospital.
"I'm for a waiver for everybody; it's called repeal," said Scalise.
It has been three years since President Barack Obama signed the legislation into law. But opposition has not waned in some areas.
"I fault Congress for not standing up and saying, 'Mr. President, enough is enough,'" said Elizabeth Dolan, a constituent of Scalise.
While most who spoke from the audience opposed the law, there was a vocal supporter who took the floor a couple of times during the discussion.
"Young people are just getting a free pass and the taxpayers are paying for that when they show up in the emergency room," said Chris Edmunds.
An official with the Louisiana State Medical Society said medical professionals have serious reservations about how the industry will be affected.
"We're really worried about the cost of insurance, the cost of providing that care which both ultimately leads to decreased access, which is what we do not want to happen," said LSMA CEO Jeff Williams.
Already some Louisiana doctors are refusing to see Medicaid patients because of low reimbursement rates from government. Williams said adding more people to the Medicaid rolls at this time may worsen the problem.
"It doesn't make a whole lot of sense today to dump several hundred thousand more people into a program where you don't have enough providers," he said.
But the Louisiana Democratic Party said the uninsured and under-insured in the state of Louisiana stand to gain a lot from health care reform.
"Congressman Scalise is dead wrong when he says the Affordable Care Act is a bad deal for Louisiana. It's a great deal for Louisiana, and it would be an even better deal for Louisiana if Governor Jindal embraced the law and expanded access to Medicaid health insurance for 400,000 uninsured Louisianians." Kirstin Alvanitakis, communications director for the La. Democratic Party.
She said concerns about the number of health care providers should not be allowed to impede the law. "That's something we can address when we see that happening. Obviously we'd love to add more capacity to our medical universities or medical training school. And we need to make sure that these folks have health insurance. They're already seeking care in our emergency rooms, and as we know that is the most expensive way to be treated," stated Alvanitakis.
Williams conceded, that concerns aside, there are parts of the law that could be beneficial for people across the board. "The requirements for the allowability for children to stay on their parents' insurance until they're 26 years old is great. The no-exclusions for pre-existing conditions is wonderful," he said.
On October 1, federal health insurance exchanges are to open. They will be designed to allow insurance companies to compete for the business of individuals.
Daniele Watts said she was detained by police on Thursday because they thought she was a prostitute.
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The Hornet Heritage Family award, sponsored by the ESU Alumni Association, annually recognizes a multigenerational family of Hornet alumni and former students with Hornet fever in their bloodlines. A new family is recognized annually at Family Day.
Click here nominate a family online or call the Alumni Relations office at (620) 341-5440.
Over its 150-year history, the institution of higher education located at the north end of Emporia's Commercial Street has been known by four names—Kansas State Normal, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia Kansas State College, and Emporia State University.
In this sesquicentennial year, it is both coincidental and fitting that the family chosen for Emporia State's multigenerational attendance recognition, the Hornet Heritage Family Award, should have graduates from all four eras—KSN, KSTC, EKSC, and ESU.
The Crumb-White family degree tree stretches from Katie (Turner) Crumb's 1922 KSN Teaching Certificate to the Master of Science in Industrial Design and Technology that Natalie (White) Ball earned from Emporia State in 2010.
In between those years, 32 members of the Crumb and White families have attended what is now Emporia State, earning a total of 29 degrees. Among seven family members earning multiple degrees is Glenn Crumb (BSE 1951, MS 1956) who served on the Physical Sciences faculty at KSTC from 1963-69.
"We are blessed to have families who have made Emporia State University a family tradition," said Tyler Curtis, executive director of alumni relations.
"Recognizing a family whose ties to Emporia State span nearly 100 years during the university's sesquicentennial anniversary is a true honor," said Curtis. "These families make us all proud to be Hornets."
In honor of the university's sesquicentennial anniversary, former Hornet Heritage recipients were invited to come back for this year's Family and Friends Day. Thank you to all of our Hornet Heritage families for making Emporia State University a family tradition!
Representatives of the following families attended Family Day 2013:
2001 – Van Voris, Litchfield, and Grimwood Family
2002 – Wendling Family
2003 – Breukelman Family
2004 – Goldsmith Family
2005 – Hastert, Peat, and Schlobohm Family
2006 – McGee and Hoffmans Family
2007 – Edwards Family
2008 – Hoelting Family
2009 – Spencer, Smith, Brown, Hopper, and LeClear Family
2011 – Prophet Family
A family with roots in southwest Kansas and strong ties to Emporia State University was honored as this year's Hornet Heritage Family.
"From the early 1900s at Kansas State Normal to present-day Emporia State, the Seacat family has created a Hornet connection that deserves to be recognized," said Tyler Curtis, executive director of alumni relations.
Five of S. H. and Donia Seacat's seven children left the family farm near Bucklin and pursued their teaching careers with degrees from Kansas State Normal.
Seven second-generation Seacats earned Kansas State Teachers College degrees and spent a combined total of 160 years teaching in Kansas schools.
A third generation includes three Seacat family members who received degrees from KSTC and Emporia Kansas State College. The Seacat family also encompasses a fourth-generation Emporia State University graduate.
Over a period of 90 years, 16 family members have earned degrees from the institution and can account for a combined total of 300 years of teaching, most of which has taken place in Kansas schools.
Surviving family members include Mark (BSB 1973) and Joyce (BSE 1974) Neves of Olathe; Vesta Strader (Teaching Certificate 1945) of Bucklin; Kenneth Fields (BSE 1971) Excelsior Springs, Mo.; Brent (BS 2001, MS 2007) and Tauna (BS 2001) Baker, Topeka; Dale (BSB 1954, MS 1957) and Bertella (BSE 1960) Seacat, Gilbert, Ariz.; Max (BSB 1957, MS 1961) and Joleen (BS 1961) Seacat, Greensburg; and Dona Seacat (MS 1962,) West Barnstable, Mass.
The Seacat family was honored at halftime of the Emporia State/Central Oklahoma Family Day football game Saturday, Sept. 15 at Welch Stadium.
The family of Carl (BSE 1955, MS 1957) and Kay Prophet, Emporia, were honored Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011.
"It's certainly a surprise and an honor to be selected and to recognize all my relatives who've been students here at ESU," said Dr. Prophet, professor emeritus of biology.
"We moved here [to Emporia] in the fall of 1953 after I got out of the Army," Prophet explained. After finishing his master's degree in 1957, Prophet taught in KSTC's biology department for three years. He rejoined the KSTC faculty in 1962 after earning his doctorate, rising to become chair of the Division of Biological Sciences at ESU before retiring in 1996.
The Prophet/Brady family tree's branches stretch to include 14 family members—including children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews—who have received degrees from ESU and 22 who've attended the university.
Two Carl and Kay's three children—Stuart (BSB 1978), Topeka, and Kevin (BSB 1980, MBA 1982), Olathe—earned ESU degrees. The couple's daughter, Peggy, took classes from ESU on her way to earning a degree at another institution. Stuart's wife, Jan (Latta) Prophet (BSE 1978, MS 1993), earned ESU degrees, as did the couple's two children, Haley (Prophet) Akin (BS 2005) and Hanna Prophet (BSE 2010).
A nephew, Dr. Mark Brady (BS 1985), Overland Park, is currently serving as a member of the ESU Foundation board of trustees.
