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Martha Coakley
Women attorneys to gather in D.C. to discuss current legal topics
With the success of the first event, the WIPL conference has become an annual affair, and this year's event, which will take place on Sept. 17-19 in Washington, D.C.
Mass. attorney general sues Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, claiming they have violated the state's 2012 foreclosure prevention law.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley looks to slay patent trolls
State consumer protection laws prohibit false, misleading, deceptive, and unfair statements in commerce. When a patent troll sends a letter to a small company, non-profit, start-up, or even a well-established company that asserts claims to property that the troll knows to be false, or threatens legal action that the...
South Carolina's attorney general latest to join war on patent trolls
South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson has joined 43 other state AGs in asking the Federal Trade Commission to take strong action on the patent troll problem.
Attorneys general talk the State of the Trolls
Patent trolls beware. State attorneys general from around the country have donned their armor and picked up their swords, ready to slay the beasts that they claim threaten our economy.
Boston start-up fighting back against patent trolls
Often underreported is the effect of non-practicing entities on start-ups. One growing mobile payments firm, however, is fighting back.
Massachusetts Attorney General latest to take on patent trolls
Now Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has decided to follow suit and attack the issue of patent trolls head-on.
Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley talks enforcement at Women, Influence & Power in Law
Coakley found time in her schedule to address an enthusiastic crowd of female attorneys at the Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Washington, D.C.
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I am facing a strange problem - I was hoping someone has a clue as to why this
I have created an application that needs to get the network information - cell
id, etc. Hence, in my code, I have the following snippet -
However, when I run the code, I get the following error -Code:... import location a, b, c, d = location.gsm_location() ...
This error occurs as the output to the above statement is 'NULL', instead ofa, b, c, d = location.gsm_location()
TypeError: unpack non-sequence
the (four) location values. I thought that this was due to insufficient (or incorrect)
capacities set to the shell script file. But when I run the same command in
the interpreter, the command works fine! In fact, I even created a new sis
file, with a script that contains only the above two lines, and the
application gives the correct output.
Does anyone have any idea why the application throws an error only when the
snippet is part of an application and not when I make a new application with
just the above two lines? I know it sounds ridiculous, but this problem has
left me totally confused!
To build the sis file, I wrote the Python script and used SisContents to
create a sis file that stores the script in 'C:\\Python'.

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Clock Opera live at V
We're excited to have Clock Opera back in November. Their record has been receiving a serious about of play over Summer and we've been hunting down alternative versions. Take this nice stripped back take on The Lost Buoys, played at V festival recently for example.
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Ive read loads of kiss close routines such as 'do you want to kiss me' but i find for social circle game that this isnt really a good one to use. I just want to ask if anybody knows of a good Kiss close for social circle game or is it best to just grab her and kiss her.
Kiss close for this.
Also alot of the girls in my social circle are more shy so asking her the do you want to kiss me will make her put her barriers up and say no.


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HAZEL GREEN, Ala. (WZDX) - Madison County authorities said Thursday a woman found dead Tuesday died by suffocation.
Susan Adkins, 64, was found dead in her home on Laster Lane Tuesday morning. Jeffrey Prince Elmore, 56, was also in the home when deputies arrived at the home for a welfare check. He was charged with murder after investigators said he admitted killing Adkins.
Elmore is in the Madison County Jail with a $75,000 bond.


