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Solo Piano
(Volume III) - DVD Review
Piano (Volume III) /
2010 Mainya Music
/ 44 minutes
Kathy Parsons
September 13, 2010 )
Isadar: Solo
Piano, Volume 3 is the third in a series of four (so far) DVDs that
feature Isadars live performances of selections from his six
(so far) solo piano CDs and some of his music videos. Volume 3 stands
out in that some of the music is jazzier than the previous DVDs,
there are three pieces that have not yet been released on recordings,
and there is a short interview with Isadar at the end of the disc. I
love the three new pieces: Broken Valentine and The
Man Who Broke My Heart are originals to be released on an
upcoming solo piano CD called Red, and his arrangement of Liz
Storys Things With Wings. They clearly indicate
some changes in Isadars style, incorporating more jazz as well
as his always impressive playing chops and expression of deep emotion.
The music video on
this disc is Snow, from Isadars 2003 release, The
Purple Heart, an improvisational recording that honors those who lost
their lives in the 9/11/01 tragedy. As on Volumes 1 and 2, the
performances are filmed from several different angles, allowing the
viewer to really see what Isadar is doing as well as hearing it. The
overlapping video montages are especially helpful and interesting,
and I think fellow pianists will really enjoy those and find them
useful in learning Isadars sheet music.
All but one of the
tracks on this disc are original. From Near the Edge of Light
(1990): Near the Edge Of Light, Jealous Heart,
and Highway Driving. From Active Imagination
(1999): Waiting and Throwing the Dice. From The
Journey (2000): Smoke Signals, and End of the
Line. From Purple Heart (2003): Snow. From Red
: Broken Valentine and The Man Who Broke My Heart.
All four of
Isadars DVDs (so far) have been great to watch and listen to,
but Volume 3 is my favorite. Available from isadar.com
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Thousands marched in London against cuts
Tens of thousands marched through central London to protest against Government spending cuts.
Union leaders called it a building block towards a general strike.
Protests were also held in Belfast and Glasgow.
The Labour leader Ed Miliband launched a scathing attack on the Coalition Government in his address to an anti-austerity rally in Hyde Park, London.
He said: "The culture of two nations runs right across this government. They cut taxes for millionaires and raise them for ordinary people".
He made a joke at the expense of the Chancellor George Osborne who "tries to travel first class on a standard class ticket" and described the Prime Minister as "weak and clueless".
Speaking at the TUC rally Ed Miliband said: "It won't be easy choices, but they can be different choices. We can make different choices that put our young people back to work, that make our banks work for small businesses, that take real action on energy prices."
"I think what you see at this event today is a cross section of people from right across the country, who are worried about this government's approach."
Asked about a general strike Mr Miliband said: "I don't think that's the right thing to do and I don't think that's on the cards. I think what we need is a Labour government and that's what I'm going to be working for."
– Paddy Murphy of Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC)
If cuts to benefits don't kill you slowly by leaving you starving or freezing to death in winter, then massive cuts to care and support funding should finish off those the Government wrongly call "unsustainable."
After the rally, a breakaway group caused a scuffle during a smaller demonstration outside the Savoy hotel.
The scuffle began after a protester took a doorman's hat.
The top hat was later returned to him.
No one is believed to have been seriously injured during the incident.

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Shattered Peace Talks and Grinding Conflict: How U.S. Support Bolsters the Philippines' War on Dissidents
President Barack Obama with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the Oval Office on July 30, 2009.
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"Another one was killed. Another one had disappeared." Human rights violations…keep on happening without let up. In the nine (9) years of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's reign, more than a thousand are victims of extrajudicial killing and 206 forcibly disappeared. 1,099 tortured, 2,059 were illegally arrested. On the other hand, in a span of two (2) years of President Noynoy Aquino's presidency, Karapatan [1] documented 137 victims of extrajudicial killing, 14 of enforced disappearance, 72 of torture, 269 of illegal arrest. [Statement of the End of Impunity Alliance, April 25, 2013, delivered by Father REX RB. Reyes, General Secretary, National Council of Churches in the Philippines]
At the end of April 2013, barely covered in the US media, the government of the Philippines unilaterally ended peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the coalition led by the Communist Party of the Philippines, which has led an insurgency for over forty years. In violation of the protocols established for these talks, and after repeated harassment of the NDFP—including the imprisonment of several NDFP negotiators—the government of the Philippines apparently felt comfortable that it could act with impunity.
The on-going conflict in the Philippines rarely garners much interest and attention in the USA except and insofar as the issue of "terrorism" is raised. The manner in which alleged terrorism is used to describe the conflicts in the Philippines tells one a great deal about the motives of the Philippine government and their US government supporters.
The insurgency led by the Communist Party of the Philippines, its military wing (the New People's Army) and the NDFP can be understood as the continuation of an on-going conflict that commenced when the US illegally annexed the Philippines at the end of the Spanish-American War (1898). An indigenous Philippines revolutionary movement, on the verge of defeating the Spanish, was smashed by US invaders who initially presented themselves as friends of the Filipino people. In a war that cost at least 1.5 million Filipino lives, the US subjugated the population and controlled it outright until 1946, at which point the country received nominal independence. This was followed by another guerrilla insurgency against the neo-colonial regime in Manila, initiated by the Communist-led Hukbalahap movement [2].With the active involvement of the USA, the Huks—as they were referenced—were crushed. Corrupt regimes, very compliant with interests of the USA, followed ultimately resulting in renewed guerrilla war led by a refounded Communist Party of the Philippines. This was joined by a very separate insurgency in the southern island of Mindanao, where the largely Muslim Moro population fought for self-determination. Two main formations emerged in Mindanao, first the Moro National Liberation Front and later the split-off, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Ultimately a very strange outfit appeared that received a considerable amount of US media attention: Abu Sayyaf.
