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•About Us •Our Services •Key Issues About Turkey •About Istanbul • Turkish Apparel Industry •Contact
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Turkish Apparel Industry
Strengths of the Turkish Clothing Industry
Turkey is a very important cotton country, which is an advantage in raw materials, for the clothing industry.
The monetary policies and the banking systems are uniform throughout the country.
Work discipline, techniques, rules and regulations are also uniform in every region.
The clothing industry has achieved international integration with free market rules.
With the integrated textile firms, who retain high capacity and new technology, the clothing industry is also in an advantageous position with its inputs such as yarn-fabric.
The Turkish clothing industry enjoys the advantage of low labour costs, while maintaining best quality, compared to developed countries.
The Turkish clothing industry has made the transition from producing basic products with low added value to producing high quality products with high added value. The share of subcontracting in exports is 5%.
The established production centres – the Marmara region, mainly around Istanbul - are at present specializing in the production of quality products leaving the production of basic products to Anatolia, thus cretaing opportunities for the clothing industry throughout the country.
Buyers coming to Turkey have the opportunity of selecting from a wide range of products.
The Turkish clothing industry is one of the sectors that takes full advantage of the Customs Union with the EU.
Turkey's location is a great advantage. There is a population of 600 million people living in the surroundings of Turkey, at a distance of only two hours. Buyers coming from Europe are able to do their business in only one day.
Why Turkish Textile ?
for style is everywhere – the unusual designs of Turkish ceramics, the
beautiful architecture of mosques and palaces, the fine oriental rugs, the
fabulous robes of the sultans. All of these have contributed to the
creation of one of the most dynamic and vibrant industries in Europe today
– Turkish textiles.
Turkish textile manufacturers have been a major partner and a critical source for major U.S. labels and manufacturers, ranging from the high-end to countless popular manufacturing houses and designers. Last year, Turkey's textile exports to the U.S. were $1.4 billion. Much of this was through our partners in New York's Garment District. Moving forward in 2002, Turkish textile industry is eager and ready to continue this partnership and provide top-quality products at competitive range for the American marketplace.
Textile and clothing industry has a great contribution to the Turkish economy. This contribution can be observed easily when some statistical ratios and aggregates are considered. For example, textile and clothing industry accounts for;
With these high ratios, the industry has been denominated as the locomotive of the Turkish Economy for years.
The export amount of the industry has reached to the level of USD 15 billion.
But the country is not only an exporter in the world, but also it is a reliable importer. Total import of the industry reached USD 5 billion in 2003. Most of the imports are textile commodities such as fibres, yarns, fabrics, etc.
Turkey is among the leading importers of textile and clothing machinery, spare parts and chemical agents. Average import figure of these items exceeds 1,7 billion USD per year.HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Turkey had a closed economy until 1980s. As a result, both production and export level were quite low. For example;
Since the beginning of 1980s, with the export orientation of Turkish Economy, both production and export have increased:
During early years of export orientation policy, most of the industry's export items were raw materials or intermediary goods such as fibres and yarns. In the course of time, this situation has changed. For example,
According to the WTO statistics, Turkey is
The EU countries are the main traditional markets for the Turkish textile and clothing industry. The share of the EU (15) in total export of the industry is about 63%.
Leading Suppliers of Clothing in the World – (2002)
Share Of Turkey in the World Textile and Clothing Trade -2002
Clothing: World Export: 200,85 Billion USD.
Turkey's Export: 8,06 Billion USD.
Turkey's share: % 4
Textile: World Export: 152,15 Billion USD.
Turkey's Export: 4,24 Billion USD.
Turkey's share: %2.8ADVANTAGES OF TURKISH TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY
Rich in Raw Materials
Turkey is the 6th biggest cotton growing country in the world, with its production capacity around 900 thousands tons .
About 30% of this production are high quality long staple cotton, the remaining is medium quality.
Capacity of artificial and synthetics is also noteworthy.
Qualified Human Sources
Turkey has a well-educated young population.
Both governmental and non-governmental organisations (NGO's) have given a great importance to education.
Besides the governmental schools, there have been a lot of private and NGO initiatives. One of the most important of these initiatives is Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters' Associations (ITKIB). ITKIB has been giving assistance to Vocational Education by arranging short time courses and seminars and by arranging training for the young in companies.
Close to the Main Markets (Europe)
Existence of a Developed Finishing Industry for Textile Industry
For high quality goods, finishing operations of textile commodities have a crucial importance. Turkey has a developed finishing industry equipped with modern facilities. Most of them are independent finishing companies.
Existence of a Developed Sub Industry for Clothing Sector
The importance of production accessories for clothing industry can not be ignored. Although the values of production accessories are quite small, the added value they create is estimated between 10%-25%. Accessories such as zippers, narrow woven, buttons, hangings, labels, quilted materials, stiffening materials, etc. are produced in Turkey by a qualified sub-industry.
Product Diversification
The industry has gained the ability to produce all types of style, design, and fashion for all markets
Flexibility among Production Sites
Turkish businessmen are aware of globalisation. They can move production to regions or countries where the conditions are more suitable for market requirements. Eastern and Central European Countries and Turkic Republics in Central Asia are among the regions to where the Turkish entrepreneurs can easily shift.
Sensitivity about Quality, Environment, Health
The industry is sensitive about total quality.
Compliance with the EU's Technical Regulation
Turkey has completed its studies on the adoption of Technical Legislation of the EU on the following fields:
Customs Union with the EU and Free Trade Agreements with a lot of Countries
Turkey has Customs Union with the EU. Within the framework of the Customs Union, industrial goods can move freely within the EU and Turkish borders, without paying any customs tariff and encountering any quantitative restriction.
Turkey has Free Trade Agreements with the following countries:
These agreements also enable Turkish textile and clothing goods to enter into these countries without any duty and restrictions.
Sensitivity about Workers' Social Conditions
We know that there is sensitivity among consumers and consumer organisations in the OECD countries about social and health conditions of the workers who employed in production processes. The same sensitivity has grown up in Turkey as well. European retailers have made great contribution to this sensitivity in Turkey through a feed-back mechanism.
This sensitivity has been carried out into our Social Security Law.
Other Points
Turkey has adopted a market oriented trade strategy since 1980s. This strategy has strengthened with the establishment of Customs Union in 1996 between Turkey and the EU and free trade agreements with various countries. Turkey's membership of almost all international organisations is another pressure for further liberalisation.
As a tool of market orientation, Turkey has given importance to establishment of Free Trade Zones and Industrial Free Zones. Readily, there are 19 Free Zones in operation. The most prominent of them are located in Mersin, three in İstanbul ( AHL, Tuzla, Çatalca), Antalya, İzmir (Aliağa), Adana (Yumurtalık) and Çorlu.
Incentives given in Free Zones:
- 100 per cent income and corporate tax free,
- Exemption from VAT, unless importation to Turkey,
- 100 per cent exemption from banking and credit charges,
- 100 per cent exemption from customs tariff during importation into the Zones.
Foreign companies are treated equally with Turkish companies, in terms of investment in Turkey, transfer of profit and capital and access to incentives.WHAT CAN TURKISH TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY OFFER FOR THE WORLD MARKET
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It will not be long until a new variety of Cracker Jacks hits the shelves of supermarkets in the US.
