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The Chartered Institute of Public Relations is delighted to be hosting the World PR Conference and Festival in London next week, bringing together practitioners from across the globe to share ideas. But it is not a task for the faint hearted. To begin with, how can we expect them to agree on anything? After all, there are over 300 definitions of public relations – close to General de Gaulle's "country of 365 cheeses" that made France "ungovernable".
And there are historical differences: PR in Britain and in Europe has a strong public benefit tradition, with the Institute of Public Relations in Britain founded by people with wartime experience, working in local government and organisations such as the Post Office; in the United States there was always a more commercial slant, and a mixture of the philosophies of Barnum's circus and early disciples (and relatives) of Sigmund Freud.
But in all definitions, two ideas hold sway: "reputations" and "relationships". Choosing one to precede the other can make for a heated debate, but whatever order you put them in they interact, they thrive on dialogue and they require constant work.
All the tactics used by public relations people in support of their clients are fundamentally about relationships and reputation, occasionally for short-term impact but best aimed long-term. A good reputation "bank" and sound relationships with stakeholders, investors, customers and the media, are the fundamentals of a public relations strategy. They are the grails to which all our speakers will refer, whether promoting city reputation for Turin or Liverpool; advising African nations to operate more confidently on the world stage; ensuring that new media can be used by everyone, or, at the very top of the commercial scale, showing how energy giants such as Gazprom can get messages across in an ever more critical and environmentally conscious world.
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Twitter bought Coleman's little-known startup—Yes Inc—as part of the deal. The company's apps, designed to help people meet up, will be closed. At Google, Coleman led product for Gmail and related services, according to his LinkedIn profile. On Monday, he will start as Twitter's sixth head of product in as many years. The San Francisco-based social media company has cycled through leaders in the role while struggling to grow its audience.
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1a. Objectives (from AD-416)
1. Develop alternative control strategies for the pecan weevil: (1.1) Determine the efficacy of biocontrol agents such as entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema and Heterorhabditis spp.) and entomopathogenic fungi (Hypocreales), and (1.2) investigate the basic biology and ecology of these agents to enhance efficacy. (1.3) Investigate improved methods of production, formulation, and delivery of these biological control agents, and integrate optimum biocontrol tactics with other management strategies. 2: Develop alternative control strategies for black pecan aphids through (2.1) assessment of pecan susceptibility (foliar damage ratings, aphid development, and aphid mortality), (2.2) use of plant growth regulators, and (2.3) microbial control agents including Beauveria, Isaria or Metarhizium spp. 3: Develop alternative control strategies for key peach pests (plum curculio, peachtree borers, and stink bugs) via (3.1) reduced-risk insecticides (such as thiamethoxam, flonicamid, and novaluron), (3.2) mating disruption, and (3.3) entomopathogenic nematodes.
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Suppression of pecan weevil will focus on developing microbial control tactics including multi-stage entomopathogen applications, enhanced entomopathogen persistence through the use of cover crops, and synergism via combinations of entomopathogens and chemical insecticides. Additionally, pertinent basic studies on entomopathogens will be addressed. Management strategies for the black pecan aphid will use a long term approach to screen pecan for low aphid susceptibility (for use in pecan breeding), whereas, a short term approach will use plant growth regulators and microbial control. Suppression of key peach pests via reduced-risk insecticides, mating disruption, and entomopathogenic nematodes will be examined.
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Novel strategies for controlling a key pecan pest, pecan weevil, with microbial control agents were investigated as were new methods of applying beneficial fungi (e.g., with a cover crop) and long-term suppression using entomopathogenic nematodes. Additionally, experiments measured the efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes in suppressing key peach pests (e.g., lesser peachtree borer and plum curculio). These biocontrol approaches are promising for use against pecan weevil, as well as, key peach pests; grower adoption of the tactics has been initiated and has potential for expansion. Additionally fundamental research was conducted to discover mechanisms of beneficial nematode host-finding behavior, determine the genetic basis of beneficial trait changes, and develop improved methods for biopesticide production. Research progress was made screening pecan germplasm for resistance to the black pecan aphid along with obtaining a better understanding of how plant growth regulators affect both black pecan aphid development and nut production. Progress regarding stink bug control has been made and shows that only certain pyrethroid insecticides provide better control than many other insecticides against the brown stink bug. Reduced-risk insecticides alone did not provide sufficient control but were beneficial when tank-mixed with other insecticides. Mating disruption for management of the lesser peach tree borer shows potential for managing this serious peach pest without insecticides.
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2. Enhancing biological control through stabilization of beneficial traits. Due to environmental and regulatory concerns, safe alternatives to chemical insecticides are needed. Biological control (the use of predators, parasitoids, or pathogens for pest suppression) is often a viable option. However, during mass production biological control agents can lose beneficial traits such as virulence and reproductive capacity thereby making the organisms less effective in pest suppression. The basis for the trait deterioration phenomenon must be elucidated and methodology to overcome the problem must be developed. ARS scientists at Byron, GA and colleagues at Brigham Young University described the genetic basis for trait loss in entomopathogenic (insect-killing) nematodes and discovered that the problem is primarily due to inbreeding. The results indicate that trait deterioration can be deterred through the selection of homozygous breeding lines; thus, biological control efficacy can be enhanced.
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Inexplicably, Snapchat has posted a video to its official YouTube page in which CEO and cofounder Evan Spiegel describes how the app works – four years after it was founded.
