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July 10th, 2007 #1
Conflicted between photos...
I am ehibiting work at a state fair for fun, paintings and photography, and I cannot decide which photograph of a Great Horned Owl to enter. I am an intern at Three Rivers Avian Center, a rehab clinic and santuary for injured wild birds and this owl is a nonreleasable. Her name is Hoolie. These are a couple of the photos I am choosing between. I personally enjoy the first one, dark profile outlined with sunlight, but the the more lighted second one brings out the dramatic eye of the owl. The third may be too washed out with sunlight in some parts. Then there are a few more not for the show, but I thought I would post them. Looking for opinions and constructive criticism of course...thanks!
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I'd personally go for the second one. While they both stand out nicely from their respective backgrounds, the second one's eye demands immediate attention whereas with the first picture, I found my eye more drawn to the feathers on the top of the owl's head. Additionally, the second photo has some pretty nice, smooth negative space that aids in leading your focus straight up to the owl's eye.
July 11th, 2007 #3
I can't pick between 1 & 2. While #2 is technically better, #1 carries the emotion given the state of the owl. Basically, would your audience want to see a pretty picture (#2), or would they know (or be shown/given) the background info on the owl and want to see an emotionally charged photo (#1)?
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July 12th, 2007 #4
For me number one seems like the strongest photo, however if the owls head and background was a little exposed then it would be perfect. Perhaps photoshop can fix this, depending on what ISO was used. The second photo has optimal exposure levels, but for some reason doesn't attract my eye as well as the first. I would try to work with the first photo if you have decent knowledge of photoshop and if not then go with the second. They are the strongest photos in my opinion.
July 12th, 2007 #5
This is pretty much exactly what I thought, and considering the audience at this particular gathering, #2 probably would work better, though if I were entering a more prestigeous competition with more emphasis on quality, I would probably enter #1. I will still think about it though. I took a few other good ones of her yesterday, I will post them soon...
July 13th, 2007 #6
well, i think they are all great shots, however the photo that catches my eye is easily #4.


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The local answer, I am forever being told, is the right answer. I agree. Let's take my local pub.
The pub sustains me with food and drink, obviously, but there's much more to it than that. Since it has had a Switch machine with cashback 'facility' installed, I no longer need to go to the bank. This saves me a huge amount of time since, like those people who ask you for spare change in town centres, I was only going to spend it on drink anyway.
Food, drink, cash; the list goes on. The pub will take delivery of cars and parcels, and I have successfully sourced a plumber, a plasterer and even legal advice down the puborama. There's a cabby who drinks there every night, so if I need a lift the following morning it's a simple matter of sloping off for a pint and making a booking. The pub is a hot bed of essential services and avant-garde thinking. I have never been sent a 'joke' by e-mail that I haven't already heard in the pub.
But there are still some things the pub can't provide. Bog roll, for one, a loaf of bread, washing-up liquid, razors and aspirin. For these things I used to walk 125 paces in the opposite direction to my local 24-hour petrol station.
But a while back, it closed down. For ever. If every other shop in town had been boarded up, barely a ripple would have disturbed the motions of the May household, but with the garage gone, a wholesale lifestyle review has become necessary. I am now enslaved by those uncompetitive high-street retailers and their slack, left-wing practice of shutting at night.
For some reason the single man always identifies the need for a pint of milk, a roll of Andrex, bleach, a car magazine or some instrument of his smoking vice at 2.30am after a night of drinking, brawling and seduction. There was a time when the petrol station provided them, but not any more. The next nearest shop is twice as far away and closes at a frankly pathetic 10pm.
"Since the early 80s, when all-night garage-cum-corner-shop emerged, men have been staying single for longer"
Am I the only person who thinks this is the ruin of England? I tell my friends that the petrol station has closed down and they delight in telling me that good fuel costs less at Sainsbury's. What they fail to realise is that I never bought bloody petrol. The sale of hydrocarbons was a mere front to disguise the true function of the place, which was as a glittering late-night oasis where a chap might satisfy his sudden and inexplicable craving for a pork pie. I can't believe the place was unprofitable. I know for certain that eight pork sausages with beans in a tin was something of a cash cow for its proprietor.
It is surely no coincidence that since the early Eighties, when all-night garage-cum-corner-shop emerged, men have been staying single for longer.
