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The last time I had an office that wasn't at my house, it was the absolute minimal office. There was a desk, a chair, a waste basket, a phone on the desk and a laptop computer that came and went with me. That was it. And it was perfect. An office can't get much more minimal than that.
As you can see, the idea of minimalism appeals to me. As a homeowner with a wife, four kids and a dog, it is harder to be a minimalist. How hard? Here is a funny example of how "family life" can conflict with minimalism. Everyone in the Brain family has a bike. Plus there is a spare in case the kids have a friend over. So that is 7 bikes. Everyone has a helmet, so 7 helmets. And a water bottle - 7 of those. And locks. And a bike rack to put the bikes on the car. Plus if you own 7 bikes you are running a small bicycle repair shop and you need some tools: Screwdrivers, wrenches, allen wrenches, spoke wrenches, tire irons, chain breaker, patch kit, chain oil. So the simple idea that "we would like to be able to take family bike rides" ultimately turns into a hundred objects and an investment of more than $1,000.
But that doesn't mean I can't try for minimalism, with varying levels of success because Leigh is a little on the other end of the spectrum.
Last week in this post...
To maximize happiness, should you spend your money on "stuff", "experiences" or "assets"?
...we looked at this article...
...and it contained one description of 21st century minimalism:
A two-bedroom apartment. Two cars. Enough wedding china to serve two dozen people.
Yet Tammy Strobel wasn't happy. Working as a project manager with an investment management firm in Davis, Calif., and making about $40,000 a year, she was, as she put it, caught in the "work-spend treadmill."
So one day she stepped off.
Inspired by books and blog entries about living simply, Ms. Strobel and her husband, Logan Smith, both 31, began donating some of their belongings to charity. As the months passed, out went stacks of sweaters, shoes, books, pots and pans, even the television after a trial separation during which it was relegated to a closet. Eventually, they got rid of their cars, too. Emboldened by a Web site that challenges consumers to live with just 100 personal items, Ms. Strobel winnowed down her wardrobe and toiletries to precisely that number.
I imagine that Tammy was looking at this web site, among others:
The goal of the 100 Thing Challenge is to break free from the confining habits of American-style consumerism. A lot of people around the world feel "stuck in stuff." They feel like their closets and garages are too full of things that don't really make their lives much better. But how to get unstuck?
Why did she "step off" the conveyor known as the "work-spend treadmill"? One reason might have to do with the sentiments in this video:
See The Story of Stuff for more info on this video.
Another article on minimalism can be found here:
Cult of less: Living out of a hard drive
Chris Yurista, a DJ from Washington, DC, cites this trend in digital music as one reason he was able to hand over the keys to his basement apartment over a year ago.
"It's always nice to have a personal sense of home, but that aside - the internet has replaced my need for an address," the 27-year-old said.
Since boxing up his physical possessions and getting rid of his home, Mr Yurista has taken to the streets with a backpack full of designer clothing, a laptop, an external hard drive, a small piano keyboard and a bicycle - an armful of goods that totals over $3,000 (£1,890) in value.
In this mode, the site Couchsurfing.org could be very useful. In theory you could couchsurf every night and pay no rent.
This reminds me of a guy I knew in a prior life. He and I were consultants on the "training circuit". I was on the road about 3/4 of the year. I would fly into a city on Sunday, spend a week training people, fly out Friday and repeat. He was doing the same thing, and his contracts put him on the road just about every week. So he gave up his house. He simply flew from city to city, never returning home, and living full time in one hotel after another. He said it was great, except occasionally he would wake up in the middle of the night and have no idea whatsoever where he was. He said that could be disorienting.
That article also references CultofLess.com, where you can get more ideas on minimalist lifestyles.
This article from the WSJ points out that retirees may get to experience 21st century minimalism whether they like it or not:
Another Threat to Economy: Boomers Cutting Back
Policy makers have long worried that Americans aren't saving enough for old age. And lately, current and prospective retirees have been hit on many fronts at once: They have less money, they earn less on what they have, their houses aren't rising in value and the prospect of working longer to make up the shortfall has dimmed significantly in a lousy job market.
"We will have to learn to make do with a lot less in material things," says Gary Snodgrass, a 63-year-old health-care consultant in Placerville, Calif. The financial crisis, he says, slashed his retirement savings 40% and the value of his house by about half.
Where do you fall on the scale? Are you a minimalist, a maximalist, or somewhere in between?
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|Implementation of the Paris Declarations and its Implications in the International Society
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- There are various efforts being made in order for the international society to establish an effective aid policy and strengthen its partnership with the developing countries.
-- A ministerial-level conference will be opened in Accra, Ghana between September 2-4, 2008, where aid institutions, development organization, and representatives from over 100 countries will attend.
- The conference in Accra will evaluate the overall aid policy for developing countries and will provide milestones such as affirmation of international society's intentions for future direction of the cooperative development policy.
-- The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has made various efforts to identify each sector's performance in order to examine progress of the 2010 targets for improving the quality of aid.
- The recent 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration, however, assessed that although progress is being made, it may be difficult to meet the targets for effective aid by 2010 unless serious efforts are made.
-- In particular, it indicated that there needs to be an improvement on predictability and cooperation among the donors and pointed out after evaluating each donor's aid disbursement and government's budget estimates of aid flows that the aid's excessive dispersion is getting in the way of improving the aid's effectiveness.
- In the case of Korea, which aims to join the OECD/DAC by the year 2010 and become a participant of the Paris Declaration, it should make continuous efforts to increase the size of aid and to improve the aid's effectiveness.
-- Korea's size of aid is still relatively small and it also lacks in experience. Korea should therefore actively participate in constructing international society's aid system through the conference in Accra and seek a new turning point for improving and assigning roles for aid policy.
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Violent stormMy previous post, for Bones 0.2 was after being offline for over 24 hours.
The power went off yesterday evening and came back this evening. Yesterday there was lightning coming down all over the place. A massive storm front hit the coast of Western Australia. In Perth there was hail the size of golf balls and hundreds of cars had broken windscreens.
Withdrawal symptoms! I sat there in the dark, couldn't do anything.
This has reminded me of a new series that premiered the night before, called "Survivors". It's another one of these pandemic virus stories, this one is pretty savage, kills most people in the world (no, they don't turn into undead creatures). The survivors have to face failure of all the services, power, water, sewerage, and that's just for starters... oh yeah, there's billions of rotting bodies to contend with.
Survivors is made in the UK, and they are onto a second series. What I have just seen is the first episode of the first series.
...no, 90% kill rate was estimated early-on in the first episode, but it looked more like 99.9%.
Survivors is screening immediately after "V", which also has debuted here recently. This is the remake. I dunno, for me it is hardly watchable, even though I normally like sci-fi.
Comments:Posted on 23 Mar 2010, 22:03 by Artie
Here in Norway they have also started showing Survivors and will start the new V in the beginning of April. I like science fiction tv series and movies too, but because they have become so cheap on DVD I usually buy whole seasons and watch an episode per day as I can't rely on tv channels here to show episodes continuously and in the correct order. They can suddenly stop in the middle of a season or put up some sports event instead. I need continuity to be able to follow the storyline.
Posted on 24 Mar 2010, 2:28 by Terryphi
The current remakes are total rubbish. The original 1970's series were brilliant and still available on DVD ( here in the UK anyway.)
In the original the characters were seen creating a new community after the collapse of society and many philosophical issues were discussed. The modern series is just a shoot'em up action drama.
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Which is it, the TV or the real storm? ;)
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Here in the storm belt, land has been very dry from the long drought. New storms are welcome. :)
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This week, Justin Kan's new startup EXEC is pulling off this awesome PR stunt: Rent a startup founder!
I will briefly try to explain in 5 minutes, 5 bullet points, why I find it so brilliant.
