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Organisational models in MAS usually position agents as plain actors-observers within environments shared by multiple agents and organisational structures at different levels of granularity. In this article, we propose that the agents' capacity to observe environments with heterogeneous models of other agents and societies can be enhanced if agents are positioned as socially opaque observers to other agents and organisational structures. To this end, we show that the delegation of the observation role to an artificial agent is facilitated with organisational models that circumscribe multiple opaque spaces of interaction at the same level of abstraction. In the context of the SimCog project [9], we exemplify how our model can be applied to artificial observation of multi-agent-based simulations.
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- Castelfranchi C, Simulating with Cognitive Agents: The Importance of Cognitive Emergence. In Sichman J.S. and Conte R. (eds), Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation, Springer Verlag, LNAI1534 [5], pp. 26–44, 1998.
- David N., Sichman J.S. and Coelho H, Agent-Based Social Simulation with Coalitions in Social Reasoning. Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, Sp-Verlag, LNAI1979, p. 245–265, 2001.
- Ferber J. and Gutknecht O., A Meta-model for the Analysis and Design of Organizations in MAS. Proc. of Int. Conf. in Multi-Agent Systems, IEEE Computer Society, 1998.
- Ferber J., Reactive Distributed Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Applications. Foundations of DAI, G. O' Hare and Jennings N., editors, 1996.
- Gilbert N., Sichman J.S. and Conte R. (eds), Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation, Springer Verlag, LNAI1534, 1998.
- Huhns M. and Stephens L.M., Multiagent Systems and Societies of Agents. Multi-Agent Systems — A Modern Approach to AI, Weiss G. (editor), MIT press, 79–114, 1999.
- Norbert G. and Philippe M., The Reorganization of Societies of Autonomous Agents. Multi-Agent Rationality, Proc. of MAAMAW'97, Sp. Verlag, LNAI1237, pp. 98–111, 1997.
- Servat D., Perrier E., Treuil J.P, and Drogoul A., When Agents Emerge from Agents: Introducing Scale Viewpoints in Multi-agent Simulations. In Sichman J.S. and Conte R. (eds), Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation, Springer Verlag, LNAI1534 [5], pp. 183–198, 1998.
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- 16th Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, SBIA 2002 Porto de Galinhas/Recife, Brazil, November 11–14, 2002 Proceedings
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BATH TOWNSHIP � The Elida trio of Ardie Sayoto, Chris Ellison and Jordan Greeley each won singles matches to help the Bulldogs� boys tennis team beat Bath 5-0 and begin the Western Buckeye League campaign with a win at Bath on Friday.
In doubles, Aric Thompson and Ian Klaus won at No. 1 while Asa Swihart and Kody Ley won at No. 2. Elida is 1-2.
Ottawa-Glandorf 3, St. Marys 2
OTTAWA � Alex Schroeder and Brandon Hempfling won in singles matches to help O-G beat St. Marys in a WBL match. At No. 1 doubles, Brenden Drerup and Zach Bruskotter won for the Titans. For St. Marys, Alex Kuhlman won at second singles and the doubles team of Jon Schroeder and Connor Kuhlman won at second doubles.
Shawnee 3, Ontario 2
SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP � Jason Barton and Ruthvic Avvari won in singles play as Shawnee improved to 3-2. Scott Jettinghoff and Predvi Battula won in second doubles for Shawnee.
Van Wert 9, Parkway 7
ROCKFORD � Brittany Bigham slammed a three-run homer in the first inning and had another home run in the fifth to finish with six RBIs for Van Wert in the nonleague win. Amanda Coplin doubled twice for the Cougars (1-2) and Jessica Klausing got the pitching win. Sierra Fent homered and doubled and five RBIs for Parkway (1-2) while Ashlynn Henderson doubled.
Fairview 6, Crestview 2
FAIRVIEW � Kirstin Hicks doubled and singled for the Knights in the loss. Crestview had seven hits but mustered just two runs. Hicks also took the pitching loss while teammate Emily Bauer delivered two singles.
Paulding 7, Antwerp 6
ANTWERP � Morgan Riley doubled and tripled as Paulding cracked 13 hits in the win. Kelsey Beck, Emily Farr and Jerika Bland each had two singles for Paulding. Kristen Schilt was the winning pitcher, throwing a complete game and striking out five.
Patrick Henry 3, Miller City 2
MILLER CITY � Liz Klear went 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Miller City. Liz Schimmoeller pitched a complete game in the loss, striking out four, walking two and giving up eight hits.
Leipsic 6, Columbus Grove 5
COLUMBUS GROVE � Leipsic scored five runs in the top of the third and made it stand up in the victory over host Columbus Grove. Grove is 2-1 while Leipsic improves to 2-0.
Jason Niese and Josh Gerten each singled three times for the Vikings while Logan Haselman was the winning pitcher and had two singles. Matt Jay doubled for the Bulldogs and Kody Griffith singled twice.
Ottawa-Glandorf 14, Miller City 0
OTTAWA � The Titans slugged 13 hits and pitcher Drew Schierloh allowed just three hits in the five-inning non-league game.
Schierloh struck out eight and walked three while slugging three singles for O-G (2-0). Cory Imm singled twice and had two RBIs, Tyler Zender doubled twice and Brad Croy singled twice. Miller City is 2-1.
Celina 10, New Bremen 2
CELINA � Celina pitchers Cody Vogel and Cole Loughridge combined on a one-hitter to help the Bulldogs to a non-league win. Vogel got the win and Loughridge earned a save. Shawn Strachler went 2-for-4 with two runs scored for Celina (4-0), Kaleb Kuhn was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored, Riley Leubke had two RBIs a single and a run scored and Brandon McGilvary doubled. David Zirkle doubled for New Bremen (1-3).
