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Recent and archived news articles by Patrick McGeehan of The New York Times.
Gov. Cuomo to Order Large Increase in Renewable Energy in New York by 2030
State officials hope a mandate on clean sources for half of all power in New York will delay the planned shutdown of two nuclear power plants on the shore of Lake Ontario.
November 23, 2015, Monday
Port Authority Leader to Quit as C.E.O. Search Drags On
Patrick J. Foye, the executive director, who drew attention to a scheme to tie up traffic at the George Washington Bridge, said he had waited long enough to find out if he would effectively be replaced.
November 20, 2015, Friday
Plan to Close Nuclear Plant in Upstate New York Rattles Its Neighbors
After Entergy announced the shutdown of the James A. FitzPatrick plant, residents of Oswego County became anxious about the loss of jobs and the drain on the local economy.
November 17, 2015, Tuesday
Ex-Allies of Christie Didn't Receive Evidence in Lane Closings Case, Lawyers Say
The lawyers filed complaints to the United States District Court in Newark in response to the May indictments of Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly.
November 12, 2015, Thursday
Entergy to Close Nuclear Plant on Lake Ontario, Angering Cuomo
The company, which had been in talks with the Cuomo administration in recent weeks, said it was losing too much money operating the James A. FitzPatrick plant in Oswego County.
November 3, 2015, Tuesday
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Three years after Hurricane Sandy devastated the area, the state has invoked eminent domain over holdout homeowners as the plan causes division, frustration and fear among residents.
October 31, 2015, Saturday
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October 23, 2015, Friday
Syracuse Leader Raises Public Workers' Minimum Wage to $15, Immediately
Mayor Stephanie A. Miner, who announced her move in a letter to city workers, said 69 positions on the payroll paid less than that amount.
October 22, 2015, Thursday
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The new No. 7 subway station on the Far West Side of Manhattan has illuminated the vision of a full-featured neighborhood that is still mostly under construction.
October 10, 2015, Saturday
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By Michael Odeng
A city businessman, Ronald Muramuzi who is battling charges of electronic fraud and transacting financial institutions business without a license has been released on bail.
This afternooN, Buganda Road Court grade one magistrate, Simon Kintu Zirituusa granted the suspect sh300m non cash bail after presenting three substantial sureties in court. He deposited his passport, LC letter and a copy of the land title which is yet to be verified by the land commission.
His sureties were bonded on sh200m non cash bail each. They include brother Edward Barijje, legal advocate Richard Karuhanga 40 and doctor Chris Katibalirwe 46.
"I will release you on bail since it is your constitutional right to receive it but make sure you attend court proceedings whenever called upon," Kintu said.
Muramuzi, 30 who denied the charges also face charges of electronic fraud and obtaining money by false pretense with an alternative count of abetting electronic fraud.
Muramuzi, also the brain behind TelexFree and Ad fast cyber schemes, is alleged to have created a website called Adfastinc.com and carried out electronic fraud which cost victims over sh2b.
In addition, Muramuzi allegedly in the same period deliberately sold electronic money (e-money) to his agents and co-conspirators to sell to unsuspecting 112 individuals who wanted to join his online company when he very well knew that he was committing electronic fraud which cost the victims over sh2b.
It is further alleged that Muramuzi in the same period received deposits of over sh2b from various people disguised as 'packages' with a promise to pay weekly interest without a license granted by Bank Of Uganda (BOU).
Prosecution also alleges that Muramuzi alias Mugisha Bobgan and others still at large between February 7, 2013 and February 7, 2014 in Kampala obtained sh562m from John Bosco Muhirwe, the director of mixed links on pretense that he was taking youths for jobs abroad whereas not.
The police recently seized alleged documents linking Muramuzi to the scam where over 600 people were conned out of billions of shillings.
Muramuzi also reportedly operated Bank Electrico and Massive Ads.com and Wide Movers, an employment agency which police claim he used to con his unsuspecting clients out of huge sums of money in bogus job scams abroad.
The police said that to invest in Adfast Inc, one had to deposit money in dollars in an online bank account from which one would generate profits on weekly basis depending on the packages one has subscribed.
The case was adjourned to July 7, for mention.
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This is truly a great milestone for us and it's been 9 years in the making. I'd like to thank everyone that is an active part of our online community, especially those that have been around since the beginning.
We'll soon begin work on version 6.0 of the website and start building towards the 2 MILLION user mark!
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May I ask Pwiz, Is Rothik active? Did you contact him?
Here's hoping two million comes much more quickly.
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comparisons and
Rodney McAdam and
Renee Reid
There is a rapidly increasing and eclectic body
of knowledge relating to knowledge
management (KM) in regard to both
practitioners and academics. Although
definitions of KM vary widely, the following
definitions are a reasonable summary of the
contemporary thinking:
Knowledge management is ... knowledge
creation, which is followed by knowledge
interpretation, knowledge dissemination and
use, and knowledge retention and refinement
(De Jarnett, 1996).
Powerful environmental forces are reshaping the
world of the manager of the 21st century. These
forces call for a fundamental shift in organisation
process and human resource strategy. This is
knowledge management.
Knowledge management is the process of
critically managing knowledge to meet existing
needs, to identify and exploit existing and
acquired knowledge assets and to develop new
opportunities (Quintas et al., 1997).
These definitions, and the bodies of
knowledge they loosely represent, show that
KM effects the organisation internally and
externally. For example, Quintas et al. (1997)
speaks of those ``powerful external forces''
which create pressure in organisations, in turn
leading to the need for effective KM. Quintas
et al. (1997) and De Jarnett (1996), in their
definitions, focus on the role of KM within
the organisation and how organisation shape
and operations can be effected by KM.
However, most definitions, research and
practice on KM focus, almost exclusively, on
large organisations. There is relatively little
information available on KM in small- to
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This
finding is similar to that of the historical
development of most emergent management
philosophies of recent times which have
started in large organisations; for example,
total quality management (TQM) (Wilkinson
and Willmott, 1994; Kanji and Asher, 1993),
reengineering (McAdam and Donaghy,
1999), balanced scorecards, etc. However,
once the field becomes established, interest
from other sectors grow. For example,
national quality awards based on the
European business excellence models have
had recent rapid growth in SME (Wilkes and
Dale, 1998), voluntary and public sector
(Morgan and Murgatroyd, 1997)
applications. These developments have
resulted in TQM philosophy being developed
into suitable methodologies in these sectors.
