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America advertises on it's U-Tube video a return to the elegance of 50 years ago. This ship looks like it's 50 years old. There are numerous maintenance issues and several design flaws. First, the cabins are large. But the extra space is eaten up by poor design. A sofa and table pushes the walk area to about 3 feet. A couple of arm chairs instead with the table between would give a extra 18 inches and be just as useful. The table has an adjustment lever to change height (nice touch) but ours didn't work. There is only one 115 V outlet in the stateroom and one in the bathroom. Typical of the older ships but a pain in this electronic age. The one in the bath was on the overhead light which was too high to be used by my wife. The ceiling had several small dents and stains, nothing major but contributed to the general "tiredness" of the décor. The entire ship is tired. Halls are a hard paneling that shows numerous dents from carts and luggage. More
Décor is Spartan with a few ship pictures that are pastel but look faded. Carpets have wear spots on all stairways. Light fixtures are missing decorative vanes (where did they go?). The Lido deck has a roof. Nice touch in the Alaska rains. Numerous leaks that send a fine mist of water to the deck (not so nice slip and fall hazard). The huge fountain in the atrium was the centerpiece of the ship. The ongoing work on it and the bags of fertilizer that were around it, not so much. Staff were a mixture of great and lousy. Room attendant was great. Room was cleaned and restocked every time we left. The Lido deck buffet attendants appeared to be more interested in talking among themselves than serving food. There were too few for the amount of people they were serving. During meal times the empty tables piled up with dishes waiting to be cleared. The guy at the toast station during breakfast looked like he hated the world.
The DVD player in the room was broken. We watched DVD's we checked out on my laptop. When informed , the front desk was more interested in the fact that the DVD wasn't harmed than fixing the player. They never sent anyone to fix it. The bathroom door had broken handle gaskets on both sides. Food was uneven. The buffet was definitely sub par. Food was often cold. Lines were long and slow due to lack of attendants. The terrace grill was good and the food fresh. The main dining room was good, not great. Beef dishes were very fatty. The steak was below budget steakhouse quality. Probably an effort to up sell their Pinnacle Grill at an extra $25 per head (or maybe they just bought cheap beef). Wife had her order taken wrong. That happens but the waiter then argued that her veal was actually the chicken she ordered. When we pointed out that the dish was supposed to be presented with dressing instead of potatoes he tried to say that was what she ordered. The others at the table agreed she had ordered the chicken. He then offered to provide the right entrée but by this time she just ate the veal. Soups were bland. Vegetables were usually quite good.
The itinerary was changed several times but that was understandable. We were supposed to stop in Haines, Juneau and Ketchikan. We were rerouted to Skagway because Haines was rebuilding their dock (understandable). Stay in Skagway was then cut short because of an incoming storm (also understandable). Juneau and Ketchikan were then cancelled. I have no problem with the changes as they were needed due to the weather and safety. I mention them only to forewarn potential customers that Alaska cruises are unpredictable and you might end up not stopping at a single port you are scheduled for through no fault of the cruise lines. We were there on a cruise tour and that was a different story. Our stop at Denali was supposed to include an 8 hour drive which was shorted to a 5 hour trip because the 8 hour one did not run in September. It never ran in September but was advertised anyway. It was also listed as over a $100 cheaper when I checked the tour provider, but was told by HAL that they reserved the right to substitute without refund. We also requested a wake up call in the HAL hotel in case of the Northern Lights. No one received a call though one member of the tour contacted an outside provider who picked her up and showed her some amazing shots in Fairbanks while we slept. Maybe the lights were not visible from the hotel but since we told the HAL representative at the hotel that was why we booked in September, it would have been a nice touch to tell us so we could set up an alternative that night.
All in all, a disappointing trip. We will go back to Alaska but not with Holland America. Less
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The proverb, "Early to Bed and Early to Rise…." (a similar version exists in almost every language) was probably not too far off the mark (not something a night-owl like me cares to hear).
But the science on this is getting stronger in leaps and bounds.
Thus, in a study just published in PLoS One, Eliane Lucassen and colleagues from the US National Institutes of Health show that "evening types" may indeed have greater health risks.
Based on previous evidence that "evening types" tend to have unhealthier eating habits and suffer from psychological problems more frequently than "morning types", the authors decided to examine this issue in a cohort of obese individuals reporting sleeping less than 6.5 hours per night.
The study included about 120 individuals with an average BMI of about 40, who slept about 5.8 hours per night.
Not only was progression towards eveningness associated with an increase in BMI, resting heart rate, food portion size, a decrease in the number of eating occasions and lower levels of HDL-cholesterol, evening types also had higher 24 h urinary epinephrine excretion and higher morning plasma ACTH levels.
In addition, Evening types more often had sleep apnea, independent of BMI or neck circumference.
Evidence enough to conclude that preferences to be more active and stay awake in the evenings is not only associated with eating later with a tendency towards fewer and larger meals, it also appears to be a risk factor for sleep apnea and cardio vascular problems – at least in short sleepers.