In it, he uses a sketchpad, a Sharpie and some secret knowledge to explain why younger demographics of users love Snapchat and to explain why the app has one of the more confusing design schemes in existence. He does not, however, use a tripod in the video and it looks like it was recorded against his will.
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The most important thing you need to know is that updates are automatic. You're getting every update to Windows 10 eventually, like it or not. With Windows 10, Microsoft is determined to have everyone on the same page. They're switching to having more gradual updates throughout the year instead of big updates like the Windows 7 Service Pack or Windows 8.1. – updates that users may or may not choose to install. (You could fairly say they are adopting Apple's OS strategy.)
Let's take a look at how updates work in Windows 10. Just type Check for updates into your search box and click on the results.
Choose Windows update.
Scroll down and click on Advanced options.
This is where you can customize how updates are installed. You can choose automatic, which means updates will be installed and your PC will be rebooted when it's not being used.
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It's a different story for Konopka. After being bounced between the offensive line and superback during his freshman season, Konopka found a home at right tackle. As the season progressed, he showed great improvements. However, it's no guarantee that his spot is safe.
Dearly departed— Northwestern bids farewell to tackle Patrick Ward and guard Brian Mulroe—each cornerstones of the offensive line; plus Neal Deiters, who found a role on the offensive line during his senior season. Their experience will be sorely missed moving forward.
So what's next?— The Northwestern coaches have been readying for the day when their veteran offensive linemen would finally move on. The Wildcats have added four offensive linemen in their 2011 and 2012 recruiting classes, and will do so again in 2013. Each class has been loaded with talent.
The leading candidate to take the blindside tackle role is Shane Mertz. The New Jersey native has battled injuries throughout his young career, but has plenty of potential. Nicknamed the "U.S.S. Mertz" but his head coach, he brings incredible size and solid footwork to the position. Likely lining up next to him will be fellow sophomore Geoff Mogus. The 6-foot-5, 280-pounder has bulked up considerably while waiting behind Brian Mulroe, and has been groomed to take the reins moving forward.
Also keep an eye on redshirt freshmen like Ian Park, Adam DePietro, and Eric Olson. Each lineman has high potential and now a year of learning under their belt.
Entering the fold— Northwestern had shut the door on its new class of linemen by the second week of June. Guard Blake King started the movement in May. On the same day, guard Brad North and center Tyler Lancaster gave their commitment (receiver Macan Wilson also committed that day, too). Just three days later, tackle Sam Coverdale joined the class.
Northwestern has stacked up its offensive line for yet another four years. With such strong, consistent recruiting, the future up front is very bright.
Prediction— The youth movement on the offensive line will be a great success. It will be Shane Mertz and Geoff Mogus lining up to the left of center Brandon Vitabile. On the right side, Adam DePietro will take guard and Jack Konopka will hold strong at right tackle.
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(Reuters) - Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh missed a 27-yard field goal attempt with 26 seconds to play to gift the Seattle Seahawks with a bone-chilling 10-9 NFC Wild Card win in the frigid Twin Cities on Sunday.
Walsh, who had hit on 22, 43 and 47 yard field goals, looked poised to send a chilled Minnesota crowd home happy until he pulled his game-winning attempt wide left leaving both teams and a packed TCF Bank stadium crowd stunned.
"Crazy things happen in the playoffs," said Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson. "It was an ugly game, we didn't play very well on offense and that's on me. I take the blame for that we've got to be better.
"But we won, we kept battling. That is the great thing about it, you have to keep battling in the playoffs, you have to keep battling every opportunity you've got.
"Defense was lights out, they made so many big plays that kept us in the game."
As the lowest remaining seed in the NFC at number six the Seahawks, bidding for a third straight appearance in the Super Bowl, will now head to Charlotte next weekend for a divisional showdown with the number one ranked Carolina Panthers.
The Green Bay Packers will take on the Washington Redskins later on Sunday to close out the Wild Card weekend with the winner facing the Arizona Cardinals.
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triangular trade
the transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies and the colonies of North America
Navigation Acts
a series of laws passed by Parliament, beginning in 1651, to ensure that England made money from its colonies trade
to illegally import or export goods
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a farm that produces enough food for the family with a small additional amount for trade
the practice of holding a person in bondage for labor
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a mill in which grain is ground to produce flour or meal
a skilled worker, such as a weaver or a potter, who makes goods by hand; a craftsperson
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a vehicle with wide wheels, a curved bed and a canvas cover used by American pioneers traveling west
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cash crops
a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use
rivers and mill economy
water wheels built along the region's plentiful rivers powered most of the mills
slave codes
laws designed to control slaves and keep them in bondage
the belief that some people are inferior because of their race
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the middle leg of the triangular trade route-the voyage from Africa to the Americas-that brought captured Africans into slavery
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We exceed the allotted number of closed "snow day" and the district say we have to come in to work, without pay, on days that originally scheduled as days off. The day is the Tuesday after Memorial Day and now that the school is open to students and staff, hourly employees are being told they have to report for work, receive no pay (because we were paid for the snow day - contractually obliged- AND that the use of sick or personal days is forbidden on this date. Can they do this legally?
It sounds like they are asking you to work hours that you were paid for but did not work, is this what you are describing?
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That is the stance being taken by the district. We were paid for "snow days" not originally bargained for and now they are requiring hourly employees to work sans pay on days that were originally scheduled as unpaid off days. The compensation for the extra 2 "snow days" was neither sought by us nor bargained for but rather payment was made "at the discretion of the district.