The family was recognized at halftime of the ESU/Central Missouri football game at ESU's Welch Stadium.
From two great aunts attending Kansas State Normal School in the horse and buggy days to graduates from the latter part of the 20th century, Emporia State University has figured prominently in the lives of this year's Hornet Heritage Award family.
Claiming the 2010 award is the Simkins-Hartzler family. With 18 degrees from KSN, Kansas State Teachers College and Emporia State University between them, the family also includes six more who attended.
"Noting this legacy includes three generations, it is obvious that black and gold runs through your veins," said Judith Heasley, ESU Foundation president and University Advancement executive director, in a letter congratulating Charles and Frances Ross Simkins on their family's selection. The family was honored at a Hornet Heritage observance ceremony during halftime of the ESU-Missouri Southern football game Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.
Dr. and Mrs. Simkins divide their time between homes in Danbury, Wis., and Aiken, S.C.
A member of Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity since 1942, Dr. Simkins has continued his membership through the years and contributed financial support for the fraternity's projects.
Charles Simkins and his first wife, Marylouise Walker Simkins, had three children, each of whom graduated from ESU. Marylouise Simkins died in 1991.
Frances Simkins and her first husband, longtime ESU faculty member Findley (Rocky) Hartzler had three children who attended ESU. Hartzler died in 1993.
In 2006, Charles and Frances Simkins established the Walker-Hartzler Memorial Scholarships in ESU's School of Business in memory of their respective spouses.
The 2009 award was given to the Spencer-Smith-Brown-Hopper-LeClear family
The 2008 award was given to the Hoelting family
The 2007 award was given to the Edwards family
The 2006 Hornet Heritage winner, the McGee - Hoffmans family
The 2005 winner, the Hastert, Peat and Schlobohm families
The 2004 winner was the Goldsmith family
The 2003 winner was the Breukelman family
The 2002 winner was the Wendling family
The 2001 winner was the Van Voris, Litchfield and Grimwood family.


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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The largest county-owned nursing home in the state is getting a 13-and-a-half million dollar renovation.
Mount View Care Center in Wausau is part of the Northcentral Health Care Center campus. The Marathon County Board passed the resolution to modernize the structure on a 29-5 vote Tuesday. Supervisor Sherry Abitz supports the project, but admits there are many things the board will have to stay on top of. "We will have to verify more of the details on it, make sure on how it (the money) is going to be spent, and we have to collect contracts and the design."
Abitz is concerned about the high cost of upgrading the mechanical systems, replacing the front entrance, and creating more private rooms without shared bathrooms, but believes the facility is important to the region. "We've been talking about it for so long, so everybody kind of, is well aware of what the cost is going to be and I'm more concerned on how we are going to really collect the money in order to update it, but we need to keep it in our community. We need to serve our constituents and the residents of our area and our county, and I'd hate to have it be lost."
The project will take a long time to finish. Abitz says some planning still needs to be finished, and the actual construction might be a slow process. "It's going to be very time consuming. I'm hoping that there's not a lot of asbestos that we have to be concerned with. As far as I know, everything was on the level with that portion of it, but it will be interesting to see how it's going to move forward and I'm looking forward to that."
Construction could start by late summer, and is expected to take up to two years to complete.
Marathon County will finance the 13-point-5 million dollar remodelling project with general obligation bonds.
Mount View Care Center & Northcentral Health Care Center campus is one of the largest nursing homes in Wisconsin, and is the largest county-owned facility in the state.


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Written by somiadiscon
8 years ago
Category: General
2 posts since Wed, 22 Nov 06
im new to here could you pls tell me how to login heidiSQL luanch could you please tell me what are the user name and password to login i tried using root and admin for user name and password thanx
somiadiscon :)
Written by ansgar
8 years ago
5045 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06
hey, funny questionMaybe you find something on google:
No, serious: noone will be able to tell you which credentials you should enter to connect to whatever server you mean. I have a clue you have installed mysql on your local system? If yes, is the server started (as service or standalone)? Please provide us with more information so we can help you.
Written by somiadiscon
8 years ago
2 posts since Wed, 22 Nov 06
|thanx for your reply Mr. i appreciate that but the thing is i am not familier with MySQL but i install that there also have login system i still i can't login that then after that i tried this if you can help me how to connect these software waiting for your reply thanx again
Written by koter84
8 years ago
15 posts since Wed, 08 Nov 06
Wow, maybe you should use '.' and ',' in your text, it's almost impossible to read and understand.
I guess you have installed a MySQL server on your own, normally during installation you give in a password. This password is the 'root' password.
When you connect use 'root' as user and the password you entered during installation as password. If you haven't typed a password during installation, you should try to find the default password for your server on mysql.com
If you haven't installed your MySQL server yourself contact your hosting provider for connect-details.
Written by ansgar
8 years ago
5045 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06
|Thanks a lot koter84, I had the same problems reading somiadiscon message :)
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Navajo State Park is Colorado's Answer to Lake Powell. Navajo Reservoir Extends for 20 miles South into New Mexico.
Boaters and campers enjoy the park year-round. Sailors, houseboaters and other power boaters cruise some of the 15,000 surface-acres of the giant reservoir. Daily and seasonal slip and mooring ball rentals, boat rentals and gasoline for boats are available at the park's Two Rivers Marina.
Navajo's campgrounds have 138 campsites; most sites are open year-round. Fishing enthusiasts catch crappie, large-mouth and small-mouth bass, northern pike, trout, bluegill and catfish in the reservoir.
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of southwest Colorado's Navajo State Park, and the public is invited to visit the park on Aug. 23 for activities and programs to commemorate the opening. All items in the visitors' center bookstore will be discounted 15 percent and a special ceremony will be held at noon.
Anyone who participated in the construction or planning of the Navajo dam project or the park is asked to send an e-mail to Janet Clawson, park naturalist, who is collecting historical information. She also would like to hear from people who lived in the area at the time and remember development of the project, and from long-time visitors to the park. Clawson is also trying to find old pictures of the area. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com; or call the park at 970-883-2208.
Entry to the park costs $7 per vehicle; an annual pass costs $70.
To reserve a camp spot or a cabin, call 1-800-678-2267, or go to the Colorado Parks and Reservation website.
The park facilities opened in 1964, two years after completion of Navajo dam in New Mexico by the federal Bureau of Reclamation. The dam, built on the San Juan River, backed the water up 35 miles into Colorado. The reservoir's surface totals 15,600 acres, with about 3,000 acres on the Colorado side.
The dam was constructed as part of the Colorado River Storage Project, which also includes: the Aspinall Unit on the Gunnison River which formed Blue Mesa Reservoir; Flaming Gorge dam in Wyoming on the Green River; and Glen Canyon dam on the Colorado River. The system supplies water for agriculture, industrial, municipal and recreational uses.
Navajo Reservoir provides the principal storage for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project which sends water to 110,000 acres of agricultural land on the Navajo Reservation.
Navajo State Park is a major recreational facility in southwest Colorado, drawing more than 300,000 visitors every year. The 2,100-acre park offers boating, fishing, trails, wildlife viewing, 138 camp sites, and three cabins.


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WHAT: Children's author event and book signing
WHEN: Jan. 10 at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Oblong Books, 6420 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck
DETAILS: Nick Bruel, a New York Times best-selling children's author and illustrator will appear to sign copies of his book "Bad Kitty: School Daze." In this adventure, Kitty finds herself in obedience school after creating all sorts of commotion. The event is recommended for children ages 5 to 10.


