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At a press conference Tuesday morning, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray named the architecture team that will spearhead the long-overdue renovation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. The team—Netherlands-based Mecanoo Architecten and D.C.-based Martinez+Johnson Architecture—will restore and redesign features of the only library designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
"There are some of us who remember when the Carnegie Library was the central library," Mayor Gray said. "This library, a Mies van der Rohe product, has served us for the better part of four decades."
The news ends years of anticipation regarding the fate of the MLK Library, which is the only building designed by Mies in the nation's capital and has suffered decades of neglect. Three teams were shortlisted to renovate the 1972 building: Studios Architecture and the Freelon Group; Patkau Architects, Ayers Saint Gross, and Krueck + Sexton Architects; and the winning team, Mecanoo and Martinez+Johnson. The teams presented their proposals to the public on Saturday at the MLK Library.
A visitor looks on at the Mecanoo/Martinez+Johnson Architecture proposal.
"This team has demonstrated an understanding of how a newly renovated central library complements our work on the branch libraries," said Neil Albert, chair of the facilities committee for DCPL's Board of Trustees, at the press conference Tuesday. Albert said that the team was the only one that showed experience with the Mayor's Agent for historic preservation.
"What an extraordinary job she did," Mayor Gray said about Ginnie Cooper, chair of the technical evaluation committee and former chief librarian for DCPL.*
One activist on hand, however, says that the public has had scant time to weigh in on the designs. Chris Otten, who heads up the community group network District Dynamos, says that consultants have guided the entire selection process without significant input. "We only learned the consultants' names three days ago," he says.
Users of the Mies library have criticized the lack of flow between the grand lobby and its upper floors. With its renovation, Mecanoo and Martinez+Johnson aim to change that experience. Their concept calls for replacing many interior brick walls with glass. As the firm's founding partner and creative director Francine Houben, Hon. FAIA, said at Saturday's public presentation, "Books don't like light, but people like light." The ground floor in the plan is designated at the "city market floor," and includes two cafes and a bookstore.
Multi-functional entrance lobby with new informal event space
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"In [Martin Luther King, Jr.'s] honor, we will strive to make a library for the people," said Martinez+Johnson principal Thomas Johnson, AIA, on Tuesday. He quoted parts of Houben's Saturday presentation, which was built around an "Imagine" theme.
According to DCPL, early cost estimates for the project are $225 to $250 million. From here, the contract goes from the DCPL board to the city council. The contract involves two options: a straight library renovation, or a mixed-use renovation with additional floors rising from the roof of the library. A decision is expected later this spring.
The winning team's initial design for this mixed-use concept calls for a diagonal addition on the top of the Mies structure, creating two outdoor rooftop spaces.
Mecanoo has completed several libraries around the world, including the U.K.'s Library of Birmingham and another at the Delft University of Technology. This project is the first for the firm in D.C. Houben was also given Architects' Journal Woman Architect of the Year award earlier this month. Martinez+Johnson has renovated several DCPL libraries, including ones in Takoma Park and Georgetown.
The Library of Birmingham, designed by Mecanoo Architecten.
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Posted By Vincent Mercogliano On January 24, 2013 @ 11:24 am In Uncategorized | Comments Disabled
For the first time all week, we have a full dual meet schedule today. There's a few good ones to choose from, but I'm going to be heading out to see one of the biggest rivalries in the section. While North Rockland looks to clearly be the top dual meet team in the area, there are bound to be some tough matches when the Red Raiders meet up with Suffern. The Mounties have been on an upswing of late and will look to show continued improvement. For live updates, follow me on Twitter @vzmercogliano [1].
Here is the full schedule for Thursday, with my picks in bold:
Croton-Harmon at Ossining, 4:15 p.m.
Hastings at Woodlands, 4:15 p.m.
Suffern at North Rockland, 4:30 p.m.
Clarkstown South at Clarkstown North, 4:30 p.m.
Westlake at Byram Hills, 4:30 p.m.
Fox Lane at Rye, 4:30 p.m.
Ketcham at Carmel, 4:30 p.m.
Arlington at John Jay-EF, 4:30 p.m.
Brewster at Beacon, 4:30 p.m.
Mahopac at Somers, 4:30 p.m.
Hen Hud vs. Putnam Valley at Putnam Valley Middle School, 4:30 p.m.
Sleepy Hollow at Mount Vernon, 4:45 p.m.
John Jay at Yorktown, 5 p.m.
Scarsdale vs. New Rochelle at Jefferson Elementary School, 5:30 p.m.
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I write this dutifully and joylessly in the manner of someone taking out the garbage or performing some other unpleasant task that's been done before but which must be done once more.
The Republicans have done it again. With their new Medicare bill, they've made government even bigger. This is not new to us here. We've been saying that for years. The Republicans have been expanding the size, scope and power of government ever since they first got their mitts on power in 1861. Their Civil War set the blueprint for modern America, according to liberal historian James McPherson. In modern America, unrestrained democracy—of the greedy people, by the greedy people, and for the greedy people—leads special interest groups to continually expand the size of the state for their own benefit and everyone else's loss. Does any intelligent person not know this by now?