Although there was hope for peace when Corazon Aquino replaced the ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos, war continued, largely at the instigation of elements of the Philippine military who were not interested in peace with either the NDFP or the Moro insurgents in Mindanao. Peace talks have been going on between the government of the Philippines and the NDFP since the mid-1990s, but with little progress having been made. The objective of the government has been to, in essence, force the NDFP to capitulate rather than address any of the issues raised by the NDFP. Separate discussions have taken place in Mindanao, leading recently to a framework for an agreement with the MILF. During the NDFP-CPP-NPA insurgency the USA has done nothing to encourage a negotiated settlement, rather remaining a staunch supporter of succeeding Filipino governments, beginning with that of dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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Mediators May be Used to Restore Mid-City West Land Use Committee
By Josh Premako, 4/05/2012
City officials may bring in mediators to help smooth things out as the Mid-City West Community Council reboots its planning and land use committee, which had nearly all its members removed March 6.
The executive council decision to remove all members of the 12-person board — save Chair Stan Brent — came in the wake of what has been described as a contentious environment. Brent is in the midst of drafting a recommendation for new appointees.
Neighborhood councils are overseen by the city's Department of Neighborhood Empowerment. General Manager BongHwan Kim said Tuesday his department might have mediators meet with Mid-City West officials.
"Grassroots democracy can be a full-contact sport," Kim said. "We're going to see if we can facilitate a session to get along."
In a statement to the board at the council's March 13 meeting, Chair Sheryl Turner described community stakeholders and project applicants as "continually whipped around like badminton pucks among the strong personalities and personal agendas of certain members."
The Mid-City West Community Council is one of 83 certified Los Angeles neighborhood councils. Its 45-member board weighs in on community concerns including renters' issues, land use and development. About 42,000 people live within the council's boundaries.
Friction among council members is not uncommon, Kim said. In general, he said, councils are entrusted with governing themselves.
"It's really hard for us to get directly involved in the problem solving," he said.
Brent is in the midst of drawing up a plan with recommendations for new committee member appointments, which will likely go before the executive council at its next regular meeting May 1.
While the decision only requires executive council approval, Brent said it could be wise for the entire 45-member council board to review the recommendations.
"It might behoove Mid-City West to let everybody have a say," he said.
The motion to remove practically the entire committee was a surprise to some. Jim O'Sullivan, president of the Miracle Mile Residential Association, said he'd seen tempers flare at past meetings, but nothing that would call for such drastic action.
The agenda for the March 6 executive council meeting included an item referring to "updated additions/deletions and new appointments to all committees," which turned out to be nearly the entire planning committee.
On March 21, the La Brea-Willoughby Coalition submitted to the City Attorney's office a complaint and request to "cure and correct" alleged violations by the executive council of the Brown Act, the state law that governs public meetings.
The City Attorney's office did not return calls by Wednesday afternoon.
The coalition's complaint charges that the public was not properly notified in advance of the potential action that would be taken by the executive council.
Turner said the executive council's action was nothing scandalous.
"Members of the board are added and removed all year long," Turner said. "It wasn't anything out of the ordinary.
"I think everybody's just ready to let it take its course… and get a great program together."
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A lengthy update from sources for the site Comic Book Movie claims to answer a bunch of questions fans have about Zack Snyder's "Batman vs. Superman" project in the wake of the news this past weekend of the project's near year long delay. Amongst their updates:
Joaquin Phoenix is reportedly still the main favorite to play the film's primary villain Lex Luthor, with the decision now up to the actor.
Henry Cavill will sport a decidedly shorter haircut and the trademark Superman single curl, said to be similar to the look in the "Kingdom Come" comics but without the grey streak.
Ben Affleck's injury was purely a musculature rib injury, it isn't too severe, and he'll be back at full-health sometime in April. What the injury has done has made him unable to perform certain movements for the fight sequences - so a stunt double will be used.
There are numerous reasons for the delay, Affleck's injury isn't one of them. One is said to be budgetary. Part of that is talk of including a brief visit to Wonder Woman's home of Themyscira, an addition that will require massive (and costly) visual effects.
Reports of "Batman Vs. Superman" and "Justice League" being shot back-to-back are half-true - it "is being considered but no official decision has been made at this time."
Reports of a cliffhanger in the film setting up "Justice League" are "very much true". The apparently plan is rather than following the Marvel method of mid and post-credits scenes, DC will end their films with a cliffhanger setting up the next.
There's also reportedly plans to do "short films for their lesser known characters. These short films would be played at the end of each film."
In other Batman news today, the first trailer has arrived for "Son of Batman," the next film in the DC Animated Universe releases. The DVD, Blu-ray and digital release this Spring adapts Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert's 2006 storyline about Damien, a child Batman had with Talia al Ghul following a night of passion.


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The Browns signed rookie WR Owen Spencer to the practice squad on Wednesday, the club announced.
Spencer, 24, has had four prior stints with NFL clubs in his short career. He previously had been a practice-squad player with Seattle, Detroit and Minnesota. The Titans signed him as an undrafted free agent in July.
Spencer (6-3, 215) played collegiately at North Carolina State, catching 126 passes for 2,441 yards and 15 TDs in four seasons.


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About the Australian Stud Book
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The Australian Stud Book website is updated daily. All records found on this site are the property of the joint proprietors of the Australian Stud Book.
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for use of the foal image on the home page.
The Australian Stud Book Story
AJC and VRC recognise breed integrity
In the midst of a major period of growth for a fledgling nation, 1910 saw the birth of the Australian Navy, Sydney's Sun newspaper ran its first edition and the population of Australia was estimated to be just over 4.4 million people. It was also the year Comedy King won the Melbourne Cup and a time in which the Australian racing industry began to recognise the importance of documenting the bloodlines of the athletes that provided the entertainment for the country's greatest sport.
