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Volunteers are accommodated in dormitory-style volunteer houses in the Kitende area, approximately 45 minutes outside of Kampala City. Each volunteer house accommodates up to 10 volunteers and volunteers can expect to share a bedroom with two to four other volunteers of the same gender. The volunteer houses are safe and secure in a quiet area. The bathrooms in the homes have western toilets and showers. There is electricity and running water, however it is common for power or water to occasionally be cut off in Uganda. Bedding is provided and volunteers will need to bring their own towels. There are staff who clean the accommodation throughout the week, however volunteers are required to keep their rooms and common areas tidy. It is recommended that volunteers bring their own mosquito net, however these can be purchased once in Uganda, if you do not have much room in your luggage.
Volunteers are provided with three meals per day (breakfast, lunch and dinner), prepared by an on-site local cook. If you wish to snack or eat outside of meal times, this will be at your own cost and there are local shops within the villages where you can purchase snacks. Breakfast generally includes tea, eggs, bread and fruit. For lunch and dinner, there is a revolving menu of local dishes, which include typical Ugandan stews (beef, chicken, pork, goat, fish and vegetable), beans, rice, chapatti, groundnuts and vegetables. Starchy foods such as white bread, white rice, pasta, potatoes, sweet potatoes, matoke (boiled green bananas), and cassava are dietary staples. The tropical climate of Uganda also contributes to a healthy choice of seasonal fruits, including bananas, watermelon, papayas, mangos, jackfruit, and pineapples. Bottled drinking water is readily available in Uganda and volunteers should budget approximately US$5 per week for this.
If you have any special dietary requirements, please let us know well in advance of your program so our local team can make arrangements for you. We do, however need to stress the point that you should not expect to eat as you normally do at home. We will do our best to see that you are well taken care of, but also as a volunteer, there is a need to be flexible.
Orientation is hosted by our Uganda team at the volunteer base in Kitende. Orientation begins on the morning of your chosen start date and covers everything you need to know for your volunteer program in Uganda – Introduction to Uganda, Culture and Customs, Rules and Expectations, Safety, Language Basics (Luganda), Travel Opportunities, Introduction to Project and Placement. The orientation will also give you a chance to meet other volunteers and swap contact details for weekend travel and socializing.
First Day: On your first day of volunteering, you will be escorted to your placement by a local coordinator and introduced to the placement staff you will be working with.
Weekdays: Volunteers work for approximately 3 to 5 hours per day. A typical schedule is as follows:
7.00 AM – Breakfast at the volunteer house, prepared by the local cook.
7.30 AM – Volunteers travel to their placements either by taxi or by walking. Start time and daily workload depends on the project that the individual volunteer is participating on.
1.00 PM – Volunteers break for lunch. Volunteers either travel back to the volunteer house or eat a packed lunch at their placement. After lunch, volunteers continue with their volunteer work (where applicable).
3.00 PM - 4.00 PM – Work at the placement usually ends. Volunteers are free to return to the volunteer house, plan for the following day's activities or use their free time as they wish.
7.00 PM – Dinner at the volunteer house, prepared by a local cook.
Please note, this schedule will vary depending on the particular project the volunteer is participating on.
There is no shortage of things to do in Kampala or further afield in Uganda, so volunteers can fill their free time with safaris, adventurous activities, markets or simply exploring parts of the local town. Uganda is a popular tourist location for gorilla trekking as well as game safaris and bird-watching. There are beautiful national parks and great opportunities for adventure activities such as white water rafting. Volunteers staying for longer durations, or who wish to travel before or after their program, can visit areas further afield in Uganda and neighboring countries such as Kenya and Tanzania.
See our Uganda Travel and Tours page for more volunteer travel options in Uganda!


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Demand response reduces overall energy usage, but the magnitude of the reduction depends on whether the technologies are developed and deployed with efficiency in mind.
Optimizing Demand Response
A comprehensive DR business case quantifies a full range of concurrent benefits.
peak needs. Generally, this requires a loss-of-load-probability or loss-of-load-expectation analysis.
Dispatchable DR can operate during transmission or distribution contingencies to reduce peak loads on equipment and increase reliability. In these settings, DR preserves reliability and lowers equipment replacement and maintenance costs. At specific grid locations, DR can reduce the need for reactive power and reliability-must-run plants, both related to shortages in T&D or local generation capacity. Accordingly, long-term dispatchable DR can avoid the need for new transmission and at the same time meet RA and OR requirements.
In a recent California settlement on cost-effectiveness, major benefits are attributed to DR that avoids the cost of transmission and distribution. DR benefits are particularly notable when they reduce T&D capacity requirements in load-growth areas. Avoided T&D benefits are attributable to DR resources that meet "right place" and "right certainty" criteria. These criteria are used to ensure DR is targeted to avoid specific T&D costs, namely: 1) in load growth areas where construction of new electricity infrastructure is required but for DR; 2) where specific DR resource increase power-delivery capacity; 3) where DR can provide certainty of long-term load reduction and little risk of after-the-fact retrofit/replacement; and 4) where DR is relied on to reduce local T&D equipment loads.
The track record for dispatchable DR shows that it produces a significant energy-efficiency effect. DR applied to residential air-conditioning might cause building temperatures to increase slightly, but the reduced on-peak energy use usually is greater than the increased shoulder-peak energy use (during the snap-back period). This energy efficiency effect generally results in less NOx, SOx, and greenhouse gases (GHG).
Market Benefits
DR dispatched to meet reliability needs results in reduced capacity and energy costs and might yield congestion benefits. Areas with high local electricity costs can benefit substantially from DR, particularly if wholesale price caps are relaxed and prices reflect load-pocket and regional constraints without significant averaging. Hence, DR can be an excellent hedge against high local capacity, energy, and congestion costs.
LSEs in most ISOs/RTOs rely on out-of-market (OOM) power–that is, power imported from outside the market—during emergencies. As markets increasingly apply scarcity pricing to reflect super-peak market energy needs ( e.g., in ERCOT and CAISO), dispatchable DR can be delivered in OOM and scarcity pricing markets to provide additional benefits.
ISOs and RTOs have aimed to dispatch all DR before requests for OOM or scarcity pricing occur. But this stops DR from participating in these markets on comparable terms with generators. This suggests that revising ISO/RTO policies would enable DR providers to participate directly in OOM and scarcity-pricing transactions.
DR's use is limited in most jurisdictions to an option contract to provide electrical capacity under emergency conditions. The full option value of DR, however, does not reflect its value as a hedge, particularly to reduce capital costs, fuel risk, price risk, counter-party risk, and to ensure sufficient fast ramping capacity given the increasing use of renewable resources.
DR has additional benefits because it is rolled out incrementally and can be used flexibly on a locational basis. Ideally, dispatchable DR

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The Challenges of Finding Work Abroad
By AdFeatures | Monday, April 30, 2012, 12:26
With the jobs market becoming an uncomfortably crowded place, broadening your horizons by making your search for work global may be the perfect way to open up a whole host of new opportunities.
With fewer border restrictions between the UK and the rest of the European Union than ever before, and increasing globalisation creating new industries in countries all over the world, there is ample scope for you to carve out an enviable career on foreign soil and immerse yourself in a whole different culture at the same time.
However, before formulating a plan, it's a good idea to fully consider your motivations and how taking a job overseas fits into your long term career plans. Will it be a permanent move, or something temporary to tide you ever until you deem the time right to make a return? As well as knowing how working abroad will affect your life plan, you also need to be clear in your own mind about the type of work you want to do, and the country (or countries) that you want to ply your trade in. Only by narrowing down your options with regards to these two choices will you stand a chance of being able to conduct the high level of research necessary to make a fully informed decision.
After all, due to the huge amount of administrative and practical complications that can potentially arise from seeking work in another nation, there's a lot you'll need to be aware of. For instance, you may find that in your destination of choice the sector you want to work in is booming, and that the culture is hugely appealing, but your qualifications are not recognised, and that you'll need to gain new ones.