Just a hunch, but I'll bet that you are a member of a union or a member of a bargaining unit, and that the "contract" is a collective bargaining agreement between the union and the school district. If that's the case, one way to frame this is a dispute over interpretation of the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, which probably requires members of the bargaining unit to work a defined number of days each year and regulates how sick days and personal days may be used. So I suspect this is a matter covered by the grievance and arbitration provisions of the collective bargaining agreement--typically disputes over interpretation of a CBA are subject to the grievance dispute resolution procedures set forth in the CBA.
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If you were going to be paid but nothave to work the day after Memorial Day, and now are going to have to work and be paid that day, that would be legal. Speak to the union if you disagree.Ask a similar question
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15-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed by School Bus
McKeesport homicide detectives were called to the scene of a pedestrian accident Thursday afternoon in which a 15-year-old was fatally struck by a school bus.
Details of the McKeesport Bus Accident
WPXI reports Deonte Cobbs was fatally injured when he was struck by a school bus in front of McKeesport Area High School. Cobbs died after being rushed to an area hospital.
According to police, the students on the bus saw the entire accident.
This is not the first incident to occur in front of the high school. Last year, reportedly, a similar accident happened in the same vicinity of Thursday's tragedy.
William Cuadhall, a resident of the area, said "This is a bad area at that time of day. I feel they're the ones that are putting these people in danger."
The town has pressed for additional crossing guards in the area, but their efforts have proven futile. Local residents have taken it upon themselves to ensure students' safety with about 24 parents lining up to help children cross the street on Friday.
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My aunt and uncle, Dot and Mick Perkins, ran the Commercial Inn, now renamed the Bishop John de Grandeson. I don't know when they took it over but they ran it for over 30 years. As a child my mum and dad, aunts, uncles and cousins all stopped at the Commercial for Christmas. I remember Mick's pigeon loft and loads of empty gin bottles stacked out the back of the pub. This is now a nice garden. Putting old pennies in the one armed bandit and pulling on the handle when the pub was shut, playing darts in front the roaring fire. Chasing my cousins up and down the stairs and passages and being told off by Dot for disturbing the customers. I remember being paraded with cousins in front of ...Read full memory
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On the north bank of the Teign estuary between Bishopsteignton and Kingsteignton is a waterside pub - the Passage House Inn - reached at the far end of mile long lane. This was the venue for an evening of music and dancing provided by the Heather & Gorse Clog Dancers from nearby Combeinteignhead. It was early May but sadly someone forgot to tell Mother Nature this year as Spring has come late so the evening was damp and breezy with not a soul outside the pub to enjoy the entertainment! However the handful of dancers and the band still put on a show of garland and molly dances looking splendid in their blue and white kit with shiny black clogs. The band of ...Read full memory


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Men's Golf Tied for Ninth After Day One of Mobile Bay Intercollegiate
Feb. 18, 2013
MOBILE, Ala. – The University of Kentucky men's golf team concluded day one of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate, shooting 23-over-par and are tied for ninth in the 16-team field. The invitational, which is being played at the Magnolia Grove Crossings Golf Course, was suspended in the middle of the second round due to darkness and the tournament will resume at 9:30 a.m. ET with the conclusion of rounds two and three.
"We got off to a horrendous start today on a very windy and challenging day," head coach Brian Craig said. "We hung in there and showed great character. There are still four holes left in the second round and we need to stay focused and finish off a solid round tomorrow."
Senior Chase Parker had an impressive first day on the course and is currently tied for second overall at 1-under-par and is just one stroke off the leader. The Augusta, GA., native was tied for 16th after round one with a score of 2-over, including two birdies and an eagle on the par-4 hole No. 10. Parker came out on fire in the second round, sinking four birdies and is 3-under-par through 11 holes.
Junior transfer Ben Stow made his Kentucky debut and is tied for 19th at 4-over-par. Stow recorded two birdies over the first 18 holes and has played even par through 12 holes in round two, while tallying two more birdies on holes 10 and 11.
Sophomore Will Bishop is through 13 holes in the second round and is tied for 54th at 10-over. Juniors Cody Martin (+11) and Stephen Powers (+12) are tied for 60th and 65th, respectively.
The 36-hole USA Individual Tournament was also underway on Monday at the Magnolia Grove Falls Golf Course in Mobile Ala. After 18 holes, senior Wildcat Joseph Barr is tied for fifth in the event at 2-over-par. Freshman Harrison Greenberry is tied for 20th at 8-over and junior Matthew Anderson is tied for 31st at 12-over.
Play of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate will resume on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. ET with round two of the 54-hole stroke-play tournament followed by the final round of 18. The final round of the USA Individual Tournament will also conclude on Tuesday. For more information on the University of Kentucky men's golf team please visit UKathletics.com and follow on twitter @UKMensGolf.
Live stats of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate are available at www.golfstat.com.
Mobile Bay Intercollegiate
Mobile, Ala. – Feb. 18-19
Magnolia Grove Crossings Golf Course
Par: 72 – Yardage: 7,212
Results (Through 14 holes in second round)
T2. Chase Parker – 74 (-1)
T19. Ben Stow – 76 (+4)
T54. Will Bishop – 77 (+10)
T60. Cody Martin – 79 (+11)
T65. Stephen Powers – 78 (+12)
T9. Kentucky – 305 (+23)
USA Individual Tournament
Mobile, Ala. – Feb. 18-19
Magnolia Grove Falls Golf Course
Par: 71 – Yardage: 7,158
T5. Joseph Barr – 73 (+2)
T20. Harrison Greenberry – 79 (+8)
T31. Matthew Anderson – 83 (+12)


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Brotherhood brings Pitt, cast together in war film 'Fury'
By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When writer-director David Ayer decided to tackle the "beaten-to-death" World War Two movie genre with "Fury," he decided to make it an intimate affair for his cast led by Brad Pitt.