Clay 10, Lima Senior 0
LIMA � Lima Senior fell to 0-4 overall and 0-1 in the TRAC. The Spartans had five errors.
Allen East 19, Arcadia 7
ARCADIA � Allen East scored 11 runs in the third and slugged 19 hits total for the non-league win. Tanner Stippich was 3-for-3 with three RBIs, he doubled twice and had a triple for the Mustangs. Casey Crow was 3-for-3 with a double, Derek Ketchum tripled and Brandon Goodwin got the pitching win with seven strikeouts.
Coldwater 11, St. Marys 0
ST. MARYS � Gant Muhlenkamp went 4-for-5 with an RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases for Coldwater in the non-league win. Greg Gilliland got the pitching win, allowing one hit, four walks and striking out four for the Cavaliers (3-1).
Kenton 13, Indian Lake 8
KENTON � Logan Nichols pitched 6 1/3 innings to get the win and doubled, singled, had two RBIs and scored twice to help Kenton. Luke Jackson tripled, scored and had an RBI.
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Rangers outfield prospect Jairo Beras went 2-for-5 with a double for Low-A Hickory on Friday.
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So Michelle is in and as of now looks to be VERY close to the "classic" Chang moveset but just with a few animation changes and her moves Julia didn't get. Angel is playing EXACTLY how people have been BEGGING Harada to make a proper slot Devil Kazuya all these years. I hope that the more traditional DK will be a palette swap with Angel again (especially given the brand new CGI of him different from even his fugly BV version). And Kuni breathing fire and being like an ACTUAL Ninja with the flipping GREATLY excites me. I think them picking Raven as Kunimitsu's training dummy was them acknowledging the fans saying Raven took her place as the traditional Ninja and Yoshi's rival lol. So, fears of them not being full clones quelled.
So, does anyone know all the tracks that played? I'd like them all if possible. I recognize the first two since I hear them a lot but never got a name for them before.
This is GameFAQs. People here take great pride in ignoring common sense.
At this rate I'd say us getting Alex, Combot as an actual character rather than training tool and/or one of the other Jacks is guaranteed. As far as the gameplay the characters are either true to their previous gameplay or true to the spirit of the character
Combot already is a proper playable character. You can use him outside of the Fight Lab in any offline modes or online player matches. Harada said that Combot will probably be banned from Ranked matches though because you customise his moveset, which makes him overpowered and more of a tool to get beginners into the game more easily.
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Well, now...
Michelle does not look 40...but, I'm glad they brought her back.
The full moon is beautiful, don't you think? Have you ever had the chance to look at it?
So Alex , Forest Law, Dr B and Prototype/Gun Jack are all that's missing from the game for it to have every Tekken character ever. Of those I think Dr B and Alex are the best bets since all the others moves have incorporated into other characters but I would have said the same thing about Michelle
As for Devil being a palette swap of Angel I'm all for it but it would be silly to have the ability to pick Devil separately but also have access to him as part of Kazuya's arsenal if we get one we lose the other.
Angel is not a Devil palette swap. She used moves that Devil Kazuya doesn't have, like that jumping double kick. She also had Devil Jin's b+12, or at least the first hit of it, but she goes into a rounhouse kick instead of a palm strike.
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You're misunderstanding me. I was referring to the suggestion that Devil should be made a palette swap of her rather than saying she already is one. I expect what's more likely is Harada will partially give in and have customisations that make her more Devil like. People will just have to live with their customised Devil being female
Anyway with regards the DLC am I to understand that we won't have these characters out the box but we'll get them free at a later date. It seems kinda pointless unless the characters have no chance of being complete by release date or they're some sort of pre-order incentive
werewolfgold posted...
Well, now...
Michelle does not look 40...but, I'm glad they brought her back.
Yeah. She looks even younger than Julia and her attitude seems out of character for even back in the day. Reminded me of Xiaoyu...
This is GameFAQs. People here take great pride in ignoring common sense.
Michelle chang --> Xiayou with Michelle hair LMAO*
those guys have to change their CG artists..


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The Kansas Senate Minority leader has raised questions about the chairman of the state Senate Education Committee's decision to send education bills to other committees for consideration.
Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, says Education Committee Chairman Sen. Steve Abrams has bypassed his own panel with some education bills, including a charter school bill and a measure overhauling teacher licensure.
Governor Sam Brownback, school officials and other community organizations will announce a plan on Thursday to improve reading proficiency among grade-school students.
The governor will share more details at a Boys and Girls Club center in Topeka.
School officials from Chetopa, Galena, and Pittsburg as well as representatives of the University of Kansas and the Kansas Enrichment Network will join him.
This year, Governor Brownback proposed legislation to hold back students who were not proficient in reading.
A Kansas Supreme Court Justice Eric Rosen said during a hearing Tuesday he worries about "constant litigation" if the court sides with school districts that have sued the state to increase public education funding.
A state law enacted in 2006 set the state's base funding for public schools at $4,492 per student each year, but the current base state funding is $3,838 per student, or nearly 15 percent less. In 2010, a lower court ruled that the state must boost its annual spending on public schools by at least $440 million a year. That lawsuit followed one filed in 1999.
Some foreign-born teachers working in Topeka may have to return to their home countries.
Topeka's school district started recruiting teachers from overseas eight years ago; the district was struggling to fill positions in special education, secondary math and science.
The U.S. Department of Labor rejected the permanent residency applications of six of those Topeka teachers. The department rejected the argument that the district encountered a shortage of qualified teachers willing to take the positions.
Wichita State University says the late Velma Wallace has left $6 million in an estate gift to the school's foundation. She died last July at the age of 95.
Velma had supported Wichita State in many ways, including the Wallace Scholarship Program for years. Both she and her husband, Cessna Aircraft Executive Dwane Wallace, who died in 1989, loved and supported WSU.