You'll also need to ensure that you have a handle on the procedure for obtaining a visa to work in your target country, should you need one. Acquiring the documents necessary to work can often be a lengthy, time consuming and stressful process.
Of course, none of these problems are particularly relevant unless you are actually able to find a suitable vacancy to apply for. One way of landing a job abroad is to find employment with a multinational or UK based company that operates in other parts of the world, then get yourself posted to their base in the part of the world that interests you. As well as companies in the private sector, there are wide range of public sector organisations that operate all over the globe, such as the military and the civil service.
Finding out about openings at companies that are based exclusively in their own country can be done through various resources. In terms of printed media, there are plenty of professional journals and trade press publications that often carry information about vacancies overseas, and, just as you'd use a website such as www.job-centre-vacancies.co.uk to find jobs in the UK, there are lots of specialist websites that allow you to search for posts all over the world.
Finally, make sure you are prepared for an unconventional interview. Not being physically present at an interview affects things much more than you might think as, normally, body language plays a big role in building rapport. It can pay dividends to put in some practice and altering your technique to insure you will interview just as well over the phone or via a video link, should the eventuality arise.


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Summary Box: Copper falls on global economic newsDiscuss Posted by admin 953 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed out its worst week this year and the euro fell on Friday after disappointing Chinese growth data stoked worries about the strength of the global economy and a rise in Spain's borrowing costs revived fears about the debt-plagued euro zone. A sharp re-emergence of fears over contagion from the euro zone debt crisis took a steep toll on bank shares in both Europe and the United States, as well as dragging down the euro against the dollar for the first time in three days. ...
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Objectification Of Women
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"Objectification of Women"
Pictures Never Lie ? Think about the hundreds or thousands pictures of Women that we see, every month and year, in magazines, on TV, in the movies, in advertising. How do these pictures compare with what we see when we look at the real women around us, every day?
In a country where coverage of women's lives and achievements is hardly equal to that of men's, where pictures of women scientists, writers, and thinkers rarely appear in the popular press, we are awash in photographs of anonymous young women, selected and pictured to sell products, attract attention, and please male viewers.
Magazines like Playboy claim to be "celebrating women's beauty." But Playboy doesn't run pictures of... Women... Of female human beings of all ages and sizes, of the women who make up more than half of our population. What Playboy does in fact is to "celebrate" one minutely small portion of the female gender. They are usually "models:" young, VERY PRETTY women of a physical type chosen to appeal to male eyes.
But even these "highly selected and carefully chosen" young women are not presented as full and multi-dimensional people; instead, they are often posed and dressed so as to de-emphasize individuality. The effect visually reduces a woman to a body, or in some instances, to parts of her body, as if she is not a real, whole person.
The term that most often describes this phenomenon is: objectification.
A definition of Objectification might be: "portrayals of women in ways and contexts which suggest that women are objects to be looked at, ogled, even touched, or used, anonymous things or commodities perhaps to be purchased, perhaps taken - and once tired of, even discarded, often to be replaced by a newer, younger edition; certainly not treated as full human beings with equal rights and needs.
Objectification of women is obviously common in mainstream media We see it in advertising, in pin-ups, calendars, "girlie pictures;" in Hollywood movies, in magazines, we see it everywhere.
We believe that massive objectification of women may contribute to a "climate" in which violence and exploitation of women are both tolerated and tacitly encouraged. Once you have learned to see a class of human beings as objects, or in ways that effectively reduce them to objects, it becomes much easier to use them as one would an object, with as little, or less, regard.
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Forget the Literary Review's Bad Sex Scene award — we want the good ones, but not the smut . . . necessarily. Luckily, Nerve tracks the books with the best sex scenes all year with its Henry Miller awards. Named after the novelist, it rewards the best literary sex scenes in the English language. We've selected our 10 favorites.
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Make 12-1/2" quilt blocks in any of these colors: Patriotic,
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Make as many blocks as you want – each block is an entry! Turn them into any Shop Hop Shop by June 30th.
Shops will sponsor 'sew days' to sew blocks into quilts to be donated to charities; i.e. Patriotic – Quilts of Valor or Wounded Warriors, Shades of Pink – Breast Cancer & Brights – Children's Charities!


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Creepy New 'Let Me In' Clip
Thursday, September 2 by
I'm not a big fan of ruining movies for myself by watching clips, but I'm glad I sucked it up and hit play on this new one for Let Me In. Now I for seriously can't wait to check out this film at Fantastic Fest. I know a few of you out there are pissed that they remade the Swedish version, but c'mon, it's got Richard Jenkins in it. The man can do no wrong. Except for Say It Isn't So, and even in that film he's covered in bees WAY better than Nic Cage ever was.
Take a look at the clip after the jump and see if it changes your skeptical mind…
Michelle Rodriguez's 'Machete' Fail
Thursday, September 2 by
Last week, Screen Junkies and Break scored some sweet, sweet hangin' time with Machete stars Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez, and director Robert Rodriguez, at an international press junket. FX guru and filmmaker Freddie W. put together a scene that starts out simple enough with everyone taking some bad-ass pics for the cameras, but then quickly takes a dark turn once Michelle's strength is brought into question. In my opinion, this is the way all press junkets should end. Although, I'm sure the hotel staff would vehemently disagree.
Check out the video below…
'Sandman' Headed For The Small Screen For Real This Time. Maybe.
Thursday, September 2 by
If you were a nerd with an affinity for the occult between the years of 1988 and 1996, this news may upset. Warner Bros. Television is moving forward with plans to adapt Neil Gaiman's "Sandman." Also, condolences on being a nerd.
It's not all bad news though. "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke is said to be Warners' #1 choice to head up the project. We don't write about "Supernatural" much around here but it is a mostly-solid show. Kripke is immensely talented, and is certainly capable of building the intricate world required to pull this off. Unless he's not available. In which case, you could always get Tim Kring. That would be good too, right guys? Guys?? (THR)
Jon Hamm To Star In Girlfriend's 'Friends With Kids'
Thursday, September 2 by
Scarves = Happiness.
In an effort to collect a handful of "Free Sex" coupons, Jon Hamm could star in his long time girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt's next directorial effort, Friends With Kids. They haven't officially kissed on it, but a deal is reportedly in the works. The names Anne Hathaway and Kristen Wiig are also floating around the project, but again, no spit handshakes.
Another thing that isn't known is what the film is about, except that it'll probably focus on someone's friends who have kids. They could be young kids. They could be old kids. "Friends" might used in a sarcastic way, so that it really mean enemies. Same goes for kids. The movie could be about enemies with adults. But one thing is for certain — if it happens, Jon Hamm will be in it. (ThePlaylist)
Paula Patton Officially For Reals in 'Mission: Impossible 4′
Thursday, September 2 by
On Monday, we reported that Lauren German, Kristin Kreuk, and Paula Patton were in contention for the sexy female role in Mission: Impossible 4. Well Paula Patton has emerged victorious! The Deja Vu star will play a young operative who works with Ethan Hunt.
Tom Cruise will reprise his role as Hunt, but Paramount doesn't want to make a big deal about his involvement. He was the cat's meow back when the first movie launched, but now he's that guy you dread having lunch with simply to maintain the relationship. Maybe M:I 4 director Brad Bird can elevate his status back to Top Gun levels. That is if co-star Jeremy Renner doesn't steal the spotlight. Oh how that would anger Cruise so. Couch-stomping mad. (Deadline)
Thomas Jane Invites Himself To Join Cast Of 'The Walking Dead'
Thursday, September 2 by
Move it along. Nothing to see here.
With a second season already confirmed before the first has even aired, AMC's "The Walking Dead" is shaping up to be a monster hit. Thomas Jane agrees with that point, and is eager to get the chance to hang around with BFF Frank Darabont and his stiff, rotting corpses. When the series was first announced, I'd thought Jane in the lead would be a no-brainer, if he could work his schedule out. Turns out, that was the plan back when the series was expected to go to HBO. When it ended up going to AMC, his inclusion fell through. Now, he may get the chance to bash in some zombie skulls afterall.
