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We built our house last year and are very pleased with it. We moved in on Labor Day in 2010. Yesterday I received a bill for $7500 purportedly for moldings, passed on to my by my builder after he added in profit and overhead. They claim that they "missed it." I have no way of knowing whether these moldings went in my house or are at all legitimate. What would you do? We obviously closed our loan last summer and cannot add $7500 to it now. Should we pay it? Should they have to prove somehow that we even owe it? It seems very odd to me to receive a bill from the millwork sub 18 months after the last wood was ordered for this house.
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Have they filed a preliminary lien notice referencing a contract for that amount? Without a contract for that amount, or a lien for a supposed contract, they have no recourse. Bad contracting and record keeping on your builder's part, it may have cost him money, but I do not think you are obligated to pay. Had the change order been discussed and verbally agreed to, but say the builder forgot to get the proper signatures on the addendum, you may have an ethical or moral obligation to pay. But it is still the builder's maistke. He should take it as a costly lesson. I do not think he has any legal recourse at this point. You need to do what you believe is right, regardless of who has the legal upper hand. |
A year is a long time - if you have not had any issues w/him and he's been upfront and honest you could pay it or you ask to see all the paperwork supporting the millwork or offer to pay 1/4 or 1/2 of it. |
Check your state's M&M lien laws but I'm pretty certain that no state allows a contractor or subcontractor to file an M&M lien more than a year after doing the work or supplying the materials. And you say it has been 18 months since the millwork was ordered. Your bank also probably required your builder to sign an "all bills paid" affidavit before it would allow you to close on your mortgage. Thus, there is no way your builder or the millwork sub can collect this bill from you. Even if the bill is totally legitimate - which I would question - it is either the millwork sub's error (for not timely submitting his bill) or BOTH your builder and the millwork sub's error (your builder for not paying the bill when submitted and the millwork sub for not noticing he hadn't been timely paid and reminding the builder of the deficiency much sooner. How on earth could the millwork sub possibly not notice that he still had an unpaid invoice for 18 months???? The builder and millwork sub need to work it out between the two of them. If you agree to pay this bill, or even some portion of it, what is to stop your builder from showing up 6 months from now with a bill from the electrician and saying, "oops, I forgot to pay this one too." When would it stop? I disagree with jeannie01 only because, even if you are shown all the paperwork supporting that $7500 of millwork and millwork labor went into your home, without reviewing ALL the books of either the builder or the millwork sub, you have no way of KNOWING that there is not a corresponding entry somewhere showing that the millwork sub was paid $7500 for that millwork and labor. They SAY there isn't but you don't know and can't know that they're telling the truth. The whole reason for the "all bills paid affidavit" and time limits on filing M7M liens is that homeowners don't get to see all the bills and payment receipts for materials and labor that go into their homes. You would never be able to rest easy if a builder or sub could show up at any time with a bill and say "this never got paid, you owe it." |
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I wouldn't pay it. Not a chance. Like you say, how do you know it is even legitimate? He is a businessman and it is not your fault that he runs a sloppy business - and that is assuming it is legit. That is his JOB - to keep up with the bills and pass them off to you - and that is what you PAID him to do. As far as I am concerned, if he missed the bill he should pay the bill at this late date. Did your builder provide you with lien releases after the subs were paid? Mine has (we are building now) and if yours did I would point to that saying that he has been paid in full. I too would expect you are protected by the loan docs. |
Thanks everyone!! We are going to check our closing documents and see if there is a sign off on any future payments from the builder to the bank. I hadn't thought of that and that is why this forum is so great. I knew there was something wrong but couldn't come up with why. Bevangel - thank you for an excellent legal argument for why we shouldn't have to pay this bill if it does end in court. No, they have not filed any liens or anything, just sent us an invoice as they did when the house was under construction (cost plus). I guess we'll see what we can find in the closing documents. |
I wouldn't pay either. As others have said, even if it's legit, it's their error for being so disorganized and if they are indeed this disorganized it's possible that you paid already and they have no idea. You've already closed on your house- do they just expect you to have $7500 sitting around? |
pps7 - LOL. Apparently we look richer than we are. I did check the closing documents and there is indeed a form signed by the builder that says that all debts are paid. Hooray! Never would have thought of it without you. Thanks to everyone. |
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Pitt's World War Z, despite its avoidance of the group narrative and backdrop of us-against-them goes even further and actually reinforces that criticism by restructuring itself as a great white hero epic – and simply removing the necessity for the group at all. It's a trope that has plagued science fiction and dystopian models in general since their inception, but has only recently begun to manifest in the zombie world, as the subgenre has accumulated renewed mainstream popularity.
