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ECR Europe '05 [Paris]
ECR Europe Conference & Marketplace 2005
The 10th Anniversary ECR Europe Conference & Marketplace took place 26-28 April 2005 in the Palais des Congrès in Paris. More than 200 speakers, including the CEO's of leading companies from across Europe and the United States, discussed their experience of ECR in practice and the benefits for their bottom line. The theme this year was 'Better Consumer Value – Growing the Cake Together'.
If you want to view a presentation from this conference, scroll down to the table below and click on the session of your choice. Then scroll down again to the bottom of the page where the presentations are posted.
|The 10th Anniversary ECR Europe Conference & Marketplace
26–28 April 2005 Palais des Congrès in Paris
Click on the session of your choice
|26 April
16.00- 17.30
|Starter seminar 1.
Category management in a limited data environment
|Starter seminar 2.
Use the ECR scorecard to benchmark and improve your performance
|Starter seminar 3.
Get the most out of communication standards upstream
|Starter seminar 4.
Get your basics right: Global Data Synchronisation
|Starter seminar 5.
How SME's are successfully implementing ECR concepts
|27 April
|Plenary 1: The case for ECR
|27 April
|Breakout 1.1
Bringing demand-side implementation to the shop floor
|Breakout 1.2
Collaboratively improving supply-side efficiencies
|Breakout 1.3
Unlock the upstream potential of your supply chain!
|Breakout 1.4
High-performance retailing
|Breakout 1.5
Collaborative Consumer Relationship Management
|Breakout 1.6
The case for ECR
|27 April
|Plenary 2: Joint consumer/shopper Value Creation
|27 April
17.00 - 18.30
|Breakout 2.1
Joint value creation beyond price
|Breakout 2.2
How Lean Consumption can transform retailing and supply chains
|Breakout 2.3
Value creation through joint packaging development
|Breakout 2.4
Does growth depend on price?
|Breakout 2.5
Value chain governance in tomorrow's consumer goods industry
|28 April
9.00 – 10.30
|Plenary 3: Driving efficiency and effectiveness to improve consumer value
|28 April
11.15 - 12.15
|Breakout 3.1
Getting more out of new product introductions
|Breakout 3.2
Delivering consumer satisfaction through shrinkage management
|Breakout 3.3
The tag is on! RFID/EPC in practice
|Breakout 3.4
Professional trading relationships
|Breakout 3.5
On-shelf availability improved
|28 April
14.15 – 16.00
|Plenary 4: The changing landscape
|26 and 28 April
|The Learning Forum
|The Learning Forum - English
|The Learning Forum French
|The Learning Forum Italian
|Achieving business benefits through the General Learning Programme
|Achieving business benefits through the General Learning Programme
|Achieving business benefits through the General Learning Programme
|Reporting on success - A case study
|Reporting on success - A case study
|Reporting on success - A case study
|Collaborating in an ECR Learning
|Collaborating in an ECR Learning Programme
|Collaborating in an ECR Learning Programme


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Physical Analysis of the Device Step by Step Reconstruction of the Process Flow Cost of Manufacturing and Estimation of Selling Price
System Plus Consulting is publishing a reverse costing report on the microphone from AAC Acoustics available in the Apple Iphone4 smartphone.
This device is an analog MEMS Microphone using a free-floating diaphragm, and a capacitive sensing.
It offers a full integration of a MEMS microphone and an amplification ASIC, both provided by Infineon, in a 3-pin LGA package.
This microphone is for consumer applications: smartphones, cellphones.
The report provides complete teardown of the microphone MEMS with:

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Hanyang University International Summer School Program: Costs
To learn about the program costs and related expenses for the faculty-led program, see the see the 2015 Hanyang University Summer Estimate of Costs *will be updated soon*.
Financial Aid
Federal and New York State financial aid is generally applicable to study abroad programs. The Binghamton Office of Financial Aid Services is able to consider only the applications of students matriculated at Binghamton for degree study. Other SUNY and non-SUNY students should contact the financial aid office on the home campus for information about eligibility for all aid programs.
The Evelio Figueroa Memorial Scholarship supports students with financial need studying for the fall semester or academic year; the Rosefsky Scholarship supports students with financial need studying in the fall, spring or academic year. The Asia Scholarship, available through the Asian Asian-American Studies Department supports Binghamton students studying in Asia for 6 weeks or longer. Other national scholarships may be available as well. Please visit the Office of International Programs or go to our scholarships page for more information.


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The Hunger Games may be a film about life-or-death stakes, but it's always fun to see a silly spin on serious fiction. Let this video take you back to childhood days of games like Girl Talk, but with an "adolescents fighting to the death" twist!
[via Jezebel]
Did you play any 80s boards games like Girl Talk?
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Make It
Family DIY fun crafts and projects
Aug 27, 2013
Craft Roundup of Easy Gifts: Super Hero Jar, Jewelry, More
Need a DIY idea? Take inspiration from everything from Disney's Super Buddies to Winnie the Pooh – plus cool party blowers and a washi tape penholder.
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With school just around the corner (gulp!), calendars can often be filled with birthday parties and school gatherings. If you've already got a long list of gifts to give, why not have your family work together and make some things to present at the next party? This week's roundup features fun-to-make projects that leave room for just the right amount of personalization. If you make gifts instead of buying them, what are some of your favorite projects to make with your family?


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UPDATE: Jail escapees still at large
Law enforcement officers were searching Sunday for two men who escaped from the Guilford County Jail in High Point Saturday afternoon, the first such escape in 18 years, according to the Guilford County Sheriff's Office.
The two men hadn't been captured as of early Sunday evening, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The two male inmates escaped at approximately 4:40 p.m. The suspects escaped by breaking a window, climbing down to a ledge and dropping to the ground, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The escapees are Jose Alberto Hernandez-Hernandez, 35 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall weighing 130 pounds; and Jose Idel Sid, also known as Jose Joaquin-Del Cid Sosa, 36 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall weighing 145 pounds. Sid has a tattoo on his right arm, "AMOR."
