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Ask The Ripped Dude: Are My Active Rest Days Too Active?
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Name: Obi Obadike
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Are my "active rest day" soccer games helping or hurting me?
How many times have we heard the saying "no pain no gain?" Or better, "You have to live in the gym to attain the body you want." Have you ever had someone say that?
I have to admit that for the first decade of my training, I followed those principles. I worked out six, often seven days per week. Looking back, I know that overtraining is the reason I went through longs plateaus with no improvement. I also blame it for the serious aches and pains that limited my lean muscle growth.
Then I smartened up. I began listening to my body and incorporated at least two rest days per week. My body responded. I felt stronger, had more endurance, and stopped feeling pain.
So, About Soccer?
I'm getting there, don't worry. In my opinion, an "active rest day" is a day when you take time off your usual training routine and perform lighter activities. What's a lighter activity? Active rest days can consist of short, light jogging, hiking, biking, or even going to the gym. These activities shouldn't exhaust you, but they will still burn calories.
To me, a rest day is a rest day, and a workout is a workout. When I train, my hard workouts are earlier in the week, and the last days of the week are reserved for easier workouts. I don't believe in active resting because, technically, you're still doing a workout. If you're playing in a full-field soccer game, you're definitely not resting. Why not just allow your body to recover?
Resting is the most important part of the muscle-building process. Workouts tear down your muscles. Resting allows them to repair and grow. If you are someone who trains all the time with little rest, you will probably make better gains if you took more days off. Your body builds muscle when it's resting, not when it's working out.
If you train Monday through Friday, you should take Saturday and Sunday completely off. If you enjoy your Sunday soccer games, choose another day to use as a rest day. Your soccer game should count as a workout. Rest means rest—plain and simple.
You are not the Terminator or a machine. You are human being. Your joints and muscles need to recuperate.
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Very good article.
Having a rest day is something that was preached by my trainer way back when and I've always stuck with it. Feels weird to not be training on those days, but I know it's for the better in the long run.
Very good advice. Sometimes we NEED to be reminded to rest from an outside source that it's okay to take a break every now and then.
I agree. Not only is it important to schedule your rest days, but also SO important to listen to your body. Sometimes we dont need quite as many sets or not such a heavy weight. Get in tune with your muscles and listen to what theyre saying. Kill it when it feels right and back off when its not.
I've recently started Jim Stoppani's 12 week shortcut to size program and he's a fan of "active rest on days you don't lift. He advocated HIIT on them days or light cardio. I did intervals of sprints, is that too much if the goal is growth on the program???
I don't have an answer for you, all I can say is that everyone has their own opinion on things when it comes to off days and rest and what is bad or good, so just treat it like this article says, if your legs muscles are sore or aching, maybe the sprints need to be taken out of your off day regimen....
I go to the gym 6 days a week and do sprints on the 7th day. Eat right and get enough sleep and you'll be fine. Stick with it bro.
I go to the gym 6 days a week and do sprints on the 7th day. Eat right and get enough sleep and you'll be fine. Stick with it bro.
Blake, I'm doing Stoppani's program as well. I do 10-15 minutes of HIIT after each lifting day, and do a steady run on two of the three active rest days. I might do 4 100M sprints at the end of the runs, but that's it. I use Saturday as a pure rest day. I think it's a good balance.
also that's just a program, you arent going to stay on the same one forever. I think the idea is don't wear yourself out too much ALL the time. If every program you go on has you active 7 days a week then that may be too much but if you switch it up so your next one you get the rest in there when you need it then it should be fine. listen to your body and do what works
I agree too that adequate food and sleep makes a huge difference
lol ok? active rest days? come on people use your head its a rest day for a reason, sheesh, lol!
i just walk on the treadmill
I agree 100%. Without proper rest (days off) I'd stay skinny (like my photo) forever. I've also learned that proper rest is very important to my mental as well as physical wellbeing. After a day off I'm mentally re-charged and re-motivated. I feel good and am anxious to get back to it.
Thanks for the great article.
Good point! I like to workout 2x a day with no rest days.. might have to take your advice.
I believe it's true what he says, the body needs rest. But I simply can't do nothing - ever. I train six days a week (weights in the morning, cardio in the evening) and on Sundays I go biking or hiking or swimming. I don't feel tired at all. I try to get 8-9 hours sleep each night though.
This is such a nice article to read.
I beasted myself yesterday and so far today have done nothing. Was feeling guilty about it until I read this article. Turns out I'm doing it right. Yay.
I agree Obi. When I first started hearing the term active rest days, I immediately thought that it's really not a rest day b/c you are technically and in reality working out/training. It may not be what you do on your regularly scheduled workouts, may not be structured, etc., but it's still exercise.
Even though it's hard for many of us not to want to train, I believe we/some may need to try and re-program their way of thinking. The body really does need rest. Without it, increased gains and true recovery is very difficult.
So today is a total rest day for me, Tomorrow I plan on doing Legs and no cardio til Friday would u consider that 2 day's of rest for the upper body??
When I stopped doing massive amounts of cardio and starting taking at least one rest day per week because my trainer forced me I started seeing huge improvements! If you are always sore and exhausted you can't perform your workouts at 100% anyway.
Resting is my biggest problem. I sometimes work out 8-11 times a week (a lot of two-a-days) and feel like a *** when I'm not in the gym but have noticed that when I train less often I make better gains. Rest is something I need to work on. Thanks for the advice!
sir this article really mean something,rest day is rest day from now on, earlier for me rest day use to mean cardio day.
What if we're doing a routine like Arnold Blueprint. There is only a single rest day, and each muscle group is hit twice in a week. After 2 weeks of that, I feel I don't need rest days!
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Question: I hit a large rock (maybe it would be considered a boulder) in the road. Is this comprehensive or collision?
Answer: If the boulder was already in the roadway and you ran into it with your vehicle, then it would be considered a collision with an object and thus go under the collision portion of your car insurance policy.
Collision and comprehensive insurance are both physical damage coverages, so they cover damage to your car, but each covers different perils or events that cause damage.
Collision covers you when you hit, or are hit, by another car. It also covers when you collide with inanimate objects; whether it is a fence, mailbox, house, curb, tree or large rock.