After more than 30 years of fastidious record keeping by WC Yuille and associates, the Australian Jockey Club and the Victoria Racing Club, whilst already having supported them financially for over 20 years, purchased the rights to the Australian Stud Book and became joint owners and custodians of records that have become the backbone of the Australian breeding and racing industry.
The two clubs fully subsidised the costs of producing each volume of the Australian Stud Book until 1950 at an equivalent cost of $1.5 million each. When the need to support operational costs became evident an annual fee for mare owners was introduced.
Today, the fees to return broodmares and identify foals are the lowest of any major stud book authority in the world and this identification process guarantees the pedigree of every foal born in the country. The relevance of the Australian Stud Book is now so much more evident as it is constantly relied upon to provide accurate breeding records for the ever increasing global trading of Thoroughbreds for racing and breeding stock which contributes over $125 million annually to the Australian economy.
AJC and VRC vision produces world leader
Since 2000, the Australian Stud Book has seen major operational changes and through the leadership of AJC and VRC has become the leading stud book authority in the world. Over this period, the organisation has invested nearly $5 million in technical hardware, software and laboratory equipment. This investment has resulted in operational cost savings of over $750,000 per annum.
Over the past 10 years, the Australian Stud Book has also granted over $1.5 million to Thoroughbred Breeders Australia to assist with research into and promotion of the Thoroughbred breed. The AJC and VRC allowed 30,000 mares which had been bloodtyped to be DNA tested, at no cost to breeders.
The joint proprietors are justly proud that their stewardship of the Australian Stud Book has supported the following world leading initiatives:
– the most rigorous and practical means of identifying Thoroughbreds in the world, all Australian foals are DNA typed, microchipped and branded and records are maintained by the Australian Stud Book.
Online technology
– the Australian Stud Book website is the most advanced online facility of its kind, providing full breeding history of every Thoroughbred since 1972, information of historical significance and the facility for breeders to lodge mare and stallion returns online. The website received an upgrade in 2004 and allows breeders to access up-to-date and pertinent information regularly.
Identification Cards
– all foals born since 2003 have been issued with an identification card providing breeding, markings, sex, brand and microchip details. The card can be used at studs and at bloodstock sales and replaces the antiquated and financially cumbersome 'passport' used by most other nations. Cards are also provided for contact breeders and ASB approved veterinarians.
National Brands Register
– all brands identified on Thoroughbreds in Australia are now recorded upon the ASB website. The register allows the regulation of brands to ensure duplication does not occur and each brand owner has a special card describing the brands.
– in 2004 the ASB developed a new user friendly approach to its customers through the introduction of online news, email news and a services information booklet for new breeders. It also undertook a program to multi-skill staff in order to provide a higher standard of customer service.
The University of Queensland's world class parentage testing service at the Australian Equine Genetics Research Centre ensures an independent quality control practice for the Australian Stud Book's identification system.
ASB an influence on the world
The Australian Stud Book is a founding member of the International Stud Book Committee, comprising nine world stud book authorities, which has met annually since 1976 to ensure the relativity of rules and expedite the international movement of horses. Many Australian Stud Book initiatives have been adopted by some or all ISBC members, and other stud book authorities including:
determining the age of a foal based on service date
improving international tracking with a permanent life number for every horse
streamlining export procedures to expedite the international travel of horses
displaying on the website the new name of any horse with a name change
simplifying pedigrees with country suffixes after every horse name
defining a specific rule prohibiting artificial breeding practices
In addition, the New Zealand Stud Book adopted the Australian initiatives of freeze branding, DNA typing, microchipping, and the inclusion of New Zealand brands in our National Brands Register to ensure freedom of movement across the Tasman.
Ongoing commitment
The joint proprietors are dedicated to providing independent breed integrity through the Australian Stud Book as they have done for over 115 years. Foresight and dedication will ensure the Australian Stud Book strives to continually improve the services for breeders and remain a world leader in its field.
The first stud book was compiled by William C Yuille, sporting editor of the Melbourne Weekly Times in 1878. Yuille ran a bloodstock agency at 47 Bourke Street West, Melbourne which later became Wright Stephensons, then Wrightsons Bloodstock and finally New Zealand Bloodstock. Yuille's son Archibald Yuille, who was later honoured with life membership of the VRC, together with FF Dakin assisted Yuille to compile the records of several colonial stud books into a national register called the Australian Stud Book. The Australian Jockey Club and Victoria Racing Club assisted financially with Volume 3 and
officially recognised the Australian Stud Book from Volume 4 onwards. When the cost of publishing the records proved too burdensome for Yuille, he sold his copyright and publishing rights for £2000 to the AJC and VRC for 'the express purpose of preserving an official record of the breeding industry in Australia and of assisting to improve the standard of the blood horse in the country'. Other principal clubs assisted financially until 1949 when a yearly charge was introduced for each mare.
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Gordon MacKellar
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Douglas McKay
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John Wolsley
Roderick Page
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Michael Ford
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The joint proprietors take every care to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in these records. They expressly disclaim all liability for errors or omissions of any kind whatever (whether negligent or otherwise) or for any loss, damage or other consequence, which may arise from any person relying upon the information contained.
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Dec. 17, 2013
2014 Reunion Weekend
Dear Auburn Baseball Alumni,
War Eagle! I have quickly learned that it truly is "Great to be an Auburn Tiger"! What a great time to join the Auburn Family! I knew Auburn was a special place when I met Jay Jacobs, Joe Beckwith, and Tim Hudson in the interview process and decided to move my family here, but this fall has been an incredible, eye-opening experience as to what Auburn is really all about. I have met so many passionate fans and alumni that have welcomed my family and me with open arms. Watching Coach Malzahn and the football team's success and seeing the atmosphere in Jordan-Hare Stadium has been an unbelievable experience. I am very excited to get our 2014 baseball season underway and to see our passionate fans fill up Plainsman Park this spring! We had a great fall practice and are focused every day on taking our team to Omaha.