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Lucassen EA, Zhao X, Rother KI, Mattingly MS, Courville AB, de Jonge L, Csako G, Cizza G, & for the Sleep Extension Study Group (2013). Evening Chronotype Is Associated with Changes in Eating Behavior, More Sleep Apnea, and Increased Stress Hormones in Short Sleeping Obese Individuals. PloS one, 8 (3) PMID: 23483886
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Elizabeth says:
March 15th, 2013 at 7:56 amInteresting. I'm curious about the differences between:
* Natural night people who keep night hours
* Natural night people who force themselves to keep morning hours (this is me)
* Natural morning peopleI sometimes wonder if forcing my self away from my natural schedule is a good idea.
Sean says:
March 15th, 2013 at 10:58 amAs a fellow night-owl, certainly not something I want to hear. But without reading the research (and it likely being beyond my education to really analyze anyway), seems to be more a a problem of not getting enough sleep rather than a sleep time preference?
Of course, being a night owl, I realize how difficult it can be to get enough sleep if you're, say, working the normal 9-5. 5.8 hours a night? Sheesh, I'd be a mess in no time!
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March 15th, 2013 at 2:50 pmClearly an article written by a morning person! The most howling flaw in this article is confusing sleep deprivation with being an "evening person." Some people seem to be genetically predisposed towards mornings and others towards evenings. My personal observations (and there is some research to back this up) is that "morning people" tend to more motivated by the validation of others, while "evening people" tend to be more self validated. That translates into morning people being better followers, mid-to-low-level workers while evening people make better innovators and leaders. The morning people suffer more neurosis-based stress (trying to keep up and whatnot), while evening folks may experience more isolation-oriented issues. Who dies sooner? My money's on the morning people.
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March 17th, 2013 at 5:20 pmHow is this research valid for non-obese people? Obese individuals have a multitude of health risk factors and sleep apnea and poor eating choices are already among them. Why do these studies always insist that the average person is overweight and sedentary?
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April 5th, 2013 at 3:53 pmPoor eating choices are made by both obese and non-obese people. What differs is the consequence of those choices.
What seems to me to be the common ground between being a night owl and obesity (I suffer from both conditions) is an inability to regulate, in a natural, unconscious way, normal body functions. Left to my 'natural' sleep cycle, I would stay up for more than 24 hours. I am never tired after 18 hours of wakefulness. I must measure and weigh everything I eat, because if I eat what I feel like I would like to eat, massive weight gain would result. I am in awe of people who can sleep naturally in a 24 hour cycle, whether night owls or morning people, and people who can maintain their weight without extraordinary effort.

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When did you get it? To compare date of first and second photo's from purchase to present. Is it in full light most of the day? It would definitely branch out after pruning when starting into full growth. Does not look that old for size in second photo, so could be that you might see a flower this summer. Rick |
During summer it was in full sun, right now i have it by a bright window that only gets sunlight around 4pm and i have a grow light on top of that. How should i prune? should i pinch the young leaf tips at the top? i hope i don't mess up its growth by doing so. I got it around may or june in 2012, i remember wearing a light sweater. |
Katsols, I would leave the pruning for now and see what you get when it gets some good sun this spring and see if there are signs of flower buds. The pruning can be done at any time through the growing season. It could also be that it is not mature enough. Let's see what others advise. Rick |
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Hello Katsols and welcome to the forum. Have you read MRIguys post on a similarly tall and lanky adenium that he hard pruned a few weeks ago?..its interesting to see it's progress since then....see the link I've added. Now I know we suggested he cut it back rather hard, I don't know if I'd be brave enough to suggest this a second time for your plant....would it work? My guess is.... it would. Personally, I would have pinched the top out when you got it at that much shorter stage, but again, that's my opinion. |
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I think your right greenclaws i have this other adenium about 3 years old and you can see a little stump right in the middle of it, looks like someone cut the main branch real low and then it produced more separare branches... maybe i can cut it half way and leave a couple of leaves? I would also like for my caudex to fatten as well. I don't know when's the best time to do the cutting.. It did grow during the winter, it's a very vigorous grower this one! my second adenium lost all it's leaves and this one just kept going on and on, it was in not so great condition when i got it. |
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- The company that formerly ran the club have been fined £250,000 for not disclosing payments to relevant authorities
- The commission found that the 'oldco' management did not take professional advice on disclosing the payments
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"The whole focus for Scottish football over the last 12 months has been about doing what's right for the good of the game. It's not about trying to find scapegoats to take responsibility for what's happened in the last 12 months.
"It's crucial with league reconstruction being such an important issue for the game that we now draw a line under what's happened and seek to work together collaboratively to try and build a stronger game and a stronger proposition for fans to watch."
In the wake of the decision to fine Rangers' former owners £250,000, current club chief executive Charles Green repeated his claim that "people within the SPL wanted me, at first, to surrender titles as part of a deal to enable Rangers to play again as a member of the SFA".
Green's consortium bought the Ibrox club's assets after liquidation could not be averted and Rangers began this season in Division Three.
Rangers' use of employee benefits trusts during a 11-year period which the club won five SPL titles was the subject of the commission's investigation, and also a long-running tax tribunal.