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The ability to see an adversary as an "other" – in this case, the "the reanimated corpse is not your ex-girlfriend anymore; that person is already dead" narrative – is a strong metaphor provided by zombie hordes, a trope that has already had a long complicated history of symbolism, from its origins of racist imperialism in the 1930s and its later use to represent the classist idea of a capitalism-dominated proletariat. The more realistic apocalypse scenarios in movies struggle to be, the more likely people are to consider them seriously.
"[Here in Utah] I know people in my neighborhood who have 60 or 70 different forms of firearms," says Bishop, whose doctoral work examined the problematic origins of the zombie's popularity. "I say to them, 'You can't possibly hunt with all those.' And they say, 'No, these are to protect us, when they come.' There really is a culture of survivalism that's tied to violence."
This certainly isn't to say World War Z or any of these movies or shows condone or encourage violence. Instead, it's their loyalty to archetypal narratives – especially one that eschews the group survival model in favor of a lone hero – as well as their ever-stronger march towards realism over fantasy that must be constantly examined, whether it's the zombie apocalypse or a futuristic robot society.
And, yes, though often fraught with issues of causation, even more explicit troubles could manifest from the idea that the individual has an essential duty (and innate ability) to triumph over the herd.
"The problem is, when we start redefining people as the other so prevalently… constant dissociation between fantasy and reality can cloud judgment," says Bishop. "I'm waiting for this, with trepidation, where we get a murder case where someone uses a zombie defense. Someone's going to say 'They were acting erratically and coming at me aggressively, and I thought maybe they were on bath salts, or meth,' but might also say, 'I honestly thought my house was being attacked by zombies so I just started shooting.' I think that is a real risk."
Some could even use the zombie narrative to "dramatize their own survival against immigrants," Lauro says, adding. "You can see it in survival groups, what the zombie targets they use look like." However she warns that focusing too much on that moves away from other relevant messages inherent in the kind of zombie flicks we like to make and consume.
"You don't want to give those people power," she says, "because they wrest the zombie metaphor away from people who use it to talk about important social issues like capitalism, corporations, [and] disease."


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It is with immeasurable sadness that New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYCB) (the "Company") today announced the death, on September 27, 2013, of Dr. William C. Frederick, a revered and respected member of the Board of Directors of the Company and its subsidiaries, New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank.
A prominent vascular surgeon, Dr. Frederick was affiliated for 36 years with St. Vincent's Hospital (now Richmond University Medical Center) on Staten Island, where he was as highly regarded for his warmth and compassion as he was for his excellence in the operating room. As chief of surgery, a position he held for twelve years, Dr. Frederick established the first four-year accredited surgical residency training program on Staten Island; he also was the first surgeon on Staten Island with a sub-specialty in vascular surgery.
Dr. Frederick's commitment to the hospital, his patients, and his profession was paralleled by his commitment to Staten Island, the county he called home for over 50 years. A member of the Richmond County Financial Corp. Board at the time of its merger with and into New York Community Bancorp, Dr. Frederick continued to serve the combined company as a director from July 31, 2001 until his passing, and was a valued member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Prior to the merger, Dr. Frederick had been a director of Richmond County Financial Corp. since February 1998 and of its savings bank subsidiary, Richmond County Savings Bank, since February 1980. His service to Staten Island also included serving as a director of the Richmond County Savings Bank Division, the Richmond County Savings Foundation, and a local organization, Project Hospitality.
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18 With whom, then, will you compare God? By what standard will you evaluate him? | 18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to? |
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Wolves Collapse Late In Loss To Phoenix Sunday
Kevin Love scored 36 points and pulled down 14 rebounds in the loss for Minnesota
Kevin Love scored 36 points and pulled down 14 rebounds in the loss for Minnesota
With Memphis and Dallas idle Thursday the Wolves lose just a half game in the standings and are now six games behind the Grizzlies and Mavericks.