And mine is not an isolated case. Within a half-mile radius of my house, five local garages have closed down within the last year. They have been turned into wine warehouses, Internet cafes and what have you, and on the face of it this may be seen as part of the gentrification of the suburbs. There is even a campaign by my neighbours to turn the desolate and wind-swept shell of my local petrol station into trendy flats. But these people have not stopped to think what will happen when they roll home at 2.00am after a locked-in darts tournament to discover that there's no Marmite left.
The contribution of the local 24-hour petrol station to society is immeasurable. It is another of those great gifts that the cult of the car has bequeathed to humankind in general and its bachelors in particular. Yet they are being allowed to disappear with dire consequences for what councillors always call the local community. Soon the streets will be full of half-starved and unshaven men who have lost the will to go on. It's already happening around here.
But no one, as far as I know, is campaigning to save them. I heard a bloke on the radio the other day whining about how his local post office had closed down. So what? You can get a stamp from the garage. The brewing business has acknowledged its cultural obligation to preserve the local pub and its traditions; it's time for Esso, BP, Shell and Texaco to recognise that it has a moral duty to uphold the sanctity of the local petrol station. Come on, you oil barons - wake up and smell the bacon past its sell-by date.
Consider this. My nearest 24-hour garage is now a mile away. I mean, for Pete's sake - I'll have to drive there.
This article was first published in September 2003.

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Powered by strong gains in both the Standard & Poor's 500 and the Russell 2000, the 7,857 U.S. diversified-stock funds, with $3.9 trillion in assets, climbed 5.29% in the third quarter, pushing their 12-month gains to 25.5%. The strong equity performance more than doubled the 2.48% quarterly returns of general bond funds, and tripled their 8.33% gain over the previous year.
But investors kept pouring money into bond funds, despite middling returns. During August, bond funds took in $32.4 billion, giving them 12 straight months of inflows, while their equity counterparts lost $13.5 billion during the same period, which made 16 consecutive months of outflows. In September alone, the $278 billion Pimco Total Return fund (PTTAX) attracted $2.8 billion in new money, according to Morningstar.
Even such fixed-income stars as Pimco's Bill Gross and BlackRock's Larry Fink have taken note of stocks' relative value in light of bonds' currently tiny yields. Still, a large number of investors don't want to give up the security of steady income, however small, for the uncertainty that still surrounds stocks. "It's hard to see what will change this trend until interest rates turn higher," says Kevin McDevitt, editorial director at Morningstar.
Ben Bernanke's third round of quantitative easing proved to be at least a temporary charm, as just about every asset class rose in value during the third quarter. In some cases, previously dragging stocks were revived: Precious-metal funds soared 22.39%, natural resources climbed 8.54%, and riskier investments like India funds posted double-digit gains. Within the fixed-income group, high-yield funds rose 4.29%, as the central bank vowed to buy billions more in mortgage securities each month. More generally, large companies beat small, value topped growth, and foreign beat domestic. The only big mistake an investor could make? Leveraged bearish stock-exchange-traded funds, which dropped 10.63% for the quarter and 36.28% for the trailing year.
The safety and stability of fixed-income funds still are tough for equity funds to overcome Stuart Goldenberg for Barron's
COMMODITY-RELATED FUNDS were saved by the Federal Reserve's easing. The big quarterly gains posted by funds investing in precious-metal stocks substantially eliminated previous losses, leaving them down just 1.99% for the previous year. Funds investing in commodity-based precious metals were up 15.65% for the third quarter. The $68 billion SPDR Gold Trust GLD -0.07779410493560376% SPDR Gold Trust U.S.: NYSE Arca 115.6 -0.09 -0.07779410493560376% /Date(1432328400174-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1762050 AFTER HOURS 115.66 0.0600000000000023 0.05190311418685121% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18141 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (GLD) rose 11%, making it the top performer among the 25 largest mutual funds.
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OVERALL, LARGE-CAP GROWTH led all diversified equity funds, rising 6.28% during the quarter to bring 12-month returns to 27.19%. The $676 million Thornburg Core Growth fund (THCGX), up 10. 59% in the third period and 43.36% over the trailing 12 months, credits its outperformance to opportunistic buying when stocks sagged in the second quarter. That allowed it to add a number of high-quality stocks, particularly in technology, at bargain-basement prices, says portfolio manager Gregg Dunn.
Good plays included Fusion-io (FIO), Aruba Networks (ARUN), and Urban Outfitters urbn 0.8977700550246163% Urban Outfitters Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD34.84 0.31 0.8977700550246163% /Date(1432328400205-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3068117 AFTER HOURS USD34.84 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 49658 P/E Ratio 20.615384615384617 Market Cap 4582958114.55429 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 140657 More quote details and news » (URBN). They helped Dunn beat the S&P 500's 6.35% quarterly gain, something the average diversified fund did not do.