Thus, PepsiCo's Frito-Lay has made it public news that it is to start baking and marketing so-called Power Bites, which are basically caffeinated snacks.
Needless to say, the news has caused quite a media stir, given the fact that both regular folks and trained dietitians are now trying to figure out how this new "treat" will impact on the health of children in the US.
Advertising Age informs us that the Center for Science in the Public Interest (i.e. a consumer advocacy group) went as far as to send a letter to the US Federal Drug Administration.
The letter emphasized the fact that, "Caffeine is generally recognized as safe only in cola-type beverages and only at concentrations of 0.02% or less (about 72 mg per 12 oz.)."
On the other hand, Frito-Lay says that the Center for Science in the Public Interest misinterpreted their statements: the Cracker Jack'D Power Bites will not contain caffeine, they will contain coffee.
The difference is that caffeine is a crystalline xanthine alkaloid that functions as a stimulant drug, whereas coffee is a stimulant that only contains traces of caffeine, but it is not entirely made out of it.
As well as this, all marketing campaigns concerning these snacks are to target adult consumers alone.
Needless to say, the packaging for these new Cracker Jack'D Power Bites will be as suggestive as possible: the boy-and-dog logo will be displayed against a black background, and information about the products coffee/caffeine content will be written on both its front and its back.
Still, Jeff Cronin, the Center for Science in the Public Interest's director of communications, wished to express his opinion that, "It is wholly inappropriate to add caffeine to a kid-friendly product, regardless of whether the caffeine comes from coffee or another source."
"Even if the company intends to market the product to adults, the Cracker Jack brand is one that children have a long attraction to," he went on to add.

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Christmas 2012
December 17, 2012
With new projects starting this week and opportunities knocking for both Tiller Design and Tiller Scientific+Medical, our team is going to be around over the Christmas break. We will be running "holiday hours" and be in and out from the 21st December 2012 to the 6th January 2013. Everyone is back on the 7th. If you would like to reach out to anyone over this period please send emails.
The New Year is going to be exciting! We are working on renewable energy projects, food production and consumer products. Laced into this is the interesting mix of technically challenging medical devices, ruggedised equipment and accessories for the home. There is so much talent and experience in the company, I am very proud of our team's professionalism and creativity.
Importantly, I would like to thank all of our trusted suppliers and clients for what has been a rewarding year. Congratulations to our suppliers and clients, and to the team that is Tiller Design and Tiller Scientific+Medical. You have proved once more we are world class, creating fantastic results this year.
"Merry Christmas, Happy New Year"
Sincerely, Robert Tiller
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Christmas Wishes
December 13, 2010
The Christmas season has arrived and as we prepare for an exciting 2011, I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of us all at Tiller, to wish you a safe, happy Christmas, and a very happy new year.
From our end, 2010 has been a great year, seeing us implement many new initiatives. The most significant would be the growth and expansion of our business through Tiller Design and Tiller Scientific+Medical. The strategy to give clients choices on how they buy design has been very popular, underpinned by our quality controlled processes. All of which we look forward to sharing with you in more detail next year.
My sincere thanks go to our great clients, dedicated and talented staff and amazing suppliers for your support through 2010. We are looking forward to the challenges and discoveries that 2011 will bring and seeing you in the new year.
Yours sincerely,
Robert Tiller and Team
P.S. Please note our office will be closed from Dec 23rd to Jan 4th inclusive.
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Its been a huge year and we have achieved a great deal.
December 11, 2009
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, to all our valued clients and suppliers.
Christmas often makes us reflect on the years achievements. There have been many this year and the foundations are in place for even greater success in
Here is a summary of 2009, hold your breath.:
Tiller Design won new design business in Canada, North America, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Asia. We continued to work with old and established clients. Our medical and scientific device design work expanded on the back of the launch of Tiller Scientific+Medical Pty Ltd which specialises in Product Design and Product Development with the medical device, Scientific and military markets.
Delegates from our design team traveled to design management conferences, the IDSA conference in Miami (where we picked up a gold award), Medica 2009 in Dusseldorf and DesignX.
We introduced Drive 2 Design an internal forum where we debate and discuss: design trends, products and generally enjoy broadening everyone's knowledge (with the occasional beer). If you visit the studio the back wall holds the history of these discussions.
Lots of new products designed by Tiller Design hit markets around the world, energy saving products designed and manufactured by our companies continue to roll out across the world, reducing CO2 emissions and saving power. The team learned new skills and have performed brilliantly and diligently throughout the year.
We have developed Channels into North America for a range of new products. We have new staff joining us in January, and are wrapping up the year on the 18th December.
Most importantly we have built great relationships with all our valued clients and worked very hard to deliver commercial success for our clients.
Have a safe, Happy Christmas and New Year. See you in 2010. Tiller Design are leading Industrial Designers based in Sydney
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I am not competing (yet?), but I do want good SQ from my carputer system. I should have it installed within the next 2 weeks, so I'll have more info then...
I chose to use the m-audio sound card (7.1 isa card). It has really good specs and good reviews from users. It comes with some basic sound processing sw, but I may also be looking for more if I am not happy with the sound.
Another important factor is how you store your music. Mp3 can be good or bad, depending on how it's converted. I may use un-compressed wav files, which will sound great, but take up a TON of hard drive space.


text: Ivor Novello | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information Official Broadway League sites: - sites - broadway.org broadwayleague.com broadwayfanclub.com kidsnightonbroadway.com stagespecs.org tonyawards.com Quick Search For: In This Category: All Show People/Org. Theatre Season Ivor Novello Composer, Performer, Writer, Lyricist ( b. Jan 15, 1893 Cardiff, WALES - d. Mar 06, 1951 London, ENGLAND ) Male Productions ProductionsDate of ProductionsFresh Fields[Play, Comedy, Original] Written by Ivor Novello Feb 10, 1936 - Apr 1936A Party[Play, Original] Written by Ivor Novello Aug 23, 1933 - Oct 1933The Truth Game[Play, Comedy, Original] Performer: Ivor Novello [Max Clement] Written by Ivor Novello Dec 27, 1930 - Mar 1931Symphony in Two Flats[Play, Comedy, Original] Performer: Ivor Novello [David Kennard] Written by Ivor Novello Sep 16, 1930 - Oct 1930Charlot Revue[Musical, Revue, Original] Music for "Fallen Babies" by Ivor Novello Nov 10, 1925 - Mar 06, 1926The Rat[Play, Original] Written by Ivor Novello Feb 10, 1925 - May 1925Andre Charlot's Revue of 1924[Musical, Revue, Original] Music by Ivor Novello Jan 09, 1924 - Sep 20, 1924Jack and Jill[Musical, Comedy, Original] Additional lyrics by Ivor Novello Additional music by Ivor Novello Mar 22, 1923 - Jun 09, 1923 Find out where Ivor Novello and are credited together © 2001-2015, The Broadway League, All Rights Reserved. (Copyright and Disclaimer)


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What are they putting there?
Nobody is entirely sure, but it looks like they're digging for a basement...I had heard at one point that the city was allowing for a behavioral center for children there because the area does belong to the city, but I hadn't heard anything else about it. We didn't even know when they were going to tear the building down--the city crew just showed up one morning. I suppose I could call a friend at the city or even Roger Chase, but I'm going to watch the proceedings for a few more days beforehand.