This letter is intended to serve as an open letter to ALL Auburn baseball alumni. As an Auburn Baseball alum, you are an important part of our program. In an effort to reach as many former players, coaches, trainers, and managers as possible, I wanted to send out an open invitation to you all to join us in Auburn for an Auburn Baseball Alumni Reunion Weekend on February 28-March 2, 2014. We will be hosting Presbyterian College that weekend at Plainsman Park in a three-game series. This will give you the opportunity to reunite with your fellow alumni and former teammates as well as see the 2014 Tigers play. As a part of the Reunion Weekend events, there will be a golf tournament on Friday, an alumni baseball game on Saturday morning, and a Reunion Dinner on Saturday night at the Auburn Arena. The details and registration forms for these events are provided for you in an attachment to this letter.
In an effort to communicate effectively with all of our baseball alumni, it is important that we have your most up-to-date information. We have created an e-mail address specifically for communication with our alumni. Whether you can attend the upcoming reunion weekend or not, I would ask that you please take a minute to send an e-mail to email@example.com with the following information:
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I hope many of you will be able to attend the Reunion Weekend February 28-March 2. Please see the attachments for more information and for your registration form. Please fill out the registration form for the events which you plan to attend and mail them in soon so we can stay on top of the planning process. I know I have already met many of you and look forward to meeting many more of you very soon. Your support is crucial to the success of our program and it is greatly appreciated!
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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will place special enforcement emphasis on the Move Over/Slow Down law, that requires drivers to move over or slow down for emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road with emergency lights activated.
DPS troopers across the Lubbock region will be stopping violators who fail to obey the Move Over/Slow Down law. The law states that a driver must either vacate the lane closest to the stopped emergency vehicle (if the road has multiple lanes traveling in the same direction) or slow down 20 miles per hour below the speed limit.
The emergency vehicles protected by the law include police, fire, EMS, TXDOT and tow truck vehicles. Violation of this law could result in fines up to $200. The punishment could be more severe if there is property damage or injury.
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Employment Patterns — 1982-2004
NALP Bulletin, June 2006
NALP's graduate employment data show that, historically, women and minorities are less likely to take jobs in law firms and more likely to take jobs with public sector employers. The table below shows the kinds of jobs taken by the Classes of 1982, 1994, and 2004. Note that minorities are defined as African-Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders (including East Indian/Pakistanis), Native Americans, and Hispanics of any race.
Initial Employer Types — Comparisons for the
Men and Women
Minorities and Non-Minorities
Note: Percentages are based on all graduates known to be employed, including those for whom employer types are not shown; hence percentages may not add to 100. Information for 1982 was adjusted to exclude graduates pursuing an advanced degree from the academic category and to include public defenders in the government category, as they were in 1994. However, effective with the Class of 2004, the public interest category once again includes public defenders.
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Left-wing blogger joins the fray
Well, it looks like the left wing is stirring after Alistair Campbell
A new lefty blog has started here to counter the right wing hegemony enjoyed by the likes of Guido Fawkes and Iain Dale. Let battle be joined!
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Over the past week, we have been inundated with articles surfacing in response to the UK government's first open standards roundtable discussion hosted by the Cabinet Office that was held on the 4th of April. It was described as "a resounding call to scrap the government's policy on open standards", as Mark Ballard from Computer Weekly wrote here in an article titled "Proprietary lobby triumphs in first open standards showdown".
The Cabinet Office also wrote its version of events in this article "Are open standards a closed barrier?" The article included this statement...
The majority of the attendees considered that open standards, as defined in the policy, would close down the Government's ability to benefit from an alternative standards development model and limit our choice – not least because they considered that the definition excludes standards that are made available on Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) terms.
This seemed to be a big U-turn and possibly not a big surprise to individuals like @GlynMoody, who wrote earlier this year, UK Government Betrayal of Open Standards Confirmed and also its follow up article published just yesterday How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards I.
Another excellent article written by Simon Wardley also expressed frustration of the first roundtable event in his article titled "The Unpleasant Whiff of Lobbyists". He too echoed @GlynMoody's statement in an excerpt from his post below...
OK, so lets be clear. In one year we've gone from overwhelming support in a wide survey for both the open standards definition and those open standards be royalty free to attendees of one roundtable arguing that such open standards could be detrimental to competition and innovation precisely because they're royalty free.
I have a reasonably good sense of smell for the influence of paid lobbyists. This smacks of an OOXML re-run.
If you're in the UK tech scene then wake up! In my honest opinion, this feels like of our Government being lobbied that royalty free Open Standards will hurt competition & innovation in the software world. Expect lots of mock academic research and claims that adopting open standards will cost tens if not hundred of millions ..
Given the outcry from open standards practitioners, evangelists and enthusiasts, Richard Harvey (Linux admin - @ric_harvey) has setup a website to help people to answer the consultation here – Support for Open Standards, which I urge you to join and answer as Dr. Jeni Tennison / @JeniT from the TSO did here and showed on her blog UK Open Standards Consultationblog.
I would also like to repeat Jeni's call to answer the consultation with the three steps below
There is a fantastic interview with Richard Harvey in the .net magazine website about his efforts. My favourite bit was where he answers the question fron .net "On open source, the anti-arguments sometimes centre around longevity and quality. How can and should the government protect its investments in terms of deciding what products and technologies to use?"
And Richard answers
We need to look at the bodies that govern the standards and software that is proposed. If you take HTML5 as an open standard, you can see it's got a good structure around it in the form of W3C. When looking at open source products there are also plenty of fantastic examples of commercially supported projects where you are free to use the software but can buy support as a safety net if needed.