Mid-cap value funds gained 5.42% in the quarter and 28.01% over the past 12 months, topping their growth counterpart, which climbed 4.52% and 24.15%, respectively.
Small-caps posted similar results. The growth variety climbed 5.25% in the period, while value rose 5%. Growth was up 29.05% and value 28.90% for the one-year period. The $65 million Schneider Small Cap Value fund (SCMVX), up 7.79% for the quarter and 47.17% for the trailing year, scored with regional and community banks, such as Alabama-based Regions Financial rf -0.1953125% Regions Financial Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD10.22 -0.02 -0.1953125% /Date(1432328483124-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6972674 AFTER HOURS USD10.2449 0.0248999999999988 0.2436399217221135% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6940 P/E Ratio 14 Market Cap 13698428258.304 Dividend Yield 2.3483365949119372% Rev. per Employee 227164 More quote details and news » (RF), up 75% year-to-date. Portfolio manager Arnold C. Schneider also credits big stakes in home builders such as Meritage Homes MTH -0.9940357852882704% Meritage Homes Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD44.82 -0.45 -0.9940357852882704% /Date(1432328636094-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 402151 AFTER HOURS USD44.82 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1569 P/E Ratio 13.876160990712075 Market Cap 1775633953.89801 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1762130 More quote details and news » (MTH), up 78% so far this year.
HARD-HIT OVERSEAS MARKETS enjoyed the third quarter. World equity funds increased 6.63%, bringing one-year gains to 16.52%. Aside from India's surprising turnaround, the funds at the heart of the world's worries, European funds, rose 8.77% for the quarter and 19.38% for the past year.
Long-suffering Japan funds delivered the worst performance, falling 0.55% for the quarter and 0.51% for the trailing year.
Almost anywhere but Tokyo, it was a great quarter for stocks. But fixed-income funds took in an estimated $3.1 billion in the first week of the fourth quarter; equity funds saw $2.8 billion leave. Given bonds' tiny yields, someone's leaving money on the table.
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Regan, a South Boston native, has appeared in 14 games this season for Providence and posted a 6-4-1 record with a 3.33 Goals Against Average and .875 save percentage. Regan played four years at the University of New Hampshire from 2004-2008, finishing as the Wildcats' all-time leader in wins and the only goaltender in school history to record back-to-back 20 win seasons. His 2007-2008 honors included a unanimous selection as Hockey East Player of the Year, finalist for the Hobey Baker Award for the nation's top collegiate player, First Team All-American, Fist Team All-Hockey East and the Walter Brown Award as the top American-born player in New England.
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I wouldn't say they're terrible, but I don't see anything special about them.
It sounds like you just took a midi and changed the instrumentation to instruments/voices that you like.
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I've seen the death scenes in recent entries ,and I've gotta say.... THEY ARE BORING!!!!!!
All of these deaths seem very generic.
Half of the time most of them were "censored".
The only one that managed to faze me is the death when a zombie beats you to death with an axe.
In the old games (RE1-4) ,most deaths were uncensored and made me fear dying again.
I mean even brutal deaths contribute to the scare factor in games. ( They make me want to survive more often, and replay the game to see the deaths )
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I would say, yes. Bring back the decapitation. I'm tired of seeing my character get some blood on their throat and then fall to the floor. If you're going to have a chainsaw guy in your game, have the balls to fully utilize him.
Yup, miss the old death scenes, I mean given the graphics were not that great but it caused a real fear of the creatures knowing they could cut of your head, or a pack of zombies eat your body, or nemisis punch a tentical through you skull while the camera slowly panned away and the game taunted you with the "you're dead".
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How ever I know part of the issue is Japan has had a ban on decapitation (and most other violent gory death scenes) sence shortly after resident evil 4. And consider resident evil was created in Japan they abide by those bans in most (if not all) modern resident evils.
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Well they should show at least a long brutal scene if decapitations aren't allowed..
or a new chainsaw enemy that cuts you diagonally from shoulder to waist with blood everywhere and a creepy laughter while "you are dead" shows up
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In the old games (RE1-4) ,most deaths were uncensored and made me fear dying again.
People seem to have a distorted memory when it comes to toned down violence in RE.
The whole "censored violence" thing started as early as Code: VERONICA.