Disclaimer: I wrote this post while having breakfast. Didn't get the time to proof-read it. I'll do it later. Please excuse typos and other silly mistakes. I promise to get it right during the long weekend
1. Reaching your audience
They are targeting busy business people.
I would say busy business people would be interested and actually benefit of an hour of mentoring with Tikhon Bernstam (Parse, Scribd) and Steve Huffman (Reddit, Hipmunk), right?
I guess Alexis Ohanian (Reddit, Breadpig) will also attract a lot of potential EXECs offering his tips to Y Combinator applicants.
2. Building your brand
Offering such a high-class selection of EXECs for this task, the company shows what kind of service they are planning to offer. They already have a 'regular' EXEC profile in their website, just to make sure everyone is getting the message.
"We've only hired people that we would personally want as our own executive assistants"
3. Counting on your allies
Not all of us can count on Y Combinator Alumni network, but you gotta have something.
This is a reminder for you, working alone and scared to share your ideas. People actually help each other. Be part of a group and you will make wonderful things together.
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You signup and you have the full experience before handling them your credit card info or anything. Showing everyone how quick and easy is getting your tasks done with an EXEC is the main goal here.
5. Not spending a buck
Mentoring sessions will happen on Skype or by phone. Costs near zero.
PR stunts are not meant for profit.
The money is going to DonorsChoose.org.
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Distribution of percent identities between T. urartu and T. turgidum merged assemblies. The graph represents the distribution of percent identity between T. turgidum and T. urartu merged assemblies as calculated by BLASTN(E-value cutoff 1e-20). Densities are colored by the k-mer which contributed each contig to the merged assembly.
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An important process affecting primary productivity during the spring and summer off the Pacific Northwest is coastal upwelling. Upwelling is caused by northerly winds that blow along the Oregon coast from April to September. These winds transport offshore surface water southward (orange arrow in Figure CU-01), with a component transported away from the coastline (to the right of the wind, light green arrow). This offshore, southward transport of surface waters is balanced by onshore, northward transport of cool, high–salinity, nutrient–rich water (dark blue arrow).
The strength of an upwelling process can be calculated based on estimates of wind speed. Using such data, Dr. Andy Bakun (1973) developed the coastal Upwelling Index.
The Upwelling Index is, as its name implies, a measure of the volume of water that upwells along the coast; it identifies the amount of offshore transport of surface waters due to geostrophic wind fields. Geostrophic wind fields are calculated from surface atmospheric pressure fields measured and reported by the U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Center (FNMOC) in Monterey, California.
The Upwelling Index is calculated in 3–degree intervals from 21°N to 60°N latitude, and data are available from 1947 to present. For the northern California Current, relevant values are from 42, 45, and 48°N. Year–to–year variations in upwelling off Newport (45°N) are shown as anomalies of the upwelling index Figure CU-02. The years of strongest upwelling were 1965–1967.
Upwelling was anomalously weak in all but 8 of the 21 years from summer 1976 to summer 1997, and this is expected during warm PDO phases. When the PDO was in a cool phase (late 1998–2003), upwelling strengthened. With the change in PDO sign to positive in 2004–2005, upwelling again weakened.
Many studies have shown correlations between the amount of coastal upwelling and production of various fisheries. The first to show a predictable relationship between coho survival and upwelling were Gunsolus (1978) and Nickelson (1986).
The relationship of spring and fall adult Chinook salmon returns to the Bonneville dam and coho salmon survival (%) with upwelling is shown in Figure CU-03. The relationship is weak for spring Chinook and coho salmon and there is no relationship with adult returns and upwelling for fall Chinook salmon. Although the relationships are weak, the strongest correlations with survival were found with upwelling in April and upwelling in April and May combined. A significant, but weaker correlation was also found between upwelling and survival during the months of April, May, and June combined.
Scheuerell and Williams (2005) showed that the upwelling index in April, September, and October is also related to returns of Snake River spring Chinook salmon. Moreover, they developed a 1-year forecast of spring Chinook salmon returns based on this composite upwelling index.
Knowledge of upwelling alone does not always provide good predictions of salmon returns. For example, during the 1998 El Niño event, upwelling was relatively strong, as measured by the upwelling indices; however, plankton production was weak. This occurred because the deep source waters for upwelling were warm and nutrient–poor. Low levels of plankton production may have impacted all trophic levels up the food chain.
Upwelling was also strong during summer 2006, yet SST anomalies only averaged −0.3°C. On the other hand, upwelling was relatively weak during the summers of 2007 and 2008, yet these summers had some of the coldest temperatures in the time series, −1.0°C. These observations demonstrate that some care is required when interpreting a given upwelling index. We hypothesize that although upwelling is necessary to stimulate plankton production, its impact is greatest during negative phases of the PDO.
Upwelling in 2014 — Figure CU-04 illustrates the pattern of upwelling through the use of a cumulative upwelling plot. This method simply adds the amount of upwelling on one day to that of the next day, and so on. The plot begins with day 1, on 1 January. Due to "downwelling" during winter months, upwelling values are increasingly negative for several weeks after day 1. But with the onset of the spring transition and upwelling, the downward trend reverses, and the cumulative line trends upwards.
One can see in Figure CU-04 that there was a little less downwelling than average through the first three months (90 days) of the year. Upwelling started late, on day 130 (10 May), but overall the total amount of upwelling for the season was 6,326 m3/s per 100 m of coastline, which is near the 40-year average of 6,163 m3/s per 100 m.


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I am a post-doctoral researcher at the Ikegami lab at the University of Tokyo. I have a DPhil in artificial life from the Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics at the University of Sussex, UK.
I'm also an experimental electronic musician. Recently most of my music is in the form of 140-character pieces of code, which I post (along with audio) on twitter.
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the Little Juniata River to the public and started a private fishing club.
In addition to upholding his
findings that the Little Juniata River is navigable, and therefore public, Kurtz permanently enjoined
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the Little Juniata River as private waters and threatening, harassing and otherwise attempting to exclude
the public from fishing, boating, wading and/or recreating on and in the Little Juniata River and the
submerged lands owned by the commonwealth."
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text: The State of Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) is responsible for obtaining child support through paternity actions in the state. You may find yourself on the receiving end of an action in which the DOR is pursuing you for child support because you are the "refuted" father of the child in question. The reason the DOR is responsible for this task is because two parents are responsible for bearing the cost of the child in question, as opposed to allowing the state, and its taxpayers, to burden the responsibility of caring, at least financially, for said children. Different scenarios call for different responses. You may object to the action because you are not the parent of the child and thus must fight the paternity case. Other times, you accept your responsibility but are seeking the most cost-sensitive way of caring for your child, as opposed to being "taken to the cleaners" by the DOR. We here at Green, James and Snider have always understood the difficulties and headaches of dealing with the Department of Revenue and thus can offer you the exceptional service of a Jacksonville family lawyer when problems arise.


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The Licking County Commissioners on Tuesday forwarded countywide levy requests toward the Nov. 4 ballot for senior citizens and Children Services.
Both await certification to the ballot by the Licking County Board of Elections, Director Gloria Carson said.
Licking County residents could see a cluttered ballot come November, as 28 levies could be up for vote if paperwork is completed and filed on time. Seventeen of those already have completed paperwork and are awaiting certification Aug. 6. ...


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December 1, 2015
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
And that's what Jacob Pullen might have been thinking in his 38-point game of the season. A game to right the ship, keep Kansas State heading toward the NCAA, away from the NIT, and the Pullen Promise not to play with the "best of the rest."
Sound off, oh you mighty Cats fans, on how Pullen and his teammates were able to pull KU off their #1 perch after only one day at the top. Watching from the newsroom, we could perceive the energy of the environment which can be a game changer. Fill in the blanks and share some of the scoop of how Kansas State went back to its Beasley-type giant killing and winning over KU in Bramlage.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republican lawmakers are proposing a pair of sales tax holidays in Wisconsin in August and November.