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Lifetime announced plans to produce a new version of Steel Magnolias with an all African-American cast, and the cast of this new version has been revealed.
CNN reports that the part of M'Lynn Eaton will be played by Queen Latifah. The role was originally played by Sally Field.
In addition to starring in the project, Latifah will also serve as executive producer with Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
Condola Rashad is set to play Shelby, M'Lynn's daughter, who is suffering from diabetes. Rashad's mother, Phylicia Rashad, will also have a role in the film, as the widow, Claire.
Alfre Woodward, will be Ouiser Boudreaux and Adepero Oduye will play the beauty assistant, Annelle.
Grammy Award winner, Jill Scott, will portray Truvy, the understanding hairdresser, who was previously played by Dolly Parton.
"The caliber of talent associated with this film is astounding. Queen Latifah, Phylicia, Alfre, Jill, Adepero, and Condola are some of the most celebrated women in music, film, television and stage — and we could not be more thrilled and honored for them to bring Robert Harling's poignant story about the strength of women to a whole new generation," Nancy Dubuc, president and general manager of Lifetime Networks, told Entertainment Weekly.
The original version of the film took place in Georgia, and while production will start in Atlanta next month, this new version will take place in Louisiana.
Not many details have been released about the updates that the new version will undertake, but Lifetime says that the project will premiere later this year.


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Toddler and mother assaulted by drunk man in Redruth
Posted: February 12, 2014|
POLICE are investigating after a drunk man assaulted a woman and her toddler in Redruth on Thursday.
A 20-year-old woman had been walking with her two-year-old daughter on Alma Place between 8pm and 8.25pm when the incident happened.
They were walking together when a man, who was thought to be intoxicated, approached them and tried to kiss the woman.
The woman and child were left shaken by the incident although not physically injured.
A police spokesman said: "Between 8pm and 8.25pm on Thursday 6th February 2014 a twenty-year old mother and her two year old daughter were assaulted by a man at Alma Place, Redruth near to the railway over bridge.
"The man is described as being in his late 40's or early 50's, short and with a stocky build. He was wearing a dark padded jacket with a collar."
Police want to trace witnesses to the incident in particular a blonde female who was driving a blue car and stopped to assist.
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eBook Description: Melanie Starks and her seventeen-year-old son, Charlie, have been running one con job or another for as long as she can remember. Worried about Charlie, though, Melanie is ready to start over. Then her brother, Jared, reappears in her life. Released on a technicality, Jared Barnett is just out of prison and feeling more invincible than ever. He has the perfect plan to rob a local Nebraska bank, but he needs Melanie's and Charlie's help. Feeling that she owes the brother who saved her from an unspeakably violent childhood, Melanie agrees to Jared's plan. But within seconds, shots are fired and Jared and Charlie run out of the bank. They are empty-handed and four people are dead. When they refuse to tell her what happened in those few desperate moments, Melanie realizes her brother and son have formed a silent bond. And now they are all on the run from the police, taking a hostage with them and willing to do anything to survive.
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10:30 a.m. Hall of Justice—Omaha, Nebraska
Grace Wenninghoff hated waiting. The air in courtroom number five felt like a hot, wet towel wrapped around her neck. There were too many people, jammed inside, generating too much heat. The squeaking of chairs as people shifted in their seats and an occasional cough interrupted the silence, but that was all. Judge Fielding's presence kept the crowd agitated but quiet as he looked over the papers in front of him, taking his time, not a hint of sweat or discomfort on his face.
Grace reached for her water bottle, took a careful sip. Come on, let's get this over with, she wanted to yell, but instead tapped her pen against her blank legal pad to keep her foot from doing the same. The judge scowled at her without raising his head, his eyes looking at her through his bushy gray eyebrows and over the wire-rim glasses hanging at the tip of his nose. Her pen stopped in midair. He went back to examining the papers.
Rumor was that the maintenance crew had shut off the air-conditioning in the whole building over the long Labor Day weekend, not expecting the return of ninety-degree weather. Yet, Grace couldn't help wondering if Judge Fielding had purposely shut it off in his own courtroom, hoping to make them all sweat. It wouldn't be the first time. Fielding loved to make attorneys sweat…sweat and wait. That combination today couldn't be a good sign, though Grace tried to remain optimistic. As optimistic as a prosecutor could be with the humidity threatening to turn her usually straight, short hair into something worthy of a Chia Pet. She knew she'd need more than optimism today.
She glanced across the aisle at Warren Penn from the high-priced law firm of Branigan, Turner, Cross and Penn. No sweat visible there, either. How did he manage it in that three-piece suit? She had hoped to see his client, the defendant, Jonathon Richey, in shackles and an orange jumpsuit, reducing the city councilman to the cold-blooded murderer he really was. Instead, Richey wore a steel-blue suit and crisp white shirt with red-and-blue tie. The slick politician didn't look affected in the least by his arrest or the allegations against him. In fact, he looked rather smug, and Grace worried that some old-boy network had already taken care of the outcome of this case. Judge Fielding had a reputation of protecting his inner circle. Could he do it in front of a crowd of spectators and under the scrutiny of the media?
Beneath her own jacket Grace could feel her silk blouse sticking to her skin. She glanced down at it to make sure it didn't look as bad as it felt. What a day to wear silk. The blouse had been a birthday gift from Grandma Wenny, who had been trying to dress Grace in pink since she was six years old, although her grandmother had reassured her that this was fuchsia, her German accent making it sound like some erotic, slightly naughty color. Thinking about that made Grace smile.
She watched Judge Fielding, looking for signs that they'd be proceeding soon. He flipped over another page and started at the top with his index finger. Geez. This was only the bail hearing. At this rate, she couldn't imagine how long the trial would take.
She reached to rub the knot still gathered at the base of her neck. The three-day weekend had been too short. Her husband, Vince, insisted they could live with the stacked boxes everywhere. Easy for him to say, he was leaving for Switzerland tomorrow morning. Sure it was business—a new client insisting on meeting his American account rep face-to-face. Grace and Emily would be left to live with the chaos. But the boxes weren't the cause of the knot at the back of her neck.
She loved their new house, although it was far from new, a century-old Victorian with plenty of character and enough space for them to convert part of it into a mother-in-law suite—or in this case a grandmother suite—for Grandma Wenny. The renovations were a pain in the neck—yes, maybe even a partial cause for the very real pain in her neck. There'd been workers tramping in and out of their house, leaving mud and sawdust and holes where walls once were. Still, Grace knew all of this was the easy part. The real work, the real challenge, would be in convincing Grandma Wenny to leave her South Omaha home, the small drafty two-bedroom, mouse-infested bungalow where she had lived for over sixty years, where she had raised three children and one granddaughter, a granddaughter who had pledged—actually pinkie-swore—to take care of the stubborn old woman.
"Ms. Wenninghoff," Judge Fielding bellowed, grabbing her attention.
"Yes, Your Honor." She stood up casually, resisting the urge to wipe her damp forehead.
"Please continue," he told her as if they'd been waiting only a few minutes and as if she had been the one holding them up.