Hernandez-Hernandez's last known address was 1500 Davis Ave. in High Point, while Sid's was 203 Lansdowne St. in High Point, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Hernandez-Hernandez was in custody on charges of first-degree sex offense with a child and six counts of indecent liberties with a child. Sid was in custody for an immigration violation detention, the Sheriff's Office reports.
"This is the first escape such as this in approximately 18 years," said Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes. "We have excellent assistance from the High Point Police Department and we have additional staff held over to check all possibilities in locating the two suspects."
Anyone with information can call Sheriff's Office Col. Randy Powers at 508-8834.


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Today's must-reads from around the Internet.
Shopping the Danish way, stream the 27 recordings heading into the Grammys Hall of Fame, advice for young men in the 1850s and… »
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Today's must-reads from around the Internet.
Shopping the Danish way, stream the 27 recordings heading into the Grammys Hall of Fame, advice for young men in the 1850s and… »
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Today's must-reads from around the Internet.
An in-depth tour of the Swiss factory that turns out the legendary Cartier Tank, an oral history of Jay Z's seminal album, turning your Google image searches into art and more.… »
Sketchy Details: We're suckers for some good design sketches, and British GQ has a sneak peak at what's in store for S/S 2014 from the big guns across the pond.
Tommy Fitz, FTW: City Room recounts one of the greatest surprise airplane landings in history—right in front of a bar in northern Manhattan, because a guy drinking there bet he could do it.
Streets Are Watching: Slate looks at the revealing work of artist Doug Rickard, who combed Google Street View to tell the story of hard times in forgotten corners of America.
Life's a Beach: The Window catches up with the gents behind Saturdays Surf NYC to talk inspiration and their latest surf adventure in Australia.
Wi-Fly: Google is taking wi-fi to 1 billion new users in Africa and Asia by blimp, reports The Guardian.
Duly Noted: Late comedian Mitch Hedberg was ahead of his time, generating an endless amount of hilarious rapid-fire quips well before the Twitter age, and GQ has gotten a hold of some of his old notebooks.
Cross Country: The new Tumblr named Local People with Their Arms Crossed is exactly what you think it is. (Hint: great.)
Desert Storm Dropout: Wax Wayne gets a look at RRL's latest batch of Americana.
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Strong Willis: A Continuous Lean explores the rise and fall (and subsequent re-rise and re-fall) of legendary American expedition outfitters Willis & Geiger.
Google Melee: In the wake of Google's spring cleaning of five products—most notably, Google Reader—Wired names the next five Google products on the chopping block.
Underground Snapper: Take a photographic safari through all 173 of Berlin's U-Bahn stations, courtesy of Kate Seabrook.
The Power of Doves: The Atlantic asks the hard questions on why there aren't any women magicians to speak of.
The Death and Rebirth of a Dolce & Gabbana Suit: There is a dry cleaner in Arizona who can clean any suit—even one that's been smeared with Turkish probiotic yogurt. Good to have in your rolodex. [Put This On]
Stealing Granddad's Pearls: Attention, virile men traveling through Zimbabwe: you may be kidnapped for your sperm. [The Telegraph]
In Search: The story of Google, from search pioneer to info-swallowing monolith. [Gizmodo]
There Are More Than You Think: And just because it's there, a ranked list of songs with "Jane" in the title. [The Awl]
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Last week, information leaked about Google's plans to release a chunky pair of glasses that will basically act as a smartphone. But earlier this month, something much more impressive flew a little further under the radar—augmented-reality contacts.
They're being developed by a company called Innovega with help from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, who helped give us a little thing called the Internet. They'll project full 3D and HD images onto what will look like a 20-foot panoramic screen in your field of vision—and you'll be putting them in by 2014.
Things like this tend to set our minds racing. And the more we learn, the more we get… a little ahead of ourselves. That's why, to make sense of it all, we like to break down what they said (cold, scientific, occasionally downerish) versus what we heard (majestic, full of hope, in a word: awesome).
The hope and the hype behind augmented reality contact lenses»
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Good Enough for Ike: Jake Gallagher takes a deep dive into the military origins of the paratrooper pant. [WaxWane]
Great Men of Our Time: Tracy Morgan likes eating at the 56th Street Benihana because it means he can accost random strangers with jokes about sexual performance. Tonight, we will be dining at the 56th Street Benihana. [Grub Street]
The Bow of Victory: Scott Sternberg unveils a lucky Band of Outsiders bow tie in honor of the Oscars—and there's a good chance Clooney will be wearing one on Sunday. [SlamxHype]
A Private Affair: And finally, with Google's new privacy policy coming into effect on March 1, here's how to wipe your history to ensure no one ever discovers you once Googled "nude rue mcclanahan." [Gizmodo]
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Powerful people make their own rules. Self-styled moguls, especially in the visionary end of the internet, tend to do the same.
So when a co-founder of Google shows up at a keynote wearing Vibram Five Fingers instead of regular, god-fearing shoes, it's tempting to write it off as creative eccentricity.
But at the risk of having our Gmail account vaporized, we're going to call this as the disaster it is.