The Rushians and the Republican rank and file apparently do not know it. Why? They confuse talk and action. Republican politicians do speak the language of individual freedom and free markets and limited government. Most regular folks don't have the time or energy or money to hang out in the Republican hacks' palatial digs on Capitol Hill to see if their heroes actually do what they've promised. (They don't.)
This explanation is not enough, however. There are just too many examples of Republican sell-outs and cop-outs and logrolling over liberty. Reagan failed to cut the two useless departments he promised to cut. The 1994 "revolution" of Newt and the Gang was a flop. Yes, but we needed to get control of all three branches of government. Okay, you did that in 2002. What's your excuse now? The federal government is bigger than ever; its debt is colossal; the U.S. is in two wars; and there isn't even talk of abolishing HUD, the textbook example of a corrupt, destructive and unlawful federal agency.
There must be something that keeps the troops anteing up their votes and legwork and contributions to the mendacious Republican machine. There is. Hillary was right. There is a vast, right-wing conspiracy to whip up hatred of liberal Democratic icons like Bill and Hillary primarily for their personal peccadilloes. My response to most of the Clinton scandals? A big yawn. What politicians do in broad daylight is much worse than what they do at night or behind closed doors.
Yet, the Republican hacks can hardly talk about issues. They just did what we were supposed to fear from the Billary—they socialized medicine even further. Talk about scandals and side-issues like burning the flag, is designed to cloud the minds of the Rushians with emotions that blind them to the disingenuousness of the Republican elite. And it works! It looks like the Republicans will retain control of their beloved federal government once more.
Here's the key to the scam. All things being ideal, the Republicans actually would make small cuts in government. Things are never ideal, though. The Republicans always worry that if they cut government, they will lose votes from the special interest groups. That would bring on the worst of all possible worlds: people in charge who, like the Republicans, also support and nurture big government, but are called "Democrats". Horrors. Check out of the Russell palace and go back to Palookaville? No way, no how! If any of the troops disagree, Hammer 'em!
Now, I know what the hacks will say in response. That fella doesn't know how Washington works. We just need to get a lock on power for another four years, and then we'll lower the boom on big government. But I do understand, fellas. I've been watching you guys for 25 years. As I said previously about George Pataki, you have sold out for the same reason that Republicans usually sell out: yes, you would like to make government smaller, but your desire to stay in power is larger.
Okay. I've taken out the garbage one more time.
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Summertime Orzo Pasta Salad
1/4 pound of dry orzo pasta
1 large vine-ripe tomato
1/4 cup of kalamata olives
1/2 cup of jarred marinated artichoke hearts
4 ounces of chunk reduced fat feta cheese
1 lemon
1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup of fresh oregano, roughly chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Start by boiling 2 quarts of water with a pinch of salt. Once it's come to a boil, add your orzo pasta and cook for 9 minutes, until al dente. Strain the pasta and toss with the olive oil, then set aside to cool.
Next, dice your tomatoes into 1/4 inch pieces. When cutting tomatoes to incorporate into a salad, I like to remove the pulpy, seedy interior -- it only waters your salad down and provides very little flavor. Scooping the seeds out with your fingers works best.
Along with the tomatoes, dice a 4-ounce hunk of reduced fat feta cheese into 1/4-inch cubes. You could just as easily use pre-crumbled feta cheese, but I like the meaty bite that chunk feta adds to the salad.
Next, roughly chop about half a jar of marinated artichoke hearts, being sure to drain as much of the oil as possible. Do the same with your kalamata olives. I like to cut them into circles like you'd see in a can of black olives (only these taste way better).
Finally, gently mix all the above vegetables into your cooled orzo. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and squeeze the juice of 1/2 to 1 whole lemon over the top. Then, the finishing touch: a scattering of fresh oregano, roughly chopped.
The pasta is light, summery, and makes a perfect accompaniment to almost any grilled meal. Enjoy!
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at New York Knicks Monday Feb 4 2013 - 7:30 PM EST Madison Square Garden, New York, NY TV: FS Detroit RADIO: 97.1FM GO PISTONS!
and another game wishing we had our new pg. This game has the makings of another London massacre. I dont think Singler will have any luck guarding Melo and Stat has been playing well lately, BK/ Stuck wont be very effective on JR and I really hope Im wrong
Singler will need some help defending Melo, but I like the way that he is up for any challenge. He did a respectable job trying to stay in front of Kobe today.
Singler has really been a pleasant surprise now that he has gone back to his natural position of sf. He was really starting to look tired playing sg and chasing the smaller guards around all night. He is actually a better rebounder than I gave him credit for also. With his bb iq, I really like him as a solid sf going forward.