"As I was saying and as you can see from the arrest warrant, Mr. Richey was arrested at Eppley Airport. Mr. Richey is a flight risk and, therefore, should be denied bail."
"Judge, this is preposterous." Warren Penn drew the word out so slowly it sounded like four words instead of one. He also took his time standing up, then moved out from behind the defense table as if he required additional room to make his statement. Grace guessed it was more for the benefit of towering over her.
"Mr. Richey," he continued in the same drawn-out manner, "is a businessman. He was simply making a business trip. This trip has been on his calendar for months. I have his appointment calendar and phone logs available for Your Honor." He waved a hand at the pile on the defense table but made no effort to get them. "Jonathon Richey," he went on, "not only owns a local business here in Omaha, but he's a city councilman. He's a deacon at his church and president of the downtown Rotary Club. His wife, two of his three children and all five of his grandchildren live within this community. Mr. Richey certainly does not pose a flight risk. Taking all this into consideration, Your Honor, I'm sure you'll agree that Mr. Richey should be released on his own recognizance."
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The author of the website KANJIDAMAGE (http://kanjidamage.com/introduction) famous for his learning japanese vocabulary and especially On- and Kun-Yomi of Kanjis through pre-made donkey bridges (have a look), designed an e-book of his whole website to be downloaded here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0F8G1CI0 (33mb|PDF)Just wanted to mention that something like that does indeed exist as i could not find any recent topic about this book, which i find really useful and handy for those not having a PDA or cellphone capable of SRS software such as - our beloved - Anki.Cheers!
Hey, that's interesting... Thanks for the link! Going to check it out properly now.
@pembles: It seems the version is more a batch of every kanji used in kanjidamage and less printerfriendly.. I would appreciate if anybody - familiar with PDF files and stuff like this - could put it into a better shape.. I mean, 1000 pages print out costs a lot and if i'm gonna do it, i would like to have something more well looking Since the author stopped updating it (see his post in the kanjidamage forums), i also would like to ask for proofreading (native speaker willl discover them probably faster, but every help is welcome, thank you!) and posting them here; maybe even compiling an inofficial version
I'll see what I can do, but what would you like: 10, 20, 50, 100... kanji per page?Also, there should be an option on your printer to print multiple pages on one page. But the best is having someone in a company using their printer for you (my sis does it -- while I'm saving for an epad).
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Eratik, did you have a look into this? I mean, i doubt i can read 50 Kanjis per page (what a small font?!) - barely readable i suppose.. Try your best to reduce the number of pages ("printerfriendly"). If you need some nice looking first page, feel free to use this one here:http://www.imagebanana.com/view/vo5ngu0 … DAMAGE.jpg(the first page nee)
I'm currently trying to create a new 2 column pdf. If you print recto verso, that will amount to 250 pages (more handy). I'll let you know how it goes.
Well, i actually wanted to do the same thing to another ebook i purchased in order to be print it out naturally.. How to do that, Eratik, i have the newest Adobe PDF Acrobat (9.0 Pro or so..). Optimal would be the best compression, so as much as possible, horizontal format, scaled into (so that one can read something v.v)? Thanks for any アドバイス
So I've been struggling quite a lot, since my laptop sucks: I tried to edit the original pdf in ooo draw (because there is so much blank on the pages it's criminal), and then to neatly put it in a two-colomns text format, but there's no way draw would recognize any of the kanji, so I lamely ended up creating a new pdf with 2 pages of the old on each page, which is better than nothing I guess. You can do that with pdfcreator. Just print any document with pdfcreator, then custom multipage it after switching the setting from portrait to landscape. As for the reduced kanjidamage, it's just finished, so it should be available on British Telecom in a few minutes.
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So, could you possibly post a link where to download it, eratik?
Tori-kun wrote:@pembles: It seems the version is more a batch of every kanji used in kanjidamage and less printerfriendly.. I would appreciate if anybody - familiar with PDF files and stuff like this - could put it into a better shape.. I mean, 1000 pages print out
@pembles: It seems the version is more a batch of every kanji used in kanjidamage and less printerfriendly.. I would appreciate if anybody - familiar with PDF files and stuff like this - could put it into a better shape.. I mean, 1000 pages print out
If you're printing large documents like that, it might be better (and maybe cheaper) to use a printing service - you can upload the pdf, and have them print it A5, double-sided and spiral bound.
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@fugu: Yeah, i was thinking about this as well, but.. i asked ahead in copyshops in my town here (village) and 100 pages print out cost 5 (which is in my opinion still a lot, when you want to print out something like the Kanjidamage book.. 500 pages, i.e. 25!)Any other companies you could suggsest/know?
Hey, I'm the one that made the e-book. I made a script to go through every kanji page on the KD website and save it to a single HTML file which I then converted to a pdf using Adobe Acrobat. So yes, it's basically a batch of all the kanji pages on KD. I made some tweaks to the html source code, the CSS stylesheet and the images so the pdf would look as good as possible. I appreciate if someone is willing to improve it, and make it look like an actual e-book. I could upload the .html file which I used to create the pdf from, it'll be much easier than fiddling with my pdf version (I think).And just for the information, printing 1063 pages (black and white, two-sided) cost me a little less than 40 (with student discount). Usually, the more pages you have to print, the less you pay for a page. The shop I went to had 0,120/paper for 76-100 pages and 0,036/paper for 1001-2000 pages.Updated 9th November, 2010.By the way, I had problems with the fonts when using the English version of Adobe Acrobat, so I went to the Adobe website and downloaded the Japanese version (or something like that - I forgot). It worked flawlessly after that.Edit:This was what I did to fix the fonts: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0 … ComHeadingCreating the pdf with Adobe Acrobat will make it around 10MB (not sure about two columns); I edited the pdf with Foxit PDF Editor, that's why it's 33MB.Also note, when I gave the pdf to the print shop, they decreased the overall size of the pages so there would be room on the side for spiral binding. I completely forgot about that, so good for me that the shop remembered. There's an option to do that in Adobe Acrobat as well.
Last edited by toshiromiballza (2010 December 22, 7:21 am)
You were right, now Writer recognizes them! Yipee!! The two-column look is promising. A slight drawback is the "used in" section is transferred with the kanji listed each on a new line, so I have to edit that by hand. If the result looks fine, I'll upload it. It should be ready by tomorrow. じゃどうも。EDIT: er... big whoop... the document you uploaded only go up to number 1760. Is that normal? Or is it just my firefox or something?Awaiting new instructions.
Last edited by EratiK (2010 October 27, 9:41 am)
There are 1760 kanji up on KanjiDamage, so that's normal. My 33MB pdf e-book also has 1760 kanji. As for the "used in" section, I think I know what the problem is. You don't have to fix anything by hand, I'll upload a fixed .html that should take care of that. It'll be up in a couple of hours.
Gorgeous (I like when people do all the work). HTMLの神、ごめんなさいフルスキングウthat much.
Last edited by EratiK (2010 October 27, 11:34 am)
Here it is: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D11IOKQ1It fixes it for OOO and Word, but if someone else wants to create the pdf using Adobe Acrobat, use the one in kanjidicks.rar, not this one.Updated 9th November, 2010.
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I'm sorry to bother you, but the document is currently unvailable, but don't worry, I'll start by hand. The effort is welcome!