The authors
Rodney McAdam is Senior Lecturer, School of
Management and Renee Reid is Lecturer, Management
Institute, both at the University of Newtownabbey,
Belfast, UK.
Knowledge management, Perception,
Small- to medium-sized enterprises, Large companies
Compares the perceptions of both large organisations and
small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at a meta level
in regard to knowledge management (KM) to improve
overall understanding and synthesis of the philosophy and
to developsector-specific learning in the SME sector. First,
identifies and describes the key dimensions of KM using a
socially constructed KM model. Second, uses a survey of
large (> 250 employees) and SME (< 250 employees)
organisations to investigate the perceptions of the KM
dimensions. Third, reviews a series of qualitative social
constructionist workshops, involving both large and SME
organisations which were run to gain a deeper insight
into the sectoral comparisons. The results indicate that
KM is understanding and implementation is developing in
the large organisation sector and knowledge is recognised
as having both scientific and social elements. However,
the SME sector was less advanced with a mechanistic
approach to knowledge and a lack of investment in KM
approaches and systems.
Electronic access
The current issue and full text archive of this journal is
available at
Journal of Knowledge Management
Volume 5
Number 3
pp. 231±241
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I've heard a lot of young designers talking about trends lately and I must admit I don't get it. Where in school did you learn that it was vital to create something so new and original that it serves as a harbinger for a new graphic style? On the other hand, I've noticed a plethora of very familiar visual styles and concepts coming out of design programs the last few years. I'm not sure how many more hipster craft logos, nonsensical ad campaigns, or swirly, flourished typographic illustrations I can endure.
But here's the deal: Who cares? No, really. The bigger question is whether these examples of design style work for the clients and audience. Right?
I asked Young and Rubicam associate creative director Dave Tupper this question, as he recently addressed this topic for a student talk in Toronto. Tupper argues that while referencing or working within design trends isn't always a bad thing — even sometimes appropriate — it's foolish to try to innovate or create something new or different that will go viral. "You can't just start a trend!" exclaims Tupper. "Good ideas founded on solid rationale, purpose and craft is what wins the day."
Trends are an intrinsic part of society and we're all influenced by them. Why then, are trends considered such a faux pas within the design industry? Or are they really? Shifts in technology, culture, fashion, even politics and economics all result in visual manifestations of style — also known as trends — that stand as an archive of the zeitgeist. (Yes, I said zeitgeist, I'm sorry.)
A common goal for most communication design is longevity, so following any graphic trend immediately introduces the risk of a shorter shelf life. Not to mention that trendy design is often gimmicky and inauthentic, and when it comes to brand identity design in particular, much of what is visible to the public is only the tip of the iceberg, the rest of the foundational work unseen beneath the surface.
So what? Where's the wisdom here? The point I'd like to make is that creating a new design trend is about as futile as trying to light a match under water. That's a designer's ego getting in the way of problem solving, and with it comes risks you may not be seeing past the project at hand. Let me explain.
Briefs like "Draw us one of those flourishy monograms like you did for Saks Fifth Avenue" can wear a designer down. Suddenly being at the heart of a new visual trend can paint you into a style box — most successful professional designers work hard to constantly reinvent themselves and their craft, avoiding the curse of style.
Consider the difference between a quick hit consumer facing campaign that has a shorter shelf life than, say, a corporate identity system. One might be born of the visual vernacular of the day, while the other needs to be longer lasting. And frankly, I doubt many of you will meet too many clients who can afford or are willing to take bold design risks anyway; those are rare opportunities. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be practicing this type of design thinking.
I love what my passionate designer friend Valerie Elliott from iD2 said to me while discussing this topic recently, saying her firm "almost always provides the futurist option, while the majority of clients don't choose this option. We always feel it is appropriate that we are PRACTICING communication design in all our work so providing the options make this happen and keep us creating. We don't settle for less." Did you catch that? She says that when a client comes to her for design solutions — and remember, clients are always in pain when they arrive — she always attempts to create something new, something different, something forward-looking, even though the majority of her clients typically choose the more conservative option. Probably the option that feels more familiar.
There are of course situations when a client will allow designers to lead them into unchartered waters. The 2012 London Olympics identity system comes to mind as an obvious example. Was it successful? If the goals of the design brief included bucking trends and striving for unexpected visual language in order to spark conversation and get attention, well then it was a smashing success! (Please don't let it become a visual trend though…)
If you've done real research to understand how best to connect with an audience by developing solid ideas and visual language to communicate them, then problem solved. Following trends or pulling your hair out trying to create new ones instead of focussing on solving problems are both rookie mistakes.
Oh, and one more thing: if you're looking for a job, then consider how many portfolios we potential employers see. If yours is filled with hipster craft logos, flourishy monograms, shiny Apple knock-off websites, and quirky ad concept crap, you'd better be ready to explain exactly why they were the best choice.
What are your views about design trends? Do you track them and allow them to influence your work? Have you had a client specifically ask you to design something in the style of a current trend?
Mark Busse is a founding partner and managing director of the Vancouver-based strategy and brand design firm Industrial Brand, a past president of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada [B.C. Chapter], and a design writer and educator. You can follow him on Twitter at @MarkBusse


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2014 Great Gay Play and Musical Contest Winner Announced
After a weekend of large houses and enthusiastic crowds viewing enhanced stage readings of four new plays and one new musical, "Gentle Passage" by Paul Elliot was named the winner of the 2014 Great Gay Play and Musical Contest.
Paul Elliott's drama "Gentle Passage" was written to expose the actual childhood his husband, Ed, survived. While the premise of the play is fiction and names have been changed, the story is entirely true. This two-person drama, performed by PFP Artistic Ensemble Members Tom Chiola and Carmen Molina, was extremely moving for all who attended.