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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The state Justice Department will soon do more to protect female victims of sensitive crimes.
Justice official Jill Karofsky says there will soon be a new assistant attorney general whose only job is to train police officers to protect female victims. She also said the Attorney General's Statewide Sexual Assault Response Team is doing a lot to help.
Thursday, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen spoke at a ceremony at the Capitol on the 30th anniversary of the federal Victims of Crime Act -- which uses surcharges from offenders to provide critical services for victims without making taxpayers spend more.
Van Hollen said there's been a lot of progress in the fight, but more needs to be done.
In the Rhinelander area, Melissa Dailey of a regional domestic violence and sexual assault council says too many people still blame victims for their plight -- and the focus needs to be put back onto the perpetrators.
Members of her group are speaking to school students this month, which is National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)


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2) Being with my son for Mother's Day.
3) My cat Fiddles.
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Resources for Learning Wayfinder
Wayfinder is by far the most widely used snippet in the MODx resource library. It is often the first snippet that new users encounter when starting out with MODx. Wayfinder is mainly used for navigation, but it can also be used wherever you need a structured list reflecting the document tree hierarchy. This post highlights a few of the best resources for learning Wayfinder. ...read full article >>


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If you chase your dream so long and so hard and it doesn't come true, does it at some point morph into a nightmare?
Paul Elwell and Tom Hayes ask themselves that sometimes. Only when they're at their lowest. But the moment always passes, and then they go back to their old selves, cracking jokes and bucking each other up: Don't give up. Never give up.


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FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Former Fond du Lac County District Attorney Dan Kaminsky says he feels vindicated, after a state agency dropped a complaint against him.
A Waupun woman filed a complaint with the state's Office of Lawyer Regulation last April. That was after Kaminsky allowed an insurance executive to plead no contest to driving an airplane while drunk, so he wouldn't have an OWI conviction and breathe into a sobriety tube to start his car.
Christine Ewerdt filed the complaint – and even though it went Kaminsky's way, she told the Fond du Lac Reporter she was satisfied with the state's detailed investigation.
The case became a campaign issue last summer, and Kaminsky lost his re-election bid to Eric Toney in a primary.
Kaminsky is now a private attorney in Fond du Lac County. He says he looks forward to continuing that practice, "without this weight on my shoulders." He called the dismissal "bittersweet," saying lies were told – and the public was the one that ultimately suffered.


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Can we count points by its category?
From the new Achievements( github), many features seems possible.
Say, I have some points gained from Achievements Events, and some points gained from Achievements Awards. Then, I can count total Event Points, total Awards Points?
Another question is about "How well a user has done", this was previously discussed in the forum. I fully understand it needs the other plugin to provide information to allow Achievement to track. Now, with the new development, is it possible if I can modify other plugins?
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Last month, Joseph Weiler's post on Catalonian independence and the European Union triggered a lively discussion here on EJIL!Talk (including Nico Krisch's reply). Yesterday's publication by the British government of a legal opinion by Alan Boyle of the University of Edinburgh and James Crawford of the University of Cambridge, entitled 'Referendum on the Independence of Scotland: International Law Aspects' has already received extensive news coverage (eg BBC, New York Times, Guardian, FT) and was labelled as 'incredibly arrogant' by the Scottish deputy first minister. In a riposte, the Scottish government accelerated publication of a report on the macroeconomic framework in case of Scotland's independence. A committee composed of economists, including Nobel prize winners Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University and Sir James Mirrlees of the University of Cambridge, suggested that if the Scottish people voted for independence in 2014, a formal currency union between UK and Scotland, with a 10 percent Scottish stake in the Bank of England, would be the most likely outcome. The currency that Scotland would use in the event of independence and Scottish membership in international organisations, most importantly the European Union, have been focal points of the discussion in the lead-up to the referendum.
Iceland not responsible for the liabilities of its deposit insurance scheme
In a landmark decision, the EFTA Court on 28 January 2013 dismissed all claims brought by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland in the Icesave case. The Authority had alleged that Iceland had breached its obligations under Directive 94/14/EC on deposit guarantee by failing to compensate Icesave depositors and had violated the prohibition on non-discrimination in the Directive and Article 4 of the EEA Agreement by prioritising payments to domestic savers. The court, referring to the collapse of the Icelandic banking system as an "enormous event" (para. 161), found that Iceland was not responsible for the liabilities of the Icelandic deposit insurance scheme that was overwhelmed with claims following the collapse of Iceland's three major banks.
Icesave refers to two branches of the Icelandic bank Landsbanki that accepted deposits offering comparatively high interest rates in the UK and the Netherlands. Deposits in these branches were primarily the responsibility of the Icelandic Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund (TIF). Following the wholesale collapse of Iceland's banking system in October 2008, savers in the UK and the Netherlands lost access to their deposits on 6 October 2008. The Icelandic Parliament adopted emergency legislation on the same day to split Landsbanki into a good and a bad bank. By virtue of the same legislation, it gave priority to depositors as compared to other creditors (for further background on the Icesave dispute, including the unsuccessful negotiations between Iceland and the UK/Netherlands, see my ASIL Insight Iceland's Financial Crisis – Quo Vadis International Law).
ITLOS order Ghana to release Argentine navy ship
On 15 December, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) ordered Ghana to release the Argentine military training vessel ARA Fragata Libertad (see oral proceedings). NML Capital, an investment company focused on distressed debt based in the Cayman Islands and owned by Elliot Associates, a US hedge fund, had earlier obtained an order from the Ghana Superior Court of Judicature (Commercial Division) to attach the Libertad moored in the port of Trema to satisfy a judgment by a US District Court for payment on defaulted Argentine bonds. The Libertad was on an official goodwill mission in Ghana's internal waters at the time of the attachment. Read the rest of this entry…
Karlsruhe gives green light for German ESM ratification
On September 12, 2012, the German Constitutional Court dismissed several constitutional complaints that sought an injunction to prevent German ratification of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) – a central pillar of the Eurozone's crisis response – and the Fiscal Treaty in the preliminary phase of the proceedings (extracts in English). A full ruling is expected in a few months. German ratification is required for the ESM treaty to enter into force, and critical in financial terms for the ESM's credibility. The Court's preliminary ruling means that the last hurdle for the ESM to enter into force has now been cleared. German ratification should follow in the next few weeks.
The court conditioned German ratification on two reservations to the ESM treaty: first, the German capital subscription needs to be limited to 190 billion Euros, as provided by the ESM Treaty (though the ESM's capital may be increased beyond this ceiling pursuant to the procedure forseen in Article 10 of the ESM Treaty); and second, notwithstanding the confidentiality of the ESM's deliberations, the German Parliament needs to be fully informed about operations of the ESM. The Bundesverfassungsgericht seized its one chance to foreclose two possible, but unlikely interpretations of the ESM Treaty that would conflict with the German Constitution before interpretative authority passes to the Court of Justice under the ESM Treaty.
