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Elmander is coming good - Coyle
Bolton boss Owen Coyle paid tribute to an "outstanding" performance by Johan Elmander against Fulham and feels the faith he has shown in the striker is being rewarded.Elmander carved out several opportunities for himself in an eye-catching display at the Reebok Stadium and was only denied a goal by the efforts of Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale, who was in the side in place of Arsenal target Mark Schwarzer.The Sweden international has had a tough time justifying the fee - believed to be around £10million - which Wanderers paid to sign him in the summer of 2008, scoring only eight times in the Barclays Premier League since then. But Elmander capped a decent pre-season with a goal in Bolton's final friendly against Osasuna just over a week ago and Coyle believes the 29-year-old is finally starting to prove his worth."I thought Elmander was outstanding and deserved a goal, but all credit to Stockdale, the biggest compliment I can pay him is that Schwarzer wasn't missed," Coyle said."I have always had belief in him. He came with a big price tag and a big reputation, and the only person who will change anybody's mind about him is Johan. I can certainly try and impart the knowledge and wisdom that I have picked up over the years, and I can try and give him confidence because I have belief in him as a manager, and I've shown that by picking him."But really, he's followed on from his performance against Osasuna. Then he went away on the international break so I was genuinely worried that he wouldn't be fresh. But I gave him the nod again and he was outstanding, not just in terms of his goal efforts, but his work rate in general for the team."
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Birds of Prey
- Starts at: 10:00am Thursday 28 May 2009
- Finishes at: 5:00pm Thursday 28 May 2009
- Suitable for: Children
- Event type: Children's Activity
10:00am Thursday 28th May 2009 - 5:00pm Thursday 28th May 2009 at Fort Nelson
During the Spring Half Term Fort Nelson have Fun Days specially designed for children.
28 May 2009
Children's event – Birds of Prey
Enjoy swooping & diving action as Sally Buckland's feathered flying team take to the skies above the Fort. Plus puppets & Victorian entertainment.
Entry to the Fort is FREE
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Footage is grainy and the voices are difficult to hear over the yelling in the background. The picture shakes as the camera gets closer to Joe Badran, who shouts about the Palestinian organization Hamas. The video, shot in March, shows Badran, a mustached man wearing a gray suit, saying "Hamas is not a terrorist organization," then "Hamas is a defender of the Palestinian people," and finally "Hamas is better than Fatah, because there's no corruption. Hamas takes care of the people." Controversial statements, sure, but the problem is that the man making them is a member of the Broward County School Board's Diversity Committee.
To Badran's critics, it seems that the School Board, in its efforts to be diverse, is including terrorism supporters.
"We believe this entire thing is cut and dried," says Joe Kaufman , a 38-year-old resident of Coral Springs and chairman of Americans Against Hate, a self-proclaimed terrorist watchdog group based in South Florida. "There is a man who supports terrorism — violent terrorism against Israel — sitting on the Broward County School Board's Diversity Committee. We don't think anyone who supports terrorism should hold a place on a government-sponsored committee, especially one that deals with children."
Badran's statements might be upsetting to some, but Kaufman has pursued Badran's removal with a vendetta-level passion, especially considering that the diversity committee is by no means a high-powered political office. Kaufman's efforts have also led to an internet-based subculture of anti-Arab racists who have attacked Badran in online posts.
Two weeks ago, Kaufman and five other members of his organization filed into the office of Broward County School Board member Robert Parks. They felt they had a simple problem with a simple solution.
Kaufman , who also writes for the David Horowitz Freedom Center (the group that promoted the "Academic Bill of Rights" protecting students from professors they've deemed too liberal), says he was optimistic when his group asked Parks to remove Badran, whom Parks appointed to the committee. Kaufman showed Parks the two-minute, 30-second clip of Badran, a representative of the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim advocacy group in the country. The video was shot along the sidewalk during a demonstration in Fort Lauderdale. The clip opens with the Americans Against Hate logo and a woman's voice saying, "Help fight Islamic terrorism." Kaufman says he shot the footage himself. Before each of Badran's remarks, Kaufman can be heard asking Badran questions: "Is Hamas a terrorist organization?" then "Which is better, Hamas or Fatah?" A few times, he repeats the question until Badran answers, mostly defending Hamas and calling Fatah corrupt. The sun is bright in the sky at the start of the video, and by the end of the clip, the sun is setting.
According to Kaufman, Parks told his group that there are "two sides to every story." At this point, Kaufman says, the meeting got heated.
"We're absolutely not satisfied with that," Kaufman says. "Hamas is a terrorist organization that kills innocent women and children. I would like to know what the other side of that is."
Another member of Kaufman's group began shouting at the School Board member. Kaufman says Parks also raised his voice. Members of Kaufman's delegation again demanded Parks remove Badran from the diversity committee immediately, but Parks refused.
Established by the School Board in 1996, the diversity committee consists of 31 members, 27 of whom are appointed by board members. According to its bylaws, the committee promotes "respect for ethnic and cultural diversity" in Broward County schools. The committee has produced videos that extol the virtues of tolerance and acceptance. The videos were shown in every classroom — including elementary classes.
Kaufman says he isn't sure exactly what the diversity committee does, but he doesn't understand why Parks "won't just do the right thing and remove a terrorist supporter."
Parks, a resident of Pompano Beach and a former Broward high school teacher, says Kaufman and his comrades bullied him throughout the meeting. "There was no solution but theirs," says Parks, who has served on the Broward County School Board since 1986, including three stints as chair. "I told them that I was making changes based on my perceptions and not their accusations and philosophies. I do what's best for the district. But I've never seen hate like this. They should be called Americans for Hate. They've targeted this man, and it's just mean."
Parks says his office checked independently with the Department of Homeland Security. "If Joe Badran was a terrorist, he would be in jail right now, not sitting though diversity committee meetings. There's no substance to their claims at all."
Badran did not return messages from New Times, and nobody answered the door at Badran's Deerfield Beach home.
In Kaufman's video, which has been posted to YouTube and Technorati.com, Badran says, "I support CAIR. I support everything that CAIR does." Kaufman says he finds this statement particularly troublesome. He says that group has funneled money to terrorist organizations in the Middle East and that a South Florida mosque associated with the group was once visited by one of the 9/11 hijackers. Most of the members of Americans Against Hate, Kaufman admits, are also members of CAIR Watch, an organization Kaufman started to battle Badran's group. They sell T-shirts that say "No Jihad in our backyard."


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And, believe me, you do not want to be deprived of these potatoes.
I've never loved potatoes. I've never not liked them either, they were just kind of "blah" to me. More an afterthought than something I really wanted to make.
These potatoes I really want to make.