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Yesterday, after I posted my self-indulgent and epic-length rant about how much I despise our ex-pediatric-allergist, a grandfatherly gentleman named George who is a fan of my Facebook page (but may not be now) made a 'critical' comment about the post, which he called an article:
The weird thing about comments is that I might get 15 or 50 positive comments, which is fantastic, but it's the one negative comment that stabs me in the soul, George.
The same thing goes for Likes. As of today, whopping 2,059 people actually Like my page (astounding!). You would think I spend my free time being grateful (and I do) but the other day I lost a customer. A Momalog reader left me, someone actually went to the trouble of De-Liking me, because of something I said or didn't say. So instead of sitting here thinking about how wonderful it is that so many people stick around on my little page, George, I spend time worrying that people will abandon me and wondering why that one fan left my page.
It's tricky, George. You see, I have low self-esteem. I'm sure you don't want to hear about it because you're from my parents' generation but to counter the low self esteem, I need lots of propping up. Little slights get to me. People De-Liking me get my attention. I don't just let stuff roll off my back like my husband would (he's a salesman, George) – I let it bother me. I think: What did I do? What didn't I do? Was it my excitement about the Royal Baby that drove them off? Is it because I don't post aw-shucks pics of cute puppies and babies? Did I make some kind of spelling error? Is it the gay rights thing? Am I boring? Am I too old? Is it all the Ella quotes? Is it because I don't like Honey Boo-Boo? Is it because I breast-fed my kids too long and occasionally post news items about breastfeeding moms being shamed into covering up? Am I too yuppie? Do I talk about Alanon too much? WHAT IS IT???
Or God forbid – could I have lost that one customer because you can still see the price tag sticking to my sunglasses on my new profile photo (which I didn't discover until after I had posted the photo because I was so busy imagining that I look like an updated Jackie O.?)?
It could be any number of things. But who knows? Thanks to Mr. Zuckerberg, Facebook doesn't even let you know who it was who De-Liked and Abandoned you so I'll never even know who De-Liked me. I will only be able to Feel The Horrid Pin-Prick of Abandonment. I try to remind myself that each time someone De-Likes me (and there might be as many as 3 De-Likers per week! – but I prefer to call them 'Abandoners') it is actually a good thing, because what parent wants to be judged by people they have nothing in common with? I think to myself: Go ahead, leave my page if you don't like me, I'm jiggy with it. (That's an 80s saying, George.) So in truth, De-liking serves a purpose: it whittles down my fanbase to consist of just those people who are a.) too lazy to figure out how to leave the page, b.) neutral-to-meh about me, or c.) may actually like me.
I'm not sure how much you know me, George, but I have a thing for older people (not that you're old – just grandfatherly) and I'm really happy to know that you took the time to comment on my page. I'm really sorry that I offended you with my profane vocabulary. And you're right, I was a poor example to my children. The thing is, George – and you may not sympathize with this because you're from a different generation than I – is that the reason I have this blog is so I can tell the truth about mothering.
My tagline, George, in case you don't know – is: Good enough parenting, one day at a time.My parenting can be crappy, shocking, and disappointing no matter how much I would like to think otherwise and no matter how hard I try. Sometimes, despite all I've done to improve myself (my parents were both alcoholics, George – I don't drink, spent over $50,000 on therapy, and sat in hundreds if not thousands of Alanon meetings, blah-blah-blah) I can actually feel myself physically handing down the baton of familial dysfunction to my progeny, oh yes I can.
So yeah, I was a cruddy example for my kids yesterday – I was immature. I gave Dr. Dung the Stink Eye and encouraged my 8-year-old to use the iPhone while he was goose stepping over me; I bad-mouthed him behind his back to my children during that awful film about dust mites until they nearly wet their pants laughing; in front of them, I raised my voice to him (of that, I'm sorry to tell you, George – I am proud). So I repeat: I am not perfect. The thing is I feel stifled by all the momperfection I see around me these days – moms who homeschool, moms who can do Algebra or fold the laundry (I can't, George), moms who always have a blow-dry, moms who have sex with their husbands all the time, moms who eat all-organic, moms who don't chargill everything accidentally like I do, moms who are thin, moms who have taught their kid a third language and/or Mandarin "just because", moms who don't just sit on the sidelines like I do, George, moms actually run marathons alongside their children.
My children are 8 and 11 and I'm still working on making them flush after they go, George. It's a goal of mine.
I'm in the Washington D.C. metro area so you can imagine the perfection all around me, the achievement. It's hard for a parent to keep up without losing their marbles. For example, I enrolled my kids in gymnastics so they could learn to do a cartwheel but found myself surrounded by Tiger parents of four-year-old gymnasts who are gunning for the Olympics. You can't just be average here, George – you have to be the best. I put my kids in summer swim team but they're surrounded by kids who are in the junior fucking Olympics, George. Sorry for my profanity, again, but you just can't get away from the achievement culture around here. So to counter it, to slice through the artifice of perfection and achievement many parents tries so hard to project, I've decided to tell the truth about my own parenting.
Right here on this little blog.
For example: even though I'm a stay-at-home-mom, sometimes I'm so bone-tired and bored from just being at the mercy of my kids all day that I occasionally feed them Subway for dinner. It does nothing for them nutritionally, and I even let them have the white Italian bread. They don't even sleep in pajamas – just t-shirts, and I'm still the one who has to clean the hamster cage which is why it stinks.
And yes, I was a crummy role model for my kids yesterday and I'm embarrassed about it. Yes, I wrote about it, but do you know why? Because all of us are crappy parents sometimes. No one's perfect (I mean, look at where Martha Stewart's perfection got her!). It's only some of us who can admit that we are, at times, completely dropping the parenting ball. And when parents who are brave enough to admit their flaws tell the truth, it inspires other less-than-perfect parents to come out of hiding and tell their stories, too. We forge a little community, which is what we need more of these days George. Community like I'll bet you had in your day.
And about my swearing: you are right, the language was terrible. I'll try to clean it up. Mostly I do not swear in front of my kids. They think 'darn' is a bad word. Of course, this makes me a hypocritical parent, because I swear in front of my husband and my girlfriends but will not allow my children to swear. At least I do know it's bad to sprinkle the f-word in my article-posts and for that, I am sorry. Because it is a very bad word. Anyway, I don't know if you're still even my Facebook fan or if you're ever going to come back and read this article-post, but I did want to tell you this stuff, George, because you were right.
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3ds Max File Formats
Scene Format
3ds Max saves scenes to a proprietary binary format with the extension .MAX. The specification of the format is not public. The content of the file is heavily dependent on the plug-in data used to build the scene, thus parsing the file outside of 3ds Max makes little sense (although certain data fragments can be extracted). The file format supports certain Windows standards like storing a thumbnail (a snapshot of the active viewport at saving time) and user data in the header of the file which can be viewed in Windows Explorer and similar. The data portion of the .MAX file can be optionally compressed using built-in ZIP compression, leaving only the header, thumbnail and user data uncompressed. MAX scenes saved using the "Compress On Save" feature can be two to ten times smaller (depending on the type of objects) and cannot be effectively compressed much more using external tools.
New versions of 3ds Max generally read .MAX files from previous versions but cannot save back to earlier file format. When opening a file saved in an older version of the software, the user will be informed of obsolete data present in the scene and will be prompted to resave the file. It is a good idea to save under a new name to preserve the older file just in case.
Other related formats used to save data from different parts of the application:
- 3ds Max Character (*.chr)
- Material Library (*.mat)
- Skin Envelopes (*.env, *.envASCII)
- UVW coordinates (*.uvw)
Geometry Formats Import and Export
In addition to its native .MAX format, 3ds Max exports and/or imports the following geometry formats:
- 3D Studio (.3DS)
- Adobe Illustrator (*.AI)
- ASCII Scene Export (*.ASE)
- Lightscape - Material (*.ATR), Blocks (*.BLK), Parameter (*.DF), Layers (*.LAY), Preparation (*.LP), View (*.VW)
- Autodesk DWF (*.DWF)
- Autocad DWG (*.DWG)
- Autocad DXF (*.DXF)
- Autodesk FBX (*.FBX, *.DAE)
- Motion Analysis HTR File (*.HTR)
- Wavefront Object (*.OBJ) and Material (*.MTL)
- StereoLitho (*.STL)
- Shockwave 3D (*.W3D)
- 3D Studio (*.3DS, *.PRJ)
- Adobe Illustrator (*.AI)
- LandXML / DEM / DDF (*.XML, *DEM, *.DDF)
- Autocad Drawing (*.DWG, *.DXF)
- Legacy Autocad (*.DWG)
- Autodesk FBX (*.FBX, *.DAE)
- Motion Analysis HTR File (*.HTR)
- Autodesk Inventor (*.IPT, *.IAM)
- Lightscape (*.LS, *.LP, *.VW)
- Wavefront Object (*.OBJ) and Material (*.MTL)
- 3D Studio Shape (*.SHP)
- StereoLitho (*.STL)
- Motion Analysis TRC File (*.TRC)
- VIZ Material XML (*.XML)
Because export and import filters are plug-in types, 3rd party developers can provide additional filters to extend the I/O capabilities of 3ds Max with support for other formats.
Image File Formats for Render Output and Textures
- AVI File (*.avi)
- MPEG File (*.mpg, *.mpeg)
- BMP Image File (*.bmp)
- Kodak Cineon (*.cin)
- Combustion* by Discreet (*.cws)
- GIF Image File (*.gif)
- Radiance Image File (HDRI) (*.hdr, *.pic)
- IFL Image File (*.ifl)
- JPEG File (*.jpg, *.jpe, *.jpeg)
- OpenEXR Image File (*.exr)
- PNG Image File (*.png)
- Adobe PSD (*.psd)
- Apple QuickTime File (*.mov)
- SGI's Image File Format (*.rgb, *.sgi)
- RLA Image File (*.rla)
- RPF Image File (*.rpf)
- Targe Image File (*.tga, *.vda, *.icb, *.vst)
- TIFF Image File (*.tif)
- YUV Image File (*.yuv)
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- TIFF Image File (*.tif)
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The Renderer can also save Autodesk ME Image Sequence Files (.imsq) - an XML based format containing additional information about the render output, and Combustion Workspace (*.cws) referencing the output of the Render Elements processing. Since the Combustion output is implemented via MAXScript, it could be easily extended by 3rd parties to support alternative compositing applications like Fusion 5 or Shake via the same interface.
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The following file formats are being used by MAXScript, the scripting language of 3ds Max.
- MAXScript Source (*.MS) - An ASCII Text File containing script source code.
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The Ninth Moon Maternity Paper Cotton Cargo Maternity shorts are our top selling style every year. So lightweight and comfy.
These short are fabulous. Light weight paper cotton short with pockets and soft strechy waist band for comfort.
Sizing is a little on the small side in the paper cotton range.


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Geno's "World Tour"
Are the Kansas City Chiefs really interested in Geno Smith, or are they dangling the No. 1 pick in next month's NFL draft for teams that want to trade up to snare the West Virginia quarterback? On Monday, Smith starts his "World Tour," as he labeled it. First stop, the Chiefs. ''I hope Kansas City is legitimately interested. I hope I go No. 1, but, hey, we'll see,'' Smith, generally acknowledged as the top quarterback prospect, told USA TODAY Sports Friday by phone from his Miami-area home. "The Chiefs are bringing me in, so I'm going in there thinking that they're interested (in me), because I am in them.


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John Fox will undergo heart surgery on his aortic valve, which will force him to miss 4-6 weeks. The now Denver Broncos head coach spent nine seasons in Carolina, before leaving following the 2010 season.
Initial reports indicated that Fox suffered a heart attack, but this was later reported to be untrue. He was admitted to hospital with chest pains on Saturday, and it's believed he'll make a full recovery following the season. It's good to know Foxy will be okay, and obviously CSR's thoughts are with him.
It's unclear who will take over as interim head coach, but it's fairly safe to say that Jack Del Rio will take the reigns. The former Jacksonville Jaguars coach and another blast from Panthers past is the most capable person in the Broncos' coaching staff that has head coaching experience, and he'll be leaned on to get the one-loss Broncos through November.