"That show is going to be a a big f*cking hit. I've seen it and is fan-f*cking-tastic. I'm going to come on and do a guest thing. Maybe play a bad guy. I'm not going to be a zombie. That's too much make up."
Jane is polarizing for a lot of people, but I think he'd be a great addition to the cast. As long as he's not expected to do any crying scenes. (NBC Washington)
'The Gates' Actress Marisol Nichols
Thursday, September 2 by Defy Media
Marisol Nichols is a Chicago native with a mixed blend of Hungarian and Mexican ancestry. She got her start in the biz as the final Audrey Griswold in Vegas Vacation. Since then she has moved up the Hollywood ladder with spots on the Series "Cold Case," "24," and this past summer's "The Gates."
A word from Marisol: "Working everyday with werewolves, witches and vampires. How much fun is that?!"
More pics of Marisol after the jump…
Review: 'Machete'
Thursday, September 2 by
Machete R, 105 min., 2010 Cast: Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Cheech Marin with Don Johnson, Lindsay Lohan, Steven Seagal, and Robert DeNiro Directed by Robert Rodriguez…
Michael Bay Places $50k Bounty On Head Of Puppy-Thrower
Thursday, September 2 by
"Follow me if you want to live!!!"
There's a video going around the Internet that depicts a young woman gleefully throwing newborn puppies into a raging river. Seeing as the Internet is comprised of 80% adorable puppies, that sh*t just don't fly. Michael Bay took time out of his busy schedule of writing terse letters, to write a terse letter damning the puppy-thrower, while placing a bounty on her head:
There is a disturbing video going around the news outlets. It's a video of blonde young woman in a red sweatshirt casually tossing squealing puppies into the fast-moving river one by one.
Michael Bay has informed me that he is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and successful prosecution of the woman in the red sweatshirt and the person who shot this act of cruelty.
And now it's time to pay up. 4chan was already on the case and managed to gather everything there is to know about the young woman, including her name, phone number, address, school address, email address, Facebook profile, and Volleyball team info (?). Good job, Internet. Too bad 4chan users are anonymous and can't outright accept the money. Michael Bay, you can leave that $50K in the newspaper box on the northeast corner of Wilshire Blvd and N. Arnaz Drive. It will make its way into the right hands.
As if that weren't a sweet enough payout, I would like to up the ante by personally offering a heartfelt pat on the back to the first person who ties the culprits to a chair and force feeds them a bag of cement mix. (WWTDD)
'Buried' International Trailer
Thursday, September 2 by Reza F.
The new international trailer for Buried may cause claustrophobia and an overall icky feeling. It shows much more than the previous trailer, which could be a good or bad thing…
Funnyman Harvey Keitel To Replace Steve Carell On 'The Office?'
Thursday, September 2 by
"Could we have this removed, please?"
Here's some nutso casting that seems to be torn from Peter Berg's playbook (aka left field), "The Office" showrunner Paul Lieberstein wants to replace the departing Steve Carell with professional actor/cleaner Harvey Keitel. Though no talks have begun, the plan would be to bring him in as an old salesman who attempted to retire, but was pulled back into the workforce after the stock market collapse. Speaking of Keitel's comedy potential, Lieberstein had this to say:
"He's a real tough guy, but I saw him in 'Life on Mars' and I saw a lot more comedy in his work, just little slivers of it, little things he would do that made me think he's capable of a lot more than what (he's done)."
Also, he did Little Nicky. So, you know he's not above this. (Reuters)
'Transformers 3′ Extra Injured During Filming
Thursday, September 2 by Reza F.
We all know that millions of young minds will be permanently damaged by Michael Bay's Transformers 3. But usually, the causalities don't start rolling in until after the film hits theaters. However, it seems this installment of the Transformers trilogy has already claimed its first victim.
Authorities say the "Transformers 3" crew was filming late Wednesday in the Chicago suburb of Hammond, Ind., using several vehicles and drivers. Police say something went wrong and an object went through the windshield of a car, hitting the driver. In a statement, police said the vehicle kept going for a mile before stopping. Police did not release the driver's name. The person was airlifted to a hospital.
For the love of God, the film hasn't even reached post production, and people are already being hospitalized. Although based on the description, this might make for one hell of a 3D experience. Even so, we wish the extra a speedy recovery, and pray for an end to the senseless cycle of violence that is the Transformers franchise. (HitFix)
International Trailer For Todd Phillips' 'Due Date'
Thursday, September 2 by Reza F.
Thanks to the run-away success of The Hangover, expectations are high for director Todd Phillips. And if actor Robert Downey Jr. is to be believed, Philips' latest film, Due Date,…
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Wednesday, September 1 by
I normally don't report on people shopping projects around to networks, even if those people are J.J. Abrams, but damn is it a slow news day. So hey, Abrams and former "Lost" writer Elizabeth Sarnoff are waving Sarnoff's drama pilot "Alcatraz" under the nose of hungry execs.
Not much is known about the script except that it takes place on the San Francisco Bay island that once housed the worst of the worst offenders. A few years ago, Ed Harris took over Alcatraz, and Nic Cage had to bring him down with Sean Connery, but the show most likely won't recognize those events. Poisonous green balls or not, someone will buy this script quicker than you can say, "Abrams equals profit." (Deadline)


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Audio Killed the Radio Star?
by Sean Ross, VP of Music and Programming
In Canada, there was no rule that Bob-FM, Jack-FM or similar Classic Hits/Hot AC hybrids had to be jockless. CFWM (Bob FM) Winnipeg had jocks from the first Monday after its launch. CKLG Vancouver eventually added the market's heritage rock morning team, which, despite being a high-profile show on a music-intensive station, only helped make that Jack-FM larger-than-life. In keeping with the format's retro Top 40 feel, most stations not only had air talent, but also did high-profile contesting, usually some variant of the '70s mainstay, "Don't Say Hello," where listeners had to answer the phone with, say, "Is that you Bob?"
Jocklessness has become, for civilians and industry observers alike, the format's most defining and polarizing aspect
But in America, the spread of Bob, Jack and friends has become an industry referendum on the value of on-air talent, particularly after the Jack-FMs in Nashville, Baltimore, or New York displaced viable Oldies stations and, with them, heritage air talent. Those stations have gotten a lot more publicity than the American outlets with jock staffs (Bonneville's outlets, for instance), to the point where jocklessness has become, for civilians and industry observers alike, the format's most defining and polarizing aspect. That debate isn't likely to be settled by the long-term success or failure of this format, but to some extent, history has already weighed in.
Some of the impetus for jockless Jacks- and Bobs is likely economic. Many GMs couldn't consider doing the heavy external marketing that helps drive the format without taking that money from somewhere else in the budget. But some of the debate stems from an earnest belief in "better living through jocklessness" that we've seen popping up in some form for the last 18 years: programmers who believe that writing and production can more effectively image the format and provide entertainment than any "disc jockeys," who would just undermine the unique sound of the format anyway, they believe.
Much of the history of radio programming is, of course, an ongoing debate on the role of the DJ. The rise of "Boss Radio" in 1965 and the "Q" format in 1971 each saw a further streamlining of on-air personality and a bitter accompanying debate. Forty years later, only a few holdouts would still insist that stations like KHJ Los Angeles or CKLW Detroit were devoid of personalities. But anger over the Drake format raged until "Q" came along and tightened things up even further. And when the streamlining of radio could go no further, leading us to a liner-card-driven '80s that was much harder to defend than Drake or "Q," the debate segued from "what should jocks do?" to "why have jocks"?
Until 1987 or so, most U.S. programmers had given up the belief that jockless was better. The automated Top 40, Oldies, and Soft AOR FMs of the '70s that promised "no hype" in the '70s had fallen by the wayside-at least in major-markets. Even satellite networks tried to sound local, hoping that listeners never figured out why timechecks were only given as "22 past the hour." For a major-market station, being jockless even in overnight was enough to prompt rumors of financial instability or impending format change.