Every team I was cheering for this weekend, Wolverines, Pistons, Clippers and 49ers all fell behind big early in their games today or yesterday and came back to either tie or lose their game by three points or less (Wolverines tied, but loss by 8). It's over the 49ers, but hopefully the teams I follow have great week, especially the Pistons, who now fallen 6.5 games out that playoff spot that was only 4 when Rondo went down. Let's hope Jose is in uniform this week and his note taking pays dividends right away.....maybe even in NY
That's mainly because Kobe is pulling a Wilt and forcing distribution. Melo probably isn't doing extra film prep to find Singler's Achilles heel on D.
I didn't realize that was the case. Pretty nice stat for Singler, especially since it is independent of his starting role.
APparently Jose is cleared to play tonight. Y'all are harping on Singler for his lack of defense. He's no Tony Allen, but he is not bad at all defensively. Especially at the 3.
Jose/ Knight/ Singler/ Maxiell/ Monroe Doesn't seem like it will be adequate on D. NY is a tough team to try to guard with a new starter that hasn't had 1 practice with the team yet. It should be interesting though. Expecting limited minutes from Calderon in this one- like 20-25. Important to start him though to make it clear to all on the team how he's going to be used.
This game will be a very good measuring stick for our bigs. Can Moose score against a big defensive enforcer in Chandler? Can Dre guard Amare? I'm excited about this game.
We ALWAYS play horribly against the Knicks. It's got to have something to do with the guards sagging into the paint so much leaving their shooters open. Didn't help that our brilliant coach went to lineups that got progressively worse defensively. Calderon/Knight/Stuck/JJ/Monroe - really?! Or Bynum/Knight/Stuckey/JJ/Andre...
Followed by a barrage offensive rebounds if they happen to miss that'll probably lead to more 3's. It's crazy what a bad matchup the Knicks are for the Pistons. They're bigger (and their guys play bigger against DET), shoot better and are more athletic. It's not like they just got hot for a quarter, they've been methodically and consistently beating the Pistons like this for what feels like 6 games. I'd rather they play Utah.
They just mismatch us on the wings really badly. Melo is just burning us (10-16) and even JR looks good playing against us. Frank should get chewed for this one. Every minutes Chandler plays he should be getting boxed out on the 3pt line by Drummond. STAT has shown up so far. When he does that, its really hard to stop him from hurting you
Also, these small lineups are f***ing terrible. Frank really needs to stop pretending he is even remotely like Spoelstra. If you are going to preach defense, at least put out a team that looks like it.
We basically played them even in the second half, but the first half was a disaster as the Knicks played well and we played horrible. I am ok with the small ball lineups, if Frank keeps doing it, it removes all doubt it's bad. If he continues to do it, then he's going to lose his job. Either way, the situation will correct itself.


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Scarifying sod with a harrow or field drag can give the seed-to-soil contact needed to successfully broadcast-seed forages. But many drags are difficult to transport or too heavy or aggressive to be used with small-seeded forages, say two University of Arkansas Extension specialists.
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• Cut three tires vertically in half down the tread middle. The cut side of a tire can be used more aggressively for heavy sod conditions; the smooth side can be used to smooth and firm tilled seedbeds or in thin sod pastures. Use a heavy ply so cut tires hold shape and don't fold up when in use.
• Lay cut tires in a six-tire pyramid formation, as shown, with a drag width of about 13' using bias-ply, road-grader tires. Don't use steel-belted tires because sharp wires protrude and can cause injury, the poster authors warn.
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Submitted by Tman2000 on Tue, 12/04/2012 - 19:01The fact is this: the federal government is too integrated into American life.
Even a place like Texas won't meaningfully resist the federal government because of the way its people and budget depend on the feds.
But the day of federal reckoning is coming. The federal budget is whack. They will probably resort to crazy measures like seizing national 401k and IRAs to fund the treasury. Eventually, the dollar will collapse.
I promise you, by that point, Texas will be ready to resist.
California, on the other hand, will not. It depends existentially on the federal government and will fight to sustain it until the last drop of candy falls out the federal faucet.
Places in the Northeast are so heavily indoctrinated by 'federal dogma' (Krugmanomics, etc.) they will likely choose to go down with the ship rather than change their ways.
So, once Texas and others start resisting, they need a plan. If the federal government can be undermined and underpowered quickly enough, it will convince places like California to just let go and accept a federal presence closer to the intention of the founders.
This will be the only way to save the Union.
So this means our main goal is to be prepared.
1. Understand founders' intent, read Madison and Jefferson.
2. Understand Nullification, begin practicing it.
3. Get into your State's politics. They are rendered somewhat arbitrary by the federal gov's size, but they will be very important later.
4. Understand economics, and the harm of mercantilism, and other imperial economic policies. Don't let the new union exist as a facsimile of the failed old union.
5. Get prepared. Modern civilization hasn't adapted to life without the federal government yet. Conveniences, even necessities, will be lacking in a crisis. Don't be in a position to have to give up liberty for security.
6. Point out why the left AND right are so so wrong. Eventually, we'll convince everyone to stop fighting these battles at a federal level.
That's the sort of bent we need to take. There is NOTHING left for us at the federal level. There WILL be a collapse. DON'T let them use it to take all that's left of your liberty.