This is barely even a recipe, more a technique for cooking them, and one I'm sure a lot of people already use, but it was news to me, and I can't get enough. They're crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, almost a cross between a french fry, hash browns, and roasted potatoes.
You be the judge...make these and tell me if you start dreaming of potatoes.
The Best Crispy Potatoes
1 lb. russet potatoes, peeled, rinsed, cut into 1/2" cubes
1/2 c. olive oil
4 large cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp. kosher salt
fresh ground pepper
Preheat oven to 450º.
Place potatoes in a large pot of cold water. Cover and bring to boil over high heat. Once boiling, lower heat to barely simmer and cook covered for 5 minutes.
Immediately drain into a metal colander and give them a good few shakes to rough up the outside of the potatoes (this is what gives them those delectable crispy edges). They should look a bit crumbled on the outside but still generally holding their cube shape.
Pour onto a nonstick baking sheet or one lined with nonstick foil and add olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper to taste.
Bake in oven for 30 minutes, remove, toss gently with a rubber spatula, and return to the oven for another 15 minutes, until golden and crispy.
Add more salt to taste and serve hot.
*These will still taste good the next day but won't have the crispy outside. I usually try to make only what we'll eat in a sitting.
Click HERE for a printable recipe.
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Scrabble (game show)
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Scrabble | |
Genre | Game show |
Created by | Robert Noah |
Directed by | Chris Darley |
Presented by | Chuck Woolery |
Narrated by | Jay Stewart (1984–1985) Charlie Tuna (1985–1990, 1993)[1] |
Theme music composer | Marc Ellis Ray Ellis[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 1,230 (1984–1990) 105 (1993) Total: 1,335 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Robert Noah[1] |
Producer(s) | Gary Johnson[1] |
Location(s) | NBC Studios Burbank, California |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Reg Grundy Productions Exposure Unlimited |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | NBC |
Original run | July 2, 1984 January 18, 1993 – June 11, 1993 |
– March 23, 1990
Scrabble is an American television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. The show was co-produced by Exposure Unlimited and Reg Grundy Productions. It ran from July 2, 1984 to March 23, 1990, and again from January 18 to June 11, 1993, both runs on NBC. A total of 1,335 episodes were produced from both editions; Chuck Woolery hosted both versions of the series. Jay Stewart was the announcer for the first year and was replaced by Charlie Tuna in the summer of 1985, who announced for the remainder of the original version and the entirety of the 1993 revival.
Game play[edit]
Crossword Round[edit]
The first round of every game was the Crossword round, where two players competed to try to be the first to guess three words correctly based on clues given by Woolery. Originally there was only one Crossword played per match, with the winner facing the champion in the Scrabble Sprint (see below). On September 29, 1986, as part of a broader format change, a second Crossword round was added. The first Crossword was played between the show's reigning champion and a challenger, and the second Crossword was played between two different players.
Each Crossword round began with a word building on a letter revealed on the center square of a computer-generated Scrabble board, and depending on how many letters were in the word, a rack of numbered "tiles" were used corresponding to the letters. There were always three more tiles than there were letters in the word; these represented all the letters in the word except for the one already revealed, as well as three "Stoppers" - letters that did not belong in the word.
Originally the winner of a backstage coin toss started the match, but when the second Crossword game was added in 1986 the player challenging the reigning champion started (a coin toss would determine the first player in the second Crossword at all times and would be used in the first game if there was no champion). The player in control was given a chance to guess the word immediately, but if he/she could not, that player took two tiles from the rack and placed them in a slot on their desk; this displayed two letters from which they could choose to put in the word. The contestant would then choose one of the two letters and would try to have it placed in the word. If successful, the player then had the choice of guessing the word or looking for the other letter displayed. If both letters were placed and the contestant still did not know the word, their turn continued. If a Stopper was chosen, that player lost control and play passed to the opponent. If there was a letter left in the display, the opposing player had to choose one tile; if not, he/she picked two. The last letter of any word was never revealed, and if neither contestant could come up with the correct answer at that point the word was thrown out and an alternate was played.
An incorrect guess at the word passed control to the opponent.
If all three Stoppers were revealed and no one could come up with the answer, the game moved into Speedword. Here, each remaining letter in the word was automatically placed at random (with the exception of the last letter) until one of the players buzzed in with the correct answer. If correct, the player won the word. If incorrect, the contestant was locked out, allowing the opponent to either guess the word immediately or see more letters. Speedword was also used if time was running short in a round or if the contestants tied at two words each (the latter was placed into effect in March 1985).
In the first two weeks of the show, a cumulative money pot was used in the crossword game. Each letter placed was worth $25, with blue squares adding $50 and pink squares $100. The first player to correctly guess three words won whatever money was in the pot and moved on to the Scrabble Sprint. After these two weeks, the winner of each Crossword won $500.
Bonus squares[edit]
Beginning in October 1984, players could win a cash bonus with the colored squares by placing a letter in one of them and immediately solving the word. Pink squares awarded $1,000, while blue ones awarded $500. Beginning in 1986, the bonus rule was added to Speedword, provided a contestant guessed the word right after a letter was placed into a bonus space. Also, if a word was being built on a letter in a bonus square, an immediate solve paid the bonus.
For the 1993 version, money won from bonus squares was added to the Bonus Sprint jackpot instead of being awarded directly to the contestant.
For three months in 1985, contestants not only had to guess each word correctly, but also had to spell the word one letter at a time. Similar to the format used during the first two weeks, each correct letter added money to a pot: Regular squares added $50, blue squares added $100, and pink squares added $200 (later $500). In one episode, two contestants repeatedly failed to spell the word "mosquitos" correctly, despite knowing it was the correct answer. This rule was abandoned by the fall of 1985.
Scrabble Sprint[edit]
The Scrabble Sprint round was the second part of the game and determined the show's champion. There were two different formats.
From the premiere until September 26, 1986, the Crossword rounds were played to determine who would face the reigning champion in the Sprint Round. If there was no champion, two Crossword rounds were played and the winners of those rounds faced off to become the champion.
First format[edit]
In the first format, both the champion and the Crossword winner played separate sets of words. The Crossword winner played first and chose either a pink envelope or blue envelope and tried to set a time that the champion had to beat with the unpicked set. Three words were played and none of the words had any Stoppers in them, meaning all letters displayed were in the word. The clock would start counting up when Woolery said "go" and each word started with two letters for the contestant to choose. The remaining letters would appear one at a time for the contestant to pick. In order to guess the word the player had to hit a plunger to stop the clock. If the contestant either guessed incorrectly or failed to come up with an immediate answer at any time, 10 seconds were added to the time as a penalty. If all the letters but the last one were revealed, a player had 5 seconds to hit the plunger and give a guess; guessing incorrectly or failing to guess resulted in the contestant being forced to play a make-up word.