But the late '80s saw two key developments. One was the success of Top 40 KKLQ (Q106) San Diego. Q106 would eventually unveil a pretty strong air staff including Jack Murphy, Jojo Kincaid, and Whitney Allen, but its jockless sign-on lasted longer than any I can remember up to that time. After that, jockless was the rule, not the exception, for CHR launches, and it eventually spilled over into regular programming as major-market stations like KIIS Los Angeles and WBBM-FM (B96) Chicago experimented with jockless hours or dayparts-and not just overnights.
It was also around that time that even stations with full staffs started letting them take a backseat to the station's production and imaging. By the late '80s, the battle between WFLZ (the Power Pig) Tampa, Fla., and WRBQ (Q105), had shown that a station with a staff of market veterans could be vulnerable, not venerable. Now, imaging wasn't just being used to say provocative, Power Pig-like things such as, "Lock it in and rip the knob off" or "Don't be a dickhead," it was also used for more mundane things that had once been the job of the air-talent, like giving the request line number. I remember one late '80s PD commenting that WHTZ (Z100) New York was only doing four jock breaks an hour; that prompted another PD to brag that he was only letting his staff talk twice.
But over the next decade, the Cult of Personality struck back. Howard Stern's multi-market success wasn't good news for those who believed that personality had to be local, but it did prove that something could be more compelling in the morning than six records an hour. Urban radio, which had embraced "more music, less talk" as part of its 1980s streamlining, returned to its community roots, not just because of the success of Tom Joyner, but also because of stations like WGCI-FM Chicago or WQHT (Hot 97) New York, with high-profile DJs (and sometimes celebrities) in multiple dayparts.
Eventually, foreground personality again found champions in multiple formats. PDs bragged about cutting the number of records in morning drive and seeing the numbers go up. Group execs swore that in an era where anybody could play the music, it would be strong personalities that differentiated local radio from satellite radio and ensured its ongoing survival. Full-service AC radio, demolished in the early '80s, made a comeback, this time on FM music stations.
Even during this resurgence of personality, jocklessness hardly went away. Signing on with "10,000 songs in a row" became the stunt of choice for most new stations. And while sustained jocklessness was once again viewed as a management vote of no confidence in a station's long-term prospects, a few soldiered on nicely for years without them, particularly KCDA Spokane, Wash., which has instead used pre-recorded backsells for songs since 2003. And the late '90s rise of voice-tracking resulted in a lot of breaks that were not easily distinguished from produced drop-ins. It is telling, in fact, that when "Jack-FM" replaced Oldies WCBS-FM New York, some listeners initially thought that the snarky station voice was a live D.J.
In America's first 21 months of hosting Bob, Jack, and friends, you can find stories that support almost any position on whether this format needs air talent to be viable long-term. KQOB Oklahoma City, the longest running American "Bob," was built around the high-profile morning show from rival KRXO. KPYA (Bob FM) Austin, Texas, the biggest 12-plus success story to date, has a jockless morning show but hosted middays and afternoons. Early adapters with various presentations have all shown an initial leveling, whether it's the fully hosted KPXK (the Peak) Phoenix, the jockless KJKK (Jack-FM) Dallas, or KJAC (Jack-FM) Denver, which added jocks last fall.
So you probably won't get any answer on jocks at Bob- and Jack-FM any sooner than you'll get one on the format's overall longevity. And the long-term durability of any individual station is probably going to come down to whether there was room for it in the market. Without a musical hole, a transcendent presentation is only going to get you so far–whether that presentation is live or jockless. But there are some things about the importance of air talent that we already know.
1) Throughout radio's experimentations with jocklessness, there have always been listeners who find jockless radio appealing. And even as New York's Jack has some fun on-air by letting listeners audition to be "Jack-Js," it's also making a point of putting the "please don't ever have DJs" calls on the air as well.
2) That said, the stations that have sustained long-term jocklessness have been the exception. You can make a long-term commitment to the sort of writing and production that can give you stationality without DJs, but there were some very good late '80s programmers who found that too tall an order to keep up indefinitely. And even though jocklessness was just one of the scary things that was happening to radio in the late '80s, its initial rise does coincide with the beginning of lower listening levels.
3) Radio programming history shows that it's a lot harder to fix your vulnerabilities or co-opt a competitor's images six months after their debut. For that same reason, introducing jocks after, say, a year, may just be the worst of all worlds. The folks who just want music are dismayed. The listeners who want companionship from the radio have moved on. It is unlikely that any actual listener would think, "Now that I have heard all the exciting 'oh wow' songs that this station has to offer, this would be a good time for some more content." Programmers who launch jockless always figure they can tackle the jock issue down the road. But if you have an inkling that you might need them, it's probably best not to wait too long.
4) There's no rule that offering somebody a music-intensive format requires not having jocks. Consider my recent discussion with a 23-year-old co-worker who had switched to Jack from WHTZ (Z100)'s Morning Zoo. "I like that they don't have a morning show. That's why I also listen to [WLTW] Lite-FM in the morning," she said. Lite FM, of course, has a two-person morning show and has just added a third teammate. But what my colleague meant was that she wanted music in the morning-it wasn't absolutely imperative to her that the experience be unsullied by human contact.
In that way, it's no more incredible that a listener could both want music in the morning and companionship or services than it is that they could simultaneously complain to researchers both about too much talk and about not being told the names of the songs. At a recent R&R convention panel, Federated Media's Tony Richards responded to the notion that Jack listeners had said they didn't want jocks by noting that no listener would say they want more jock presence. Recently, though, we did experiment with a question where Hot AC listeners were told the benefits of having a live jock-with the issue presented carefully, a clear majority of listeners did opt for personality over music-only.
One irony here is that for many years as an Oldies station, WCBS-FM simultaneously offered the most music-intensive morning show and the most information and services on FM. Former WCBS-FM morning man Harry Harrison was the product of an era when listeners' choices hadn't yet been culled down to Howard Stern on one side and 10 records an hour. It was an era where talent could be funny and entertaining over the intros-and if we've reached the point where the only way to have amusing 10-second content between the records is to produce it, then shame on us. I love hearing great writing on-air. And I particularly miss hearing DJs who can do it.
Is there air talent that could reflect the "different" feel of a station, rather than undermine it? Well, I would have liked to hear former WCBS-FM p.m. driver Bob Shannon on Jack; his sense of humor feels like it would have fit. Beyond that, you wouldn't necessarily want imaging and air-talent to mirror each other. Produced promos in the "Q" era were laid-back, a deliberate counterpoint to the screaming air talent. The lessons of 1989-where listeners found "don't be a dickhead" amusing, but not indefinitely, suggest that it might make sense to have a "good cop" in the mix as well.
Finally, one personal story: in 1994, as PD of an R&B Oldies AM, I managed to reconfigure the air staff so that my previously jockless overnights were manned at all hours, except 3-4 a.m. Up until that time, the phones had tapered off at 10 p.m.-two hours before the night jock left. Once listeners knew there was somebody to talk to, the phones kept ringing. And the night numbers improved-even in the hours when the same jock as before was on the air. Five years later, of course, an Oldies AM would have been lucky to have any live and local personality–much less in overnights.
Proponents of strong air talent should take up the challenge to develop personalities that are as effectively different as the new stations' presentation-or, perhaps, personalities who are classic in a way that transcends it. You can look at any major personality in the days before Howard Stern and many since-chances are, they both rode the wave of the exciting new body of music that powered their stations and embellished it. There is no reason that jocks shouldn't be able to do the same for this new body of Oldies as well.
Sean Ross is Edison Media Research's VP of Music & Programming and the former editor-in-chief of Airplay Monitor, Billboard Magazine's radio programming publication. The opinions expressed here are his own and can be found on the edisonresearch.com Web site every week. Sean can be reached at 908.707.4707 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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England Under 20 and Bath Rugby's Anthony Watson will train with the Senior England Squad this week ahead of QBE International against Argentina at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, November 9 (2.30pm).