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Remote controls should have buttons that are sized, shaped and spaced so you can easily find and press them individually. They should be grouped so you can quickly go to specific functions, and the most commonly used buttons should be prominent. All should have clear English labels or obvious symbols.
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Direct recording to an external drive is a particularly handy feature if you wish to store any of the shows you have recorded for future viewing. Effectively, it's the same as putting an additional hard drive into your PVR. some can record to an external USB device, while other devices only allow you to move content from the hard drive of the PVR to the external drive.
Timer recordings allow you to set your device to record shows past the standard seven days allocated by the EPG, this is handy if you want to record a special event (sport or major occasion) and won't be around the week before.
Auto padding is the ability to automatically append extra time before and after a recording, useful in case programs do not run on time.
HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) is an all-digital connection for both video and audio in one cable. All models in this test have an HDMI connection.
TOSLINK and digital coaxial cables deliver digital audio and provide support for audio features such as DTS, Dolby Surround sound and Dolby True HD sound.
An Ethernet or LAN connection is becoming increasingly common on a PVR, allowing you to share video on your home network or stream video from the Internet.
Antenna pass-through allows you to connect another device to the antenna without going through the PVR processor. This is handy if you want to attach an analog device such as a VCR at the same time, but will be less useful when the analog signal is turned off.
Timeshift All models on test incorporate a timeshift feature. This allows you to press the pause button and stop watching the show, and the PVR will continue to record the show while you're away. Also, you can rewind what you were watching as long as you stay on the same channel.
AVCHD is a video format used by an increasing number of new digital video camcorders. Its very compressed format means you can fit lots of HD video onto a card, but requires quite a bit of processing to decode. All products on test except the Sony can handle AVCHD.
DivX is a file format commonly used for movies and TV shows that you can download from the internet. All recorders on test support DivX.
In recent times we've seen a growing number of TVs coming onto the market with USB or storage card connections that can be used to record programs. This is a good feature, particularly if you only record the occasional program and don't want to store it permanently. It could be seen as the beginning of the end for PVRs.
At present PVR's have a few real advantages; they have quite large storage capacity (up to 1000GB), can program a number of recording sessions at the same time, can record while playing back a previously recorded program and timeshift so you can rewind or pause live TV. However, as TVs continue to develop it's possible that all of these functions will become standard and the separate PVR will no longer take up space in our lounge rooms.


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The most valuable features of the landscape protection area are its diverse terrain, the sand outcrop of the valley of the Elva River and the flooded meadows. The landscape protection area was created in 1992 to protect the landscapes surrounding the Elva River and the lean waters of Laguja, Illi, Varesepalu and Ilus springs, to preserve the completeness of the landscapes in the area's valleys and to protect endangered habitats and species. The hiking tracks of the Elva-Vitipalu Landscape Protection Area start in front of the Tartu County Recreational Sports Centre near Elva. A scheme of the tracks is also available there.
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Ocean Mysteries is Critically Acclaimed
As part of Litton Entertainment's Saturday morning programming block, "Ocean Mysteries" is the top-rated wildlife and nature series on television today. More than 2 million viewers tune in every Saturday to join Jeff Corwin, as he investigates oceans around the world, experiencing the action from sea-level… and below. "Ocean Mysteries" has received: acclamations
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EA hosted its Gamescom media briefing this afternoon and we liveblogged the whole thing like ninjas.
The publisher was expected to announce at least one new game, but it turned out to be Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel.
EA's line-up of Gamescom titles included Crysis 3, FIFA 13, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dead Space 3 and SimCity.
During the press conference EA confirmed a FIFA 13 demo release date, Battlefield 3 Premium Edition, the Dead Space 3 release date and revealed Sim City is coming to Mac.
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quote:What are the drawbacks to this PCIP program?
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Evaluations are performed by an interdisciplinary team of rehabilitation specialists, which may include a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation and nurses, as well as physical, occupational and speech therapists.
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When a small amount of spasticity is detected, muscle stretching through physical and occupational therapy may be all that is needed. Casts, braces, splints and other adaptive devices may also be used.
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Romanian War of Independence
Romanian War of Independence (1877–1878) | |||||||||
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The Attack of Smârdan (oil on canvas, Nicolae Grigorescu) |
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Romanian Principality Russia Bulgarian volunteers |
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Carol I Grand Duke Nikolai |
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha Ghazi Osman Pasha |
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66,000 troops[1] 190 cannons 280,000 troops (European front) 500 cannons[2] 7,000 Bulgarian volunteers[1] |
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4,302 dead and missing 3,316 wounded 19,904 sick[3] 27,512 killed in battle, missing in action, and died of wounds 49,828 wounded 46,000+ non-combat deaths, mostly from disease (during the entire Russo-Turkish War)[4] |
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The Romanian War of Independence is the name used in Romanian historiography to refer to the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), following which Romania, fighting on the Russian side, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire. On April 16 [O.S. April 4] 1877, Romania and the Russian Empire signed a treaty at Bucharest under which Russian troops were allowed to pass through Romanian territory, with the condition that Russia respected the integrity of Romania. The mobilization began, and about 120,000 soldiers were massed in the south of the country to defend against an eventual attack of the Ottoman forces from south of the Danube. On April 24 [O.S. April 12] 1877, Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire and its troops entered Romania through the newly built Eiffel Bridge.