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Celebrities who tip well -- or not
These well-known singers, actors and athletes have made names for themselves among restaurant servers, and not always for the right reasons.
So why is it that we get these teasers? Just look at this article and instead of actually telling you... you get to click on a different button that takes you away. Why not just give the answer along on the same page as the photo?
Just a cheezy way of getting us to use/try Bing!
Well this is why I don't use Bing. It takes me two or three extra clicks to get to anything I want to see or get to.
I tried to guess and I guessed correctly 10 out of 14 times. The ones I was wrong on were…
Usher, Sean Penn, Bill Cosby, and Rihanna. I thought Usher, Sean Penn, and Bill Cosby would be good tippers and I guess they are not. The only one that really surprises me here thought is Bill Cosby. Sean Penn and Usher being selfish doesn't really surprise me… but Bill Cosby? I'm very disappointed with that one.
And Rihanna being a good tipper surprised me too… I thought she would be cheap. I'm not a fan, but that was a pleasant surprise to me. And by the way… she used an old Frank Sinatra move whether she knew it or not. A former casino door man told the story like this…
As Frank Sinatra was exiting the casino, he asked "what's the biggest tip you ever got"? He responded "$100.00". Frank Sinatra proceeded to give him $200.00 and asked "by the way… who gave you the $100.00"? He responded… "you did Mr. Sinatra".
I think that's a pretty cool story!
Perhaps the service sucked in some of these instances. It seems that many wait staff these days simply expect a tip regardless of the service they provide. If my glass runs dry and stays dry or if the waiter never checks on me after I receive my meal, I don't tip either.
If I receive good service I tip well.
This is the reason why no one is using Bing. There assumption that the Internet public are idiots is appalling. To force people over to their search engine and examine their subject returns and now, instead of the subject being the first item on the list it's pushed down in the stack. This is ridiculous to read an article you first must hyperlink from a teaser.
I will never use Bing becaise of their continued belief that we are idiots to this marketing ploy.
O please....I have to laugh...the service must have been bad...blah, blah, blah. Take your cheap A$$ to McDonalds, this is not Europe or Canada where servers make a standard wage or the gratuity is included in the price of the meal. I think it is great that some of these people over tip, fantastic and more power to you. I assure you, most servers in the industry don't want your experiences to be less than stellar especially since they get paid for providing good service. As anyone in the business knows, any one thing can throw the timing of everything off when it comes to waiting tables. Once its off, it is very hard to get back on. Trust me the cook did not intentially overcook your steak, your waiter did not intentionally leave you water glass empty..... or foget a straw, its not a conspiracy. Sometimes things happen, let the server do their best to make it up and move on.
That's not saying that you don't get servers who are lazy and just don't care, it happens but most servers, want to give you good service, hate when the kitchen, bar or whatever screws up because it directly reflects on their bottom line. On that note; bottom line don't go out to eat unless you fully expect to tip. Don't go out looking for any little reason to be disatisfied because if thats your mindset, you;ll find any reason to be unhappy, its a self fullfilling proficy folks.
Oh and if you are UNHAPPY, try this, tell the server, tell the manager and give them the opportunity to make it right. That does not mean you get a fully comped meal for you an yours but usually if you communicate your concern, most managers will do something for you and yes, probably at least comp the meal in question..... No mind readers in the biz I assure you.
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Montessori Questions and Answers
Frequently asked questions about the Montessori method and philosophy.
What is it?
This system of education is both a philosophy of child growth and a rationale for guiding such growth. It is based on the child's developmental needs for freedom within limits, and a carefully prepared environment which guarantees exposure to materials and experiences through which to develop intelligence as well as physical and psychological abilities. It is designed to take full advantage of the self-motivation and unique ability of young children to develop their own capabilities. The child needs adults to expose him to the possibilities of his life but the child himself must direct his response to the possibilities.
Key premises of Montessori education are:
1. Children are to be respected as different from adults, and individuals who differ from each other.
2. The child possesses unusual sensitivity and mental powers for absorbing and learning from his environment that are unlike those of the adult both in quality and capacity.
3. The most important years of growth are the first six years of life when the unconscious learning is gradually brought to the conscious level.
4. The child has a deep love and need for purposeful work. He works, however, not as an adult for profit and completion of a job, but for the sake of the activity itself. It is this activity which accomplishes for him his most important goal" the development of himself -- his mental, physical and psychological powers.
How did it begin?
Dr. Maria Montessori, the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome Medical School, became interested in education as a doctor treating retarded children. After returning to the University for further study, she began her work with normal children in 1907 when she was invited to organize schools in a reconstructed slum area of San Lorenzo, Italy. Later, she traveled all over the world lecturing about her discoveries and founding schools. She wrote approximately fifteen volumes and numerous articles about education. She died in 1952.
Her medical backround led Montessori to approach education not as a philosopher or educator in the usual sense, but as a scientist. She considered the classroom as a laboratory for observing children, and testing and retesting for the validity of ideas and practices for aiding them in their growth. This open minded attitude, and the respect for the child which it implies, is the most fundamental aspect of Montessori education.
When was it introduced to the United States?
Montessori education was introduced to this country in 1912, with one of the early schools being established by Alexander Graham Bell in his own home. After an initially enthusiastic reception, interest in the Montessori approach soon waned as the dominant emphasis of education shifted from the development of intellectual skills to life adjustment, and from the need for limits in the classroom to permissiveness. This was not typical of the response to Montessori
education in other parts of the world where it continued to flourish. The Montessori approach was reintroduced in the United States by Nancy McCormick Rambausch in 1953; and principally because of the changes in the psychological and educational climate, there has followed a tremendous resurgence of interest in this system of teaching. There are now over 1500 Montessori schools in this country.
Is it for all children?
The Montessori system has been used successfully with children between the ages of two and a half and eighteen years from all socio-economic levels, representing those in regular classes as well as the gifted, the retarded, the emotionally disturbed and the physically handicapped. Because of its individual approach, it is uniquely suited to public education, where children of many backgrounds are grouped together. It is also appropriate for classes in which the student-teacher ratio is high because the children learn at an early age to work independently.
Is it oriented to a particular religion?
Montessori is not associated with any particular religious persuasion. Schools have been sponsored by groups representing non-sectarian interests as well as Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, and Hindu faiths.
Is the child free to do what he chooses in the classroom?
The child is free to move about the classroom at will, to talk to other children, to work with any equipment whose purpose he understands, or to ask the teacher to introduce new material to him. He is not free to disturb other children at work or to abuse the equipment that is so important to his development.
What does the teacher do?
The teacher is working with individual children, introducing materials, and giving guidance where needed. One of her primary tasks is careful observation of each child in order to determine his needs and to gain the knowledge she needs in preparing the environment to aid his growth. Her method of teaching is indirect in that she neither imposes upon the child as in direct teaching, nor abandons him as in a non-directive permissive approach. Rather, she is constantly alert to the direction in which the child himself has indicated he wishes to go, and she actively seeks ways to help him accomplish his goals.
What does this do for the child?
Observers of Montessori children have described them as having developed self-discipline, self-knowledge and independence, as well as enthusiasm for learning, an organized approach to problem solving, and academic skills.