"When I told people I was going to make a World War Two movie, the eyes rolled, you hear the groan," Ayer recalled. "It's really the study of a family that happens to live in a tank and kill people."
"Fury," out in U.S. theaters on Friday, follows five men led by hardened war veteran Wardaddy (Pitt), overcome with fatigue and trucking along in Nazi Germany during the final months of World War Two.
"My (motive) is bringing a cast together and turning them into a family, turning them into brothers," Ayer said. "I haven't really seen that level of intense character study in a World War Two movie, and I felt like it was time for that."
Made for $68 million by Sony Corp's Sony Pictures Entertainment, "Fury" is an intimate story amid war-torn battlefields. It is projected to open with $25 million at the U.S. box office, according to BoxOffice.com.
Joining Pitt in the tank are actors Shia LaBeouf, John Bernthal, Michael Pena and Logan Lerman, who all underwent an intensive military boot camp to research and bond.
"It's really tough," said Pena. "From the rations to waking up early to being sleep deprived, you're really having to rely on the other person to get through."
Pena, who previously worked with Ayer on 2012 police drama "End of Watch, jokingly compared working with the director to a root-canal dental procedure. Continued...


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I Am 8-Bit started out as an art show about video games, but that doesn't mean I Am 8-Bit is only an art show. It's more, far more.
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Did you know that rapper Random, AKA Mega Ran, crafted a single dedicated to Capcom's recently released Mega Man 10? Well you do now, and you've got the new music video to prove it.
This trailer's commitment to quality is evident in its shoddy quality. Anyone can don 1980s threads and lampoon the unintentional physical comedy of those old ads. But VCR-esque discoloration and poor tracking is a cut above.
Absent from Mega Man 9, Bass, Dr. Wily's thumpin' creation reunites with Mega Man and Proto Man as a playable character in Mega Man 10. Bass is available for download on all three consoles April 5.
Finally, a Mega Man game I can clear in 90 minutes. Is that what you want too?
Mega Man 10, the newest retro-game to hit consoles, may be out for the Wii today and coming soon to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but its Endless Mode is further off.
Eight new titles and eight new robot masters come to Nintendo's DSi, WiiWare, and Virtual Console this morning, with Capcom's retrolicious Mega Man 10 leading the charge.
Capcom's Mega Man 10, the second in their attempts to go back in time and develop "new" NES-style games, will be out in March, the publisher announced today.
Cheevers looking for a quick 200 Gamerscore should steer clear of Mega Man 10, because the achievements it offers will be, per the usual, hard won. Of 12, all but three or four seem impossible to me.
Here's a closer look at all eight of Mega Man 10's evil robot masters, showing us how the dynamic concept art fared in its conversion to sprites.
Japanese monthly CoroCoro Comic has revealed the full roster of evil Robot Masters that will plague the blue bomber in Capcom's Mega Man 10. Are you ready to find out who is teamed with the stupendeous Sheep Man?
Megaman 10 has an interesting little addition to the franchise not seen since 1988's Megaman 2: An Easy mode.
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Mega Man 10 is slated for release next year on WiiWare, Xbox LIVE Arcade and the PSN with character Proto Man selectable from the start.
Not much of a shock, what with Mega Man 9 being multiplatform, but since the game's debut was in a Nintendo magazine, it's still worth spelling it out: Mega Man 10 is a multiplatform title.
Capcom-Unity trucked down to L.A. for the Spike Video Game Awards and staged a big E-Tank giveaway to pimp Mega Man 10. Check out what the happy campers got!
Only two days after his big debut, Mega Man 10's Sheep Man has already generated more fan art than you can shake a shepard's crook at.
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Thursday, December 4, 2014
Questions I've asked lately: How embarrassing is your search history?
Have you ever taken a look at your google search history? I went looking for a site I could only vaguely remember and thought it might be in a list somewhere. And then I found not just the visiting history, but a big list of all the questions I've asked the google oracle. Hilarious and sad at the same time.
How do they get cranes on the top of skyscrapers?
No seriously... how do they do that?
Best easiest gingerbread recipe?
I'm not sure if best and easiest are mutually exclusive in the baking stakes.
How do I use a hot glue gun properly?
Christmas crafts require some hot glue. Time to pull that baby out of the packaging.
How do I use a hot glue gun without all the mess?
Obviously the answer to the last question didn't impress me much.
Christopher Pyne senate education reform?
News of the day. Hilarious that the headlines it pulled up were 'stop texting me!'.
Why does the sun shining feel hotter on some days and not others?
I totally get why we have seasons and the earth tilting on its axis, etc... but that doesn't really explain why one 30 degree day feels like your eyeballs are frying and another 30 degree day doesn't.
Awesome Christmas playlist?
If I'm listing to Christmas music, it better be good.
Drawing and art developmental ages stages?
Dear Boy draws circles, lots and lots of circles and he tells me 'I'm going to draw you lots of circles, okay?' I'm wondering when he's going to head into potatohead people territory.
Who coined the term 'threenager?
Yeah, they hit the nail on the head with that one.
DIY ornament dough cornflour not salt?
