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Evergreen Helicopters sold to Erickson Air-Crane
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Evergreen Aviation has agreed to sell off its subsidary Evergreen Helicopters Inc. to Portland-based Erickson Air-Crane Inc. in a deal that could top out at $276 million, it was announced Tuesday.
The Evergreen family of companies has seen a spate of lawsuits in recent months, alleging failure to pay bills, and has had its credit sharply downgraded by Standard & Poor's, and Moody's, and in 2012, paid employees late on multiple occasions.
Erickson went public last year and operates a fleet of 14 heavy-lift helicopters. With its purchase of Evergreen helicopters, the company will add 64 aircrafts to its fleet, consisting of both helicopters and fixed-wing airplanes. The fleet serves customers around the world, with a current presence in North America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.
Under terms of the deal, which is expected to close during the second quarter of this year, Evergreen helicopters will be acquired for $185 million in cash, $17.5 million in unsecured promissory notes issued by Erickson Air-Crane and about four million preferred shares of Erickson Air-Crane, valued at $47.5 million. An additional $26.3 million may be paid to Evergreen, contingent on certain revenue targets for the calendar years 2013, 2014 and 2015.
The sale marks the departure of Evergreen Aviation's founding business. Owner Delford Smith founded Evergreen Helicopters in 1960.
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Not just a gorgeous garden in summer, BBG becomes more of a cultural than botanic destination every year. From vintage parties to members' picnics, plant shopping days to the annual cherry blossom celebration, this is not to be missed. A romantic date!
GORGEOUS!!!!. I love the botanical gardens. I love goingto the garden on the weekends. An oasis in Brooklyn
you HAVE to go here at least once. – one of the most beautiful Botanical gardens - I can't wait for spring. Make sure you go to the scent garden and smell the chocolate peppermint. Feed the fish in the japanese meditation garden, and enjoy an indoor rain forrest too - bring the kids - there's plenty of room for them to run around.
Great reprieve! – If you're looking for that perfect afternoon away from the city... without having to travel - this is it! Sit down, relax, breathe in, play with the koi. Be alone, be with friends, be with family. Just simply be. This place is such a gift, and makes me love Brooklyn to the core.
Botanical Gardens – Springa nd summer times beautiful plants, ;eaves,a nd flowers grow, especially by the river. I saw occasionally bunny rabbits here which shocked me for a place like Brooklyn which has nature. This is located in prospect park. I like the lillys in the ponda nd gift shop where they have clothes, books, souvineers,a nd buts beex wax lip balm. The cherry blossoms are awesome and food is expensive here. Lots of insects so bring deoderant, and a nice fresh small from the flowers. Beware of bees!!!!!!!!
GORGEOUS!!!! – I love the botanical garden, because it takes u away from the concrete jungle of BROOKLYN..its soothing, romantic array of organic flowers are absolutely breathtaking. I love goin to the garden on the weekends with my fiance' and our children...because they get to pick the type of flowers they want to take home and plant in our own garden. I would recommend anyone go just for a romantic outing or just to get some solitude. Its also PERFECT for weddings
Strolling under the wisteria-covered bowers is one of the great joys of a New York City spring. – Overview
Not to be confused with the New York Botanical Garden, the BBG occupies 52 green acres right next to Prospect Park. In addition to more than 10,000 different kinds of plants in its outdoor and indoor collections, the garden is renowned for its C.V. Starr Bonsai Museum, one of the oldest and largest collection of the dwarf potted trees in the country. The nation's first Garden for the Blind is filled with dozens of brilliantly scented and textured plants. One of the garden's main attractions for spring is its more than 220 cherry trees; with more than 40 different varieties, it's the largest collection in one area. There's also an assortment of ice cream treats in the snack bar.
The garden offers a wide assortment of classes related to gardening, including a certificate in horticulture, gardening and landscaping workshops, health, herbs and cooking classes, crafts, trips, family programs, art classes and more.
Just Gorgeous! – What else can I say? This place is just breathtaking. No matter which path you take you are in for a beautiful esthetic treat. Perfect location for Wedding photos, or a wedding ceremony. Perfect for a little escape from the concrete jungle. Check out the Japenese garden!
Lotta Green for a Little Green – On Saturdays until noon and on Tuesdays all day, you can get in for free but for the forgetful (What day is it, again?), a mere $3 admission opens the gates to this evergreen respite from city living on every other day of the week. I make an annual pilgrimage for the Christmas tree lights decorations in the winter, but summer is the opportune time for strolling through The Cranford Rose Garden which has over 1,000 varieties to see...and smell. Be sure to gambol down the Celebrity Path which honors Brooklynites like Woody Allen, Isaac Asimov, and Stephanie Mills--to name a few. Interactive types will find classes in composting, floral arranging and landscape architecture. This Garden may look like the perfect place for a picnic but the single area where eating is permitted is the Terrace Cafe. The food isn't that good there. I'd advocate eating beforehand.
Brooklyn's Secret Garden – Right off Grand Army Plaza, this spectacular garden offers an enormous variety of vegetation, from the traditional florals and arched trees (perfect for wedding settings) to the exotics inside in the conservatory, there's something to please every aesthetic palate. (Plus, for DIYers, there's an extensive plant shop on the premises.) Whether you're looking for a contemplative stroll in the beauties of nature or just a way to walk off that barbeque without getting bored, the Garden's the perfect weekend walk.
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Medina Journal-Register — YATES — Erosion of Lake Ontario's shoreline is not going away, but one municipality's oversight of efforts to prevent land loss is set to disappear.
The Town of Yates will hold a public hearing at the town board's March 14 meeting on a repeal of a decades-old local law which set a permitting process for rip-raps, seawalls and stabilization methods.
The requirements in town's existing permit process, established in the 1980s, have been overtaken by requirements for mandated New York State Department of Environmental Conservation approval. Approval is also needed from the Army Corps of Engineers.
"The local law worked fine, but there's more environmental review now," Councilman Stephen Freeman said. "We can write up the review and if they don't like it they start over."