It carried over to the REmake and RE0 (you never see any decapitation of human characters in these games).
The violence peaked with RE4, where you have the most realistic decapitation in the series, as well as some notable death scenes, like the Novistador's acid bath and the U3's bisection.
The toned down violence in RE5 & RE6 is most likely due to the development team trying their best to conform to the censorship standards of various regions, so that there are no drastic version differences, allowing players from any country to join sessions for online.
My thoughts about Bioshock Infinite:
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I've seen the death scenes in recent entries ,and I've gotta say.... THEY ARE BORING!!!!!!
You grew up.
Well, kinda I guess...
My current all-time favorite song of the week #8- No More Tears by Ozzy Osbourne:
Yeah...i guess. But I guess the evil within will fill my gore needs cause I heard that Japan has to buy gore mode dlc to see the blood and stuff
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I just got shoved into a meat grinder. They didn't show anything, but still, holy ****.
The deaths in this are more gruesome then anything in RE4/5. The worst RE4 got was decapitation. RE5 had nothing.
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GOP presidential contenders on immigration
For two decades, immigration has largely split the Republican Party into two camps. The first wants to make a number of changes in the nation's border and immigration programs, including finding a path for some of the 11 million people living in the country illegally to be become citizens. The second wants to focus primarily on border security.
Attempts to bridge that gap are tricky, as demonstrated by this week's surprise primary defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
Where some of the party's top presidential prospects stand on the issue:
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky
Paul in 2013 proposed reinforcing border control efforts while allowing working immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to stay in the country and eventually obtain citizenship but not ahead of those here legally. The ideas received a tepid response when Paul spoke a year ago at the Iowa GOP's spring fundraising dinner.
After Cantor's defeat, Paul carefully restated his support for allowing workers to stay if they seek special visas, and he discussed what he called the "problem" of mass deportation.
"If you are not deporting people, does that mean you are normalizing them, and is that amnesty?" Paul said. "And so I really think that some of it, we're trapped in this rhetoric and we have to get beyond that."
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin
As a candidate in 2010, Walker said he would sign a law like one in Arizona that allows local police to stop people suspected of living in the country illegally. He also called for barring immigrants here illegally from state health care and college benefits.
Last year, he told an editorial board meeting he'd support a path to citizenship for immigrants under some circumstances. On Thursday, though, he said in an interview with The Associated Press that his comments had been misconstrued. "I've never supported any firm amnesty," Walker said.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey
Christie signed a version of the DREAM Act to allow children in New Jersey of parents who are living in the country illegally to pay in-state college tuition.
"I shouldn't have to make that decision," Christie said in February, describing the move as in New Jersey's economic interest. "There should be a national policy on how we protect our borders, how we orderly permit folks to enter this country, the orderly process for legalization of those folks."
Christie hasn't said much about immigration since then. But his position, which includes supporting a process by which people in the country illegally may attain citizenship, puts him at odds with parts of the GOP base.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas
Cruz's position, a spokeswoman said Thursday, "remains the same — we need immigration reform that celebrates legal immigration, not amnesty."
Previously, Cruz has criticized the Senate immigration measure led by Sen. Marco Rubio and also has said that Congress shouldn't even tackle the issue until 2015, since the GOP is likely to retake the Senate in November.
"Republicans are poised for an historic election this fall — a conservative tidal wave much like 2010," Cruz said in January. "The biggest thing we could do to mess that up would be if the House passed an amnesty bill — or any bill perceived as an amnesty bill — that demoralized voters going into November."


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Inspection methods
There are two other common methods for understanding product usability besides usability testing with users. Both of these methods are called "inspection methods" rather than usability testing.
Heuristic evaluation
Expert evaluator(s), instead of users, inspect the product against a set of heuristic rules or principles. Click here for one of the most commonly used heuristic principles.
Cognitive walkthroughs
Expert evaluator(s), instead of users, evaluate the product by performing representative tasks that users would do, based on user profiles.
Which method to use?
- If possible, always try to conduct usability testing with actual users. There is no inspection method that predicts end-user problems as well as usability testing. Also, inspection methods tend to have a low degree of overlapping findings.
- Heuristic evaluation predicts end-user problems better than cognitive walkthroughs.
- Inspection methods are generally better at finding problems than at determining the appropriate improvement.
Remember some testing is better than no testing. However, expert evaluator(s) may point out features that are not problematic with real users.