Sanding salt dough ornaments? Ain't nobody got time for that.
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We voted last weekend at the local scout hall. They were cooking damper on sticks over fires in half-barrel drums. City boys need to poke sticks in fire too.
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Sometimes only a LOLcat will do.
It's nice to see I've been asking the hard-hitting questions. I'm too scared to check my phone's search history for all those things I look up while bored and/or on the run.
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Comprising twelve parts, four of long tapering hexagonal-section cylinders, the wider end capped by a domed panel, four separate similar domed panels, and four straight-sided hexagonal cylinders, each decorated with twisted wire along the leading edges, the panels thus formed with granulated triangles, small circles of twisted wire, applied circular and drop-shaped bosses and inset turquoise glazed pottery panels of similar shapes, most with the remains of a core, some loss of inlay
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
The year of 1980 Part 3
The 3 greatest albums of 1980 and the top 10.
1.Rush-Permanent waves
The greatest trio in the world never cared that much for writing hits for radio or to please the record label with commercial albums, they only cared about the fans and the fans wanted lengthy progrock songs with that typical epic Rush-sound.
Permanent Waves is considered to be one of their best albums along with Moving Pictures and 2112,
I won´t argue with amazing songs like Spirit of Radio, Jacob´s Ladder, Free Will and Natural Science.
The kings of AOR went from strength to strength with each release in the 70´s and Departure was just another step on the ladder to the throne that would be rightfully theirs with the 1981 album Escape.
Steve Perry´s vocal performance is out of this world on Departure and some of Journey´s best unknown songs can be found on this album such as People and Places, Someday Soon and Precious Time. But let´s not forget the hits Anyway You Want It and Walks Like A Lady.
3.AC DC-Back in black
Many thought it was over for AC DC when Bon Scott passed away but the band fired on all cylindars and re-loaded their cannons for the biggest comeback of all time with Back in Black.
It´s the no.1 best selling rock album of all time and a copy should be in every rock fan´s collection.
The album became so big that even the band had a hard time recording a worthy follow up, For Those About To Rock is a great album but it certainly stand in the shadow of Back in Black.
4.The Police-Zenyatta Mondatta
The first band in the world to blend new wave, pop and reggae and wrote their own chapter in the history books.
The Police are one of the most influential bands in the world that recorded the first ever pop-punk album with Outlandos d´Amour in 78, but their 3rd opus Zenyatta Mondatta turned the band into giants with the timeless songs Don´t stand so close to me, Voices inside my head and De Do Do Do De Da Da Da.
The first band ever to open the famous Monsters of Rock festival in 1980 and the future did seem bright for this American band, but the only legacy they left for the world was this fantastic pomp AOR album.
An unofficial demo album recorded in 1981 was released in 1998 but it didn´t reach the same heights as the self titled debut, if you want to travel first class by the AOR tracks, then you need a ticket marked Touch.
6.Saxon-Strong arm of the law
Released only 4 months after the brilliant Wheels of Steel, most bands would´ve come up with leftovers but Saxon took it even higher.
It´s without doubt their best album and I wonder if it can be any more metal than Heavy Metal Thunder, 20.000 Ft or Dallas 1 P.M.
7.New England-Explorer suite
New England´s debut contains the band´s most popular songs but their greatest effort can be found on the 2nd album Explorer Suite.
Jeff Lynne (E.L.O) would be proud to have his name under these songs, the fabulous title track is included below this list. Enjoy!
8.Van Halen-Women and children first
Big rock signed USA, their debut took the world by storm and the band continued to spread their party-like hard rock like a hurricane across the planet with the follow up II and the 3rd album Women and Children First.
Van Halen was all about fun and it was impossible to get bored when they performed live or released awesome albums like this one, everybody wanted to be David Lee Roth and play guitar like Eddie.
9.Ozzy Osbourne-Blizzard of Ozz
Whenever you feel like making a best debut album list, I suggest you don´t leave out Blizzard of Ozz from Ozzy, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake.
This is one helluva debut with some blistering shredding from the new star Rhoads at that time and featuring some of Ozzy´s most classic songs such as Crazy Train, Mr Crowley, I don´t know and Suicide Solution.
10.Kerry Livgren-Seeds of change
When Livgren of Kansas invites you to be on his first solo album, you say yes. That´s exactly what Ronnie James Dio, David Pack (Ambrosia), Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull), Jeff Pollard (LeRoux) and his pals in Kansas did.
I still think Mask of the great deceiver and To live for the king are the best vocal performances from Dio throughout his entire career.
A true hallelujah moment and progrock extraganza.
You probably have other albums on your own personal list and there are some really great ones missing in mine that easily could´ve ended up on any top list the last 15 years.
I mean, just take a look at these wonderful albums that didn´t make it on my list but are all classics.
Def Leppard-On through the night, Uriah Heep-Conquest, Gillan-Glory road, The Buggles-Age of plastic, Michael Schenker Group-MSG, Triumph-Progressions of power, Trust-Repression, Krokus-Metal rendezvouz, David Bowie-Scary monsters, Whitesnake - Ready an´ willing, Ultravox-Vienna, G-Force, Wild Horses-Wild Horses
1980 was also a tragic year with the deaths of John Lennon, John Bonham (that meant the end of Led Zeppelin), Bon Scott and Ian Curtis (Joy Division). But they will always be remembered.
The music lives on.