After the challenger played their set of words, the champion played his/hers with the clock counting down. For fairness, the champion's word set featured three words that were the same length in letters as the challenger. A wrong answer or no answer now resulted in 10 seconds being deducted from the remaining time instead of being added to it. If the champion managed to complete their set of words within the set time, he/she won $1,500 (originally triple the pot from the Crossword round) and would face the winner of the next Crossword round. Otherwise, the challenger won and the champion left with whatever he/she had earned to that point. Winning five consecutive Scrabble Sprint rounds earned a champion $20,000 as a bonus, and if the champion managed to win five more he/she retired undefeated with a second $20,000 bonus; the minimum total for a retiring champion was $55,500.
In March 1985, both players began playing the same set of words. Again, the winner of the Crossword round set the time to beat while the champion was isolated offstage. The rules remained the same, with the champion having to beat the other player's time in order to win. Coinciding with the format change was a change in payouts, as five time champions had their winnings augmented to $20,000 while retiring champions had their final winnings augmented to $40,000. Also, the contestants had two letters to choose from each time a letter was called up until the last possible letter was put in the word, when only one letter would be displayed; this change would remain in place for the remainder of the original series and the subsequent revival. At some point, a fourth word was added to the Sprint round.
Second format[edit]
On September 29, 1986, Scrabble began a 13-week-long tournament called The $100,000 All-American Scrabble Tournament. This tournament was conducted with a different format than usual Scrabble matches, and these changes were eventually made permanent.
A total of 188 contestants were selected via a nation-wide search, with four competing on each episode in preliminary matches from Monday through Thursday. Two Crossword rounds were played (with the typical $500 and $1,000 bonuses for blue and pink squares, respectively), and each was followed by a Scrabble Sprint round. The winner of the first Crossword round won $500, and played four words of six, seven, eight, and nine letters to try to set a time for the winner of the second Crossword round between two other players. That player would try to beat the time set by the first player, and if he/she did so, they would win $1,000, and advance to the next round. On Friday, the four winners competed in two quarterfinal matches, and whoever won the second Sprint round won $5,000 and advanced to the semifinals round, for the final week of the tournament.
Because only four episodes aired during the week of November 24–28 (no episode aired that Thursday, due to Thanksgiving), a wild card player was chosen for that week's quarterfinal matches.
During the final week, from December 22–25, the 12 winners, as well as 4 wild card players, competed in semifinals matches, with the 4 finalists competing in that Fridays' final matches for the grand prize of $100,000.
With slight adjusting, this tournament format became the new permanent Scrabble format on December 29, 1986. As noted above, each episode now featured four players and the champion played the first Crossword game. The winner of the first Crossword set the Sprint time to beat, and if it held up that player won $1,000. If the second Crossword winner managed to guess all four words within the limit, he/she won the $1,000.
The winner of the Sprint, as before, was the day's champion.
With this format change, Scrabble became a self-contained 30-minute program; before, play continued until time was called and episodes could straddle.
Bonus Sprint[edit]
With the adoption of the new format came a new final round. Called the Bonus Sprint, this round enabled the champion to win a cash jackpot.
The champion faced two final words, the first with at least six letters and the second with at least seven. If the champion correctly guessed both words within ten seconds, he/she won the jackpot which started at $5,000 and had $1,000 added for each unsuccessful playing. All of the Sprint rules were in effect, meaning that any incorrect answer would result in an automatic loss as the penalty would wipe out the remaining seconds.
Champions could now play until either winning five Sprint rounds or they were defeated.
When the series returned in 1993, the Bonus Sprint jackpot began at $1,000. Additional money was only added to the jackpot if a contestant landed on a blue or pink square in the Crossword game and solved the word immediately, adding either $500 or $1,000, respectively. No cash bonuses were given directly to contestants in this version; all bonuses went into the Bonus Sprint jackpot.
Theme weeks[edit]
Over the years, Scrabble had several special weeks, including Soap Week (which featured some soap opera stars from Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara and other soaps), Teen Week, College Week, and others, as well as two Tournaments of Champions (February 1985 and May 1986), at least one Tournament of Teen Champions (1986) and a $100,000 All American Tournament (1986; see above).
Once in 1987, and again in 1988, the series aired "Game Show Hosts Week". Participants for the first such week were Peter Tomarken, Marc Summers, John Davidson, Tom Kennedy, Bill Rafferty, and Jamie Farr. The latter two returned in 1988, joined by Vicki Lawrence, Jim Lange, Wink Martindale, and Jeff MacGregor.
Summers hosted during the 1987 week when Chuck Woolery played segments of the game (and earned $12,000 for a home viewer).
Licensed Merchandise[edit]
A board game based on this version was released by Selchow & Righter as TV Scrabble in 1987.
Episode status and reruns[edit]
All episodes still exist. FremantleMedia North America, which is a direct successor to Reg Grundy Productions, and Hasbro, which owns the Scrabble board game in the United States and Canada, currently own the rights to the series as well as any future revivals. Reruns aired on USA Network from September 16, 1991 to October 13, 1995 (with the exception of a brief period from February 6 to April 14, 1995). The short-lived 1993 revival has not been rerun since cancellation.
International versions[edit]
- RTL plus (as phone-in quiz show.)
External links[edit]
- Scrabble at the Internet Movie Database
- Scrabble at TV.com
Preceded by Dream House |
11:30 a.m. EST, NBC 7/2/84 – 9/4/87 |
Succeeded by Win, Lose or Draw |
Preceded by Wordplay |
12:30 p.m. EST, NBC 9/7/87 – 3/24/89 |
Succeeded by Generations |
Preceded by Sale of the Century |
10:00 a.m. EST, NBC 3/27/89 – 3/23/90 |
Succeeded by 227 |
Preceded by Local |
12:00 p.m. EST, NBC 1/18/93 – 6/11/93 |
Succeeded by Classic Concentration |
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Cape Fear Community College culinary students served up a tasty end of the semester project Tuesday.
To showcase their work, students and staff held an open house. Members of the community, as well as CFCC faculty and staff, stopped by to enjoy cakes, cookies, and other tempting treats.
A five dollar donation at the event will help the culinary club in their community service projects as well as allow them to buy supplies.
Danielle Hicks, a CFCC culinary student, said, "It's really exciting that people are coming in from the community and know that we're actually here. A lot of people didn't realize we had a culinary program, so it's exciting that we get to show the community what we can do."
WWAY's Sonya S0tevens and Tim Pulliam had the tough job of serving as judges for the desserts. They loved every minute of it.


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Parametric Lamp by Unit Arkitektur
Sweden's Unit Arkitektur has designed a lamp for their new office using parametric modeling software and a set of mathematical equations.
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The lamp is four meters long and a half meter wide.
Parametric was constructed by assembling 103 individual laser cut parts, cut from 3 mm birch ply-wood.