Rep. Chad Weininger of Green Bay and Sen. Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac circulated a bill this week seeking co-sponsors of the measure that would waive sales taxes two weekends of the year.
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LSE Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
All parents and guardians of students attending Lotus School for Excellence are automatically members of LSE PTO. Mission of the PTO is to contribute in building a rich and supportive environment for our students. In partnership with the LSE's administration, teachers and parents, we promote the intellectual, personal, and social success of all students.
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- Develop and conduct activities that increase student, family, and staff involvement within our school.
- Actively support the academic, social and extracurricular activities of the school.
- Promote Lotus School for Excellence to community.
- Provide a forum for discussion of school-related issues of importance to students, parents, teachers and administrators.
- When called upon, serve as an advisory group to LSE administrators and board.
- Conduct school -approved fund raising activities in order to fund items for use of teachers in the classroom or after school activities.


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Gemalto Third Quarter 2013 Revenue *Double-digit revenue expansion, with growth in all main segments and all regions. *Platforms & Services revenue up +37%, representing more than half of total revenue growth. *Secure Transactions up +18%, driven by large digital payment deployments. Revenue figures above and in this document are for ongoing operations^1 and variations are at constant exchange rates except where otherwise noted. Revenue figures including contribution of assets held for sale and variations at historical rates are provided in the appendices of this document. All figures presented in this press release are unaudited. Business Wire AMSTERDAM -- October 23, 2013 RegulatoryNews: Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 - GTO), the world leader in digital security today announces its revenue for the third quarter of 2013. Third quarter 2013 Total Total Ongoing Mobile Machine-to- Secure Security Patents third third operations Communication Machine Transactions quarter quarter (€ in 2013 2012 millions) Revenue 287 49 162 98 0 596 575 Year-on-year variations at +9% +9% +18% +5% n.m. +10% constant exchange rates Olivier Piou, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Gemalto's diversified businesses and geographic footprint led to another quarter of strong revenue growth. A key component of our new multi-year plan is the development of our Platforms & Services activity, and its performance, expanding nearly +30% since the beginning of the year, evidences the trust our customers place in us. Our Embedded software & Products activity also develops rapidly, as expected, with +8% in year-to-date revenue growth. With this progress and despite the adverse currency environment we are on track to deliver on our outlook for 2013, which remains unchanged." ^1 See basis of preparation on page 2, and appendix 3 of this document for more information on ongoing operations. Basis of preparation of financial information Ongoing operations For a better understanding of the current and future year-on-year evolution of the business, the Company provides revenue from "ongoing operations" for both 2013 and 2012 reporting periods. The adjusted income statement for ongoing operations excludes, as per the IFRS income statement, the contribution from discontinued operations to the income statement, and also the contribution from assets classified as held for sale and from other items not related to ongoing operations. In this publication reported figures for ongoing operations only differ from figures for all operations by the contribution from assets held for sale. Appendix 3 bridges the revenue for ongoing operations to the revenue for all operations. Historical exchange rates and constant exchange rates figures Revenue variations are at constant exchange rates except where otherwise noted. The Company sells its products and services in a very large number of countries and is commonly remunerated in currencies other than the Euro. Fluctuations in exchange rates of these other currencies against the Euro have a translation impact on the reported Euro value of the Company revenues. Comparisons at constant exchange rates aim at eliminating the effect of currencies translation movements on the analysis of the Group revenue by translating prior year revenues at the same average exchange rate as applied in the current year. General information Third quarter 2013 Total Revenue contributions by Mobile Payment four main sector (€ in millions) & Identity segments Ongoing operations Revenue 336 260 596 Year-on-year variations 9% 13% 10% at constant exchange rates As a percentage of total revenue growth 48% 52% 100% at constant exchange rates Third quarter 2013 Embedded Total Revenue contributions by software Platforms four main activity (€ in millions) & Products & Services segments Ongoing operations Revenue 483 113 596 Year-on-year variations 5% 37% 10% at constant exchange rates As a percentage of total revenue growth 45% 55% 100% at constant exchange rates For the period, revenue for ongoing operations was up by +10% year-on-year at constant exchange rates to €596 million, growing in all regions and in all main segments. The Mobile sector grew by +9%, with an identical increase in both Mobile Communication and Machine-to-Machine segments. The Payment & Identity sector grew by +13%, on the back of an excellent performance in Secure Transactions (+18%) and a lower increase (+5%) recorded in Security this quarter. Platforms & Services activities posted €113 million in revenue, an increase of +37% compared to the third quarter of 2012. All segments contributed to this remarkable expansion, which accounted for 55% of the total Company revenue increase of the quarter. In Embedded software and Products activities, revenue reached €483 million, up +5%, with solid developments in all main segments. Total Company revenue expansion was +10% at constant exchange rates and +4% at historical exchange rates. During the third quarter, effects of currency movements were significant due to the cumulative negative effect of fluctuations in exchange rates against the Euro of most currencies used by the Company in its activities, such as the American dollar (-6%), Brazilian real (-16%), British pound (-7%), Japanese yen (-25%) or South African rand (-22%).^4 Revenue variations by segment and by region, at constant and historical exchange rates, are presented in appendix 1 and 2. Average exchange rates between the Euro and the US Dollar are presented in appendix 5. ^2 "Mobile" includes the Mobile Communication and Machine-to-Machine segments ^3 "Payment & Identity" includes the Secure Transactions and Security segments ^4 Year-on-year variation in the average of monthly closing rates against the Euro for the third quarter – source: Bloomberg. Segment information Mobile Communication € in millions Third quarter Third quarter 2013 2012 Revenue 286.5 283.4 Year-on-year variation at constant +9% exchange rates The Mobile Communication segment posted revenue of €287 million for the quarter, growing by +9% at constant exchange rates compared to the third quarter of 2012. Revenue from Platforms & Services grew by +25%, reaching €53 million. This growth came mainly from core subscriber services with LTE subscription management and other remote management services as well as operator billing services, which complemented the solid momentum in mobile payment activities. Embedded software & Products grew by 5% as deployments of LTE programs continue and demand for multi-tenant SIM cards increases, driving further mix improvement. Machine-to-Machine € in millions Third quarter Third quarter 2013 2012 Revenue 49.2 47.7 Year-on-year variation at constant +9% exchange rates The Machine-to-Machine segment posted revenue of €49 million, an increase of +9% at constant exchange rates. The increase in activity was driven by improving demand in the Americas and Europe. The demand for Cinterion modules and data management services stems from industrial sectors that are integrating mobile connectivity into their product offerings to reduce costs, improve data collection and deliver higher levels of service. The automotive and track & trace sectors as well as the developments in Platforms & Services initiated in the first semester, which represent an encouraging albeit, as yet, limited contribution, all posted positive dynamics during the quarter. Secure Transactions € in millions Third quarter Third quarter 2013 2012 Revenue 161.7 145.5 Year-on-year variation at constant +18% exchange rates Secure Transactions posted a +18% revenue increase at constant exchange rates to €162 million, extending the strong growth momentum started during the first semester of 2013. A large part of the revenue increase this quarter came from Asian countries that have begun their migration to EMV technology. More globally, the deployment of contactless and dual-interface electronic payment cards continues to grow in proportion, representing close to half of the quarter's deliveries. Revenue expansion in Platforms & Services was similar to the segment growth, driven by projects for mobile payment. Security € in millions Third quarter Third quarter 2013 2012 Revenue 98.2 97.6 Year-on-year variation at constant +5% exchange rates Revenue in Security grew in both the Government Programs and Identity & Access Management businesses, reaching €98 million, up +5% on top of the +22% growth posted for the same quarter of 2012. Contracts related to voter registration