"When the consortium approached the Scottish FA and were interested in buying Rangers Football Club, they asked through the leader of that consortium, Imran Ahmed, to outline what was the worst possible punishments that could happen to the club if they were found guilty of a different crimes to football, for want of a better expression," explained Regan, who has been meeting with Fifa president Sepp Blatter this weekend.
"The reason they wanted that information was because they had investors, who were looking to put money in the club. Those investors wanted to know exactly what the implications were of investing in the Rangers Football Club.
"So, at the outset of the discussions, what came onto the table was literally every possible sanction and every possible issue that could be raised, whether that was bringing the game into disrepute that had gone on or the 'unknowns' as we call them that were still being discussed at the time.
"None of us knew what the outcome of the investigation into the big tax case was going to be or the investigation into the SPL's commission, what the outcome of that was going to be.
"So, there had to be certain assumptions made and, at the request of the club, everything that could possibly be levied on the club was put on the table.
"Over the course of a number of drafts of the agreement, various parts of that were then negotiated out and that was part of an ongoing process involving the [Scottish] Football League, the Premier League in Scotland, the Scottish FA and both oldco and newco as far as the Rangers Football Club are concerned."
On the commission verdict itself, Regan said: "The report is subject to appeal from both sides and, as the appellate body, it's not really up to the Scottish FA to be passing any comment on the sanction at this stage."
Meanwhile, Green has described Celtic's response to the commission decision as "'ill-timed and inappropriate''.
Celtic said in a statement they were "surprised by the parallel conclusion that no competitive advantage was gained from these arrangements".
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Comment number 224.
4th March 2013 - 20:59@222
You did see that revenue was only £9.5m?
There is players who earn more than your entire club generates.
That is how big the club are.
The new sponsors will be a fraction of the shortfall. -
Comment number 223.
4th March 2013 - 20:48@221 I just get amused by how blinkered too many fans are.
Can't see the wood for the trees.
Do you remember what happened last year when Rangers ran out?
The newco has started the same as old. Living outside its mean.
You tried to make the figures sound positive when they highlight the opposite.
Massive investment needed and not enough cash -
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davy s glow
4th March 2013 - 20:45Money in th bank 2 new sponsors season ticket renewals round the corner wage bill to be cut to less than 7 million another title on the way I wish I was that skint
Comment number 221.
4th March 2013 - 20:39@220 lol what is your deal with rangers honestly? why are you so interested in their affairs, why dont you go and comment on the celtic threads open?
Comment number 220.
4th March 2013 - 20:34@219 The owners want money out.
Reading the figures they have hardly spent much between them. They didn't put enough in to stop the to stop the club immediately to return to the red.
Everyone knows Celtic and Rangers used to need a good run in Europe to generate good income. There has never been any secret in that.
£7m loss in 6 months. Only 30 months minimum before the Europa league
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In just their second season of football, the Tennessee Christian Preparatory School Hawks are looking to take a large stride forward toward reaching the school's goal of eventually joining the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletics Association as a full-fledged member.
They may not reach that goal as quickly as head coach Steve McKenzie wishes, but he is glad to see the team make progress in that direction with a schedule of nine games for 2014, including an Oct. 2 date with Copper Basin.
TCPS will also participate in an end of the season tournament at Fort Bluff, which will push the total number of games to 11.
McKenzie said he is proud of what the Hawks have shown during the summer months and the course of the practice season. The team, he said, has set the bar high for itself and is looking forward to going against the Cougars
"We've got a really good group of kids. We've got some really good talent this year. I'm more impressed with the work ethics these kids have had. I asked them what goals they wanted and their goals were pretty high for themselves. They want to be undefeated. That's the bar we're trying to set for this team," said McKenzie during the Hawks' practice on Thursday.
"We will play our first ever varsity game this year, against Copper Basin over there. I think it's going to be a good test for our kids. They are excited, the school is excited and we're ready to show Bradley County we are up and coming, but we mean business," said the coach.
The Hawks, after fielding the first ever football team for TCPS in 2013 have impressed McKenzie with their desire and determination to bring early success to the program.
"The improvement has been night and day this year, compared to last year. Last year we came in as a staff with kids who had never been in a weight room and never been taught how to lift or really how to play the game of football. You can't go out and play your own brand — you have to play the team brand. We've been able to come in this summer and the kids have worked extremely hard and gotten stronger and faster. We think it's going to be a pretty good year for us," he said.
But, just because the team is new and the Hawks young doesn't mean McKenzie won't demand excellence from every name on the roster, particularly since the numbers are much lower than those of surrounding public schools. There are leaders to be sure, but everyone is expected to give 100 percent at all times and wear the uniform with pride.
"I expect a lot out of every one of them. We're a young group. We are small in numbers so I expect a lot from everybody. But if I had to put my thumb on somebody, Jordan Elam is a great leader for us. He plays fullback and middle linebacker. Cody Collins is another, as well as Andy Chase. Really, I could name them all because we count on everybody. Rashad Marshall has really stepped up for us at quarterback this year. I don't want to put my thumb on just one guy, because we count on everybody," said the Hawks coach.