Comprehensive covers you for events that collision does not, such as vandalism, fire, theft and natural occurrences such as wind, hail or water damage. Comprehensive coverage covers if you sustain damage from an animal, such as a deer or dog. Also, comprehensive covers objects that fall on your vehicle. (See "Acts of God and your car insurance")
So, if the boulder had fallen on your car, as you drove under it, then it normally would be found to be a comprehensive claim. But the rock rolling into the side of your car or you hitting it because it was situated in the road where you couldn't go around it is a collision claim.
A collision claim is more likely to raise your rates than a comprehensive claim. Comprehensive claims are usually due to situations beyond your control so state laws and/or car insurance company guidelines many times don't allow surcharges for these types of claims. You can contact your state's insurance regulator to find out more about what types of accidents can be surcharged for in your state.
When you make a collision claim, the deductible you picked at the inception of your auto insurance policy will be due. If the damage to your car were minor, you may first want to take it to a mechanic and get an estimate on the cost of repairs. If it costs less than your deductible amount to fix your car, then there is no need to make a claim since your insurer won't pay for any repairs under your deductible amount.
If the cost is more than your deductible, but just barely, then you may still want to pay out-of-pocket for the repairs so that the claim will not affect your future car insurance rates.
But if your car sustained a great deal of damage and will cost a lot to repair, then normally it's wise to use your collision coverage to have your car insurance company pay for the cost of repairs above your deductible amount; that is why after all you do carry the coverage, so you won't be stuck with costly repairs after an auto accident.


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So many notable people—and frogs—are doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge now that it's hard to keep up with all the great videos. That's good news for the ALS Association, who've already received over $31.5 million in donations this year (you can send them your own contribution sans ice buckets here through the MDA). In case you really need to live vicariously through the pain and suffering of your favorite stars, though, then be sure to check these videos out.Read More


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Alas, as you may know, Polaroid is stepping out of the film business, and although I'm sure 3rd-party film will be available at a premium in the future, Polaroid has set the dates after which their instant film will no longer be available. Check out the link below for the info on when the film cartridges for your camera will die the true death. [via Geeksugar] Read More
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Pirated 'Sicko' Winds Up On YouTube
Last week, Michael Moore's "Sicko" was pirated and leaked to the web. The leak is an excellent DVD screener that can now be found on almost every major torrent site. By this morning, a copy had been uploaded to YouTube, posted in several segments to circumvent YouTube's uploading limitations. What's nuts is that after major media outlets reporting the upload… Read More
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Q. Researchers have wondered for years why appendicitis is relatively rare in places like Africa & Asia, while in the United States it's extremely common. It could be because people in those places eat tremendous quantities of this.
A. "There's always been speculation that high-fiber diets protect against appendicitis," says David G. Addiss, M.D., medical epidemiologist for the division of parasitic disease at the CDC & Prevention in Atlanta. People in Asia eat tremendous quantities of fruits, vegetables, whole grains & other high-fiber rich foods.


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If you've had enough of winter and are looking for an early taste of summer, there are several places around the world that will be heating up nicely over the next several days.
For us here in Doha those temperatures could be rising maybe a little bit too rapidly. Normally as we ease into the middle of March the high temperature for the city on the Gulf is 27C. In the next few days, those temperatures could easily rise to over 35C.
The cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, just to the southeast, will also have the heat turned on with temperatures reaching into the low 30's.
Much of the eastern half of the United States has already seen an exceptionally warm winter. In fact, the winter of 2011-2012 is being ranked by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the fourth warmest meteorological winter on record.
This week the warm trend will only be enhanced for much of the central and southeastern United States.
The Polar Jet, which separates cool polar air to the north from warm tropical air to the south, will be repositioning itself well into Canada.
This will mean that almost two-thirds of the US will see temperatures 10 degrees higher than normal. For Atlanta and Dallas this will mean highs to nearly 26C, when they're average temperature is a cool 15 to 17 Celsius.
If the Middle East and the US are a little too far to go in order to enjoy the warmer temperatures, then the UK just might be the place.
Many cities across southern and central England have already been enjoying the rise in temperatures since Saturday. This is thanks to an area of high pressure that has settled in over northwestern Europe, keeping skies clear and dry.
On Thursday London could see its warmest temperature so far this year with thermometers reaching 18C.
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Tania Kovats practice moves between processes that intertwine, looking, documenting and making that unfold a deep fascination of the natural world and meeting points between landscape and seascape. Traversing 2D and 3D, Kovat's work employs mapping systems as a way of understanding and investigating the specific geologies she comes across in her work.
This exhibition showcases a range of works from 2002 - 2014 including her recent installation All the Sea (2012-2014) described as a library of bodies of water collected by people from around the world, originally commissioned by the Fruitmarket Gallery. Alongside this Kovats Evaporation series and Schist sculptures open up this engagement with the history and exploration of process evidenced in the landscape around us.
Born in London in 1966, Tania Kovats studied at Newcastle Polytechnic before completing her MA at the Royal College of Art, London in 1990. Following this, she exhibited at the Barclays Young Contemporaries at the Serpentine Gallery in 1991. Kovats was awarded the Henry Moore Drawing Fellowship, UWE, Bristol in 2004-05 and was Visiting Fellowship at the School of Archaeology, Oxford University 2006. Her 'Tree' was selected for the Darwin's Canopy project at the Natural History Museum and was commissioned to celebrate Darwin's bicentenary in 2009. Kovats' work is held in a number of public and private collections. Publications including The Drawing Book and Drawing Water: drawing as a mechanism for exploration. Kovats currently runs the MA in Drawing at Wimbledon.
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Dian Agung Nugroho's photo "F*** You (What's on her mind ?)" captures a
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Free Culture Flash game
So like, this is a Flash that has you moving little idea objects into the little heads of little ol' people who turn green when you feed them thoughts. When you feed the people ideas, they then poop out more ideas -- literally, off the top of their heads. A vacuum cleaner called capitalism keeps sucking up ideas to feed to the passive consumers, who have turned gray. By moving your mouse around to herd the ideas to the people, you keep the mojo flowing and eventually become the John Lennon/V for Vendetta guy of the game world, turning it into some kind of user-created-content lovefest. It's like the end of The Invisibles, but not as vivid.Free Culture (Thanks, Greg!)