My own response to the consultation includes recommendations about choosing software and standards carefully, and potentially setting up an advisory panel to aid with this. This should be a coalition of industry spokespersons, engineers and developers. You need a range of skills to make sure the right decision is made.
I couldn't agree more with his answer. We need this advisory panel to steer our way into a more transparent and open government. Our government now, is in a transition to make public services more effective and efficient by becoming more open. Therefore we need to start envisioning what the big picture of an OPEN GOV looks like.
We started off with the social media movement, where the government wanted to communicate more openly and effectively with citizens using freely available platforms. Then we realized we had to be able to use data and make it readable in open formats so anybody can access, use and do innovative stuff with them. And now we are onto the next step of transparency where open standards is now on stage to ensure the momentum for openness and usability is carried throughout government practices.
Next, we will be realizing the possibilities of open source softwares (OSS) being used to utilize for big and complex government projects. Just think about it. We started the chain of events with open communication with the public and opening up our data. We then started to create partnerships and bridges between government agencies, industries and citizens by exchanging data and documents using open standards.
All of this comes down to not only the ability for government to be more effective and efficient in its delivery of service, but to also come at a must smaller cost to the government. If you want to be OPEN and effective in a society that is going through a recession, you've got to be affordable and interoperable in the long run!
In any case, where we are talking about campaigning or supporting a cause, we often talk 'up' our causes. So you'd probably be expecting me to talk about how wonderful open standards and open source are to you, me and the government. But I'd like to take a different approach and take a real life scenario, where actual lives are affected by the lack of open standards in and between government agencies. Because there is no greater time where citizens will need the government's assistance other than when they are in desperate need of information and help.
In ther aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the US, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), established an internet site for victims of hurricane to register for aid. Unfortunately not everyone was able to access that over the internet because of incompatibility problems. Those using the Linux operating system, some using a Macintosh, or anyone really using the Firefox browser was unable to register for aid online.
So there was interoperability on the physical layer, there was interoperability at the network layer and the transport layer and the session layer. But there was a incompatibility of applications at the application layer, which prevented exchange of information over the internet for these hurricane victims. Fortunately you could still register through the telephones, so there was the mechanism but there was a denial of access due to applications.
Another surprising example of government impeded in serving its citizens because of these incompatibilities, specifically between standards, involving the government of Thailand exchanging electronic documents after the Tsunami.
Some information could not be exchanged, because they used throughout different government agencies, different document formats. So this situation contributed to the government launching an open standards initiative so this will never happen again.
(Source: http://youtu.be/sqMR6pe0N_g)
Key points from this video:-
In a world where people exchange information in many different languages and dialects, it is important that there are common reference points that make interaction possible. Once the basic rules are followed, everything else becomes possible. Open standards give us the means to talk to one another whatever applications, operating systems or computer language we use. "If I can't talk the language of your proprietary format, I can't hear what you say", and conversation becomes impossible.
So, echoing Richard's call, let's make conversations possible not just through social media platforms and mobile applications... With government counterparts now bridging the digital divide in our society, let's not make their efforts meaningless by lifting the bridge back up with unaccessible documents and information. Support for Open Standards! If anyone wants me to publish their response on this blog, feel free to send if over to me and I will happily publish it! :)
Some other blog posts worth noting here are: -
It is clear from these articles that there is a great call for the issues surrounding open standards in government to be discussed in a more transparent and open platform. I, myself have been strucked by recent events and am in the middle of organizing an event (@OpenGovSummit & website) that will endeavor to gather the best individuals who can advise and talk about open standards and the use open source software in government in a more proactive and honest manner. Please get in touch with me, if you wish to get involved.
To make sure you don't miss out on any other bits of information concerning open standards and open source in the UK government, please make sure to follow the Cabinet Offices dashboard on NetVibes.
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Yea, this is a pretty deep issue. My initial reaction is that any opposition to open standards is all about economic self-interests and these private companies are trying to stifle the ongoing open source movement. Any government opposition is merely cultural resistance. However, I do wonder if there is any validity to their arguments anti-openness in some cases.
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Dear Hannah,
I guess sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction, huh? I mean, if this time last year you had told me that I would be RETURNING to Camp Lake-puke – voluntarily, no less – I would have laughed in your face. And then run away
And yet. Here I am, crowded onto a smelly, oversized charter bus and surrounded by kids singing "Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall" at the top of their lungs. And even though they are only at eighty-seven bottles, and even though some of these kids couldn't make the first cut of American Idol, I don't have the vaguest impulse to scream. In fact, I'm feeling pretty zen. I even chimed in for a bar or two, somewhere back around ninety-one bottles or so.
Pretty amazing, huh?
Not only am I not hating the thought of coming back to camp, I'm even excited about it! Mom shipped me a survival kit of soy crisps and PowerBars well in advance this time around. No more tuna surprises for me! And I am all stocked up on magazines. Alyssa's here sitting next to me – she says "hi" – and Grace is somewhere up front, leading a small faction of non-singers in a rousing game of bus charades. It's hilarious. And I can't wait to see the rest of the girls: Jenna, Valerie, Sarah, Alex, and the other 3C-ers.
And, um, a particular boy.
Yes, Simon. He's been awesome about writing and calling, as you know, but we've only seen each other once in person since the reunion. I'm going into serious withdrawal. I really, really hope he's as excited to see me as I am to see him. But only time will tell, right? Right. I wish you were here to give me one of your patented pep talks.
In case you haven't noticed, I'm a little nervous. Who am I kidding? Of course
you've noticed – Simon's all we ever talk about. Bless you, you're a good friend...
Anyway, the natives are getting restless, which must mean that we're almost there. That, and Alyssa just told me that we're almost there. See how smart
I am?