The 19 year-old, who can play on the wing or at full back, has appeared in six Aviva Premiership matches for Bath this season and has starred for England's age-grade sides in recent seasons.
Head Coach Stuart Lancaster is continuing a policy of inviting promising young players to train with his squad so he can take make a first-hand assessment of their potential. And the individuals also can get an early appreciation of the England set-up, as he explained.
"We are bringing Anthony Watson into camp because we want to take a look at him in the same way that we have done in the past with others outside the Senior or Saxons squads such as Joe Launchbury.
"Anthony is a member of the Under 20 squad and is playing well for Bath so this is a good opportunity to give him a taste of this environment."
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Aug 2nd 2010 By Brian Fairbanks
If this story is to be believed, Argentina is full of degenerative advertising students who have no concept of taste or common decency. Thank God for that, because two of those degenerates just created the world's first nude Barbie calendar.
According to Copyranter, the two unidentified dudes have yet to outgrow the childhood sex games they played with their sisters' Barbies. The Barbie Matchbox calendar was their project at the Brother Ad School in Buenos Aires, where this sort of thing is apparently socially acceptable and probably worthy of an A+.
This bizarre, vaguely-unsafe-for-work creation is not available in retail stores, so keep reading for the full, uh, spread. Oh, and tell us if this is, in fact, porn.
|No -- no nipples, and they're not real girls.
|1514 (87.3%)
|Yes -- these dolls are butt-naked!
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In the meantime, here's the full calendar (in thumbnail form):
Friday 06 August
By Andrew
Nudity does not equal porn. Getting pounded in all three major holes and jizzed on does.
Saturday 14 August
By V
The fact that some people even VOTED this as porn distresses me. Seriously, how up yourself and prudish do you have to be to not find this an hilarious and very accurate comment on society? Is this not what all women are pressured into thinking they should look like by the media and plastic surgery industry (and, apparently, toy companies)? If you pick up a "sexy" calendar, this is pretty much what all the models look like --vapid, dead, and plastic.
Good commentary on society? YES.
Porn? Nope. (anyone jacking off to this...eh...what???)
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This is not only NOT porn, it's also not good photography,well executed or even a very original idea. If these guys were in my class, they'd probably get a C. Not that this could not have been executed well. It's not a terrible idea per se, if not particularly original. This is just a half-assed execution of a mediocre concept.
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And you thought it was bad news when Standard & Poor's downgraded the United States' credit rating last year for the first time in history.
Stay tuned for a while, and that credit hit may turn out to have been small potatoes.
It didn't get a lot of media play, but the other day, S&P affirmed its 2011 decision to reduce our country's AAA credit rating to AA+, with a negative outlook. Last year's downgrade -- predictably denounced by the touchy Obama administration -- came in large measure because S&P did not see any serious action by Washington to deal with our catastrophic debt. (We owe around $16 trillion, but who's counting?)
It gets worse, though.
S&P said it sees a 20 percent chance the United States will slip back into recession. And it says the political shenanigans in Washington and the fiscal dangers the country now is facing could mean an additional credit-rating downgrade two years from now. What dangers might those be? Well, one of them is still the unaddressed national debt, of course.
Yet there is no indication that the president and adequate majorities in both houses of Congress are taking the debt crisis seriously. Heck, the president is telling European nations they need to pump still more government money into their own crumbling economies. Why on earth should we think he has the faintest interest in cutting spending here?
Maybe we should give a different president a chance to do so.
By Washington? Try by the Republican party, as specifically mentioned in the report.
Not that it's meant a damn thing, or that you should trust their ratings.
But actually, yes, those ratings companies agree, austerity doesn't work. Maybe you should try a less selective reading?
How can anyone believe that increasing debt will eventually or ever decrease the national debt? The pain can only be delayed but will increase proportionally with each delay. Supply side economics is a term invented by those desiring to add cost to the producers which any reasonably intelligent person would realize adds to consumer cost for purchased goods and services. A hidden or fools tax as described by some. Increased personal income taxes plus eliminating deductions, reductions, credits etc. are essential actions being avoided due to the political ramifications, loss of votes to keep the position of power. Avoiding bankruptcy or the impact of excessive spending is not as complicated as some in office would have people believe. The truth of the state of the nation is painful to hear and even more painful to address.


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The reason is clear
The time has come for the everyday consumer to understand who the Humane Society of the United States really is and, clearly, it is not your guardian of animals. Rather, they are human haters and they work each day to eliminate animals from human lives. Wayne Pacelle recently made a trip to my home state, the great livestock state of Nebraska, and continued to spout his rhetoric without much regard for honesty. I have little concern about Nebraska being one of the upcoming states on their target list because Nebraskans, be they farmers or not, will send him the right message: You and your high-dollar suits can stay in D.C. where people might buy into your misguided thinking. We here in the Great Plains can see right through you.
Pacelle gave an interview to the Kearney Hub while he was in central Nebraska, and he stated on camera that Australia and the European Union are ahead of us in phasing out the modern care facilities that we currently use in livestock agriculture. OK, but here is what he forgot to mention.
Not since the days of early European settlement has Australia been a net importer of food. What started as a necessary means of survival with them being so far from the mother country, grew until their agricultural surplus fed far more people overseas than at home.
Australian farmers, once producing an abundance, decided to follow the advice of the animal welfare radicals and phase out modern production technologies. Now the Food and Grocery Council confirms that the Australian food industry is officially a net importer of food. State of the Industry 2010 found that for the first time in decades, the food industry's international net trade position fell from a $4.5 billion surplus in 2004-2005 to a $1.8 billion deficit in 2009-2010. The industry has called for a whole-of-government national strategy to ensure food and grocery manufacturing's long-term growth, increase export earnings and boost competitiveness.
The EU has doubled its consumption of imported food since 1997 where now one in two bites of food come from another country. In the same time frame, the cost of food in the EU has increased by 33 percent per capita. Where exactly would all of the food be produced to feed the people of this country if we were forced to import half of all we need to feed Americans?
All of this comes thanks to the rejection of modern technologies in food production. So as Wayne brags about production systems used in these countries to those who don't really know the facts, he isn't telling the real story. Animal agriculture improves human lives, and in these countries milk, meat and eggs are becoming a luxury that only the wealthy, like Pacelle, can afford.
Let's remind ourselves that in the United States we still spend less than 10 percent of our disposable income on food. So the question needs to be asked: "If we going to the follow the EU or Australian food model for food production, what are you personally going to give up?" If you have to spend twice as much for food, something else will have to go. What will that be?
Finally, I want to come back to why we truly need animal agriculture. Milk, meat and eggs improve human lives. The cost of not eating animal products is apparent in a recent World Health Organization report, which shows that there are 10.8 million child deaths globally every year. Over 2 million of those, or 19 percent of the total, is attributed to zinc, vitamin A and iron deficiencies. Malaria, by comparison, causes less than 1 million child deaths a year. Need I remind you that animal products provide those basic nutrients more efficiently to the human body than any other source and those who do not have access to them must suffer the consequences.
Research here in the United States has shown an increase in cases of mental illness and depression at unprecedented levels. Protein intake and intake of individual amino acids can affect brain functioning and mental health. Many of the neurotransmitters in the brain are made from amino acids. If the needed amino acid is not available, levels of that particular neurotransmitter in the brain will fall causing brain function and mood to be affected.
Zinc, iron and protein are vitally important for healthy living, and our agricultural system has allowed the United States consumer to have access to these vital nutrients at a lower cost than anywhere else in the world. So why else would someone like Pacelle be jet-setting around the country talking about increasing the costs of basic food ingredients unless he was an elitist human hater?
I plan to continue to celebrate the accomplishments of American agriculture. In case you didn't notice at Thanksgiving, we still have a plentiful supply of reasonably priced, healthy, delicious foods. Let's not change that.