The Kansas state school board has approved new science standards for public schools.
The Maize School District has decided to stop doing random drug tests on students who participate in extra-curricular activities.
Maize's School Board recently voted to eliminate the testing after hearing reactions from school administrators and students. The suburb just west of Wichita had conducted the random tests on students from grades 7 through 12.
A spokeswoman says the district has spent almost $31,500 on the program since it began in 2007.
Bills before the state House and Senate would allow charter schools greater freedom and funding opportunities in Kansas.
Now, Kansas has 15 charter schools; they're publicly funded but generally operate independently of school districts. The state had 37 charter schools three years ago, but many closed for financial reasons.
Hazardous waste clean up in Salina; New teacher evaluation system in the works; Vehicle fatalities up in Kansas; Dry conditions continue to affect winter wheat.
Extension Sought In Settlement For Salina Site
Officials from Salina and the federal government want more time to finalize a proposed financial settlement for cleaning up contamination at a former Air Force base.
Education funding is a leading issue for many Kansans this election year and when voters go to the polls Nov. 6 they will be choosing between vastly different philosophies on how to create and maintain effective, efficient K-12 public schools.
Funding for public schools in Kansas has been a hot topic in the state legislative races this year, and for good reason.
Despite major cuts, more than half of the state's budget is still spent on public schools.
Yet performance has been lackluster in many districts and among the state's minorities.


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"Someone's in the kitchen with Di.....nah, someone's in the kitchen I know-ooo!"
OK, enough of that tune! This is the wonderful Dinah Shore Cook Book by Dinah Shore, Doubleday & Company Inc., Garden City, New York, c. 1983.
This book features "over 500 marvelous recipes--adventurous, exciting, mouth-watering, exotic, and down-home--with comments, instructions, and cheerleading by a superb cook and a life-long lover of food." (Back jacket)
The jacket has some frayed edges. The book, however, is in excellent condition, clean and unmarked. So if you are as big a fan of Dinah as Burt and I, this cookbook is a must-have.
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PH seeks more tourists from China
Despite the territorial dispute with Asia's biggest economy, the Philippines believes China will play a key role in helping the country achieve its target of attracting 10 million tourists a year.
According to Tourism Undersecretary Daniel Corpuz, tourist arrivals from China has been growing over the past few years.
In a report submitted to the National Statistical Coordination Board, Corpuz said that the number of Chinese tourists has been increasing since 2010, and that the growth accelerated this year.
Chinese tourists numbered 246,967 in January to July, up year on year by nearly 49 percent.
This is much faster than the 20.9 percent growth in 2010, 29.7 percent in 2011, and 3.2 percent last year.
Growth picked up despite the territorial dispute over areas in the West Philippine Sea.
"Given that government resources are not infinite, it is important to be strategic and to examine data and determine where to focus our attention in attracting tourists to visit our country," Corpuz said in the report posted on the NSCB's website.
Based on 2012 figures from the tourism department, more than half, or 58.9 percent, of Chinese tourists who visited the Philippines cited "holiday" as the reason for their visit.
The rest came to the Philippines to visit friends and relatives, and for business, among others.
There were 250,883 Chinese tourists last year, accounting for nearly 6 percent of total tourists in the Philippines in 2012.
Each Chinese tourist was estimated to have spent $55.59 (about P2,300) a day during his or her stay in the Philippines.
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Peter Thiel | Developing the Developed World
Entrepreneurship, Liberty, and the Future
Recorded: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Entrepreneur and Author Peter A. Thiel spoke at a luncheon sponsored by the Independent Institute on January 27, 2015. He shared insights from his new book Zero to One on how to create true innovations in the world of atomsnot just digits and bitsand how to foster a peaceful, prosperous and freer future marked by globalization in a world of limited resources.
Experts: Peter A. ThielType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Antitrust, Competition, and Monopoly, Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Corporate Welfare, Culture/ Society, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Education, Energy, Free Market Economics, Freedom, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Health Care, History (U.S), Labor and Employment, Law Enforcement, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privacy, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation, Science, Technology, Transportation
Civil Liberties and Security in an Age of Terrorism
Recorded: Thursday, July 18, 2013
Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism: A special evening with our "Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminars" students and featured by C-SPAN's Book TV. Watch this eye-opening, timely discussion on the recent revelations of systematic government spyingincluding NSA accessing of phone records, USPS photocopying the exterior of all mail, and the dangers posed to liberty and security by these and other such unchecked and unconstitutional powers.
Experts: Anthony Gregory, Robert Higgs, Mary L. G. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Defense and Foreign Policy, Privacy, Terrorism and National Crises
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Recorded: Thursday, July 22, 2010
In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms with its Heller v. District of Columbia decision. Two years later, in June 2010, a second historic decision squeezed through the highest court in the land.
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EAST BEND — Forbush took advantage of two errors and a wild pitch in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-0 lead and an eventual 4-1 win over visiting West Stanly in the fourth round of the 2A West playoffs Friday night.
"They gave us a few gifts," Forbush Coach Rachel Davis said, "and we took advantage of it."
Forbush took down another 2013 state champion to advance to a best-of-three regional series slated for play next week.
Allison Mitchell led off the inning with a single. Savannah Yale followed with a bunt that was mishandled. Mitchell would score all the way from first on the play and Yale would wind up on second. Tale moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a throwing error.
Logan Wood, who walked with one out and moved to second on the throwing error, scored on Mallory Choplin's single to make it 3-0.
"We came in a lot more tight than I thought we would," West Stanly Coach Wesley Kidd said. "Those three unearned runs tightened us up.