Megaupload always does that with new files. It'll work in a little while. I'm guessing they check the files for viruses/illegal content or something.Instead of doing it by hand, open the html file in a text editor and replace "
<a" with "
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Last edited by toshiromiballza (2010 October 27, 3:33 pm)
*push* Will there be a printer friendly edition of the KANJIDAMAGE book as pdf or.. is there no interest in one/forgot to compile one? (@Eratik?)Would be really grateful if some skilled guy'd compile one for open use and purpose, thanks folks \o/
Ah yeah, I forgot to update: so the fix worked, but it mucked up the stars, so I need to use the first document and then replace all the "used in" sections with the fix manually, and I've started giving private lessons, so I hadn't really had the time, and anyway, even if neater, Writer supresses half of the colours that made kanjidamage so special, so I thought a little delay until around Xmas (when I have hols) would be acceptable, since the excellent first pdf is still available on megaUL and so is my lazy upgrade that I consider not that bad somehow. Now you know.
Last edited by EratiK (2010 November 08, 11:14 am)
Thanks for the fast reply! Keep it up and have fun giving lessons \o
Old pdf e-book: http://www.mediafire.com/?j6jzs7lca5kxh6kHTML file updated with the latest errors (May 1st. 2012):http://www.mediafire.com/?oxy031s07nt6oacPrintable double-sided Kanjidamage flashcards:With kanji meanings on the front side: http://www.mediafire.com/?akbp44a23n8ip42With kanji meanings on the back side: http://www.mediafire.com/?3q7nerm6s18zaus
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Edgar is a common name from Old English words ead (meaning "rich, happy, prosperous") + gar (meaning "spear"). Literally meaning "prosperity-spear" or "prosperous spearman." In Spanish it is accented Édgar.
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Historical figures[edit]
- Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England
- Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland
- Edgar the Ætheling (c.1051–c.1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England
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- Edgar Allan Poe, American author
- Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer
- Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower
- Edgar John Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist
- Edgar Buchanan, American actor
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, U.S. writer, creator of Tarzan
- Edgar Cason, American businessman and philanthropist
- Edgar Cayce, American psychic and healer
- Edgar F. Codd, British computer scientist
- Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
- Edgar Degas, French painter
- Edgar Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist
- Édgar González (disambiguation), multiple people
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- Edgar Guest, American poet
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- Edgar Meyer, American bassist
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- Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut
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- Édgar Ponce (1974–2005), Mexican actor and dancer
- Edgar Prado, Peruvian-born American jockey
- Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor
- Edgar E. Rand (c. 1905-1955), American business executive.
- Edgar Nelson Rhodes, Canadian politician
- Édgar Humberto Ruíz, Colombian road cyclist
- Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician (Keskerakond)
- Edgar Seligman, British 2-time Olympic champion fencer
- Edgar Sengier, Belgium director of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga during World War II
- Edgar Varèse, French composer
- Édgar Velásquez, Venezuelan boxer
- Edgar Winter, American musician
- Edgar Wright, British director
- Edgar Yaeger, American artist
- Edgar Jankauskas, First Lithuanian footballer to win the UEFA Champions League
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- Edgar, a leading character in Shakespeare's King Lear
- Edgar Bones, fictional character from the Harry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowling
- Edgar Friendly, an underground rebel leader in the 1990s movie Demolition Man
- Edgar Roni Figaro, character in the Final Fantasy VI video game
- Edgar McGraw, character in several films by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, including Kill Bill: Volume 1
- Edgar Stiles, character in the television series 24
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Featuring Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent Special Guest Opener: Et Tu Brucé The Zombies were the second UK group following the Beatles to score a #1 hit in America. With gorgeous melodies, breathy vocals, choral back-up harmonies and a jazzy influence, The Zombies ruled the 1960's with hit singles like "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No". Ironically, the group broke-up in 1968 just prior to achieving their greatest success – the chart-topping single "Time of the Season", from their swan-song album "Odessey & Oracle" Ironically enough, they only released two albums in the 60's, but those two albums were full of amazing hits. Their second album, Odessey & Oracle, was recorded in 1967 right before they split up, but it remains one of their greatest artistic statements. Odessey & Oracle, and yes that is how they spelled Odessey due to the cover artist famously misspelling it, was recently ranked #80 in Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. After The Zombies break up, Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent pursued solo careers. They both met with huge success on the solo front, but agreed to rejoin forces after a 30 year hiatus. They both felt their musical partnership was far more than the sum of the parts. They did not immediately call themselves The Zombies though. Rod was resisting that urge in order to respect the band's legacy. Finally in 2004, they released a new album, As Far As I Can See…, under the name The Zombies. The ten songs that make up Breathe Out, Breathe In are impeccably crafted pieces; the harmonies are rich, the melodies full, the arrangements exquisite, the organ and piano fresh and the production intuitive. Uncut Magazine raves "Argent and Blunstone find Zombie heaven again." After listening to the tracks, Rod and Colin realized something, "When we played the first mixes back, Colin and I were surprised to hear many resonances of our first band on the record, because they weren't achieved consciously." Now is your chance to experience The Zombies in concert since most of you probably either missed their short touring stint or you were not a fan until after the breakup. They are touring with original members Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent along with Jim Rodford, Tom Toomey and Steve Rodford.
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Described as "West London meets West Coast", Et Tu Brucé blend pop, rock, folk, and country, and tie them all together with their signature harmonic sound. Composed of Londoners Jamie White, Matthew O'Toole, and brothers Craig and Darryn Bruce, they are fast becoming the band to watch. Likened to a number of great bands, they inhabit a space on the spectrum where few others reside. They write, perform, and produce their own records, and in doing so have collected a number of accolades from established journalists and a host of new music champions. Their music echoes from the golden age of
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Norway's police and intelligence services have been heavily criticised for not averting or at least disrupting the plot by Anders Behring Breivik to bomb Oslo and shoot unarmed teenagers at a youth camp, in the blunt findings of an independent inquest into the mass killings.
The panel's 500-page report, published on Monday, chronicled what amounts to a litany of errors and blunders at nearly every level of law enforcement in Norway, which was traumatised by the scale and audacity of the attacks. Several top judicial and security officials have resigned over the failure to thwart Breivik.
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Ermete Realacci and his very current inquiry book, guide the readers through those Italian companies that successfully ventured on an alternative path to exit the crisis afflicting the country, focusing on innovation and sustainability. Among the protagonists, the book described the ceramic industry in the words of Franco Manfredini, president of Casalgrande Padana.
An environmentalist, MP and honorary president of Legambiente, Ermete Realacci doesn't need to be introduced. His latest work, published by Chiare Lettere has recently been put for sale in bookstores. The title and subtitle, as in a blues "skirmish", go well beyond mere theory and reveal the solution: Green Italy – Perché ce la possiamo fare (N. of. T. Green Italy – The reason why we can make it).
The leitmotivs to the author's analysis are the idea and need to focus on a sustainable and innovation-driven economy, based on such principles as quality, research and knowledge.
The dramatic financial situation at global level, combined with the long-time problems in Italy, doesn't only make the socio-economic scenario difficult or even unsustainable, but hides the country's more vital and competitive part of the Country, where positive energy is still a key feature. Suffices to think that exports grew by 40% even in the more traditional industries.