Freeman said that has caused duplication of the work that residents have to do to shore up consistently shrinking properties.
"You can lose a foot each year," Freeman, who lives near lake, explained.
The town's planned local law repeal would remove one step in the process, as residents could go directly to the DEC for a permit. That could prove beneficial if lakeshore property owners need to act fast in response to proposed lake management policies.
"If (the International Joint Commission's) Plan Bv7 goes into effect, everyone on the lake is in trouble, and we'd be caught in the middle of it," Freeman noted.
The town board met Thursday and approved a refinancing of five municipal bonds, a move that Supervisor John Belson said would drop the interest rate for the $1.8 million in bonds by a percentage point.
Belson said those bonds, issued between 1997 and 2003 for municipal infrastructure projects, are all set to run for another 20 to 30 years.
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection is a test to look at the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
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Spinal tap; Ventricular puncture; Lumbar puncture; Cisternal puncture; Cerebrospinal fluid culture
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Have I mentioned this before? Certainly the lip balm, which is not waxy, super-light and luscious and will cure any dryness you have (at $11, it had better!) and now, I'm on to the Rose Day Creme which moisturizes and even, dare I say, tightens and refines the skim. It's higher on the spectrum of their moisturizers, but it's really not greasy and it does absolute wonders. (about $30).
Once I heard that the crops are grown in a small plot in Germany and the workers mediate over them. You sort of feel that way as they are sinking into your skin: home grown herbs, clean, permeable oils and good intentions. It works!
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I'm experiencing a shift for a few reasons; and this is not what I intended to do with my life. I've kept it going because I love knowing that I have been connecting with thousands of people who actually take the time to read what I have to say and appreciate (or roll their eyes) at what I think. Thank you so much for returning, day after day.
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The 1st OVI at the Battle of Chickamauga
The following information was taken from Ohio in the War concerning the 1st OVI and its part in the Battle of Chickamauga. On the afternoon of September 13, 1863, the 1st OVI was recalled from Broomtown Valley. They crossed the Lookout … Continue reading
Robert Patterson Rejoins the 61st OVI
As was reported earlier, Robert Patterson was severely wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in early May 1863. It is unknown where he traveled for treatment, but by September 1863 he was at Camp Cleveland, Ohio. Camp Cleveland was Cleveland's … Continue reading
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The 1st OVI and the Chickamauga Campaign
On August 16, 1863, the Army of the Cumberland, under the command of Major General William S. Rosecrans, began to move towards Chattanooga, Tennessee. The army was divided into three columns to move through the mountain gaps to take Chattanooga and … Continue reading
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The weather was kind to Anaheim, California, on July 17, 1955. So kind, in fact, that the heels of women's shoes got stuck in the warm asphalt. Anything other than sunshine would have been an insult to the opening of America's latest Shangri-La: Disneyland, or, as its creator called it, "the happiest place on Earth." On that day, if you believe one estimate, as many as twenty-eight thousand people poured through the gates, with seventy million more, about half the population of the country, watching the event on television. Walt Disney had already conquered TV through "Disneyland," which was broadcast every week on ABC, and that day the Mouseketeers, Disney's troupe of performing children, danced live for the public, wearing their black skullcaps with rounded ears—the most recognizable corporate headgear after that of the Playboy Bunnies. The broadcast was hosted by three celebrities, who, just to double the delirium, played hopscotch through the crowds around the park. One of them was the movie star Ronald Reagan.
Once upon a time, in "Bambi," Disney had sought to catch the living soul of nature on film. Now he was leaving it for dead. Within three years, his new monument would outstrip Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon as a tourist draw. His attention was turning to grander but more manageable things, as if the batting of a doe's eyelashes, or little April showers going drip-drip-drop, were no longer quite suited, or satisfying, to a man of the world. His ambitions rose, and with them went the plaudits of his followers; in 1962, Lillian and Dorothy Gish, two of the patron saints of Hollywood, travelled to Oslo to argue that Disney should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Even now, forty years after his death, the slight figure of Walt himself is almost impossible to pick out from the parti-colored throng of movie clips, projects, and moral tendencies that march under the banner of "Walt Disney." Say the name to most people and you know what will flash onto their mind's eye: unashamedly bright hues, flying elephants, singing bears, corporate dominance, happy endings, and a helping of values that slip down as easily as ice cream. How did we arrive at this blinding apotheosis? One attempt at an answer, the most comprehensive to date, is provided by Neil Gabler, in "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination" (Knopf; $35). Gabler takes more than eight hundred pages to tell and note his tale, which sounds excessive, but then Disney himself was a model of unflagging thoroughness, and, as Thumper would say, if you can't do nice annotations, then don't do nuthin' at all.
He was born Walter Elias Disney, on December 5, 1901, in Chicago. His father, Elias, was at that time a carpenter, and the first Disney-like note in the story is struck when we learn that Elias built the wooden cottage on Tripp Avenue in which his son was born. He helped to construct two more dwellings nearby, and you half expect to hear that one of them was rented out to dwarfs. One of the problems for Gabler, as for any biographer of Disney, is that he can hardly start to recount the exploits of his subject without sounding like the narrator of a Disney TV show. When Walt was four, he and his family moved to Marceline, Missouri, where, in Gabler's words, he
often spent languid afternoons fishing with the neighbor boys for catfish and bowheads in Yellow Creek and skinny-dipping afterward. In the winter they would go sledding or skating on the frozen creek, building a bonfire on the shore to keep warm. Sometimes Walt would tag after Erastus Taylor, a Civil War veteran, who would relive his battle exploits. ("I don't think he ever was in a battle in the Civil War," Walt later said, "but he was in all of them.")