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Despite having a massive financial advantage and the backing of powerful Democratic Party and union allies, Santa Rosa Assemblyman Michael Allen lost his bid for another term to a relative political unknown.
In the final tally of votes for the Sebastopol City Council, John Eder beat out incumbent Kathleen Shaffer for the second open seat on the council. Eder, a representative of Boise Mobile Equipment, won 1,992 votes, or 25.1 percent, while Shaffer received 1,930 votes, or 24.3 percent.
In the final tally of November election ballots, Santa Rosa attorney Jenni Klose has won a seat on the Santa Rosa School Board, beating out fellow local attorney Brian Noble by 955 votes.
Final election results released Friday confirmed Nov. 6 numbers showing first-time candidate Kathy Miller bested incumbent Tiffany Renée for a spot on the Petaluma City Council.
Santa Rosa City Councilwoman Susan Gorin has sealed her victory over rival Santa Rosa Councilman John Sawyer in the 1st District Sonoma County supervisor's race. Gorin led Sawyer by 1,299 a day after the election. She increased that margin by 483 votes in the final results released by the county Friday.
Even as his opponent prepares to be sworn into office Monday, Michael Allen reiterated that he won't concede the race for the 10th Assembly District seat until every last vote is counted. That could happen by Friday, when an estimated 15,000 provisional and absentee ballots in Sonoma County finally are tallied and the results of the Nov. 7 election are certified, according to county elections chief Janice Atkinson.
Odds are the outstanding ballots won't alter the outcome of the race. At last count, San Rafael City Councilman Marc Levine held a slim but statistically significant lead over Allen of 3,468 votes.
In his bid to unseat incumbent Democratic Assemblyman Mike Allen, San Rafael City Councilman Marc Levine, also a Democrat, has strengthened his lead. But Allen is not conceding the race, despite Levine's declaration of victory and the consistent lead he's held since Election Day.
Petaluma Vice Mayor Tiffany Renée isn't conceding the election quite yet.
After mail-in ballots and precinct votes were counted early Wednesday morning, Renée, seeking reelection to one of three City Council seats on the Nov. 6 ballot, was in fourth place, behind newcomer Kathy Miller by 1,026 votes.
If the vote holds, it would oust Renée, although she said Friday she still holds out hope. She estimates about 5,000 late absentee votes haven't been tallied.
Patrick Maloney, a junior at Sonoma State University, woke up Wednesday morning to a pleasant surprise.
California voters had approved Proposition 30, the statewide tax measure backed by Gov. Jerry Brown to raise about $6 billion a year for education.
For thousands of state university students, it meant money in the bank: specifically a $249 refund of a tuition fee increase they paid this fall.
For Maloney, a 20-year-old political science major from Sacramento, it also was a payoff for a successful campaign to register more than 1,000 SSU students to vote in Tuesday's election.
The great flaw in our democracy is that the majority can always vote to take a disproportionate price from a minority. Everyone's vote counts the same regardless of your contributions. Legislating morality, taxing success and generally narcissistic behavior are the great issues of our time.