Editor's note: Trent Loos is a sixth generation United States farmer, host of the daily radio show, Loos Tales, and founder of Faces of Agriculture, a non-profit organization putting the human element back into the production of food. Get more information at www.FacesOfAg.com, or e-mail Trent at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WOONSOCKET – What is an appropriate slogan for the 2011 Mount St. Charles girls' volleyball teams?
"Keep the good times rolling" seems applicable, given that the Mounties under the careful watch and observation of head coach Josh D'Abate have blossomed into a perennial championship contender. Standing at 13-0 in Division I-North with one regular season game remaining – tonight at home vs. La Salle – this Mount team is following in the footsteps of its decorated predecessors (MSC has posted a whopping 65-10 regular-season record since 2007, winning the Div. II championship in 2009).
There are phone calls and then there are phone calls like the one Mount St. Charles hockey coach Dave Belisle received from Catholic Memorial coach Bill Hanson in late September.
WOONSOCKET – Mayor Leo T. Fontaine may not have an opponent on next month's election ballot but he does have a cause.
Fontaine says he's doing everything he can to persuade voters to reject the proposed synchronization of municipal, state and federal elections. It's one of four referendum questions that will appear on the ballot of the citywide election Nov. 8.
"I'm speaking out against it every chance I get," says the mayor.
Robert L. Lemay
WOONSOCKET- Robert L. Lemay, 74, of St. Barnabe St., Woonsocket, died Tuesday. He was the husband of Claire H. (Duplessis) Lemay. They were married on September 3, 1956.
Born in Blackstone, he was a son of the late Leo and Anita (Robert) Lemay. He resided in Woonsocket for most of his life.
Mr. Lemay was a veteran of the Unites States Air Force.
Mr. Lemay's career spanned for over 30 years of service at Industrial Machine Corp. in Georgiaville until his retirement.
James J. Serra
BELLINGHAM- James J. "Jim" Serra, 51, of Bellingham, MA, died on October 21, 2011 in Rehoboth, MA in an automobile accident.
He was the beloved husband of Donna J. (Ferris) Serra and the loving father of Amber J. Serra of Bellingham.


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the prairies of the middle west have streamed under our tires this past week as pete and i rode like gangbusters from sioux city, iowa up to nemo, south dakota. somehow the time (seven days) and distance (between 800 and 900 km) seem to be both long and short, but in the past few days we've covered lots of ground ... i'll try to cover the highlights here from the belle fourche public library, while i wait for my laundry to finish drying down the street.
sometimes borders are just the lines on the map, but as pete and i crossed the missouri a week ago from iowa into nebraska, this border really did feel like the dividing line between two different places : the midwest and the west. almost as soon as we started west on nebraska highway 12, the land flattened out, the road quality improved, the vistas seemed more impressive ... and, definitely not least, the wind shifted in from the southeast, pushing us along at a mighty rate !
the wind affects a trip like this in ways that are hard to express with words. riding 60 km through some of the hilly, windy hay farms in iowa felt like riding 120 km through some of the breezy, gently rising ranches in northeastern nebraska ; the difference in the day's mileage shifts from 100 km to 140 km with a suitable wind, so the beautiful views, lucky winds, and friendly folks in nebraska really helped us out as we pedaled 180 km our first day, then averaged about 120 km a day for the next six days.
nebraska really impressed me in many ways as we pedaled on highway 12 through the northern edge of the state. the people suddenly started to wave as we passed on the road, the pie in ponca was fantastic, and the views expanded as we rode into more of the prairie proper. the land changed around us, bringing in more cattle farms and a few prickly pears here and there, and things just got a lot more spread out : a few times we missed towns marked on the map because—as far as we can figure—they were just a couple of buildings along the road.
we passed through springview, nebraska, where two experimental wind power stations generate enough electricity to run the 400 homes in the entire county. we spent one night camping between two pastures, and camped another night in south dakota between two hills near the badlands. beautiful territory out here. and luckily, the weather held out for us the entire time.
we picked a lucky day to head north from valentine, nebraska to white river, south dakota : a beautiful wind from the south pushed us 80 km in three hours, when we finally stopped and got to use the internet at the county newspaper office. (the library was a tiny one-room building with probably 600 books total ; definitely no internet access there.) the reporter there was pretty excited about two cyclists rolling through town, so we got to sit out some of the afternoon heat in the air-conditioned office.
a lot of the land in southern south dakota is indian reservations ... and there sure isn't a lot of money flowing through these places. it was really awakening, in many ways, to ride through the reservations in the oppressive dakota heat, just looking at the land and the way the people deal with it. i'm so mad at our country for its history with the natives, and the reservations here just make it clear how little they received in the end.
we continued to roll west from white river, spending the night in a pasture surrounded (but not touched) by thunderstorms rolling off the black hills. the next day we rode up to the visitor's center in badlands national park, where we spent a few hours letting the afternoon thunderstorms pass by ... and finally we rolled past interior and scenic, south dakota into rapid city.
our day didn't end in the city, however nice it was to have a stout (lots of calories !) and a real bean burrito ... we pressed on into the black hills, climbing up some nicely paved inclines to some really beautiful alpine meadows populated by horse farms and log cabins. the road led eventually to nemo, south dakota—even though it ended up being more than twice the four miles that one driver estimated ... drivers have no idea how far things really are.
but as we headed onward, some of the afternoon thunderstorms started booming around us, and pretty soon we were riding in drizzle, then outright rain ... so when nemo finally appeared we were starting to get soaked. never in our wildest dreams, i think, could we have imagined a better group of people to occupy the "restaurant" that had a covered porch : the tail end of a family reunion, whose members asked us in for cake, invited us to dry off by the fires, and eventually let us stay in one of their empty cabins for the night ! it's really difficult to express how nice these people were to us, but such hospitality is really appreciated after riding through the rain.
pete unfortunately couldn't take more time off work, so as we pulled out of the cabin in nemo, he headed east back to rapid city, and i pointed my handlebars west to ride up here to belle fourche, all day in the rain and gusting winds—definitely a night to hunker down in a motel !
it's going to be a different trip, once again solo—and having to carry the tent by myself. :) but thanks to pete's tenacity i've gotten a bit more acclimated to camping on the road, avoiding those expensive motel stops when i just feel like a wus ... and i might barely understand a bit more about the intricate process of cooking lentils and rice.
today's ride is getting shorter as i type, though, so i need to head out of town here and get on the road while the weather is beautiful, cool, and sunny. i hope to be in great falls, montana in about 8 days, then in whitefish three days later, then ... the last stage to the ocean !


text: A couple of lost proggy and surprisingly funky early 80s albums by keyboardist Tony Carey – his Explorer and Yellow Power LPs – together in cool 2LP gatefold set from Medical Records! Just a few years earlier, Carey was playing with Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow – but the sound of this solo material is a world away! It carries a bit of a late era Euro disco vibe – mixed with some starker, more walloping sounds that are more indebted to new wave. It's got hypnotic keyboard grooves, compelling beats and cosmic atmosphere to spare – the kind that'll be welcome to connoisseurs of artists as varied as Giorgio Morodor, Alexander Robotnick, John Carpenter and Devo! Explorer is the slightly sparer record and Yellow Power is the more polished one -which features alternate versions of the majority of the Explorer songs and some completely different titles, too– and it ultimately serves as a more fleshed out version of the preceding LP. Both were recorded in 1982 at Hotline Studios in Frankfurt. Really cool, mostly instrumental grooves! Explorer includes "Enjaw J", "Transit To Nowhere", "Megawar", "Blue Fusion", "No. 8", "No. 14", "Rabbits" and more. The Yellow Power LP includes "Hai Samurai", "Tojo", "Queen Of Scots", "Blue Fusion", "Peking Duck", "Radio Tokyo", "Dynamite" and more. (Limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies. One record is green and the other is baby blue.) © 1996-2014, Dusty Groove, Inc.