"I think it came down to the miscues in the first inning. That happens a lot in these games. Somebody does something to hurt themselves and we didn't get by with it tonight."
The Colts, who committed five errors, kept helping Forbush - but the Falcons couldn't take advantage of the last three.
Forbush's last run came after West Stanly had cut it to 3-1 in the top of the fifth. With one out, Miller put one over the left-center wall to restore the three-run lead.
"I was just looking to get a base hit," Miller said of the blast.
After allowing five hits through 4.2 innings, including the double that cut the Forbush lead to 3-1, Miller retired the last seven batters she faced. All with a smile on her face.
"I don't get intimidated very well," Miller said, adding her defense played well behind her. "I am very confident in them . They don't let much get by them."
"She did a great job hitting her spots," Kidd said. "You got to give her credit. She kept us off balance at the plate. And their infield made some great plays."
West Stanly finishes the season 22-6. They are the reigning 2A state champion.
"All are back but two," Kidd said. "We were the conference champion. We won the conference tournament. We got to the fourth round. There's only eight teams left. It just didn't work out this year.
"I wish Forbush the best."
The Falcons, now 21-4, will face the Madison-East Rutherford winner next week. The first game will be at either Madison or East Rutherford. The second game will be at Forbush. A third game, if necessary would be at Madison or East Rutherford.
"I'm still waiting for that one big game," Davis said. "I know we keep beating these great teams.
"But these are great girls. And they have the potential to be unstoppable."
Forbush beat West Wilkes, the reigning 1A state champion, in the third round Tuesday.
Miller, when asked if she thought Forbush would be the position they are in right now, answered, "not really. We're better than I thought we would be."
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Tabung Haji
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|30 September 1963 (as Lembaga Urusan dan Tabung Haji)
(as 28 August 1997 (as Tabung Haji)
Tabung Haji or Lembaga Tabung Haji (Malay Jawi: تابوڠ حاج ; Arabic صندوق الحج) is the Malaysian hajj pilgrims fund board. It was formerly known as Lembaga Urusan dan Tabung Haji (LUTH). The main headquarters is located at Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. Tabung Haji facilitates savings for the pilgrimage to Mecca through investment in Shariah-compliant vehicles.
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A group supporting metropolitan Phoenix's sheriff demanded Wednesday that organizers of an effort to recall the lawman immediately end their campaign, and vowed to go to court to stop them. Arizona RepublicOoooo! They demand! These are the lumpheads I wrote about last week, who called a meeting to form a "shadow army" that will patrol recall stations and intimidate people trying to sign the petitions, which are being circulated by the group Respect Arizona. According to Stephen Lemons at New Times, who could not get into the shadow army enlistment meeting but apparently had a plant, only 30 or so "warriors" showed up. And they are worried.
Follow me below the fold to find out what they're so worried about.
"A lot of people don't think this recall is for real," [Arpaio campaign strategist Chad] Willems told 30 or so pro-Joe senior citizens. "They think it's a joke. They think it's a political ploy ... Even the media has largely ignored it, because they don't believe it."They should be worried, which is why they're pulling out the legal mumbo-jumbo to squelch the recall effort. First they argue that it's unconstitutional to recall Sheriff Arpaio because he hasn't done anything wrong. There are "no valid reasons," they say.
Then, Willems lowered the boom:
"This is deadly serious," he said. "If our opposition ... get the money that they need for these signatures, they're going to have a candidate on that ballot, and Joe Arpaio goes away." New Times
I'll let that sink in for a minute.
No, nothing wrong. Only crime, cronyism and political vendettas. Only inmates tortured or murdered in his gulag. Only hundreds of sex crimes ignored. Only $100 million misused for his tanks and other toys. Only tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in lawsuits shelled out for Arpaio's unconstitutional and unethical activities. And those are just the ugly headlines.
They're worried in part because Sheriff Arpaio blew most of his $8 million war chest on last year's election, which was very competitive. Arpaio only got 50.7 percent of the vote, and no doubt he would've receive far less if he hadn't benefitted from GOP coattails during a tight presidential and Arizona senate race that energized Republicans. Arpaio's supporters know damn well he's vulnerable both financially and politically.
Another thing they should be afraid of: Last November Arpaio refused to debate his opponent Democrat Paul Penzone—too busy investigating the president's birth certificate, I guess. However, in a one-on-one election, absent the larger presidential overtones, where this is the only race in the news, he can't hide. He'll be shoved into the open, onto the debate stage, where Arpaio's blustering won't play well. Neither will his "dangerous immigrant" straw man, since immigration is essentially at net-zero, maybe less. He'll be forced to address his record, which makes a shit pie seem tasty.
Knowing this, the Arpaiobot whambulance drivers complain that there was just a November election that the sheriff won, so we can't recall him now! Their legal eagles even threaten a lawsuit based on a clause in the Arizona Constitution that says elected officials cannot be recalled until they've served at least six months. However, ASU law professor David Gartner says that section applies only to newly elected officials, not someone like Arpaio who's been in office more than 20 years. We don't need three more months to know he's corrupt and incompetent.
Arpaio's butt-kissers are also banking on a bill sponsored by king Arpaio butt-kisser Sen. Steven Smith, which adds a primary to recall drives. The measure probably would've prevented the 2011 recall of Smith's pal Sen. Russell Pierce—and what's about to happen to Sheriff Joe Arpaio. However, that POS is stuck in committee and probably won't help Arpaio even if it passes, since it's likely to be tied up in the courts immediately.
But why now? Arpaio's supporters moan. What's changed since November, after all? Well ... The 10,000-page report about the sex crimes tragedy, where Arpaio did not investigate or prosecute more than 400 reported assaults, was released last week. Investigators concluded that the sheriff's office is one disorganized and unprofessional mess. And Joe Arpaio is the head honcho.