The World's Greatest: For the benefit of mankind, Will Oldham interviews R. Kelly. [Interview Magazine]
Romancing the Knit Tie: A gentleman's guide to dressing like Michael Douglas. [Details]
An Indian City Has Been Painted Blue: The title kind of says it all. [Kuriositas]
Today's Grand Addition to the Internet…: …is the Google Art Project, which offers virtual tours of the great museums of the world. [Google Art Project]
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Postcards From the Edge: Christopher Hitchens stares down death with characteristic wit. We're pulling for you, sir. [Vanity Fair]
Too Many, By Any Standard: Google Books has determined that there are 128,864,880 books in the world, which makes Twilight seem like maybe not such a big deal. [TechCrunch]
Take That, Anthony Bourdain: If you are ever moved to sample exotic cuisine, steer clear of these ten items. [Uncornered Market]
Wisdom of the Ages: Glenn O'Brien weighs in on marital fashion choices. The key line: "Before you tell your wife that what she's wearing is preposterous, decide if you really want to suffer horribly for the next few days." [GQ]
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A Roll in the Grass: The Danes put together a pretty good editorial when they want to. [Fashion Gone Rogue]
Frozen Yogurt: A Google pro promises Android will "blow your mind" in the next six months. Presumably with a vocoder solo. [Gizmodo]
Taggers: A rundown on some of Americana's more interesting garment tags. [Archival Clothing]
Brooklyn's the Borough: For its 127th birthday, all the pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge you will ever desire. [Secret Forts]
We won't bore you with the details of the ongoing rumble between Apple, Google, Microsoft, and everyone else in northern California—although we are looking forward to the lucha libre reenactment—but today it resulted in some very good news for anyone who spends more time on their computer than their TV. It's called Google TV, and right now thousands of techies are going wild over it.
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Italian Vogue Bats 1000: We believe she's wearing a chandelier of some kind. [Fashion Copious]
So Many Cardigans: New York Magazine takes on the global dominance of Uniqlo. The money line: "They have chosen fabric, rather than fashion, as the area where they want to excel." Sounds like a solid plan to us. [NYMag]
Hopefully It Won't be Called the G-Pad: Google tablet. Act like you know. [TechCrunch]
The Egg Did it Last Season: A chicken fashion show, brought gloriously to life. [Whim Quarterly]
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The Throwback: Luciana Val & Franco Musso channel their inner Guccione for this faux-vintage snap. [Fashion Gone Rogue]
Operation Infinite Accessory: Here's your chance to own the watch Saddam gave to his air force pilots. It's the weirdest style pitch we've come across in quite some time. [Hodinkee]
A Little Lost: A full account of a mortifying evening with our favorite person in the world, Bill Murray. [Vulture]
Royal Rumble: Apple, HTC, Google and Microsoft are entering into the copyright equivalent of a cage match. This one will get ugly. [TechCrunch]
Lounging: No matter what's happening, Eastern Europe always seems to come through. [Fashion Copious]
A Field Guide to the Menswear Blogger: The newly arrived Stylite takes a survey of the differing species of men's style bloggers. Nice work, but they forgot "credenza-loving gentleman of leisure." [Stylite]
Here's Johnny: An ode to the increasingly missed Johnny Carson. The man could wear a suit. [Vanity Fair]
Clash of the Titans: Things are getting ugly (and surprisingly Shakespearean) between Apple and Google. [NYTimes]
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You probably heard about the newly minted Google Buzz—basically a fusing of Twitter and Gmail—but we want to offer a word of caution before you dive in. It's got a frightening potential for accidental oversharing, and our online etiquette's going to make a few changes if we're going to survive with dignity intact.
For starters, it's time we all got a little better at saying no.
Off the Beach: Apparently Sports Illustrated has put out an issue that's just girls in bikinis. How long has this been going on? [Sports Illustrated]
Snow Job: Anders Johnson might be the brokest MOTH we've ever had. Can someone get this guy a Kickstarter account? [Associated Press]
Bucking the Trend: The Cut sits down with Mark McNairy, the loveable curmudgeon of menswear, to discuss his New Amsterdam line and the subtle appeal of the double monkstrap. [The Cut]
Building Buzz: Google Buzz just launched. Basically it's Twitter with pictures and Foursquare-style location tagging—best if you've got an Android phone. But if you'd rather ready a couple thousand words of windy speculation, we've got that too. [TechCrunch]
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Sometimes a Cigarette is just a Cigarette: Ms. Allen puffs away in the pages of Harper's Bazaar Russia. [Fashionising]
Ups and Downs: A list of when to find the best deals on just about anything. Apparently it's currently sale season for sporting goods, bed sheets and carpeting. Now you know. [Lifehacker]
Ladies…: Mothers, lock up your daughters; Kempt editor Randy Goldberg is on the town. Glamour shots are available on request. [Guest of a Guest]
User's Guide: An impressively thorough look at the joys and frustrations of Google's latest iPhone challenger. [Gizmodo]
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Little Black Book: We're still waiting for someone to use the phrase "sephardic stunner." [BlackBook]
Can't Beat It: Our tech overlords recap the top trends of the year that was. Apparently some guy named "Jackson" got famous in a hurry. [Google Zeitgeist]
I Don't Mind Choppin' Wood: The L.A. Times convinces us we were a little hasty with the whole "designer ax" craze. Extra points for coining the phrase "axficianado." [All the Rage]
The Punk and the Godfather: Mod style gets another glossy tome, in case you weren't sure what to get Pete Townshend for Christmas. [GQ Eye]
We warned you before, and now it's happening. Google is taking over your voicemail, and even though resistance isn't exactly futile, we're not sure why you'd bother.
As of Monday, you can import Google Voice to your current phone number, which means that, among other things, you'll never have to listen through your voicemails again. Once you're plugged into the Google Voice network, you can convert all your voicemails to text and sort through them like emails, which means you won't have to skip through Aunt Gladys's dictation of her travel arrangements before you hear from your Thursday night date. It's simple, easy, and it's the first step in a long road that most likely leads to the end of the phone bill.
But for now, let's take it one step at a time.
In the wake of our earlier etiquette lesson, you may still be wondering what in the world Google Wave actually does. Luckily, the internet's tendency towards one-note regurgitated jokes has produced what may be the ultimate user's guide to the ornate messaging tool. Instead of a dry tech demonstration, this video walks you through one of the most memorable scenes in Pulp Fiction via Google Wave, offering an effortless, Rosetta Stone-style explanation of embedded image searching and conversation replay and various other previously confusing gadgets. It's everything you need to know…and it's hilarious.
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The first Google Wave invites went out late last week, which means the next couple weeks should see the ground breaking email/instant message/document sharing hybrid spreading through the public at a buzzworthy rate. On the off-chance you've missed the hype, we'll sum it up for you: Wave reinvents email as a long string of chatroom-style reply-all messages, viewable all at once to everyone involved. TechCrunch is calling it the dawn of passive-aggressive communication (they seem to think that's a good thing), but it doesn't have to be that way.