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Hi Jonathan, I considered it but decided our requirements were simpler. I am settling on a solution that is similar in design to the WSRT specification (W3 Submission): <http://www.w3.org/Submission/WSRT> See section 3.4 on PUT operation on how fragments may be used in partial insert, update and delete operations. This spec looks very promising but is not yet a REC. Also I wish they used type substitution to remove mixed=true types which seem like a questionable design choice. Thanks all for your helpful suggestions. Jonathan Robie wrote: > Is XQuery Updates an option for you? > > http://www.w3.org/TR/xqupdate/ > > I think it gives you the functionality you need. > > Jonathan > > Farrukh Najmi wrote: >> >> I am working on a specification for a service that offers CRUD >> operations on XML documents that conform to a standard schema. >> We have C, R and D under control and are looking for an good >> standards-based solution for supporting partial updates for XML >> documents already in the server. >> >> I would like to define the schema for an UpdateRequest which >> identifies a server resident XML document by its unique id and provides >> an XML element (lets call it UpdateInfo) that encapsulates how the >> server resident object should be updated. The content of the UpdateInfo >> element should specify how to partially update the desired XML >> document while leaving the rest of it unchanged. >> >> I am unfamiliar with XQuery but I suspect that it may be allow me to >> embed an XQuery statement within the UpdateInfo element to specify >> how to partially update the target XML document. The server would >> fetch the XML document by its id and then process it using the XQuery >> to modify it before storing it back. >> >> Another option might be to use simpler XPath/XSLT expressions to do >> the same. >> >> Does any one have any experience or advice on how best to do this. >> >> BTW, the specification I am working on is OASIS ebXML RegRep 4.0. >> >> TIA for your help. >> -- Regards, Farrukh Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com
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NDMC likely to double property taxDec 6, 2012, 12:06PM IST
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For house owners in the area under North Delhi Municipal Corporation, it's grim news. The property tax they pay is likely to double if the budget proposals come through. The cash-strapped corporation has proposed a steep hike in property tax.
Presenting the budget on 5th December, commissioner P K Gupta proposed a 170% hike in the base unit area value and 3-5 % increase in the rate of tax across all categories of colonies. Gupta stressed the need to improve the financial health of the corporation, which has to repay a loan of Rs 790 crore to Delhi government.
The civic agency proposes to increase the base unit area value across all categories of colonies by 1.7 times. For example, a 100 sq metre residential property in Civil Lines, which was constructed after 2000 pays Rs 6,000 as property tax. But if the new slabs are implemented, then the owner will have to pay almost double the amount – Rs 12,750 – as tax.
This hike would boost the civic agency's revenue by Rs 200 crore (approx). "Our tax collection is low as we don't have any A category colony and very few B category colonies. We mainly have D and E category colonies. Areas like Rohini are under E category," said Gupta.
"The cost index has gone up manifold but we have never increased the tax. In 2009, the rate of tax was increased marginally. Moreover, the base unit area value has not been revised since 2004 when the unit area method for calculation of property tax was implemented," said a senior official.
Justifying the proposed hike, officials say, the tax calculated after the hike is much less than what people used to pay under the rateable value method, which was in existence before April 1, 2004.
Unlike last year, the corporation has clubbed all commercial properties like cinema halls, guest houses, paying guest accommodations, shopping complexes, lodges, inns etc that have a covered area of 150 sq metre and above under one category.
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Gloucester and Annisquam Studio Rental Photos and Description
1 Bedroom/Livingroom 1 kitchen & 1 Bathroom - Sleeps 2
Nestled on a hillside overlooking Gloucester's scenic harbor... enjoy magical sunsets, dining al fresco, twinkling harbor lights, and warm summer winds from the deck of this romantic getaway.
This property is best described as a "studio plus", featuring 3 separate rooms (400 sq. ft.): Bedroom with queen bed & 2 comfy chairs, sliding glass door onto charming private deck overlooking the harbor (giving the room a larger, more open feel.) Separate eat-in kitchen with modern appliances. Full bath w/heat lamp.
Ideal for singles and couples. Artistically decorated, super clean and quiet. Owner lives on other side of house (privacy respected). Two separate entrances and parking for one car. 10 minute walk to Good Harbor Beach foot bridge and Rocky Neck Art Colony, close to downtown and restaurants. Minutes from train to Boston (1 hr. ride). Perfectly situated in East Gloucester to experience all the beauty and charm that is Cape Ann. Max. 2 people. Min. one week.
- Suitability:
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- non smoking only
- not suitable for children
- pets not allowed
- wheelchair inaccessible
About Linda Amero
This is our 8th year of renting 'A Sunset Serenade' studio and we just love meeting all the wonderful folks who come from far and near to enjoy our beautiful surroundings. Hank and I grew up on Cape Ann and have lived in Gloucester for 30+ years... we wouldn't have it any other way! Linda is a jazz vocalist/artist, and Hank is a master carpenter/avid boater.
Linda Amero purchased this studio in 1992
Why Linda Amero chose Gloucester and Annisquam
A Sunset Serenade offers the best location ever - situated between Good Harbor & Niles beaches, 5 min. to downtown shopping/restaurants, and 5 min. to Rocky Neck Art Colony galleries with it's 3 fabulous, funky restaurants on the harbor.
Guestbook comments from the owner
Hi Linda,
It was the first time that we choose a rental instead of an hotel for our vacation. My boyfriend prefer hotels! I had to work hard to convince him and we were very pleased with our new choice. If every rentals were like yours I would never choose the hotel option again. Particularly we appreciate, in addition to your warm welcome, many aspects that made our stay very pleasant: cleanliness, fresh smell and fresh air at night, bed comfort, pure cotton linens (we hate polyester that we find everywhere even in upscale hotels!!!), bare floors instead of rugs, well equipped kitchen, nice view, ocean proximity, Gloucester that we fell in love with decades ago, a great feeling of being at home and above all those details...our hosts! Thank you very much for this wonderful week.
We join two photos taken from your deck at sunset.
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WTOP's Garden Editor Mike McGrath is:
* Host of the nationally syndicated Public Radio show, You Bet Your Garden
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* Former Editor-in-Chief of ORGANIC GARDENING magazine
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Don't prune anything now - especially spring bloomers
This is the worst time of year to prune anything. Doing so will stimulate new growth and interfere with the plants successfully going dormant for the winter.
How dog urine can kill city trees
The next time a dog is tugging on its leash, headed for a solid-looking pine to "water," WTOP's Garden Editor Mike McGrath says that small territorial claim could kill the tree.
Garden Plot: Thatch, new lawn, bamboo
Tips for taking care of a neglected lawn and dealing with bamboo.
Fall lawn care, the order of the chores
Without a doubt the No. 1 chore for those of you with cool season lawns is a big fall feeding. Cool season lawns like fescue, rye and bluegrass need their biggest feeding of the season right now to help them recover from that brutal summer we all endured.
Garden Plot: Keeping dogs from damaging outdoor decor
Jim in Alexandria has an all-too common problem. He writes, "I have several Boxwoods along the walkway at the front of my house, and neighborhood dogs love to urinate on them (and it doesn't appear that their owners care.) This is slowly killing the Boxwoods. Almost half of the leaves are brown and dying. Any recommendations on how to keep the dogs away?"
Garden Plot: To stave off stink bugs, act now
Now that the nasty bugs are getting bored with violating our late season tomatoes, the stinkers are looking for ways to get into our houses to hibernate for the winter. But as we told you last year, Jody Williams, an amateur inventor from New Jersey, created a simple way to intercept them.
Garden Plot: Perfect time to plant a good lawn
This is the time to take a bad yard and turn it into the yard you want.
Save on spring bulbs
Find out how to save by buying now for next spring.
Get ready to sow grass seed and feed your poor lawn
When is the best time to apply corn gluten for fall weed prevention?
Plants behaving badly? Rethink your technique
Hastings in Woodbridge writes: "My squash and cucumber plants have developed a white mold on the leaves. It's so bad that my squash plants have all died. What causes this and is there anything I can do to save my cucumber plants?"