and post issuance drove a strong increase in Platforms & Services sales, and the Embedded software & Products activity captured new ePassport contracts that were up for renewal in Europe and Africa. Operational performance has been restored following the start up phase of two new facilities in the first semester, and even if quarterly oscillations in relative growth rates may occur in this dynamic business, the government contracts backlog remains healthy. Patents € in millions Third quarter Third quarter 2013 2012 Revenue 0.1 0.3 Year-on-year variation at constant n.m. exchange rates The activity in Patents continues to be limited due to ongoing litigation initiated by the Company in the United States. As anticipated, no meaningful revenue was recognized during the third quarter. Additional information Identity for citizens - Gemalto announced several developments in the government identity space including new wins in both Embedded software & Products and Platforms & Services. *Gemalto is delivering its Sealys electronic driving license to Imprimerie Nationale, the French public printing office, as part of a multi-year contract as well as its Coesys Issuance solution so that the new e-Document can be personalized in-house. *Gemalto will supply Belgium with its ePassport, due to be introduced in May 2014. Under the five-year contract, Gemalto will supply the Belgian ePassport program with its Sealys range of highly secure and durable ePassport booklets, and its latest ICAO secure embedded software *The Norwegian National Police Directorate selected Gemalto's Coesys eBorder solution, a self-service border control system leveraging electronic secure travel documents, to automate border management at Oslo's Gardermoen Airport. Based on sophisticated automatic passport verification and facial recognition technology, the solution offers Norwegian citizens traveling from non-Schengen countries a faster journey through Norway's busiest airport. Machine-to-Machine - Several developments in the space reinforce Gemalto leadership in that market as well as its ability to partner within the ecosystem to facilitate the expansion of the internet of things. *Gemalto is again simplifying Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology and expanding the Internet of Things (IoT) with the launch of the Cinterion® Concept Board for developers. Leveraging Oracle Java ME Embedded, Gemalto's unique Cinterion Concept Board will address over nine million Java developers worldwide, providing an easy and cost-efficient method to engage in the M2M marketplace. *Gemalto is working with Oracle and V2COM, a leading developer of Smart Grid systems, in delivering a flexible smart energy solution to help modernize electrical power delivery throughout Latin America. *Gemalto joined forces with KORE Telematics to offer global M2M application enablement services as a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that transforms real-time data from equipment and device sensors into actionable intelligence that improves operational efficiency and optimizes costs. *Gemalto, in partnership with Jazz Wireless Data, has won a gold 2013 Connected World Magazine Value Chain Award for a solution that enables high-speed connectivity and GPS data transmission for TrackPoint's innovative solar powered wireless asset management product, which was used in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts to remotely monitor fuel levels in tanker trucks and fleet vehicles working to speed recovery and restore power. Related press releases: October 1, 2013: Gemalto selected for Belgian ePassport September 24, 2013: Gemalto, Oracle and V2COM Collaborate to Deliver M2M Technology for Smart Grid Solutions in Latin America September 23, 2013: Gemalto's new M2M development kit boosts innovation in the Internet of Things September 16, 2013: Imprimerie Nationale selects Gemalto for the French electronic driving license September 3, 2013: Gemalto automatic border management solution live at Oslo Airport August 1, 2013: Gemalto and KORE enable global connectivity and M2M applications with cloud-based service platform July 18, 2013: Gemalto Honored with Connected World 2013 Gold Value Chain Award for Facilitating Innovative M2M Technology Outlook For the full year 2013 Gemalto anticipates double-digit expansion in both profit from operations and revenue at constant exchange rates. Increased investment in operations to drive business development beyond 2013 should lead to a more pronounced seasonality in profit from operations between the two semesters. Live Audio Webcast and Conference call Gemalto third quarter 2013 revenue presentation will be webcast in English today at 3pm Amsterdam and Paris time (2pm London time and 9amNew York time). This listen-only live audio webcast of the presentation and the Q&A session will be accessible from our Investor Relations web site: www.gemalto.com/investors Questions will be taken by way of conference call. Investors and financial analysts wishing to ask questions should join the presentation by dialing: (UK) +44 203 367 or (US) +1 866 or (FR) +33 1 9458 907 5923 7077 0936 The accompanying presentation slide set is also available for download on our Investor Relations web site. Replays of the presentation and Q&A session will be available in webcast format on our Investor Relations web site approximately 3hours after the conclusion of the presentation. Replays will be available for one year. Reporting calendar The full year 2013 results will be reported on Thursday March 6, 2014, before the opening of Euronext Amsterdam. Stock Exchange Listing Gemalto N.V. is dual listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam and Paris, in the compartment A (Large Caps). Mnemonic: GTO Exchange Dual listing on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam and Paris Market of reference NYSE Euronext Amsterdam ISIN Code NL0000400653 Reuters GTO.AS Bloomberg GTO:NA Gemalto has also established a sponsored Level I American Depository Receipt (ADR) Program in the United States since November 2009. Each Gemalto ordinary share is represented by two ADRs. Gemalto's ADRs trade in U.S. dollar and give access to the voting rights and to the dividends attached to the underlying Gemalto shares. The dividends are paid to investors in U.S. dollar, after being converted into U.S. dollar by the depository bank at the prevailing rate. Structure Sponsored Level I ADR Exchange OTC Ratio (ORD:DR) 1:2 DR ISIN US36863N2080 DR CUSIP 36863N 208 About Gemalto Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security with 2012 annual revenues of €2.2 billion and more than 10,000 employees operating out of 83 offices and 13 Research & Development centers, located in 43 countries. We are at the heart of the rapidly evolving digital society. Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in ways that are enjoyable and safe. Gemalto delivers on their expanding needs for personal mobile services, payment security, authenticated cloud access, identity and privacy protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment efficiency, convenient ticketing and dependable machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. We develop secure embedded software and secure products which we design and personalize. Our platforms and services manage these products, the confidential data they contain and the trusted end-user services made possible. Our innovations enable our clients to offer trusted and convenient digital services to billions of individuals. Gemalto thrives with the growing number of people using its solutions to interact with the digital and wireless world. For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto on Twitter. This communication does not constitute an offer to purchase or exchange or the solicitation of an offer to sell or exchange any securities of Gemalto. This communication contains certain statements that are neither reported financial results nor other historical information and other statements concerning Gemalto. These statements include financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations with respect to future operations, events, products and services and future performance. Forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates" and similar expressions. These and other information and statements contained in this communication constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of applicable securities laws. Although management of the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, investors and security holders are cautioned that forward-looking information and statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of the Company, that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by the forward-looking information and statements, and the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the forward-looking statements contained in this communication include, but are not limited to: trends in wireless communication and mobile commerce markets; the Company's ability to develop new technology and the effects of competing technologies developed; effects of the intense competition in the Company's main markets; challenges to or loss of intellectual property rights; ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships in its major businesses; ability to develop and take advantage of new software, platforms and services; profitability of the expansion strategy; effects of acquisitions and investments; ability of the Company's to integrate acquired businesses, activities and companies according to expectations; ability of the Company to achieve the expected synergies from acquisitions; and changes in global, political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory forces. Moreover, neither the Company nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this communication