That last quotation drills us straight to the core of Disney's appeal. Far from chiding the old man for his fabrications, he is fondly and supportively amused. To be gripped by a story, especially one that is trawled from the past, is everything. To realize that it might not be true, or that it might have been blown up out of all proportion, is no big deal. Changing its proportions, in fact, could be just the ticket, because what are fables if not stories that have been lofted out of the reach of regular experience, no longer scratchable by the quibbles of common sense? As for blowing up, there is no better method for showing an image to a crowd—taking a mouse-size mouse, say, and throwing it onto a screen, where it assumes the dimensions, and some of the pluckier habits, of a man.
Marceline educated Disney. It taught him how to cherish good times, as if preparing them to be the objects of a later nostalgia. Was it really the case that when Buffalo Bill came to town he stopped his buggy mid-parade and asked the young Walt to join him? Did crusty old "Doc" Sherwood really give Walt a nickel for sketching his horse, Rupert? Another version of the story, cited by Gabler, has the doctor hanging the finished picture on the wall. Either way, Disney had done his first piece of business as an artist, and, according to his older brother Roy, it remained "the highlight of Walt's life." There would never be a time, indeed, when art was not a business, although what attracted Walt, throughout his career, was not so much the money that people traded for his art (that would be Roy's territory) as the eager numbers in which they came to view it, as if reassuring its creator that his dreams were just like theirs. Disney was hardly alone in locating bliss in some lost zone of childhood, and in striving to reconstruct it in the movies; without that primary impulse we would have no Andy Hardy, no "Meet Me in St. Louis," no "Citizen Kane." Disney taught the world to look back without anger, and he traced that look to a horse. Rupert was his Rosebud.


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The mission of the ABI is to engage the U.S. business community on legislative policies that foster foreign direct investment in Africa, to facilitate trade between the United States and African countries, and to introduce U.S. companies to the continent's vast economic opportunities. The biggest obstacles to economic engagement across Africa are the unknown and perceived risks. The ABI's job is to help companies mitigate these risks through advocacy and access and by identifying investment opportunities. Under ABI's leadership, sector task forces, made up of U.S. corporate representatives, will engage key members of Congress, the Administration, and foreign governments in strategic dialogues to foster private sector engagement.
As an advocate for U.S. business throughout the hemisphere, the U.S. Chamber's Americas works closely with members, governments, multilateral institutions, and American Chambers of Commerce to promote a wide range of hemispheric trade and investment initiatives and to resolve specific commercial and regulatory challenges in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada.
The Council is the principal forum for the development of basic antitrust policy priorities. An effective and balanced system of antitrust laws and regulations is critical to ensuring the efficient operation of our free market system. Our system performs best if it rests on a sound understanding of business realities in a global economy and a strong commitment to eliminating unproductive, anticompetitive objectives that reduce competitiveness. The Council works to promote the fundamental principles of our free enterprise economy and recognizes that the free market system is essential to ensuring a vibrant and productive economy.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Asia Department gives voice to policies that help American companies compete and prosper in Asia's dynamic marketplace. The regional expertise of the Asia staff, coupled with the full weight of the U.S. Chamber, allows companies to actively shape policy debates in Asia and in Washington. The Chamber helps companies gain greater access to senior government officials and corporate representatives in a way few organizations can.
Reporting to the International Policy Committee, convening as needed, the task force focuses on matters such as China's compliance with its World Trade Organization obligations, FTAs in force (Australia, Singapore) or under consideration in the region (Korea), expansion of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) integration, and ongoing market access and commercial relations issues across the entire region. The task force also focuses on intellectual property issues of particular importance to U.S. companies operating in this region, including the compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals in Thailand.
For more than 50 years, leading association executives have gathered under the banner of the U.S. Chamber's Association Committee of 100 (C100) to network, build partnerships, and discuss current issues. The committee also helps determine the benefits and services offered to association members. C100 members gain access to all exclusive programming the Chamber offers including invitations to: Two meetings per year in major cities or at resorts that showcase the best of their accommodations, meeting facilities, and trade show capabilities. These events deliver leadership development through high-impact seminars with business experts and leading authors, discussions on pressing policy issues, and CEO-to-CEO breakout sessions. Association Lecture Series co-hosted by Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau. C100 Lunch Series hosted by committee members. Issue briefings with the Chamber's lobbyists and regulatory experts as well as access to Chamber policy committees. If you're interested in having a seat on C100 or would like more information, contact Raymond P. Towle, IOM, CAE, at email@example.com or call 202-463-5853.
America faces big challenges. A sluggish recovery. Rising taxes. Falling incomes. Exploding deficits. An ever-expanding federal government. How do we get out of this mess? There is only one path forward that will restore America's economic vitality, create opportunity, and put Americans back to work—and that is free enterprise. Our economic system has allowed us to build the single greatest engine of growth and shared prosperity that the world has ever known. Free enterprise enables many not only to "dream big" but to fulfill their dreams. But we must allow it to work its wonders—to create opportunity and foster innovation, not rely on big government. That's why the U.S. Chamber started the Campaign for Free Enterprise, a nationwide effort to support the ideals that advance economic growth and create jobs. Through special programs, public engagement, and youth outreach, the campaign highlights free enterprise policies, people, and programs that create opportunity, foster innovation, and support the greatest economy on earth.
The U.S. Chamber is establishing a Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation, with offices in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., to better meet the needs of its tech members around the country, and to tell the story that America's economic future can be even brighter than its past if we make the right policy choices.
Over the last 50 years, the U.S. capital markets have been the most attractive and best performing in the world, and this has provided the United States with tremendous economic advantages. Unfortunately, more than three years after the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, companies and markets face an environment with changing rules, shifting advice, new layers of cost, and duplicative compliance and bureaucracy. The Center's mission is simple: foster investment and growth in the U.S. economy and ensure the long-term viability and health of our capital markets.
The Center for International Private Enterprise is an independent, non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. As one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy, CIPE promotes democratic and market-oriented economic reform by working directly with the private sector in developing countries.