The pieces were put together with zero tolerance and hence no glue.
Says architect Mikael Frej, "All parameters are in place and we can now mass produce this 70s-retro-pool-hall-light-fixture to the masses."


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Skier's Choice, manufacturer of Moomba Boats @MoombaBoats hires highly experienced, Jared Lacefield, to work with Moomba sales and support for dealers in the Western Region.
Skiers Choice is making decisive moves to build their team and further drive the Moomba Boats momentum. Jared Lacefield a young veteran of the marine industry, started washing boats at 6 years old. This summer job eventually lead to a position in boat sales, finance manager and ultimately sales manager at his family's dealership, Bohner Lacefield Marine in Fresno, CA. Lacefield has been in the business professionally for 11 years with most of those years on the dealer side of sales. Most recently he spent several years on the manufacturing side as a sales representative for Bennington Boats. Continuing to live, boat and work in California, Lacefield will support Skier's Choice Western Dealer Network with his extensive product knowledge and ability to work with dealers as partners. Lacefield is joining a passionate team at Skier's Choice who strive for continuous improvement. Lacefield is another difference-maker Skier's Choice is welcoming to the team.
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Meetings of the Central New York Genealogical Society are held six times a year, and are open to all. Guests may attend the March, May, September, and November meetings for a $5 donation. Full day conferences in April and October are $20 for the full day or $10 for a half-day session. Annual membership dues: $30.00. Instruction in some phase of genealogical research is usually the subject. Experienced genealogists share their specific area of expert knowledge. Workshops are sometimes held at which beginners may obtain help with their research. Meetings are held at, Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Rd, DeWitt, NY, unless otherwise noted. See below for directions, or click on this link: [Location] The 2014 Calendar of Topics March 8, 2014, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. "Writing for Publication" by Patti Haggerty CNYGS member, educator, and NEHGS Council member, Patti Haggerty has recently had articles published in American Ancestors, the magazine of NEHGS. Patti will describe her research topics, writing process, and publishing efforts. "Silences in Irish Culture and History" by Kathleen Sullivan Associate Professor of English, Director of the Irish Literature Program, LeMoyne College. Family research often presents puzzles. This lecture will look at silences in Irish culture and its impact on immigration stories and family history. April 12, 2014, Full Day Conference, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. "A Focus on the Civil War" by Joyce Cook, Dennis Conners, Suzanne Greenhagen Joyce Cook, Tree Talks editor, will present her research on Elmina Spencer, an Oswego resident, who was a valuable nurse and held a prominent position with the Sanitation Commission during the Civil War. Dennis Conners, Curator, Onondaga Historical Association. This lecture describes extensive Civil War correspondence between a Syracuse Abolitionist and a Confederate soldier. Suzanne Greenhagen, Historian, Town of Eaton and Village of Morrisville, Member of Civil War Roundtable, Technical Services Librarian at SUNY Morrisville. A popular presenter, Sue will describe her search for a Civil War soldier. May 10, 2014, 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. "History of the Catholic Church in America and Research Opportunities" by Joseph Titti Religion has always played an important role in American history. The Catholic Church was the first church to make its presence known in the Americas. Thirty years ago Joe began to research his family and has turned his hobby into a profession that includes teaching at Broome Community College Continuing Education and Broome-Tioga BOCES. His emphasis started with families in the Southern Tier which led him to work with the Catholic Church. He is a member of the Society of Parish Historians of the Syracuse, NY Catholic Diocese. September 13, 2014, 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. "Resources for Genealogists at Onondaga County Public Library" by Holly Sammons As Head Librarian in the Local History/Genealogy Department at OCPL, Holly will describe the facilities and extensive resources that are available in this superb local collection. October 11, 2014, Full Day Conference, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. "Military History and Genealogy: The French and Indian War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War" by David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Historian, genealogist and author, David Lambert's expertise includes New England and Atlantic Canadian research, military records, Native American and African American genealogical records. New York State played an important role in the French and Indian War and the War of 1812 as well as providing vast resources in life and treasure to the Civil War. David Lambert's lectures will focus on the three wars, and provide sources for researching military records. November 15, 2014, 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. "Genealogy of a House" by Dr. Paul Stewart, Professor at SUNY Oswego, and Steven C. Phillips, businessman, antique collector, and community volunteer. When Steve Phillips and Paul Stewart purchased a dilapidated fraternity house they turned to the Oswego County Historical Society for information on its history. They discovered that it was part of the holdings of an important and colorful Oswego family. This fascinating story presentation may inspire you to research the history of your home. The work of the Oswego Renaissance Association will also be covered. The CNYGS Board Meetings are open to the public; we invite your input and ideas. Of course, as an all-volunteer Board, we may also encourage your participation. Our Board Meetings are presently scheduled for the following dates, at the same location (see below) as our general meetings, at 10:00 AM:
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The current prime minister of the United Kingdom will take a trip from 10 Downing Street today to Buckingham Palace and get on his knees to the Queen of England to ask her to dissolve parliament.
This means a general election will be held on Thursday, the 6th of May, leaving a number of bills outstanding, including the highly controversial Digital Economy Bill.
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There's been vast controversy about this bill during its passage through the UK's parliamentary system. It proposes sanctions on illegal file sharers that could result in people being cut off from internet access.
The bill has had great support from the music industry and while all political parties agree tthat illegal file sharing is a bad thing, many people are concerned that the bill, a 24,000 words bit of work, is now unlikely to have sufficient scrutiny in the House of Commons before being rushed into law.
Other measures in the bill include a potential ban on free wi-fi. ISPs oppose it because if it becomes law they will be turned into internet policemen. The British Computer Society opposes it. Civil libertarians oppose it because if, for example, some kid in your house uses your LAN to download ditties from the interweb, the whole household could well be cut off.
But only when you've been deluged with loads of letters accusing you of stealing music and you'll have to pay your own good cash money to defend your household from the allegations.
The Labour and Conservative parties support the 24,000 word bill. The Liberal Democrats are agin it.
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their 'solutions' incude completely invade your privacy.
They want internet service providers to perform deep-packet inspection on EVERY connection to the internet they handle.
For those who dont know, this is the online equivalent of putting CCTV all around your house, bugging your clothes, being stalked by surveillance, and much further. In essence, it allows them to see every single thing tht you do online.
And will it stop the pirates? Will it hell. They will develop new ways of pirating material online. The Pirate Bay is developing P2P technologies that will preserve the anonymity of both sharer and downloader.
At the end of the day, if this legislation goes ahead, all we will have is another step towards a CCTV nanny state


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This is the third of four reports from Stephen Regenold on his experience racing in the Ultimate Mountain Challenge, a multidisciplinary competition at the 2009 Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colo.