I'd better sign off. Try not to miss me too much while you're strolling along the Champs Élysées, eating chocolate croissants and shopping till you drop.
Feel free to send me some French chocolate whenever the spirit moves you.
Write soon,
Natalie Goode capped her purple felt-tipped pen, folded her letter to her best friend, Hannah, into quarters, and tucked it into the front pouch of her backpack. She sighed contentedly. Hannah was spending the summer in France with her mother, a super-glamorous foreign ambassador. Hannah's parents travelled a ton for work, and so over the summers they preferred to travel with their daughter, preferably to various exotic locales.
Not Natalie's parents, though. Natalie's mother was an art buyer, and summers were her time to scout new talent. And Natalie's father...well, he had a pretty offbeat career.
Natalie's father was Tad Maxwell, a hugely famous movie star who mostly appeared in big-time action movies. He lived in LA full-time but was on the road a lot, shooting on location and doing press junkets for his various movies and stuff. Natalie missed him of course, but her parents had gotten divorced when she was pretty young, and so by now she was used to the situation. Her dad loved her; she knew that beyond a shadow of a doubt, and she never took for granted the time they had together.
In fact, for Natalie, the biggest thing about having a famous father was worrying what other kids would think of her. At her school, lots of kids had parents who were ultra-wealthy or had super-high-powered jobs and stuff. So they didn't think anything of the fact that Natalie's father was a movie star. But she never knew how other people – and, in particular, new people – would react. That was one of the reasons Natalie had been so nervous last summer when her mother had shipped her off to Camp Lakeview – or "Lake-puke", as Nat had affectionately come to call it. (The other reason had to do with a deathly aversion to "the Great Outdoors" that Nat had since gotten over – kind of.)
When Natalie thought about how totally unenthusiastic she had been about camp last summer, she had to laugh. After all, she'd made some amazing friends at Lakeview, and learned a lot about herself in the process. Okay, sure, people were slightly weirded out when they found out the truth about her father, but her friends – her real friends – were mostly just disappointed that she hadn't felt that she could confide in them. And, besides, that was all over now, anyway. Her secret was out in the open. Way out in the open. Natalie wondered if her friend Alex, a Lakeview legend and soccer champ, had brought her Tad Maxwell poster back to camp this summer. Or maybe she even got a new one, Nat thought. Alex could be a little bit bossy sometimes, so she and Nat had had their share of friction now and then, but she was a dedicated camper and a supremely loyal friend. Natalie was psyched to be bunking with her again this summer.
"I can't wait to see Jenna," Alyssa said, rousing Natalie from her internal monologue. "She told me she bought a book of practical jokes that she's dying to try out."
"Jenna should know better than that," Natalie quipped. Their fellow 3C-er was a noted prankster whose jokes had not gone without consequence the summer before. Of course, her good humour was so infectious that it was difficult to stay upset with her for too long.
"Anyway, she told me that she would meet us at the great field, where the buses let out," Alyssa continued. She pointed out the streaky, tinted window. "Can you
see her?" she asked, cupping her eyes against the glass and squinting out. Their bus was, at present, rumbling to a halt along the field. Somehow, while Natalie had been lost in her daydream, they had arrived at camp!
"Yeah, she's..." Natalie's voice trailed off as she broke out laughing. "She's the one tap-dancing down the path. Minus the tap shoes." She giggled again as their friend made her way into the melee of the great field, kicking up great clouds of dust as she moved forward.
Their bus screeched to a halt, coughing exhaust fumes and sputtering as the engine died. The campers cried out, jumping out of their seats and moving eagerly towards the door. "One at a time," their bus counsellor, Pete, begged in vain. Pete was a member of the kitchen staff who was so good-natured that it was hard to hold his terrible cooking against him.
"I call bottom bunk," Natalie shouted, playfully shoving past Alyssa and bounding down the steps of the bus.
"Hey, no fair calling the bunk before it's in sight," Alyssa protested, hot on Natalie's heels.
"Jenna!" Natalie shrieked, flinging her arms around her friend as though they hadn't seen each other in ages. Which, come to think of it, we haven't, Natalie realized. The last time their entire bunk had been together had been at the camp reunion – back in February! "Did you see our bunk yet? Is it nicer than last year's bunk? Is there mould in the showers? Are the screen windows torn?" The perma smile faded from Jenna's face, prompting Natalie's suspicion. "Oh, no. Is there mould in the showers?"
Jenna shook her head slowly. She wasn't tap-dancing any more. Natalie had a feeling that whatever Jenna had to tell her, it was pretty serious. "Oh, no," Natalie teased, trying to lighten the mood. "Are there spiders in the showers?"
Jenna smiled, but it was a weak smile at best. This has got to be bad news, Natalie thought, a cold fist of dread settling into her stomach like a lead weight.
Alyssa, always no-nonsense, adjusted her tote bag over her shoulder and stepped forward, hands on her hips like she meant business. "Come on, Jenna. Worse than spiders? Spill."
"It's our bunk, 4A," Jenna said, looking much more sombre than Natalie could ever recall seeing her.
"What, did we get, like, an awful counsellor or something?" Natalie asked, growing increasingly worried. An awful counsellor could really be a bad omen, as far as enjoyment of the summer was concerned.
"Well, no. At least, as far as I know," Jenna said nervously. Natalie raised an eyebrow quizzically. "It's just—" Jenna finally blurted. "Our bunk!" she sputtered. "We're not all together this summer."
"You mean—" Alyssa cut in anxiously.
"Exactly," Jenna said, shaking her head. "We've been
split up!"
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Photographs from the collection of Edward Zetscha, an amateur photographer of New York City in the first half of the 20th century. This small book is a tribute to his love for his wife Ella. A retrospective book of all of his photographs is in the works, stay tuned.
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Waking up with a stuffy nose, sore throat, and all the other symptoms of a cold is not fun! These are some remedies that I like to use to boost my immune system and get back to feeling better fast.