Director Larry Baker said: "'Gentle Passage' gave us the opportunity to explore one man's emotional journey, as he faces the loss of memory and unveils his childhood trauma. Together with his psychologist, he unlocks the past and finds peace and friendship. It's a story about heartbreak and healing. We all took something away from this poignant piece of theatre."
Paul Elliot is a published playwright with over 700 productions to date. His new comedy, "Exit Laughing," the 2013 AACT PlayFest winner premiered at the historic Landers Theater and will be opening in New York this spring. His first novel, "The Riverton Project," is represented by WME. "Gentle Passage" was written as a birthday present for his husband.?
"We could not have been more pleased with the weekend," said Pride Films and Plays' Executive Director David Zak. "We had terrific houses, especially for Max Vernon's fine new musical "The View UpStairs" and Michael Leeds' comedy "Who Killed Joan Crawford?" We had great discussions with audience members, casts and directors, and we know these plays are ready for production at theaters everywhere."
Directors for the weekend included Eric Hoff ("The View UpStairs"), Larry Baker ("Gentle Passage"), John Nasca ("Who Killed Joan Crawford?"), Derek Van Barham ("The Book of Andy by Michael Mejia"), and Katherine Siegel ("Michelangelo and Tommaso by James Rosenfeld").
For more information: www.PrideFilmsandPlays.com


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I am looking for information on my great great great grandfather, Matthew Davidson.
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Hispaniola, an island in the West Indies. It lies between Cuba and Puerto Rico. Its western third is occupied by Haiti, the remainder by the Dominican Republic.
Hispaniola is about 400 miles (640 km) long and 150 miles (240 km) wide. It has an area of 29,530 square miles (76,482 km2). It is a tropical, mountainous island. The highest peak on the island, as well as in the West Indies, is Pico Duarte, which reaches 10,417 feet (3,175 m). In the low-lying, sheltered regions, the heat is intense, but in higher areas the climate is moderate.
The luxuriant forests are still largely inaccessible. Cedar, mahogany, lignum vitae, logwood, and fustic are the more valuable woods. Sugarcane, tobacco, cacao, bananas, sisal, and cotton thrive in Hispaniola's rich valleys, plains, and coastal areas. Coffee is raised in the mountains. Other products include honey, molasses, rum, and leather.
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The native Indians on Hispaniola were forced into slavery by the Spanish and gradually died out. In the early 17th century, the western third of Hispaniola was seized by French buccaneers. Spain failed to dislodge them and ceded this area to France in 1697. Both the French and the Spaniards brought in thousands of African slaves to replace the diminishing Indian labor force. By the 18th century the blacks outnumbered the whites ten to one.
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It's a very watered down experience compared to ARMA.It still has it's good points but as far as true sandbox and dynamic play is concerned, the scripted missions in DR cannot compare to AMRA 2.
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COD 6 on the other hand will be coool but maybenot comparable to these 2 exellent games.


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Arundel, ME – November 12, 2013 - The Landing School, a post-secondary institution focused on educating tomorrow's marine industry professionals, is pleased to announce the collaboration of faculty members with WISE Technology, developer of the AIR Responder, a first of its kind amphibious ice rescue vehicle.
Every year across the country there are winter accidents that require rescue personnel to pull people from a frozen waterway. This highly volatile situation can be just as dangerous for the responders as it is for the victim. Current successful water rescue tactics for either static (swimming pools, small ponds and flat water beaches) or dynamic (open ocean, lakes and rivers) are dependent upon time. The more quickly the rescue team can locate, access and remove the person at risk the better the chance of survival.
In an effort to develop a safer and more responsive solution to ice and cold water emergencies, WISE Technology, based in Gilford, NH, has produced a unique amphibious vehicle specifically for ice and cold water situations. The AIR (Amphibious Ice Rescue) Responder is designed to handle any ice conditions faster and safer than any craft available. Powered by a snowmobile, the unique hull allows the AIR Responder to move agilely from one surface to another whether its ice, broken ice, snow or open water.
The construction of the hull is where the faculty of The Landing School put their expertise to work. Chris Audy, Composite Boat Building Instructor, and Derek Wright, Yacht Design Instructor, spent their summer building a prototype for the hull of the AIR Responder. Audy and Wright added a structural grid system to the hull that provided additional stiffness and reduced the weight by changing the laminate schedule and adding Kevlar in the regions that impact the ice. Jamie Houtz, also a Landing School faculty member and experienced Fire Department Captain, weighed in on the design to ensure it would suit the needs of responding personnel.
The collaborative result is a first of its kind vehicle specifically designed to handle the rigors of the ice and cold water environment. The low center of gravity combined with the foam filled hull makes the Responder incredibly stable and essentially unsinkable. The low freeboard of mere inches along with the integrated edge rollers makes victim recovery simple and quick. This product allows the responders to focus on the quick and safe recovery of the victim. In timed tests, the Responder was able to reach, recover, and return a victim to shore before other current systems could even be deployed.
"We are very pleased that our faculty had the opportunity to participate in this project with WISE Technology," said Robert DeColfmacker, Landing School, President. "Not only were we able to help a local company fulfill its goal of developing a new-to-market product, but it's a product that will be used to save many lives. It's a win-win situation and a great lesson for our students on the positive outcome of collaboration."


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Last week's poll: in or out of the EU?
The strong results from Eurosceptic parties across Europe in last week's European Parliament elections has put the future of the EU in doubt. What should the UK's relationship with the EU be?
As expected, we received a very strong response to this poll, with over 950 readers registering their opinion. The largest single group of respondents, 39 per cent, supported the status quo of remaining within the EU to protect British industry, but it's probably more instructive to note that a clear majority, 56 per cent, voted for options reflecting a change in the UK's relationship with the EU. A third of the total called for a renegotiation of the terms of membership, while 23 per cent wanted a complete pull-out.
Please let us know what you think of these results.
Readers' comments (56)
1. Allow the public, NOT the politicians, to agree what citizens like and dislike about the EU.
2. Change the voting to 1 MEP 1 vote and require 60% of MEPs (NOT 60% of votes) to change anything.
3. Stop recruiting staff until it reduces to 50% of current level.
4. Freeze all EU staff pay and allowances and require all claims to be supported by receipts.
5. Give the Auditors teeth and block further payments on unaudited budgets. 6. All MPs to do what they and their constituents know is right.