The Center for Women in Business (CWB) promotes and empowers women business leaders to achieve their personal and professional goals by increasing opportunities for women to serve on corporate boards and in the C-suite; mentoring women in the early stages of their careers or re-entering the workforce; and building a network of women entrepreneurs to encourage peer-to-peer networking, education, and professional growth.
the perspectives and needs of chambers and their members to the U.S. Chamber. CCC100 members attend two exclusive meetings each year on leadership, policy, and best practices. Identifying emerging issues that will impact chambers and their members, CCC100 advises the U.S. Chamber on programs and services for chambers and provides feedback on policy-related issues. View list of Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100 members.
The Chamber's China team helps bolster the U.S.-China economic and commercial relationship in a number of key areas and industries, including intellectual property rights, capital markets, and environmental reform. The China program addresses challenges in the emerging areas of Chinese standards, competition, government procurement, and patent policies. It conducts programs with Chinese and U.S. government, corporate, and association stakeholders on the important role of American business in China's efforts to build an innovative economy. The China program works to build a platform to facilitate sustained dialogue and information sharing between U.S. and Chinese stakeholders in the area of corporate citizenship. The China program manages a Greater China Initiative, consisting of an array of programs, including dialogues such as the Hong Kong-United States Business Council, and activities focused on increasing trade and investment between the United States, Taiwan, and Mongolia.
The Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC) addresses societal issues that affect business, including globalization, community development, disaster response, and more.
The council was established in 2007 by the U.S. Chamber to highlight and strengthen the importance of mid-market businesses to legislators, policymakers and regulators in Washington, D.C., and to amplify their collective voice on a wide range of policy issues. The council serves as the primary vehicle through which mid-market business leaders provide input to formulate and advance the U.S. Chamber's strong pro-business agenda. Visit the Corporate Leadership Advisory Council Website Homepage.
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The U.S. Chamber's Economic and Tax Policy Division focuses its work on advancing policies that create jobs and foster economic growth. Our division is committed to pro-growth tax policies that preserve America's global competitiveness and is opposed to tax increases that reduce businesses' ability to grow, invest, and create jobs. We believe a successful economy depends on a tax code that rewards achievement, encourages investment, and promotes growth. Below you will find links to our policy objectives and accomplishments, recent Hill communications, and other relevant materials.
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This committee (EETC) directs Chamber policy relating to all issues that affect education and workforce development policy, including workforce development preparation, Pre-K - 12 education reform, postsecondary education, career and technical education, incumbent worker training, and lifelong learning, among others. The committee's existing policy statements will guide the Chamber's work on issues related to workforce and education. However, EETC is committed to a flexible policy making process, allowing for policy directives that are congruent with Congressional action on education and workforce issues. The committee also will explore other policies as identified that relate to education and workforce development policy. The EETC, along with the Board of Directors for the Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW), will advise the work of the ICW.
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The Environment & Agriculture Committee develops Chamber policy related to the environment, agriculture, chemicals and water. Specifically, the committee is responsible for the development of policies (other than the Clean Air Act and Climate Change) concerning the regulation of environmental quality, water quality, superfund, solid waste, food safety and nanotechnology to ensure that these regulations are efficiently undertaken and based on sound science and the best data available, consider actual health risks, and avoid unnecessary burdens. The committee advocates for an effective environmental policy that does not harm the economy, and works to promote regulatory reforms and other safeguards against regulatory abuses by administrative agencies. Donald Sterhan, President & CEO, Mountain Plains Equity Group, Inc. chairs this committee. The committee's Vice Chair is David Kepler, Executive Vice President, The Dow Chemical Company. Read more about the Chamber's 2013 accomplishments and 2014 priorities.
The Environment, Technology & Regulatory Affairs Division develops, implements, and advocates U.S. Chamber policy on issue areas of vital importance to the business community: environment, energy, natural resources, food safety, biotechnology, agriculture, technology, and regulatory processes.
The Chamber's Europe team champions a pro-business agenda in foreign capitals, international organizations, and multilateral forums in Europe and Washington to expand commercial opportunities for members by advancing open and competitive markets, economic growth, and transatlantic cooperation.
Reporting to the International Policy Committee, the task force focuses on issues of relevance to U.S. business in Europe and Eurasia, including U.S.-European Union and U.S. bilateral commercial relations, EU legislative and regulatory developments affecting U.S. trade and investment in Europe, the European legal environment, regulatory cooperation in the transatlantic market and international organizations, access to Turkey, Russia and the former Soviet Union markets, development of regional trade regimes in the Caspian/Black Sea region, and unilateral U.S. economic sanctions. The task force also focuses on intellectual property challenges of particular importance to U.S. companies operating in this region.
To meet the serious criminal and policy threats facing innovators, IP-based industries, and consumers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce created the Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC), which is leading a worldwide effort against the assault on IP.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation (GRC) seeks to align trade, regulatory, and competition policy in support of open and competitive markets.
The Government Operations, Oversight & Consumer Affairs Committee has broad responsibility for the federal government's regulatory and information collection processes, as well as the procedural operation of government agencies and consumer affairs. The committee is also responsible for developing and carrying out policy on regulatory process reform, regulatory review, and other proposals directed at taming the growth and reducing the burden of federal regulations (including regulatory flexibility, paperwork reduction, information quality regulatory accountability and cost/benefit legislation). Another primary function is to complement other Chamber policy committees -- deferring to the substantive expertise of others, in providing another avenue for ensuring that the proper review processes are followed, and that federal regulatory activities are necessary and the least burdensome alternatives for implementing federal regulations are adopted. The Committee also monitors the oversight activities of Congress. Harry Alford, President & CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce chairs this committee. Read more about the Chamber's 2013 accomplishments and 2014 priorities.
Hiring Our Heroes (HOH), a program of the U.S. Chamber Foundation, is a nationwide initiative to help veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment.
The purpose of the U.S. Chamber Institute for 21st Century Energy is to unify energy stakeholders and policymakers behind a common strategy to ensure that America's supply of fuel and power is adequate, stable, and affordable, while protecting national security, and improving the environment.
The mission of the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) is to reduce excessive and frivolous litigation while restoring fairness and balance to the nation's civil justice system by promoting civil justice reform through legislative, political, judicial and educational activities at both the national and local levels.