In the interest of progress, we to suggest updates to email etiquette. It's an incomplete list, but it should keep you safe for long enough to figure out what's kosher in the new medium.
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Walk Hard: Thank heaven for lingerie shows. [WBE]
Fighting Words: A branding guru takes on the fashion industry. Clearly, he's never met Tom Ford. [PSFK]
It Was Worth a Shot: What if Google implanted an elaborate code into their site and nobody noticed or cared? [The Google Blog]
Name That Model: Identify a call sheet of models and win a classic of 19th Century literature. No, we're not kidding. [Fashion Copious]
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Home Again, Home Again: Terry Richardson takes Sean Lennon into seriously Freudian territory. [Refinery29]
Grilled: Google starts tracking the value of luxury goods like jewels, precious metals, and unusually good coffee. [GoogleBlog]
Under the Mattress: You asked for a wallet made from a mattress…and the internet delivered. [JoshSpear]
Out of Your League: Talking to attractive women may render you temporarily less intelligent. In other news, talking to unintelligent women may render you temporarily more well-read. [Neatorama]
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Sony's Handycam HDR-CX360V should be the company's $599 camcorder offering, but I suspect is priced about $200 higher in order to rationalize the too-crowded product line. The good news is that if you work a little, you can find it for under $600, at which price it's a pretty good deal. Because for $800, it delivers solid, but not great, video quality, and an interesting but incomplete feature set.
At its best, the video looks very good. In bright light, in scenes without a lot of detailed motion, it's sharp, relatively free of artifacts, with good color accuracy and exposure. But in scenes at midrange distances the video looks a bit soft overall, and there's generally clipping in the highlights. Like many cameras and camcorders, saturated reds don't render very accurately, and there's frequently significant blooming on the edges of very saturated colors. Despite a relatively high bit rate, you can see some blocking artifacts in highly detailed scenes. However, shooting progressive mode--in 60p or 24p--makes a significant improvement over 60i when it comes to edge aliasing (jaggies).
The camcorder also does a solid job of maintaining exposure and color in low-ish light. There's some noise and the video is soft, but overall it's acceptable. In dim light the video looks noisy and soft, though the camcorder does a decent job preserving color saturation and exposure. The lens distortion isn't bad given the camcorder's minimum focal length of approximately 29mm.
In addition, the audio sounds fairly good for its class, warmer compared to the somewhat bright tone you generally get on cheap camcorders.
Still photos rank about the same as a camera phone or budget camcorder--okay for viewing or printing at small sizes but smeary, with compression and interpolation artifacts, when viewed at 100 percent.
Overall, I was happy with the CX360V's performance. It autoexposes most moderately backlit scenes well, and the autofocus operates quickly and with what feels like better-than-average accuracy. As usual, Sony's optical Steady Shot stabilization works well under typical circumstances, even out to the end of the zoom range. One big drawback here: the LCD gets really difficult to see in bright sunlight. Battery life isn't great, but it's not unusually bad; keep in mind that because of the GPS this model will use more power than competing models.


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Carmi, IL – The Carmi-based Southern Illinois Drug Task Force (SIDTF) is working tirelessly to identify illegal cannabis plant grow operations in farm crop areas and is seeking the public's assistance to identify criminals. Traditionally, during the farming season, the SIDTF Agents see an increase in criminal activity to cultivate cannabis plants, especially in the rural areas of the counties where they are hidden among legitimate crop fields.
Cannabis grow operations are one of the leading cash crops in Illinois. In 2011, the Illinois State Police seized over 13,100 plants, totaling more than 109,000 grams of cannabis resulting in 151 arrests.
The Illinois State Police strongly encourages the public to report suspicious activity about these illegal growing operations to local law enforcement. SIDTF Agents also want to warn the public about destroying suspected cannabis plants or confronting suspicious individuals nearby any cannabis plant locations.
Law enforcement officials are asking the public for any information of suspected cannabis plants, as well as descriptions of persons or vehicles seen in the area of cannabis grow operations.
Anyone with information should contact should contact SIDTF at 618-382-4606, Extension 210. Callers may remain anonymous while providing information pertaining to suspicious drug activity.


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Sequestration Watch: Boeing and Lockheed
Parenthetically, I might add that tweets I received from a few Lockheed employees following my broadcast on Saturday said that Bloomberg reporter Capaccio was right on. One noted, that if furloughed, it would likely be for a day a week initially. Further he said that on his days off he would probably work at home anyway so as not to be overloaded on the other four days he was working. I would note that in a sense, this is a win for the government, since in situations such as this they would be getting free labor.
Now for the bad news, or as some might say, the really bad news. Warmer convention cities, as well as information technology contractors are likely to feel the pinch from sequestration much sooner than others. "The GSA conference scandal which came to light last summer struck a chord, and I am seeing memos cutting back on conferences to places like San Diego and New Orleans," said Capaccio.
I would add as we go into the summer conference season, this could also translate into slack business conditions in cities across the country, not just in warmer areas.
Though IT consultants are vulnerable, Capaccio suggested that companies which provide services or software that combine operations or help create efficiencies might be able to win. "You might find bases across the country looking for humane ways to cut back on personnel and they may want services to help these people make a transition."By the way, here are three companies that match that profile. I don't own any of them and am not recommending them either, but rather suggesting they are engaged in a line of business that is interesting given the advent of sequestration. Workday (WDAY) offers cloud-based applications to manage human capital and financial resources. Ultimate Software (ULTI) offers human resources management software. SciQuest (SQI) offers cloud-based procurement management. At the time of publication the author held no positions in any of the stocks mentioned. Follow Steve Cordasco (@CFNPlan) This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.