The truth but does it have to be pie in the sky ?
Someone above referred to the 'European Government'. To my mind it is not a government in that it is run by an unelected council. The MEP's do not have the power to impose regulations or laws, but merely to 'advise'. The Parliament and MEP's are the 'Gravy train' for all the respective members 'teachers pets'. The EU is actually a totalitarian state in the making. Beware of letting it reach completion. Your personal freedom may become a thing of the past.
As for China's economy 'Growing'. The word I would use is 'Inflating. Two very different things.
It would help if we all spoke the same language. I wonder how many translators are employed by Brussels?
I also wonder how many politicians are employed by all the EU countries including Brussels, how much we collectively spend on our own parliaments as well as Brussels compared to say.......wild guess here.....The USA.
I suspect however much it is, no matter what we do, it will never reduce. Even if we were to withdraw from the EU altogether all those departments within the UK government would somehow remain, doubtless re-named to something useful.
Jobs for the boys I'm afraid, the whole EU juggernaut will grow like a cancer with subdivisions of divisions and internal bickering until the fights break out.
That just might afford an enterprising politician the opportunity to propose radical change. Offer his/her citizens a ray of nationalistic hope, kick out any dissenters and.......errrr......but no, that could never happen again, could it?
@JohnK: I have seen China's trains in the 90s and now. There is a profound difference.
In 1992 there were two trains per day from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, and they took 3 hours for the 150km. Those were the fast through trains.
The slow train from Shenzhen to Guangzhou took about 6 hours.
Now there are high speed trains from Shenzhen to Guangzhou every 10 minutes, and they take about an hour with three stops included.
I'd say, there is growth.
China is using the manufacturing for export as a means to get money, they put into "savings". That "savings" is infrastructure.
China has annually 8 millions seniors retiring and 16 million students leaving school. And therefore needs to create 8 million new jobs every year.
Dismissing the Chinese economy as just inflating isn't smart.
Now China isn't interested in foreign money anymore, they have more of it than anybody else. Now they want new technologies and know-how.
In China, a 60 year old isn't just old. Someone to get rid of. A 60 year old has experience that he can transfer to the youth.
Seniors who can't find a job in Europe, find a new life and purpose as teachers and consultants in China.
The Chinese use things we throw away easily, like fish heads and chicken feet, and make meals of them.
Out. What was presented as the Common Market has changed over the years. Always know when they keep changing the name, (common market, EEC, EU etc) that it's a bad idea trying to disguise itself.
Let us vote on what we can see now. As for unrealised potential, how long do you give something before you give up as a bad job?
I have served on CEN Standards Committees with Norwegian delegates so it is False to say Norway doesn't have a say on things like standards that affect free trade in the EU/EFTA free trade area – The standards that make the Product Safety Directives work. They have all the advantages of the Free Trade Union that exists between the EU and EFTA without the disadvantages of EU 'Red tape' like the working hour directives, the common agricultural and common fisheries policies and a wide range of things that harm the UK. They are outside the Euro and the Euro mismanagement zone that benefits German industry and competiveness at the expense of other countries like Spain, Greece and Italy. Without the Euro the German Deutschmark will be worth at least 50% more and there wouldn't be mass unemployment in Southern Eur5opean Countries that will lead to unrest and even worse things happening.
Foreign investment comes to the UK as we are more business friendly than the Eurozone and will be even more ready to come to the UK if we were out of the EU but within the EU/EFTA free trade area like Norway. Government finances would also be much stronger and hence as a country we could do more through social spending as a country or tax less or a mix of both. We could also control our borders with immigration limited to as needed on a points system .
Many of the comments made by others raise the same old inaccurate 'hoary chestnuts' and EU Myths that have been raised before and like oft repeated lies many people have come to believe them. The first one is we voted for the EU in the referendums – We didn't – I should know because not only did I vote in the referenda BUT I was also a member of the European Movement and campaigned for a yes vote and, as such, recall the platform of the yes campaign of the time.
The first referenda was to merge 2 free trade areas in Europe to create a larger free trade area - EFTA (European Free Trade Area) with the EEC (European Economic Community). Perhaps I should note here that EFTA was a free trade area BUT the EEC was technically a customs union rather than a free trade area.
At the time I wanted to see some pooling of sovereignty – The No campaign asserted that the European Movement wanted political union in a United States of Europe whereas the European Movement – The campaign organisation repeatedly stated that it was a free trade area merger only and that the 'cranks' leading the no campaign were scare mongerers and that there were no plans for a European Union and that it would never happen. These things were raised by those of us canvassing for a yes vote as the fears of the EEC by the people we canvassed on the door step and we were specifically briefed by Roy Jenkins and Ted Heath (Liar Jenkins and Liar Heath as I have come to call them) that the vote was for a vote for the merger of 2 free trade areas and that there were no plans hidden or unstated to forge an ever closer union leading to a United States of Europe.
I will never forgive Liar Heath and Liar Jenkins for having me peddle their lies on the doorstep as I canvassed for a yes vote in both referenda.
It was only after the second vote did Liar heath and Liar Jenkins and their cronies started to peddle the myth that the UK had voted for ever close union leading to a United States of Europe – Myths peddled today by the Euro Fanatics of the Liberal Party and their Leader Nick Clegg who wasn't there at the time – I was and I was a member of the European Movement involved in both referenda campaigns – I read and handed out the literature and I was also involved in the briefings handed down by Liar Heath and Liar Jenkins – Briefings how to counter the 'lies' of the No Campaign that there was a secret agenda to create a United States of Europe.
The second BIG Lie and European Union Myth is that the EU has prevented War in Europe – Bullshit that was NATO and the presence of US armed forces in Western Germany and Nuclear Deterrent known as MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) that brought meaning Russia knew it would be wiped off the face of the earth if it invaded Western Europe. I note here that the UK and French nuclear deterrent's were negligible apart from the fact that Russia had to factor in 3 'Fingers on the Button' and that even if Russia thought the USA wouldn't launch its missiles if Western Europe was overrun that Britain or France would and Mutually Assured Destruction would result anyway from a Russian counter strike.