The Wolves are at Houston Thursday night.
The Wolves improve to 33-32 with the win but remain 5.5 games out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are at Charlotte tonight to take on the Bobcats (5:30, WJON).
Minnesota is now 32-31 and remains five games behind Dallas for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Wolves are at Charlotte on Friday.
The Wolves host Nate Wolters and the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday night in Minneapolis.
The Timberwolves lost 118-106 at home against the New York Knicks Wednesday night. Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 33 points and Tyson Chandler added 15 points and 14 rebounds.
Minnesota continues to chip away at their deficit in the Western Conference playoff race, as they now trail Dallas by five games for the final playoff spot.
Tonight's game tips off at 7 PM, with pregame coverage beginning at 6:30 on AM 1240 WJON.
Minnesota's next game is scheduled for February 19 against Indiana at Target Center.
The Wolves were outscored 22-11 in the fourth quarter and shot just under 36% from the floor as a team.


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Until the Fat Man Sings
Mike Balmayne, a larger than life hard-working, hard-playing oil executive, plans a well-earned holiday with his wife but unwittingly gets entangled with some shady characters involved in international crime. After extricating himself from potential danger he returns to his oil business. Through a chain of events involving poor health and a bad choice of business partner, he loses the business he built up over years. His world and that of his family, collapses around him. Desperate situations sometimes require desperate solutions, which leads him back to his criminal connections. He hatches an ingenious but high-risk plan to recover his financial losses and take revenge on his business partner. However, his principal intent is to ensure that his actions do not cause any detriment to innocent people, and he plans on being able extricate himself on completion unscathed. To do this, he must play with and against the criminal elements and the authorities of several countries. Will he succeed?


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57 And, as they proceeded on their way, a man came to Him and said, "I will follow you wherever you go." | 57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." |
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This is an old Army trick for breaking in new boots, I used it to break in my SuperTucks,
I took and put them in warm water for a minute then took them out and let the water run off . I waited until they dried a bit, then wore them damp all day. It makes the leather soft and pliable more quickly and also it took the shape of my hip faster. By the second day the new one already feels like the old one does.
I could be wrong, but I don't see where it hurts anything, my old SuperTuck is still in great shape , still has it's color and works great. If getting wet hurt it, I haven't noticed.


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Akon - Time Or Money
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Makes 2 lb
Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 2 1/2 hr
- 2 large egg whites or 1/4 cup pasteurized liquid egg whites
- 2 lb seedless grapes, cut into 2- to 4-inch clusters
- About 1 cup superfine granulated sugar
- Special equipment: a watercolor paintbrush
Hold one grape cluster by the stem and brush lightly with egg whites. Transfer to a rack set over wax paper, then sprinkle with sugar, using fingers, turning cluster to lightly coat. Gently shake off excess sugar. Repeat with remaining clusters. Let grapes dry, uncovered, at room temperature, about 2 hours.
Cooks' notes: Frosted grapes can be made 2 days ahead and kept, uncovered, in a cool dry place (do not refrigerate). The egg whites in this recipe are not cooked. Use pasteurized egg whites if there is a problem with salmonella in your area.