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Make sure your online persona doesn't give others the wrong impression by tracking the trails of information you leave all around the web.
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There's This Thing Happening: The New York Avant Garde Festival and Its Audience
Composers and performers who participated in experimental music festivals of the 1960s are relatively easy to find and talk to if you want to track them down. After all, many of them went on to established careers in the arts, and they have gigs and websites and email addresses. But audience members? People who just wandered in off the street? That's a little more difficult. Where do you even start?


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Elizabeth Warren is Attacking Hillary Clinton's Most Loyal Campaign Donors (Again)
Democrats love Elizabeth Warren. They just don't want her anywhere near the levers of power. They'd prefer to see Warren focus on what she does best: attacking Wall Street. In a series of tweets posted Friday, she did just that:


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Deal sought on SD minimum wage
Council committee urges compromise on $13.09 per hour proposal
She held up numerous university and industry studies and said they vindicate her position.
"The bulk of them come to the same conclusion: by raising the minimum wage we have an opportunity to lift families out of poverty, reduce the demand of government services paid for with taxpayer dollars and stimulate our local economy."
The committee chose not to take a position on whether the minimum wage hike should be an ordinance adopted by the council or a ballot measure presented to voters in November. Gloria said the council would make that decision, probably in July.
Competing studies for and against the proposal have been released in recent days by the business-backed San Diego County Taxpayers Association and the Center for Policy Initiatives, a nonprofit think tank that advocates for working people.
Dozens of supporters and opponents spoke during the wage hike hearing, including farmers in the city's San Pasqual Valley and nearby areas who said the higher wage requirement could put them out of business.
"Farmers have no capacity to raise the price on their products because the minimum wage goes up," said Eric Larson, executive director of the San Diego Farm Bureau. "San Jose and San Francisco have been held up as examples to you (of successfully raising the local minimum wage), but where are the farms in those cities."
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The road is long…
Posted on 28 September 2014 | No responses
For most people, a holiday involves day trips, seeing the sites and enjoying time with family. But if you're Palestinian, and you're in your homeland—you know, the place you were born, your parents were born and generations of your family were born—then forget it. Read more
Palestine's ever decreasing circles
Posted on 31 August 2014 | No responses
Saturday August 30th
After lunch, which is usually at around 4pm, we decided to go to Wadi Fukin to visit family. I've written before about the village which sits directly east of the 1949 armistice line, more commonly referred to as the Green Line. Each time we visit, I am always shocked. This time was worse than I expected. The lush, fertile valley is being closed in by colonies, which will result in Wadi Fukin being surrounded. Read more
Five point action plan for political advocacy in the UK on Palestine around reconstruction
Posted on 31 August 2014 | 13 responses
Palestinians don't need endless rounds of talks, or talks about talks: they want action.
Regardless of the 'symbolic' nature of the UK parliament's vote to recognise Palestine, it is still a significant step in the political establishment's attitude towards Palestine. Now, more than ever, individuals and organisations need to work hard at the political level to ensure that Palestine remains an issue that needs to be addressed, and that MPs and government departments are regularly and repeatedly receiving questions from their constituents on the subject.
Below are five points that campaigning organisations and individuals should be using in all discussions and correspondence with their political representatives in support of the Palestinian people. This is written as UK-specific because the UK government, through DFID, will likely play a leading role in co-ordinating Western-backed operations for the reconstruction of Gaza. The five point action plan relies on international law and the UK's responsibility as a signatory of the IV Geneva Convention.
I would urge all civil society organisations and individuals in the UK to read this, share it and help implement it as a campaign.
There is a general election in the UK next year, let's work now to make Palestine a key issue for MPs, especially the issue of the Blockade. And if thousands of us demand action on the following points, we will be presenting the government with a cohesive, structured advocacy campaign that might actually result in action. Working together with one voice is far more effective than working alone and without a clear direction.
These five points are written to complement the AIDA policy paper: Reconstructing Gaza: Five Principles for Transformative Change.
1 Demand Israel pays for the damage it caused
Israel (the 'perpetrator') must be held accountable, meaning, that UK taxpayers should not pay for Israel's destruction of Gaza—Israel should. Taxpayers financially support the UK's international development work through DFID and any UK assistance in the rebuilding efforts would be doen through this channel. We should therefore demand that Israel reimburses all of DFID's costs. The UK government should send an itemised assessment, in effect a bill, to the Israeli government. The bill should clearly state that the UK government is issuing it as part of third-state responsibility to ensure accountability and prevent impunity for international law violations. Third party states must also take all measures to prevent (and deter) further violations, meaning, by making Israel pay for its violations, may deter Israel from bombing these UK-funded structures again. The UK is obligated as a third state party to the IV Geneva Convention to demand from the violator to pay compensation.