On May 21 [O.S. May 9] 1877, in the Romanian parliament, Mihail Kogălniceanu declared the independence of Romania as the will of the Romanian people. A day later, the act was signed by Prince Carol I. The next day, the Romanian government canceled paying tribute to Turkey (914,000 lei), and the sum was given instead to the War Minister.
Initially, before 1877, Russia did not wish to cooperate with Romania, since they did not wish Romania to participate in the peace treaties after the war, but the Russians encountered a very strong Turkish army of 50,000 soldiers led by Osman Pasha at the Siege of Plevna (Pleven) where the Russian troops led by Russian generals suffered very heavy losses and were routed in several battles.[5]
Due to great losses, Nikolai Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia, asked Carol I for the Romanian Army to intervene and join forces with the Russian Army.[5][6]
Prince Carol I accepted the Duke's proposal to become the Marshal of the Russian troops in addition to the Command of his own Romanian army, thus being able to lead the combined armed forces to the conquest of Plevna and the formal surrender, after heavy fighting, of the Turkish General Osman Pasha. The Romanian Army won the battles of Grivitsa and Rahova, and on 28 November 1877 the Plevna citadel capitulated, and Osman Pasha surrendered the city, the garrison and his sword to the Romanian colonel Mihail Cerchez. After the occupation of Plevna, the Romanian Army returned to the Danube and won the battles of Vidin and Smârdan.
On 19 January 1878, the Ottoman Empire requested an armistice, which was accepted by Russia and Romania. Romania won the war but at a cost of more than 10,000 casualties. Its independence from the Porte was finally recognised by the Central Powers on 13 July 1878.
The peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was signed at San Stefano, on 3 March 1878. Russia did not keep its promises of the 4 April 1877 treaty (signed by the Russian consul Stuart Dimitri (and approved by the Czar Alexander II and the Romanian Prime Minister of the day Mihail Kogălniceanu) to respect Romania's territorial integrity.
However, the treaty was not recognised by the Central Powers and the 1878 peace conference in Berlin decided that Russia would give Romania its independence, the territories of Dobrogea, the Danube Delta and access to the Black Sea including the ancient port of Tomis (Constantza), as well as the tiny Snake Island (Insula Şerpilor), but Russia would nevertheless occupy as a so-called "compensation" the old Romanian Southern counties of Bessarabia (Cahul, Bolgrad and Ismail), which by the Treaty of Paris of 1856 (after the Crimean War) were included in Moldavia. Prince Carol was most unhappy by this imposition of Russian occupation of Romanian territories that seriously breached the Russo-Romanian treaty of 4 April 1877; he was finally persuaded by Bismarck (in now-published original letters exchanged at that time) to accept this compromise with Russia in view of the great economical potential of Romania's direct access to the Black Sea and its ancient ports at the expense of Bulgaria.[7]
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- The Plevna Delay by Richard T. Trenk, Sr. (Originally published in Man At Arms magazine, Number Four, August, 1997)
- The Romanian Army of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78
- Grivitsa Romanian Mausoleum in Bulgaria
- Russo-Turkish Wars at Classic Encyclopedia based on the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)
- ^ a b c Istoria Militară a Poporului Român (The Military History of the Romanian People), Centrul de Studii și Cercetări de Istorie și Teorie Militară, Editura Militară, București, 1987 (Romanian)
- ^ Мерников А. Г., Спектор А. А. Всемирная история войн. — Минск: 2005. — С. 376.
- ^ Scafes, Cornel, et al., Armata română în războiul de independență 1877–1878. București, Editura Sigma, 2002, p. 149
- ^ a b Kaminskii, L. S., și Novoselskii, S. A., Poteri v proșlîh voinah (Victimele războaielor trecute). Medgiz, Moscova, 1947, pp. 36, 37
- ^ a b http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofk00kremiala "Reminiscences of the KING OF ROMANIA", Edited from the original with an Introduction by Sidney Whitman, Authorized edition, Harper& Brothers: New York and London, 1899
- ^ The telegram of Nikolai to Carol I (translated in Romanian): "Turcii îngrãmãdind cele mai mari trupe la Plevna ne nimicesc. Rog sã faci fuziune, demonstratiune si dacã'i posibil sã treci Dunãrea cu armatã dupã cum doresti. Între Jiu si Corabia demonstratiunea aceasta este absolut necesarã pentru înlesnirea miscãrilor mele" ("The Turks, massing together the largest army at Pleven, are laying us waste. I ask you to make mergers, demonstrations and if it is possible cross the Danube with the army as you wish. Between Jiu and Corabia this demonstration is absolutely necessary to facilitate my movements.)
- ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofk00kremiala "Reminiscences of the KING OF ROMANIA", Edited from the original with an Introduction by Sidney Whitman, Authorized edition, Harper& Brothers: New York and London, 1899, pp.15-20.


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A red rock wonderland
Visit Arches and discover a landscape of contrasting colors, landforms and textures unlike any other in the world. The park has over 2,000 natural stone arches, in addition to hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive fins and giant balanced rocks. This red rock wonderland will amaze you with its formations, refresh you with its trails, and inspire you with its sunsets.
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These are perfect.
Perfect for breakfast. Perfect for lunchboxes. Perfect snacks.
Perfect for little hands. Perfect for big smiles.
So easy…go ahead and create some pumpkin perfection.
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups packed dark brown sugar
- 2/3 cup vegan white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 cups pumpkin puree
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup almond milk
- 2/3 cup flaked coconut
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour mini loaf pans or two 8″ x 4″ loaf pans.
- Spread walnuts in a single layer on an ungreased baking sheet. Toast in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, coconut sugar, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Add the pumpkin puree, oil, and almond milk, and mix until all of the flour is absorbed. Fold in the flaked coconut and toasted walnuts. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
- Bake mini loaves for 30 minutes or large pans for 1 hour and 5 minutes in the preheated oven or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
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WeDoodle is ngmoco's latest application to be launched on the iTunes App Store, a game based on multiplayer sketching and guessing that's sure to improve your all-necessary doodling skills.
WeDoodle is free and available for both iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, providing users with a miniature digital canvas to draw on. The application features various "creative crafts" like stencils, brushes, canvas backgrounds and more so that the drawings aren't so much doodles as they are sketches, making it easier for those who have the task of having to guess exactly what is being drawn. With support for seven languages built in, as well as a multiple game mode that "allows doodlers to challenge the world in live in online play," the game is sure to shake some heads and provide hours of doodling practice. Who says the iPhone isn't productive?
On a related note, this is ngmoco's first release since its now-confirmed acquisition by DeNA, the Japanese gaming company, who are branching out into a world that is already over 250,000 applications strong.
Much is riding on the future health of ngmoco's releases. Although DeNA put forward $300 million in cash and securities, an additional $100 million is available assuming specific milestones are met by the company throughout next year. With a free application, the right marketing and advertisements are crucial. One thing's for sure – if ngmoco's platform of free applications and advertisements is successful, we could well be seeing a glimpse of what the future has to hold. Until then, you'll just have to doodle about it.
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The story is narrated by two very different teenagers, who each inhabit two extraordinarily different worlds. Arianrhod Hyde's world (or Roddy, as she prefers to be called) is very much the world of magic, pageantry and ritual. Not unlike Britain in King Arthur's Day, Roddy is daughter of two Court Wizards and therefore part of the King's Progress, travelling round the Islands of Blest and ready to take part in whatever ritual or ceremony is required, as it occurs. Presiding over all, the most important person is the Merlin, who is entrusted with the magical health of the Isles of Blest.
Nick Mallory's world is much more familiar - at least it starts off being our own. But it soon transpires that Nick's not quite the ordinary 15-year-old he seems, as he slips sideways into something he thinks is a dream - but in fact is another world entirely. Now, Nick's been on other worlds before (although never alone) but he's a confident type. Maybe a bit too confident....
In Roddy's world, the current Merlin expires and a new one takes his place. Yet something is wrong - the rituals have been upset and nothing is going the way it should. Roddy needs help, and certain powers indicate that Nick is to be the one to help her. And Nick is cool about helping her - in theory...but it's a bit worrying that she seems to mistake him for a magic-user. Their stories unfold, side-by-side, each part leading into the next, and the Merlin Conspiracy thickens as the tales swirl around each other - twining, meeting, and affecting each other, yet never completely combining until the very end chapters when all is finally revealed.
Compelling, howling funny in places, mind-boggling - this is going to WOW DWJ fans all around the world (and probably in other universes too).
©2012 Diane Wynne Jones (P)2012 Harper Collins Publishers Limited
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Bemidji High School Dance team prepares for sectional competition today
Bemidji High School's varsity dance team, the Blue Angels, competes today in the 4AAA sectional competition in Elk River.
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Hourly Loans
Sponsored by Unknown and developed by Ian Walls, ByWater Solutions., expected for/deadline: 2010-12-28
See also Bug 5549.
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Koha 3.2's circulation loans are currently measured only in units of days. However, because some libraries, especially academic libraries, perform loans that are measured in minutes or hours, particularly for course reserves and short loans, it is necessary to modify Koha to perform all circulation and related transactions in units of minutes
The main changes will include:
- editing the issues, reserves and items tables (and their old/deleted equivalents) to store data in datetime rather than just date.