my notes
- Calories716
- Carbohydrates182 g (61%)
- Fat1 g (1%)
- Protein7 g (13%)
- Saturated Fat0 g (1%)
- Sodium60 mg (3%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber4 g (16%)
- Monounsaturated Fat0 g
- Cholesterol0


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Sun, Dec 15, 13 at 20:37
We're considering a Kohler Simplice faucet, to go with a Franke Orca sink. I did read about some "foaming" issues with the Kohler Simplice faucet, which apparently had to do with problems with the hoses on certain faucets. These reports were from a couple of years ago. Does anyone happen to know if this issue has been resolved? Thanks so much. |
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- Posted by williamsem (My Page) on Sun, Dec 15, 13 at 21:10
We have a Simplice with our Orca, it's been installed for several months and so far no problems. It is a nice combination, you will love it! We put the handle in front as recommended here and absolutely love that, I highly recommend doing that. |
Do you happen to have a photo of the handle in front? I'm having a hard time visualizing this. Also, was your plumber/ contractor skeptical about this? I'm finding sometimes that when I bring my GW ideas to others, I sometimes get push back, even though I usually think they are great ideas. |
- Posted by williamsem (My Page) on Sun, Dec 15, 13 at 23:34
Wow, beautiful kitchen! I particularly love the backsplash and granite, but it all looks wonderful. |
- Posted by williamsem (My Page) on Mon, Dec 16, 13 at 0:42
Thanks! Still haven't done an actual reveal thread, still working on some finishing details. It's Rocky Mountain granite with diamond shape MOP backsplash. |
This is exactly the combination I'm coming to: Franke Orca with Kohler Simplice. But the foaming issue gives me pause. Is that an old issue? Is anyone finding this with newly purchased Simplices? Thanks. |
We did end up going with the Franke Orca and the Kohler Simplice. No foaming yet, but it has only been a couple of weeks. By the way, we were able to put the detergent pump on the far left side, instead of the right. There is more room on the right for holes, but I much preferred having the detergent on the left, because that is the section of the sink where more of the washing takes place (we have the upper grid in the right). |
Oh that's great to hear! I will also go with the detergent on the left - I'm lucky to have extra space behind the sink because of a window sill at the same level as my countertops. What's over on the right (besides the Simplice)? |
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Makes about 16
- 10 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup plus 2 teaspoons all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 6 ounces (1 cup) semisweet chocolate chips
Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Stir chopped chocolate in top of double boiler set over simmering water until melted and smooth; remove from over water. Cool melted chocolate 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in another medium bowl until crumbly. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue to beat until mixture is light, pale, and creamy, about 5 minutes. Add lukewarm melted chocolate and vanilla and beat just until blended. Fold in dry ingredients, then chocolate chips.
Drop chocolate cookie batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake cookies, 1 baking sheet at a time, until tops are evenly cracked but cookies are not yet firm to touch, about 16 minutes. Cool cookies completely on baking sheets. Using metal spatula, carefully transfer 4 cookies to each of 4 large resealable plastic bags, arranging in single layer. Freeze cookies overnight. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep frozen.)
my notes
- Calories252
- Carbohydrates35 g (12%)
- Fat13 g (20%)
- Protein3 g (6%)
- Saturated Fat8 g (38%)
- Sodium59 mg (2%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber2 g (8%)
- Monounsaturated Fat4 g
- Cholesterol44 mg (15%)
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main ingredients: Chocolate, Egg, Vanilla
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4 Because the Lord loved David, the Lord gave him a kingdom in Jerusalem and allowed him to have a son to be king after him. The Lord also kept Jerusalem safe. | 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong. |
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The Director of Facilities Management and Planning is responsible for the college's facilities construction, renovation, and maintenance, and custodial services. In collaboration with the dean of planning and institutional effectiveness and the vice president of administration and finance, the director plans and oversees the implementation and management of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP), which includes state and county reports.
The Plant Operations and Maintenance Department is responsible for interior and exterior maintenance of buildings, building systems (HVAC, electrical, mechanical), road and parking lot maintenance, campus open spaces, college vehicles, and minor construction and alterations.
The Grounds Maintenance Department's function is to establish and maintain a beautiful and safe landscape that the entire campus population can enjoy.
Custodial services strives to provide students and employees a safe, clean, and secure environment in which to learn, teach, and work. Custodial services are performed late at night and in the early morning hours to maximize the efforts and time of the custodial staff and to minimize disruption to students and staff.


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2 Suddenly there was a violent earthquake; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled the stone away, and sat on it. | 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. |
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State and Federal Wildlife Agencies Work With Local Partners to Restore Shad in Charles River
Once abundant in Massachusetts' larger river systems such as the Charles, Connecticut, Merrimack, and Neponset, American shad populations have decreased over the last century in all Massachusetts rivers due to construction of dams, water pollution, and overfishing. Water quality improvements, construction of fish passage facilities and regulation of fishing have resulted in the recent restoration of shad in the Connecticut and Merrimack River systems, and state and federal agencies are now working to reintroduce shad into the Charles River.
"We hope the small numbers of adult American shad we have seen for the first time return to the Charles River are the harbinger of restoring this species to its native spawning habitat in this urban river," said DFG Commissioner Mary Griffin. "We are grateful for the support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and partnership with non-profit environmental organizations such as the Charles River Watershed Association in our effort to restore shad in the Charles River."