2 Demand that the UK government publishes details of all destroyed and damaged projects
UK taxpayers have the right to know what the UK funds in Palestine Government funding of overseas projects must be transparent. Part of the fulfillment of that right, is the obligation of the UK government to make public the complete list of all UK-funded projects destroyed and/or damaged and/or setback and/or delayed by Israel's war on Gaza. This should also apply to the West Bank and East Jerusalem demolitions. This includes DFID funding of INGO's who partner with local NGO's, not just direct DFID funding.
3 Demand a 'Gaza' tax on all Israeli goods imported to the UK/Europe to be used for Gaza's reconstruction
Accountability includes also guarantees of reparation for the victims by the perpetrator meaning that if Israel refuses to pay for the damages or for DFID's reconstruction projects, then the UK and EU should not step in and use our tax money. Instead, they should impose a Gaza reconstruction tax, assessment or a fee on all Israeli imports. The fees collected will go towards a Gaza Reconstruction Fund. Further research into UK and EU trade laws is needed to develop this further.
4 Demand that Palestinians rebuild Gaza, not Israel
Assistance must be geared at local economic empowerment, meaning that DFID projects should be aimed at empowering the local Palestinian economy (local means all of Palestine). Israel should not profit from its violations, ie, its markets should be excluded from or be of last resort for providing materials for reconstruction projects.
5 Demand the blockade is lifted, open the international seaport
Third parties are obligated not to render assistance that accommodates an illegal action, meaning that the Gaza reconstruction materials should not be imported solely through the Israeli controlled crossing that sustains the blockade. For the last seven years, UK has demanded that its assistance projects effectively "abide" by Israel's blockade- obligating projects to import their materials solely by Israel's crossing and its restricted rates of imports. This has just perpetuated the blockade. Ending the blockade means ending Israeli control of all imports and exports. The current paradigm needs to be changed through international political action: Gaza needs an autonomous crossing not controlled by Israel, for example, an international seaport. The EU proposal for a Cyprus corridor is a good first start and should be supported by the UK and EU.
It's the BBC, but not as you know it
Posted on 28 August 2014 | 2 responses
Thursday August 28th
This evening I went to the BBC…that is, the Bethlehem Book Club. It's been formed by a group of women living in the Bethlehem area, most of whom are married to Palestinians. They meet monthly, at one of the member's homes which is large enough to accommodate everyone. Tonight I was an honorary member as I do not live in Palestine full-time at present, but one of my best friends is always trying to persuade me to come back now, rather than when R has finished her secondary education. So she took me along as part of her campaign to 'Bring George Home'! Read more
The route to university isn't easy
Posted on 27 August 2014 | 1 response
Wednesday August 27th
Yesterday I drove to Birzeit University near Ramallah.We decided to hire a car rather than use the service ('servees' which are mini vans that drive from one place to another when full) as it takes so long, with at least three changes between vans, and it gets costly. Also, depending on the situation at any of the checkpoints, fixed or 'flying', being in your own car can give some semblance of 'choice'. (Of course, living under an illegal military occupation actually ensures that you have no choice.) Read more
A cause for celebration?
Posted on 26 August 2014 | 2 responses
Tuesday August 26th
We've been home a few days and life in Palestine has been largely uneventful, by West Bank standards at least.
Tonight we went to an event hosted at the Alternative Information Centre in Beit Sahour. It's an organisation that was established 30 years ago, and does some great work, especially around the theme of normalisation. Ilan Pappe, eminent Israeli historian and academic was speaking about the relationship between Palestinians and Israelis. Read more
Exposing the complex system of Israel's domination over Palestinians and Palestine
Posted on 8 January 2014 | No responses
Also published by Palestine Chronicle here
Unfree in Palestine: Registration, Documentation and Movement Restriction – Nadia Abu-Zahra Adah Kay, Pluto Press, 2013
The opening lines of Mahmoud Darwish's poem Bitaqat Hawiyyah (identity card) are a poignant reminder of reality for Palestinians throughout the world:
"Register me!