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Finally, there's some good news about the BP oil spill, sort of
Well something seems to be working for BP for a change. The containment cap that has been placed over the wellhead seem to be working. Some of the gushing oil is actually being captured. Yes, siree bob, BP has a drill ship collecting oil at the rate of 1,000 barrels a day. Of course the wellhead is gushing at 12,000 to 25,000 barrels per day.
According to The Washington Post BP finally has a containment plan that is working (minimally) to contain the spill. Currently vents are open on the containment head allowing oil to gush out in order to prevent the creation of hydrates that caused previous attempts at containment to fail. The vents will be closed gradually, but there will continue to be seepage around the base of the containment cap. Until the relief well or wells are drilled this is only a stop gap measure and it leaves a lot of the gap open.
Meanwhile the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has put together a computer model that predicts that the disaster in the Gulf has not yet begun to destroy. According to the model, currents will carry the oil completely around Florida and up the coast of the US before it heads out into the Atlantic proper. Most of the beaches, not to mention the marine life in the South and Southeast may be damaged beyond repair by BP's lack of proper safety measure.
BP's continuing inability to completely stop the well has led to some interesting theories about the corporate persona. Basically, Grist has characterized BP as a psychopath based on its corporate behavior. By comparing BP's actions to those cited by psychologist and FBI criminal profiler Dr. Robert Hare in his documentary The Corporation, BP does indeed look psychopathic:
- Callous unconcern for the feelings of others
- Reckless disregard for the safety of others
- Deceitfulness, repeated lying and conning others for profit
- Incapacity to experience guilt
- Failure to correspond to social norms regarding lawful behavior
And to put it all into perspective, Jamie from the radio talk show SomaCow, rearranged Lady Gaga's hit Bad Romance into the new hit Big Oilmance- a BP spill parody. Jamie wrote the lyrics and performed it herself and did an excellent job with both. Really, you have to hear it. Jamie's Oilmance pretty much captures Grist's psychopath theory and our codependance in a nut shell. Here is just a small sample of the lyrics.
You know that we own you..
You have no choice..
You need my oil. Bad. Bad.
We take your money
Then kill all your plants
Fish and Birds, all an oily mess
No more spring break
no more fishing trips
Meanwhile Morgan, La gears up for the 2010 Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival this September. Bet they'll have to import the shrimp, possibly from outside the US.
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Hannah Ball
A&E Reporting
While some students have described the tear gas incident from Saturday, April 12 as necessary, other students expressed pain and dismay.
Tear gas was released into a crowd of over 2,000 students on April 12 after police received several disturbance complaints near Western Michigan University and the crowd became hostile, according to a press release from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
One of the participants of the "House Crawl" event was WMU student Gino Borri who said he saw an estimate of 20 police officers in riot gear near Lafayette Street.
"It was crazy. The entire block was covered in tear gas. It looked like an airborne virus from a zombie movie or something," Borri said.
Borri, and several other students, are now describing memories of pain, fear and confusion from the tear gas incident.
"My eyes and face were burning and my throat closed up… thought I was about to cough up my intestines," Borri said."People were being trampled, laying in the street vomiting. I hopped some fence and broke into some random persons house, because I thought I was gonna die, washed my face in the sink for like 15 minutes."
The marketing major said the police "might have had a right" to use the tear gas, after the crowd became hostile toward the police.
"People were throwing beer cans and rocks at them. Probably didn't need to use that much tear gas though. They nuked the entire block. Innocent people were getting caught in the smoke," Borri said.
Another student, Mitch Zink said that the situation could have been handled better.
"Police are [supposed] to protect, not harm. The whole situation could've been handled better," Zink said.
"The police went from 5 cops yelling at us to leave right to a 40 man seat team throwing dozens of canisters of tear gas," Zink said. "They could've have found a better solution before jumping to such extremes. I was down wind from the tear gas and got a face full. My sinus' felt like they were on fire and my eyes dried up and burnt like hell.
Conor McDonald, sophomore majoring in pre-law and philosophy, was just outside the center of the road and heard the cops getting riot gear.
"I figured they would just walk through and tell people to leave. Then they launched tear gas canisters into the crowd. I didn't hear any warning before they did it. I was outside the crowd so they barely got me, but the wind carried it and you could feel it all the way up West Michigan. The people who were closer to the center looked pretty bad afterwords," McDonald said.
Kayla Mott, sophomore in occupational therapy, described the tear gas as the "worst pain ever."
"My friends and I were all just talking in a group within each other and we [saw] clouds of smoke from far away but didn't really think anything of it. We started to hear people screaming and running and then I literally turned my head and it just kind of all hit me and all of us at the same time. We started to run but all lost each other because we couldn't see. Random people were helping others out. Some guy came to me and [helped] me find my friends because I couldn't see and when you breathe it in your lungs just hurt super bad," Mott said. "Two of my friends were puking and others were just bloodshot eyes and coughing a lot. But it was cool because everyone helped each other out even when you didn't know that person. This girl [helped] me flush my eyes out for an hour afterwards too."
Students weren't the only ones hit with tear gas. Kyle Hadden said his 8-month-old puppy was tear gassed.
"They gassed my 8 month old puppy," Hadden said, describing how he "picked her up and ran to see people crying and puking everywhere in my house." Hadden added that his dog suffered no injuries from the incident.
Alex Rych, junior majoring aviation major, said the tear gas was "very irritating" and it made it "hard to breathe for a couple minutes."
Rych said that his "eyes all watery and fuzzy, and it made my skin itch…it lingers on your clothes too."
"It seemed unneccassary. It seems as though them doing that made it worse [because] kids just were waiting around for something else [to] happen," Rych said.


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When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timourous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence a
When one door of happiness closes another opens; but we often look so long at the closed one that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
When one door of happiness closes, another one opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened to us.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
When we create something, we always create it first in a thought form. If we are basically positive in attitude, expecting and envisioning pleasure, satisfaction and happiness, we will attract and create people, situations, and events which conform to our positive expectations.
When we look upon others for happiness we diminish our very existance as individuals.
When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of happiness has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions.