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MBE policy as economic development: an examination of public contracting in Georgia
Dickson, Austin Cartwright
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Many scholars suggest that Minority Business Enterprises help disadvantaged populations and achieve greater equity in society. Rooted in the affirmative action policies of the 1960s and 1970s, Minority Business Enterprise designations have become a standard way for the federal government to assist minority entrepreneurs as well as protect against discrimination in contracting. Some scholars even suggest that these policies go beyond protection from discrimination and actually foster economic development in minority communities. This thesis examines those claims and utilizes an example from 12 years of the Georgia Department of Transportation's records on contracting with MBEs to answer the question: who is helped by these federal policies? This examination sheds light on the current literature linking MBEs with economic development as well as adds to the sparse literature on outcomes for MBE policy. The results of data analysis show that , over a 12-year period, White female business enterprises receive the twice as many contracting dollars as all other Minority Business Enterprises combined.


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Republican Presidential candidate Marco Rubio has made it clear he has no interest in becoming president as he just went off on America's police during a CNN Town Hall Wednesday night!
The Florida Senator sounded more like a member of Black Lives Matter as he claimed that he has felt the "sting of racism" after being allegedly profiled by police.
From Breitbart:
During Wednesday's townhall, a questioner asked Rubio about race relations in the United States. Although the voter's question made no mention whatsoever of law enforcement or the police, Rubio was quick to use it as an opportunity to question the racial attitudes of American police. Rubio then proceeded to cite accounts of police targeting minorities. "You talk about race relations, it's a difficult issue in this country," Rubio said, "And I know a lot if it is centered around law enforcement and police departments." Rubio explained that when a young black male is repeatedly targeted by American police officers "for no reason, what is he supposed to think?"
Rubio said that he has personally "seen" minorities targeted by American law enforcement: "In this country [there is] a significant number particularly of young African-American males who feel as if they are treated differently than the rest of society. And here's the bottom line: Whether you agree with them or not–I happen to have seen this happen–but whether you agree or not, if a significant percentage of the American family believes that they are being treated differently than everyone else, we have a problem, and we have to address it as a society and as a country… I do not believe we can fulfill our potential as a nation unless we address that."
Should Rubio drop out of the presidential race now that he has shown he sympathizes with the radical Black Lives Matter movement by attacking our police? Share your thoughts below!


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I know what I'm supposed to think about Spencer Tunick's latest installation; a gathering of 5,200 naked people on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. I'm meant to marvel that it's a moving demonstration of raw humanity, men and women stripped of artifice and illusion, vulnerable and equal. Unfortunately, what I really think – and my straw poll suggests I'm not entirely alone – is eugh, put your clothes back on.
The reason for the installation is undoubtedly a laudable one – it's to support the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and as Tunick said, "gay men and women lay naked next to their straight neighbours and this delivered a very strong message to the world that Australians embrace a free and equal society." Really, though, is the sight of thousands of naked bodies, which look from a distance like the little pink worms used as fishing bait, the best way to make a political and artistic statement? Surely mass nudity is just a cheap – and slightly revolting – way to attract attention.
Not everyone thinks so, clearly, as there are always volunteers for Tunick's nudie happenings and public nakedness seems to be having a resurgence. There are plenty of women prepared to collude with the stylist Gok Wan's bizarre penchant for encouraging them to strip down to their underwear on TV. It's utterly baffling why anyone would fall for his shtick that casting off your clothes in front of a shopping centre full of sheepish people who would probably cheer on a public execution for some free Next vouchers, is empowering. Then there are groups such as Breasts Not Bombs, who see nudity as a political tool, the men and women who rowed across the Atlantic naked for charity, and last year's calendar featuring Oxford University students in the buff. It might once have been a feminist statement; now it's just a gimmick.
Perhaps comments by one man who took part in Tunick's event shed some light on the motivation. He said that when everyone is naked, "you feel like you're dressed because everybody looks the same". Apart from the fact that a quick glance at the naked hordes shows that humans actually come in more shapes and sizes than the contents of an organic vegetable box, since when was looking the same a good thing?
One of the pleasures of clothes – apart from the obvious practicalities – is the opportunity they create to differentiate yourself. Public nudity is also billed as liberation, a chance to reveal the true self, but that really lies in a person's character, not the shape of their breasts. Actually, there is more freedom in wearing clothes because you can choose them, whereas you are more or less stuck in the body you are born with. Interesting clothes enable you to express who you really are or want to be, and rise above the genetic lottery.
It's not even body fascism that puts me off gratuitous nudity – the sight of a perfectly formed Kate Moss striking gynaecological poses in the current LOVE magazine was almost as off-putting. My objection is the fact that simply taking your clothes off is still construed as a political statement, when actually we've seen it all before. While it's sometimes big, so to speak, it's certainly not clever.
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Target: California Governor Jerry Brown
Goal: Protect future users of driverless vehicles from privacy invasion
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a bill paving the way for use of the driverless car on California roads. The problem is that the law does nothing to prevent the companies who are pioneering autonomous vehicle technology, primarily Google, from using the data collected from driverless cars any way they please.
Since there are no restrictions, companies can gather the information collected in the computer systems of these vehicles and use them for marketing purposes or anything else. Even more disturbing, is that Brown and other California politicians have received sizable campaign contributions from Google. This makes it seem as though the bill was passed with these privacy protections intentionally left out for the benefit of the company.
This new law should be revised to protect consumer privacy. The only beneficiaries of the current lack of regulation are the corporations like Google who sell specially-crafted advertising based on the personal information collected. Google does this now through the internet and they will most definitely use the same approach with data collected via driverless cars.