This is obvious, but often difficult to do when we have such an active life. However, even going to bed an hour earlier can help give your body more energy to fight off the germs.
And a lot of it! We all know we are supposed to drink 6-8 glasses of this essential liquid every day, but we rarely do. In times of sickness it is even more necessary, especially if you want to thin out some of that congestion.
Hot liquids
I don't know what it is about chicken broth (especially homemade!), but it alway makes me feel better. Hot tea is alway soothing as well. I like green tea with lemon and honey…
Many people have used this herb to help with congestion by using a Homemade Chest Rub in place of Vicks vaporub. I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds wonderful. And it's so easy!
Another way to rid your body of unwanted congestion is to steam it away! I explained how I use this method in a previous post. I've also heard that adding a few drops of eucalyptus essential oil to the water helps quite a bit too. You can also just take a hot shower, but I haven't found that it is nearly as effective.
No, not the candy! You can buy licorice root and make your own tea or just buy the tea. Either way, drinking a hot mug of this brew will aid it healing a sore throat and also help calm coughing. (Note: It is not recommended that those with high blood pressure use this remedy!)
There are plenty of tasty things you can make with raw garlic. For example, bread topped with this Garlic Herb Butter. Doesn't it sound tasty? Of course, I like garlic.. But not quite enough to eat garlic clove whole. Although, you can do that and it will give your immune system quite a boost. And there's always the option of taking it in pill form. If you do this, be sure to take it with some kind of food to avoid indigestion.
Apparently, 80% of your immune system is located in your gut, so keeping it healthy will help you stay (or get) healthy. Probiotics can be found in yogurt, kefer or naturally fermented vegetables. My personal favorite is plain yogurt with fruit and granola!
Most of us have gargled salt water to help heal an inflamed throat. You can also try adding lemon and honey to some warm water to gargle.
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Save the Date: Heather + Dave
We took the photo in my parents backyard with both of our dogs, which made for some hilarious out takes. My dog Walter (the sheepdog) hates other dogs so having Dave's dog Marley (the Wheaten) there did not please him at all. We did manage to get a few good pics of the four of us. So here they are, our modern/dog inspired take on American Gothic. We had them printed at vistaprint.com on linen paper and they turned out lovely.
We've still got lots of save the dates for next week, so be sure to check back in. Also, don't forget my party is tomorrow, 6-10p, so please stop by 303GRAND if you're in the neighborhood!
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My fiance and I have gotten lots of compliments on our save the date (which we designed in Photoshop, and had a graphic designer friend "fix up".
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Hi there! I just saw your post requesting STDs for another save the date week and wanted to send in the one my fiance and I designed for ours. I came up with the design, and my fiance Anthony hand drew everything including the text, then used Illustrator to tweak and color.
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Here are some save-the-dates I designed for a darling NYC bride! I just loved her idea of incorporating antique keys. We are printing these digitally, but we'll be gocco-ing her invites & RSVP cards. I'm in Raleigh, NC, where we've just had a 90-degree day- Jen's colors are a refreshingly cool retreat for me!
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What we love about our save the date postcard is that it's not necessarily obvious to everyone what it is, but everyone we sent it to loved it regardless. Matt and I met in Baltimore (I'm from NY, he's from FL, and we met in grad school) so we wanted to somehow incorporate into our wedding the city where we met and spent two years together and with which we fell in love (and in which we fell in love!). The characters on the front are stylized versions of two Baltimore food and drink icons, Mr. Boh (the face of National Bohemian beer) and the Utz Girl (the face of Utz chips). The two were prominently featured in a billboard in Baltimore in which he was proposing to her, and it was so well-loved by everyone in Baltimore that it stayed up for nearly two years. Matt and I decided we wanted to use that billboard as our save the date, and my dear friend Amy, who is a graphic designer, reinterpreted the billboard into what you see here; we got them printed through VistaPrint for next to nothing. On the back, we included the two characters in their original forms from the billboard and also a link to our website, on which we explained to our friends and family who are not familiar with Baltimore – which is most of them – who those characters are and why we used them on our save the dates. I love when save the dates are fun and unrelated to the actual wedding invitation, so I had to go that route with ours!
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loop of steam boiler(jstar/jamie)?Hi guys,I was on a job yesterday where a basement baseboard loop was taken of a steam boiler.I have a quick ? on it.Plumber came out of boiler. 2x 3/4 bushing,6"nipple ,and 3/4 tee.Run of tee he has his boiler drain,bull of tee he has ball valve and then starts his heating loop.Coming back to boiler he heating loop goes into a pump then check and taps into the bottom of wet return.
It was my understanding that he should have came back into boiler directly.What I am seeing is (and am probably completly wrong) is that when the circ is running will the water bypass the return pipe going up to hartford loop and stay in wet return making it run against returning condensate from system.Hope I am making sense.
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Are the tappings for suplly and returnon opposite sides of the boiler ? I've done it this way a few times because some boilers have no extra tappings to connect a zone of water heat . If the tappings are in the same boiler section down low I'm not sure if it'll work too well . Was the zone heating up ? Was there an aquastat in the boiler ? Alot better to take the supply from the aquastat port in my opinion .
jonny88 September 21, 2013 @ 10:05 AM
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loop of steamThere is tappings on either side of boiler for both supply and return.also when the zone runs there is some nasty banging right at the Hartford loop.there is a 4 inch nipple there though but it only bangs when zone is running.
Ron Jr. September 21, 2013 @ 10:28 AM
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4 inch nippleIs that nipple horizontal out of the Hartford Loop tee ? Does it bang only when the boiler is steaming ? What height is that tee in relation to the normal water line ? And what size piping is the equalizer and HL ?