Also, new video came to light this month from a 2012 termination appeal for Arpaio's former captain Joel Fox, where the sheriff seems to confirm what others have argued—that he was aware of, if not complicit in, the crimes that brought down two of his key aides.
He's also been running around the county with his school posse reality show stunt, starring his BFF Steven Seagal, who last week taught posse members how to take down bad men with guns. These 3,000 volunteers have no certified training, and some have criminal records, but who better to guard our children than untrained sex offenders with guns? News that Mission Impossible strongman Peter Lupus and Hulk dude Lou Ferrigno have also joined Arpaio's posse drew this response from Democratic Representative Chad Campbell:
... "ludicrous ... why don't we also have Clint Eastwood and Chuck Norris and Bruce Willis come out and train them too while we're at it?"Ludicrous indeed. That's why we should recall Sheriff Arpaio. He's a joke—a dangerous joke, a divisive joke, an expensive joke, and an ineffectual joke.
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Reports Indicate Canada Has Caved on Copyright Term Extension in TPP Talks
Last month, there were several Canadian media reports on how the work of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, had entered the public domain. While this was oddly described as a "copyright quirk", it was no quirk. The term of copyright in Canada is presently life of the author plus an additional 50 years, a term that meets the international standard set by the Berne Convention. The issue of extending the term of copyright was discussed during the 2009 national copyright consultation, but the government wisely decided against it. Further, the European Union initially demanded that Canada extend the term of copyright in the Canada – EU Trade Agreement, but that too was effectively rebuffed.
If new reports out of Japan are correct, however, Canada may have caved to U.S. pressure to extend copyright term. The U.S. extended its term to life plus 70 years in 1998 in response to demands from the Disney Corporation (Mickey was headed to the public domain) and has since pressured other countries to match. NHK reports that a deal on copyright term has been reached within the TPP with countries agreeing to a life plus 70 term. Alongside Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Vietnam (the TPP countries that adhere to the Berne standard), it appears that Canada has dropped its opposition to the change.
From a policy perspective, there is no credible evidence that this will do anything other than leave Canadians with 20 years of no new works entering the public domain. Indeed, many economists have examined the issue and concluded that extending the term unsurprisingly does not create an additional incentive for new creativity. Moreover, studies in other countries that have extended term have concluded that it ultimately costs consumers millions of dollars in additional royalties, most of which are sent out of the country.
While the Canadian decision to cave to the U.S. on copyright is disappointing, it should be noted that there are reports that Canada may still find itself outside the TPP altogether. Recent reports indicate that Canada will be required to make significant agricultural concessions (ie. changes to supply management) as part of the agreement. Japan and the U.S. have been actively working on market access issues, but Canadian negotiations have stalled as they apparently wait for the U.S. and Japan to resolve their differences. With a federal election set for later this year, the government may prefer holding off on major changes and sit out the initial TPP deal. Regardless, if the Japanese reports are true, copyright term will not be one of the issues that holds up the TPP with Canada one of several countries set to cave to U.S. demands.
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DRM-free audiobook of Eastern Standard Tribe
Blackstone audio has produced a professional, DRM-free audiobook of my 2003 novel EST, a novel about jet-lag, conspiracies, management consultants, crypto-contracts and P2P that William Gibson called "Utterly contemporary and deeply peculiar -- a hard combination to beat (or, these days, to find)"
Warren Ellis called it "just far enough ahead of the game to give you that authentic chill of the future, and close enough to home for us to know that he's talking about where we live as well as where we're going to live; a connected world full of disconnected people. One of whom is about to lobotomise himself through the nostril with a pencil. Funny as hell and sharp as steel."
As with my other books, Audible refuses to carry this title because I won't allow them to use DRM on it. You can get it at Downpour, where all audiobooks are DRM-free. I'd really appreciate it if you'd share this with your audiobook-loving friends and encourage them to vote with their wallets for businesses that let artists choose whether their works should be locked down with DRM.
The Canadian Privacy and Civil Liberties Punch in the Gut (or Why CSE/CSIS Oversight is Not Enough)
As a lifelong Seattle Seahawks fan, this past Sunday's Super Bowl – with the Hawks a yard away from winning their second straight championship only to give up a late interception – felt like a punch in the gut. Nearly two days later, I'm still trying to catch my breath. The end to Super Bowl 49 was the actually second time in the week that I was left feeling shocked and speechless. Throughout the week, the combination of Snowden revelations regarding Canada's role in the daily tracking the Internet activities of millions and the introduction of Bill C-51, the anti-terrorism legislation, left me similarly grappling to make sense of the swirling developments.
It would appear that the immediate response from many, particularly the opposition parties, has centered on the need for improved accountability and oversight. There is no doubt that the failure to address Canada's weak oversight system of surveillance and intelligence activities is a major flaw (particularly since oversight was actually reduced in 2012). For a government that introduced the Federal Accountability Act as its very first piece of legislation (and supported more oversight when in opposition) to now dismiss oversight as "red tape" is simply shameful. Better oversight and accountability should be a proverbial "no-brainer": it bolsters public confidence and, as demonstrated elsewhere, need not undermine security-related operations.
Yet the problem with oversight and accountability as the primary focus is that it leaves the substantive law (in the case of CSE Internet surveillance) or proposed law (as in the case of C-51) largely unaddressed. If we fail to examine the shortcomings within the current law or within Bill C-51, no amount of accountability, oversight, or review will restore the loss of privacy and civil liberties.
First, consider the Snowden revelations that the CSE has been the lead on a surveillance initiative that gathers as many as 15 million uploads and downloads per day from a wide range of hosting sites that even appear to include the Internet Archive. The goal is reputed to be to target terrorist propaganda and training materials and identify who is uploading or downloading the materials. The leaked information shows how once a downloader is identified, intelligence agencies use other databases (including databases on billions of website cookies) to track the specific individual and their Internet use within hours of identified download.