speak only as of the date of this communication and the Company or its representatives are under no duty, and do not undertake, to update any of the forward-looking statements after this date to conform such statements to actual results, to reflect the occurrence of anticipated results or otherwise except as required by applicable law or regulations. Appendices All variations in these appendices are comparing the revenue of the third quarter 2013 to the revenue of the third quarter 2012. For a better understanding of Gemalto's year-on-year business evolution, the revenue figures have been calculated for ongoing operations, as described in the basis of preparation of this document, unless otherwise mentioned. Appendix 1 Revenue variations at constant and historical exchange rates Ongoing Total Total operations Mobile Machine-to- Secure Security Patents third third (€ in Communication Machine Transactions quarter quarter millions) 2013 2012 Revenue 287 49 162 98 0 596 575 Year-on-year variation at constant +9% +9% +18% +5% n.m. +10% exchange rates Year-on-year variation at historical +1% +3% +11% +1% n.m. +4% exchange rates Appendix 2 Revenue from ongoing operations, by region Ongoing Year-on-year Year-on-year operations Third Third variation at variation at (€ in quarter quarter constant historical millions) 2013 2012 exchange rates exchange rates EMEA 282 282 +2% +0% North & South 204 174 +27% +17% America Asia 109 119 +5% (8%) Total 596 575 +10% +4% revenue Appendix 3 Revenue from ongoing operations and all operations Ongoing operations Revenue Total Assets (€ in Mobile Machine-to- Secure Security Patents Ongoing held Total millions) Communication Machine Transactions operations for Gemalto sale Third quarter 287 49 162 98 0 596 0 596 2013 Third quarter 283 48 146 98 0 575 3 578 2012 Appendix 4 Year-to-date revenue and year-on-year variations at constant exchange rates Ongoing operations Year-to-date Mobile Machine-to- Secure revenue at Communication Machine Transactions Security Patents Total the end of Q3 2013 (€ in millions) Year-to-date 792 146 472 300 16 1725 revenue Year-on-year variations at constant +8% +8% +18% +10% n.m. +12% exchange rates Ongoing operations Embedded Platforms Total Year-to-date revenue at the software & Services four main end of Q3 2013 & Products segments (€ in millions) Revenue 1388 321 1709 Year-on-year variations +8% +29% +11% at constant exchange rates Appendix 5 Average exchange rates between the Euro and the US dollar EUR/USD 2013 2012 First quarter 1.33 1.32 Second quarter 1.29 1.30 First half 1.31 1.31 Third quarter 1.32 1.24 Fourth quarter 1.29 Second half 1.26 Full year 1.29 Contact: Gemalto Investor Relations Gabriel Rangoni, +33 6 1426 6956 email@example.com or John Lineberger, +33 6 1243 6304 email@example.com or Corporate Communication Isabelle Marand, +33 6 1489 1817 email@example.com or Citigate FF Media Relations Agency Suzanne Bakker, +31 6 1136 8659 email@example.com or Edi Cohen, +31 6 2151 7820 email@example.com
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MTN: Appeal against tax ruling dismissedComment on this story
Mauritius-registered MTN International lost an appeal against a tax ruling in the Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday. The dispute was over whether or not a revised assessment by the SA Revenue Service (Sars) for the tax year 2006 should be set aside. MTN had previously claimed interest on loans it incurred as expenditure in terms of the Income Tax Act, against its gross income in the year of assessment. On March 31, 2011, which was the last day before the original assessment by Sars was due to expire, Sars raised the revised assessment and disallowed the interest expenditure. As a result, MTN incurred an income tax liability of R73.4 million. At the time Sars raised the revised assessment, a revenue office employee manually fixed the date as March 30, 2011. MTN applied to have the high court set aside the assessment because the manipulation of the dates was irregular and unlawful. Sars said the date change had no consequence on the validity of the assessment. The appeal was dismissed with costs. MTN closed 1.22 percent up at R207.91 on Friday. – Asha Speckman
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Project 24 Review: 2011 Ellsworth Truth SST.2 frame
Check out all of our Project 24 posts here!
As far as the pieces that make up a bicycle, nothing defines the ride like the frame. That's especially true of full suspension frames. In a time where even the most mainstream of bicycle brands sells (or at least makes available) $3,000 carbon fiber frames, it's easy to forget that it's possible to find frames that are hand built in the USA for about 2/3 of that price.
Because its design has been around for nearly twenty years (and the model itself fifteen), people tend to overlook Ellsworth's Truth. While other companies have gone through 3 and 4 major suspension designs in the same time, Tony Ellsworth has been applying- and tweaking- his patented Instant Center Tracking suspension design to the Truth since day one. A true four-bar design, ICT is designed such that the rear wheel's Instant Center (or virtual pivot) is always located somewhere along the chain's torque line. This means that, as chain torque is always acting perpendicular to the wheel's arc, that torque is unable to cause suspension movement. Also, because the design is a true four bar, the rear brake does not effect the suspension either. At the end of the day, ICT leaves only the rider to cause unwanted suspension movement and doesn't require excessive compression or platform damping to prevent it- allowing for truly active suspension. This is all well and good in theory- read on to see lots of pretty pictures and find out how the Truth performed as part of our Project 24 race bike…


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Debunking the Myth About Daily Weigh-Ins
Most weight loss programs will tell you not to weigh yourself every day—instead they recommend weekly weigh-ins. But a 2011 study published in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine showed that daily weigh-ins actually facilitate weight loss. Researchers looked at a group of 1,222…Read More


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The only drawback to this wealth of awesome free content? The best videos (the ones that are well-composed, interesting, and informative) are scattered across different channels, and the channels themselves aren't always obvious. To help you ease into YouTube's world of fashion insight, we've compiled some of the best videos and channels you'll want to bookmark ASAP. Just be warned: It's hard to watch just one — so you can kiss productivity goodbye today.
Look TV
As far as YouTube channels go, Look TV is in a league all its own. The channel boasts a wide array of fashion series ("A Stylish Life" is particularly charming), but the most impressive series is "How To Make It in Fashion." Offering a wealth of information for anyone interested in the fashion industry, the series offers up short clips of inspirational advice as well as panel presentations that clock in at nearly an hour long. (For the time-crunched, highlight videos are also available). This is the channel for the die-hard who wants to make a career in fashion, or anyone who wants lots of quality content about what it's really like to work in the industry.
Our video pick: It's a tie between two super-informative panel presentations. Check out highlights from the Making it: How to Make it in Fashion panel below and highlights from the The Right Ways to Network: How to Make it in Fashion panel to get great business and networking advice that's useful no matter your chosen field.
Lovers of discount designer wares know The Outnet for its selection of attainable womenswear and accessories. But, The Outnet's YouTube channel is just as fun to dig through. It's a treasure trove of interviews and tips from insiders in fields ranging from music to makeup. Expect interviews, how-tos, and personal style tips.
Our video pick: The Fast 5 With Molly McAleer. The Outnet's "Fast 5" videos are short but sweet reminders not to take fashion too seriously. If you need a laugh, count on McAleer's interview to deliver several.
College Fashionista's channel doesn't have the variety that other channels have, but what it does, it does well. Almost all the videos on this channel are short interviews with fashion insiders, like Emily Schuman of Cupcakes & Cashmere. If you aren't necessarily interested in keeping up with every fashion show but are curious about fashion careers, this is one to check out.
Our video pick: Fashion Insider: Cara Crowley. Crowley's story about how baking a cake helped her land a job will make you rethink your definition of going above and beyond for work.
Style Blazer focuses on people of color in fashion, but what really makes this channel stand out is the humor, high-quality content, and visually interesting layout. The "How I Made It" series is the standout on the channel, with in-depth interviews featuring fashion insiders. Each video in the series is shot in black-and-white until the very end, when it switches to color.
Our video pick: How I Made It: Robin Givhan. The longtime fashion critic needs no introduction, and her interview is a great peek into how she got to where she is. You'll like it, trust us.
Teen Vogue has written the book on getting into fashion. (Literally — The Teen Vogue Handbook: An Insider's Guide to a Career in Fashion came out in 2009.) So, it's no surprise that the mag's YouTube channel is packed with fun, informative content that fashion-loving teens and adults can appreciate. The "Fashion at Work" series takes you behind the scenes with fashion positions that are lesser-known. Know what a social media coordinator or a brand manager does? You will now.