As Realacci reminds us, harsh conditions force people to use their wits as best as they can. The crisis, as it is reminded by the several cases described in the book, may be regarded as an opportunity in disguise. To prove his point, the author takes us on a trip from the north to the south of the Country, telling about that part of the Italian industry that has decided to wager on green economy to renew their production processes in a responsible way, thus creating a new competitive paradigm in the Country.
The story of Casalgrande Padana stands out for its pertinence; the company's President, Mr. Franco Manfredini, proudly recounts its strengths. This pivotal company is located at the heart of the Sassuolo cluster, the undisputed reference area for ceramic processing and production excellence worldwide. This product, like few others, is capable of conveying the strength and character of our vital and competitive Made in Italy, based on the know-how and success of an entire community.
In its over 50 years in the business, Casalgrande Padana and its Research Centre collected an incredible wealth of knowledge, developed innovative products and state-of-the-art technical solutions. Among them, the recent and revolutionary fully-vitrified stoneware slab line, called Bios ® Antibacterial Ceramics; this line stands out for its outstanding antibacterial properties.
Collective success, though – continues Manfredini – has also to do with environmental performance: "the very DNA of our company rests in the production of evolved and environmentally-friendly ceramic material and the provision of innovative solutions for today's architecture, in a perfect balance between economic growth, technology advancement, sensible use of natural resources, environmental protection and social responsibility".
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She was cute last week, that 88-year-old contestant on "Let's Make a Deal," appropriately dressed as a graduate. She explained she was headed home to Minnesota for the 70th high school reunion - probably a small gathering, I thought.
But then it got me thinking: Uh, oh ? it's coming.
No, not the commercialism of the Christmas season, what with its endless sales, its presents and its never-ending reruns of "A Christmas Story." I love all that. ...


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It's considered one of the toughest jobs in the entertainment industry; the actual duties of which are a mystery to many. Yet, in recent years, because of the rise of social media, it's become one of the most visible roles within the television world.
A showrunner has the responsibility of overseeing everything that goes into making each episode of a television series, from the creative aspects to the financial and logistical elements. It's quite a juggling act and one that not many people fully understand.
"The audience is 90% people who don't know how the soap is made," says Hart Hanson, who was the showrunner of Bones, The Finder and currently Backstrom.
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Florida Couple Receives Conservation Award
"The Scherfs fought motorized abuse in the preserve almost single-handedly for several years, putting in untold hours and personal sacrifice to bring a lawsuit, collect science, and help stop the damageall as volunteers," said Mary Munson, NPCA director of South Florida and Marine Programs. "They hold a profound and sincere appreciation for all the values that national parks represent and have gladly accepted the responsibility of stewardship as citizens."
ORVs have etched Big Cypress National Preserve with more than 22,000 miles of deeply-rutted tire tracksdisplacing fragile soils and destroying native vegetation. The 729,000-acre wetland watershed is home to 27 threatened or endangered species, including the Florida panther. The National Park Service in 2000 adopted a management plan that should greatly reduce ORV impacts in the park. However, this plan is currently the subject of a lawsuit in federal district court.
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award is presented annually to recognize the outstanding efforts of an individual or group that result in the protection of a unit or proposed unit of the National Park System. NPCA established this award in 1986 to honor individuals who often must go to great lengths to advocate and fight for the protection of the National Park System.


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Learn about Windows PowerShell
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I rename a local area connection?-- AP
Hey, AP. You know, you hurt our feelings here: we Microsoft types spent a lot of time coming up with clever and catchy names like Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection 2, and Local Area Connection 3. And now you say you want to change those names? That hurts.
But you know what they say: the customer is always right. Give us a minute to dry our tears and then we'll show you a script that changes the name of Local Area Connection 2 to Home Office Connection.
OK, we're better now:
Const NETWORK_CONNECTIONS = &H31&
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(NETWORK_CONNECTIONS)
Set colItems = objFolder.Items
For Each objItem in colItems
If objItem.Name = "Local Area Connection 2" Then
objItem.Name = "Home Office Connection"
End If
You might not be aware of this, but network connections are actually housed in a Windows special folder. Of course, this particular folder is really special: instead of having a path like C:\Documents and Settings\kenmyer\My Documents it has a path like this:
Yikes! But that's OK. You won't have much success passing a folder path like that to the dir command, but you can use the Shell object to bind to the path, list all the items (that is, all the network connections) found in the folder, and rename any of those items. And that's exactly what our script does.
We begin by defining a constant named NETWORK_CONNECTIONS and assigning it the value &H31&; we'll use this constant to tell the Shell object which special folder we want to work with. We then create an instance of the Shell.Application object, then use the Namespace method to bind to the Network Connections folder. That's what we do here:
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(NETWORK_CONNECTIONS)
After we bind to the Network Connections folder we can start doing something a bit more interesting. To begin with, we use the Items method to return a list of all the items found in the folder; because we're dealing with the Network Connections folder that's going to be a list of all the network connections on the computer. We then set up a For Each loop to iterate through the collection, checking to see if any of the connections have the Name Local Area Connection 2. If they do, we simply use the Shell object to change the Name to Home Office Connection. That's what we do here:
For Each objItem in colItems
If objItem.Name = "Local Area Connection 2" Then
objItem.Name = "Home Office Connection"
End If
That's all you have to do: Local Area Connection 2 will now be named Home Office Connection and all will be right with the world.
And before you ask, the answer is no: we will never change the name of the Scripting Guys. Ever.
Well, unless - taking a cue from major league sports - someone would be interesting in buying the naming rights to the Scripting Guys. The Fabrikam Scripting Guys? Contoso Corporation Presents the Scripting Guys? We're open to offers….
Anyway to do this in powershell?
What if there are 15 or 20 orphaned "Wireless Network Connection xx" entries in the registry? From driver re-installs, ect. How can I remove all orphaned entries via script, so I can change my "Wireless Network Connection xx" back to "Wireless Network Connection" (in win7)
Sure I can do this manually via registry, but I would like some sort of automated cleanup for this sort of thing
Interfaces can also be renamed with the netsh command: mikefrobbins.com/.../rename-a-network-interface-from-the-command-line
@Sean it is easy to do using the NETSH command.
@JGreen1280 I would use NETSH instead of hacking the registry ... it would be safer.
@Seth Fulton thanks for providing the link.
How can we delete the connection instead of renaming?
The renaming works, but I don't have control over which nic will be named "Local Area Connection"and which "Local Area Connection 2". When I deinstall the adapters and reboot they are sometimes reversed in the Network Connections window.
Is it possible to identify and select them on another criterium? The PCI bus (physical location) seems a pretty obvious choise. Would that be possible and how?
netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" nename="Home Office Connection"
How would you script what JGreen1280 mentioned in his comments? I need to script a way to remove all ophaned entries so when I install multiple new TAP-Win32 connections they start at "Local Area Connection #2" instead some obscure number depending on the registry. That way a simple rename command would work. The clients I will be sending this batch file out to will have no way of knowing the number of orphaned entries on their machine and I want the script to rename automatically. Any help? Thanks.
This blog was state-of-the art in 2005 when it was written. But these days, we have better technology. The Rename-NetAdapter cmdlet does the same thing, but with less fuss.