When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness, and your own duty.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
When you reliquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...
Whenever we wake up from a horrible nightmare, we don't immediately scream out of happiness.It takes a while to feel so safe and so good.
Where ambition ends happiness begins.
While people are struggling unhappily in the cities against the cruel authorities, a waterfall happily and cheerfully flows in the nature; there is happiness only if there is freedom!
Who is better, they who promote truth over happiness, or happiness over truth?
Why does this magnificent applied science, which saves work and makes life easier, bring us little happiness The simple answer runs because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it.
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Without relationships, no matter how much wealth, fame, power, prestige and seeming success by the standards and opinions of the world one has, happiness will constantly eluded him.
World is brighter with the happiness of children.
Yet ah why should they know their fateSince sorrow never comes too late,And happiness too swiftly flies.Thought would destroy their paradise.No more where ignorance is bliss,'Tis folly to be wise.
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
You need to be happy with yourself before you commit to somebody else for happiness


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Sunday, May 26, 2013
Rebooting the Blog!
The day, err night, has come folks. I am rebooting up the blog! It's been a year since I've blogged and 6 months since our last family photo (eek!) so it's time to get myself back on track this summer! This was a pic from early last December that we sent out on our holiday cards. Anyways, pretty sure I don't have any readers left unless there are some crazy stalkers out there, but hopefully once I pick things up I'll get you all back;) I'll be posting new pics and hopefully some from 2012 since you all missed a whole year of us!!
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
I'm one of those weird people who doesn't really like to give in to the newest, latest trend but then eventually I get sucked in. I joined facebook like 2 years after everyone else did, I signed up for pinterest a year ago but just created my login, and I also just gave in to Instagram. I must say Instagram really makes me look like I know what I'm doing with the camera! Here are the shots I have so far (incase you aren't on Instagram:)
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Welcome Cameron Brooks!
It's only been a few days since Cameron's birth but so far I am pleasantly surprised. He is such a sweet, mellow baby. (I know, totally jinxing myself) Also, both his older sisters absolutely adore him and want to hug, kiss, hold, and play with him. They are however picking more fights with each other;)
We feel so lucky to have this baby boy in our lives!!!
New big sister Kayley looking on adoringly at her little brother. She kept squealing "hi baby!" ever since she stepped foot in the hospital room and saw him.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Happy Hollow
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Happy 70th Birthday Baba!!!
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Kayley Turns TWO!!
Kayley is a fun, outgoing, happy, tough yet loving cutie pie!
Some things she loves: Her sister, her pacifier, shoes, waffles, saying "I doooo" when she wants something or wants to do something, all her family and really anyone she's met a couple times, her dolls and barbies, bubble guppies theme song, elmo, eggs, peeled cucumbers and apples, cottage cheese, oatmeal, pasta, tugging on hair (it's a comfort thing), being naughty, running around with no clothes on, taking baths, going in the pool or any water play, making people laugh, hugs, kisses, and sleeping in our bed:) Kayley, you make everyday a fun one with your smile, silly ways, and giggles. We LOVE LOVE LOVE you Kayley!!!
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A little showering
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Former Farmington baseball star faces adversity again
BANGOR, Maine - A New Hampshire father in critical condition after being involved in a serious head-on collision in Plymouth Friday has a long recovery ahead of him.
As before, during his cancer fight, Jayson Whitehouse, 26, of Alton, N.H., has the support of family, friends and those he's inspired, according to former Coach Dave P. Hoyt.
Whitehouse sustained life-threatening injuries after his Honda crossed the center line along Route 7 and struck an oncoming SUV, driven by Courtney Lacadie, 38, of Dixmont, around 11 a.m.
Members of the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office could not be reached for comment about the status of the investigation into the accident Wednesday.
Both Whitehouse, who was airlifted from the scene, and Lacadie, who suffered serious injuries, were taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center. He remains in critical condition; she was released from the facility, according to hospital spokeswoman.
Whitehouse's wife, Sayre, and their sons, Colby and Trey, have been visiting him as much as possible while keeping their network of friends updated.
Hoyt said Whitehouse, who's undergone five surgeries since the accident, has already started to slowly recover - a process which could take up to three years.
"Every day is a little progress," Hoyt said, adding Whitehouse is in tough shape, but is responsive.
Hoyt, who serves as director of staff and player development at USA Training Centers/USA Mavericks in Newington N.H., fondly remembers coaching Whitehouse when they both were in Rochester, N.H. and when he stopped by to practice a few years later.
Hoyt said Whitehouse had tremendous skill as a player, as a fellow teammate and as a coach in a league of 13-year-olds.
"The younger players gravitate to him," Hoyt said, adding Whitehouse brought energy and experience to the field.
Whitehouse was a three-time all-state selection who led Farmington (N.H.) High School to three baseball titles in three years while scoring 1,575 points on the basketball court with the Tigers. After graduating in 2004, Whitehouse hit .364 while playing in South Carolina with Spartanburg Methodist College.
"It was no surprise to me that the Dodgers took a chance with him as an outfielder," Hoyt said, adding Whitehouse was drafted as left fielder in the 23rd round while playing for the Quarry Dogs, a regional collegiate league.
Soon afterward, Hoyt said Whitehouse went to the doctor after experiencing head pain, which he thought was a result of bumping it. But the pain was from several tumors in his eyes, chest and arm.
In June 2005, he was diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma - a rare form of non-Hodgkins cancer - but after undergoing chemotherapy, Whitehouse was cancer-free by October of that year.
"Jayson's touched a lot of folks," Hoyt said, adding perfect strangers were as supportive as people who knew him or watched him play. While Whitehouse never got to take the field with the Dodgers, Hoyt expected him to do well in the big leagues. He added the same drive will help him once again in his long recovery following the accident.
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I was doing some math today in my head, and it annoyed me, mostly because I hate math, but also… Why does Link always live in some shitty hovel?