The Native Eyewear 10K Spring Runoff is touted as one of the most challenging footraces in the nation. Indeed, the course up Vail Mountain includes 6.5 miles of trail that climbs and climbs for 1,800 vertical feet. On Sunday morning, I ran this event as part of the Ultimate Mountain Challenge. It was by far the most difficult of the weekend's four competitions.
Four major climbs were included in the precipitous course. The first one, which was more than 500 vertical feet, dispersed the pack in a hurry. The elite runners galloped uphill like mountain goats. People at the back of the pack walked.
I raced somewhere in the middle. In the end, the pros were making the course in under an hour (about 50 minutes for the winner). I raced at a high heart rate the entire time, maxed out. My finish time was 1 hour 7 minutes, which secured me a top-third finish. I was happy with the time, and I think this was my strongest race of the weekend.
As it was the Teva Games, I ran in the Teva X-1 Evolution ($90) trail-running shoes. The 2009 model features a neutral platform and a minimal upper, creating a light and fast shoe. Though the outsole looks almost too minimally treaded for steep and slippery trails, the company's Spider XC rubber is sticky enough to grip everything from rocks to roots. On the precipitous 10K — which had twisting uphills, muddy sections, and thigh-killing descents — I did not slip once.


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On The Road Again: Just Beachy
We're currently blogging from the beach. Now before you get jealous let me just say that it's about 20 degrees outside and we even got some light snow last night. But we're loving the chance to relax and recharge at John's parents' lovely beach house just outside of Rehoboth, Delaware.
They recently purchased the house and it's amazing how comfortable and homey they've been able to make it in mere months. And while we've spent our time playing board games, reading, watching movies, and snuggling Burger- we thought we'd take a quick break to share some fun decor ideas with you.
First, meet the beautiful beach house (love those starfish in the window above the door):
And now for a little inspiration. How cute (and functional!) are these toiletries displayed in a decorative basket with shells:
All the kitchen accessories are red, from the coffee-maker to the toaster to the tea kettle. So cheerful and fun:
And for the first time in over three months we had a functioning kitchen at our disposal, and boy did we take advantage of it. Among many delicious homemade meals, we feasted on this tomato, basil, and mozzarella pizza:
We'll be returning to Richmond tonight, and while we've certainly been enjoying every second of our mini break from home improvement, I'm sure we'll be wielding a hammer or a paint brush within a few hours of returning home. And we wouldn't have it any other way.
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After sitting in 9.5 hours of holiday traffic, we're finally home from our whirlwind Thanksgiving weekend in New York. After a Thanksgiving gathering in Long Island followed by another family feast on Friday in New Jersey, we tackled New York City on Saturday to enjoy our old home turf.
Between the two of us we lived in NYC for 8 years (in 10 different apartments and 3 different boroughs) before retreating south to my home state of VA. And the only time we lived even remotely close to each other was in Astoria, Queens. Which would've been great if we'd known each other then- and it hadn't been 2 years apart. Details, details…
So we took a quick tour of Astoria to revisit our old apartments (and to be reminded of how low our standards were when we were both broke college students). I was particularly grossed out by the state of my old place. I can't tell if it got worse in the past three years or if I'm just sugar coating my memory of it.
Sherry Was Here John Was Here
After slumming it in Queens, we decided to spoil ourselves with a trip to the new CB2 store in SoHo (one of our other old addresses). It opened about 3 weeks ago as the first and only CB2 store in the world. So (surprise, surprise) it was pretty crowded. But it was still tons of fun to see all their stuff in real life. We restrained ourselves and walked out with only a few disco-ball Christmas ornaments. Probably because we knew we'd have to carry our purchases around with us the rest of the day.
While in SoHo we also checked out the semi-new Z Gallerie store (where we picked up another Christmas ornament) and a new Japanese store called Muji (picture American Apparel meets Ikea – I know, hard to imagine). We also grabbed lunch at a cool gourmet coffee & crepe shop called Kitchen Commune where, like dorks, we were more interested in the decor than the goat cheese and turkey crepes we ordered. For instance, check out this cool, huge kitchen-utensil chandelier:
After lunch and a swoop through Chinatown, we hopped back on the A train towards the top tip of Manhattan where my big sister and bro-in-law live in a sweet apartment they bought last year. There we got to sit back and watch someone else's home improvement for a change. Here's strong-man Marty showing off the chandelier he hung to better define their dining space (sound familiar?).
They got the light at Lowe's after a few other light fixtures (including a shade from CB2) didn't work out. Everyone was thrilled with the final result, and I empathized with Marty's relief that the project was over.
That pretty much wraps up our quick trip to the big city. We're not sure when we'll be back next, except that we want to go when it's warmer!


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In 1978 the Italian brothers Nevio and Fabbiano Mattiazzi began their obsession with wooden furniture production. For thirty years they produced furniture rather anonymously for some of the great Italian brands and only recently started to collaborate with world designers to expose their expertise to a wider audience. Over the years they have kept their expertise and quality sharp by continually investing in the latest machinery, and by maintaining a craftsman's attitude overall.
Unlike many other Italian producers, the Mattiazzi brothers knew to keep all the facets of wood production under one roof.
By default, they have now become a rare company that is able to shape wood as if it were plastic while embracing ever-increasing challenges as their own form of R&D.
After several trips to Mattiazzi's factory, along with close discussions with their craftsmen, Industrial Facility continues to push Mattiazzi further into their exploration of robot-craftsmanship.
Branca is the result of a combination of highly complex parts (made possible with robotic machinery, most notably the eight-axis CNC milling machine which Mattiazzi is expert with), alongside simple traditional shaping and finishing by hand.
"The power of the robot, the repetition of the machine and the skills of the craftsmen already have synchronised relationships at Mattiazzi where each process is as carefully selected as the wood blocks that are to be shaped", says Hecht.
It was in conversations with his partner Kim Colin, that the focus was turned to nature, where complexity thrives with reason. Beauty is simply a result of constant growth. In particular, the branches of a tree were to provide the critical analogy for the project.
Like wooden branches on a tree, Branca is a chair that is familiar to the eye. We accept that branches support the joints of twigs and leaves at different points that may seem random but are in fact intentional.
Branca's back leg supports the critical joints of its armrest, seat and back, and is made from a single piece of wood produced robotically. The joints are seen as but a part of the seamless nature of the chair and its simple outline belies the complexity of production.
With no question, Branca has to hold all of the functional attributes we expect a chair to have in a modern condition - to be comfortable; to have armrests; to fit under a table; to be light enough to carry; and to stack for easy shipping. Branca is inspired by wooden branches that turn, twist, meet and branch off.