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- Good Character, Telling the Truth Must be Meaningless. President Barack Obama is giving Praise to Danny Bakewell, Sr. and the LA Sentinel "Yellow Journal" Newspaper. Typically an inept Black community make heroes of this scum and keep them in business!
- Great Start to Immigration Reform: Convicted felonious illegal immigrants will work picking crops while incarcerated to defray taxpayer expense, very much like the "Chain Gang of the South". Deportation will begin at the end of the sentence served!
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I'll Ask County Executives What the Board of Supervisors Needs to Do?? Read the LA County Charter Mark Ridley Thomas, Because You are the Chief Executive Officer of the 2nd Los Angeles County Supervisorial District!
A mountain of Thanks to the initial whistleblowers.......
If not for the initial whistle blowers, one or more ACLU lawyers, or other individuals who had the courage and duty to be truthful, slim chance exists that these atrocities would have ever been exposed or corrected.
L.A. County jail violence sheriff's fault, panel says, Commission cites a 'failure of leadership' by Sheriff Lee Baca, proposes long list of fixes to halt abuse in L.A. County lockups.
by Robert Faturechi and Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times, 6:53 PM PDT, September 28, 2012
A blue-ribbon commission blamed Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on Friday for a pattern of excessive force by his deputies in the county jails, warning that Baca is running out of time to fix the problems.
The commission, which includes several former judges and a police chief, said Baca did not listen to repeated warnings from the department's civilian watchdogs and inmates-rights advocates about conditions in the jail.
The panel's scathing findings are expected to put pressure on the sheriff to more aggressively deal with problems in the nation's largest jail system, which is the subject of a wide-ranging FBI criminal investigation.
Commissioners held Baca responsible for the scandal, which they attributed to a "failure of leadership." The panel's members said they considered calling for Baca to resign but decided against doing so, hoping that he would prove willing to carry out their recommendations.
Commissioner Jim McDonnell, chief of the Long Beach Police Department, said he was concerned that federal authorities would ask a judge to order reforms if Baca does not immediately implement the long list of proposed fixes. Such a move by the federal government would limit Baca's ability to manage his own department and prove costly for the county.
McDonnell and other commissioners said they were disappointed with Baca's testimony at a commission hearing earlier this year when the sheriff was asked how he could be held accountable and responded, "Don't elect me."
"His statement seemingly reflects a lack of genuine concern," said Alex Busansky, a commissioner who is the president of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, an Oakland-based nonprofit. "Real leaders do not need an election to teach them the difference between right and wrong."
Robert C. Bonner, a former federal court judge who headed the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in the early 1990s, said Baca "seems to have had his head in the sand." Still, Bonner said, he cautiously believed Baca would do what is right. "I hope I'm not proven wrong," he said.
In his defense, Baca has said his senior managers never told him about jailer brutality but insists he has since taken dramatic steps to address the problems, such as creating an internal task force devoted to reforming his jails.
Baca's spokesman, Steve Whitmore, rejected the commission's criticism of the sheriff.
We believe that there is no failure of leadership," Whitmore said. "The sheriff believes that his… loudest critics can be his best teachers."
Whitmore said Baca needed time to review the commission's recommendations before he could determine whether he would carry them all out.
The commission, which was created by the Board of Supervisors last year to examine allegations of jail abuse, released a 194-page report recommending more than 60 reforms that included a management shake up, harsher penalties for excessive force and dishonesty and the formation of a new civilian watchdog.
"If a chief executive officer in private business had remained in the dark or ignored problems plaguing one of the company's primary services for years, that company's board of directors likely would not have hesitated to replace the CEO," the report said.
As an elected official, Baca cannot be forced to implement any of the commission's recommendations, but Supervisor Gloria Molina has said she would call for his resignation if he refuses to embrace the reforms. The commission's general counsel, Richard E. Drooyan, said it would be up to voters to hold Baca accountable if the sheriff fails to act decisively.
"If he doesn't fix the jails," Drooyan said, "he should not be reelected."
The release of the report is a major milestone in a jail abuse scandal that erupted more than a year ago when The Times revealed the FBI was secretly investigating the jails. Federal agents went so far as to smuggle a cellphone through a corrupt jailer to an inmate working as a confidential informant. Other allegations of abuse and mismanagement followed in subsequent months.
The commission based its report on interviews with current and former sheriff's officials, other jailhouse witnesses, testimony from experts and internal department records. Its investigation painted a grim image of Baca's jails over the years. Among the findings were that top supervisors made jokes about inmate abuse, encouraged deputies to push ethical boundaries and ignored alarming signs of problems with excessive force.
Deputies "have used force against inmates when the force was disproportionate to the threat posed or there was no threat at all," the commission concluded. It also addressed Baca's contention that his underlings kept him in the dark: "A leader who does not want to hear about problems will not be told of them by those who work under him, and this appears to be the case here."
The report criticized the sheriff for not disciplining senior managers who failed to address the jail problems, which commissioners wrote sent "a troubling message to a department in need of a clear directive that accountability is expected and will be enforced at all levels."
The commission acknowledged that Baca has taken some steps to deal with the problems but said far more needed to be done.
The panel called on Baca to become "personally engaged in oversight of the jails" and to "hold his high level managers accountable for failing to address use of force problems." Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, Baca's top assistant, should have no responsibility for the department's custody operations, the commission said. The commission accused Tanaka of exacerbating the jail's problems by encouraging deputies to push the legal boundaries and discouraging supervisors from disciplining deputies involved in misconduct.
The commission called for the creation of an Office of Inspector General that would report to the Board of Supervisors and provide independent oversight of the sheriff's department, conducting its own investigations, monitoring jail conditions and reviewing the department's audits and inspections.
Such a move would represent an historic transformation of the department's civilian monitoring and would echo reforms made by the city two decades ago in the wake of the 1991 videotaped beating of Rodney G. King. But any similar office at the county would have at least one significant difference. The city's inspector general reports to an independent civilian police commission that has the authority to fire the police chief, who is not elected.
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said he would ask county executives to investigate what the Board of Supervisors would need to do to create a civilian commission and an inspector general to oversee the sheriff's department.
"We can be sure of one thing," he said in a statement, referring to the commission's findings, "the Sheriff's Department cannot police itself."
Among the commission's other recommendations were:
*Appointing a new head of custody with experience managing a large correctional facility who would answer directly to the sheriff.
*Revamping investigations and discipline of deputy misconduct and ending the practice of allowing sergeants to probe force incidents involving deputies they directly supervise.
*Establishing a firm zero-tolerance policy for acts of dishonesty.
*Creating a separate custody division with a professional workforce who would spend their careers in the jails.
*Adding more supervisors to monitor deputies in the jails.
*Creating a new internal audit and inspections division.
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L.A. County using cameras to combat wrongful jailings
Incidents expose flaws in civilian oversight of Sheriff's Dept.
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Oath of Office, LA County Board of Supervisors: "I, (Name of Supervisor), during such times as I hold the office of Supervisor (District of Office) of the County of Los Angeles, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, against all enemies foreign (terrorist enemies of the U.S., illegal immigrants, un-American or un-Constitutional anything and everything, etc.) and domestic (treasonous individuals or organizations, any Police Chief who condones this and the Police Chief's rogue police officers, unethical or criminal elected officials or public servants, illegal aliens or his or her advocates, un-American anything and everything), and that I will bear true faith and allegiance, to the Constitution of the United States , the Constitution of the State of California, and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter."