"We have some pretty good size and we are building numbers. I think as we show a little bit better this year and as the word gets out in town that this school does have a football program we are trying to build, the numbers will grow. I'd like to get around 28 or 30 on the team, that would be a good number for us. Right now we have 20 on the roster; we're getting there."
Although the 2014 football season will be played outside the jurisdiction of the secondary schools governing body, TCPS hopes to join the ranks of TSSAA as soon as possible. Regardless, plans to move forward with a full varsity schedule for 2015 are already underway.
"Joining the TSSAA is something we talk about every week within the athletic department. They (TSSAA) just came out with their plan for the next two years, and we are still waiting to see what the word is going to be about the private school situation. That's obviously going to be a huge factor for us. If we have to travel very far, we are not like the Baylors and McCallies, we don't have the funds to make the trips to Memphis and Nashville all the time," stated McKenzie.
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Hello all, new member her looking for anyone that may have information on my sewing machine. My 92 year old great aunt gave it to me recently and I have questions. It was oiled and tuned before being given to me and it seems to be in excellent condition. I cannot find any information on it on line so far. I'd really like to find an owners manual if possible, and or an approx. age. Thanks!! |
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- Posted by kathi_mdgd (My Page) on Sun, Mar 9, 08 at 22:12
Is this what you have?? I just put Mercury sewing machines in google and there are a bunch of hits. Kathi http://www.industrialsewmachine.com/webdoc1/used/used-brochures/mercury_m145h.htm |
- Posted by damascusannie (My Page) on Tue, Mar 11, 08 at 12:25
It's most likely a Japanese copy of the popular Singer 15, sold in the 50s and 60s. Look for a plate at the bottom of the upright post that says something like "Made in Japan, Precision Deluxe". Feel free to e-mail me privately to talk about this more thoroughly. I'm a sewing machine collector and I think I can help you out. Annie |
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I just recently got one of these too, I can't get much information about it, I thought it was a singer up till now and had tried running the number I found on the machine through singer to get them to ID it, but wasn't getting anywhere, then I noticed made in Japan stamped on the back. Well, so now I am trying to date this machine. The number stamped on this is 67200. Please send me info on this machine, I'm trying to get as much information about it so that when I sell it I at least know what it is worth, and the history of the machine, and the approximate age. Thanks |
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There's really no way to accurately date the Japanese machines yet. Can you post a picture somewhere? I can give you a ballpark figure based on the color and style. Annie |
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Here's a link to a garden I designed in Albany for a good friend, and used a fair amount of bromeliads throughout the garden, mixed in with other things to give a tropical look. I thought it looked a bit like it could be Venezuela, (my friend is originally from Caracas), but he said it looks nothing like any garden he'd ever seen back home. What do you think? |
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Pigskin, Prayer, and Providence
I have heard that theologians from centuries past used to debate how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Or was it rabbis who did the debating? I am not sure. How about the seemingly simple and non-emergent question: Does God really care who wins the National Championship in college football tonight? I can fondly and anxiously remember my younger days (older childhood and teenage years) of hoping and even silently "wishing and hoping" (Is that prayer?) that the rain would stop in time so that my little league baseball game would not be rained out. Talk about lack of focus in 6th grade math class! No wonder my grades were average! I was more focused on getting the chance to wear my uniform (the A's and the Cubs to name a few) than listening to how to do pre-algebra. After all, playing catcher and trying to hit the ball were much more fun than doing math homework. There were some sad afternoons and evenings when the coach or coach's wife would call (no email then) and say the game had to be cancelled. Other days my prayers and hopes had been heard and seemingly answered. Thank goodness for answered prayers.
Fast forward from the 1970s to 2010--from King of Prussia, PA to Charleston, SC. Picture the chaplain going into the Ashley River Tower chapel on that awesome night (June 29, 2010) when the Gamecocks won the National Championship in NCAA Division 1 Baseball. Picture this chaplain going into the chapel and praying (I have tears in my eyes even now) asking God to allow the University of South Carolina to win one for the "old timers," those who had been long-suffering through very average Gamecock sports through the last century. I am almost embarrassed to say I prayed that prayer, but I did.
In the hospital, I kiddingly and seriously tell people that I very rarely pray for "my team" to win. There are a lot more serious concerns in life, such as kids beating cancer, adults praying that the biopsy is negative, and getting a good report that surgery is not indicated as first feared. So, I tend to reserve my prayers for times when people really need God like never before. Praying for the Gamecocks to beat Kentucky on a beautiful fall, blue sky day in October--No. Praying for a child to wake up and to have no serious brain damage after his parents' car was hit by a drunk driver--Yes.
Tonight in the National Championship game, neither of the football teams is "my team." I have a pick but it's not life or death. It's just a football game. Will God decide the winner? The game will be decided by the hard work, preparation, and skill of the players and coaches. Will the die-hards from each team be praying? Maybe so. Maybe that's the way it's meant to be. We should question our motives for prayer. Why are we asking and what are we asking for from God? Do we want to win for selfish reasons? Is there something "higher" at stake such as "God's glory," or winning it for the fans who have never won before? I have more questions than answers. I am about as uncertain as the ESPN pundits and fans who are divided on their pick.