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Branca Stool
Mattiazzi, Italy
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In 2009 Mattiazzi – a leading Italian producer of wooden furniture – released the influential Branca Chair – the all-wood, stacking armchair produced with the best of robotic manufacturing with hand-finishing. It went on to win the Design of the Year for Furniture in 2011 and is now included in the Permanent Collections of the Design Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Finlandia Design Museum, Helsinki; and the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
To allow free movement at stool height, the seat is soft and open from 270 degrees. The backrest is small and reassuring, providing a backstop and a place to hang a jacket. The metal curved footrest replicates the outline of the seat.
The Branca Stool was first previewed by Mattiazzi at the Salone del Mobile 2014 and is now available after passing stringent quality controls and BIFMA standards. Stools are available in natural and coloured Ash (Anilin Black, Anilin White, Anilin Branca Green and Natural Ash) with a powder-coated footrest and a seat height of 760mm.
The Branca Stool continues the trajectory of tree branches seamlessly bending and meeting; it is also inviting and comfortable, yet skeletal in its formation.
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Locale is an intelligent office furniture system that previewed at NeoCon 2013 as part of Herman Miller's Living Office™.
Locale enables the creation of dynamic, high-performance work neighborhoods within open-plan environments. A composition of Locale elements encourages the free and intuitive shift from individual work to collaborative and social activities, and drives serendipitous interaction.
The subtle curvature of Locale's surfaces signals openness, invites interaction, and generously accommodates multiple collaborators, work styles and tools. People move and change positions naturally around cantilevered surfaces.
With the addition of height adjustability, a push of a paddle allows an individual to sit down for focused work or stand up to collaborate with colleagues.
Adjustability is not limited to surface height—mobile tables, screens, and easels can be utilized as the need arises.
By easing physical and experiential transitions, Locale's consistent and thoughtful design vocabulary contributes to a more seamless total experience of work.
"We often talk about how social networks behave given current technology, where close relationships are not based on physical proximity, but instead on similarity of purpose or interest. You might make an alliance in a social network with someone who is very far away but very close to you in other ways. They are great spatial condensers in this respect. Locale is a physical manifestation of this principle, where the most relevant participants are kept close and communication is fast and frequent." Kim Colin
"One could argue that collaboration is a buzzword right now, that somehow it might go away, but we think this is unimaginable. People are collaborating globally, empowered by digital networks, but the most ambitious businesses still need productive, collaborative physical environments. The offices we visited during our research—places where people want to work—are open-plan, transparent, and energetic." Sam Hecht
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Radice Stool
Mattiazzi, Italy
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Radice is a three-legged wooden stool, the result of Industrial Facility's second collaboration with Italian furniture producer Mattiazzi.
Unlike many other Italian producers, Mattiazzi keeps all the facets of wood production under one roof. By default, they have become a rare company that is able to shape wood as if it were plastic, while embracing ever-increasing challenges through their own R&D. Industrial Facility have continued to push Mattiazzi further into the exploration of robot-craftsmanship – following on from their first collaboration with the Branca Chair.
Radice finds its underlying beauty and simplicity in its structure. It is the bringing together of the front-half of a traditional 4-legged stool with a single back leg – the root. It is a visual improvisation, where two things come together unexpectedly.
"Radice has some tension in its form and it is a slight surprise that the third leg works as well as it does to resolve the overall structure. It is in some ways structurally diagrammatic, yet is made comfortable visually and physically because of how this third leg supports the seat," says Sam Hecht.
The backrest is small and reassuring, allowing a coat or handbag to rest on it; and the seat is open for large and small people. It is light both visually and in weight and uses no screws or metal fittings, yet also passes stringent BIFMA standards ensuring it is structurally sound, stable and reliable. The wood stain options for Radice are based on the cycle of an autumn leaf turning colour.
Radice is available in 650mm (stool height) and 450mm (chair height).
Finishes: Ash - Available in Natural, Black, Branca Green, Red, and Yellow mustard; Natural Oak
Optional seat cushions: Leather and Kvadrat Steelcut Trio
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Wireframe is a thoughtful and contemporary addition to Herman Millers recently relaunched 'Collection' series of furniture. It uses a structure made from metal wire to hold its soft and contoured cushions. Wired frames have a long heritage at Herman Miller, because they have the ability to create large structures that are light to move and strong in all directions. A versatile sofa was to be created, that is soft in appearance and where cushions were held in place by its structure. The wired frame allows it to be half the weight of a typical sofa, making movement, transportation and adjustment simple and relevant to today's transient lives. It also means a smaller and less wasteful package to arrive to the customer.
There is a separation of upholstery and structure, allowing for easy maintenance that continues the legacy of lifetime repair and care that Herman Miller has pioneered. During the development of the project Industrial Facility had the opportunity to employ in the sofa structure a suspension technology called the 'super-seat', where a stretched molding creates a trampoline effect. It was previously used in the Nala Harmonic Tilt medical chair. The technology provides Wireframe with specific comfort, softness and support across its length. Wireframe is available in one, two and three seater versions.
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Former jersey city council candidate admits to defrauding campaign committees
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NEWARK – James P. King, a former candidate for Jersey City, N.J., City Council, admitted today to defrauding his campaign committees in connection with money provided to him by government cooperating witness Solomon Dwek in exchange for his future official assistance, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
James P. King, 69, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to a superseding Information charging him with one count of mail fraud. He entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
From March to May 2009, King ran an ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the Ward C city council seat. The ticket included a slate of other candidates for public office who joined together to raise funds for and defray the costs of their campaigns. King also established a separate campaign committee called "Friends of Jimmy King for Council 2009."
King admitted that during this time, he agreed to accept a total of approximately $10,000 and actually accepted approximately $7,500 in contributions from Dwek. The contributions were paid to King through Edward Cheatam – who served at various times as the affirmative action officer for Hudson County, a Commissioner on the Jersey City Housing Authority, and the Vice President of the Jersey City Board of Education – and a consultant, in exchange for King's future official assistance, action and influence in obtaining development approvals for Dwek for a purported property on Garfield Avenue in Jersey City.
King intentionally concealed his receipt of the contributions from the campaign committees and their treasurers, and $5,000 of the funds were never deposited in the campaign bank accounts or accounted for in the committees' records. King diverted that $5,000, using some of the money to pay his campaign expenses and keeping the rest for his personal use. King then signed and caused to be mailed a false report, which intentionally failed to disclose the diverted money, to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.
In light of the Third Circuit's appellate decision in United States v. Manzo, a previous Information charging King with extortion conspiracy was dismissed today, and his plea to that charge was withdrawn by the consent of the parties.
Sentencing is currently scheduled for November 17, 2011.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward, and IRS – Criminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Victor W. Lessoff, with the investigation leading to the guilty plea.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maureen Nakly and Brian Howe, Deputy Chief, of the U.S. Attorney's Office Special Prosecutions Division in Newark.