The goal of the American shad propagation project is to restore viable populations of American shad to the Charles and Neponset Rivers and create local sport fisheries. The project is a long-term collaborative effort between the DFG's Division of Marine Fisheries and the USFWS Central New England Fishery Resources Office. It includes the development of a shad fry stocking program in conjunction with fish passage improvements.
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have a long-term partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and non-profit partners to enhance American shad and other migratory fish populations in the Charles River, and we are starting to see results," said Marvin Moriarty, USFWS Northeast Regional Director. "Anadromous fish are returning in record numbers this year. This puts us one step closer to an American shad population level that supports recreational fishing and in turn boosts the local economy."
The fry stocking program is modeled after successful programs implemented for restoring shad to the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Adult shad, migrating upriver to spawn, that are used for the Massachusetts program are obtained from the Merrimack River, where the shad population has rebounded over the past several decades - likely due to water quality improvements and the construction of more efficient fish passage structures on hydropower dams.
"For me, the true measure of our resolve to repair the damage we've done is moments like these, when we celebrate the recovering Charles with the release of Shad to a river they once called home, and can now again," said Bob Zimmerman of the Charles River Watershed Association.
The Charles River is the primary target for restoration of shad in Massachusetts due to the availability of spawning and rearing habitat, functioning fishways, and the historical significance of shad in the system. The partners hope to restore an adult population of about 30,000 in the Charles River.
In the last five years, adult American shad have been taken from the Essex Dam fish lift on the Merrimack River and transported to the two USFWS hatcheries in Nashua, N.H. and North Attleboro. The adult shad spawned in tanks and the resulting fry that were hatched were marked with oxytetracycline (OTC), an FDA approved antibiotic that marks bony structures, before being transported to the Charles River. The process of marking with OTC is implemented so that returning adult American shad can be sampled and their otoliths, bony structures analogous to ear bones that aide fish in equilibrium, can be removed and examined for the presence of the OTC mark which fluoresces under ultraviolet light. The combined efforts of the two hatcheries have resulted in the release of an estimated 9.8 million marked shad fry into the Charles River in Waltham beginning in 2006.
In 2010, DMF biologists began looking for adult shad returning to the Charles River but did not find any returning fish. So far this year, DMF and USFWS biologists have positively identified the first returning adult shad in the Charles River. DMF and USFWS have identified two adult shad through fish surveys conducted through an electroshocking technique, which stuns the fish long enough to allow them to be counted. Staff has seen another four adults that they were unable to capture. The otoliths from the two captured adult shad will be extracted and examined for the presence of OTC marks to determine whether the fish originated from one of the USFWS hatcheries.
The Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) has assisted USFWS and DMF in the American shad restoration efforts by monitoring the Charles River prior to release events to help project fish survival rates, and following release events to document habitat conditions. CRWA has also worked to repair and maintain fish passage along the Charles - especially fish ladders at dams - so adult shad are able to return to the river to spawn. CRWA's mission involves continually promoting a clean Charles River which will be able to support a healthy shad population.
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is responsible for promoting the enjoyment and conservation of the Commonwealth's natural resources. DFG carries out this mission through land preservation and wildlife habitat management, management of inland and marine fish and game species, and enforcement of the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act. DFG promotes enjoyment of the Massachusetts environment through outdoor skills workshops, fishing festivals and other educational programs, and by enhancing access to the Commonwealth's lakes and ponds.


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The mission of the Hill College Academic Advising & Success Center is to provide an inviting atmosphere that exhibits the highest ethical and professional standards while helping students to realize and achieve their educational and career goals.