Institute for Organization Management (IOM) is a professional development program designed for nonprofit management.
The U.S. Chamber's International Affairs Division advocates for free enterprise, competitive markets, and rules-based trade and investment as the path to opportunity and prosperity for all. The Division's staff of 70 regional and policy experts advances these principles before the U.S. and foreign governments as it works to shape trade and investment policies and help companies succeed in international markets.
This committee develops the Chamber's international policy positions and recommendations. This includes review of critical choices facing the U.S. business community as Congress and the Administration consider such matters as negotiation of multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements, the World Trade Organization's impact on U.S. commercial interests, new efforts to remove foreign trade barriers, changes in various U.S. trade laws and trade development programs, and various "domestic" issues that bear directly on U.S. international competitiveness.
The committee develops Chamber policy and programs on a wide range of labor and employment issues, including: employment nondiscrimination, minimum wage and wage-hour, occupational safety and health, immigration, labor-management relations, union corporate/strategic campaigns, workplace privacy, work-family issues and leave mandates, and emerging international labor policy issues. The committee guides and assists the Chamber's efforts to craft sound labor and employment policies in the interest of our members and their employees. It also assists our efforts to counterbalance the efforts of other groups advocating the erosion of management rights. This committee has a number of active subcommittees. They are: Wage, Hour, and Leave; Immigration; Equal Employment Opportunity; Occupational Safety and Health; International Perspectives; and National Labor Relations Act.
The Labor, Immigration & Employee Benefits Division facilitates the use of two policy committees (Labor Relations Committee and Employee Benefits Committee) composed of Chamber members that formulate and analyze the Chamber's policy in the areas of labor law, immigration, pension and health care. The Division regularly interacts with Congressional staff, numerous Federal agencies and many national coalitions (some of which are chaired by the Chamber) to help define and shape national labor, immigration and employee benefit policy.
The U.S. Chamber-led Let's Rebuild America (LRA) initiative is the Chamber's response to America's infrastructure challenge—keep up with what the business community demands or U.S. economic productivity and global competitiveness will suffer. Chaired by Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue, LRA advocates for the need to maintain, modernize, and expand our nation's infrastructure.
The National Chamber Litigation Center (NCLC), the public-policy law firm of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, plays a major role in shaping public policy on important legal questions of national concern to American business while achieving long-range improvements in the legal system.
American business has a multifaceted stake in a strong national defense and a homeland security policy that safeguards Americans while also protecting their mobility, their freedom and their way of life. If terrorism or the threat of it chokes off our ability to move people and goods in a global economy, we will pay a tremendous price in growth and prosperity.
The National Security Task Force is responsible for the development and advancement of Chamber policy related to homeland security and national security. Chaired by Governor Tom Ridge (the first Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security) the Task Force is comprised of over 170 companies, associations, and state and local chambers, represents a broad spectrum of the American economy the Task Force engages Capitol Hill, the administration and international governments to advance priorities related to cyber security, supply chain, customs and trade facilitation, public private partnerships and emergency preparedness. The Task Force's working groups on Cyber Security and Global Supply Chain Security identify current and emerging issues, craft policies and aggressively pursue reforms through advocacy. Among the top priorities include: promoting effective supply chain, customs and trade facilitation policies that support the free movement of goods in the global supply chain to enhance U.S. global competitiveness and engaging policymakers to focus on collaboration, flexibility, and cost reduction as both industry and the administration work to develop a cybersecurity framework.
The U.S. Chamber is one of Washington's most influential advocacy organizations. It is an institution in its own right, having celebrated its 100th anniversary in April 2012. Today, more than ever, Washington needs to hear the voice of the American business community to ensure a balanced policy agenda that keeps our economy growing and puts millions of Americans back to work. As part of its efforts to reflect the rich and diverse nature of the American economy, the Chamber is launching the Native American Enterprise Initiative (NAEI) to promote the interests and agenda of tribes and tribal entrepreneurs.
The Political Affairs and Federation Relations division is responsible for the Chamber's national political, grassroots, and election-related activities, including its advocacy and membership programs. Political Affairs and Federation Relations manages relationships with state and local chambers of commerce, trade associations and small businesses and has a membership presence in every state across the country. The division's political program is focused on electing or re-electing pro-business candidates to Congress. That goal is supported by the grassroots and lobbying program to promote policy that positively affects businesses and the economy.
This Council provides a forum for Chamber members to identify, recommend, and develop policy priorities and proposals that simplify the government contracting process and facilitate greater private sector involvement in providing the public sector with goods and services. Through the Council's activities, the Chamber continues to promote an efficient, streamlined procurement process that is beneficial to both the private and public sectors. Government Contracting Policies
This committee is comprised of approximately 70 members from across the country who represent Fortune 500, mid-size and small businesses, chambers and associations. The primary goal of the committee is to oversee the Chamber's involvement in federal elections. This includes candidate recruitment, endorsements, press conferences, candidate Meet & Greets, PAC development, candidate fundraisers, and get-out-the-vote programs. Additionally, the committee oversees legislative and regulatory issues that involve federal elections such as Campaign Finance Reform, Term Limits, and Federal Election Commission Rules.
Small businesses account for three-quarters of all new jobs in this country and embody the spirit of innovation, entrepreneurship and individual initiative. Because of the U.S. Chamber's key role in ensuring our country's growth and prosperity, it has launched U.S. Chamber Small Business Nation. U.S. Chamber Small Business Nation is a community that was founded on the open exchange of information and ideas, while creating the opportunity for small businesses to speak with a unified voice. Bringing together America's small businesses – the engine of economic growth – will strengthen individual endeavors while amplifying the collective voice of business.
The South Asia team promotes trade and investment opportunities for U.S. companies in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Our team works closely with Chamber members and government officials from the U.S. and respective countries in this region to advocate market-oriented reforms and strengthen commercial ties and American engagement in South Asia. Our staff advances the policy priorities of Chamber members through joint programs with leading business organizations, including AmChams and leadings local chambers of commerce of countries of this region.