Defense counsel: Arthur J. Abrams Esq., Jersey City, N.J.


text: Harry Kramer (1925 - 1997) is known in Kassel particularly for his active role in establishing the "Kunstlernekropole" at the Blauer See in the Habichtswald. The hairdresser from Lingen, as the artist often ironically called himself, also worked as an actor, dancer and puppeteer in his younger years. Already in the 1950s and continuing into the 60s, Kramer emerged as a widely renowned artist – for example, with a mechanical theater (1952) and particularly with his so-called automobile sculptures, which he also used in making several experimental films. In the manner of Tinguely, Harry Kramer became one of the central protagonists of kinetic art with his moving objects. These represented one of the attractions of documenta 3 in 1964 in the section "Light and Motion". As a professor and teacher at the Kassel University Art School, Harry Kramer earned great recognition in the 1970s and 80s with collective works and performances produced with his students. The Harry Kramer Archive is located in the nearby Aschrotthaus, Oberste Gasse 24, 34117 Kassel . An appointment may be made to view the extensive materials of the bequest, which include personal effects, original artworks and archival materials relating to Kramer's artistic production as well as to his teaching activities.


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The penny has been a constant among circulated U.S. coins. The penny is a true piece of Americana and a vital thread in the fabric of our country's history. Since its initial minting in the late 18th century, the penny has undergone numerous changes in appearance, design and composition, yet remains the most common of all U.S. coins.
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According to a new report from the Social Security trustees, the behemoth entitlement program's trust fund will run a negative balance some time in 2035, but that's a bit misleading. First, the program's obligations are more than the program's tax collections, meaning that the entire program is running in the red. This means that in [...]
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At Bloomberg Business Week, the distortion of what the Social Security system's trustees told the public on Monday began with its headline and opening sentence. The headline: "Social Security Fund to Run Out in '35: Trustees." Any r... Read Post
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The Wellness Program at Crossroads Clubhouse has three major areas of focus: health and wellness, the gardens, and the meal program.
Health & Wellness
The Clubhouse staff provides individual wellness supports and complete wellness progress notes that include healthy goal settings with measureable outcomes. The wellness program also provides access to transitional wellness, memberships to the YMCA, and promotes healthy choices. The wellness program also serves daily well balanced nutritious meals, offers support for members who wish to quit smoking, and provides weekly Wellness Tips and educational information. The clubhouse holds a weekly meeting, Thursdays at 1:30 to discuss wellness and gardening. There is also a wellness trip to the YMCA every Monday and Wednesday at 2:15 pm.
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Crossroads has a thriving garden program in which members can work side-by-side to plan, prepare, plant, tend, and harvest large vegetable and herb gardens. This provides an opportunity for fun physical activity outside traditional exercise. The clubhouse holds a weekly meeting to discuss garden progress in conjunction with the Thursday wellness meetings. There is a weekly garden hour scheduled at 2:00 on Friday afternoons as well as other scheduled exciting garden activities which include mowing, edging, grounds upkeep, watering, and composting. The Clubhouse also works with other Tulsa agencies to collaborate with Master Gardeners.
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A very important and relatively easy addition to ones wellness program is a healthier diet. Crossroads Clubhouse works hard to provide healthy meal options for every meal of the day, Monday through Friday. Crossroads also seeks to teach members healthier ways to shop for and prepare meals. There are many opportunities daily to take part in the planning, shopping, and preparation of healthy meals. The clubhouse members and staff work hard to ensure that our healthy meals are not only nutritional but tasty and fun to make.
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Norwich Castle, which will be shut for two days next month.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Norwich Castle Museum will be closed to the public on two days next month for building work.
The museum will be shut on Sunday, March 3 and Sunday, March 10.
The closure is due to the redisplay of the castle's rotunda so Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum displays can be included.
Museum bosses said closing on a Sunday, when the castle is open in the afternoon as opposed to a full day, is the least disruptive solution.
Visitors will be able to see the new Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum displays from the summer holidays onwards.
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Connie Mack, 179th Most Conservative Member of Congress, Claims to Be "One of the Most Conservative" Members
Well, that's a damn lie.
By one respected measure, Mack is only the 179th most conservative member of Congress and is the least conservative Republican representative in all of Florida except for Rep. Bill Young and two members from the Miami area.
Mack's press release boasts a number of impressive (if you find such things impressive, anyway) ratings from various conservative special interest groups. That tells only part of the story.
The National Journal's yearly ideological rankings of members of Congress is by far the most often cited and respected of such rankings. Probably because the weekly publication read by D.C. insiders doesn't have an ideological slant of its own.
Mack received a liberal score of 38.2 and a conservative score of 61.8. In fact, he was featured in the "members in the middle" section. The numbers conclude the dude is a moderate. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Florida's 25-member House delegation includes 18 Republicans. Only three others are less conservative than Mack: Rep. Bill Young and Miami's Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. (Note to Miami political watchers: Diaz-Balart barely beat out Ros-Lehtinen for the title of Florida's most moderate member on either side of the aisle.)
By contrast, during his short time in the Senate, George LeMieux, Mack's Republican primary rival, received a far stronger conservative rating of 76.7 in 2010.
"We have been disappointed to learn that George LeMieux is currently spending so much time tearing down Connie Mack and trying to re-make himself with conservative rhetoric that is not consistent with his record," reads Mack's release. Which is kind of ridiculous considering LeMieux actually has the more conservative voting record of the two.
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MyIndiEye is a travel guide app that offers virtual and GPS guided tours of famous Indian monuments. Unravel India's glorious past with stories, images, 3D maps, animations and dramatised versions of historic events. Benefits include: free previews, 100% offline usage, unseen videos of restricted monument spaces, local information and tour customisation.
Why it matters
In a country where local guides often turn into story tellers and invent their own versions of historic events, this app will help tourists explore India accurately and conveniently. The technology available can also lead to a more enriched sightseeing experience. But what effect will apps like this have on local communities who rely heavily on the income from roles such as tour guides?
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Technology meets eco-simplicity
In a country where the scarcity of electricity in rural areas impacts adoption of modern appliances, a rural innovator has designed appliances that give modern benefits without the use of electricity, and at an attractive price (US$ 50). Mitticool is a refrigerator that uses terracotta clay to cool naturally. The products offer a unique solution to homes across rural India and have already piqued the interest of tech biggies such as Bosch & Siemens.
Why it matters
Apart from being convenient and affordable, they are also environmentally friendly. In regions where the benefits of modern living do not outweigh the logistical and infrastructure downfalls, could innovative solutions like Mitticool, that use simple science, be the way forward?
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23. October 2012
There's a circus in my browser
The latest Cirque du Soleil campaign is an interactive HTML5 experience that takes place in Google Chrome. Subatomic Systems developed a platform that turns your own webcam into a Kinect-style device that captures your gestures. There is no need to install any new software and it works on smartphones and tablets too.