In fact the opposite is the case - EU has actually caused wars and genocides to occur in Europe that NATO had to end on behalf of the UN because NATO had the troops and command structures to do so. Namely the breakup of the Yugoslavian Federation created by Tito out of the Yugoslavian civil war that happened during the German occupation of Yugoslavia during World War 2. During World War 2 the Croats and Slovenes were Nazi Germany's Chetnic Allies who fought against Tito's (Serbian) communist partisans. The breakup of the Yugoslavian Federation began with Germany promising Croatia and Slovenia (its former Chetnic allies) membership of the EU if they broke away from the Yugoslavian Federation – They did and ethnically cleansed the Serbians living in Croatia and Slovenia out of Croatia and Slovenia. Tudjman, then Croatian President started the ethnic cleansing of non-Croats from the Croatian areas in Bosnia leading to the Serbians in Bosnia under Radovan Karadzic fighting back and instituting their own ethnic cleansing within Bosnia Herzegovena that NATO had to intervene and stop – Not the EU which caused it by promising Croatia and Slovenia membership if they left the Yugoslavian Alliance.
Winston Churchill once said that "if we don't learn from history we are doomed to repeat the mistakes made in history" – Not an exact quote but the gist of what he said. We are witnessing the start of the breakup of the Ukraine with a civil war brewing and the risk of a wider war as Russia will eventually be forced to intervene to help the ethnic Russians in the Ukraine – I am surprised they haven't already imposed a 'No Fly zone' over the areas the Ukraine has used air assault from helicopters and bombers.
Why is it happening? – It has been happening because the EU has offered EU membership to the Ukraine and whilst the Ukrainian speaking Catholics in the west want EU membership, the ethnic Russians living in the south and east don't. The parallels with the breakup of the Yugoslavia Federation are striking – The western Ukrainian speaking catholic population welcomed the Nazi German invasion of 1941 with many fighting for Germany and serving in the SD branch of the SS were they formed the most brutal concentration and death camp guards – They also formed units that fought the partisans coming from the Russian Speaking Orthodox populations of Eastern and southern Ukraine. Two revolutions in Kiev aimed at ousting Russian Speaking Presidents elected by southern and eastern Ukraine in order to gain Governments to join the European Union by ousting governments wanting closer ties with Russia!!!! The Russian speaking east and south won't accept the 'illegal revolutionary' government in Kiev wanting EU membership.
So much for the EU bringing peace to Europe!!!!!!
The only way to change anything is from within. I say stay in and change what we can
In, but we must negotiate out the issues which are abhorrent. If we can't do that or get back to a common market, then we should get out.
Nick - Time will tell re. China.
As for the EU. A lot of folk say 'In' on the basis we would not be able to meet the EU standards needed in order to trade with Europe if we left.
I read an article earlier today that rejected that belief totally, in that a Senior EU Commissioner admitted that EU standards are not imposed on imports.
So, if we leave and negotiate global agreements AND can trade freely with Europe, why on earth would we want to stay in the bloated, corrupt unelected bureaucratic nightmare of an organisation that is currently controlling Europe.
So I'm an Out!.
I don't understand why the minimum wage is lower here than in France or Germany; where is all the money in this country. We are supposed to be the fifth richest country in the world This reflects in the lower wages paid in this country.
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Dirichlet problems for linear and semilinear sub-Laplace equations on Carnot groups
1 School of Mathematical Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
2 Department of Mathematics, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China
Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2012, 2012:136 doi:10.1186/1029-242X-2012-136Published: 12 June 2012
The purpose of this article, is to study the Dirichlet problems of the sub-Laplace equation Lu + f(ξ, u) = 0, where L is the sub-Laplacian on the Carnot group G and f is a smooth function. By extending the Perron method in the Euclidean space to the Carnot group and constructing barrier functions, we establish the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the linear Dirichlet problems under certain conditions on the domains. Furthermore, the solvability of semilinear Dirichlet problems is proved via the previous results and the monotone iteration scheme corresponding to the sub-Laplacian.
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I bought the witcher 1 twice (limited collectors edition on retail and steam) and Witcher 2 collectors limited edition retail. I love the games these guys bring out, and it hardly breaks the bank to purchase their games
i hear that, first week i got witcher 2 and it was �25...thats a steal!!
4.5m warez users playing witcher 2 = a potential $160-200 Million lost.
And warez kiddies think they don't affect anything >.<
4.5m people wouldn't of bought the game. I myself pirate "some" games. yet my steam account has over 200+ games on it, i like to try games. If i like what developers have done, ill buy it.
Simple, some people pirate because they have no expendable money to buy games, others just because it's there.
Ive downloaded some games just because i saw a topic and thought hmm ill try that.
its not a good reason, people who earn money by working hard and saving what they can deserve it, does that mean if i dont have money i should steal a car just to try it and see if i like it, and if i dont just bin it , if people want to try games there is one very easy thing to do..download the demo thats what they are for
Most games do have demos few dont but still i cant say i would condone piracy, just my view tho not dissing anyone, specially not this cheery time of year
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Sunday May 10, 2009Softball Receives No. 1 Seed in NCAA Tournament
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No. 1/1 University of Florida received the No. 1 overall seed in the 2009 NCAA Softball Tournament. The Gators (55-3) will host Florida A&M (30-30), Lehigh (36-16-1) and Texas A&M (31-19) in Regional action in Gainesville beginning on Friday, May 15.
Lehigh and Texas A&M will battle at 3:30 p.m., while the Gators will face FAMU at 6 p.m. The rest of the weekends schedule will be released later in the week.
The No. 1 seeding is the second straight for the Gators as they earned the same ranking last season. UF won the Southeastern Conference regular-season and tournament titles this year, as it did in 2008.
Florida A&M won the 2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament to earn an automatic bid the tournament. Lehigh also earned their conferences automatic spot, winning the Patriot League Tournament for the second straight year. Texas A&M earned one of the 34 at-large bids.
The Gators have not faced any of their Regional opponents this season. Last year, they fell to Texas A&M in a 1-0, nine-inning game in the Womens College World Series, ending UFs season. The Aggies went on to lose to Arizona State in the Championship.