The Court's insistence on two reservations is only a small "but". The Court took issue with two aspects that are marginal to the firepower and effectiveness of the ESM. The decision has virtually no effect on how the ESM will operate, and in particular on the capital that the ESM will have its disposal. It could lengthen the German ratification process by a few weeks, but the Court's decision has removed substantial unertainty about the Eurozone crisis response. Most other Eurozone member countries, including France and Spain, have already ratified the treaty. According to Article 48 of the ESM Treaty, the Treaty enters into force once countries representing 90 percent of capital subscriptions have ratified. The German share in of the total capital subscriptions of 700 billion Euros is just over 27 percent.
Oil exploration around the Falklands (Malvinas)
In June, I looked at the longstanding sovereignty dispute over the Falklands Islands (Malvinas) on the occasion of the 30-year anniversary of the 1982 war. I revisit this topic today to examine the question of investor protection in areas where sovereignty is disputed, taking the Falklands (Malvinas) as an example. The promise of an oil boom in the South Atlantic has prompted several companies listed in London, including Falkland Oil and Gas, Borders and Southern Petroleum, Rockhopper, Desire Petroleum and Argos Resources, to survey the area. They obtained exploration licenses from the Falklands administration in 2011, which drew strong criticism from Argentina. Shareholders in these inherently risky ventures may wonder whether they have any legal protections should the sovereignty dispute intensify.
The sovereignty dispute adds an additional layer of uncertainty for the companies engaged in exploratory drilling and their shareholders, aside from the uncertainty on how much oil, if any, will ultimately be discovered. The listing prospectuses of the companies concerned all mention the pending sovereignty dispute as a risk factor, but likely underplayed its importance. For example, the Falkland Oil and Gas Prospectus contains the following disclaimer:
There may be other unforeseen matters such as disputes over borders. Investors will be aware that the Falkland Islands were, in 1982, the subject of hostilities between the United Kingdom and Argentina.
The Argentine Government has not relinquished all its claims in relation to the Falkland Islands. However, the position of the UK and Falkland Islands Governments is that the United Kingdom has no doubt about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas. Her Majesty's Government remains fully committed to the offshore prospecting policy pursued by the Falkland Islands Government, as laid out in the Offshore Petroleum (Licensing) Regulations 2000. This policy is entirely consistent with Her Majesty's sovereign rights over the Falkland Islands.
Do investments in the territorial sea of the Falklands (Malvinas) fall under the territorial scope of application of the UK's BIT (or, for that matter, under the scope of Argentina's BITs)? Read the rest of this entry…
Dublin, Karlsruhe and Luxembourg in dialogue
While financial markets have focused on Karlsruhe where the second challenge to the Eurozone rescue efforts in a year is currently pending, the Irish Supreme Court held on July 31 that Irish ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism and the Fiscal Treaty was compatible with the Irish constitution. The court referred two questions to the Court of Justice under the latter's accelerated preliminary reference procedure due to the exceptional urgency of the case. Notwithstanding, the Supreme Court declined to enjoin the Irish ratification process while the case is pending before the Court of Justice. The Irish government ratified both treaties on August 1.
In contrast, the German Bundesverfassungsgericht bidded its time on a similar challenge to German ESM ratification. Ireland is on the frontline of the Eurozone crisis. The Economist, in departure from the deference it typically pays to court proceedings, called the German Constitutional Court ' scandalously slow' . Ireland is one of three Eurozone countries with an EU-IMF financing package in place. Most of the support is provided by the European Financial Stability Facility that the ESM is designed to replace once it starts operating. The need to decide this significant case as a matter of urgency was evident to the Irish Supreme Court. It put seven judges on the appeal, super-fast-tracked the hearing, and reserved four days for the hearing.
ECHR leaves Northern Rock shareholders out in the cold
On August 1, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dashed hopes of Northern Rock shareholders to obtain compensation from the UK for the collapse and nationalization of British bank Northern Rock. The Fourth Section of the ECtHR unanimously dismissed the case Dennis Grainger and others v. UK (Application No. 34940/10) as manifestly ill-founded and inadmissible. The decision has broader ramifications. It suggests that member countries of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) have a wide margin of appreciation in setting macro-economic policy in general and in the resolution of banking and financial crises in particular. The ECtHR decision suggests that creditors and other interested parties will face an uphill struggle in challenging measures taken in the context of financial crisis resolution before the ECtHR and in obtaining compensation. It is an important decision at the intersection of international finance and human rights. Investors holding the debt of Eurozone governments will take note.
The court fully endorsed the holding and approach of the English courts. Like the English domestic courts, it found that the assumptions that the valuer of Northern Rock shares was required to make pursuant to the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 s.5 (4) did not violate the rights of shareholders under Article 1 of the First Additional Protocol.
Falklands (Malvinas) Redux
June 14 2012 marked the 30th anniversary of the end of the 1982 Falklands (Malvinas) War. After a decade of relative calm and increased technical cooperation on the Falklands (Malvinas), diplomatic tensions between Argentina and the UK have flared up in the lead-up to this anniversary. A concerted diplomatic push by Argentina has returned the sovereignty dispute over the Falklands (Malvinas) to the top of the foreign policy agenda. On June 14, Argentine President Kirchner made an emotional appeal to the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation for bilateral negotiations on sovereignty between Argentina and the UK. She was the first head of state to speak to the Committee. A recent conference at the University of Cambridge explored why the Islands remain so deeply rooted in the Argentine psyche.
The dispute over the Falklands (Malvinas) has returned centre stage just as the prospects of substantial hydrocarbon reserves in the seas surrounding the Islands greatly increased the economic stakes of the sovereignty dispute. The promise of an oil boom in the South Atlantic has prompted several companies listed in London, including Falkland Oil and Gas, Borders and Southern Petroleum, Rockhopper, Desire Petroleum and Argos Resources, to survey the area. They obtained exploration licenses from the Falklands administration in 2011, which drew strong criticism from Argentina. Earlier, both Argentina and the UK had anticipated that cooperation in matters of natural resources was desirable, given the uncertainty generated by their sovereignty dispute. Read the rest of this entry…
Review of Expert Determinations of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association by Domestic Courts
A central policy concern since the onset of the Greek debt crisis in 2010 has been whether sovereign debt restructurings trigger credit default swaps (CDS). CDS are insurance-like financial products whereby a protection seller agrees to pay the protection buyer in case of a credit event on a reference entity (in this case Greece) in return for a premium over a defined period of time. The legal framework for CDS transactions is largely standardized. More than 90 percent of CDS transactions are based on the ISDA Master Agreement. As a mechanism for creditors to hedge against the default of a debtor, CDS are financial instruments to redistribute risk (or, according to their defenders, to shift risk onto those entities willing and capable of better bearing such risks). Over the last two decades, CDS on sovereign debtors became increasingly common.
Greece's debt restructuring in February/March 2012 was the first to be implemented under the umbrella of a large number of CDS (more than 2.5 billion Euros in net terms). During the implementation phase of the Greek restructuring in March 2012, several interested market participants raised the question whether the Greek restructuring triggered an obligation for the sellers of CDS on Greece to pay. The Determinations Committee (DC) of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) for Europe, Middle East and Africa, the body established by ISDA and given decision-making power under the ISDA documentation to rule on credit events, found that a restructuring credit event was triggered on March 9 2012. The parties to CDS have agreed by contract that a credit event occurs only if the competent DC has said so.