An oath of office must be signed and sworn to by each Board Member and Alternate Board Member, prior to commencement of service. The oath of office form, including instructions for completing and filing, are included with notification from the Executive Officer upon appointment by the Board of Supervisors.
"Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said he would ask county executives to investigate what the Board of Supervisors would need to do to create a civilian commission and an inspector general to oversee the sheriff's department."
I'll, (meaning Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas) ask County Executives what the Board of Supervisors needs to do??
"ARTICLE I, Name and Rights of the County , Section 1. The County of Los Angeles, as it now exists, is a body corporate and politic, and as such has all the powers specified by the constitution and laws of the State of California, and by this Charter, and such other powers as are necessarily implied.
Section 2. The powers mentioned in the preceding Section can be exercised only by a Board of Supervisors, or by agents and officers acting under their authority or by authority of law of this Charter.
Section 3. The corporate name shall be "County of Los Angeles," which must be thus designated in all actions and proceedings touching its corporate rights, properties and duties. Its boundaries and County seat shall remain the same as they now are, until otherwise changed by law.
ARTICLE II. Board of Supervisors
Section 9. The Board of Supervisors shall elect a Chairman, who shall preside at all meetings. In case of his absence or inability to act, the members present must, by an order entered of record, select one of their number to act as Chairman pro tem. Any member of the Board may administer oaths, when
necessary in the performance of his official duties. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, and no act of the Board shall be valid or binding unless a majority of the members concur.
ARTICLE III. General Powers of the Board of Supervisors
Section 10. The Board of Supervisors shall have all the jurisdiction and power which are now or which may hereafter be granted by the constitution and laws of the State of California or by this Charter.
Section 11. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors: (1) To appoint all County officers other than elective officers, and all officers, assistants, deputies, clerks, attaches and employees whose appointment is not provided for by this Charter.
Read the LA County Charter, 2nd District LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas, because you are the Chief Executive Officer of the 2nd Los Angeles County Supervisorial District!
"CHARTER- We, the people of the County of Los Angeles, do ordain and establish for its government this Charter."
The people, namely U.S. born or legal immigrant status taxpaying residents of the 2nd Los Angeles County District are your boss. You are the Chief Executive Officer who has the power to oversee the Sheriff's Department (Chief Baca) or any other County Agency in the 2nd Los Angeles County District.
The only member of the Board of Supervisors who has more authority over all the LA County Supervisorial Districts than you, is the Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors and not any agent and officer acting under the Authority of the LA County Board of Supervisors. Although the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors has this authority, you are still the CEO of the 2nd Los Angeles County District, who is held accountable for concerns, issues, matters that involve residents of the 2nd Los Angeles County Supervisorial District.
A mountain of Kudos to the initial whistleblowers.......
If not for the initial whistle blowers, one or more ACLU lawyers, or other individuals who had the courage and duty to be truthful, slim chance exists that these atrocities would have ever been exposed or corrected.
Oath of Office, LA County Board of Supervisors: "I, (Name of Supervisor), during such times as I hold the office of Supervisor (District of Office) of the County of Los Angeles, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, against all enemies foreign (terrorist enemies of the U.S., illegal immigrants, un-American or un-Constitutional anything and everything, etc.) and domestic (treasonous individuals or organizations, any Police Chief who condones this and the Police Chief's rogue police officers, unethical or criminal elected officials or public servants, illegal aliens or his or her advocates, un-American anything and everything), and that I will bear true faith and allegiance, to the Constitution of the United States , the Constitution of the State of California, and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter."
Lies Don't Keep Us Safe. Keeping Us Safe Requires Respect for the Rule of Law and the Constitution. The government's argument is untenable. "The government cannot, under any circumstance, affirmatively mislead the court" by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney
"Insisting on honesty as the only policy, the supreme ruled Wednesday that public employees can be punished for lying, even when they merely deny an accusation that later turns out to be true".
" …….Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. 'An employee who is asked about possible wrongdoing has only two legal choices: Tell the truth or say nothing". (LA Times, January 22, 1998.)
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With the Miami Heat likely headed to the NBA lottery, coach and president Pat Riley said Thursday that "there's a possibility" he will "miss one or two" upcoming Heat games to scout players at various college conference tournaments.
"I'll be flying in and out," Riley said. "But I think right now, I've got to do that. I need to do that."
He will not be stepping down as coach, and did not reveal who will lead the team if, in fact, he does miss games.
Major conferences begin tournament play next week.
Miami has dropped 29 of its past 32 games and has the worst record in the NBA at 11-47. As of now, the Heat would have the best chance of obtaining the No. 1 pick in the lottery.
"I think this is a pretty significant year," Riley said. "I see a lot of these guys on film. I want to see them in person once or twice. If I can do it without missing games, I'll do it."
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Mapping Grain Orientation of High-Performance polythiophene Thin Films by Transmission Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis
Xinran Zhang1, Steven D. Hudson1, Dean M. DeLongchamp1, David J. Gundlach2
1 Polymers Division, MSEL, NIST
2 Semiconductor Electronics Division, EEEL, NIST
Poly(2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes (pBTTTs) are among the best solution-processable semiconducting polymers in terms of field-effect charge carrier mobility (0.1 – 1 cm2 /V s). Their high performance is attributed to the large, terraced crystals that form in spin-cast thin films after heating to a mesophase on a hydrophobic substrate. However, the correlation of lateral pBTTT grain size with charge carrier mobility has remained unknown, because accurate determination of lateral pBTTT grain size has not been possible by either scanning probe techniques such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) or whole film microstructure analysis techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD). In this work, we use dark-field transmission electron microscopy (DF-TEM) and image analysis to show that the characteristic terraced structure of a pBTTT with tetradecyl side chains (pBTTT-C14) is made up of micron- or submicron-sized crystal grains which contain even smaller nanocrystals. The grain size is found to be dependent on the film thickness and the volatility of the solvent used for spin-casting, as well as how we define a grain boundary. We further correlate changes in grain size to the charge carrier hopping activation energy, extracted from variable temperature charge carrier mobility measurements.


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Fuzzy-Based Approach in Clustering Data Sources-A Case Study
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In order to improve the effectiveness of community-wide cooperation, the capability of extracting sharable knowledge from heterogeneous documents produced by multiple sources and in a timely fashion is therefore crucial. To this kind of demand is to supply a suite of tools for the end user and for the developer as well, to create, maintain and navigate an ontology generated from an varied amount of data. To wrap the set of data sources in a structured format, such as XML and, using fuzzy techniques in order to compare the incoming dataflow, cluster them in a semi-automatic way. The final purpose is to generate a browsable ontology of the processed resources.


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Upper-division full-time students may be employed for a maximum of 20 hours per week in subsequent fall and spring semesters and may be employed full-time during the summer. All part-time students may be employed full-time throughout their four-year law school program, unless specified otherwise in the admission letter (it is rare that the Admissions Office would restrict work hours for a part-time student).
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