The argument seems to be this: When ideas are shared, everyone gets richer, because the total number of ideas tends to increase in a recombinant explosion of creativity. Copyright is kind of fallacious, because all patterns of information are by default in the commons of vast, unexplored or previously explored possibility space. Ideas only become intellectual property when someone takes them out of the commons and stamps a (C) on it. The game is basically inviting you to say: "Fuck that!"
North Korean video game arcade
Here's a collection of photos from a run-down North Korean video arcade. I'm sure that lots of developing countries have similar arcades, but this is notable due to the stark contrast with the legendary PC Baang arcades in the south. Inside a North Korean Arcade (via Waxy)
Immortal McHorror burger is 12 years old, looks just like new
1996 McDonalds Hamburger
The burger on the right, off the paper is a 2008 burger. I had to buy it to get the groovy paper and bag. The meat is a tad darker, the bun a little less golden but in 12 years it will look exactly like that too. Do you find this horrifying? McDonalds fills an empty space in your belly. It does nothing to nourish the cell, it is not a nutritious food. It is not a treat. I marvel at how McDonalds has infiltrated our entire world. A hamburger here tastes exactly the same in China or some around the world place.
Anti-suicide barriers on Japanese train lines
From TokyoMango: "Newer train lines in Japan have suicide prevention platforms. 5-foot walls span the entire platform, with doors that only open when the train has safely stopped at the station. Jumping in front of a moving train is one of the most common suicide methods in Japan–it was, at least, until people started spreading information on how to gas themselves at home." Suicide prevention train platforms
Rockbox 3.0: turn your old iPod into new h4wtness with free/open software
There's a new version of Rockbox out -- this is the free/open firmware replacement for MP3 players like the iPod, Archos, Sansa and others. It has many awesome features, including playback for more audio formats, like Ogg and FLAC, as well as adding games like Doom to the player. A new spoken interface makes it easier to use if you're visually impaired, too. A great way to breathe new life into an old iPod or other player -- and a great alternative to chucking it out. Rockbox 3.0 Released. Quietly., What is Rockbox? Why should I use it? (via Engadget)
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Failin' Palin. (UPDATED: As Putin rears his head.)
Andrew Sullivan, with whom I agree not all of the time, but do this time, says this about the CBS News interview embedded above: "All you can say is: unbelievable. Except it's true. She is the vice-presidential candidate of a national political party. Seriously." Transcript here, last night's edition is here.
Update: Look! There's Pootin' rearin' his ugly head. (Thanks, Rob Beschizza)
Who is this Rosh Hashanah person anyway?
Defamer posted this purportedly leaked email from a DreamWorks exec assistant asking who Rosh Hashanah is. I have no idea if it's real or not, but it's a hoot. "DreamWorks Assistant Thinks 'Rosh Hashanah' Is Newest Hollywood Power Broker" (Defamer, thanks Jason Weisberger!)
China spacecraft launched, space station and manned lunar missions planned
China successfully launched the Shenzhou VII spacecraft today, in the country's third manned space mission in five years. Snip from New York Times article:
The three-day mission is part of Project 921, China's ambitious manned space program, and was expected to include the country's first attempt at a space walk, which would make China only the third country to accomplish the feat, after Russia and the United States.China Launches Space Walk Mission (NYT), and the Wikipedia article for Shenzhou V11 has lots of details. Or, go straight to China's state-run news agency Xinhua's Shenzhou VII coverage. Among the Xinhua articles is one celebrating the spread of the neologism "taikonaut"...
The Chinese government has spent billions of dollars in recent years building up a space program that it hopes will establish a space station by 2020 and eventually put a man on the moon.
The word is a hybrid of the Chinese term "taikong" (space) and the Greek "naut" (traveler), or astronaut, according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary. Another variation on the term is "cosmonaut", coined during the Soviet space era.
"Taikonauts" a sign of China's growing global influence (xinhuanet.com)
Chinese banks told to stop loaning money to American banks / **UPDATED**
My-- *Our* BoingBoing Future
Now that I've got a toe in the door at BoingBoing, I'm going to pitch them hard on a longer-term relationship. The regular bloggers' positions are pretty well filled, but there are some opportunities for a bit of engaged cultural critique and collective problem solving - especially as BoingBoing expands into BBTV, IRC, and other forms of media.
I know what I'm hoping to accomplish. Here's a snip from my first pitch email to Xeni:
Interactive, interpersonal meadia can not only expose the artificial nature of the entities currently in control of the social and economic landscape - they can restore human agency, create the right conversations, connect people, and fight fear with fun.
Happy mutants are not unaware of the problems plaguing mankind, but they are committed to confronting them through collective, uninhibited, engineered transformation (mutation) and light-hearted, kind, and amused interactions (happiness).
So, I want to create pieces that initiate the conversations and behaviors that engage people in these processes. Each one would be the beginning of a discussion, and part of an expanding wiki of resources, supporting material, and user-generated content. A piece on "local currency" would branch out to embrace the local currency efforts, discussions, and tools out there. How *does* a person create a currency for his or her town? And where are the other people interested in doing this? Who has the best solar solutions, the most interesting way of organizing labor, the best free local Wi-Max network? Let's talk to the CEO's of GE and BP about their green efforts, and whether they believe their own hype. How about urban planning? Bike lanes? Ads on school buses and Coke machines in the cafeteria? What's in those textbooks, anyway?
This isn't pure 60's or Whole Earth radicalism and self-sufficiency (though it's certainly related) but a 21st Century, cyberpunk reclamation of all technologies and social contracts as essentially open source, up for discussion, and open to modification. It's an application of the hacker ethic and net collectivism to everything, done in the spirit of fun and adventure.
The question is, which medium? Instinctually, I'm drawn towards radio, which would enable interviews and live call-in. Is this hopelessly old fashioned, or is it a reflection of the bias of radio compared with TV? Is there a way to do video that's as interactive as voice? Or should interaction be kept on the margins of something more produced and standalone? More importantly, what sort of resource or engagement would you prefer (if any)? This is for you, after all.