I have been playing The Legend of Zelda in its various incarnations across a half a dozen systems for literally the length of my game playing days, and I always hook him up. By the end of the game he has been vastly rewarded in rupees for his intense hatred of stoneware and foliage, has the best magical armor, like the coolest sword in the world, some twenty random gadgets that do fuck-all unless used in the two buildings where it might be handy to flip over random spiky monsters or build very localized tornado and for what? Sure, he rescues Zelda, or escapes from some flying fish dream, or stops a meteor from destroying wherever, but it doesn't seem to last. I read along the line that the Links are linked but not the same link because of cross linkage in the link linkity link link, but if I was born in Hyrule and my parents were cruel enough to name me Link and dress my dapper ass in green I can tell you things would go down a lot different.
For starters, if I save a princess she basically owes me half a kingdom, or at least a chance to octorock her world for a few nights then go hock all my weirdly specific adventuring gear and live a life of luxury. Maybe settle down, form the first Hyrulian Science council, and spend my vast fortunes dabbling in an understanding of the relentlessly cyclical nature of life, try to maybe find a way to stop it, you know, for the kids. Also, I don't think I would be all that in a rush. It seems to me that each time she gets kidnapped there is plenty or time for me to wander around aimlessly charging walls and attempting to blow up half the world looking for shells/rupees/Jimmy Hoffa/Crazy Fairies with magic powers that can be bottled for energy like Red Bull. I steal more hearts than Michael Buble and buy the biggest best everything and a dozen potions and generally waste all the time possible before finding whatever version of eternal darkness is the soup de jour and then finally get around to curb stomping him with my thoroughly OP speed boots. I really think, if Link wanted a day off, he prolly could take it no prob…
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Chip Newton began playing guitar at the age of 12. First learning blues and rock songs, he also learned to play some classical and jazz by ear from his mothers' record collection. He formally studied at Concord University (Athens, W.V.) and while there, was nominated in 1995 as a Yamaha Young Performing Artist, an international contest that recognizes talented up-and-coming performers. Further classical studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro followed and he earned his M.M. in Performance from this institution. He now heads the guitar department at Elon University in North Carolina. Jazz music has also figured prominently in his career and he was featured as a member of the Dave Fox Group on their recording "If These Songs Could Talk," released in 2007. This recording received numerous favorable reviews, the most important among them being New York's "All About Jazz." Read the review here: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26552 He is also a current member of the Django Reinhardt-inspired trio, Swing Triade. This group revitalizes 1930's swing era music and features some of Chip's compositions. Currently, Chip is working on his second jazz recording, "At Midnight" which will feature his solo arrangements of well-known standards.
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This week we had a chance to catch up with Leah Anderson, author of "Forgotten", and winner of the Photography.Book.Now People's Choice Award. We love Leah's book and were really excited to get a chance to hear her responses to our Tuesday 5 – enjoy!
Why do you do what you do and where do you find inspiration?
I do what I do because of my love for animals; horses in particular. Horses have been an important part of my life ever since I was small. My friends will vouch for the fact that I drew horses in the margins of my notebook throughout my school years — and even in college!
My book, "Forgotten", started as an assignment: a senior capstone project for my Visual Communication Design degree from the University of Washington. We were to research, design, and produce a project on any subject we felt passionate about. I had been volunteering for a local horse rescue organization, Save A Forgotten Equine, and I knew that I wanted to do something that would let the world know about these horses in need, and others like them around the country. Every day there is a new story about horses being starved, abused, or sent to slaughter in Mexico in double-decker trailers. Being a college student, I couldn't afford to rescue a horse, but I realized that I could use design to share my passion with others, and hopefully gain support for a cause I feel is so incredibly important. So, I set out out to develop "Forgotten", a collection of photos of horses with their rescuers, paired with testimonies written by the rescuers themselves. I have to say that I became more and more inspired as I worked on this project: every person and horse I met & photographed further electrified me. I realized that with photography, I am able to capture the very emotions and connections that cannot be described with words. I would download the images from my camera, and they would bring tears to my eyes. I had no idea that a camera lens would become my most powerful tool.
What is your favorite childhood book?
Growing up, I read every single book about horses! My favorites were King of the Wind, Misty of Chincoteague, and the Black Stallion series. My favorite part of those books were the illustrations, most of them were by Wesley Dennis. Those illustrations are still such an inspiration to me because of the life & energy they capture.
What are some of the highlights of making your book?
The whole process was incredible. Meeting these people and their rescued horses gave me such faith in humanity. I hope that their courage, strength, and love is evident in the photos and narratives, and inspires others to do what they can to help. I would have to say that the most amazing thing is watching how people react to my book. Forgotten makes many people cry as they turn the pages — and to me, this is validation of my work & passion. Of course these images are powerful to me — but for them to make a New Yorker who had never loved a horse break down in tears in the middle of a gallery opening– the message of "Forgotten" must be universal.
If you could bestow one bookmaking tip on the world, what would it be?
Well, I'm a graphic designer by training, so the first thing I notice is the design of the book. Great photography can be ruined by mediocre design. Learning basic design do's/don'ts, (i.e. Verdana is a screen font, not a typeface for print usage) will help immensely. A great book is Design it Yourself, by Ellen Lupton.
Design tips for photography books: keep it simple, buy a good typeface (no, don't use the ones pre-loaded on your computer), and limit your color palette. Another option is BlurbNation: hire a designer to help you! That requires no learning at all. :)
Thanks Leah! Buy her book "Forgotten" in the Blurb Bookstore or check out more about Leah on her website here.


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PR 34 2011 - Council underlined the importance of space systems for security.
A review of crisis response using Earth observation techniques is now available online.
Eight member states have raised concerns about future funding for the EU's GMES space programme.
Emergency services working in the immediate aftermath of disasters will benefit from fast access to pan-European mapping created from interoperable, geospatial data thanks to an agreement b
Broader and improved access to satellite data is boosting the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has sent letters to its member governments asking them to protest a decision by the European Commission to remove Europe's flagship environmental program from
The European Commission, in a surprise move, is proposing that its satellite-based Earth observation program be removed from its seven-year budget starting in 2014 and instead be funded by voluntar
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With Shane Ferguson ruled out through injury, Ward was handed a role on the left side of midfield for Northern Ireland's 2-0 defeat in Russia on Friday.