Our video pick: Fashion at Work: Amy Levin. Levin is only 26, but she's been running College Fashionista for four years now. Watching her video, it's easy to see why she's been so successful — her answers are thoughtful, and she's clearly focused and driven. Her video is a great example that it's never too early or too late to accomplish big goals.
In addition to runway coverage of her collections and plenty of behind-the-scenes looks at her life as a designer and mother, Rachel Roy's channel shows off her skills as an interviewer in her original series "The Life." In it, Roy interviews insiders in different facets of the industry, from magazine editor Laura Brown to jewelry designer Jacquie Aiche. Roy's interviews are always infused with a sense of ease and comfort, thanks to the fact that her subjects are usually longtime friends. "The Life" series is specifically designed to be a resource for viewers who want to one day be the person being interviewed — so take notes. Roy understands what it takes to make it in the industry, and asks thoughtful questions on behalf of the viewer.
Our video pick: The Life: Susan Feldman of One King's Lane. Feldman's interview reveals that passion and knowledge of your own strengths and weaknesses are important in getting ahead in business, fashion, and life. Being the first to get an idea out there helps, too.
Net-A-Porter is another online retailer that has committed to creating awesome, exclusive online content for YouTube, and frankly, we hope that more and more sites follow suit. There's an underlying theme of encouragement and self-improvement to the videos on this channel. Trainer Tracy Anderson, makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury, and supermodel Miranda Kerr all have their own spotlights. Kerr's videos highlighting her healthy lifestyle are particularly popular — no surprise there.
Our video pick: The Body Beautiful: Miranda Kerr—Yoga. Learn the yoga moves that Kerr swears by, and get tips on performing them properly? Sign us up.
When you're Vogue, it's no surprise that your YouTube channel includes intimate knowledge of how to pull off the biggest trends coupled with insider access to the best designers. Case in point: "Vogue Voices," an ongoing look into the processes of major designers. Whether you want to channel your inner Anne Hathaway and take a peek into the Vogue closet, or indulge your inner romantic and see how a Vogue wedding is done, there's an elegant video on here that you'll love.
Our video pick: Vogue Voices: Stella McCartney. McCartney's personal and in-depth interview gives you insight into her design process, but that's not what makes it a must-watch. It's the designer's sincerity and openness in talking about her personal and professional inspirations that make this video truly touching.
Ahh, Garance — what can we say about Garance? She's a fashion industry darling — and for good reason. Yes, she's effortlessly stylish as only French women can be, but she's also that most charming of fashion insiders: the one who is unabashedly excited to be doing what she's doing. Doré's status as a style power player has allowed her access to the most influential people in fashion, but it's her charming personality and ability to put people at ease that make her YouTube videos feel like a journey with a friend.
Our video pick: Pardon My French: Jenna Lyons. Watching Garance interview "the most stylish woman [she knows]" is as good as it gets. Her videos are special because they always capture small, natural moments that offer a unique and personal insight into her subject's world. Expect to be totally charmed.
Obviously, we couldn't highlight the channels we love on YouTube without giving a little shoutout to our own host of videos. From the Beauty Test Lab series of product reviews to Trend Takeout, which breaks down tricky fashion scenarios into digestible (and copy-able) looks, you'll find tons of useful intel here.
Our video pick: Annie Cam: Backstage at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. We simply cannot get through a video featuring our New York editor, Annie Georgia Greenberg, without giggling at least once. Unleashed backstage at the Victoria's Secret over-the-top underwear extravaganza, she's at her finest here.


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Sweeter than Revenge
Jet Watkins will get revenge against Travis Harding. He made her life a living hell up until junior year in high school, when he moved away. Now they're both in college, Jet is drop-dead gorgeous, and Travis is determined to have her. The best part? He doesn't even recognize who she is. It's the perfect opportunity for her to torture his shallow little heart, but in the end will she discover something much sweeter than her revenge?
Look forward to Chapter One, coming soon!
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Dan Seligman, 1924-2009
2:18 PM, Feb 9, 2009 • By RICHARD STARR
I was sorry to read over the weekend of the death of Dan Seligman, whose "Keeping Up" column was for years not just the best thing in Fortune magazine, but the best column of its kind in American journalism. Though the tone was unfailingly light and witty, the man swung a mean bat with telling effect, often against his journalistic cohorts. Unlike many of his fellow scribes, he could crunch numbers. And he pioneered the use of the Nexis database as a tool of media criticism. Here is a typical sample from the March 17, 1986, edition of Fortune:
You can find many more wonderful examples with a search of the Fortune website.
Seligman contributed only one article to The Weekly Standard, but it was a classic, "How Microsoft Pays Its Bills" (October 6, 1997) Here is the beginning:
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Farewell DNC
What a week this has been for Denver. Farewell Democratic National Convention, it's been fun!
The DNC has been a great opportunity to shine the national spotlight on Denver and the greater Rocky Mountain West. The city did a fantastic job as host, and the exposure for Colorado has been great!


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Vikings defensive end Jared Allen had 22 sacks last season, just a half-sack shy of tying Michael Strahan's NFL record. Can he break the record this season? Allen talked about the pursuit of the record Tuesday, June 19, the first day of the Vikings' minicamp. Allen skipped the team's voluntary organized team activities, so this was the first time this offseason he took part in a practice with the team.
Here is Allen ...
On pursuing the sack record this season: "Absolutely (it's a goal). Before you get that close, you're not really sure if it's attainable. You always think it is because you always think, 'If someone did it, I can do it.' But being right there and actually leaving some stuff on the field ... they took the one away in Green Bay and made it a team sack and there were a couple in my arms I didn't get and there were the ones where I was that close. At the end of the year, I was kind of bummed out. Now I'm 23 away versus one away. But when you start working out again, it's motivation. It's, 'How can I push myself just a little farther?' I always think it comes down to conditioning. Maybe if I take one more step, or one this, this, that. So you go back and watch film and you try to correct technique and use it as motivation. It's always a personal goal, and if I'm fortunate enough and blessed enough to break it one day, I'm going to try to break it again. It's always a personal goal, but personal goals never get in the way of team goals.
On whether averaging two sacks a game, or 32 sacks total, is possible in a single season: "As much as they throw it, you'd think (it's possible). But the numbers get skewed when you look at how many times they throw it. You have to take into consideration circumstances and leads and three-step (drops) and stuff like that. Two a game? I don't know if two a game is possible.
On what sack total is possible: "I think 25 is possible. I think someone eventually will get it. You look at some of the athletes. You look at the DeMarcus Wares of the league and the matchups he creates as a 3-4 guy (for the Dallas Cowboys). I think it's possible. Then again, no one has ever had two 20-sack seasons in their career in the history of the NFL. So someone has to do that first. I believe it's possible. I believe 24 is the number that will be hit one year. When? I don't know."
On what clicked for him last year to allow him to get 22 sacks: "Honestly, I think it was the development in my mind-set. I constantly try to grow as a human being. Part of what (former Kansas City Chiefs coach) Herm Edwards taught me a long time ago was, 'I'll take good men and they will become good football players.' I think the more I grow as a human being ... I really grew in my faith last year. I really was able to play more free. I use the (term) 'don't care,' but it wasn't like you don't care about the outcome of the game. You're not hung up on, 'Oh, I didn't get this. I didn't get this.' It wasn't an 'I' mentality. I was just going out there having fun and thanking God that I had the opportunity to play a game. That's what I took away from 2010. You get caught up in the negativity and it really affects your play because you're focused on other things. I was just trying to keep that positive mind-set. For me, I continue to try to grow, and being a father and being a husband, (you realize) there are more important things other than football. And when you realize that football is a blessing and it's a great way to provide for those other things in my life, it really took a lot of the pressure off. And you just go out there and have fun. Last year, it seemed like the game slowed down and it put a smile on your face, and you just go forward."


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AUBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A new space in the Auburn Public Library is anything but quiet.