As the Greek restructuring in February/March 2012 demonstrated, the consequences of such expert determinations by DCs can be momentous in financial terms not only for the parties to CDS transactions themselves, but also for the broader public and for taxpayers. A case in point is the Austrian bank KA Finanz, the bad bank split off from Kommunalkredit, the comparatively small Austrian lender to municipalities previously owned by Dexia that the Austrian government nationalized at the height of the global financial crisis. KA Finanz had taken over about 500 million Euros of CDS on Greece from Kommunalkredit. As a result of the payouts following the March 9 decision, the Austrian government had to inject another 1 billion Euros into the bank in order to stave off its collapse.
DCs recruit their members from among financial institutions and investment managers, which will often have positions on either side of CDS transactions. In view of their composition and the considerable practical importance of their decisions, concern has arisen that DC members may be tempted to "vote their own book" – i.e. to reach credit determinations in part based on whether the firm is on the buying or selling side of CDS for a particular reference entity. For instance, two members of the Steering Committee of the Institute of International Finance which negotiated the restructuring of Greek debt on behalf of private creditors of Greece, are voting members of the DC for Europe (BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank). They were net sellers of CDS protection on Greece, meaning that both institutions had to pay out to protection buyers when the credit event occured. Given these concerns about independence of DCs and the right to a fair trial in civil matters under Article 6 of the European Convention, it is an open question whether competent domestic courts could in effect review decisions and potentially overturn decisions of DCs. Read the rest of this entry…
Eurozone Crisis: All Eyes on Karlsruhe
Michael Waibel is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge.
On 7 September 2011, the German Federal Constitutional Court gave judgment in three joined cases regarding the constitutionality of German financial assistance to Greece and of its guarantees to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). The Eurozone rescue efforts are widely seen to stand (or fall) with the government in Berlin. Germany is the largest contributor to the Greek rescue and the EFSF with more than 27 percent, or 119 billion €, of the 440 billion € in guarantees and one of only six AAA-rated sovereigns remaining in the Eurozone (alongside Austria, France, Finland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands).
Financial markets breathed a collective sigh of relief once the court upheld the rescue measures, even though few had expected the Court to strike down the laws authorizing the German guarantees. They had waited for word from Germany's highest court with a mix of anxiety and hope. The decision removed an important source of uncertainty that had weighted on financial markets over the summer of 2011. At the same time, the judgment also raises several questions with regard to German participation in future rescue efforts, and in particular, how far fiscal integration in the European Union may go without infringing the German constitution.
The threat of constitutional review limited the German government's room for manoeuvre in the Eurozone crisis, slowed down the policy response and explains some features of the ongoing rescue efforts, such as the structure of the EFSF and the requirement of strict conditionality attached to financial assistance to struggling Eurozone economies. The Constitutional Court has been a central player in the drama surrounding the efforts to resolve the Greek debt crisis. In a telling sign of the court's importance, Chancellor Merkel postponed her intervention in the general budgetary debate on 7 September in the German Parliament to await the court's ruling.


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There is hereby appropriated to each recipient University named above or to the trustee of the fund designated by the President of the University the sum of $800,000 to carry out the provisions of section 4516 of this title, to be available on November 1, 1987, and to remain available until expended.
Source(Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 818], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–82, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 818], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–82.)
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PSU law professor and Clark Asay has written a guest post on the Outercurve Foundation blog about the risks associated with using FOSS. It had a bit of legalese, but is an easy and useful read for developers. He concludes, "One of the real risks with FOSS, in short, is to forfeit its advantages for no good reason."
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gametaroo!'s Game of the Year 2012 (& Runners Up!)
So, now 2012 is done and dusted it's time to take a look back and identify my games of the year; the games that left an indelible impression, be it because of gameplay, aesthetics, plot or something else entirely.
The titles I have settled on can be found below, and I have to admit even I find it to be quite a curious selection. The iOS version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, for example, is in many ways a fairly meat-and-potatoes racer in the broader scope of things, but somehow it manages to feel fresh and exciting. What I do know is that these are the games that really floated my boat in 2012, and they are all games that I am either still playing, or that I have every intention of replaying at some point in the future.
So, without further ado…the winner is…
Nintendo Land (Wii U)
When it comes to selecting my Game of the Year, I've always had a tendency to lean towards the epic, sprawling, big budget triple-A titles that consumed hours/days of my time. While there have been plenty of titles released this year that fit this mould, there is one title that stole my heart – Nintendo Land on the Wii U; a game that slapped a Mario cap atop my Mii's head and let me play hide-and-seek with a room full of mates.
As a Wii U launch title, it was difficult to approach Nintendo Land with much of an open mind; surely this would just be a collection of forgettable mini-games, mirroring the vapid-minimalism of the Wii's own Wii Play, and at a glance it appears to be just that. There are hidden depths however, and over time Nintendo Land reveals itself to be a fascinating smorgasbord of individual and multiplayer experiences that may be thematically all over the place but that still do an amazing job of delivering the theme-park-esque thrills hinted at by the game's title.
It is with a room full of players Nintendo Land really comes to life – delivering an experience that can only be described as riotous. The competitive attractions each translate Nintendo's vision of the potential of the Wii U into giddy reality, opening with the frighteningly simplistic Mario Chase which lays down simple concepts that are built upon elsewhere in the package. Chasing a Mario-costumed family member around a multicoloured maze is as dumb as you can imagine, but it distils everything that is fun about videogames into a laser-beam focussed burst of gameplay, and Nintendo Land's attractions are stuffed with the ability to deliver such moments that rarely fail to induce hilarity – be it through the swollen-headed waddling of Animal Crossing: Sweet Day or Scooby Doo-esque survival horror of Luigi's Ghost Mansion.
The final reason why Nintendo Land is my game of the year is in how successfully it manages to bridge the gap between gamers and non-gamers, without ever feeling patronising or dumbed down. Playing The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest with my father was an experience I will genuinely never forget; I honestly can't remember any other game that had us both saying 'We'll have just one more go…' in unison as we attempted to best another level. It was truly, truly brilliant and a further hint that the notions of 'hardcore' and 'casual' gamers might not be with us for much longer.
Of all the titles released in 2012, it was Nintendo Land that delivered the most eye-opening, memorable and downright enjoyable experiences. It isn't perfect – to get the most out of it you need meet hefty hardware and player requirements, there are few wobbly attractions and it can be a bit explanation-heavy – but it has given me so many memorable social gaming moments and it presses so many buttons while pushing gaming in new and interesting directions that I can't help but adore it.
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Journey (PlayStation 3)
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What is there to say about thatgamecompany's wonderful PlayStation 3 epic 'wander-about 'em up' that hasn't already been said? Though fleeting in duration, it is a title filled with so many memorable experiences that are presented with such visual and aural flair that it can't help but make an impact. There are moments in this game that will genuinely stay with me forever; the sand-surfing at sunset, the outright terror that came from facing up to those giant flying snakes, the ethereal, operatic and downright stirring ascendency into white light at the game's conclusion…
Much like flower, its predecessor, Journey is a game to show non-gamers to convince them of the power and potential of the medium. That it also left the jaw of a long-time gamer such as myself agape speaks volumes.