Florida is one of nine SEC teams to make the national tournament, the most of any conference in the nation. Three other conference teams earned top-16 seeds as No. 4 Alabama and No. 13 Tennessee will host and No. 6 Georgia will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky and Mississippi State also made the field of 64.
Eight Big 12 teams made the cut, with four earning top-16 seeds, while six PAC-10 team and six Big 10 teams earned bids.
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The Gators earned their fifth consecutive top-16 seed. Aside from the No. 1 seed last year, they earned the No. 13 seed in 2005 and 2007 and the No. 16 seed in 2006. It is the 10th NCAA Tournament appearance for UF in the 13-year history of the program, the seventh consecutive and sixth time the Gators will host.
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Dear President Obama,
I'm writing to you for the first time.
I don't want this to be a political blog. There are plenty of other sites for that. But we now face a national crisis of such serious proportions that it dwarfs other issues, such as global warming, health care, and middle-east peace. It now threatens the very fabric of our society, and directly affects every citizen. And I can remain silent no longer.
It's still September, and every store near me ALREADY HAS THEIR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP!
I have nothing against the holidays, Mr. President. Peace on Earth and all that stuff. But moving them up as if they were being held in another time-zone or alternate universe is getting out-of-hand. As far as I know, Christmas hasn't budged in my lifetime. And treating every day like it was Christmas (like the stores seem to want me to do) is not helping.
The well-respected Nick documentary program, The Fairly Oddparents, has carefully researched what would happen if Christmas were held every day (Episode 107, air date 12-12-01 I have kids, OKAY!). Their conclusion? It would be catastrophic.


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I will also be selling some limited quantity art prints (A3 size $20 each autographed), sketchbooks ($25 autographed) and take on 5 slots of copic marker commissions AT THE SHOW only ($300 b/w, $500 toned)
Comic-Con: Day 4On Sunday, the 4th and final day of San Diego Comic-Con, we were able to keep the love flowing to show the artists and art enthusiasts who came by our booth just how much they meant to us.
The last day of Comic-Con is always bittersweet. The air buzzes with positivity, inspiration, and camaraderie, but in the back of your mind, you know it may be another year before you see some of these friends, old and new. Sure, we always have the Internet, but there's something special about meeting in real life that can't compare to flipping through a portfolio of sketches, laughing out loud with your peers, and supporting artists' hard work right then and there.
There was rarely a moment when one of our seven kiosks wasn't occupied by an artist. Young or old, newbie or professional, digital or traditional, the chance to sit down and create art was difficult to pass up with inspiration coming from every direction.
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The Secretary of the Faculty Board of Biology holds markbooks containing a breakdown of marks for each examination paper, or coursework, for subjects in Part IA and Part IB of the MVST. The information contained in these markbooks is communicated to students normally through their College Director of Studies. Markbooks will be retained indefinitely.
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Neutralizing the two best players in the world is always a tough task; Crosby had 3 points Saturday. (Clydeorama).
The Washington Capitals will welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins to Verizon Center this afternoon for their traditional Super Bowl Sunday matinee game. Pittsburgh, who won their last game against the Devils 5-1 on Saturday, are 5-3-0 for ten standings points; this places them atop the Atlantic Division and third in the Eastern Conference. The Capitals, who beat the Flyers 3-2 on Friday night for their second win of the season, are 2-5-1 for five standings points; that places them fourth in the Southeast Division and 14th in the Eastern Conference. This is the first of three meetings between these two teams this season, but the only one at Verizon Center.
Marc-Andre Fleury, who made 15 saves in the Penguins' romp over New Jersey yesterday, seems likely to get the start in goal from head coach Dan Bylsma. Fleury has posted a 2.54 GAA and .897 save percentage so far on the young season in his five starts, and has always played the Capitals tough despite his middling career statistics. On the injury front, Pittsburgh is missing big-minute defenseman Matt Niskanen with an ankle injury, but otherwise will field a full lineup, including Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
After his excellent performance Friday night against the Flyers in which he made 29 saves, Braden Holtby will once again get the tap on the pads in net from Adam Oates. Holtby's last start was a big improvement over his first two, in which he allowed ten goals and took two losses; he has a 4.05 GAA and .885 save percentage in his three starts. Both Brooks Laich and Jack Hillen will be unavailable for this game because of injury, while John Erskine will also be absent because of a suspension he received for elbowing Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds. Expect Tom Poti to enter in Erskine's place, while Mathieu Perreault and Roman Hamrlik remain healthy scratches.
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Pakistan Christian Convicted of 'Blasphemy' Stoned in Prison
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November 29, 2010
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CDN) — Muslim inmates at a prison in northwest Punjab Province on Oct. 29 stoned a Christian wrongly convicted of "blasphemy" nearly to death, according to his father.
Imran Masih, a 19-year-old member of the Protestant Church of Pakistan, is still recovering in District Hospital Hazro, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit the day of the assault.
"Imran Masih was brought to the hospital in a very serious condition," Dr. Sultan Malik told Compass. "He had lost a lot of blood. He was shifted to the ICU and is still under treatment."
Masih, a resident of Hazro near Attock, is expected to be released from the hospital next week.
He was working at a barbershop in July 2009 when the owner, Nadeem Haider, accused him of stealing 5,000 rupees (US$60). Haider, who had been pressuring Masih to convert to Islam, had the Christian arrested, according to investigators.
Station House Officer Junaid Mirza of Hazro told prison investigators and Compass that Haider paid police to torture Masih.
"Inspector Jamal Khan [of Madina Town police station in Hazro] arrested Masih from his house, and Haider had paid Khan to severely torture Masih," Mirza told Compass. "When Masih was presented at the session court, his father Basharat Masih appealed to the court, saying that his son was illegally detained and tortured."
Justice Risalat Khawaja of Attock Session Court ordered a medical report, Mirza said.
"Haider and Khan then conspired together," Mirza said, "and before the medical report could be presented, Khan turned a simple case of robbery into blasphemy, saying that Imran Masih had spoken against the holy prophet [Muhammad]."