I am an Arab
And my identity card number is fifty thousand"
And it is most fitting that Nadia Abu-Zahra and Adah Kay quote these powerful words within the first few pages of their book, Unfree in Palestine: Registration, Documentation and Movement Restriction. Read more
The rumours of a third Intifada have been greatly exaggerated
Posted on 19 December 2012 | No responses
This article is also published on Palestine Chronicle
Over the past few days, the talk of a third Intifada breaking out in the occupied Palestinian territories has increased. But it isn't Palestinians living under the occupation who are talking up the chances of a third uprising against Israel's continued oppression in the territories. Read more
Good old Israel?
Posted on 5 August 2012 | No responses
In his latest piece written for the New York Times, Avraham Burg asks: "Where is the good old Israel?" Assuming he is not being tongue-in-cheek, and there is no suggestion in the rest of the article that he is, he continues to peddle the same old clichés that liberal Zionists are so fond of. Propaganda is a powerful tool, but so is the truth. Read more
Roads to nowhere
Posted on 21 July 2012 | No responses
The drive from Bethlehem to Ramallah, or from pretty much anywhere to anywhere in the West Bank now, takes you along many roads recently established courtesy of USAID. At intersections there's big signs, telling Palestinian travellers that this road is a gift from the American people. The signs omit to mention the other gifts from America, including military and financial support used to prop up and maintain the racist government of Israel and its policies that discriminate against the indigenous population. Read more
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Judge Says Ex-Edwards Aide In Contempt, Wants Tape
Posted: 02/05/2010 - A judge has declared that a former aide to John Edwards is in contempt, demanding that he turn over a "personal" videotape being sought by Edwards' former mistress.
Posted: 02/05/2010 - A judge has declared that a former aide to John Edwards is in contempt, demanding that he turn over a "personal" videotape being sought by Edwards' former mistress.
Posted: 02/04/2010 - Lynda Petty, the wife of seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty, has been diagnosed with central nervous system lymphoma.
Updated: 02/04/2010 - Eastern Carolina may not get any snow from the approaching storm, but that's not stopping US Airways from giving passengers a break.
Updated: 02/03/2010 - Former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley's communications director while in office says Easley had a private e-mail account he used for state business.
Updated: 02/05/2010 - Some seventy supporters of Bear Grass School filled the State Board of Education meeting in Raleigh Thursday morning, hoping to get charter status for the soon to be closed school.
Updated: 02/01/2010 - The Postal Service reminds customers to make sure their mailman can get to their mailbox because of the snow.
Updated: 01/26/2010 - Hyde County had the second highest number of workplace deaths last year, this after the July 4th fireworks explosion killed four.
Updated: 01/26/2010 - A second panel assembled by North Carolina state government is examining the possibilities of tapping into oil and natural gas reserves off the coast.
Updated: 01/22/2010 - A federal grand jury in Raleigh on Thursday issued 51 charges against Ruffin Poole, who was Easley's former special counsel and aide while the two-term governor was in office.
Posted: 01/21/2010 - North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue's top aide and the manager of her winning 2008 campaign is stepping down as her chief of staff.
Posted: 01/13/2010 - A North Carolina judge is considering a defense request for details about tipsters' calls to a crime hotline after the slaying of a student body president.
Posted: 01/02/2010 - North Carolina's second largest city has seen its number of homicides cut in half last year, and Raleigh's police chief credits more aggressive law enforcement and the department's community outreach.
Updated: 12/25/2009 - The wait is over and the results are in...
Updated: 12/22/2009 - The father of a Rocky Mount man shot and killed by a Wake County deputy following a Monday morning break-in is speaking out to WITN.
Posted: 12/22/2009 - A global drug manufacturer has doubled the endowment of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital by making a $2 million donation.
Updated: 12/22/2009 - The third suspect in a Wake County break-in case which ended with another Rocky Mount suspect being fatally shot by a deputy is now behind bars.
Posted: 12/21/2009 - The work was part of a sentence of 50-hours community service given to Joe Carnevale in the spring after he turned roadside orange traffic barrels into a giant monster.
Posted: 12/16/2009 - Thomas Moore, Jr. of Nashville was arrested by Zebulon police over the weekend.
Posted: 12/16/2009 - Lawyers for one of the two men accused of murdering the student body president at the University of North Carolina is requesting the trial be moved out of state.
Posted: 12/15/2009 - Federal investigators are still seeking answers about coastal real estate developments assembled by two brothers with ties to former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley.
Updated: 12/15/2009 - North Carolina's appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of two convicted murderers sentenced under a 1970s law that limited life terms.