ZombiU (Wii U)
ZombiU appealed to me as soon as it was announced, mainly as a) I'm a massive fan of zombies (World War Z….Day by Day Apocalypse…The Walking Dead… reanimated corpses have a special place in my heart…) and b) I live in London, where ZombiU is set. I've also read the Zombie Survival Guide and here, I thought, was an opportinty to prove my worth in lieu of a genuine undead-themed apocalypse. Well, either that or ZombiU would join Red Steel in the history books as just another rather poor 'hardcore' title to accompany the launch of console with the word 'Wii' in its title.
Thankfully Ubisoft Montpellier delivered a gripping, gritty, atmospheric and frequently highly original take on the zombie genre. It's a game built by a team who have clearly been paying attention to recent successes such as Demon's Souls/ Dark Souls and who have an excellent grasp of what makes zombie - and the particular type havoc that they can wreak - so scary.
It's also an excellent demonstration of what the Wii U's particular capabilities can offer, feeling markedly different from standard FPS fare, favouring slow and methodical progression over balls-to-the-wall gunplay. When a game manages to make the chunky Wii U Gamepad feel like an essential piece of zombie survival kit, you know it's doing something right!
Gravity Rush (PlayStation Vita)
The impact that Gravity Rush for the PlayStation Vita had on me was as much a result of its glorious, head-spinning visuals and haunting setting as it was a result of its gameplay. In many ways it's a typical open-world/sand-box experience - all 'go here', 'collect this', 'meet him', 'kill her', 'avoid that' - with the stand out feature being Hekseville, the world that gravity-shifting heroine, Kat, must explore. It is utterly spellbinding, showcasing some incredibly bold design aesthetics and delivering an experience that isn't just thrilling, but also surprisingly moving.
Gravity Rush's allure manages to go much deeper than attractive architecture and a dramatic colour-scheme, as developer SCE Japan Studio have laced the world with a sense of intrigue and wonder. You can never be quite sure where you'll end up next, what strange creature will lurch into view or what mysteries you'll discover. Even the most staple of sandbox elements - the humble collectible - manages to be strangely moving, as you hunt down a tragic couple lost in time and space fruitlessly attempting to find each other. The game is fully of such touches; little pieces of narrative that lead you on, that make the world one that you want to spend time in, that you want to explore….that you get to explore it by using a fascinating and vertigo-inducing gravity-shifting mechanic is the icing on Gravity Rush's superbly realised cake.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (iOS/Android)
If the iOS version of Need For Speed: Most Wanted by Firemonkeys is anything to go by, then the days of mobile versions of triple AAA consoles releases doing no more than striving for the lacklustre and the quick buck might just be coming to an end. Here is a fine example of how to create a mobile version of game without sacrificing its heart and soul.
It get's so much right - it looks gorgeous lovely, it whips along at cracking pace, works perfectly in quick blasts and - most importantly - it absolutely nails the tilt controls, blending them with the series signature powerslides and boosts. Though it doesn't feature the open world of its console-cousin, Autolog is delivered intact and races feel every bit as exhilarating. That all this comes in a package that cost 69p is a prime example of the problem facing the Sony's and Nintendo's of the world - how can they continue to justify a £30 price tags for portable experience, when titles of the calibre of Need for Speed: Most Wanted are available?
So there you have it - my favourite games of 2012.
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14 U.S. Code § 91 - Safety of naval vessels
(a) The Secretary may control the anchorage and movement of any vessel in the navigable waters of the United States to ensure the safety or security of any United States naval vessel in those waters.
(b) If the Secretary does not exercise the authority in subsection (a) of this section and immediate action is required, the senior naval officer present in command may control the anchorage or movement of any vessel in the navigable waters of the United States to ensure the safety and security of any United States naval vessel under the officer's command.
(c) If a person violates, or a vessel is operated in violation of, this section or a regulation or order issued under this section, the person or vessel is subject to the enforcement provisions in section 13 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1232).
Source(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 503; Pub. L. 99–640, § 10(a)(4),Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3549; Pub. L. 109–241, title II, § 201,July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 519.)
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Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 48a (Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 471, § 1,55 Stat. 763).
Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
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Isn't BuddyPress supposed to be simple and easy to use?
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Funeral services are 11 a.m. Friday at Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline. Burial is at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to District 22 at the Robert Young Community Support Center, Rock Island.
Jean Elizabeth Dice was born April 6, 1937, the daughter of Virgil Clifford and Jeannette Ovilla Brown Dice. She married Raymond V. Swanson on Aug. 23, 1957, in Colo, Iowa. He died Feb. 7, 2011.
Prior to her marriage, Jean had attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. She was an accomplished pianist.
Survivors include her children, Beth (Derek) Mead, Covina, Calif., Stephanie (Tim) Wright, Roanoke, Va., and Melissa (Mike) Rush, Kokomo, Ind.; siblings, Patricia Dice, Colo, Sandra (Dean) Strand, Marshalltown, Iowa, Virgil Dice, Kingwood, Texas, Beverly (Richard) Lauer, Carmel, Ind., Robert Dice, Altoona, Iowa, and Kathleen (Hadley) Meyer, Nixa, Mo.; and 11 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
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Advertised as a mrudangam demonstration, the concert actually featured Nirmala Rajasekar, a veena player from Plymouth, Minn. Shrini Vasan accompanied Rajasekar on mrudangam, as did Marcus Wise on tabla. The veena and murdangam are two prominent instruments used in southern Indian, while the tabla is a northern instrument.
Since Monday's event was both a concert and an explanatory lecture, Rajasekar interspersed comments about the music and the three unique instruments with the evening's performance.
The veena, according to Rajasekar, is one of India's oldest instruments, dating back more than 2,000 years. It is a seven-stringed instrument; the four top strings are played, while the bottom three are strummed to keep the meter.
The single-piece veena's wood comes from the jack fruit tree; in terms of appearance, the instrument resembles a sitar with an additional supporting gourd beneath its neck. Unlike a sitar, however, a veena has no sympathetic strings.
Before performing, Rajasekar asked the audience to move forward because she wanted to see the effect of the music on the audience. She said that the Indian style of music "depends on the audience energy." The musicians did not use sheet music; instead, their music was memorized or improvised, following Indian custom.
A varnam, a traditional warm-up for a concert, began the night. Rajasekar described it as a "hardcore" melody with no equivalent in other musical systems. When the varnam ended, the audience was hestitant with applause, not sure if the piece had officially ended or not. No insult was felt by the musicians; Rajasekar acknowledged that for those familiar with Western music, "it is hard to know" when an Indian song has truly ended.
The players were intimate, exchanging glances and smiles with the audience throughout the night. They continued with an eighteenth-century, 16-beat cycle vapati - a song in praise of the elephant god Ganesh - in a musical request to the "remover of obstacles" that the concert go well.
Because performances are likely not as restricted in Indian music as they are in Western classical music, there were informal moments during songs when one of the players would adjust clothing or hair or even speak aloud. These moments were not defects, however; rather, they were part of an extremely intimate and reflective experience that allowed listeners to focus on the music and let their minds wander meditatively.
Another divergence from most Western classical music was the improvisation in the music that makes it seem more akin to jazz. "[Improvisation] is a hallmark of Indian classical music," Rajasekar said.
Wise agreed. "[Improvisation leaves ] room for serendipitous moments of uncertainty," she said.
The musicians' intent was not only to present a concert, however. A question and answer session followed the musical portion, matching it in length. "Really, our mission today is to explain," Rajasekar said. When asked what her greatest challenge as a musician was, she replied, "finding six hours a day to practice."