Khawaja on Aug. 3 sentenced Masih to 10 years of prison under Pakistan's blasphemy statues, widely condemned internationally for their use against oppressed minorities to settle grudges. The maximum punishment for a genuine case of speaking ill of Muhammad would be death or life imprisonment.
"My son was threatened that if he talked to anyone, his family would be killed," Masih's father told News Asia channel. "I am a poor man, I cannot afford a lawyer to appeal at the High Court. I have been writing to higher authorities appealing to them to release my son."
Zubair Malik, investigation officer on the prison inquiry commission looking into the assault on Masih, said that on Oct. 29 Masih was sitting outside his barrack after Friday prayers when a group of inmates pounced on him, yelling that he was a blasphemer and must be killed.
With rocks from fields within the prison premises, they tried to stone him to death as prison guards looked on, Malik said, stopping the assault only after Masih was nearly dead.
Police took him to District Hospital Hazro.
Haider last month told Basharat Masih that he would ensure that his son did not get out of prison alive, the elder Masih said, and therefore he suspects that Haider and Khan arranged the stoning. Basharat Masih said Khan and Haider have contacts in prison that could have orchestrated the assault.
Khan and Haider were not available for comment.
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Recently, our caregiving team and patients at Battle Creek Dialysis had the honor of hosting U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, who visited our facility to learn more about quality kidney care, and the lives of the 84 patients we care for every day.
During our visit with Rep. Amash, I shared my grave concern regarding a recent proposal by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to drastically cut dialysis funding, reducing payment for this lifesaving care by 12 percent.
These cuts will impact the affordability, reliability, and quality of dialysis care both here in Battle Creek and across the country.
More than 80 percent of our patients rely heavily on Medicare to help pay for long dialysis treatment sessions, medications, and additional services, and Medicare already falls short of covering the full cost of these treatments.
CMS' proposal to slash dialysis payment further may force providers to make difficult decisions to reduce operating hours or reduce their staffs, making access to quality dialysis care increasingly difficult.
My patients and caregivers appreciated the opportunity to share these concerns with Rep. Amash.
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|His-bundle electrogram in the convalescent stage of inferior myocardial infarction complicated with complete A-V block.
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|PMID: 7069328 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|Twelve patients with inferior wall myocardial infarction complicated with complete atrioventricular block during the acute stage were studied. The His-bundle electrogram was studied in the convalescent stage at an average of 6 months after the acute attack. The age of the patients was 62 +/- 16 years. The width of the QRS complex was within the normal range and the PR interval was less than 200 msec. AH time was 74 +/- 18 msec (mean +/- SD). No split H activity was observed. HV time however, was significantly prolonged in the 12 patients; 54 +/- 12 msec vs. 42 +/- 9 msec in the control group (p less than 0.02). Five patients had HV time equal to or more than 60 msec. Intra-His block was suggested to exist in a high frequency in the patients who had previous complete AV block during the acute stage of myocardial infarction of the inferior wall.
|Y Aizawa; S Hayashi; O Hosokawa; K Watanabe; T Ozawa; A Shibata; Y Takeuchi
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|Title: Journal of electrocardiology Volume: 15 ISSN: 0022-0736 ISO Abbreviation: J Electrocardiol Publication Date: 1982 Apr
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|Created Date: 1982-06-21 Completed Date: 1982-06-21 Revised Date: 2009-11-11
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Bundle of His / physiopathology*
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Heart Block / complications*, physiopathology, therapy
Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
Heart Rate
Myocardial Infarction / complications*, physiopathology
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KCDS Students Test Health of Paint Creek
October 17, 2012
By Lori Phillips
Kingsbury Country Day middle school students collect water samples at Paint Creek.
Special to the Leader
Oakland Township Twenty-eight Kingsbury Country Day middle-school students spent Thursday afternoon wading in Paint Creek near Clarkston Road. They brought nets, tape measures, thermometers, test tubes and other supplies, to collect information about the river.
The students are participating in the Adopt-a-Stream monitoring program for the Clinton River Watershed Council. The data collected will help local and state agencies become informed of important water quality and biodiversity issues.
The velocity of the current was tested first, using an apple. Students went on to note other physical characteristics of the riverbed, including depth and width. They gathered water samples to test levels of pH, nitrates, and dissolved oxygen. (Some tests require a waiting period of up to five days.) When the final test results are recorded, they will be documented and delivered to the council.
KCDS on-site test results revealed that phosphates and nitrates were low, while dissolved oxygen levels were mid-range. The water temperature measurements ranged from 18-30 degrees Celsius, depending of where it was taken. Ana Phillips, a fifth grader, explained that it was difficult to hold the thermometer because of the strong current.
Fifth grader Keegan Nash said, "It was fun and cool to test the water." Danny Files, sixth grader, elaborated, "We found mud minnows, water striders and a few crayfish." Science teacher Leslie Ellis said, "I was surprised we didn't find a lot more macroinvertebrates. The water was clear, the river bottom is rocky, and there are a lot of ripples all which usually indicate good oxygen levels."
When asked how they thought the river may change in the spring, sixth grade student Tyler Rowe predicted that there might be more aquatic life.
The students also discussed how chemical pollutants and garbage can negatively affect biodiversity. Ariana Scott, fifth grader, found broken glass. A.J. LaRoche, sixth grader, found a shoe.
Students will return to the river in May to re-evaluate conditions and compare results. Meanwhile, KCDS will continue to facilitate similar hands-on community-service excursions throughout the year, in order to develop knowledgeable, responsible citizens.
If you would like to get involved in the Adopt-a-Stream Program, visit www.crwc.org or to learn more about Kingsbury Country Day School, visit www.kingsburyschool.org or call 248-628-2571.


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This year in Worldchanging's hometown of Seattle, one of our allies, Alan Durning, has been chronicling his 365-day commitment to living car-free in the city with his family. We've been following along, hearing about the challenges and triumphs of his undertaking. A little farther away, near Freiburg, Germany, a whole town has been working towards the same lifestyle goal, in a sustainable urban setting called Vauban which was completed this year, after 13 years of development.