The team who plays best tonight will win. That is almost certain. God is going to be at the game because God is with the players and the coaches and fans. God has given us free will and the chance to compete in athletic games and the game of life. Above all else, we know God has a plan. Is that plan for one team to win and another team to lose? No, not in my opinion. Rather God's plan is for the team and all the rest of the people to enjoy the game. So, let the game begin and pray if you must!
Dear God, be with all of the players and coaches and fans tonight. Thank you for the game of life. Amen.
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The children made group quilts for our continuing celebration of the Indiana State Fair. As I walked into this classroom, I observed the children all gathered around something, so I had to take a closer look to see what all the hub-bub was about.
The teacher had prepared this large sheet of white bulletin board paper by adding colored tape to create a design of squares.
The tape overlapped the ends of the paper which held the paper quilt securely to the floor while the children colored.
A basket of crayons was set out next to the paper quilt…
The children then took turns throughout the morning coloring in a square or two of the paper quilt.
It is hard to tell here but there are two pieces of paper that are stapled together so the quilt can be stuffed with newspaper later.
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What I particularly liked about this activity is the children using the floor as a space to color or create. It allows them to sit or lay down and participate in a very relaxed manner. I noticed that children who may normally rush through the coloring process really took their time while on the floor.
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Friday night I was lucky enough to be a guest of honor at the Vashon Allied Art's Gala the night before the annual Vashon Island garden tour. VAA threw a lovely party for 150 islanders and off-islanders, who gathered to contribute to the arts and celebrate the fabulous gardens of Vashon. So it was only appropriate that the party was held in the glorious garden of landscape architect David Pfeiffer. The garden faces west, so the evening was warm and long. It's rich in places to gather and relax, as well as in a riot of perennials, fruits and vegetables. David's kitchen garden is featured in my new book, due out this fall....in the meantime here are a couple of scenes from the evening:
A life-sized buddha surrounded by Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow' presides serenly over the festivities
The table settings reflected the sunset colors of the garden; in the center is one of the mailboxes by Vashon artists auctioned off to raise money for Vashon Allied Arts
Impossible to resist the beckoning mown grass labyrinth
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Ekins, Paul and Dresner, Simon and Dahlström, Kristina (2008) The four-capital method of sustainable development evaluation. European Environment, 18 (2). pp. 63-80. ISSN 0961-0405
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eet.471
This paper is part of the special issue of European Environment devoted to the outputs of the EU SRDTOOLS project,1 which developed and applied a new model of regional sustainable development evaluation. The paper introduces the concept and framework of the four-capital model, which was used in the project. First it discusses some issues around sustainable development evaluation, before introducing the theory of the four-capital model. It then describes how indicators can be used to evaluate programmes such as those financed by the EU Structural Funds against criteria for sustainable regional development in terms of the four capitals. An ideal indicator set is listed in the appendix.
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Orlando Carvalho to Lead Aeronautics, Lorraine Martin to Lead F-35 Program
DATE: March 18, 2013
TO: All Lockheed Martin Employees
FROM: Marillyn Hewson, Chief Executive Officer and President
SUBJECT: Orlando Carvalho to Lead Aeronautics, Lorraine Martin to Lead F-35 Program
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Orlando Carvalho to Executive Vice President, Aeronautics. I'm also pleased to announce the appointment of Lorraine Martin to Executive Vice President and General Manager, F-35 Lightning II Program. Both appointments are effective immediately, and follow Larry Lawson's decision to retire after a distinguished career at Lockheed Martin.
Larry will retire effective April 5, and I'd like to thank him for his many contributions to our success and his dedicated service to our customers. Larry joined Lockheed Martin in 1986, and has had many accomplishments in his more than 26 years with the company. Prior to being named EVP of Aeronautics in April 2012, he successfully led the F-35 and F-22 programs in Aeronautics and was Business Development Vice President for Electronic Systems. Over his distinguished career, Larry has held a broad range of positions in engineering, advanced development, business development and program management.
I'm happy to have Orlando leading Aeronautics; he's a proven leader with nearly 33 years of experience with Lockheed Martin, a strong record of achievement, and a keen understanding of our customers and their mission. Since joining Aeronautics in 2011, Orlando has been responsible for the performance of all aspects of the F-35 Lightning II program, the U.S. government's largest and most complex development and production program. Under his leadership, the F-35 program has delivered impressive results, including consistently exceeding the flight test plans; significantly improving on-schedule delivery of the Mission Systems and Autonomic Logistics Information System software releases; delivering 30 aircraft in 2012 while increasing affordability; and supporting the launch of training operations at Eglin AFB and the stand up of the first Marine Corps and Air Force operational F-35 bases.
Prior to joining Aeronautics, Orlando led Mission Systems & Sensors, a business with more than $6 billion in sales and 15,000 employees delivering systems engineering, software development and program management for approximately 500 programs in support of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps, as well as customers in 50 nations. Throughout his impressive career at Lockheed Martin, Orlando has held a series of increasingly responsible positions in Electronic Systems and Aeronautics business areas. He holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Maryland and a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Fairfield University.