The Levitation program, which removes any doubt about Canada's role in global Internet surveillance, highlights how seemingly all Internet activity is now tracked by signals intelligence agencies. Note that the sites that host the downloads do not hand over their usage logs. Rather, intelligence agencies are able to track who visits the sites and what they do from the outside. That confirms a massive surveillance architecture of Internet traffic operating on a global scale. Is improved oversight in Canada alone going to change this dynamic that crosses borders and surveillance agencies? It is hard to see how it would.
Moreover, these programs point to the fundamental flaw in Canadian law, where Canadians are re-assured that CSE does not – legally cannot – target Canadians. However, mass surveillance of this nature does not distinguish between nationalities. Mass surveillance of a hundred million downloads every week by definition targets Canadians alongside Internet users from every corner of the globe. To argue that Canadians are not specifically targeted when it is obvious that the personal information of Canadians is indistinguishable from everyone else's data at the time of collection, is to engage in meaningless distinctions that only succeed in demonstrating the weakness of Canadian law. Better oversight of CSE is needed, but so too is a better law governing CSE activities.
Second, Bill C-51 is a problem not only because it fails to address longstanding shortcomings in oversight and accountability over CSIS. It is a problem because there are substantive provisions that should leave anyone concerned with privacy and civil liberties breathless (Craig Forcese has begun to identify them).
For example, the new CSIS disruption warrants are remarkably broad, providing legal power to effectively ignore any law (domestic or otherwise) and do whatever it deems is needed. It shocks to see the government openly empowering CSIS to break the law with few limitations or restrictions. While this is a warrant (therefore a judge must approve), legally granting the right to ignore the law is enormously problematic. Further, the power applies in far more than just terrorist situations.
In fact, the broad approach extends to other areas as well. The expanded information sharing rules cover:
Terrorism is enumerated, but "interference with the capability of the Government of Canada" in relation to numerous activities is exceptionally broad. Moreover, the bill speaks to "install, maintain or remove any thing", pointing to the power to install malware or other computer harms on personal computers or devices. By opening the door to do any other thing, it likely also includes the power to interfere with routine use of encryption, which is increasingly standard for many Canadians.
There are many other provisions that require detailed study, among them the potential takedown of websites or online content if hosted in Canada, expanded promoting terrorism provisions (a scenario released by the government states that posting a Youtube video with the words "Attack Canada" at the end would now constitute a criminal act), and the broad information sharing provisions that the government-appointed Privacy Commissioner of Canada has warned "would seemingly allow departments and agencies to share the personal information of all individuals, including ordinary Canadians who may not be suspected of terrorist activities, for the purpose of detecting and identifying new security threats."
Law enforcement thankfully already has many powers to target terrorism and terrorist activities in Canada (as arrests in Ottawa on Tuesday demonstrate). The threats are real and we needs laws to address them. However, the radical reform of CSIS – when viewed alongside the mass surveillance programs of CSE – point to the need for a careful, non-partisan review of the substantive rules governing such activities. Viewed in this light, addressing oversight is necessary, but by no means sufficient.
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In Partial Defense of the Seahawks' Play Calling
The conventional wisdom about last night's Super Bowl is that the Seahawks made a game-losing mistake by running a passing play from the Patriots' one yard line in the closing seconds. Some are calling it the worst Super Bowl play call ever. I disagree. I won't claim it was the right call, but I do […]
2014's best science fiction and fantasy
I was delighted and honored to find that my stories "Petard" (from Twelve Tomorrows) and "The Man Who Sold the Moon" (from Hieroglyph) (excerpt) made the cut (both have also been selected for several of this year's Year's Best anthos, for which I am extremely grateful!).
For me, the publication of the Locus List always marks the day when I fill in my Hugo nominations ballot, using it to jostle my memory and figure out which works I want to put forward. If you're interested in my own eligible works, they're the two stories above (best novelette and novella, respectively), "Information Doesn't Want to Be Free" (best related work) and "In Real Life" (with Jen Wang) (best graphic novel).
Here's the sf novels on this year's list:
* Ultima, Stephen Baxter (Gollancz; Roc 2015)
Nine awesome Bitcoin projects at Princeton
As promised, here are the final project presentations from the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies class I taught at Princeton. I encouraged students to build something real, rather than toy class projects, and they delivered. I hope you'll find these presentations interesting and educational, and that you build on the work presented here (I've linked to the projects […]
a $3.5 billion reminder
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) reappeared in the news last week. Writing for Toronto Star, Les Whittington alerts Canadians that our country is on the receiving end of a claim of $3.5 billion by the owner of the Ambassador Bridge which connects Windsor and Detroit. "Matty Moroun … is claiming damages from Ottawa in connection with Canada's plan to help build a second bridge linking Ontario to Michigan at Detroit."
It is the ISDS mechanism established within the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that is providing the avenue of complaint for Moroun. I have written about ISDS before (most recently, see here); in essence, foreign corporations have recourse to sue governments, via private tribunal, when government or judicial actions of the home country are deemed to compromise the foreign investment. ISDS was introduced ostensibly to provide security to corporations when dealing in countries with less-than-robust systems of law, but has now become part and parcel of most bi-lateral or multi-lateral trade agreements. The recently agreed upon Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union, and the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which is described as the largest trade agreement negotiated outside of the World Trade Organization, are no exceptions. From a Canadian perspective though, it is perplexing that any government of Canada should embrace the continuance of ISDS in trade agreements.