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The Academic Advising and Success Center works closely with the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, related federal agencies and other organizations that provide service/aid to disabled individuals in order to provide the fullest range of services possible. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (117 kB) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (117 kB) prohibit discrimination in the recruitment, admission, and treatment of students with disabilities. Students with qualified and documented disabilities may request accommodations which will enable them to participate in and benefit from educational programs and activities. Students must provide appropriate documentation of the disability, complete an application for special accommodation/modification, and schedule and participate in an interview with a Hill College academic advisor. Every effort will be made to identify needs and provide any reasonable academic accommodation that a student needs due to his/her disability
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This is the first base Mini I've driven in years, and I was very happy to sample the normally aspirated engine. Since Minis are essentially small, front-wheel-drive BMWs, they get incredibly expensive once you start adding the go-fast parts that come standard on the S and JCW cars. While the extra power can be a hoot, it's certainly not needed. A $19,500 Mini with no added equipment is still a great ride for an enthusiast, and you won't feel like you're riding in an economy car. And how about that 37 mpg EPA highway rating! For once, a subcompact car has an appropriate fuel economy rating.
Mini offers the only truly premium small car on the market today. Everything from the suspension tuning to the interior materials feels distinctly upmarket, and the cute exterior is probably enough justification for a lot of people to downsize into a Mini. Just for fun, I optioned out a Mini without any concern over the price and came out a bit under $25k. The best part of optioning out a base Mini instead of going for the S is that you can skip the performance run-flat tires, which makes for a much more comfortable ride over broken pavement.
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Pourquoi utiliser le Web de données?
Posted by in science blogging | semantic web | vu university amsterdam - (0 Comments)Source: Semantic Web world for you
Il y a quelque jours j'ai eu le plaisir, et la chance, de participer à la série de webinaires organisés par l'AIMS. L'objectif que je m'étais fixé pour ma présentation (en Français) intitulée "Clarifier le sens de vos données publiques avec le Web de données" était de démontrer l'avantage de l'utilisation du Web de données [...]
Pourquoi utiliser le Web de données?
Posted by in science blogging | semantic web | vu university amsterdam - (0 Comments)Source: Semantic Web world for you
Il y a quelque jours j'ai eu le plaisir, et la chance, de participer à la série de webinaires organisés par l'AIMS. L'objectif que je m'étais fixé pour ma présentation (en Français) intitulée "Clarifier le sens de vos données publiques avec le Web de données" était de démontrer l'avantage de l'utilisation du Web de données [...]
A post-it note summary of web science
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Below is a post-it note summary made with our students in the Web Science course. This is the capstone class for students doing the Web Science minor here a the VU and the summary highlights the topics they've learned about so far in four other courses.
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The WordPress 2012 Blog Summary for ThinkLinks
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here's an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 8 years to get that many views.
Click here to see the complete report.
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Toekomst Kijken/Looking into the Future
Posted by in collaboration | computer science | large scale | semantic web | vu university amsterdam - (Comments Off)Last Wednesday, Frank van Harmelen appeared on the Dutch science TV program "Labyrint", where he interviews George Dyson, Luc Steels and François Pachet about their ideas on the future of Computers.
Toekomst kijken bij Labyrint TV op 5 december VPRO 20.50 Ned 1 met Frank van Harmelen projectleider #COMMITnl. Over Alan #Turing.
— COMMIT (@COMMIT_nl) December 5, 2012
The program can be watched online (in Dutch):
And here's the discussion session afterwards (in Dutch):
More information at the website of Labyrint.
YASGUI: Web-based SPARQL client with bells 'n wistles
Posted by in collaboration | computer science | large scale | semantic web | vu university amsterdam - (Comments Off)Source: Data2Semantics
A few months ago Laurens Rietveld was looking for a query interface from which he could easily query any other SPARQL endpoint.
But he couldn't find any that fit my requirements:
- Work on all endpoints conforming to the SPARQL protocol (not just the CORS enabled ones)
- Nice / easy to use interface
- Cross-platform (preferably a web interface)
- Query highlighter / syntax checker
- Namespace prefix autocompletion (through http://prefix.cc)
So he decided to make his own!
Give it a try at: http://aers.data2semantics.org/yasgui/
Future work (next year probably):
- extend it with functionality such as predicate autocompletion, and
- integration with the mondeca 'endpoint status' catalog (instead of ckan)
Comments are appreciated (including feature ideas / bug reports).
Sources are available at https://github.com/LaurensRietveld/yasgui
In recent days cyberspace has seen some discussion concerning the relationship of the EU FP7 project LDBC (Linked Data Benchmark Council) and sociotechnical considerations. It has been suggested that LDBC, to its own and the community's detriment, ignores sociotechnical aspects.