The Chamber's Southeast Asia team advocates for open markets, trade and investment opportunities, and a level playing field for American businesses to compete and prosper in Southeast Asia. By engaging Chamber members both in Washington and in Southeast Asia, the recently expanded team encourages economic cooperation between countries in the region and strengthens coordination on issues of strategic importance to U.S. business, including intellectual property protection, free trade agreements, and regional economic integration. mber's Southeast Asia team advocates for open markets, trade and investment opportunities, and a level playing field for American businesses to compete and prosper in Southeast Asia. By engaging Chamber members both in Washington and in Southeast Asia, the recently expanded team encourages economic cooperation between countries in the region and strengthens coordination on issues of strategic importance to U.S. business, including intellectual property protection, free trade agreements, and regional economic integration.
The committee analyzes and recommends policy on federal tax legislative initiatives and changes to regulations, procedures, and rules issued by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. This includes initiating and reviewing proposals to promote long-term economic growth and the international competitiveness of U.S. business.
The Telecommunications & E-Commerce Committee develops Chamber policy relating to telecommunications, the Internet and e-commerce, broadcasting and mass media, and data security and privacy. Participation on the committee enables Chamber members to develop and implement these policies and interact with other members of the regulated community. Outdated laws and regulations impede U.S. technological innovation and deployment that are vital to the U.S. economy. The Chamber promotes market-based solutions, policies that foster investment in technology research and deployment, and balanced regulatory treatment of technical platforms. Ernest Green Jr., President & CEO, E&E Enterprises Global, Inc. chairs this committee. Read more about the Chamber's 2013 accomplishments and 2014 priorities.
This committee is responsible for the development and implementation of the Chamber's transportation infrastructure policy. The committee will concentrate on what must be done collectively by both the "users" and "providers" of transportation infrastructure to improve economic productivity, international competitiveness, and quality of life. Issues of concern include the following: promoting the link between transportation and economic productivity, prohibiting/reducing revenue diversion from transportation trust funds, and gaining full funding for judicious infrastructure investments.
The U.S.-Turkey Business Council is a vehicle for dialogue and engagement between American and Turkish business and governmental decision-makers. Through the Council, American and Turkish companies collaborate to establish partnerships and advocate for economic, legal, and political policies that expand bilateral trade between the United States and Turkey, open new markets to foreign direct investment, and create employment opportunities in both countries. The USTBC is a core program of the Turkey and Middle East Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The U.S. Chamber's Turkey and Middle East Affairs program is the premiere business advocacy platform for strengthening the commercial relationships between the United States and Turkey, as well as the United States and the Middle East region. Over the past year, our existing partnerships grew significantly and we increased our presence in the region - building efforts to provide input on substantive policy initiatives that drive U.S. trade and investment in the region. We launched the Middle East Commercial Center (MECC), formed the U.S.-Turkey Business Council, conducted business missions to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iraq, Bahrain, and the UAE, and hosted heads of state and senior government officials from Israel, Egypt, Bahrain, and Turkey, among others. In addition, we established 501(c)3 entities to further educate key decision makers in the public and private sectors on the MECC and the U.S.-Israel business partnership. In 2014, we will continue to lead the business community's efforts to shape policies that advance U.S. trade and investment in these countries. Our programs and initiatives will both help expand U.S. companies' access to the growing markets in Turkey and the Middle East, and attract inward investment into the United States.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce dedicated to strengthening America's long-term competitiveness by addressing developments that affect our nation, our economy, and the global business environment. USCCF presents a broad range of programs that promote a greater understanding of economic and public affairs issues.
Reporting to the International Policy Committee, convening as needed, the task force focuses on efforts to enhance competitiveness and economically integrate the Western Hemisphere (e.g., through free trade agreements such as NAFTA, DR-CAFTA, and bilateral agreements with Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Panama). It regularly contributes to policy advocacy on topics including counterfeiting and piracy, trade facilitation, and respect for contracts and private property.
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Sobering results have come back from a preliminary analysis of the rain and flooding that traumatized the Colorado Front Range this month:
Expect it again.
Yes, record rains occurred. Yes, homes were swept away and lives claimed. Yes, it was rare and, in some cases, unprecedented.
But similar rains and flooding occurred in 1935, 1938 and 1965.
Climate change was likely a bit player in this recent flood, but it could increase the frequency of such flooding in the future, according to the study, which was done by university and federal researchers.
The rain and flooding were the result of a low-pressure system that stalled over Nevada and Utah. The counterclockwise, swirling motion of the massive low pressure system swept up monsoon-like moisture from the Pacific Ocean and swung it around and into the Front Range.
Making matters worse, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico was swept into Colorado from a little farther east.
The flooding "event" lasted from Sept. 9 to 15.
The total moisture content of the atmosphere above Denver on Sept. 11 was at record levels for that month, according to the study. As a result, most of the rain that fed the flooding fell over 36 hours from the afternoon of Sept. 11 until the early morning of Sept. 13.
Boulder set records for one-day precipitation (9.08 inches), two-day (11.52 inches) and seven-day (16.9 inches). The town got more rain in two days than had it ever received for the whole month of September. Records at Boulder date to 1893.
Similar records were set elsewhere.
The study concludes that the historical record is clear — this is an area that has seen extreme flooding. What has changed most noticeably over the years is development, which has placed more people and property in harm's way.
"Severe Flooding on the Colorado Front Range September 2013, A Preliminary Assessment,'' was done by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Western Water Assessment.
CIRES is a joint institute of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado at Boulder; the Physical Science Division of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory; and the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University.
Read more about CIRES and check out the flood assessment document below.