- editing the issuing rules to allow for selection of different units (minutes, hours or days), as well as 'rounding periods' and circulation behavior over periods when the library is closed
- editing the library calendars to allow for opening and closing times and exceptions thereto
- adding display of due times
- adding the ability to calculate overdue fines by the minute
- adding the ability to send email or SMS notices hours or minutes before/after an item is due
This RFC is similar to the unimplemented RFC for Hourly circulation policies from Koha 3.2
This specification changes the loan system in Koha to support loan, grace periods and fine periods measured in hours. As part of this project, it will be possible to create circulation policies in terms of hours and minutes. These policies will work in tandem with new calendars that allow the library to express their opening and closing times in hours.
Circulation Policies
The following policies will be expressible in the smart-rules.pl with a combination of numeric field and unit dropdown selector.:
- Loan time: Duration of the loan
- Grace Period: How long after the due time before fines begin to accrue.
- Charging Interval. How often to increment fines
- Suspension period: how long a patron will be blocked from circulating after an item becomes overdue (factoring in the grace period)
The possible units will be:
- Days
- Hours
- Minutes
Koha will store the policies' numeric values with the minute as the base unit. The smart-rules.pl interface will automatically convert hours and days into minutes using JavaScript. Any numeric value in the field when the unit is changed will be mathematically converted. If the conversion does not yield an integer (for example, converting 1 minute to hours), the value will be rounded down (or up) to the nearest integer. A system preference can be used to control whether rounding is up or down.
COMMENT: This paragraph should probably be revised for clairty. I cannot imagine any combination of hours and days which should not be convertable to minutes with no remainder. The only place I can see for rounding to be needed is in the caculation of fines when a patron returns an item, for example, 90 seconds overdue, which is addressed in this RFC below. -chris_n
COMMENT: Logic (such as unit conversion) should probably be left to the controller portion of the code rather than pushed off to the display portion (thinking MVC here). Perhaps it would be better to use an ajax type call to change/convert units in the view. -chris_n
Additional circulation policies will become necessary to handle "rounding" of due times, since the library does not necessarily wish an item checked out for 1 day to be due exactly 1440 minutes later.
Options for rounding should include:
- do not round (exact)
- next 5 minute increment
- next 10 minute increment
- next 15 minute increment
- next half hour
- next hour
- next end of day (closing time)
- next beginning of day (opening time)
Another policy is necessary to handle the situation when calculated due times occur when the library is closed. Either the material is:
- not for loan
- due at the library's closing
- due at the library's next opening
- due at the library's next opening plus however long the due time occurred after the previous closing (i.e. pause the loan period while the library is closed)
- due at the library's next opening plus a fixed time
Examples of possible circulation situations and policies:
a material with a 3 hour loan period is checked out 1 hour before the library closes.
Possible policies:
- The material is not for loan
- The material is due at close
- The material is due at the next open day
- The material is due 2 hours after the next opening
a material with a 2 hour loan period is checked out at 2:23pm
Possible policies:
- The material is due at exactly 4:23pm
- The material is due at 4:30 or 5:00 (rounding to nearest 'nice' time as per circ policy)
A material with a 3 day loan period is checked out at 3:33pm on Monday
Possible policies:
- The material is due at 3:33pm on Thursday
- The material is due at close on Thursday
- The material is due at opening on Friday
Overdue fine calculation
Overdue fine calculation will behave essentially the same way, except it will occur more frequently than the typical 'once a night' scheduling of files.pl. This script, or it's updated analog, could be scheduled to run on cron every minute, or a daemon could be written to handle fine calculation on demand.
- COMMENT: I favor using a daemon. This would effectively allow fines calculations in real time.-chris_n
After an item's calculated due time plus the defined grace period, overdue fines will begin to accrue. The charges will increment by the fine amount again after the fine charging interval. Fine accrual will stop after the maximum fine value has been reached, or the item is returned, or the item is marked lost.
If a library utilizes patron suspension periods instead of or in addition to fines, the borrower will be marked as suspended for the defined suspension period after the item's due time plus defined grace period
- COMMENT: It would be nice to have a syspref to define the method of fining. This would allow us to hide the fields related to suspension periods or monitary fines (depending on the pref setting) in the view and make it less confusing to those who use a different method. -chris_n
Display of due dates and times
When displaying due dates and times in the OPAC, both the date and time will be shown. If the due time is at the library's open or closing hour for that day, the time can be suppressed from displaying with a system preference.
In the staff client, due times will need to be shown not only in Circulation, but also in Patron reading history and the item's circulation history.
Defining Library Hours
The library calendar should be moved from Tools to Administration, since it shall now be so vital to the library's circulation policies.
Staff shall continue to be able to specify the specific branch they wish to work with.
The calendar shall have two different kinds of events that can be specified: Library Hours, and Exceptions. Library Hours shall include an opening time and a closing time. When configuring Library Hours, the staff members shall have the option to set the hours to repeat daily or weekly, until a specified end date. Future edits to Library Hours that were initial set up as repeating shall offer the option to propagate the changes to the rest of the pattern, or apply only to this day.