LDBC, as research projects go, actually has an unusually large, and as of this early date, successful and thriving sociotechnical aspect, i.e. involvement of users and vendors alike. I will here discuss why, insofar the technical output of the project goes, sociotechnical metricss are in fact out of scope. Then yet again, to what degree the benefits potentially obtained from the use of LDBC outcomes are in fact realized does have a strong dependence on community building, a social process.
One criticism of big data projects we sometimes encounter is the point that data without context is not useful. Further, one cannot just assume that one can throw several data sets together and get meaning from this, as there may be different semantics for similar looking things, just think of 7 different definitions of blood pressure.
LDBC, in its initial user community meeting was, according to its charter, focusing mostly on cases where the data is already in existence and of sufficient quality for the application at hand.
Michael Brodie, Chief Scientist at Verizon, is a well known advocate of focusing on meaning of data, not only on processing performance. There is a piece on this matter by him, Peter Boncz, Chris Bizer and myself on the Sigmod Record: "The Meaningful Use of Big Data: Four Perspectives".
I had a conversation with Michael at a DERRI meeting a couple of years ago about measuring the total cost of technology adoption, thus including socio-technical aspects such as acceptance by users, learning curves of various stakeholders, whether in fact one could demonstrate an overall gain in productivity arising from semantic technologies. 'Can one measure the effectiveness of different approaches to data integration?' asked I. 'Of course one can,' answered Michael, 'this only involves carrying out the same task with two different technologies, two different teams and then doing a double blind test with users. However, this never happens. Nobody does this because doing the task even once in a large organization is enormously costly and nobody will even seriously consider doubling the expense.' [in my words, paraphrased]
LDBC does in fact intend to address technical aspects of data integration, i.e. schema conversion, entity resolution and the like. Addressing the sociotechnical aspects of this such as whether one should integrate in the first place, whether the integration result adds value, whether it violates privacy or security concerns, whether users will understand the result, what the learning curves are etc. is simply too diverse and so totally domain dependent that a general purpose metric cannot be developed, not at least in the time and budget constraints of the project. Further, adding a large human
element in the experimental setting, e.g how skilled the developers are, how well the stakeholders can explain their needs, how often these needs change, etc. will lead to experiments that are so expensive to carry out and whose results will have so many unquantifiable factors that these will constitute an insuperable barrier to adoption.
Experience demonstrates that even agreeing on the relative importance of quantifiable metrics of database performance is hard enough. Overreaching would compromize the project's ability to deliver its core value. Let us next talk about this.
It is only a natural part of the political landscape that the EC's research funding choices are criticized by some members of the public. Some criticism is about the emphasis on big data. Big data is a fact on the ground and research and industry need to deal with it. Of course there have been and will be critics of technology in general on moral or philosophical grounds. Instead of opening this topic, I will refer you to an article by Michael Brodie http://www.michaelbrodie.com/michael_brodie_statement.asp In a world where big data is a given, lowering the entry threshold for big data applications, thus making them available not only to government agencies and the largest businesses seems ethical to me, as per Brodie's checklist. LDBC will contribute to this by driving greater availability, performance and lower costfor these technologies.
Once we accept that big data is there and is important, we arrive at the issue of deriving actionable meaning from it. A prerequisite of deriving actionable meaning from big data is the ability to flexibly process this data. LDBC is about creating metrics for this. The prerequisites for flexibly working with data are fairly independent of the specific use case whereas the criteria of meaning, let alone actionable analysis, are very domain specific. Therefore in order to provide the greatest service to the broadest constituency, LDBC focuses on measuring that which is most generic, yet will underlie any decision support or other data processing deployment that involves RDF or graph data.
I would say that LDBC is an exceptionally effective use of taxpayer money. LDBC will produce metrics that will drive technology innovation for years to come. The total money spent towards pursuing goals set forth by LDBC is likely to vastly exceed the budget of LDBC. Only think of the person-centuries or even millennia that have gone into optimizing for TPC C and H. The vast majority of the money spent for these pursuits is paid by industry, not by research funding. It is spent worldwide, not in Europe alone.
Thus, if LDBC is successful, a limited amount of EC research money will influence how much greater product development budgets are spent in the future. This multiplier effect applies of course to highly successful research outcomes in general but is specially clear with LDBC.