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The Fredericktown Police Department is hosting a Special Response Team training event in order to raise money for the family of a fallen fellow officer.
The S.R.T. Round-Up is dedicated to Deputy Chris Parsons who was shot and killed in the line of duty this year December 16, 2012 as a member of the Washington County Sheriff's Department.
Deputy Parsons started his career at the Fredericktown Police Department where he was hired straight out of the Police Academy.
The event is being held on Saturday, May 18 starting at 8 a.m.
The gates open at 7 p.m. rain or shine.
Tickets are $5 per person.
The event will take place at the Fredericktown Police Department Training facility at South Chamber Drive and Z Highway.
Teams will compete in 4 events during the day.
1.) Officer Rescue
2.) Hostage Rescue
3.) Officer Down
4.) Tactical Endurance Course.
These events are geared for simulation of real life scenarios and are intended to challenge the team as a unit.
These events emphasize weapon expertise and physical fitness.
Over 1000 people are expected at the event with Swat teams from all over the state of Missouri participating.
Vendors will be set up for the event.
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Sometimes it can be tricky coming up with new ideas for portraits. You try changing the model's poses, the model's clothes, the background, the lighting, the props, etc, but you crave for something that will make your photos look more unique. It can be frustrating, and you might even get so fed up with trying to think of something new that you just want to throw something at your model. Well that's exactly what photographer Philippe Echaroux decided to do. The result? A series of beautiful portraits that, shall we say, adds a little color to his photos:
Philippe Echaroux's portraits capture two things we really love to see in photos, color and motion. Adding these elements by throwing some kind of powder (chalk I presume) into the scene really sets these photos apart from the hundreds of other portraits you see everyday.
The model's eyes engage you while a scene of color and chaos surrounds them. And you have to give kudos to these models. Most people don't like having a handful of chalk thrown in their face, even if they are getting paid for it.
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This is the stuff that goes through my mind when I'm not swarmed under with work stuff to do. Since it's the silly season in the NBA (AKA the trade deadline), I just snarked on someone's thread: "We should trade everyone for expiring contracts and start from the beginning." Which, you have to admit, is the kind of thing I would say.
So it got me thinking (always dangerous): What if we could? What if we traded everyone on the current roster for contracts that expire at the end of this season, or deals with team options to be exercised at the end of this season (which means I think we would keep Noce, unless he gets us a primo expiring contract in return)? Suddenly, we have 15 open roster spots and $58 or so million in cap space. How would you spend it? Could you build a team out of free agents available this summer that would be any better than what we have now? Couldya? Couldya? Huh? Huh? Huh?
I'm going to play around with this later, but right now I have about 35 emails to write. Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be lawyers...
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High School: Ranked 27th in France ... The 2013 Grand Prix de Granville champion ... Two-time champion of the Grand Prix de Bussy ... 2011 Grand Prix de Meaux ... Recorded a third-place finish at the France Championship young ... Followed that up with a runner-up finish the following season ... A quarter finalist at the 2011 France Championships ... Was a 2012 France Championships semifinalist.
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Haldia Petrochemicals unlikely to participate in Basell acquisition
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HALDIA Petrochemicals Ltd is unlikely to participate in The Chatterjee Group-led consortium's acquisition of Basell NV, according to the West Bengal Commerce and Industries Minister, Mr Nirupam Sen. The West Bengal Government, which is a principal stakeholder in the project, is not in agreement with the proposal.
Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop on restructuring PSUs here on Wednesday, Mr Sen said: "According to some preliminary estimates, HPL requires to raise close to Rs 2,500 crore for participating in the consortium for Basell. As a majority stake-holder in the project, we would think twice before approving such a proposal," he said.
"HPL has just been out of a crisis and we would not like to take any step which may endanger its financial health," he said.
"Acquiring Basell is nowhere in our (State Government) priority list. We are not concerned as to how TCG group is arranging the finances for such an acquisition. We have nothing to do with that. In the State Government we want to ensure that HPL continues to be in good health and that it prospers. We are not sure how participating in Basell would serve that purpose."
Admitting that there are major differences of opinion between the State Government and the TCG on HPL, he said, "We would like to include IOC in Haldia Petrochemicals. IOC has also forwarded a payment of Rs 150 crore two and a half months ago. However, HPL is yet to encash the payment."
Mr Sen said he expected an early solution to the stalemate.
"We had a prolonged stalemate over CDR (debt restructuring). But this is business and there is no quick solution." He, however, added that the State Government had so far extended all cooperation to TCG for running HPL.
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Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and is the third largest in the solar system. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1781.
Physical characteristics
Uranus Interior
Uranus Atmosphere
Uranus Rings
Uranus and the Earth Compared
Uranus Orbital characteristics
Uranus Moons
"Sweet Moon," William Shakespeare wrote in A Midsummer Night's Dream, "I thank thee for thy sunny beams; I thank thee, Moon, for shining now so bright." Centuries later, the moons of Uranus pay homage to famous playwright.
While most of the satellites orbiting other planets take their names from Greek mythology, Uranus' moons are unique in being named for Shakespearean characters, along with a couple from the works of Alexander Pope.
Oberon and Titania (king and queen of the fairies) are the largest Uranian moons, and were first to be discovered - by William Herschel in 1787. William Lassell, who had been first to see a moon orbiting Neptune, discovered the next two, Ariel and Umbriel. Nearly a century passed before Gerard Kuiper found Miranda in 1948. And that was it until a NASA's robot made it to distant Uranus.
All of Uranus's inner moons (those observed by Voyager 2) appear to be roughly half water ice and half rock. The composition of the moons outside the orbit of Oberon remains unknown, but they are likely captured asteroids.
Miranda, the innermost and smallest of the five major satellites, has a surface unlike any other moon that's been seen. It has giant fault canyons as much as 12 times as deep as the Grand Canyon, terraced layers, surfaces that appear very old, and others that look much younger.
Ariel has the brightest and possibly the youngest surface among all the moons of Uranus. It has few large craters and many small ones, indicating that fairly recent low-impact collisions wiped out the large craters that would have been left by much earlier, bigger strikes. Intersecting valleys pitted with craters scars its surface.
Umbriel is ancient, and the darkest of the five large moons. It has many old, large craters and sports a mysterious bright ring on one side.
Oberon, outermost of the five major moons, is old, heavily cratered, and shows little signs of internal activity. Unidentified dark material appears on the floors of many craters.
Cordelia and Ophelia are shepherd moons that keep Uranus' thin, outermost "epsilon" ring well defined.
Between them and Miranda is a swarm of eight small satellites unlike any other system of planetary moons. This region is so crowded that astronomers don't yet understand how the little moons have managed to avoid crashing into each other. They may be shepherds for the planet's 10 narrow rings, and scientists think there must be still more moons, interior to any known, to confine the edges of the inner rings.
Titania [Ty-TAY-ne-ah] is the largest moon of Uranus. It is marked by a few large impact basins, but is generally covered with small craters and very rough rocks. The above image shows a 1,600 kilometer (1,000 mile) long trench. A large double walled crater can be seen towards the top of the image. There are many faults on Titania indicating there has been internal forces molding its surface.
Ariel [AIR-ee-al] is a relatively small satellite and is the brightest moon of Uranus. The surface is pock-marked with craters, but the most outstanding features are long rift valleys stretching across the entire surface. Canyons much like the ones on Mars appear in the pictures. The canyon floors appear as though they have been smoothed by a fluid. The fluid could not have been water because water acts like steel at these temperatures. The flow marks might have been made by ammonia, methane or even carbon monoxide.
Oberon [O-buh-ron] is a moon of Uranus that is characterized by an old, heavily cratered, and icy surface. The surface shows little evidence of internal activity other than some unknown dark material that apparently covers the floors of many craters. The above image shows several large impact craters towards the center of the image. On the limb, a high mountain rises 6 kilometers (4 miles) above its surroundings. There are bright rays similar to those seen on Jupiter's moon Callisto.
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We have a high pick, and we have the picks after that to pretty much take any QB we want in this draft. Â We have the money to patch up any holes we need on D before the draft. Â Remember, 25 million is before we cut anyone. Â take Simeon's money off of that. Â Take Brooks' money off of that. Take Quarles' money off of that. Â We are going to have about 35 to 40 million to spend. Â
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An innovation perspective of knowledge management in a multinational subsidiary
Journal of Knowledge Management, 15(1):71-87
1. Introduction
Organisations nowadays have been faced with the challenges of managing increasingly more complex activities in the knowledge-based economy. As Castells (2000) suggests, knowledge economy is characterised as being informational, global and networked. In his view, information and knowledge plays an important role in modern economy, giving new perspective to the works of some earlier economists who had already hinted this issue, such as Marshall (1965), Hayek (1945) and Schumpeter (1951, 1952). The consequence of this is clear: organisations working in knowledge economy cannot but conceive themselves as learning agents capable of creating and managing knowledge to achieve their purpose (Antonelli, 2008).
Exploring Knowledge Management in Civil Society Organisations
Exploring Knowledge Management in Civil Society Organisations: Sustaining Commitment, Advancing Movement
by Yanuar Nugroho and Mirta Amalia
Manchester Business School (MBS) Working Paper No. 600
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR) Working Paper No. 56
This paper is currently under review in the International Conference of Knowledge Management and Information Sharing (KMIS), part of IC3K (International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management), Valencia, Spain 25-28 October 2010, and is being revised for a journal submission.
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have recently attracted much research attention, as they have become more central in social as well as economic and political dynamics, challenging and shaping the work of the state/public organisations and of the private institutions. Despite the fact that they are actually knowledge-intensive organisations, CSOs –like any other organisations– are faced with new challenges due to the advent of knowledge economy. Knowledge-capital in CSOs is highly diverse and this affects both the organisational performance and the civil society movement within which they are part of. Most of the knowledge in CSOs that has been driving and characterising civil society activities and realms is tacit in nature and is largely unmanaged. Consequently, in the long run, the organisations and their movement often become unstable despite efforts to manage their activities. We use the works of Polanyi and Nonaka to help address this problem and conceptualise the corpus of knowledge in CSOs. To anchor this conceptualisation, we feature the case of Indonesia where CSOs in a latecomer economy have been significantly influencing the work of public and private sectors. We find that managing tacit knowledge has been crucial to sustain the engagements with beneficiaries and networks. We propose taxonomy to understand different types of knowledge in CSOs and suggest a guiding principle to strategically manage it.
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Incorporating network perspectives in foresight: A methodological proposal
Foresight (2009), Volume 11(6): 21-41
Yanuar Nugroho and Ozcan Saritas
Purpose – A particular feature that makes foresight powerful is its capability to learn from past trends to help guide decision-making for future policy. However, in studying both past and future trends, network perspectives are often missing. Since networks are capable of revealing the structure that underpins relationships between stakeholders, key issues and actions in the past, they are powerful to help envisage the future. The purpose of this paper is to propose a methodological framework to incorporate network analysis in foresight.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper develops a generic framework to incorporate network analysis into foresight's five stages. Trends identified by respondents of the Big Picture Survey are used to demonstrate how we operationalize this framework.
Growing green: Venture capital support for clean technology
InnoGRIPS Newsletter No. 9, October 2009
by Jennifer Hayden and Yanuar Nugroho
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Global venture capital has been hit hard by the recession, dampening the prospects for many would-be start-ups at just the time when job creation and innovation are badly needed. Venture capital plays a critical role in funding the risky, early stages that other forms of finance often shy away from. Fund managers bring a mix of expertise and capital to guide a good idea to fruition with the goal of reaping large pay-offs at the IPO, but more often than not the venture fails – a risk that traditional funding bodies will not take on board. The success of the venture capital industry is important because it acts as a catalyst for innovation in the economy and can be critical in bringing course-altering technologies to the fore1. It is promising then that global venture capital is addressing itself to the grand challenge of climate change through its support of green technologies.
Political economics behind efforts to eliminate piracy
The Jakarta Post, OPINION & EDITORIAL – Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Yanuar Nugroho,
Recently my old laptop was seriously attacked by a worm virus called W.32Yaha@mm. The computer became slow and the virus started sending unauthorized emails, spreading the virus to all the people in my address book.
Almost instantly, I activated the "update" of my Anti-Virus software to prevent further damage and to destroy the virus. My attempt failed. An error-message was displayed on my screen stating, "Your Anti-Virus has expired".