There is absolutely no reason that the personal privacy of future users of the driverless car should not be protected. This law must be revised to make sure personal data cannot be legally collected from driverless vehicles and sold as a product.
Dear Governor Brown,
The recent bill you signed concerning the implementation of the driverless vehicle in California completely disregards individual privacy. There were absolutely no provisions limiting or prohibiting the use of information collected by the computers that run these vehicles in this bill.
Google, who you have received campaign contributions from in the past, and other companies pioneering this technology are the sole beneficiaries of a lack of privacy protection since they turn personal information into profit. The public will continue to have their privacy legally violated through use of the driverless vehicle for the sake of profit as is the case with the internet.
The government must step in and protect the citizens because these companies are certainly not to be trusted to respect personal privacy. Google has been caught red-handed illegally acquiring personal information during the "Wi-Spy" scandal as well as the scandal involving hacking into Safari. Since you personally have benefitted from Google via campaign contributions, it seems that you are paying the company back a favor by handing over the personal information of California residents on a silver platter.
It must be expressly stated in law that information collected via computers in driverless cars cannot be turned into a product so the future users of driverless vehicles can avoid yet another state-sanctioned invasion of privacy.
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It's a brand new day in Toronto – in some ways…
We have a new mayor, much to the disappointment of American talk show hosts. In fact, John Oliver begged us to elect Doug Ford so that we could offer up some more comedic fodder for the next four years, but to no avail.
However, we are not done with the scandal, as the Jian Ghomeshi kerfuffle has made the news south of the border, where the radio program he hosted up until last week airs on some 170 public radio stations.
In New York's Vulture magazine, and in a lengthy piece on Gawker, various wags have weighed in on the situation. There have been comparisons to Marv Albert and Clarence Clemons.
So Toronto the good is still in the hot seat: From a crack smoking mayor to an alleged sexually deviant radio talk show host … who launched a 55 million dollar lawsuit against the CBC yesterday – 25 for breach of confidence, 25 for defamation, and 5 for fuzzy handcuffs.
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Western banks weather post-sanctions slump in Russian dealmaking
(Repeats story from Thursday)
By Sujata Rao
LONDON Nov 13 (Reuters) - Western banks have seen their fees from Russian deals collapse as sanctions squeeze once-lucrative bond and equity business, but buoyant demand elsewhere has already pushed fees from emerging market clients 10 percent higher than 2013's levels.
A tit for tat round of sanctions between the United States and Europe and Moscow over Russia's involvement in eastern Ukraine has seen capital raising by Russian companies forced to a virtual halt. Just $10 billion was issued in new debt for instance, a fraction of what was sold last year.
As a result, investment banks' income from syndicating Russian debt sales and share listings in 2014 stands at just over $100 million, a quarter of 2013 earnings and the lowest since 2004.
Adding fees from loans and merger/acquisition deals, they have made around $350 million - less than half last year's total as the following graphic based on ThomsonReuters data shows:
Those sums might look like small change for global banks. But every dime counts these days for lenders slammed by multi-billion dollar fines from regulators, an increasingly tight leash on once-booming forex markets and slow European growth.
The Russian deals business earned banks over $8 billion in fees over the past decade, nearly a tenth of their total emerging market business relating to capital raising or mergers and acquisitions. Continuación...


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NPCIL generates electricity using nuclear energy through 19 nuclear power reactors located at six sites, with an aggregate installed capacity of 4,680MW
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has proposed to list Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) on the stock exchanges by selling 10% government stake, reports PTI.
The Department of Disinvestment in the Ministry of Finance this week sought comments on a draft note proposing listing of NPCIL through a initial public offering (IPO) of 10% paid up equity capital of the company out of government's 100% shareholding.
Sources privy to the development said comments on the draft note to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) have been sought by 10th December.
NPCIL generates electricity using nuclear energy through 19 nuclear power reactors located at six sites, with an aggregate installed capacity of 4,680MW.
In addition, the company also generates 10 MW electricity from wind mills at Kudankulam.
It is constructing 6 nuclear power reactors with an aggregate capacity of 4,800 MW.
Sources said NPCIL has an authorised capacity of Rs15,000 crore, of which Rs10,174.33 crore is paid up capital.
It reported a net profit of Rs1,906 crore on a turnover of Rs7,914 core in 2011-12.
The net worth of the company is Rs25,428 crore.
Sources said prior to listing, four independent directors will be appointed in the company board to comply with the SEBI's listing norm of having equal number of executive and non-executive directors.
NPCIL board currently consists of five functional directors, including the chairman and managing director, and two government nominee directors. It has three independent directors.
The Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines has not paid salary to most of its 4,000 employees since May
Mumbai: Having failed to receive their salaries for May, pilots from Kingfisher Airlines have now threatened to approach Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA) if the management did not meet the commitment by Friday even as the regulator maintained that the issue is out of its purview, reports PTI.
"We have written to the airline's chief executive that if our salaries are not paid by today we will approach the DGCA to intervene in the issue," airline sources said.
The airline has not paid salary to most of its 4,000 employees since May.
The pilots' threat comes after the management, which had assured the employees that their three months' salaries, out of the seven months, will be paid in tranches by Diwali.
The airline, which is grounded since 1st October after its pilots and engineers went on strike demanding payment of dues, has temporarily lost its flying license.
However, the airline managed to convince the employees to end their agitation by assuring them that their three-month dues (March to May) will be remitted in three instalments by Diwali.