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Metaphors of the mind
What are some other examples of how seemingly abstract thoughts, such as feeling excluded, can have physical manifestations?Metaphors of the Mind (SciAm)
ZHONG: Another example would be the relation between morality and physical cleanliness. In my early work "Washing Away Your Sins: Threatened Morality and Physical Cleansing" in collaboration with Katie Liljenquist [a professor of organizational behavior at Brigham Young University], we discussed how metaphors such as "dirty hands" or "clean records" may have a psychological basis such that people make sense of morality through physical cleanliness.
When people's moral self image is threatened, as when they think about their own unethical past behaviors, people literally experience the need to engage in physical cleansing, as if the moral stain is literally physical dirt. We tested this idea in multiple studies and showed that when reminded of their past moral transgressions, people were more likely to think about cleansing-related words such as "wash" and "soap", expressed stronger preference for cleansing products (for instance, a soap bar), and were also more likely to accept an antiseptic wipe as a free gift (rather than a pencil with equal value).
Further, physical cleansing may actually be effective in mentally getting rid of moral sins. In another study, in which participants who recalled unethical behaviors were either given a chance to cleanse their hands or not, we found that washing hands not only assuaged moral emotions such as guilt and regret but also reduced participants' willingness to engage in prosocial behaviors such as volunteering Thus physical washing can actually wash away sins. Perhaps this effect is why most world religions practice some form of washing rituals to purify souls. We should be cautious, however, knowing that if our sins are so easily "washed away" we might not be as motivated to engage in actual compensatory behaviors to make up for our mistakes.
Smile stickers
I like designer Alex Bec's "Smile" stickers. They're simple but effective. He's posted a slew of "installations" in his Flickr photostream. Smile (alexbec.com), Smile photos (Flickr)
Crystal-encrusted pot pouch
This tiny handbag, designed by Sylvia Toledano, is encrusted with Swarovski crystals. The description in the Vivre catalog reads: "Green 'leaves' are innocently set against a smoky topaz-hued pavé background." And yes, the word "leaves" is in quotations. Store your stash in here for just $1400. Other variations are also available, including one with a skull emblem. Each bag also comes with a blinged-out pen too. Marie-Jeanne Crystal Minaudiere (Vivre)


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You can read it here on The Points Guy first: As of August 1, 2011, American Airlines now allows penalty-free cancellation of valid, ticketed flights. At least, when it's them doing the canceling.
Yes, that's right. Even if you make a valid, ticketed reservation on aa.com, they have now instituted a policy where they can cancel your ticket at at any time, free of charge, without letting you know.
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Okay, you may be scratching your head and if you haven't picked up by now, I'm being sarcastic. Last week I told you about a BIG issue I was having with an American Airlines reservation. In short, I paid over $3,700 to fly from Hong Kong to New York round-trip on Cathay Pacific in first class. I purchased the ticket on AA.com and got it confirmed and charged to my credit card. However, nine days later, American sent me an aggressive email saying I had actually purchased coach. Wait, huh?
They gave some incommensurate, unacceptable re-routing options and I rejected them on the phone and sent them an email saying I wasn't okay with their less-than-customer-friendly options. Personally, American has held nearly $4,000 of my money hostage for almost a month and most importantly wasted my time – all because of an error on their part. I understand errors happen, but I told them on the phone and via email that a simple refund wasn't enough – they should give me something for wasting my time and resources. Last time I checked, they charged their customers steep fees when they needed to cancel or change tickets – so why should it be any different for American when they decided they no longer wanted to honor a legitimate fare that they sold me via their website?
I never heard back from them and yesterday I logged into my account and I noticed my ticket was canceled. I never received a response to my email or another phone call from them confirming that they ignored my concerns and canceled my ticket, which, quite frankly, I think is garbage customer service.
We Won't Pay Change Fees!
I personally don't want to create a war over this and I don't want to pull a, "Do you know who I am?" like many of you suggested, because, to be quite honest, I don't think American Airlines cares. They admitted they made a mistake on the fare and they decided to do what was in their best interest.
Not that I'm going to give American Airlines any money anytime soon, but I say let's all of us together start a new strategy with the airline that gives them a taste of their own medicine. If they try to charge you a change fee, just tell them you made an error and you don't feel like honoring the contract anymore, since it's obviously okay for them to that to customers when it behooves them. Extra points if you use the word "behooves."
Oh and by the way, I still don't see a refund from American Airlines on my American Express statement. I'm sure they are taking their sweet time to get that processed.
Rant over.
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IT Architecture Consulting
As a trusted advisor to the CIO, the IT architect designs infrastructure independently of specific IT solutions and supports the customer in translating its business requirements into IT infrastructure requirements. Structuring systems is the main activity of such an architectural consultant; someone 'who can tie several silos of expertise together under the constraints of cost effectiveness optimization'.
The S&T IT Architecture Consulting portfolio is based on methodologies such as data classification, ISO2700X, ITIL, Information Life Cycle Management (ILM) and appropriate ROI (Return-on-Investment) models.
The elements to be reviewed and aligned are high level views of the confidentiality, integrity and compliance characteristics of data, business impact analysis and risk analysis for business continuity and disaster recovery plans, consolidation and virtualization strategies for a multi-tiered architecture and, finally, IT governance for the complete infrastructure.
The IT architect helps the CIO, as an 'alter ego', to promote integrated strategies and to realize cost saving potential using progressive technologies.


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Aku: You can fly?!
Jack: No. Jump good.The act of jumping with impossible feats. It's also apparently a power you can get through martial arts - see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for theatrical tree-hopping (not to mention balancing on the tips of branches that couldn't support a squirrel). This trope is based on an actual technique for jumping higher employed in some martial arts, although not to the extent usually shown in media. (Basically, you attach weights to your legs, get used to jumping to your current normal height with the weights, then take the weights off.) This tends to appear less in modern times; superpowered characters who want to, say, surmount Tall Buildings are more likely to be capable of true flight. However, in the earlier ages of Comic Books and even some new characters often feature high jumping as opposed to flight. Superman himself was a jumper before flying became an iconic feature of his. Usually a form of Art Major Physics, and one of many ways to achieve Not Quite Flight. See also: Bouncing Battler, Roof Hopping, Goomba Stomp, Jump Physics, and Spring Coil. Also related to, and may be used to attain the high ground. Contrast with Le Parkour, which relies on a combination of climbing and running to achieve the same results, and Stepping Stones in the Sky.