Whittington draws from a newly–released compilation of actions against NAFTA governments, authored by Scott Sinclair for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), to observe that, disproportionately, Canada receives most of the action. It could be argued that Canadian trade with the United States is of higher volume than that of Mexico, and thus such proportion is inevitable. One could also argue that Canada's past commitments to public-wellbeing are more likely to impede a laissez-faire mantra, and that is why we attract unwanted attention. A day after Whittington's article, Thomas Walkom also weighed in via Toronto Star: "… 69 of the 77 complaints made against governments in the three countries were leveled against public policy measures in areas such as environmental protection, land-use planning, drug regulation and health care."
Whittington observes that the Canadian government sees concerns of ISDS as overdrawn; with respect to CETA, he quotes a representative: "Investment protections have long been a core element of trade policy in Canada and Europe, and will encourage job-creating investment and economic growth on both sides of the Atlantic." But, in March of last year, Public Citizen issued a report which comprehensively illustrates that ISDS offers protection far beyond what occurred in the past and that "… countries bound by ISDS pacts have not seen significant FDI increases, [whereas] countries without such pacts have not lacked for foreign investment (p.3)." And in that same report, Public Citizen illustrates precisely how deleterious actions under ISDS are to public well-being.
For instance, both Uruguay and Australia have drawn fire for their anti-smoking efforts (larger warning labels and plain packaging requirements), despite the fact that the World Health Organization commends such effort. (Jim Armitage, writing for The Independent last fall, described in detail Uruguay's success in reducing smoking rates among its population.) Yet tobacco company Phillip Morris, is challenging both countries by way of ISDS. As noted by Public Citizen, "Philip Morris is demanding compensation from the two governments claiming that the public health measures expropriate the corporation's investments in violation of investor rights established in Bilateral Investment Treaties (p.2)." Neither Uruguay's health success nor the fact that Australia's regulations were upheld by its Supreme Court, will have much sway in the tribunal operations of ISDS.
Under ISDS, disputes are managed by a trio of corporate attorneys who rotate among the positions of representative and judge. These tribunals are not answerable to any electorate and do not address public well-being as a court of law would do when confronted with the same dispute. Even if one is willing to accept that such critical decisions are rendered outside the forum of any country's judiciary, the lack of statutory guidance to the outcome is extraordinary; Public Citizen writes:
If a tribunal rules against a challenged policy, there is no limit to the amount of taxpayer money that the tribunal can order the government to pay the foreign corporation. Such compensation orders are based on what an ISDS tribunal surmises that an investor would have earned in the absence of the public policy it is attacking. The cases cannot be appealed on the merits. There are narrow technical and procedural grounds for annulment. Firms that win an award can collect by seizing a government's assets if payment is not made promptly. Even when governments win cases, they are often ordered to pay for a share of the tribunal's costs. Given that the costs just for defending a challenged policy in an ISDS case total $8 million on average, the mere filing of a case can create a chilling effect on government policymaking, even if the government expects to win (p.2-3).
For Canadians, that last sentence is not conjecture; Walkom writes "[In 2013] … the Ontario government paid a U.S.-based company $15 million to withdraw its complaint." Moreover, the phrase "would have earned in the absence of the public policy it is attacking" should send chills down everyone's spine. Clean air, clean water, access to medicine, and, worker and public safety, all sit on the cost side of any ledger. It is unrealistic to expect that measures addressing these social needs would have been voluntarily adopted by entire industries, and then maintained by those industries, without some prodding from government. The appropriate forum to address dispute between corporate expectation and government commitment to public well-being, can only be a court of law.
Harold Innis (1894-1952) once remarked upon the brilliant achievement that was the development of law; that law represented "an alternative to force." True, in the 21st century, citizens of nation states do not fear marauding armies traipsing through the streets in a hostile takeover of the nation. But we should not lose sight of the fact that nations can be taken over in a far more insidious way; losing the supremacy of our judiciary and the autonomy of our government should be an early warning sign.
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Taken from my back porch at home. I am lucky to live only 1.5km from where this aircraft will touch down on Rwy 16R. 1600px
The new kid on the block taxis to the terminal after end of delivery flight QF6024. 1400px
What a cool party trick! :) Merry Christmas and a safe festive season to all. My last photo for 2010. Back with some more next year.
This aircraft has since ended it's lease term and is no longer in the Qantas fleet.
Short final for Rwy 16R
Some interesting backdrops to be had when SODPROPS runway configuration is in use at Sydney Airport.
Some extra payload today.
A Trent 900 on display at the Qantas 90th birthday jetbase open day for staff & guests.
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Locals refer to this location as "the boat ramp". Consisting of a man made peninsular extending out into the bay at the southern end of the Port Botany public boat ramp. The poles right of frame d... (more)


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Eleven-year-old Fin and his older half-sister, Lady, have just been orphaned. Fin has not seen his glamorous sister in six years, but she is now his legal guardian - and his only hope. Uprooted from his home on a small dairy farm in rural Connecticut, Fin joins Lady in her Greenwich Village apartment. With the Swinging Sixties swirling in kaleidoscope colour all around him, Fin soon learns that his free-living, free-loving sister is going to be as much his responsibility, as he is hers. Comic and romantic, joyous and moving, Fin & Lady is a spirited love story about a brother and sister who must form their own unconventional bond in increasingly troubled times. Praise for The Three Weissmanns of Westport: 'Elegant prose, pin-sharp humour, and an ending that proves satisfyingly bittersweet.' Guardian 'Intelligent and beguiling.' The Times 'Sparkling, crisp, clever, deft, hilarious, and deeply affecting.' New York Times
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(a) In General.— An owner, agent, or custodian who has been notified of an order issued under section 80505 of this title and fails to take reasonable and prompt action to prevent or stop a container subject to the order from being moved in violation of the order is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each container moved. Each day the container remains in service while the order is in effect is a separate violation.