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So it is, with much jubilation and anticipation I enter the New Year a homeowner. I have recently had the pleasure of securing my own small corner of this wonderful valley, just out of town in Lawson Hill. While the task, daunting and at times seeming without end was a rich experience, the life I look forward to living here is infinitely more so. A great many thanks go out to new friends I've made in this adventure. First to Bill and Lisa for making the transition to ownership very stress-free. I would also like to thank Andi at Community Banks, Mark my Realtor, and the Telluride Association of Realtors for all chipping in and helping me close the deal! And I could never do it without all of my "old" friends for their support along the way. Lastly I would like to thank my boss Pete who always has a cool head and steady direction, very inspiring!
So, all that being said, I guess I'll be around a little longer...
Thanks Telluride!
– Dave LeFevre


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With a huge mix of more than 90 fun characters and 15 awesome levels, The Lego Movie Videogame for PlayStation 3 is the ultimate Lego adventure!
Step into the world of Emmet on PS3, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average citizen who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world.
Guide him as he is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant - a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
The game features over 90 characters as seen in the film including Batman, Superman, the Green Ninja and Gandalf in 15 exciting levels. Smash bricks in a game environment made of LEGO.
Collect and use LEGO instruction pages to build things, and journey through fantastical worlds like Flatbush Gulch, Cloud Cuckoo Land and more.
Enjoy a brand new animation style just like in the film that simulates the movement of actual LEGO toy sets. You can also play with friends and family using easy drop-in/drop-out co-op play that features dynamic split screen.
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- Characters include Batman, Superman and Gandalf
- Smash Lego bricks and build new objects
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F1 2013 is the latest game in the award-winning Formula 1 franchise from Codemasters which has sold over 6.5 million units. The culmination of five years of experience in developing cutting edge Formula 1 titles, F1 2013 delivers a range of new features, improvements, modes and, for the first time in the series, classic content. F1 2013 features all the cars, circuits and stars from the 2013 season, allowing gamers to race as Lewis Hamilton in his Mercedes and Sergio Perez in the McLaren-Mercedes for the first time, and includes all of the new drivers, updated rules, tyre changes and remodelled handling to authentically reflect the challenge and exhilaration of racing 2013's stunning roster of Formula 1 cars.
A range of enhancements, improvements, split-screen and online multi-player plus new and returning game modes deliver the most complete simulation of a Formula 1 season in video game history. F1 2013 gives Formula 1 fans the chance experience a range of classic content in a brand new game mode introduced by legendary broadcaster Murray Walker. F1 Classics allows players to race legendary drivers in iconic cars and features two period circuits. This classic content can also be enjoyed in a range of further game modes including split-screen and online multi-player modes.
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Playstation 3 Skylanders Giants: Starter Pack
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Take a giant step towards fun with the Skylanders Giants Starter Pack complete with Portal of Power!
Skylanders Giants continues the tale of the Skylanders, frozen in our world - alive in theirs. Thousands of years ago in the Skylands, the Skylanders Giants fought giant and epic battles, but were banished to Earth.
Now a new threat is looming, an it's time to bring back the Skylanders Giants to fight alongside the Skylanders and face this new enemy together. The Skylanders Giants can throw boulders, smash holes in the ground and even move islands, and with a brand new Portal of Power to host the Giants, are you ready for new adventures?
Skylanders Giants Starter Pack includes:
- Skylanders Giants Video Game
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Dark Souls II will continue a legacy of presenting its passionate fans with the kind of unrelenting challenges that have become a hallmark of the series, while presenting devilish new obstacles for players to overcome. Built upon the foundation established by Souls series creator and Dark Souls II Supervisor, Hidetaka Miyazaki, with development helmed by FromSoftware Director Tomohiro Shibuya, Dark Souls II will feature a new hero, a new storyline, and an unfamiliar world for players to survive in, while delivering the uncompromising challenge and ultimate sense of empowerment that players hunger for. Epic battles with gruesome enemies and blood-thirsty bosses await adventurers as they traverse and conquer a devastated world filled with death and despair. Players will also discover a revamped server based multiplayer experience that will put a distinct Dark Souls II twist on the concept of playing and sharing with others. For those with enough tenacity and sheer force of will, great rewards await.
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Discover the conclusion to this epic tale with Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII for the PS3 and take direct control over iconic heroine Lightning.
Playing within a constantly moving, expansive environment, you must tackle a quest to save a doomed world from complete destruction. How will you spend your final days?
Lightning has a highly evolved range of techniques for battles and exploring her surroundings. She can also be customised with a large range of different outfits and weapons, which effects her actions and abilities as well as the way she looks.
A new battle system gives you a level of direct control over the action unlike any previous Final Fantasy game, while keeping iconic elements from throughout the series.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII's stunning graphics depict a doomed world filled with choice and diversity. But the fact it's facing total annihilation means time is tight – certain areas, missions and people are only available during selected periods, so you must decide how best to use your remaining time.
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Playstation 3 Grand Theft Auto V
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Take the ride of your life in Grand Theft Auto V for PS3.
Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V is the largest and most ambitious title in the series to date, with a world bigger than GTA 4, Red Dead Redemption and GTA San Andreas combined.
Set in the sprawling city of Los Santos and the surrounding area, Grand Theft Auto V delivers a world of unprecedented scale and detail bursting with life, from mountaintops to the depths of the ocean.
Los Santos is a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis full of self-help gurus, starlets and fading celebrities which was once the envy of the Western world, but now struggling to stay afloat in an era of economic uncertainty and cheap reality TV.
Amidst the turmoil, three very different criminals plot their own chances of survival and success: Franklin, a former street gangster, now looking for real opportunities and serious money; Michael, a professional ex-con whose retirement is a lot less rosy than he hoped it would be; and Trevor, a violent maniac driven by the chance of a cheap high and the next big score.
Running out of options, the crew risks everything in a series of daring and dangerous heists that could set them up for life.