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Review: M55 Terminus
Hit the Hills and Highways on Hungary's $35,000 Hybrid Hyperbike
Rating: 8/10 Excellent, with room to kvetch
- $35,000
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- Reviewed by Peter Orosz
- August 11, 2011 |
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- Categories: Reviews, Sports & Outdoors
- The frame of the last prototype. This will be changed for the production model to allow the batteries to be removed as a single, sealed unit.
- Turbo mode gives twice the power for slightly less than half the 62 mile range.
- Some of the sprockets between the motor and the crankset.
- The Ducati 999-esque LED headlight assembly is CNC-milled from 7075 aluminum alloy, like most of the M55's body parts.
- The M55 Terminus is certainly not a bike for wallflowers. It will turn heads.
The frame of the last prototype. This will be changed for the production model to allow the batteries to be removed as a single, sealed unit.
Turbo mode gives twice the power for slightly less than half the 62 mile range.
Some of the sprockets between the motor and the crankset.
The Ducati 999-esque LED headlight assembly is CNC-milled from 7075 aluminum alloy, like most of the M55's body parts.
The M55 Terminus is certainly not a bike for wallflowers. It will turn heads.
When it comes to awesome technology from the movie Aliens, it's hard to beat Ellen Ripley's duct-taped assembly of flamethrower, pulse rifle and motion sensor, which she puts to excellent use against the alien queen. But it's another piece of gear used in her epic fight which makes a more lasting impact on the imagination: the exosuit powerloader she weaponizes aboard the warship Sulaco.
Machines which augment the human body in strength, speed and dexterity as seamless extensions of the nervous system are a long-held fantasy of both humans and armies. And it was in a rather unlikely place — M55's headquarters, an artisanal bicycle workshop in the Budapest suburb of Üröm — that I first came across a machine which I instantly recognized as one of these extensions.
M55's Terminus is an imposing, uncanny $35,000 contraption which looks and works unlike any bike I've ever seen. It's heavier, too, at 65 pounds, which is offset by the output of an electric motor built into its CNC-milled aluminum frame. Engine power is mashed with your pedaling via a system of sprockets and chains which connect to the crankset. The motor is powered by lithium-ion cells which give it a range of 62 miles.
It was with the ungainly movements of piloting someone else's ludicrously expensive, very heavy bike that I set off, pedaling as if on eggshells. The dirt road outside M55's headquarters picks up a slight uphill grade and this is where I first noticed the big bike shedding its weight. In-house software blends the engine's power with the rider's, using an rpm-probe to meter output. The production model will have a torque probe for even smoother titration of power.
The effect is incredibly smooth. Juggling ruts, pedaling in the midday sun, I felt as if a year's worth of quadriceps workouts had suddenly flowed into my legs. The bike was fitted with chunky offroad rubber, but a stretch of mostly flat highway beckoned for a speed run. In top gear, the engine boosting my burning muscles, I felt wildly alive, riding at very decent speeds in the light traffic, in no way a mobile chicane. A downshift which gives a kick of '80s-style turbo-power deals with hills: I rode a 20 percent slope in second gear with ease. It was an exhilirating, superhuman ride, and it was only when I stopped for a violet-blueberry mousse that I realized I was laughing with delight the whole way.
It's taken M55 five years and eight prototypes to arrive at this stage, financed by the company's owner, private investors, and a $400,000 grant from the New Hungary Development Plan. The final prototype, which I rode, was rolled out at this year's Top Marques show in Monaco. At the time of my visit to the factory in July, three deposits had already been placed. The company is planning to sell 200 bicycles a year. It's an all-Hungarian affair: The frame is CNC-milled in Budapest, the carbon fiber body panels are molded in Győr — the home of Audi's engine plant — and the bikes are assembled at M55's Üröm factory, finished off with a selection of high-end bicycle parts, including Brembo disk brakes more commonly found on sports cars.
The Terminus is a wonderful machine, a giddy robotic candyland in carbon fiber, aluminum and titanium, but there's a $35,000 elephant in the room. That's only slightly less than a brand-new 2012 Mustang Boss 302. You can see where the money is spent, but a price tag like that removes the Terminus from the land of bicycles and places it squarely into the domain of millionaire playthings. The company plans to be a regular at shows like Top Marques, targeting the bike at people who already own Ferraris, Ducatis and such. It's hard to think of the Terminus as a bicycle, but considered as an oversized dopamine syringe, it suddenly makes a ton of sense. Well, 65 pounds.
WIRED Delightful, invisible power from nowhere. Very capable both on- and off-road. Will make you feel like Ellen Ripley.
TIRED Run out of batteries and you have a dirt-heavy regular bike. Terrifying price tag. Won't work as city bike.
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If you're on a Mac and you need to print to an older printer connected to a Windows XP PC, well, you're in for a bundle of joy to get it working. It's not the simplest process in the world, here's the gist of it:
- You'll need to make sure the Windows XP PC works fine with the printer
- Again on the Windows XP machine, you'll need to install some software that emulates a postscript printer and allows redirection of printer ports
- You'll then need to setup an emulated postscript printer in Windows XP that prints to the real printer attached to the PC
- Next you must setup a UNIX LPR Printer Service on top of Windows XP that points to the emulated post script printer
- Finally, in Mac OS X you setup a new LPR over IP printer and point it the Windows XP PC
Obviously it's not the easiest process in the world, but if you're in a bind check out the full instructions on Robert Harder's blog.
There may be an easier way to do this but I (thankfully) don't have access to a Windows XP machine, so chime in if there is a better method. If you want my honest opinion, I would just buy a new AirPrint compatible printer for maximize ease of use, plus you'll be able to print to it directly and wirelessly.


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Welcome to Morocco! an arrival transfer from Casablanca airport to our hotel is included, if time take a tour of the Mosque Hassan II
This morning after breakfast we will spend the morning in Morocco's capital city Rabat to visit Oudaia Kasbah, Hassan tower, the Royal Palace and Chellah. After lunch we will move on to the third of our Imperial cities Meknes to enjoy some free time.