Lorraine is a seasoned leader with nearly 25 years of experience at Lockheed Martin and a proven track record of delivering program and operational performance excellence. As Vice President and Deputy of the F-35 program, Lorraine has been responsible for partnering with Orlando to oversee the F-35 system development and demonstration program, transition from development to production, flight testing, and global deployment and sustainment for 13 military services in nine partner countries. Lorraine has been instrumental in improving the F-35 program performance and delivering outstanding results.
Since joining Aeronautics in 2008, Lorraine has led the C-130 and C-5 programs, where she was responsible for all aspects of the design, delivery and sustainment of these successful aircraft programs. Prior to that, she led the Flight Solutions business in Electronics, where she was responsible for developing and delivering U.S. and international military aircrew training programs, including the F-35 training system. Lorraine began her Lockheed Martin career in 1988, after serving our nation as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, and has held a number of leadership positions of increasing responsibility in our Electronic Systems, IS&GS and Aeronautics businesses. She holds a master's degree in Computer Science from Boston University and a bachelor's degree in Computational Mathematics from DePauw University.
Orlando and Lorraine are impressive leaders who have consistently demonstrated their ability to build strong customer relationships, successfully manage complex programs, and inspire our teams. These appointments are examples of our deep bench of talent and demonstrate the value of our robust succession planning efforts.
Please join me in congratulating Orlando and Lorraine on their new roles and Larry on his well-deserved retirement.


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Embraer, world's 4th largest aircraft manufacturer, now in full complianceOLYMPIA—Attorney General Bob Ferguson today shared news that Microsoft recently used a new Washington unfair competition law to resolve a dispute over software licensing issues with the world's fourth largest aircraft manufacturer, Embraer. The Attorney General's Office helped pass the new law aimed at protecting both IP and fair competition in Washington and exchanged several letters with the Brazilian company in an effort to resolve this matter before taking more formal steps. "I'm pleased to learn the dispute relating to the use of Microsoft software is resolved and that Embraer is now in full compliance with the law," Ferguson said. "Our office is committed to protecting Washington businesses and consumers and ensuring that powerful interests that don't play by the rules are held accountable. Any company wishing to do business in our state must compete fairly." Foreign manufacturers are increasingly engaging in IT theft and software piracy to unfairly compete against U.S. manufacturers, according to the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The alliance estimates the total commercial value of IT theft at $63.4 billion. "When competitors use stolen software, it hurts the ability of law-abiding businesses that pay fair value for their software to compete," Ferguson said. "This theft also robs the technology sector—one of the key drivers of economic growth in our country—of its work."According to BSA, if the U.S. can reduce piracy by just 10 percent in two years, it would add $52 billion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), $8 billion in U.S. tax revenue, and 25,431 new jobs across the U.S.In 2011, Washington became the first state in the nation to enact a Stolen or Misappropriated Information Technology Law, making it unlawful to offer for sale in Washington a product manufactured using stolen or misappropriated technology.
Contacts: Janelle Guthrie, Communications Director, Attorney General Bob Ferguson, 360-586-0725


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Submitted by kevink on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 12:24(disclaimer: I'm not a Bitcoin expert. Below is just from what I understand of it)
Some people push Bitcoin ("Lew Rockwell even accepts it for donations!") but I have a feeling it's a dangerous idea. Wouldn't the government absolutely *LOVE* the idea of a fiat currency that they can track its usage of electronically? Sure, the government doesn't control and/or bitcoin right now but they might decide it's in their best interest to. I almost could see this being a GSE (government sponsored entity like Fannie and Freddie). The owners of Bitcoin would probably become incredibly wealthy from this but the government would require control of the money supply, ability to automatically debit customer accounts (to put the citizens under their thumb), and to spy on every transaction.
The way I see it - electronic currency is dangerous.
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Nothing different from now.
Nothing different from now.
"We've moved beyond the Mises textbook. We're running in the open market." - Erik Voorhees
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Bitcoin will collapse as the market for bitcoin spreads to the other available currencies, especially those seen as more safe.
I like bitcoin, but I have a real concern about the privacy. Everyone says it's private except that every transaction is public. It would and will be easy for government agencies to track down the owners of the wallets engaged in transactions. No?
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Sorry ghost ...
But you are right and wrong at the same time: wallets work with open source encryption (public key encryption).
(Thanks to the comment above here is a good video explaining public key encryption:)
The public key is public but there's no way to be able to trace it back to ones identity. The private key on the other hand is what constitutes the ownership of the wallet- which is important to keep track of. The public key can be changed as many times as you like making what the public believe as if your wallet "vanished". Actually bitcoin Qt the original software does this automatically every time you start up the program. Your private key is what you need to care for the most and you need to keep track of it for it changes after every single transaction.
The moment you change your public key then you changed your identity on the block chain. This whole previous method is part of the system and answers your concern even if an individual keeps the same wallet.
Now if you want to be even more cautious- make a payment to yourself into another wallet or wallets. There would be no way of knowing if you made a payment to someone else or actually just moved money around to another one of your wallets.