(b) Assessment and Collection.—
(1) In general.— After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall assess and collect any penalty under this section.
(2) Factors to consider.— In determining the amount of the penalty, the Secretary shall consider the gravity of the violation, the hazards involved, and the record of the person charged with respect to violations of the Convention, this chapter, or regulations prescribed under this chapter.
(3) Remission, mitigation, or compromise.— The Secretary may remit, mitigate, or compromise a penalty under this section.
Source(Pub. L. 109–304, § 11,Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1698.)
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|Pub. L. 95–208, § 6, Dec. 13, 1977, 91 Stat. 1478.
In subsection (a), the words "On and after the date the instrument of ratification is deposited by the United States in accordance with the provisions of article VII of the Convention" are omitted as obsolete. The words "liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty" are substituted for "subject to a civil penalty" for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (b)(2), the words "In determining the amount of" are substituted for "In assessing, remitting, mitigating, or compromising" to eliminate unnecessary words.
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If the base of a rectangle is increased by 10% and the area is
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A farmer has a field which is the shape of a trapezium as
illustrated below. To increase his profits he wishes to grow two
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A trapezium is divided into four triangles by its diagonals.
Suppose the two triangles containing the parallel sides have areas
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Four quadrants are drawn centred at the vertices of a square . Find
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Prove that the area of a quadrilateral is given by half the product of the lengths of the diagonals multiplied by the sine of the angle between the diagonals.
Can you choose your units so that a cube has the same numerical value for it volume, surface area and total edge length?
Triangle ABC is right angled at A and semi circles are drawn on all three sides producing two 'crescents'. Show that the sum of the areas of the two crescents equals the area of triangle ABC.
Manufacturers need to minimise the amount of material used to make
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Straight lines are drawn from each corner of a square to the mid
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If I print this page which shape will require the more yellow ink?
Six circular discs are packed in different-shaped boxes so that the
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Investigate the properties of quadrilaterals which can be drawn
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Draw two circles, each of radius 1 unit, so that each circle goes
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Three rods of different lengths form three sides of an enclosure
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In this problem we are faced with an apparently easy area problem,
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Three squares are drawn on the sides of a triangle ABC. Their areas
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the outer vertices of the squares are joined, three more. . . .
Can you find the area of a parallelogram defined by two vectors?
This shape comprises four semi-circles. What is the relationship
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Given a square ABCD of sides 10 cm, and using the corners as
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How can you change the area of a shape but keep its perimeter the same? How can you change the perimeter but keep the area the same?
What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you
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Points P, Q, R and S each divide the sides AB, BC, CD and DA respectively in the ratio of 2 : 1. Join the points. What is the area of the parallelogram PQRS in relation to the original rectangle?
Analyse these beautiful biological images and attempt to rank them in size order.
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Explore one of these five pictures.
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A hallway floor is tiled and each tile is one foot square. Given
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Imagine different shaped vessels being filled. Can you work out
what the graphs of the water level should look like?
Cut off three right angled isosceles triangles to produce a
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My measurements have got all jumbled up! Swap them around and see
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Take any rectangle ABCD such that AB > BC. The point P is on AB
and Q is on CD. Show that there is exactly one position of P and Q
such that APCQ is a rhombus.
Follow the instructions and you can take a rectangle, cut it into 4 pieces, discard two small triangles, put together the remaining two pieces and end up with a rectangle the same size. Try it!
If you have only 40 metres of fencing available, what is the maximum area of land you can fence off?
Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?
How efficiently can you pack together disks?
Prove that a triangle with sides of length 5, 5 and 6 has the same area as a triangle with sides of length 5, 5 and 8. Find other pairs of non-congruent isosceles triangles which have equal areas.
It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but
what if they were tilted?
Have a go at creating these images based on circles. What do you notice about the areas of the different sections?
The area of a square inscribed in a circle with a unit radius is,
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PUNXSUTAWNEY — In what has become a Christmas tradition for not only Punxsutawney but the surrounding area, The 2012 Make-A-Wish "Light up A Child's Life" Campaign concluded Friday in the lobby of the Pantall Hotel after another successful year.
Al Lockwood, Renda Radio Inc. program director, and Tiffany Bennett, a long time "Wish Kid" announced during the wrap-up on WPXZ 104.1 that this year's campaign raised $66,515.68.
PUNXSUTAWNEY —There are numerous ways to show one's holiday spirit, and this weekend, the churches of Punxsutawney are offering a variety of those expressions.
Two churches in particular — the First United Methodist Church and the Punxsutawney Alliance Church — are hosting their own programs to deliver the Christmas message this weekend.
For weeks, the First United Methodist Church Choir has been practicing, hard at work for its program, titled "Come, Let Us Worship the King."
Punxsutawney firefighters managed to knock down a fire before it got started in a building that was used for storage by Brian Horner's HPS Tire on South Gilpin Street extension, Punxsutawney, at 9:47 p.m. Friday.
When firefighters arrived on the scene, a small fire was discovered in back of the brick structure that is located across from Horner's business.
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St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) August 12, 2014
A leading material handling equipment company has selected DataServ, the global Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise content management (ECM) provider of document and process automation solutions, to automate and streamline their accounts payable (AP) process. DataServ's SaaS AP solution contains digital mailroom services, including optical character recognition and automated workflow for non-purchase order (PO) invoices, as well as AutoVouch™ for touchless invoice processing for invoices generated through a PO.
"We are pleased to initialize our AP automation solution with AutoVouch™ for a company that has been a leader in the handling equipment industry for many years," says DataServ Founder/CEO Jeff Haller. "At DataServ we try to align ourselves with companies that have an extensive history of excellence, and our newest client certainly fits that description. We are happy to provide our expertise and solutions to such a highly regarded organization."
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