After breakfast, we'll embark on a tour of the Roman ruins at Volubilis, and the nearby town of Moulay Idriss. the largest ancient site of Morocco. UNESCO-listed, the site dates back to AD40 and once ruled the entire Roman province of Mauritania. We'll then head on to Chefchaouen for a guided tour this afternoon. High up in the Rif mountains, Chefchaouen boasts a beautiful blue door and white-walled medina that was originally a Berber post. The main square is the heart of Chefchaouen, with the Kasbah (built back in the 18th century), central mosque and cafes with authentic menus. The busy market is a mix of traditional Moroccan and tourist fare.
Enjoy some free time in Chefchaouen today - relax at the hotel or spend your time exploring this beautiful city.
Transfer to fes- Fes is the oldest and largest medieval city in the world, and its medina is a heady mix of aromas, sounds and sights. To navigate, follow one of the five, themed tourist circuits. There are plenty of mosques and palaces to visit, but be aware that only Muslims can enter Mosques in Morocco.
Today we embark on a fully guided tour of the city of Fes. Explore the tanneries, souks, potteries, and the Medina, and learn the fascinating history of the city. Afternoon free.
This morning we journey over the Middle Atlas to stop at Midelt. This is a beautiful alpine area. Surrounded by huge pine trees and a tranquil mountain setting, this is a great spot to cool down and relax after the hustle and bustle of Fes. We will enjoy a small hike in the afternoon. We spend the night in this mountain location.
Today we enjoy a stunning drive rewarded by a top Moroccan lunch and an afternoon relaxing and swimming. After we head out to towards the the Erg Chebbi dunes located near the remote frontier town of Merzouga. The dunes are renowned for their incredible height and size. In parts the vast sand pile reaches skyward to heights of 150 metres! Transferring to our camels we trek into the Sahara for a night at our Berber Camp. Tonight enjoy a local meal, music and an amazing night out under the Saharan stars.
Leaving the desert, we move on to Todra Gorge. This 1000ft gorge is hemmed in on all sides by vertical limestone cliffs and is also called Morocco's Grand Canyon. There's time to explore the gorge, from its plunging depths to dizzying heights. The charm of Todra lies in its changing colours as the sun slowly moves from east to west.If you're feeling adventurous, there is the option to rock climb.
Leaving the impressive Todra Gorge we make the short journey to Gorge du Dades in the Dades valley, a green and fertile valley by the Dades River that flows through it giving life to a huge variety of colourful fruit and nut trees and extraordinary red rock formations. After lunch we tour the famous Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, where Lawrence of Arabia was once filmed.
Todays drive offers panoramic views as we traverse the high Atlas Mountains on our way to Essaouira. - A colourful old city and fishing village is located within 15th century Portuguese fortifications. Just outside the town great beaches and an Atlantic surf beckon. Relax on the beach or alternatively explore the UNESCO-listed medina with its various souks and woodcarving workshops. Any city gate leads to the Medina, so you're unlikely to get lost. The beach is in front of the Medina and there are plenty of cafés with terraces, both ideal for relaxing for a few hours.
Today is at leisure.
Today we head to Marrakech this morning, to explore the last of Morocco's four Imperial cities we visit on this tour. Marrakech set against the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. Its great pride and landmark is the Koutoubia Tower, sister to the Tower of Hassan in Rabat and the Giralda Tower in Seville.
This morning after breakfast we will have a fully guided tour of Marrakech.
Today we will transfer to the airport for your onward journey home.
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Smoking Room For Non-Smoking ReservationSubmitted by: Randy in 03/11/05
- Age Group: 51 - 60
- From: United States
- Traveller type: Special Interest/Event
Despite specifically requesting a non-smoking room, and receiving confirmation through the internet booking website, we were placed in a smoking room that absolutely reeked of cigarette smoke. We arrived late on Friday night, due to the distance we traveled and the necessity of securing the horses at the stables where the equestrian event was held. Needless to say, we were exhausted, and the lateness of the hour forced us to stay in this disgusting smelling room. When I complained to the night clerk, she gave me a spay can of room deodorizer that smelled even more disgusting than the smoke. I was extremely disappointed in the motel and in the internet booking site for allowing this to happen.
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location to Fort Rucker This property is only 12 miles from the east gate of Fort Rucker, Alabama and it is just of Highwat 231. It is the only property that I would reccomend in the city limits of Ozark.
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Sonam's Positive Feedback on Karishma & Kareena
Kareena Kapoor is getting quite a fan following in B-town. fashionista Sonam Kapoor now shares her love for Bebo.
Following on from her look in 'Players' Sonam now talks about who she considers best dressed in the film industry. 'Karishma Kapoor, she is elegant, and knows exactly what suits her. Then it's got to be Kareena Kapoor, I could kill her. She looks awesome in just about anything she wears and can carry off every look so well.'
Certainly a great compliment for Kareena, who is usually praised for her acting and who better to tell her about her fashion sense then fashionista Sonam. Perhaps it's the Kapoor connection!
Back to 'Players,' though the film didn't meet expectations and neither did Sonam's acting; the star says her look in the film was the closest to what she is in real life. 'Everyone relates my fashion style to the one in the movie 'Aisha.'
However, I think the way my character dresses in 'Players' is more me.'
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Bemidji State University is located on Lake Bemidji, 200 miles north of Minneapolis, in the city of Bemidji, a regional center for northern Minnesota with excellent recreation and shopping opportunities, and complete medical facilities.
Bemidji is served by Delta Airlines (via Mesaba AirLink) and by Jefferson Bus Lines.
The local climate offers a great variety among the four seasons. Summers are generally warm and comfortable (17C to 32C), but winters may be very cold (-7C to -37C). A heated indoor walkway system provides access to almost every building on campus from the residence halls.
With over 400 lakes in a 25 mile radius, Bemidji has some of the best recreation in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.
Across from the residence halls, this city park has a swimming beach, changing house, picnic tables to sit at, and trees to lean against. Take your journal or note pad and meet your muse at the water's edge.
Just a five-minute drive from campus, at the north end of the lake, this excellent park offers a swimming beach, and four walking trails, including a bog walk. Information is included in the check-in information packet.
Established in 1891, Itasca is Minnesota's oldest state park. Today, the park totals more than 32,000 acres and includes more than 100 lakes. Walk across the mighty Mississippi as it starts its winding journey 2,552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. Stand under towering pines at Preacher's Grove. Visit the Itasca Indian Cemetery or Wegmann's Cabin, landmarks of centuries gone by. Camp under the stars, or stay the night at the historic Douglas Lodge or cabins. Explore Wilderness Drive past the 2,000-acre Wilderness Sanctuary, one of Minnesota's seven National Natural Landmarks.