Garden Plot: Saving tomatoes, avoiding white bugs and what to harvest now
What's the silky material showing up on azaleas and roses? And tips to help tomato growers.
Moles, voles, squirrels and groundhogs ... be gone!
Evil squirrels (sorry, that's redundant) would laugh at cat hair the way they laugh at my actual cats.
Heat wave warnings and dog day dos and don'ts
Hang in there, cats and kittens, this heat wave should break by Monday. In the meantime, and during future heat waves, remember the following tips.
Tips for heat wave grass care, fending off wasps and rabbits
WTOP's Garden Editor Mike McGrath has tips for what not to do when it's really hot.
Garden Plot: Hot weather lawn care rules
The first heat wave of the season was pretty brutal. And it won't be the last, so let's review hot weather turfgrass rules.
Lawn grubs of spring now beetles of summer
Beneficial nematodes are the safe and effective grub control of choice.
Garden Plot: More tips on grass and garlic
Unless you plant the starter plugs densely, zoysia typically takes a couple seasons to fully establish, while Bermuda starts (or seed) planted in the Spring will fully cover the intended area edge to edge by the end of summer.
The time has come to make peace with Bermuda grass
As the weather warms up, the Bermuda in your lawn (which isn't killed by herbicides like Roundup which only kills frogs and toads) gets stronger, while cool-season turfs like fescue and bluegrass get weaker. Like it or not, your lawn will probably be all Bermuda by late August.
The best mulch and where to get pine staw
Jim in D.C. writes: "I know you're a fan of using an inch of compost to mulch tomato plants, ,ut how about zukes, cukes, peppers and eggplant? What's the best mulch for them?"
Keep ticks at bay and mature tomato plants healthy ... here's how
Alan in Fairfax writes: "I read your suggestion on adding the crushed shells of a dozen eggs to each hole when planting tomatoes to prevent blossom end rot later in the season, but my plants are already in the ground. Is there another good source of calcium I can use?"
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|23 Jun 2012
Another Black Screen problem.
Yes, I have searched before starting this thread and still cannot figure out what is causing a black screen to appear when trying to start the computer.
Background: Gateway NV 52 initial with Windows Vista. Upgraded to Windows 7 in November of 2009. Have updated my ATI Radeon HD 3200 firmware with ccc 12.4.
Recently installed Glary Utilities which caused some minor problems (could not scroll with touchpad) after registry cleaner. This could be an unrelated problem.
So far I have used Windows Check disk and System filter checker with no success.
The laptop does not boot up every time and have to restart the computer until it boots up properly.
Thank you
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|23 Jun 2012
I'm not going to make you happy.
This link, despite the title, will also cover your case:
Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
Before you decide to add any marvelous software that does NOT come from Microsoft, then please ask here.
We've seen it all and tried it all and have gained experience which will save you much suffering and agony.
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|23 Jun 2012
1). CCleaner is a safer program to use than Glary? Step 15 mentions ccleaner and Puran which, to my knowledge, are not Microsoft products.
2). I can't simply use "System Restore?"
Sorry for the questions and comments. I really want to get this process correct for the present and future. This computer is essential for my education.
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|23 Jun 2012
Because this computer is important to you is why I made my recommendations.
I wish you success.
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|23 Jun 2012
After quickly browsing through the steps I have some concerns.
The product key on the bottom of the laptop is worn, but I guess that is not important since that was the product key for my old OS? I guess I should use the product key that came with the Windows 7 Upgrade kit (Win Vista HmPrm-Win 7 HmPrm UPG Fulfill)
I will post back with any other questions.
Thank you
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|24 Jun 2012
AS long as your DVD came with a 25 character product key, then you are in business.
|My System Specs
|24 Jun 2012
How is the SP1-U ISO different from my current OS? Will I notice any changes? Again I will attempt the reinstall at least 2 weeks from now.
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|13 Jul 2012
After a second reinstall (forgot to delete my main partition), the black screen problem has not occurred yet.
However, my other 2 problems involving the touchpad and my touch sensitive buttons are back. I did manage to figure out how to fix the scroll feature on my touchpad by installing the driver from Gateway. I just unzipped the file using 7zip, then opened the file, and finally clicked "setup". I wasted so much time trying this method instead. Driver Install - Device Manager. I still don't understand why that method did not work for me.
As of now, my touch sensitive buttons are responding to my command by turning a feature on or off (volume, wireless signal, etc), but the lights are not corresponding to the command. If I turn the wireless signal off, the light still stays on. I never had this problem before I used Glary.
After I fix this known issue and any other unknown issues, I can create a final backup image.
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|15 Jul 2012
I just attempted to boot the laptop and now the black screen occurred twice. I was able boot up using the F8 key.
Reinstalling Windows was not enough? Could this be a hardware issue?
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|15 Jul 2012
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
More Info Needed:
Sounds like a strong possibility.Please upload your msinfo32.nfo file. To get this: Start Menu -> Type msinfo32 into the Search programs and files box -> When it opens, go to File, Save -> Save as msinfo32.nfo and save in a place you will remember -> Let it finish the process of gathering and saving the system info -> Right click the .nfo file, click send to compressed (zipped) folder -> Upload the .zip file here.
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Blunt, Matthew O. and Suvakov, Milovan and Pulizzi, Fabio and Martin, Christopher P. and Pauliac-Vaujour, Emmanuelle and Stannard, Andrew and Rushforth, Andrew W. and Tadic, Bosiljka and Moriarty, Philip (2007) Charge transport in cellular nanoparticle networks: Meandering through nanoscale mazes. NANO LETTERS, 7 (4). pp. 855-860.
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The transport of electrons through topologically complex two-dimensional Au nanoparticle networks has been investigated using a combination of low temperature (4.5 K) direct current I(V) measurements and numerical simulations. Intricate, spatially correlated nanostructured networks were formed via spin-casting. The topological complexity of the nanoparticle assemblies produces I(V) curves associated with nonlinearity exponents, zeta similar to 4.0. Simulations based on tunneling transport in sparse and inhomogeneous planar networks are used to elucidate the influence of topology on the value of zeta.
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Aerospace Engineering
The Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is the premier undergraduate aerospace program in the nation. Graduates of this selective program are sought after by the aerospace and aviation industry — an industry that contributes $1.5 trillion annually to the U.S. economy.
During their freshman year, students must demonstrate exceptional performance by achieving a high GPA in certain foundational course to remain in the discipline. The department offers a wide array of courses in aeronautics, airplane and space vehicle design, structures and propulsion. Students can select an option to focus in aeronautics, astronautics or aerospace propulsion. This program is offered at the Florida and Arizona campuses.
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The Mailing Services department is located in the Maintenance building. Hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday. The Mailing Services Coordinator operates the Mailing Services department with the assistance of a number of student workers.Mailing Services is the on-campus outlet to send packages via United States Postal Service, UPS, or FedEx. Postage stamps can be purchased here as well as bubble envelopes and other mailing supplies. All of the deliveries for the university come to Mailing Services and are then delivered to the appropriate departments. Students are notified when they receive a package and then pick it up in Mailing Services. Letter mail that students receive is put in their campus mailboxes daily. Mail for all departments is delivered daily also. Mailing Services also provides services of binding materials and folding letters.
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It comes as no surprise for someone who grew up in a small farm in Coimbra, Portugal and made his career in international hospitality in Spain, Brazil, UK and the US.
As a dedicated hotel manager I love small personal ambiences, which show love and dedication, where one can experience a million different details all working together.
Most of my career took place at unique locations, with a great share of it in Palacio Belmonte, where I personally oversaw each guest's stay, being more like a local friend who really knows the city well and will unbiasedly recommend the best that it has to offer.
As an engaging storyteller, I dedicate my writing and photography to the soul and sense of place of the locations I visit, the people I meet and the food I taste.
The travels I share through my blog are mostly friend generated, as I feel that the best way to get to know a city is through an insider, who can share feelings and emotions about sites, food and people as passionately as I do.
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