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The Humane Ohio Pet Food Bank, started in 2009, anticipates a shortage of food due to a drop in food donations.
The program makes pet food available to financially strapped pet owners as well as to people caring for free-roaming cats in Lucas, Wood and Monroe counties.
'This program helps make sure pets and stray cats do not go hungry, and helps owners keep their pets even in tough financial times," said Jill Borkowski, marketing director of Humane Ohio, a non-profit group that offers low cost spay and neuter services for dogs and cats.
The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, Midwest Terminals of Toledo and Finance Fund were joined by area officials last week for a groundbreaking ceremony of a warehouse at Ironville Terminal in East Toledo.
The ceremony commemorates the third and final phase of construction on the 180 acre site making it ready for business this winter. The total project cost was approximately $18 million and when completed, the project will provide up 100,000 man hours of skilled construction labor for the community.
Liability questions emerging from a log jam caused by new personal watercraft docks placed in the Portage River dominated a portion of Monday night's meeting of Oak Harbor Village Council.
Councilwoman Donna Wendt asked Village Solicitor Jim Barney if he had researched potential liabilities should the log jam cause personal harm or property damage in weeks to come. Boaters know the risks of traveling these waterways, he said.
She noted, however, she was specifically concerned about potential damage to things such as wastewater and regional water system equipment in the river.
A safety issue was the chief reason Covenant Harbor manager Sue Perrin said she visited Oak Harbor Village Council on Monday.
Since the village opened parking on the north end of Veterans Park for the flag football league, parking issues have posed serious problems for nearby Covenant Harbor, a senior living community on Finke Road, Perrin told council. Game spectators have been parking along the apartment complex driveway and on the grass.
Oak Harbor Village Council is on the hunt for a new engineering firm to help solve its sewage back flow problem.
Council voted unanimously Monday night not to hire its regular consultant Poggemeyer Design Group of Bowling Green to undertake a proposed two-phase "no feasible alternatives study" to investigate malfunctions that left some residents mopping up messes in their homes after heavy rains.
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Taliban suspends talks with US over trading US soldier for five Taliban prisoners because of 'complex political situation' of Afghanistan | Mail Online
'The leadership of the Islamic Emirate has decided to suspend the process for some time due to the current complex political situation in the country,' the statement read. 'The process will remain suspended without the exchange of the prisoners until our decision to resume.'
Mujahed did not elaborate on what 'political situation' in Afghanistan led to the suspension of talks or say when they might resume. Afghanistan is in the middle of a presidential campaign ahead of an April 5 election. Two-term President Hamid Karzai cannot run again for office under the Afghan constitution.
The U.S. State Department has refused to acknowledge the negotiations, but the U.S. official previously told the AP that indirect talks were underway.
I'd tell the Taliban that either we get Sgt. Bergdahl back today, or they get Kandahar in radioactive ruins tomorrow.
That's what they would do if the situation were reversed. Actually, they wouldn't. They'd write Bergdahl off as "the Will of Allah," and keep right on attacking us with the most effective weapons they could muster.
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As always, Patch is here to give you a look at what's going on in the region over the next week that's family-friendly and not-so-expensive. Take a look at what's going on.
Where/When: From 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Mount Tabor Country Club, 1 Country Club Road, Mount Tabor.
Why Go: Because this is a 5K road race and one-mile "Fun Run" to benefit Mount Tabor Children's Day.
Price: $3 to $25.
When/Where: At 8 p.m. on Thursday at the in Warren.
Why Go: Because it's triumphant story of courage about an orphan and a champion Irish Setter told with Disney charm. Bring your blanket and picnic dinner and enjoy some quality family time. Come early and learn about rescue dogs from Rawhide Rescue.
Pricing: Free.
When/Where: At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at the in Basking Ridge.
Why Go: To hear local youth talent perform a light hearted musical with a good, solid message. The lively '70s tunes will have the whole family smiling.
Pricing: $12 for adults. $10 for students and seniors.
Where/When: From 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday .
Why Go: Because you can bring the whole family by and belt out some tunes with Kip.
Pricing: Free.
The Fuzzbox Teen Center
Where/When: From 7 to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at 214 West Mill Rd. in Long Valley.
Why Go: Because The Fuzzbox is a place for students in grades seven through 12 can hang out in a fun, supervised atmosphere where they can go to be involved in sports, games, music, art, and more, while being provided with free food and drinks. Fridays are for high school students and Saturdays are for middle-school students.
Pricing: Free.
Where/When: At 7 a.m. on Saturday at the in Parsippany.
Why Go: It's a day of golf and helps the fire department. What else do you need to hear?
Price: $115.
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Why Go: To start off your Saturday with a 5-mile group run and finish it off with a free bagel.
Pricing: Free.
When/Where: From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at in Warren.
Why Go: It's a family event with the biggest display of remote controlled helicopters and airplanes and an acrobatics show. Kids can build their own gliders and soar with a sense of pride.
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Tickets for Strikeforce: "Shamrock vs. Diaz" at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., will be available to the public beginning on Monday, Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. ET.
The event will mark the first show of 2009 for the promotion, as well as its first since acquiring select assets from the now defunct Pro Elite and inking a new deal with the premium cable network Showtime to air up to 16 live shows this year.
Tickets are sure to go fast when they are made available to the public, but if you're a Strikeforce Insider you can secure your seats early via a pre sale on Ticketmaster.com up until midnight on Sunday, Feb. 22.
Headlining the blockbuster event will be a match-up between former Strikeforce middleweight champion Frank Shamrock and former Elite XC lightweight number one contender Nick Diaz meeting at a catch weight of 179 pounds.
Several of the promotion's other top fighters will be in action on the card, too. Here's the full lineup of what's been made official by Strikeforce so far:
Main event:
Frank Shamrock (23-9-2) vs. Nick Diaz (18-7)
Main card (Televised):
170 lbs.: Jake Shields (22-4-1) vs. Joe "Diesel" Riggs (29-10)
155 lbs.: Lightweight Champion Josh "The Punk" Thomson (16-2) vs. TBA
155 lbs.: Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez (14-2) vs.
185 lbs.: Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith (14-5) vs. Benji "Razor" Radach (19-4)
145 lbs.: Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos (6-1) vs. TBA
It's going to be a great night of fights. If you live in the Northern California area be sure to snag your tickets before it's too late.


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MPs question Ministers over Edinburgh Agreement
The Scottish Secretary Michael Moore will give evidence to MPs over the arrangements the referendum on Scottish independence. Mr Moore, who is MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, will be questioned over the terms of the Edinburgh Agreement.
The Scottish Affairs Committee is conducting a wide ranging inquiry into the possibility of Scottish separation.
Mr Moore's deputy at the Scotland Office, the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell will also give evidence to the committee, as it gathers evidence on the Agreement, which was signed on 15 October.


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Contest Status: Registration Has Ended. Contest is under way
The Competitors are required to register for the competition prior to submitting their entries. In order to complete registration, competitors must submit a registration fee. The registration fee is $50 USD for both professionals and students prior to December 7th 2010. Please see the Schedule Section of the Who's Next Contest Registration Website for more scheduling details. All registering contestants will need to indicate which profile they will be designing for at the time of registration and can change this profile up until the official contest entry submission date.
Registration fees can be paid ONLY on line by credit or debit card. All payments are final; registered Competitors who do not submit an entry will not be refunded.
Payment will occur through FreeGreen.com (processed by PayPal), via the Who's Next 2.0 Contest Registration Website. Upon completion of online registration and payment, Competitors will receive a Confirmation E-mail with directions on how to upload their entry (automatically generated by the payment system). Competitors will also receive a manual e-mail with all of the contest profile details, for both contest profiles. See the Submission details below for additional information.
If you do not have access to the internet and would like to participate or if you have any questions, please contact the Design Competition Committee at firstname.lastname@example.com. The Design Competition Committee will make every reasonable effort, in its sole discretion to accommodate you.
First Round Judging:
The first round of judging will occur over the First Round Judging dates listed on the Who's Next 2.0 Contest Website. The jury for this first round of judging will consist of FreeGreen's internal design and engineering staff, as well as, a hand-picked focus group (for each profile) which represents the demographic and style tastes represented in each contest profile.
Through this first round of judging a list of the Top 50 contest entries will be established (based on the judging criteria listed below). These top 50 entries will be posted back to the Who's Next 2.0 Public Voting Website in preparation for the Final Round Judging.
Final Round Judging:
The final round of judging will occur over the Final Round Judging dates listed on the Who's Next 2.0 Contest Website. This final round of judging will include input from both the Named Jury (listed in the Jury Section of the Who's Next 2.0 Contest Website) as well as Public Voting which will be conducted via the Who's Next 2.0 Public Voting Website (over the time period listed in the Schedule section of the Who's Next 2.0 Contest Registration Website).
In this final round of judging the Jury's vote will count for 75% of the final round judging score for each design, while the Public Voting will count for 25% of the final round judging score. In order to facilitate this, at the end of the Public Voting period, each design entry will be listed 1 thru 50 based on the total number of votes that they have received (entry number one is the entry with the most votes). The jury will then independently rank the designs (based on the judging criteria below) 1 thru 50 with the design entry that they find the best, being number one. Next each entries Public Voting Rank will be multiplied by 25%, and each entries Jury Rank will be multiplied by 75%. These sum of these two modified Rank Scores will be added together for each entry giving each entry a Final Score. The design with the lowest score will be the winner. Any ties in scoring will go to the Jury for a final decision.
The entry with the lowest final score will win the Best in Show prize, and the designs (excluding the Best in Show Entry) with the lowest final scores for each Contest Profile will be awarded the Best In Class prizes. The Who's Next Contest Team will publish the Top 50 Rankings for all designs and will offer feedback to each of the Top 50 Entries.
The Who's Next 2.0 Judging Criteria is as follows:
The competition is open to all interested parties throughout the world, regardless of age (although you must be at least 18 years old), discipline, and professional status. Students are welcome and encouraged to enter. Entrants may submit work independently or as a group or through the instructor.
The following are exceptions to eligibility: The firms, professional partners, and immediate family members of the Competition jurors.
All submissions must be received via email by 5:00 pm EST Monday, December 20th, 2010.
There will be no anonymity in this contest. Entrants will actually be encouraged to associate your name, firm, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and other properties with your entry. Our goal is to introduce entrants to the FreeGreen audience and to help get all contest entrants work.
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Congratulations to the Winner: Savvy
A full list of the runners up will be posted shortly
How to enter: Create a collage of your own with the Paramore Sticker Book. Design a cell phone skin or create a design for your laptop or even put the stickers on your car. We will feature all the entries HERE and judge the most creative designs. The collage can use any items but must include some stickers from the Paramore Sticker Book.
You can order the Paramore Sticker Book HERE and submit a photo of your Paramore collage to the 'Sticker Contest' gallery HERE. Check out some of the ideas below:
PRIZES: The grand prize winner will receive an autographed Paramore drumhead (pictured below) customized by Jeremy as well as an autographed guitar pick from Jeremy. Nine runners up will receive an autographed guitar pick from Jeremy.
The contest runs until June 10th so you have plenty of time to order your sticker book and start creating. The Sticker Book is 10% off until March 13th so grab it now!