East of Blackduck, MN, this 400 acre park was spared the woodsman's axe by a mapping fluke: the land was designated as a lake, so ownership was not determined, and the loggers of the early 1900s cut around it. The half-mile walking trail leads to the edge of a marvelous swamp, fed by a stream. Hear the wind in the high pines,identify woodland flowers, sit on a fallen log and write in your journal. Easily worth the 40 minute drive from Bemidji. A map is included in the check-in information packet.
Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce: http://www.bemidji.org
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Dying is the last thing you will do with your life. We all are guaranteed to die, some earlier and in more tragic circumstances than others. Some go kicking and screaming and fighting to live, some of us die with acceptance and quickly.
But the truth is we all die.
Fear of death is natural, and we all fear it to the point of creating an escape mechanism. A Reward for Dying. It helps us face death and indeed helps us deal with the deaths of our loved ones. But heaven has a darker side.
While it is nice to believe that someday we will meet our loved ones who have died, the fact of the matter is that the world doesn't work like that.
The problem with the afterlife is that religion utilises it as a stick to beat those who stray out of it's proscribed path. Don't believe in wearing pointed shoes as dictated by this book? You don't get to live on Cotton Candy Plaza. I can list real examples. Many christians believe that the sole way to heaven is through Jesus and the BIble and that anyone outside it is doomed for all eternity to torture. That part of belief is just as entrenched as the notion that somehow we will go to heaven and see our loved ones again and has been responsible for countless tragedies across the world and indeed the notion that anyone who doesn't believe in your particular book is doomed and should be ostracised. Many Jihadis believe their divine war will net them a place in heaven. Many Hindus ruthlessly enforce the caste system because they believe that is the way to Morksha/Nirvana. In every case the eternal reward is used to enforce loyalty and to get people to behave in the way a particular religion wishes.
In real life this means that it drives the faithful to contort their lives solely to meet the demands of religion in order to make the "grade". The belief is not dangerous in itself, it's how it's being used.
And we are better than this. Hindus manage to grieve without a heaven to meet loved ones. If they can do it then we realise that it isn't vital to the process.
The quest for heaven has often lead people to a living hell.
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Moblin Pre-installed on Dell Netbooks
The first netbooks with Moblin pre-installed come from Dell. The first Mini 10v system is already available and image files ready for download.
Intel finally let the cat out of the bag at the Developer Forum in San Francisco. The first netbooks with Moblin are from Dell and contain a version of Moblin with the somewhat unwieldy name Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition, a developer pre-version of Moblin 2.0.
According to the press release, the systems are optimized for the Atom processor and should give the developer community the opportunity to test Moblin and write applications based on it: "The delivery of Ubuntu Moblin Remix on a shipping netbook means that features like power management, wireless networking and suspend/resume are pre-tested. This enables developers to focus on writing value-added software."
The first system is already available on a Dell Mini 10v and more models should follow. The 900-MByte ISO image is based on the current Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope and is ready for download. Users of other netbooks with Intel Atom CPUs can thereby give Moblin a test.
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TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.
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Legendary Uber-distro splits over the systemd controversy.
Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1
New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood.
CeBIT Open Source Forum Call for Papers
One of CeBIT's most successful forums returns in 2015.
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A new study says it is possible to unmask 81% of TOR users.
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Redmond joins the revolution by turning the .NET Core Runtime into a GitHub project.
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Users only had 7 hours to update before the intrusions started.
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His ear lobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a rock lobster
We were at the beach
Everybody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rock
It wasn't a rock
It was a rock lobster
Motion in the ocean
His air hose broke
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The Hansville Greenway Wildlife Corridor is also accessible from the Buck Lake County Park.
The goal of the Buck Lake Native Plant Garden Association is to develop and maintain a demonstration garden of plants native to coastal Oregon, Washington and British Columbia west of the Cascade Mountains. This native plant garden is being established for the benefit of Kitsap Peninsula citizens and will be used to provide educational opportunities in the following areas of activity:
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I have always said that one thing I wanted to strive for in parenting is to keep the lines of communication flowing between me and the kids. I want us to be able to talk about anything and everything. I want to be the one who explains the big life lessons, the hard questions, and the life changing decisions that come their way.
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Typically, this is done under the guise of making things better. And yet, it never seems to work out that way. Although the Federal Reserve system was allegedly established to stabilize American currency, the value of the dollar has plummeted since the creation of the Fed. This is exactly the opposite of the promised policy results. And still we are burdened with the Fed.
Take the case of the economy. The US economy has entered a slump, and there are urgent calls for Congress and the president to do something — anything — to "fix" the economy.
The fixes which are being proposed demonstrate only that the Congress, the president and the journalist community have no idea what is really wrong with the economy.
To illustrate this problem, consider the case of Japan, which is also in an economic downturn. Allegedly as a way out of the troubles, the Japanese government has announced that it will, in effect, print more money. Or, as the International Herald Tribune headlined the Japanese government's plans, "Japan's Central Bank to Open the Cash Tap."
An honest headline is a refreshing thing.
"Opening the cash tap" is the American approach to the economic downturn as well. And it is the wrong approach. Putting more money into circulation cannot cure malinvestment. It can only delay the liquidation of bad investments and the return to wise investments.
By artificially making it cheaper to borrow money, the Federal Reserve causes malinvestment. Investments that would not be attractive when borrowing is more costly — and hence must be done more cautiously — become more attractive when credit is cheap. This is the Austrian Business Cycle theory, developed by economists such as Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, and Murray Rothbard.
Do not assume, however, that merely because such artificially cheap credit causes malinvestment that politicians will avoid this strategy like the plague. Malinvestment (bad investments, that is to say, unwise investments) is a long-term consequence of such credit inflation.
When the Federal Reserve lowers rates, it takes time for banks to lower their own rates, for profit-seekers to scratch their heads, make decisions, and borrow money, and for people to spend the money. Perhaps the money will be spent on dot.com startup companies who promise merely possible future profits, and perhaps it will turn out that money invested in such companies will return only pennies on the dollar. How, then, will the loans be repaid? In many cases, they will not.