Exceptions shall be either one-off events or annually repeated (like holidays). They will specify an alternate opening and closing time for the day that will overwrite the value configured in Library Hours. Future changes to the Library Hours for that day will not effect the Exception unless the Exception is deleted
- COMMENT: This would be a good time to clarify the terminoloy used in the calendar. Currently one must specify the weekends as holidays. This is a bit confusing. -chris_n
The system shall need to be able to take in Holds Effective Dates and Expiry Dates in periods of minutes, as well, to match the circulation options. This would allow students to indicate that a hold is not useful to them before their class gets out at 4pm, or after they have to take their mid-terms at 2:30pm. The time specification is optional, and will default to the library's opening time for that date if it is not specified.
Similarly, Koha would need to be able to take in units other than days for automatically canceling expired or unfilled holds.
The current cronjob for messaging is set up to process advanced notices and overdues nightly, and queue those messages for processing by a script that runs hourly (by default). For loan periods of less than 1 day, we'd need something quicker to make notices worthwhile. For example, it would be nice to send patrons an SMS message (if they opt in for that) 5 minutes before a reserve book is due.
This means that either the message script will need to run every minute or so, or there needs to be a daemon. If the cron runs every minute, and goes off the EXACT due time for generating notices, the circulations will be spread out enough through the day to prevent there being any kind of pile-up (where the script takes longer than 1 minute to run). This could be a problem if a batch circulation was done for some reason...
- COMMENT: Here again, I think a daemon would be the better choice. This avoides many potential issues including those mentioned above. -chris_n
A daemon would provide more on-demand messaging, but would be one additional process to initiate and maintain for Koha.
- COMMENT: It might be possible to write one daemon to handle all of this housekeeping. -chris_n
An additional wrinkle comes with allowing users to define how far in advance they receive notices; having the option of '3 days' in advance doesn't do any good for a 2 hour loan, just as '5 minutes' in advance doesn't work for a 3 day loan. Either they'd need to be able to set both "longer term" and "shorter term" advanced notice preferences, or have the time in advance removed as an option for their configuration.
- COMMENT: Perhaps have options for advanced notices on "hourly loans" and another on "daily loans," etc. (vs. "longer term" and "shorter term") -chris_n
This could easily be it's own development project.
- COMMENT: The development of a housekeeping daemon surely could! -chris_n
System Preferences
Several existing system preferences need to be changed in light of the new loan periods
- dateformat -> needs to include HH::MM
- TransfersMaxDaysWarning -> convert to minutes
- ReservesMaxPickupDelay -> convert to minutes
Possible new system preferences:
- FineMethod -> suspension, monitary


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NYC Council Report
Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services
Oversight: The Procurement, Distribution and Testing of Digital Two-Way Radios by the Fire Department - April 10, 2001
"On March 14, 2001, the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) issued new Motorola XTS3500R digital two-way radios (commonly referred to as "handie-talkies") to firefighters throughout the City. On March 19, 2001, while firefighter Luke Healy was battling a fire in the basement of a home on Myrtle Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens, his oxygen tank began to expire. As Healy attempted to exit the basement, his oxygen tank ran out. Initial reports indicated that Healy's seven Mayday calls went unheard by firefighters at the scene and that they were only alerted to his need for assistance after a firefighter at another location, ten blocks away, heard a Mayday call from Healy. Subsequently, FDNY documents revealed that Deputy Chief Weinlein, who was at Myrtle Avenue, reported that he and another FDNY official at the scene heard a Mayday, but that when he used the radio to ask who transmitted the Mayday, no one answered. According to Deputy Chief Weinlein, Healy was eventually found by officers who heard his calls for help from the basement, not over the radio. On March 21, 2001, the FDNY announced that the following day, the newly issued radios would be recalled from the field with the intention of addressing operational issues with the radios and returning them to service shortly."
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"Compounding its failure to subject this new communications technology to a competitive procurement process, the FDNY also exceeded the 1997 contract's ceiling on the number of radios to be procured (750 units) and the amount of the contract, $2.9 million. In December 1999, the FDNY ordered 2,700 XTS3500R radios from Motorola, and in 2000, ordered another 1,118 radios. The total cost for the 3,818 radios was approximately $14 million."
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"The FDNY has stated that its Rescue 2 unit tested the radios from July 23, 1999, to August 1, 1999. However, although the Rescue 2 unit tested an analog, VHF model of the XTS3500R, the FDNY purchased a digital, UHF model. Thus, the Rescue 2 unit never tested the radios or technology subsequently purchased by FDNY."
Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani And 9/11 (Amazon)
By Wayne Barrett & Dan Collins
Chapter 7, Sounds of Silence
A thorough examination of The City's sole bid process with Motorola as well as their failure to replace archaic radios with appropriately tested radios which subsequently lead to miscommunications and loss of lives on the morning of September 11, 2001.
U.S. Fire Administration/Technical Report Series (pdf)
February 1993
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The number of resources using channels;
Not enough channels for operational areas;
Distance problems - lost messages;
The inability to contact other agencies."
"Fireground communications have become a major concern of FDNY…"
- Sec 2:6
A 192-City Survey (pdf)
June 2004
"The United States Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more."
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