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The Learning Resource Center (LRC) provides MSOE students with free academic support services including individual peer tutoring; student-led interactive study sessions; drop-in centers for math, chemistry, physics and writing; and sessions on study skills and time management strategies. The LRC is located in CC-02, in the lower level of the Student Life and Campus Center. Call (414) 277-7274 for more information.
If you would like to request a tutor, please fill out the Individual Tutoring Request Form.
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Toni Morrison: "Love" (Knopf)
In her eighth work of fiction, Toni Morrison tells the story of a group of women brought together by the personage of one man. She talks with Diane about the first novel she's published in five years.
Toni Morrison
recipient of the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes, Princeton professor emerita, and author of "Beloved," "The Bluest Eye," "Sula," "Song of Solomon," "Tar Baby," and "Love."
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YAKIMA, Wash.-- Starting Monday sections of 40th Avenue and Fruitvale Boulevard in Yakima will be closed for road repair and resurfacing.
The main intersection will be closed overnight between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday.
The northbound lanes of 40th Avenue will also be closed between Powerhouse Road and Fruitvale Boulevard.
There will be traffic controls out during construction periods.


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Are you exhausted trying to form your own opinion about the Atlanta Braves. Well, have no fear, Talking Chop is here. Sit back, clear your mind, and let the TC bloggers tell you what to think and how to feel about this team.
|CB Wilkins
|What's short and round, with a bat that makes a thunderous sound? Dan Uggla. His second half resurgence makes him better than any player the Braves could have possibly traded for. 8/10
|Scott Coleman
|Name the player who shops for his jerseys at Baby Gap, has forearms bigger than most men's biceps, and is now halfway to the all-time hitting streak. Dan Uggla has emerged as the player we thought he would, and with Bourn's addition and McCann's return, this team only has their best days ahead. 8/10
|Tony Almeyda
|Who is best known for going streaking in the middle of summer? It was Archimedes, although he never hit safely in 29 straight games like Dan Uggla. Confidence 9/10.
|Jack Moore
|As Karl Ravech mentioned on the air recently, Dan Uggla is probably the best deadline pick up by any team. I completely agree. My confidence is riding high at a 9/10.
|Martin Gandy
|It turns out that Dan Uggla was the Player To Be Named Later in the Dan Uggla trade, and he only arrived in Atlanta a month ago. With the offense going strong, all eyes will now be on the starting pitching staff, as JJ is ailing and we're all scratching our heads about Hanson. Minor and Teheran may be the most valuable players down the stretch. 7.5/10


text: Martin Sivula is director of research at Johnson & Wales University's Graduate School. His experience includes roles as a research consultant to the PROBE Commission restructuring the Providence School Department and a consultant for the Merrimack Educational Consortium. Sivula is a Special Lecturer of Education at Providence College, and has served as an advisor to doctoral students at the University of Connecticut and a faculty member at Fitchburg State College. Prior to joining JWU, he worked as an educational coordinator and computer system manager for the Lunenburg, Mass. Public School Department. Sivula is an active member of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) and contributes to research of faculty and measurement. He is also a member of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Mathematical Association of America and Association for Institutional Research (AIR). Sivula has received Outstanding Teacher, Doctoral Program and Academic Leadership awards at JWU and an Outstanding Leadership Award at Fitchburg State College.


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Port Washington leaders said Tuesday they're planning to build a World War II memorial in the new Coal Dock project on the city's lakefront.
Ald. Joe Dean said planners for the project want to erect a replica of the Wisconsin pillar from the national World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., which will be placed between a main and side walkway at the Coal Dock.
"We found veterans just flock to this part of the memorial and have their pictures taken," Dean said. "(W)e toured the Coal Dock area and couldn't think of a better place to put this."
Dean said the offer to get the pillar came from a Madison company during the sold-out premier of the "Stars and Stripes Honor Flight" documentary that took place at Miller Park earlier this year. The pillar is also a thank you from the Honor Flight organization to the city because of its success in helping the film project proceed.
"Frankly, we've been the most successful hub in the city," Dean said.
The memorial will also include a replica star used to represent those who served in the war and it will be placed in an area that on 11:11 a.m. on Veteran's Day, it will be under a shadow.
Project planners are also looking to sell bricks to help pay for the project and they hope to open it in time for Veterans Day. He said people are already inquiring about buying bricks to finance the project and a lot of momentum is moving the project ahead.
"We really want to capture that momentum and get it done," Dean said.
While leaders expressed an overall support for the plan, Ald. James Vollmar questioned if the project will also incorporate honors for those who served in other wars in an effort to show appreciation for their military service.
"We have these other wars and in fact still fighting one, a unit from Wisconsin just left for Afghanistan," he said. "I really feel that it would be appropriate to include all of that on this single monument."
Dean said planners want to start concrete work no later than Oct. 12 in order to complete the memorial in time for Veterans Day, so leaders will schedule a plan commission and special Common Council meeting for Oct. 11 to give approval for the project, which will allow for work to begin the same day.
Mayor Tom Miada expressed support for the project and also said some people who may be looking at the project from a war perspective, should remember this is a way to honor those who served.
"I think in terms of it being a pillar of honor, this truly is for us paying homage to the greatest generation," he said.