Why it matters
This isn't the first Chrome interactive experience but it does show that HTML5 can be a great tool for creating accessible and captivating brand experiences. With the growing number of smartphone sales, being able to benefit from this kind of interactive platforms on a mobile device seems crucial in order to obtain a wider demographic reach. Are motion-sensing interactive micro-sites the next big thing in digital advertising?
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With the holiday season wrapping up some of us are caught up in a whirlwind of activities. Making the smooth transition from the office to the office party or from the boardroom to the ballroom may present some challenges. Hair stylist Johnny Gentry has come to the rescue. He is offering custom made wigs to get you through the season with easy and style.


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Linkages, backward and forward
Linkages, backward and forward: Intersectoral Linkages
Linkages, backward and forward: Interfirm Linkages
Linkages, backward and forward: Policy Implications
Linkages are input-output relationships between firms or industrial sectors in the same economy. A firm purchasing inputs from a local supplier is an example of a backward linkage, while a firm selling intermediate inputs to another firmcreates a forward linkage. The importance of such linkages with the local economy for economic development has long been recognized in the economics literature. For example, Marshall (1920) argues that input-output relationships between firms are one of the advantages of localized industry, since ''subsidiary trades grow up in the neighborhood, supplying [the firm] with implements and material, organizing its traffic, and in many ways conducing to the economy of its material'' (271).
In an early view, Hirschman (1958) discusses the importance of linkages between sectors in an economy in the context of his strategy of unbalanced growth for developing countries. At the heart of this strategy is the suggestion that developing countries should aimat generating imbalances in demand and supply in order to achieve continuing growth. An important part of the unbalanced growth strategy is the potential to develop linkages between sectors in which a leading sector, through linkages with a follower sector,may foster the development of the latter industry.
The issue of local linkages has regained importance in the last decades of the 20th century due to the increasing globalization of the world economy, where many inputs and outputs can be internationally traded, and therefore, inputs can easily be sourced locally or abroad. Given the increasing significance of foreign direct investment and multinational companies in many developed and developing countries alike, a particular focus of interest has been on interfirmlinkages between foreign multinationals and indigenous firms, which to some extent echo the role of linkages in Hirschman's earlier work.
Whereas in Hirschman's concept of unbalanced growth ''leading sectors'' (which have the highest potential for linkages creation) induce growth in other sectors, themore recent viewonmultinationals largely sees these as ''leading firms'' inducing growth in local enterprises. Hence one can think of the former concept as intersectoral linkages, while the latter are interfirm linkages. Essentially, the interfirm linkage is at the heart of the Hirschman-style intersectoral linkage, since a sector is composed of a number of firms.The concept of interfirmlinkages is a much wider and richer concept, however, and the intersectoral linkage leading to economic development is only one ofmany effects of interfirmlinkages.
See also appropriate technology and foreign direct investment; footloose production; foreigndirect investment and labor markets; foreign direct investment under monopolistic competition; foreign direct investment under oligopoly; location theory; multinational enterprises; technology spillovers
- Go¨rg, Holger, and Frances Ruane. 2000. ''An Analysis of Backward Linkages in the Irish Electronics Sector.'' Economic and Social Review 31: 215 35. An empirical analysis of linkages in domestic firms andmultinationals using firm level data for Ireland.
- Hirschman, Albert O. 1958. The Strategy of Economic De velopment. New Haven: Yale University Press. An early contribution setting out the benefits of intersectoral linkages for economic development.
- Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska. 2004. ''Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity ofDomestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers through Backward Linkages.'' American Economic Review 94: 605 27. An empirical analysis of the importance of linkages between multina tionals and domestic firms for technology transfer.
- Krugman, Paul R., and Anthony J. Venables. 1995. ''Glo balization and the Inequality of Nations.'' Quarterly Journal of Economics 110: 857 80. A theoretical model showing the importance of linkages for agglomeration of production.
- Lall, Sanjaya. 1980. ''Vertical Inter FirmLinkages inLDCs: An Empirical Study.'' Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 42: 203 26. An early empirical analysis of linkages by multinational companies in developing countries.
- Markusen, James R., and Anthony J. Venables. 1999. ''Foreign Direct Investment as a Catalyst for Industrial Development.'' European Economic Review 43: 335 56. Theoretical model highlighting the importance of link ages between multinationals and domestic firms for development of local industry.
- Marshall, Alfred. 1920. Principles of Economics. 8th ed. London:Macmillan. Discusses, among other things, the potential benefits of input output linkages between firms for development.
- Moran, Theodore H. 2001. Parental Supervision: The New Paradigm for Foreign Direct Investment and De velopment. Washington, DC: Institute for Interna tional Economics. Presents many case studies on back ward linkages between multinationals and domestic suppliers.
- Yotopoulos, Pan A., and Jeffrey B. Nugent. 1976. ''In De fence of a Test of the Linkage Hypothesis.'' Quarterly Journal of Economics 90: 334 43. Early contribution to the measurement of intersectoral linkages using input output tables. There are other papers on this topic in the same issue of the journal.


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In the media-dominated world of 2024, media literacy will be a prerequisite for full participation in our society. What steps can we take now to ensure media literacy is achievable for everyone?
Organized by Mediawijzer.net, Media Wisdom 2024 looks to the near future of the media landscape. Due to technological developments and the ever-increasing participation of "amateurs", media plays an even more important role than today.
Media and new technology continues to make our lives easier and often enhances our connection with our surroundings. However, this is not the case for everyone. For example, the elderly may lack sufficient knowledge of modern media and the practical skills required to fully profit from the interactivity of an information-based society. And while the younger generation will be very comfortable with modern media, they may not always be capable of distinguishing between reliable and unreliable sources of information. In 2024, being "media literate" will be a basic condition for full participation in our society.
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5 Questions, 25 entrepreneurs, 125 answers in less then 2 hours. That's Rockstart Answers.
We tested our first gig at our HQ. The Rockstart Answers concept works as follows. Every entrepreneur gets 5 minutes for his pitch and 5 minutes for getting answers. The first startup entrepreneur takes the stage and presents his idea in 3 slides: The Why, the Who and the What. The last slide includes his startup question. After some elaboration on the question, the crowd is invited to answer the question. They're asked to write down tips, ideas, and introductions on a notepad. When the time is up, all the notes are collected and we're off to the next pitch.
After the 5 pitches are through, the audience is invited to stand up and team up with the entrepreneurs they found interesting and talk about the answers that the audience supplied to him. In the case of Rototray, a collaborative, event-based, mobile photo album app, they received tips and tricks to answer their question: "What are the most frequent post-investment pitfalls and how can we avoid them?
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