Consequently, Rajasekar revealed that the evening's program had not been set in advance, which was part of the "challenge" of Indian performance. "It's an experiment that's working," Wise said.


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On the surface, a Volkswagen takeover of Fiat-Chrysler would make total sense for the German automaker. But there's a 77-year-old elephant in the room
Volkswagen has unveiled changes to its 2015 lineup, which will no longer include the Routan and soon the Eos
Volkswagen, seeking to revive flagging U.S. sales, will add a mid-sized sport-utility vehicle in 2016 to shore up its lineup in the growing segment
A mistake in assembly could cause steering problems in about 800 cars
When it goes on sale later this year, the mainstream model will be VW's first car available with a head-up display
We could see the almost off-road ready Beetle hit production as early as 2016
Although it's still a concept, Volkswagen says the Beetle Dune "is practically a production vehicle"
They might look cheery and unassuming, but these Volkswagen Beetles are terrifyingly quick
Volkswagen will likely choose its Chattanooga, Tenn., plant as the manufacturing site when it puts the CrossBlue concept into production
Tanner Foust and former F1 driver Scott Speed will compete in this year's Global RallyCross championship with the 544-horsepower Volkswagen Beetle GRC
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A tribute to our amazing fathers, who all passed down their love of cars to us at Driving
With AWD and 290 horsepower, there's no questioning what 'R' stands for
Automakers are pushing to make the car a mobile communications device we just happen to ride in
German automaker wants to overtake Toyota in global sales figures
When life gives you lemons and you can't drive cool concept cars, there's always Gran Turismo 6
2.0L engine and chrome accents make latest VW a very cool ride
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Matthew Stafford vows to stay focused on football while his agent and the Detroit Lions negotiate a deal that would keep him under contract deep into the decade.
Even if talks break down and Stafford goes into the season with one year left on his contract, he insisted there won't be distractions.
"I don't play this game to get contracts," he said Tuesday. "I play this game to win games."
He didn't do much of that last year.
The Stafford-led Lions lost their last eight games, plummeting to a 4-12 record.
Stafford threw more interceptions and had less than half as many touchdown passes last year as he did in 2011, when he led the Lions to the playoffs. Those facts were pointed out by people trying to figure out what went wrong in what was expected to be a promising season for him and the franchise.
"It's impossible not to hear it just because I watch 'SportsCenter' like everybody else. I'm a person, too," he said. "It's not the main fuel. The main fuel for me is, I want to keep progressing in the right direction. I want to be a great quarterback. I want to be able to help this team win.
"The only way I am going to be able to do that is if I let nothing get in my way and concentrate on what I'm supposed to concentrate on and get better at what I need to get better at."
Stafford struggled to stay healthy in his first two years after Detroit drafted him No. 1 overall in 2009 and gave him $41.7 million in guarantees as part of a six-year contract worth as $78 million.
After playing in just 13 games over two seasons, he flourished in his first full year with 41 TD passes while completing 64 per cent of his attempts and throwing 16 touchdowns.
He stayed on the field last season, but his passing percentage dipped as did his TD passes (20) while he threw one more interception.
"Matt's not happy with last year," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said. "None of us were happy with last year, but you also can't overreact."
Detroit didn't make drastic moves to invest a lot in a wide receiver to play alongside superstar Calvin Johnson because the team hoped Nate Burleson and Ryan Broyles could bounce back from season-ending injuries.
Although the regular season is a few months away, both Burleson and Broyles look like they'll be ready to contribute when the games count. They ran routes, made hard cuts and caught passes in traffic during non-hitting team drills Tuesday.
Burleson was limited to six games last season because he broke his right leg, but shows no signs of being hurt.
"He's ready to go," Stafford said. "He looks great. That's been a big plus, having him healthy going into this off-season helps us keep our stride and going into the right direction."
During last season's slide, Broyles made the most of more opportunities to play -- catching six passes for 126 yards against Houston -- until he tore a ligament in his right knee to end his rookie season that started with him recovering from torn ligament in his left knee.
Stafford acknowledged being surprised to see Broyles lining up and running routes as often as he did during the first of a three-day minicamp.
"I think it was kind of a last-minute decision," Stafford said. "I think he felt pretty good and he made some plays, which is a positive sign for us."
"We saw some of that late in the year before he got hurt. He's a guy who can be a chain-mover and be explosive."
Stafford has spent much of this off-season splitting time between his home in suburban Detroit and team headquarters, after working out and rehabilitating injuries elsewhere in previous years.
He has looked back to analyze the previous season, seeing when it was good to take chances with passes and when it wasn't while the losses piled up after climbing to .500 midway through the season.
"It was a total, learning experience just because it was a tough year," Stafford said. "You have to find a way to battle through it."
NOTES: Lions S Louis Delmas (left knee) was among the players relegated to watching teammates go through drills because of a "longer-term" injury, according to Schwartz. ... Schwartz declined to say much about RB Jahvid Best (concussions) who hasn't played since Oct. 16, 2011. "He's still on our roster," Schwartz said. "He's not here for minicamp." Emails seeking comment were sent to Best and his agent, Tony Fleming.
Alex Marvez of Fox Sports 1 joins the show to discuss Jim Irsay, Michael Sam, and J.J Watt.
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Pro Football Hall of Fame VP of Communications Joe Horrigan joined Game Night with Jim Tatti & Andy McNamara to talk NFL Hall of Fame Weekend
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from a book i've been working on for these guys.
Monday, June 23, 2014
red bus
from a book i've been working on for these guys.
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Labels: illustration
Friday, May 23, 2014
on desk and walls
the space i work in is a hybrid studio / future baby's room. i tread though playmats and toys and scanner and bits of paper and think this working with baby business is going to get a lot harder once she starts to realise the fun to be had with opening drawers full of drawings and potentially hazardous art supplies. but one thing at a time. i've finally put some pictures on the wall. the first is a print by barbara berrada, the second a little illustration for my daughter. prints can be found here.
some images of desk and walls at the moment. I have a little too much on my plate I think, but am grateful for it.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
life bits
below: took nina to the amalfi coast for a wedding: a first look at the sea. and finally, my desk right now, swamped with characters for an animation. these are beautiful sunny days and i wish i could spend them all outside with the wee one! but duty calls.
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Saturday, April 5, 2014
girl on a swing
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
on ancient rome, making books, and mental sanity
I recently said no to a potentially awesome book project with a major italian publishing house. after making this picture last year as a 'trial' for one book, they had decided to let me work on another text altogether, which i loved even more and wanted to work on badly. but the first weeks of a tiny human life take their toll, and lack of sleep, after weeks, drives you to such exhaustion that cannot be put into words. your body, brain and art suffers as a result. i had to be honest with myself, it could not be done. not at this time. it was a tough decision, because i've never really said no to any work before, especially not for book illustration. plus, i was already working on a book project. two would just be too much. it made me think about priorities, and that mental sanity has to be on top of the list. without it, i can do nothing. i cannot look after my child, i cannot create meaningful pictures. what i was making was empty and frustrated, and badly executed at that. it made me think that this is hard work that needs the right amount of attention and dedication, and not being able to give that to any one project means that project must not be done, by you, at that time.
learning to say no is hard, but is an incredible lesson in humility, which i need more of, always.