Subsequently, the agitation was called off on 24th October.
Meanwhile, a highly-placed DGCA official told PTI, "Payment of salary is an internal issue which the management and employees will have to sort out among themselves. Our concern is safety and we have already temporarily suspended the airline's flying license on this count."
The official, however, said that these issues will definitely be taken into consideration when the airline submits its revival plan.
"The employees should approach the appropriate authorities such as labour court or any other such institution to get the issue resolved," he added.
The airline has been told by the aviation regulator that its license will be revoked only when it submits a comprehensive revival plan and after taking views of all the stakeholders. .
Kingfisher has been grounded since 1st October and on 19 of the same month, the regulator suspended its flying licence.
The airline has a bank credit of Rs7,000 crore and the unpaid interest since January this year thereon, apart from over Rs10,000 crore of accumulated losses since the launch in May 2005.
The 17 lenders, led by State Bank of India, had set 30th November deadline to bring in additional capital infusion to the tune of at least Rs5,000 crore as a precondition to consider the airline's request for more working capital loan.
However, as of now there is no word from the company about the bankers' demand.
The apex court asked state governments of Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi and Puducherry to file their response within four weeks
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to explain the circumstances under which its police arrested two girls from Palghar in Thane district for posting comments on Facebook on the 18th November shutdown for Shiv Sena leader Balasaheb Thackeray's funeral, reports PTI.
"The Maharashtra government is directed to explain the circumstances under which the two girls - Shaheen Dhada and Rinu Shrinivasan - were arrested for posting comments made by them on Facebook," a bench comprising Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice J Chelameswar said.
The bench asked the state government to file its response within four weeks on the public interest litigation filed by a Delhi student, Shreya Singhal.
The bench also made as parties the governments of West Bengal and Puducherry where similar incidents had happened in the recent past.
It also issued notice to the Delhi government along with them and sought their response within four weeks and posted the matter for hearing after six weeks.
Attorney General GE Vahanvati, whose assistance was sought by the court, said, "Please examine section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and I will assist the court on this issue."
The AG also referred to the guidelines which say that cases to be registered under the provision of the IT Act has to be decided by senior police officials of the ranks of DGP (Director General of Police) for cases pertaining to rural areas and IGP (inspector-general of police) for metros.
"This can't be done by the head of the police stations," the AG said, adding that this was a matter which required the court's consideration.
Meanwhile, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Shreya, sought a direction from the apex court that no cases be registered across the country unless such complaints are seen and approved by the DGP of the state concerned.
During the hearing, the Attorney General said that the arrest of the two Palghar-based girls was unjustified but it does not mean that section 66A should be done away with as the provision was well intended.
Rohatgi said that the provision of the IT Act, which gives power to arrest, is "wholly unconstitutional" and needed to be done away with.
"The provision is unconstitutional. Of course, it would be decided by the Supreme Court," he said, adding that a direction to all the states was required that no case be registered under this provision unless the complaint is seen and approved by the DGP concerned of the state as "the law and order is a state subject and unless there is some kind of order from this court, this (abuse of the provision) may not stop."
There are thousands of police stations in the country and, hence an order from this court is needed, Rohatgi said, to which the bench said that all police stations are not alike.
Meanwhile, some other civil rights group and NGOs submitted to the court that they be also allowed to intervene as parties to the ongoing hearing on this issue.
"Not only one section, there are other provisions of the Act and the rules which are unconstitutional," Prashant Bhushan said, while seeking to intervene as a party.
Rohatgi said, "I have no objection if a person is allowed to intervene..."
On Thursday, while agreeing to hear the public-interest litigation (PIL) seeking amendments to the IT Act, the bench had said, "The way the little children were arrested, it outraged the sentiments of the people of the country. The way these things had been taking place needs consideration."
The petitioner, Shreya, in her plea, has contended that "the phraseology of Section 66A of the IT Act, 2000 is so wide and vague and incapable of being judged on objective standards, that it is susceptible to wanton abuse and, hence falls foul of Article 14, 19 (1)(a) and Article 21 of the Constitution."


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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Michael Phelps, the 18-time Olympic swim champion arrested last week for drink driving, was banned for six months by USA Swimming and dropped from the 2015 World Championships.
Monday's punishments came six days after Phelps was apprehended by police in his hometown of Baltimore and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, excessive speed and crossing the centre line while driving inside a tunnel.
On Sunday, Phelps said on Twitter that he would be taking a break from swimming and "take some time away to attend a programme" for treatment of unspecified personal issues.
In announcing sanctions against the Olympic superstar, USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus said Phelps' actions required "significant consequences."
"Michael has publicly acknowledged the impact of his decisions, his accountability especially due to his stature in the sport and the steps necessary for self-improvement," Wielgus said.
"We endorse and are here to fully support his personal development actions."
The discipline meted out, which includes forfeiture of Phelps' funding from the federation for six months, is based on USA Swimming rules that prohibit conduct "detrimental to the image or reputation" of USA Swimming or the sport.
Phelps will still be allowed to train with his club, but cannot compete in USA Swimming-sanctioned competitions through March 6, 2015.
According to the federation, Phelps has agreed that he will not represent the United States at the World Championships on August 2-9 in Kazan, Russia.
The worlds were expected to provide a key measure of whether Phelps' comeback had him on course to challenge for more Olympic gold at Rio in 2016.
The 29-year-old retired after the 2012 London Olympics with a record 22 Olympic medals, but launched a comeback earlier this year.