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However, with Northern Ireland expected to be more positive for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier with Luxembourg, Ward is waiting to see what role coach Michael O'Neill has in mind for him.
"I was nervous, I think that's natural. It's something different, not like playing club football, which you're used to week in, week out," said Ward.
"I had to do a job for the team and I thought I did it. I worked hard but hopefully the game (on Tuesday) will be a completely different game.
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I almost skipped over this info until I saw the Farmville logo. I was horrified! I would never have gone so far as to hurt a crying child, but I was hooked on Farmville for months. It was such fun. Then I went on a vacation for a week. When I came back I was no longer interested. My farm is still there in total disarray, but I still can't get interested again. Somehow my Guardian Angel is looking out for me.
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According to recent research by Ofcom, 37% of adults and 60% of teens admit to being 'highly addicted' to their smartphones, with users checking their smartphones on average, 34 times a day. Additionally, 51% of adults and 65% of teens use their smartphones while socializing with others, and 22% and 47% respectively, confess to answering their smartphones even while on the toilet.
So the International 'Moodoff Day' is encouraging people around the world to avoid using smartphones for a few hours on February 26. The organization is urging adults and teenagers to spend from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. that day without using their smartphone. This events will celebrate each year on last Sunday of February.
if you feel you could benefit from a morning without smartphones and mobile devices and want to encourage others to follow suit, go to www.MoodOffDay.org and pledge your support. You can even post your personal experiences of smartphone addiction or upload funny images showing smartphone addicts in action at www.facebook.com/MoodOffDay .
Moodoff Day is aiming to raise awareness of smart phone addiction and to minimise the impact on relationships, work/life balance, reduce risk of injury in traffic and improve quality of life.


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Last week I listed 19 ways to peeve your lover (or colleague, friend, parent, or child)—ways to make the problem always be them, never you.
We're peeved by people who assume they're always right, no matter what, people who act like mercenary lawyers on permanent retainer to themselves—they're ready to win for their clients, no matter the cause, regardless of whether they're in the right. And we peeve people when we act like that ourselves.
No one likes a tyrant.
But sometimes we are right. Sometimes we do have to stick to our guns on a range of issues so large that others could easily accuse us inaccurately of being tyrants just out to win. So we can't tell who's a tyrant just by how persistently they stick to their guns. If that was all that mattered, we might have concluded that Gandhi, King, and Churchill were all tyrants, or at least stubborn egomaniacs out for glory at all costs, always insisting they were in the right.
So how can we tell who's disagreeing with us, even if persistently, on truly substantive grounds and not out of some automatic self-defense or self-promotion mode—and who's really just a tyrant out to win for the sake of winning?


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Pentair Is Overall Innovation Winner At Aquatech Amsterdam
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pentair, Inc., (NYSE: PNR), a global leader in providing innovative water solutions, was recently honored at Aquatech Amsterdam, the world's top trade exhibition for process, drinking and waste water. Pentair won the overall Aquatech Innovation Award 2011 which recognizes the most innovative product, service or solution in the water industry.
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Pentair won for its Nijhuis fish-friendly pump, which is used predominantly in pumping stations as a way to alleviate injuries and deaths of fish during migration. The pump features specially shaped impeller and guide vanes that create a favorable water flow allowing fish to move safely through the blades, despite the pumps' high rotational speed. Additionally, there is more space between the blades than conventional pumps, which reduces the chance of fish or eels being hit.
The Pentair pump was unanimously voted the winner by a jury of experts. Jury Chairman and Scientific Director of Westus Cees Buisman said, "This represents a major breakthrough for the long term problem of the killing of fish, which had remained unresolved despite the enormous efforts of science and industry. Pentair Nijhuis has succeeded in designing and producing a relatively efficient pump that does not kill fish."Pentair also was a winner in the category of "Innovation Not to Market Yet" with its X-Flow HF (hollow fiber) Nano, a product that successfully combines the advantages of nanofiltration and HF technologies in one single process making it capable of removing pollutants that are impossible to eliminate with current available technologies. Pentair Filtrations Solutions President Netha Johnson says, "We're very proud to have won these awards and are especially pleased that our innovation capabilities are being recognized by a worldwide audience of our peers." A total of 50 entries were submitted across five categories for the Aquatech awards and were judged on the balance and interaction between the originality of the product, feasibility (technical, economic, reliability) and sustainability (environment, safety, and energy efficiency).
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This race neutral program strives to promote equal opportunity, accountability and to ensure that the City does not passively participate in private discrimination. It does not create goals, quotas or set-asides and does not replace the existing small business program.
All responses to Metro Requests for Proposals (RFP) and Invitations to Bid (ITB) are required to demonstrate the prime responder's compliance with the Procurement Nondiscrimination Program. The attached forms are required with the submission of the response to Metro. Failure to submit the compliance documentation required by law may result in responses being deemed nonresponsive by the Purchasing Agent. Procurement Nondiscrimination Forms-Standard and Procurement Nondiscrimination- AE Projects
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Federalists in the United States Congress during the Quasi-War with France. They sparked outcry from the opposition Democratic-Republicans, who viewed them as an unconstitutional consolidation of power by the federal government, and two states issued resolutions against them—Virginia in 1798, and Kentucky in both 1798 and 1799.
The acts were defended in the answer of Massachusetts to the Virginia Resolutions.
See also:
- Chapter 54, June 18, 1798: An Act to Establish a Uniform Rule of Naturalization ("Naturalization Act")
- Chapter 58, June 25, 1798: An Act concerning Aliens ("Alien Friends Act")
- Chapter 66, July 6, 1798: An Act Respecting Alien Enemies ("Alien Enemies Act")
- Chapter 74, July 14, 1798: An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States ("Sedition Act")