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Get Up Close With Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti Sept. 24 at Drama League
By Carey Purcell
The Drama League launches its Up Close: A Conversation with... series with Tony Award winner Laura Benanti Sept. 24 at 7 PM.
The conversation, which will be moderated by Tony Award nominee Susan Blackwell, is part of the fall 2013 programming schedule of special performances, events and educational offerings at the new Drama League Theater Center in Tribeca (32 Avenue of the Americas).
Benanti's stage credits include The Sound of Music, Swing!, Into the Woods, Nine, The Wedding Singer, Gypsy, In the Next Room and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
Future special guests in the series will include Tony Danza (Oct. 15); Tony Award winners Cherry Jones (Oct. 21) and Judy Kaye (Nov. 6); and conductor/composer David Friedman (Nov. 21), who will discuss "Conducting Disney."
"Having opened The Drama League Theater Center in May, we're excited to begin our first full season of event programming in our new home," Gabriel Shanks, Drama League executive director, said in a statement. "It's truly remarkable to be welcoming old friends like Cherry and Laura."
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Winning trainer Phillippe van de Poele said, "This is my first Group 2 win, and for (jockey) Roman Thomas too. She did it well
today. She might have a break now as she has now won three races in just a month. She also has options in Italy and Hong Kong."
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SAMANTHA MORTON (Agatha) most recently
appeared in the films Jesus' Son, directed by Alison McLean, and
opposite Sean Penn in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, for which she
was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000.
Her feature film debut in Carine
Adler's Under the Skin received widespread critical acclaim, and proved
to be her breakthrough performance for which she was voted Best Actress by The
Boston Society of Film Critics, and was nominated for Best Actress at the
British Independent Film Awards in 1998. She has appeared in Bruce Beresford's
Boswell for the Defense; Julien Temple's Pandaemonium; Amos
Gitae's Eden; This is the Sea, with Gabriel Byrne, Dreaming
of Joseph Lees, opposite Rupert Graves, and The Last Yellow, directed
by Julian Farino. Her other credits include the made for television films Jane
Eyre (as Jane Eyre), Tom Jones (for BBC TV), and the mini-series Emma,
based on Jane Austen's novel.
Morton will next be seen in Jim
Sheridan's East of Harlem and Lynne Ramsay's Morvern Callar.
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It was just a few days before Christmas when an Attala County family last heard from Friday Riley.
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Riley was last seen walking away from his home in Sallis, nearly a month ago on December 22nd. His family believes he may be in Holmes or Leake County.
If anyone has information on the whereabouts of Friday Riley, you're asked to call the Attala County Sheriff's Office at 662-289-5556.
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text: Personal identity code The personal identity code is a means of identification that is more specific than a name. Several people may have the exact same name but there are no two persons with exactly the same personal identity code. The code remains unchanged throughout the person's lifetime. Personal identity codes were introduced in Finland in the 1960s. The Finnish personal identity code is issued to Finnish citizens born in or outside Finland on the basis of a birth certificate. Parents of newborn children born in Finland need not take any measures to obtain a code for the child, as the hospital provides details of all births to the Population Information System and a personal identity code is registered for the child in the Population Information System when the child's birth is registered. Foreign citizens whose residence in Finland is permanent or exceeds more than one year are also issued a personal identity code. Persons staying in Finland on a temporary basis, and in some cases family members residing abroad as well, can also be issued the code if this is deemed necessary on the basis of the law. Foreign citizens should contact the local register office of their place of residence for registration. Foreign citizens staying in Finland on a temporary basis can also register at a local tax office, the Finnish Immigration Service or a branch of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela). Foreign citizens residing in Finland under diplomatic status cannot be issued a personal identity code. The personal identity code is needed in a variety of situations You need your personal identity code to be able to apply for pensions and other benefits. It is also needed for the payment of wages, salaries and fees. The code is also essential in bank transactions, and your bank will require it when you are opening an account. Careful use of the personal identity code reduces the risk of error in registers and therefore improves your data protection. But, the code is not always needed in every situation. Your name is often enough. Issue of new personal identity code The Finnish personal identity code is individual to its holder and is intended to be permanent. A new personal identity code can only be issued when this is vital in order to provide protection to a person in circumstances where the health or safety of that person is under obvious and permanent threat, or when the original code has been repeatedly abused by a person other than to whom it was issued (Act on the Population Information System and the Certificate Services of the Population Register Centre, Act 661/2009). A prerequisite for considering the issue of a new personal identity code is that the abuse of the original personal identity code has caused the proper holder of the code significant financial or other hardship and that the issue of a new code will effectively prevent further harm caused by the abuse. The need for a new personal identity code can be evaluated on the basis of a threat assessment performed by the police in e.g. situations of witness protection. The decision to issue a new code is taken by the Population Register Centre. A new personal identity code may be entered in the Population Information System also if a person has pursuant to the Gender Confirmation of Transsexual Individuals Act (563/2002) been confirmed as belonging to the opposite gender. In this case, the issue of a new code is decided by the local register office. What does the personal identity code tell us? Anna Suomalainen's personal identity code is 131052-308T. The first part of it – 131052 – tells us the day, month and year of her birth, in the form ddmmyy. Thus, her date of birth is October 13, 1952. The sign after the date of birth tells us in which century she was born. In Anna's case the sign is a hyphen (-) as she was born in the 1900s. Those born in the 1800s have a plus (+) and those born in the 2000s have the letter A. The individual number, which for Anna is 308, distinguishes persons with the same date of birth from each other. Men have an odd number and women an even number. Practically all individual numbers issued are within the range of 002 to 899. The control character can be a number or a letter: Anna's is T. It is obtained by dividing the nine-digit number consisting of the date of birth and the individual number by 31. The control character is determined on the basis of the remainder in accordance with the table to the left. Calculation of remainder When the remainder corresponding to the control character in the personal identity code is calculated and the calculation returns a decimal number, the remainder is established as follows: the decimals following the whole number are multiplied by 31 and the resulting number rounded to the nearest whole number. The following example illustrates the method: The personal identity code of Anna Suomalainen is 131052-308T. The T is arrived at by taking the number 131052308 and dividing it by 31. The result of the division, depending on the precision of the calculator, may appear as e.g. 4227493.8064516129032258064516129. Taking the number series .8064516129032258064516129 appearing after the decimal point and multiplying it by 31 gives the result of 24.9999999999999999999999999, which rounded to the nearest whole number is 25. A table of corresponding control characters then provides the T in the personal identity code.


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Indianapolis—Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?"
Monday, January 17th, we as a nation will take time to consider that question as we honor the life and legacy of Dr. King. In Washington D.C., the son of the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King III is expected to address a crowd gathered Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of the federal holiday for his father.
King would have been 82 on January 15th. Members of the King family also plan to lay a wreath at the tombs of Martin Luther King Jr. and his widow, Coretta Scott King. Dr. King is the only American who was not a U.S. president to have a federal holiday named in his honor. He has been recognized on the third Monday in January since 1986.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle plan to honor Dr. King with a day of service around Washington D.C. In fact, in the spirit of the idea that MLK Day should be a day of service instead of just another day off, members of the cabinet also plan to volunteer at schools, homeless shelters and community service organizations.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard (R) tweeted he would be honoring Dr. King by attending the 42nd Annual Celebration of the Indiana Christian Leadership Conference.
There's plenty to do here in Indianapolis.
At noon, the Madame Walker Theatre Center will host a "Keep the Dream Alive" commemorative celebration. Also on Monday, one of the "Little Rock Nine" will speak at the University of Indianapolis. The Little Rock Nine were among the first black students to attend segregated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Minnie-Jean Brown Trickey, now 69 years old, will speak at noon on the UIndy campus at Ransburg Auditorium. She will be lecturing on the Freedom Riders, to the youth who staged sit-in protests at segregated lunch counters in the early 1960s.
The program is free and open to the public.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art also plans to honor Dr. King's legacy. There will be free admission all day.
White River State Park will host a family day complete with fun attractions and health screenings.
"Each attraction at the zoo, at Victory Field, at the Indiana State Museum, IMAX, etc. Will all have things honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.," said Dawn Tabler with the White River State Park Commission.
If you bring a can of food with you to the park, you'll get in free. The cans of food will be donated to Gleaner's Food Bank.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is also offering free admission from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Banks and government offices will be closed Monday in observance of the holiday, along with many schools and the post office. Mail delivery will be suspended but the main lobby of branches will be open for unattended letter drop off.
Marion County Public Library branches will also be closed Monday.