If the tee is at the right height it sounds like the return water is shooting a little up the equalizer and hitting steam . It might have to be repiped into the boiler itself .
Is there an aquastat for the zone ?
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HLYep it's a 4 inch nipple between tee and ell,where it should be close nipple.Thermostat turns on pump.Of the header its a bullheaded tee with 2in going to system and 1/14 equalizer and Hartford loop.I see what you are saying about water shooting up,makes sense.Thanks Ron.
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LoopSounds to me like the Hartford Loop Tee is too high.
I like to return hydronic loops into the wet return and take my supply from the middle of the boiler, like Ron Jr does.


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Groupon's Retail Experiment Goes Live in Chicago & San Fran
Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) is testing out the waters of some new territory, and Chicago and San Francisco consumers are the ones reaping the benefits. The Chicago, Illinois-based company has long been known for its appealing deals that it offers to customers through alliances with companies and retailers, but now Groupon is testing out a pilot program that involves helping small retail stores sell off their excess inventory. Re/code's Jason Del Rey reported on rumors of the pilot test earlier this month, and now it looks like those rumors are proving true. Del Rey reported Friday that Groupon is now experimenting with its program in Chicago, and also in the San Francisco Bay Area, and he still is standing by his explanation. "Under the new business, Groupon customers would order a product from a local store through Groupon.com or through a mobile app and then pick it up at the retail location."
Faced with continued competition from rivals like LivingSocial, it's not unexpected that Groupon would try its hand at new ventures, and it refers to its latest one as "Local Pickup deals." Re/code reports that these deals expire more quickly than regular Groupon offers, but the retail bargains are still expected to be attractive options for both cost-conscious shoppers and small retailers. The inventory that is offered at bargain prices on Groupon is that which the retailer has already struggled to sell at full price, and would have otherwise gone unsold, but its feature on Groupon helps retailers reach the audience they are looking for.
It is not yet confirmed whether the "Local Pickup deals" experimentation will expand throughout the rest of the U.S., but if successful, many consumers and retailers may be poised to reap the benefits. Groupon spokesperson Paul Taafe told Re/code that the "deals are a pilot that connects our Goods business to our Local business" and that, "They are still under test as we work through what works best for local businesses and customers."


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Teens should not be mothers ... Ever
Adults should raise children into adults.
Why would someone be proud to be a teen mom?
It's so easy to piss y'all off
What would you consider a high stress situation, and what do you think would happen that makes you think teens shouldn't be mothers? I'm just curious as to your reasoning.
Quoting Anonymous:
Did I say teenagers did not have common sense?
In fact teens can rationalize as well as adults in calm situations. In high stress situations teens cannot adequately rationalize. Their brain is not developed enough to do so.
Quoting Anonymous:
Had my son at 18 and he is perfectly fine almost 3 yo. Not all teens are immature some actually have common sense. My son has always come first in everything I did.
Technically a person's brain does not stop developing and growing until they are 25. So are you saying that those under 25 shouldn't have children? And by the way, maturity is optional. Not all teens are immature irresponsible brats. I know some girls who became teen moms, and they are the best mothers I have ever seen. Your statement is judgemental. And it doens't make sense.


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Human beings are famously prone to error, and proof-readers are, after all, only human. But who picks up the errors a proof-reader misses? John D. Barrow challenges readers to estimate the errors that aren't found from the errors that are.
If you had a crystal ball that allowed you to see your future, what would you arrange differently about your finances? Plus talks to the Government Actuary, Chris Daykin about the pensions crisis, and how actuaries use statistical and modelling techniques to plan for all our futures.
To study a system, mathematicians begin by identifying its most crucial elements, and try to describe them in simple mathematical terms. As Phil Wilson tells us, this simplification is the essence of mathematical modelling.
The Riemann Hypothesis is probably the hardest unsolved problem in all of mathematics, and one of the most important. It has to do with prime numbers - the building blocks of arithmetic. Nick Mee, together with Sir Arthur C. Clarke, tells us about the patterns hiding inside numbers.


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.- A young Italian man cured of lung cancer has attributed his full recovery to the miraculous intervention of the late Pope John Paul II.
The man from Salerno, located south of Naples, was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. According to Thursday's edition of Il Mattino, his wife prayed for John Paul's intercession, and the dead Pope reportedly appeared in a dream to her and reassured her that her husband would be fine.
A few days after the dream, doctors noticed the man's condition improve. Within weeks, his cancer had completely disappeared, doctors said. The cancer has not returned.
Archbishop Gerardo Pierroof Salerno told Il Mattino he was confident that a miracle had taken place. The diocese is currently looking into the case.
Vatican officials are already working for the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Information continues to be gathered on John Paul's life and teachings, including all private writings from the period before he became Pope, to determine whether he demonstrated "heroic virtues." Once this has been established, a miracle is required for beatification. A second miracle is required for canonization.
Numerous reports have poured into the Vatican of alleged miracles attributable to him, including the case of a French nun who was reportedly cured of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease after praying for his intercession.
.- A young Italian man cured of lung cancer has attributed his full recovery to the miraculous intervention of the late Pope John Paul II.
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Haven't Scottish politicians learnt anything about microphones?
It's hard to know where to start with Frank McAveety's "attractive girl" comments, which – because the guy made them during a sitting of the Holyrood committee, rather than in the pub – have led to his resignation. He whispered to an associate:
There's a very attractive girl in the second row. Dark… and dusky. We'll maybe put a wee word out for her. She's very attractive looking. Nice – very nice. Very slim. She looks kinda – she's got that Filipino look. You know – the kind you see in a Gauguin painting. There's a wee bit of culture for you.
It's not the lechery that I find striking, or the classic "wee bit of culture" line. It's the sheer brainlessness of another Scottish politician making off the record comments… into a microphone. Didn't Duffygate teach them anything?
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