In the Create! Media Lab, patrons can play and record music and shoot and edit videos with new Mac computers, cameras, and green screen technology -- all for free.
It's the first digital media lab in a public library in Maine, and library officials believe it's the only one in New England.
Any library card holder from Auburn, Lewiston, and Minot can use the space and take workshops. The space may also be reserved for two hours at a time.
So far, the staff has mostly worked with schools.
Volunteer instructor Bill Wallace has been teaching Bates College students how to use Keynote, a presentation software similar to Powerpoint.
A fifth grade class from Fairview Elementary used the media lab to create a "Call Me Maybe" cover about math problems, called "Solve Me Maybe."
Wallace said it's an example of the ever-evolving purpose of the public library.
"In the case of all of this media, it's a chance to use this equipment that [students] probably couldn't afford on their own at home," he said.
"It sort of levels the playing field."
Media Lab Specialist Donna Wallace said they may be starting with students, but they hope to make it a community space, impacting both education and the local economy.
"My next goal is to reach out to small business owners who maybe can't afford advertising, and they can put together their own advertising here," she said.
The Create! Media Lab is open during regular library hours, Monday through Sunday.
More information about workshops and resources can be found on the Auburn Public Library's website.
Grant money from Proctor and Gamble and Best Buy, along with money from the estate of Norrine and Ernest Wilkins, of Auburn,funded the lab's construction, equipment, and instructors.


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Media Circles the Wagons Amid Accusations of Bias Against Romney
Politico may have ulterior motives for accusing the Washington Post and New York Times of bias against Romney. But they also have a point.
5:30 PM, May 31, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAY
As for Ayers and the implication that Obama's relationship was fully reported on in 2008, that's undercut by the fact that at the time the New York Times swatted down reports that Obama and Ayers were more deeply involved the Obama campaign was letting on. No less than David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, reported in his book The Bridge that, contra the Times's reporting, the original reports that Ayers played a key role in Obama's path to power were true. That revelation, of course, came after Obama was elected.
As for Jeremiah Wright, again Gordon makes the mistake of conflating the quantity and quality of coverage. The Jodi Kantor profile of Jeremiah Wright from 2007 doesn't report anything controversial. And if Obama was forced into giving a speech disowning his pastor, that wasn't due to pressure the Times put on him. It wasn't until September 28, 2008, months after Obama's speech distancing himself from Wright, that a Times news story ever printed the words "God damn America." And have the Times and Post followed up on Jeremiah Wright's recent revelations an Obama associate offered him a $150,000 bribe? Nope.
I'll grant Gordon point number two that the Times's expose of Obama's "kill list" is an example of tough but fair coverage of the president, except to say that it's criticism of the president mostly from the left and it hardly is enough to claim their coverage is balanced. Moving on to point number three:
You know what? A lot of people are reading this paragraph thinking, "Wow, I did a lot of dumb crap in high school but I never would've been part of the Choom Gang." Yet, somehow Romney's prep school idiocy is on the front page of the Post while the same paper ignored new revelations that Obama was a pretty awful role model in his high school days.
Then we have this amazing sentence: "The incident spoke to a core suspicion some seem to have about Romney, and that the Romney campaign is clearly worried about: that he's a rich guy with a nasty streak, and that's who he's always been." Pro-tip: Whenever a journalist writes "some", just assume he's speaking in first person. I was under the impression that the rap on Romney was that he was a milquetoast Mormon -- a guy you literally couldn't have a beer with, not a guy with a nasty streak.
The ending of this paragraph is also a total cop out. "We can debate how much stock readers / voters should place in such a long-ago incident, but that's for readers / voters to ultimately decide. Surely we're not debating whether the story should've been published, are we, Politico?" So just print any old allegation, and readers can decide? Never mind that the whole gay bullying angle was clearly overblown and brings a great deal of modern day cultural baggage to an incident that's in all likelihood irrelevant to the current liberal cause celebre. As for "we're not debating whether the story should've been published," you know who did debate that? The family of Romney's alleged bully victim, who told ABC News the story was "factually incorrect" and "If he were still alive today, he would be furious [about the story]." And do I need to mention the shady way that the Post handled corrections to the story?
Ok, now point four of five:
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The Guam Boonie Stompers will hike from Libugon to Fonte Swim Hole.
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s Description: 3 hours. Visit the ruins of the historic U.S. Navy radio station site, and then hike to the 1910 dam and explore the valley downstream and cool off in the pools. ...


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Construction Services Industry Trends
The construction services industry manages building projects, covering all aspects from conception to completion. These firms work in collaboration with developers, architects, facilities managers, and technical experts to manage and deliver projects for clients. These providers supply materials, labor, equipment and services; subcontract with trade and specialty contractors; assist with building permits; and monitor the project and cash flow. They also provide services for remodeling and repair construction.
Vinci SA, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. and Bechtel Corporation are three of the largest providers of construction services worldwide.
Market Segments
Important services offered by the construction service companies to manage and operate projects include:
Design Services: These services are a critical part of construction and define the requirements of the project in collaboration with planners, consultants and engineers. With the increase in green construction, service providers in recent years are competing to provide cost effective sustainable construction designs.
Consulting services include claims management, dispute resolution and litigation support services. Additionally Certified Cost Engineers offer cost estimating and management expertise, providing estimates at various stages of the project development. Through consulting services they also help clients manage risk in construction projects.
Through engineering services the companies provide services such as site investigations, construction materials testing, detailed project designing and structural detailing, and sustainability and environmental impact assessment.
Construction service providers also help in the selection of local subcontractors and provide planned aftercare services to ensure quality and safety of the projects.
Regional Market Shares
The global construction services industry is expected to grow strongly, especially in rapidly-emerging Asia and the advanced economies.
China is a huge market for construction. Ongoing industrialization, expanding urban population, rising disposable income and government efforts to expand and upgrade physical infrastructure have increased spending on construction to more than $1.5 trillion annually. Against this strong demand, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the largest construction service provider in China, generated annual revenues of RMB800 billion ($128 billion) in a recent year.
The USA market dominates as one of the largest national construction market worldwide. Spending on private construction has reached its highest level since 2008, with spending in this sector amounting to $687 billion annually. Overall construction spending in this country is expected to grow to about $1.3 trillion in the near future. The construction services business is expected to continue to be strong as construction demand peaks.
Factors such as increasing investment in residential building and government spending on infrastructure are likely to drive and expand business for construction service providers in Japan. Construction spending there is more than $740 billion, making it one of the largest markets for construction services.
Market Outlook
Major developments shaping the construction industry include the following:
Construction companies are turning to prefabricated homes to meet the increasing demand for custom homes and unique building structures. Prefabrication (prefab) is also gaining traction due to the increasing focus on sustainability. In the USA, prefab homes are re-emerging as affordable and eco-friendly housing. Demand for these houses is expected to grow to more than 130,000 units in the near future. Japan is one of the largest markets worldwide for prefabricated homes, fuelled by consumer preference for modular homes.
The use of built-in telematics equipment in construction is increasing. Telematics is the latest technology to help construction companies operate their machinery and vehicles efficiently. This technology can precisely record idle start and end times and the duration and location of each vehicle thereby providing comprehensive information on vehicles, operators, sites and circumstances where idling is causing most waste. Telematics solutions also help identify underutilized assets on one job site that can be put to better use on another, thereby avoiding the costs of additional rental. These technologies are helping building service providers earn better returns on equipment investments.
Heavy equipment theft is a growing concern among construction companies. In the USA, for instance, over 11,000 thefts of such machinery were reported in a recent year according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Against this background, builders are increasingly pursuing asset safety and security. Construction service providers are deploying emerging technologies like geofencing to deal with this issue. Companies can build a geofence to set up a virtual perimeter around a location for the purpose of notification of entry or exit of a machine. Through geofence alerts builders can be notified if an asset is moved outside of a specific area or conversely enters a prohibited location. By implementing such technology, construction service businesses help builders' loss prevention.