Updated: 12/14/2009 - Lawmen say the Chapel Hill woman was trying to help a cat that had just been hit by a car when another car hit her.
Posted: 12/12/2009 - Authorities say an officer checking on a car blocking a lane on a North Carolina freeway found a man dying from a gunshot inside.
Updated: 12/11/2009 - Faye Brown was convicted for the 1975 murder of Trooper Tom Davis in Martin County and was among more than two dozen inmates who were prepared to get out of prison in October.
Posted: 12/07/2009 - At least four North Carolina agencies bought expensive, high-tech surveillance gear from a private security firm linked to Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand.


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47 CFR 18.207 - Technical report.
When required by the Commission a technical report shall include at least the following information:
(a) A description of the measurement facilities in accordance with § 2.948. If such a description is already on file with the Commission, it may be included by reference.
(b) A copy of the installation and operating instructions furnished to the user. A draft copy of such instructions may be submitted with the application, provided a copy of the actual document to be furnished to the user is submitted as soon as it is available, but no later than 60 days after the grant of the application.
(c) The full name and mailing address of the manufacturer of the device and/or applicant filing for the equipment authorization.
(d) The FCC Identifier, trade name(s), and/or model number(s) under which the equipment is or will be marketed.
(f) A report of measurements, including a list of the measuring equipment used, and a statement of the date when the measuring equipment was last calibrated and when the measurements were made. The frequency range that was investigated in obtaining the report of measurements shall be indicated. See also §§ 18.309 and 18.311.
[50 FR 36067, Sept. 5, 1985, as amended at 63 FR 36603, July 7, 1998]
Title 47 published on 2014-10-01
no entries appear in the Federal Register after this date.


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Maps & Visitor Information
Visitors and Vendors Daily/Cash Parking
Nearly all of UC's parking facilities use "Pay-in-Lane" (PIL) systems. Cash (currency up to and including $20 and/or coins) and credit cards are accepted.
Parking for visitors and vendors is available in all garages on the Medical and West Campuses. Rates vary by facility and are based on the length of stay. Surface parking lots are for permit parking only.
West Campus visitor parking facilities:
- Calhoun Garage 230 Calhoun St.
- Clifton Court Garage 321 Clifton Crt.
- Corry Garage 51 W. Corry Blvd., off Jefferson Ave. and Corry Blvd.
- Woodside Garage 2913 Woodside Dr.
- Campus Green Garage 2935 Campus Green Dr.
- University Ave Garage 40 W. University Ave.
- CCM Garage 270 CCM Blvd.
- Varsity Village Garage 200 Varsity Village Dr.
- Stratford Heights Garage 2630 Stratford Ave.
- Victory Parkway Lot 2220 Victory Parkway
Medical Campus visitor parking facilities:
- Eden Avenue Garage 3223 Eden Ave.
- Kingsgate Garage 151 Goodman Dr.
- Lot 16 200 Louis Ave.
- Lot 22 3119 Highland Ave. near Martin Luther King Dr.
Printable Campus Parking Maps
Guest/Event Parking
Guests must use pay garages. Individuals, departments or sponsoring groups may arrange to pay for parking by completing a Request for Special Parking Form online. This form should also be completed to alert Parking Services of large programs/events for which individuals are to pay for parking. Requests for special parking must be submitted five or more business days in advance of the date the event is desired. It is the responsibility of faculty, staff and students to make parking regulations known to their invited guests or visitors. Guests are subject to parking regulations.
Stall Designation
Parking is permitted only in marked stalls.
White stall: White stalls indicate parking permitted with a proper access card, permit, key card or in garages/lots with event or spitter tickets, unless temporarily designated otherwise.
Red stall: Red stalls designate reserved parking.
Yellow curb: Yellow curbs or lines designate firelanes. Firelanes are tow away zones and must be kept clear at all times.
Blue stall: Blue stalls designate reserved and non-reserved handicap parking with a proper permit or keycard and a valid state handicap placard.


text: Publications Search Results Users may wish to consult What's Included in the Bibliography. Results 1 - 1 Results per page: 25 50 100 Sort by: Pub Date (newest) Title Recent Additions Author Clear All Pub. Year Citation 2013 Lemola, S., Ledermann, T., Friedman, E.M. . Variability of sleep duration is related to subjective sleep quality and subjective well-being: An actigraphy study.. PLoS One. 8, (8), e71292 Full Text Options: DOI Worldcat Google Scholar Export Options: RIS EndNote XML [1]