Having said that, i am working, slowly and steadily, in the cutouts of time she allows me, on other things, which i will share here soon. but now i must go read a book to my wide eyed child.
meanwhile,here is einstein on reading fairy tales.
update: this illustration is now available as a print on society 6.
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Friday, February 28, 2014
work recently
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Labels: editorial, illustration, process, sketchbook
Monday, February 17, 2014
martha stewart living magazine.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
new things
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
three trees
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It was the day before Thanksgiving when Greg Carcieri was at the customer service desk inside Walmart in Cranston, when he heard a 911 call come over the store radio.
A frantic manager found him and led him into the men's room where a 22-year-old male was on the bathroom floor turning blue.
Carcieri described the situation to NBC 10, "I crawled under the bathroom stall, opened the stall so the manager and everybody else could see what was going on. I then felt the patient for a pulse, saw that he had one so I knew I didn't have to perform CPR immediately."
How did he know? Carcieri is a volunteer firefighter with the Hopkins Hill fire department, and he is also an EMT student at 911 Programs in Warwick. He used a CPR dummy to demonstrate to NBC 10 what he did next.
According to Carcieri he "log-rolled the patient onto his back, I performed what we call in the field a head tilt, chin lift maneuver."
By doing this, the patient's tongue moved from blocking his airway while also aligning the airways between the nose, mouth and trachea. Once Cranston rescue crews arrived, the patient was put on a stretcher, and Carcieri ventilated him by using a bag-valve mask, essentially forcing air into the patient's lungs.
Cardieri told NBC 10 that the patient "started to come right back to life, thank God. They transported him to the hospital and as far as I know, everything turned out great."
His EMT instructors agree, Bill Howe, President of 911 Programs, wrote this in an email to NBC 10: "Greg has proved to be a leader in the classroom and we are not surprised that he demonstrated great character by helping a stranger in need. His actions reflect great credit upon himself, his department, the EMS profession, and of course this school."
One of the school's instructors, Carlene Merola agrees telling NBC 10 "being able to stress this more to our students and our community that it's simple little things like rolling a patient over, opening their airway so that their tongue gets out of the way so you can save someone's life."
Carcieri has not spoken to the patient in this case but hopes he is well and wishes him a Happy Holiday season.
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Valentine's Day is all about love and romance — and with that idea in mind, we've made a list of some of the most romantic films in cinema history.
My personal favorite is Goodfellas [video]. The initial romance between Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco is amazing. Granted it spirals downward into a series of endless fights, cheating, drugs, witness protection and eventual divorce, but there's about 10-15 minutes of true love in there somewhere. Bad reference?
Anyway, here are some other well-known favorites that are sure to make your Valentine's Day a little more romantic ... err, maybe.
- The Notebook (Keep tissues nearby)
WALL-E (Nothing like robots in love)
- Titanic (The Notebook on a sinking boat)
- Casablanca ("Here's looking at you, kid.")
- Sleepless in Seattle (I always get this confused with You've Got Mail)
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Vicky Form is a Mexican lingerie company that has recently released a campaign called "New commandments for women."
They read,
1. I shall never call another woman a whore.
2. No one can convince me from not wearing a condom.
3. I shall never get pregnant just to keep a man by my side.
4. No one can judge me based on the number of people I've slept with.
5. Is my responsibility to fight for my own (woman) rights.
6. I will not tolerate any kind of violence towards myself.
7. I will not fear or be ashamed if I find myself attracted to woman.
8. It is my decision if i want to get married or not. (and don't deserve to be judged for it.)
I find this campaign to be a 'big deal' for the fact that is released in Mexico. One of the most sexists, closed minded and underdeveloped countries in the world.
Not so many companies take the risk to make advertisements like this because they're obviously going to be criticized and possibly be affected by it.
Someone is taking the risk, telling the truth, and trying to get to the minds of the people. Sharing the fact that we are all human, and have to be equally treated like it, leading to a better and more developed society.
Its a big step for Mexico, and for women.
Princesses are butt-kickingly great. Punch the Moon!
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Love the concept, but Mulan's not a princess m'kay?
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Happy Women's Day!
In an old house in Paris, all covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.
Things I never noticed till now: Madeline is brushing her teeth side to side.
madeline was a little rebel
Madeline was a bad bitch
Madeline didn't choose the thug life. The thug life chose Madeline.
In pop culture, girls who crush hopelessly on guys they can't have are painted as just that – hopeless. Over and over again, we're taught that girls who openly express sexual or romantic interest in guys who don't want them are pitiable, stalkerish, desperate, crazy bitches. More often than not, they're also portrayed as ugly – whether physically, emotionally or both – in order to further establish their undesirability as an objective fact. Both narratively and, as a consequence, in real life, men are given free reign to snub, abuse, mislead and talk down to such women: we're raised to believe that female desire is unseemly, so that any consequent shaming is therefore deserved. There is no female-equivalent Friend Zone terminology because, in the language of our culture, a man's romantic choices are considered sacrosanct and inviolable. If a girl has been told no, then she has only herself to blame for anything that happens next – but if a woman says no, then she must not really mean it. Or, if she does, she shouldn't: the rejected man is a universally sympathetic figure, and everyone from moviegoers to platonic onlookers will scream at her to just give him a chance, as though her rejection must always be unfounded rather than based on the fact that he had a chance, and blew it. And even then, give him another one! The pathos of Single Nice Guys can only be eased by pity-sex with unwilling women that blossoms into romance!
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Wake up every morning and tell yourself that you're a badass bitch from hell and that no one can fuck with you and then don't let anybody fuck with you.
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CHAMONIX, France (AP) -- Didier Cuche set the fastest time in Thursday's training run for a men's World Cup downhill.
The Swiss skier covered the La Verte des Houches course in 2 minutes, 5.05 seconds. Romed Baumann of Austria was second in 2:05.31 and Andrej Sporn of Slovenia was third, 0.30 seconds off the pace.
World champion Eric Guay of Canada finished 10th and Olympic silver medalist Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway was 13th. American skier Bode Miller, who won in Beaver Creek, Colo., in December, was in 20th place, more than two seconds behind Cuche.
Overall World Cup leader Ivica Kostelic was 35th and Olympic champion Didier Defago was 52nd.
Cuche announced last month he would retire at the end of this season.


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Topic: Waze
Google announces acquisition of mapping & traffic service Waze
06/11/2013, 12:06 pm
Waze — a popular cross-platform, crowd-sourced traffic and navigation service — has been acquired by Google, and will be integrated with its Maps service, the company announced on Tuesday.
Google reportedly mulling $1B Waze bid, could spark bidding war with Facebook
05/23/2013, 08:05 pm
According to Bloomberg sources, Google is looking to throw in a $1 billion bid for Waze, possibly portending a bidding war between the search giant and Facebook, which is also rumored to be eyeing an acquisition of the social mapping service.
Facebook reportedly in talks to buy social mapping service Waze
05/10/2013, 08:05 am
Waze, the social mapping and traffic service that Apple once recommended as a potential alternative to its own iOS Maps solution, is reportedly in talks with Facebook about a possible acquisition by the networking giant.
Apple Maps directions beat Google Maps, Waze in pundit's head-to-head test
03/07/2013, 04:03 pm
Apple's much maligned Maps application for iOS outperformed competitors Google Maps and Waze in a California driving test orchestrated by columnist John C. Dvorak.