On a former military base, 2,000 homes house 4,700 residents. It's designed to be an equally appealing alternative to suburban relocation for young families who want a good place to raise their kids. A number of planning criteria have created an atmosphere that incentivizes residents to bike or walk instead of drive. For one thing, a parking space costs $23,000USD, while an annual tram pass is free. To put into perspective the result of this costly arrangement, an article in the Christian Science Monitor tells us that just 150 in every 1,000 Vauban inhabitants owns a car, "compared with 430 per 1,000 inhabitants in Freiburg proper. In contrast, the US average is 640 household vehicles per 1,000 residents."
From its first stages of planning, in the early 90s when the Vauban army based closed, the development was intended to be a beacon of ecological living, and a haven for younger generations in a country with an aging demographic. (According to CSM, one-third of Vauban residents are under age eighteen -- a sharp contrast to the age distribution across Germany.)
In 1998, Freiburg bought land from the German government and worked with Delleske's group to lay out a master plan for the area, keeping in mind the ecological, social, economic, and cultural goals of reducing energy levels while creating healthier air and a solid infrastructure for young families. Rather than handing the area to a real estate developer, the city let small homeowner cooperatives design and build their homes from scratch.
This distributed approach to the establishment of Vauban lent itself to a harmonious melding of grassroots community interests and government influence. A citizen's association was formed and legally recognized in 1995, and was actively involved in the planning and implementation of the district design.
In addition to encouraging car-free living, Vauban subscribed to principles of green building for the neighborhood homes. According to this abstract of the project:
All houses are built at least with improved low energy standard (65 kWh/m2a, calculated similar to the Swiss SIA 380/1 standard) plus at least 100 units with "passive house" (15 kWh/m2a) or "plus energy" standard (houses which produce more energy than they need, another 100 plus energy houses are planned). A highly efficient co-generation plant (CHP) operating on wood-chips is operating since 2002 and connected to the district's heating grid. Solar collectors (about 450 m2 until 2000) and photovoltaics (about 1200 m2 until 2000) will be common "ornaments" on the district's roofs.
Finally, in an effort to encourage social interaction and community engagement, the citizen association (Forum Vauban) "gives voice to the people's needs and supports their initiatives, invents innovative ecological and social concepts and sets up a communication and participation structure including meetings, workshops, a three-monthly district news magazine, publications on special issues and internet-presentations."
It's early on the Vauban's life, but like BedZED, this development appears to be a model for modern, urban, ecological living -- the sort that even a green-shy househunter would want, simply for its style, proximity and livability.
Worldchanging.com seems to be developing a bike parking meme. Perhaps this is because large, well-utilized, visible bike parking areas (especially when they replace parking for automobiles) are indicative of progressive/wordchanging institutions, municipalities, and communities. Thanks for the update on Vauban.
Thanks for this news Sarah. I visited Vauban 10 years ago. At that time, I thought they had decades of struggle ahead of them. I'm delighted to see how much progress they've made. Freiburg is an astonishing incubator for a sensible future.
The pricing scheme for parking in Vauban makes good sense, and reminds me of the market-driven pricing attached to cars in New York City. When my wife and I moved to NYC, it didn't even occur to us to bring a car, because we knew we couldn't afford to park it in a garage, and we didn't want to pay the higher insurance costs charged (reasonably enough) to NYC drivers. So we lived in Morningside Heights and walked or rode the bus, the subway, or a taxi wherever we needed to go. When we brought our newborn daughter home from the hospital, we called a car service, and I still remember fondly that ride in the Town Car and my conversation with the driver, who had several children of his own and who beamed at our daughter with the affection of a proud papa.
Anyway, a lot of our friends and kin from back home in Texas initially couldn't get their heads around the idea of giving up our car or of not having a car. The appeal of public transportation was totally lost on most of them, since they had never been exposed to good mass transit or to bicycle-friendly cities. But it *did* make sense to them once we explained the costs of parking, insurance, and so on. As it so often does, economics played the role of trump card.
There are plenty of worldchanging solutions that require little more than a nudge in the right direction by installing some economic rationale (like $23k parking spaces) to move consumers in the right direction. And yet, because of apathy and a general overconnection to the status quo, many people don't realize all the ways that we subsidize things in the opposite direction.
Here's hoping that more communities like Vauban will arise, not just in Europe where the mainstream of Americans can dismiss it as another example of European strangeness, but here in the States as an example (if we need to sell it this way) of American can-do-ism.
This is a great story.
How do we make more people aware of the urgency of adapting to life without oil? When OPEC themselves are even discussing the last oil crisis beginning sometime in the next decade, yet it does not break the evening news, how do we propel the bike meme out passed the ever dominant SUV meme!?
Nevertheless, it's great to see that so much has been done so quickly in at least this German village. How we apply that to 70 years worth of suburban sprawl construction across Australia and the USA, I don't know.


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The International Summer School on Business Mediation is held every two years in the third week of July in Admont in der Austrian province of Styria. Admont is a village in the heart of Austria, set against the backdrop of the breathtaking mountains of Gesaeuse National Park and steeped in a tradition of sprituality which dates back centuries.
For your individual approach by car you can find free of costs route planners on Michelin, Falk, Map24 and Herold.
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When you travel by plane, we suggest to choose the Viennese or Graz airport.
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Much of Main Street in downtown Carmel has been redeveloped in the past decade, but a small cluster of single-family ranch homes to the west have remained relatively quiet for at least 40 years.
That is about to change, thanks to a corporate executive moving in from Boston - trading a view of Boston Harbor for a front-yard roundabout with a fountain.
Situated on the edge of the Arts & Design District, the new home that recently began to rise will not be a single-story ranch, like the neighbors. Instead, it will be two stories with four bedrooms, more than 3,000 square feet of floor space, a finished ...


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Driver who contributed to the death of Sue Bell sent to prison
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- May 23, 2014
THE driver who contributed to the death of Townsville cyclist Sue Bell has been sent to prison.
Christopher James Osborne, 65, was jailed for three and a half years with a parole date after 14 months and had his license disqualified for five years today.
Judge Kerry O'Brien said the death of the Townsville mother and injury of two other cyclists in the group on June 22 was due to a "serious error of judgement".
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