It takes time man. I'm still learning. So to end your concern the block chain is open to everyone but no one knows who owns what wallet.
"We've moved beyond the Mises textbook. We're running in the open market." - Erik Voorhees
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Thank you for addressing my
Thank you for addressing my concern.
But I'm also concerned about a bitcoin bubble. I see the current price as rapidly inflating to the point of bursting. I see a lot of damage being done to bitcoin as a result. This goes back to another issue I have, that at this point the market is so small that the FED or any other large organization that wants to could corner the market and destroy it by bidding up the price. We might be seeing this today.
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Transactions are public(good
Transactions are public(good thing, transparency, like having an Audit The Fed bill that actually works). But you are anonymous, what you buy with it is anonymous. The two participating accounts are anonymous. When you do something with a bitcoin, it is as anonymous as you make it.
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I'm upvoting this topic
I'm upvoting this topic despite the misinformation simply to help dispell some of the Bitcoin ignorance around these parts.
Here is the NUMBER 1 MOST IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT BITCOIN:
It can not be controlled by any one entity.
As a 'peer-to-peer' (P2P) network, all users of Bitcoin _MUST_ agree to a common protocol. This includes details such as the scheduled roll-out of coins, the encyption used, even how much everyone has available to spend (though the leger provides for anonymity).
The beauty of the system is that no single user can change this protocol. Not even a handful of users can change it. It will take a consensus of users to agree to a new protocol of Bitcoin... a highly unlikely occurrence, especially given that the reason many of us are using Bitcoin is to escape from tyrannical centrally-controlled money.
Users vote for a new protocol via their client (essentially, the payment app) they choose to use. If someone nefarious writes a client app which threatens the properties of Bitcoin that make it a unique and valuable currency, users simply will not use the client.
Needless to say, it is very, very difficult to make any changes to Bitcoin's rules.
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"The owners of Bitcoin"
Find out who the "The owners of Bitcoin" are and you will begin to see why its a brilliant idea. Not a bad one.
No one owns it not even the government. It's an idea; it's a protocol. It's a set of rules that no one can change with decree or at will not even those that started it.
"I'm fully diversified. I've got some under the mattress, some under the floor boards, some in the backyard."
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I have 2 BTC, I am one of the "owners" :)
I love being such a powerful "owner"
Just plain 'Happy'about the direction the world is taking! Especially if we live to reach LEV [Longevity Escape Velocity]
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The wiki seems very vague as to "mining"...
who can mine, how to mine, control of the mining, etc.
This fiat currency seems like it could be worse than what we use now.
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Bitcoin is not fiat... just letting you know.
Please read into it, even here at the Daily Paul, many a times people have explained this... or you can look here:
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If Bitcoin
is fiat then so is gold, because they both get value the same way: from the free market.
Fiat means "by decree, or order" which usually comes from a government. The U.S. dollar gets value because the government says it is legal tender to pay debt. That gives it automatic value without bothering to ask the free market.
Gold on the other hand doesn't get value because of what any government says. Same thing with Bitcoin.
As for who can mine, how to mine, control of the mining etc. That too is similar to gold. The answer is that anyone can do it, and nobody controls all of it. However, competition is now pretty fierce for Bitcoin mining, and it's usually done now by those interested in specializing. For average people it's easier to get bitcoins other ways, like working for them or buying them. I've personally never mined and found bitcoins, although I use them.
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Way easier than gold mining
Mining is not that complex. It took me a few hours of research and experimentation to get it going.
I have two computers with fairly nice graphics processors (GPUs). They are all the equipment I needed for mining. The software is all free.
First, you need a Bitcoin wallet. I downloaded and installed Bitcoin-QT. it's fairly easy to use.
Next, you join a mining pool. This step is not absolutely necessary, but it has some advantages. I decided to go with BitCoinCZ.
Next you download and install mining software. I chose guiminer because of its ease of use.
On my older computer, I had to upgrade to the latest device drivers for my graphics card before guiminer could use it.
Configuring guiminer required a combination of searching the online documentation and some guesswork. The documentation is weak.
Once it's working the way you want it, you save the configuration, and it starts up automatically on reboot.
I'm not going to get rich this way, as this only brings in about a dollar a day, but its essentially free money. The GPUs were just sitting there, barely used. Might as well take the money!
However, I'm enjoying it so much that I have ordered one of those $1300 mining rigs so I can mine 1000 times faster.
It will be like switching from a low-investment gold panning operation to a small gold mine with specialized equipment.
I know this whole computer "mining" idea seems pointless, but giving control of the currency to the entire distributed computing network is what prevents governments and other nefarious organizations from controlling it. That's why I really want to be a bigger player, to do my part to make sure the rich and powerful cannot stop Bitcoin!
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For newbies...
I recommend they start with another software such as:
Strong coin
Qt is good if you are computer savvy.
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OT, but funny stuff
I worked for a time at Nokia, and once in a while I'd overhear a conversation that would go something like this:
"What should we do?"
"I don't know, let's ask the Qt guys."
"Yeah, maybe the Qt guys will know what to do."
Ha. Always had to stop working for a minute or so after hearing something like that.