List Of Associations
- Associated General Contractors of America
- European International Contractors
- The Overseas Construction Association of Japan
- Canadian Construction Association
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By Cale Guthrie Weissman, '12
I am reminded of a seemingly simple assignment I was given as an intern some months back: write one sentence about something I love about Reed. This seemed pretty straightforward, but it nagged me for quite a bit until I resigned myself to giving an admittedly glib response that what I like is that it is impossible for me to answer that prompt. But today while perusing the old Reed Griffins (senior year books collected and organized by the students of that year), I realized something that I truly do love about Reed. Whenever I look at these publications I am always mesmerized by Reed seniors of the past. They seem exactly like my friends and I do today. Not necessarily in the way they look, but in the sense of their demeanor and presence. These people could be my present friends, or even me. It's same feeling I get whenever I watch "The Kids in the Hall" and it's truly weird. I've looked at Griffins as far back as the mid-eighties, and all of these people look oddly familiar, and I can't quite tell why. I like to call this homogeneity-in-difference in that all these people look and dress differently, but there is still some same-ness in them that I can't place. Today I was able to pinpoint one possible cause (or maybe it's an effect) of this over-encompassing overall familiarity and subtle similarity.
While looking at the 2004 Griffin, I saw that there was a one-page section devoted solely to Reed houses. Now, Reed houses are not houses like language houses, or dorms, or Reed apartments. They are something that is just as institutionalized as these residences, but carry with them more Reed cultural relevance and power?at least in my opinion. Reed houses are off-campus houses that have been provided for Reedies at insanely low costs for as long as anyone can remember. These houses are generally dingy, and have a certain kind of old-timey appeal that a dirty, graffitied stoop has for someone who grew up on any block in New York, pre-gentrification. These houses have probably not been deep-cleaned or perhaps even vacuumed since the mid-seventies, but they embody an invisible but necessary part of Reed culture that every Reedie is aware of. They generally house anywhere from four to eight people per year and their refrigerators are generally stock-piled with leftovers from the nearby Thai restaurant and old cheese and milk.
I'm sure every school has houses of these caliber, but what makes Reed's different (I think) is the amount of institutional power and understanding they carry within the student body, and their names. Each house has its own name, and these names have been thrown around for what seems like at least twenty years. House names include The Fridge, The Fishbowl, The Dollhouse, The Big Pink, The Blue and Purple, and The Red Door, and with each name comes a certain oral history that has been passed down since its inception.
This especially interests me because this past summer I resided in a house known only as The Hotboxxx, right across the street from The Fridge. While the actual history of this house is a bit foggy, I do know that it is over one hundred years old and has housed Reedies for only a little less than that. For the past four years, I have gone to this house only for social gatherings, but had never thought of myself as a future tenant. However, now that I have resided in one of its seven rooms, I am proud to say that did.
Anyway, the point of this ramble is that perhaps it's this that gives us Reedies the uncanny familiarity that I keep finding. With my living in this cheap old room I got the feeling that I am living the life of hundreds of alums before me. And it's quite possible I'll go to some reunion or meeting and meet these people and we'll share memories we never actually had together, but that we nonetheless both experienced. I get the feeling that a lot of Reedies before me–as well as many to come–share in this same uniqueness in experience that we can't possibly put into words, but can feel just by looking at someone else with the same experience. Part of this is the communal and oral history that houses such as the Hotboxxx embody. Though not everyone is going to live there, I posit that everyone at Reed either knows someone who has, or has visited to this house for some reason or another. Every minute I spent in that dingy old antique building, I felt like I was part of an unwritten history that added my name to some stone that only certain people can see. And I am invigorated by the prospect that twenty years from now I will be able to commiserate and reflect with some twenty year old about the collective 'good old days' that house creates.
Ed note: I've had at least three friends who lived in the Hotboxxx between '03 and '07, and remember watching the 2006 NBA playoffs in one of its large social rooms.


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Two years after Wes Johnson looked like such a big part of the Timberwolves' future, the 24-year-old swingman leaves town with his name on the team's list of failed first-round draft picks.
The Wolves sent the No. 4 pick in the 2010 NBA draft and a future first-round pick to the Phoenix Suns on Friday, July 27, as part of a three-team trade to clear the cap space needed to sign Russian forward Andrei Kirlenko.
Wolves general manager David Kahn called Johnson's failed two-year stint in Minnesota "disappointing" but "not crippling" to the team. He was optimistic the 6-foot-7 former Syracuse All-American still could have a productive NBA career.
But Kahn couldn't explain what happened to Johnson last season.
"I thought he had a really, really rough year," Kahn said Friday on a conference call. "For whatever reason, it appeared to be that his confidence was shaken last year. I don't know why."
Kahn guessed that the birth of Johnson's twin boys during the season might have been a distraction. But even before that, Johnson wasn't as assertive as he had been in college, settling often for pull-up jump shots. Playing shooting guard and small forward, he averaged 7.7 points a game and shot 39.8 percent in two seasons at Minnesota.
Since taking Wally Szczerbiak in 1999, the Timberwolves have had a generally bad track record with first-round draft picks. The 2008 selection and draft night trade of guard O.J.
So was Brandon Roy, just not for the Wolves (so far). Minnesota technically drafted him sixth overall in 2006 but immediately dealt him to Portland for seventh overall pick Randy Foye. Though Foye was a decent player for three years, he wasn't Roy, who was a three-time NBA all-star. Now Roy is headed to Minnesota again, about to sign as a free agent after retiring from the Trail Blazers because of injuries, hoping to provide what Johnson could not.
Kahn's luck hasn't been much better than his predecessor Kevin McHale's at running the draft. In 2009, Kahn's first draft, he took point guards Ricky Rubio No. 5 and Jonny Flynn No. 6. Rubio didn't sign until last season, but he made an immediate impact last season. Flynn, however, was gone by the time Rubio debuted with Minnesota.
Kahn had two other No. 1 draft picks that year. Again, no luck.
Point guard Ty Lawson (No. 18 overall) was traded for a No. 1 pick in 2010, which became forward Luke Babbitt -- temporarily. He was traded on draft night to Portland in the deal for guard Martell Webster, whom the Wolves recently waived. Shooting guard Wayne Ellington (No. 28 overall) was traded recently to Memphis.
In 2010, in addition to Johnson and Babbitt came forward Trevor Booker (No. 23 overall), who immediately was traded in a deal that included Lazar Hayward (No. 30 overall), who lasted one season before he was swapped for a couple of second-round picks.
In 2011, Kahn drafted 6-8 Derrick Williams No. 2 overall, but the forward struggled to find a role and consistency, averaging 8.8 points per game. Instead of giving him the small forward role, the team first pursued Portland's Nicolas Batum before the Blazers matched their offer and now have signed Kirlenko. The Wolves also drafted Donatas Motiejunas 20th overall in 2011 but immediately traded him and Flynn to Houston.
Williams, who already has lost weight in the offseason, still could make an impact with the Wolves.
But Johnson is done with Minnesota after he, too, couldn't secure the small forward position.
He started 64 games in 2011-12 primarily because even when he struggled with his shooting, he rebounded and defended well. Johnson had his moments offensively. He scored a season-best 19 points on 8-for-11 shooting in a win over Portland, outplaying Batum, who scored nine. But his final numbers were telling: He averaged 6.0 points and shot 39.8 percent in 22.6 minutes a game.
Johnson did lead the Wolves in scoring in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas earlier this month. He averaged 20.5 points in five games, highlighted by a 28-point performance against the NBA Development League all-star team. Johnson told NBA.com in Las Vegas that his problem last season was that he was thinking too much.
"I don't think I've lost anything," he said.


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