European research funding has played a significant role in creating the foundations of the RDF/linked data scene. LDBC is a continuation of this policy, however the focus has now shifted to reflect the greater maturity of the technology. LDBC is now about making the RDF and graph database sectors into mature industries whose products can predictably tackle the challenges out there.
Orri Erling
OpenLink Software, Inc.
The mission of the LDBC can be compared to that of the Transaction Processing Council (TPC) that Jim Gray founded in the area of relational database technology (www.tpc.org). LDBC will create a body in which vendors of RDF and graph database systems agree on relevant benchmarks and benchmark practices; and will publish official benchmark results. The objective of the project is to highlight the functional and performance characteristics of Graph and RDF systems, viz-a-viz each other and established relational data management technology. The motivation for this is to help IT practitioners understand and select Graph and RDF data management products, and thus, help make the emerging Graph and RDF data management industry more mature. Additionally, we hope that LDBC will spur competition and thereby accelerate technical progress.
In detail:
- "agreeing on benchmark practices" means agreeing on the exact rules and metrics with which products can be compared. Without such rules, which include having benchmark results checked by independent auditors, it is very easy to skew any benchmark result in one's favor; e.g. by precomputing (partial) answers; by implementing benchmark-special functionalities, by being not open about hot or cold runs; by comparing results on wholly different hardware (with wholly different price-tags). There are many ways in which one can game a result.
- "agreeing on metrics" is important as, without balanced metrics, it is easy to pick the benchmark observations or statistics that favor one algorithm/system/product (conveniently forgetting about other metrics relevant for the benchmark on which the performance maybe favorable — often systems must make trade-offs, so a win on one metric can become a loss on another; see e.g. the difference between OLTP and OLAP workloads). This will include a notion of score-per-EURO (or $), taking into account hardware+software+maintenance cost aspects in the results.
These points underline the industrial nature of the project, since such elements are not usually present in academic benchmark work. The industry participation in LDBC include Ontotext, Openlink and Neo Technologies (neo4j), which are European industrial leaders in this emerging technological space. The council itself is international, so other companies will be able to join the non-profit body of LDBC as well. More than ten such companies have approached LDBC already: effectively the great majority of RDF and Graph database companies are interested. We expect the council to start growing by March 2013, when a non-profit legal entity for it will have been formed; and membership will become formally possible.
The LDBC EU project has also a research participation in the form of UPC Barcelona, VUA Amsterdam, Technical University Munich, FORTH and STI Innsbruck. The research task is to kick-start the LDBC by helping in selecting/defining an initial set of benchmarks. Even though in RDF and graph databases there already exist benchmarks, aspects like cost metrics, rules for running the benchmark, and benchmark audits are generally underdeveloped; so LDBC here will extend existing benchmark components were possible and create new ones where necessary. The academic partners have been selected to include groups that have technical expertise in data management (e.g. RDF-3X — Munich; MonetDB, VectorWise – Amsterdam, Sparsity – Barcelona) so benchmarks will stress systems in relevant areas "where it hurts" in order to maximize the potential for progress.
In order to ensure that benchmarks represent usage scenarios that matter for technology users, LDBC has a Technical User Community (TUC). This TUC had its first meeting last week November 19/20 in Barcelona, that was well attended and quite productive. A digital record is found on: ldbc.eu:8090/display/TUC/First+TUC+meeting+Nov+2012
We see it as a sign of relevance for LDBC that these users spent two days to talk in-depth about their technical challenges with Graph and RDF software, multiple of them flying in from the US (on their own cost). The TUC includes participants from the publishing, life sciences, security and marketing domains. The outcomes of the first TUC meeting have been used to determine the direction in establishing the first LDBC benchmark task forces; and the TUC will remain continuously involved in providing information on relevant datasets and workloads, and feedback to benchmark specifications as they evolve.
In case this description got you interested, and specifically if you are a user of RDF, graph or relational technology, we would like to invite you take a short survey: http://goo.gl/PwGtK
More about the project, its activities and its benchmarks in the future are found on: www.ldbc.eu. We are also on twitter @LDBCproject.
You can contact me via: larri "at" ac.upc.edu
Josep Lluis Larriba Pey
LDBC coordinator