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bitcoin to gold
is easier than cash to gold
-quiet engineer
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Wake me when I can pay a human being staffed utility company or competitively priced supplier.
I just don't need elf shoes or a Mason jar of unicorn fart I have to buy from a hobbit.
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Unresearched, unsolicited
dumbass comment. You have no idea what you're talking about and it shows. SORRY for calling you out, but I want people that make comments like yours gone from the DP. That wasn't even an opinion, it was just garbage.
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Many businesses accept Bitcoin
Here's a list of a few thousand businesses that accept Bitcoin. There are many others, growing every day, but these are the ones someone has collected in a list so far. I have not checked the entire list, but I did not see any mention of hobbits.
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Allows you to shop at ANY online retailer
"We've moved beyond the Mises textbook. We're running in the open market." - Erik Voorhees
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This post just goes to show
The incredible ignorance when it comes to Bitcoin and it's platform.
Your questions and concerns are invalid.
It's like asking shouldn't we be concerned that our chicken will start barking like a dog..
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Does the post show
...how bitcoins will never, ever catch on because of the confusion they create in the minds of typical consumers?
Or will everything be hunky-dory in bitcoin land once everyone stops being so stupid and grabs onto some good old fashioned faith? Or, maybe, is it to be "bitcoin education camp" for everyone touched by the light of such a glorious crypto-dawn?
Does Prometheus have a facespook wall? Are there enough mining servers out there to calculate a thousand points of light?
What happens when the price of bitcoin reaches 666?
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Ok but can you enlighten me then?
Why are my questions/concerns invalid? Please elaborate.
(note: I'm not saying that in a sarcastic manner. I really am interested in hearing your points)
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Sure, I'll answer
To the point about tracking... it's very possible to use Bitcoin completely anonymously. It's done every day in fact by users of a site called Silk Road which openly sells any drug imaginable and trades exclusively in Bitcoin, which makes it all possible. See here for a news clip about it:
As for being able to control it, no one can due to the way it works. It's decentralized - it works by all the people that make it up. Instead of explaining it technologically think of it like the people in a stadium doing the "wave". The wave is a single thing, but it only exists if all the people do it a certain way. Imagine a government trying to force all people in a country to do a "wave" which the government owned. This would never happen unless all the people agreed to do exactly what the government said. Bitcoin works in a similar way. I hope that makes sense.
Another way to think of it is like gold. Imagine a government claiming it will control all the world's gold. That can't happen. Gold exists in nature and is available to all that seek it out.
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wanna bet Silk Road is run by
wanna bet Silk Road is run by the CIA? Haha ;)
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do you know how a peer to peer network works?
Any one can put up a new machine somewhere and generate all the new addresses aka accounts they want.
They wanted to destroy both Napster and torrents.
Napster was centralized so it was toast.
Torrents were and are not, and so are still around and have held their own. That's the power of decentralized peer 2 peer.
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I like competing currencies
I won't be using bitcoin however because you would think that we have learned that with a currency, being able to HOLD IT and it actually be worth some sort of VALUE makes the bitcoin seem like the exact OPPOSITE of what a "free" currency would look like.
If the net goes down so does your wallet no matter what people try and state otherwise.
What if the us says anyone using bitcoins will go to jail, or that they ban just the bitcoin processes online?
For folks to think that the IMF will let bitcoin go GLOBAL and take over without them having a hand in it then that's on you and your investments.
My investments will not be in virtual b.s. though.
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Very many people
hold "physical bitcoins", including myself. See here:
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Will buy 4 sets. No question. Must have.
These + mini-cthulhu Doom track counters = pimp.
i'd rather buy additional standard dice set
If you look at the corner on the elder sign sides, the number is clearly visible even in these pictures (look at the middle top row, top corner for example.) So, you should still be able to delineate blessed/cursed sucesses
So, are these weighted to only roll 2's?
I see they are made for normal checks. We need blue dice with elders on 4, 5 and 6 for blessed checks, red dice with elder only on the 6 for cursed checks. Tell me about it.
This look like a really nice dice set! Hope the Q-worksgop will make a Warhammer special dice set.
Runebound dice which also comes in 5 are $4.95 MSRP...so these can't be that much more than that.
They look pretty sweet but I have a feeling it's gonna be like twelve bucks for a set of five dice. About a buck a die is the most I'll spend on dice.
I was more excited about these until I saw they were by Q Workshop. I'm not a big fan of all the frills they put on the dice, because they often make it harder to read the dice. But the colors are cool, and I like that the 5 and 6's both have the Elder Sign so you know when you got a success (unless, of course, you are cursed). And on the 6 siders the frills don't seem so bad.
I'll still buy a set. But I don't think the dice are as cool as they could have been.
After a second glance at the deion, it looks like the numbers and Elder signs are sculted, so those won't fade...the designs are not mentioned, however. I'm hoping they are also carved into the dice face.
"feature sculpted number faces"
Does this mean the numbers, elder signs, and designs are sculpted, or just the numbers? It would be a shame if the elder signs and designs wore off like the images on the Doom dice.
These look amaizng!
Awesome , cant wait!


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