Which is where we are today. The credit expansion of the late 1990s fueled the bubble in the stock market, and fueled the dot.com mania. Now that the bubble has burst, what's the remedy?
More of the same.
As John Cochran writes of the Austrian theory of the business cycle on Mises.org,
Rothbard's answer is supported by the evidence provided in Vedder and Gallaway in Out of Work, as well as in Herbener's "Japan Can't Inflate Away Its Woes" and "The Rise and the Fall of the Japanese Miracle," wherein Herbener shows how the analysis applies to Japan.
As for avoiding depressions, the remedy is simple: avoid inflations by stopping the Fed's power to inflate.
If we are in a depression, as we are now [this is as applicable now as it was when it was written], the only proper course of action is to avoid governmental interference with the depression, and thereby allow the depression-adjustment process to complete itself as rapidly as possible and thus restore a healthy and prosperous economic system.
Before the massive government interventions of the 1930s, all recessions were short-lived. The severe depression of 1921 was over so rapidly, for example, that Secretary of Commerce Hoover, despite his interventionist inclinations, was not able to convince President Harding to intervene rapidly enough. By the time Harding was persuaded to intervene, the depression was already over, and prosperity had arrived.
When the stock market crashed in October 1929, then-President Herbert Hoover intervened so rapidly and so massively that the market adjustment process was paralyzed. Following this, the Hoover-Roosevelt New Deal policies managed to bring about a permanent and massive depression, from which we were only rescued by the advent of World War II. Laissez-faire — a strict policy of nonintervention of government by the government — is the only course of action that can assure a rapid recovery in any depression crisis. (Murray Rothbard, America's Great Depression, pp. xxvii-xxix).
God save us from our supposed saviors in the government.
For further reading, see two classic works of Murray Rothbard: The Case Against the Fed and What Has Government Done to Our Money (the latter may be read online for free at Mises.org).
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Mobility Analysis in the Context of European Innovation Ecosystem
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What Visual Analytics Have to Offer to Innovation Journalism?
Matti Posio, Editor, Debate and Culture at Aamulehti, Innovation Journalism Fellow at Stanford University 2010, To be confirmed
Analyzing Twitter with NodeXL and Gephi
Olli Parviainen, Verkostoanatomia
Understanding the Branding of Cities Through Twitter
Camilla Yu, Silicon Valley Innovation Institute
Recent Examples of Visual Storytelling on Innovation Ecosystems
Jukka Huhtamäki, Hypermedia Laboratory at TUT
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Open Data and Innovation Ecosystems
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Linked Data and Innovation Ecosystems
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CENTRAL NE WYORK -- Eric Lewis is the owner of the A-1 Limousine Company that serves Central New York. He says he received a call Tuesday morning from a homosexual couple who wanted to use his limo service for their wedding.
"It's not my right to say, 'Oh, are you gay? Or homosexual?' I don't believe it's fair for me to say that. But when he asked me, I felt I had the right to say what I believed and that is that I'm not going to compromise my beliefs for money," said Eric Lewis, the Owner A1 Limousine Company.
The man calling for the limo service claimed discrimination and that he was going to call a lawyer. Now, Lewis has to figure out what his rights are.
"I'm not a homophobe or any discrimination or anything like that. I just believe that we should have the choice of who we allow to do business with," said Lewis.
Charles Sprock, the President-Elect of the LGBT Bar Foundation, said, "That could be construed as discrimination based on sexual orientation because at this juncture same-sex marriage is not illegal in New York, so they can't say that they're opposed to it because it's an illegal act."
If a vendor backs out once everything is booked because they learn the couple is homosexual that would be considered discrimination under the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act. But in the end, Sprock says it might just be better to scope out wedding vendors who are okay with a same-sex marriage to avoid issues on the wedding day.
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Barbara MacEwen has been the Volney Town Clerk for 18 years, which means she signs all the town's marriage licenses. But now, she says she has a dilemma between her job and her religion. "I really wouldn't feel comfortable putting my name on a marriage license. I don't really call it a marriage because a marriage is between a man and woman. God said that in his word," said Barbara MacEwen, the Volney Town Clerk.
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His first bill would help provide additional incentives for redevelopment projects. It would revise the definition of "housing project" for purposes of tax exemptions related to building materials in redevelopment projects and for sustainable rehabilitation of affordable housing projects in designated brownfields areas, redevelopment areas that can be complicated by environmental issues.
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi officially resigned today after weeks of refusing to concede defeat in April 9-10 elections. Berlusconi, the largest media owner in Italy, has had a stranglehold on the country's media, but even an all-out television blitz could not convince the public to ignore a failing economy, which the new center-left government must now revive.
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The overturned black Kia Spectra lying at the edge of Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn hospital's parking lot drew the attention of three women walking along Drinkwater Boulevard Thursday morning.
"What happened?" one of the women asked as she peered at the yellow police tape and small shards of broken glass around the mangled sedan.
The concerned reaction was exactly what Scottsdale Healthcare's trauma unit is hoping for.
"It's intended to heighten people's awareness. People are so busy, they don't take the time to stop and think, especially younger people who think they are invincible," said Vicki Bennett, Scottsdale Healthcare's trauma program manager.
The wreckage is part of the hospital's effort to raise awareness about trauma injuries and the dangers of drunken driving, especially during this prom and graduation season, as well as the approaching Memorial Day holiday.
The donated car, which went on display Tuesday, was the brainchild of the hospital's trauma staff, who witness a large number of what they describe as "preventable" crashes.
The wrecked car, which faces Drinkwater north of Osborn Road, is expected to be on display until the end of the month.
Osborn hospital, the East Valley's only Level 1 trauma center, treated about 3,600 trauma patients last year, according to hospital reports.
Of those, about 91 percent were blunt trauma injuries, which arise mainly from vehicle crashes, bicycle injuries and falls.
The other 9 percent involved penetrating injuries, which typically include gunshot and stab wounds.
Bennett said there are a number of common-sense measures motorists can take to keep themselves safe.
Those include wearing a seat belt, not running red lights and not engaging in distracting activities such as speaking on a cell phone while driving. And certainly not driving after drinking.
If the display gets people to think before getting into their cars, the campaign will be a success, Bennett said.
"Even reaching one person can make a difference," she said.