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Playstation 3 The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Legendary Edition
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Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year awards, experience the complete Skyrim collection with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition, including the original critically-acclaimed game, official add-ons - Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn - and added features like combat cameras, mounted combat, Legendary difficulty mode for hardcore players, and Legendary skills - enabling you to master every perk and level up your skills infinitely. Key Features Live Another Life, In Another World - Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls comes to life in one legendary experience complete with added weapons, armor, spells, and shouts from all three official add-ons. Dawnguard - The Vampire Lord Harkon has returned to power. By using the Elder Scrolls, he seeks to do the unthinkable - to end the sun itself. Will you join the ancient order of the Dawnguard and stop him. Or will you become a Vampire Lord. In Dawnguard, the ultimate choice will be yours. Hearthfire - Purchase land and build your own home from the ground up - from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, and more. Use all-new tools like the drafting table and carpenter's workbench to turn stone, clay, and sawn logs into structures and furnishings. Even transform your house into a home by adopting children. Dragonborn - Journey off the coast of Morrowind, to the vast island of Solstheim.Traverse the ash wastes and glacial valleys of this new land as you become more powerful with shouts that bend the will of your enemies and even tame dragons.
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The history of the Assassin Brotherhood is one of rebellion against tyranny. The Assassins have existed since the dawn of humanity, waging a clandestine war against their ancient enemies: The Templars. Assassin's Creed® Heritage Collection includes the following 5 Assassin's Creed® games:
- Assassin's Creed®: Draw your blades as Syrian Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade.
- Assassin's Creed® II (Game of the Year Edition): Lead your Brotherhood as Ezio Audtiore in the Italian Renaissance, also containing the Battle of Forli and Bonfire of the Vanities DLCs.
- Assassin's Creed® Brotherhood: Set-up your Assassin Brotherhood in Rome to overthrow the Borgia Family.
- Assassin's Creed® Revelations: Follow in the footsteps of the legendary Altaïr in Constantinople to close the Renaissance Trilogy.
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Academy and Tony Award-winning actress known for her powerful voice and stage presence and for being the daughter of director Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland. Her films include Cabaret (1972) and Arthur (1981). Her plays include The Act (1977) and The Rink (1984). In 2003–2004, she made several appearances on Fox's comedy, Arrested Development.
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Uncombable hair syndrome
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Berkeley DB (libdb) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. It includes b+tree, queue, extended linear hashing, fixed, and variable-length record access methods, transactions, locking, logging, shared memory caching, database recovery, and replication for highly available systems. DB supports C, C++, C#, Java, PHP, and Perl APIs. It supports key-value pair (NoSQL), SQL, and Java Object formatted data. It is available for a wide variety of Unix platforms as well as QNX, Android, Mac OS X, and several varieties of Windows.
Tcl provides a portable scripting environment for Unix, Windows, and Macintosh that supports string processing and pattern matching, native file system access, shell-like control over other programs, TCP/IP networking, timers, and event-driven I/O. Tcl has traditional programming constructs like variables, loops, procedures, namespaces, error handling, script packages, and dynamic loading of DLLs. Tk provides portable GUIs on UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh. A powerful widget set and the concise scripting interface to Tk make it a breeze to develop sophisticated user interfaces.
SQLite is a small, fast, embeddable SQL database engine that supports most of SQL92, including transactions with atomic commit and rollback, subqueries, compound queries, triggers, and views. A complete database is stored in a single cross-platform disk file. The native C/C++ API is simple and easy to use. Bindings for other languages are also available.
GraphicsMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries which support reading, writing, and manipulating an image in over 90 major formats including popular formats like DPX, DICOM, BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PNG, PNM, SVG, and TIFF. A high-quality 2D renderer is included, which provides a subset of SVG capabilities. C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and Ruby are supported. Originally based on ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick focuses on performance, minimizing bugs, and providing stable APIs and ABIs. It runs on all modern variants of Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X.
BRL-CAD is a powerful constructive solid geometry solid modeling system that includes an interactive geometry editor, ray-tracing support for rendering and geometric analysis, path-tracing for realistic image synthesis, network distributed framebuffer support, and image and signal-processing tools.
Xapian is a search engine library, scalable to collections containing hundreds of millions of documents. It's written in C++ with bindings for Perl, Python, PHP, Java, Tcl, C#, Ruby, and Lua. It is a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It supports the Probabilistic Information Retrieval model and also a rich set of boolean query operators. Omega is a Web search application built upon the Xapian library. It can index a Web server's document tree (including HTML, PDF, OpenOffice, MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Works, WordPerfect, RTF, PS, etc.), or data exported from arbitrary sources (e.g. SQL databases).
SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages. SWIG is primarily used with common scripting languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl/Tk, and Ruby, however the list of supported languages also includes non-scripting languages such as C#, Common Lisp (CLISP, Allegro CL, UFFI), Java, Modula-3, OCAML, Octave, and R. Also several interpreted and compiled Scheme implementations (Guile, MzScheme, Chicken) are supported. SWIG is most commonly used to create high-level interpreted or compiled programming environments, user interfaces, and as a tool for testing and prototyping C/C++ software. SWIG can also export its parse tree in the form of XML and Lisp s-expressions.
The Enhanced TightVNC Viewer, SSVNC, adds encryption security to VNC connections. The package provides a GUI for Windows, MacOS X, and Unix that automatically starts up an STUNNEL SSL tunnel for SSL or ssh/plink for SSH connections to any VNC server and then launches the VNC Viewer to use the encrypted tunnel. On Unix and MacOS X, a VNC viewer with many new features is provided. The short name for this project is "ssvnc", for SSL/SSH VNC viewer.
Moodss is a modular monitoring application, which supports operating systems (Linux, UNIX, Windows, etc.), databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, DB2, ODBC, etc.), networking (SNMP, Apache, etc.), and any device or process for which a module can be developed (in Tcl, Python, Perl, Java, and C). An intuitive GUI with full drag'n'drop support allows the construction of dashboards with graphs, pie charts, etc., while the thresholds functionality includes emails and user defined scripts. Monitored data can be archived in a SQL database by both the GUI and the companion daemon, so that complete history over time can be made available from Web pages or common spreadsheet software. It can even be used for future behavior prediction or capacity planning, from the included predictor tool, based on powerful statistical methods and artificial neural networks.