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EDI Technology in Deregulated Utility Industry
The United States Government has introduced competition in various industries for the ultimate benefit of the consumer. In most industries deregulation has been successful. Examples are the Airline, Telecommunication etc. industries where prices have appreciably gone down over the years with the introduction of many players in the market.
The Utility industry is no exception. In the past utilities have had no competition as there was only one utility servicing a particular geographic area. The government passed legislation to deregulate the utility industry with the objective of providing electricity and gas at a cheaper price along with improved service. This introduced a new entity called Energy Service Provider ( ESP ) or Energy Service Company ( ESCO ) which is an Energy Marketer entrusted with the job of selling energy to the consumer. Hitherto only utilities provided energy to the consumer. With deregulation the utility now can only transport the energy ( electricity or gas ) to the consumer over its electric lines or gas pipes but can not sell the energy to the consumer. The ESP now performs this function of selling energy. Typically there are anywhere between 5 to 50 ESPs operating in any utility territory. It may be pointed out that the utility is still the provider of last resort in cases where the consumer does not chose an ESP to service it's account. In such cases the utility is allowed to sell electricity and gas to the consumer.
Implementing the legislation is carried out by each individual state's Public Service Commission ( PSC ). Each state PSC lays down the rules of the road for all participants in the deregulated utility industry. It sets the standards for ESPs and Utilities to operate on a level playing field. It also sets the standards for exchanging business transactions electronically between the ESPs and Utilities using a technology called EDI ( Electronic Data Interchange ). EDI is the sending and receiving of business transactions from computer to computer in a standardized format. It is also referred to as A2A ( Application to Application ) transaction technology operating in a B2B environment ( Business to Business ). EDI has been in existence for over 20 years. There are two major EDI standards in place today. They are ANSII ( American National Standards Institute ) and EDIFACT ( EDI for Administration, Commerce and Trade ). The ANSII standard is predominantly used in America whereas EDIFACT is more widely used in Europe, Asia and the rest of the world.
Most deregulated state's PSC mandates the use of EDI Technology in exchanging business transactions between ESPs and Utilities. While EDI standards are very similar throughout all states they do have minor differences. Some states have adopted the GISB ( Gas Industry Standards Board ) Standards that transmit EDI transactions over the Internet in a secure environment. Other states require EDI transactions to be sent over a VAN ( Value Added Network ) which transmits EDI transactions via private telephone line networks.
The deregulated energy market is quite complex and implementing all transactions using EDI would have been a daunting task. Therefore it was decided that only transactions taking place between the utility and ESP would be implemented via EDI. These include Customer Setup, Billing and Administrative transactions. Other business transactions between Power Generation Plants, Energy Wholesalers, End Consumers would be left untouched for the time being. Examples are purchasing of electricity or gas from energy wholesalers, nominations, bringing gas to the city gate etc.
Deregulation in the Utilities Industry has opened up many opportunities for ESPs that wish to provide services to the end consumer. As a result of deregulation there is a dramatic increase in the flow of business transactions between the Utility and ESPs. A large number of ESPs do not have the capability to send and receive EDI transactions to and from Utilities and therefore outsource their EDI Transaction Processing to EDI Service Providers.
Let us take a look at the business processes that enable ESPs and Utilities in carrying out their functions.
Customer Enrollment
The process starts by the ESP knocking on a prospective customer's door and telling them that it can sell them electricity or gas at a cheaper price than the utility. If the customer decides to accept the offer the ESP sends an EDI 814-E Enrollment Request to the utility. The utility in turn sends an Enrollment Acceptance or Enrollment Rejection back to the ESP within one to two business days. This Enrollment Response is also sent via an EDI 814-E transaction.
Customer Drop
If the customer does not pay ESP's bills, the ESP can send a Drop Request to the utility via an EDI 814-D transaction. The utility processes the request and sends back a Drop Acceptance or Drop Rejection to the ESP via an EDI 814-D transaction. If a customer does not pay the utility's bills, the utility can send similar transactions to the ESP.
Customer Reinstatement
Customers are free to choose any ESP operating in their area. Customers are also allowed to change their mind within 7 days of switching to another ESP. If they do change their mind they just have to notify the utility that they want to go back to the old ESP. In this case the utility sends a Reinstatement transaction to the ESP via an EDI 814-R transaction. The ESP gladly processes the request and sends back a Reinstatement Response transaction to the utility via an EDI 814-R transaction.
Customer Change
If the customer moves to a different location within an ESP's service area the ESP sends a Change transaction to the utility via an EDI 814-C transaction. The utility processes the request and sends back a Change Acceptance or Change Rejection to the ESP via an EDI 814-C transaction. The process is similarly reversed if the utility sends a Change Request to the ESP.
Historical Usage Profile
Some ESPs are interested in signing up only specific sized customers. The ESP can request the utility for a Customer Historical Usage Profile via an EDI 814-HU transaction. The utility processes the request and sends back a Historical Usage Profile via an EDI 867-HU transaction.
Monthly Meter Readings
Utility personnel read the customer's meter on the cycle read date. Customer's electricity or gas usage is transmitted via an EDI 867-MU transaction.
Customer Billing
Utilities can bill customers for energy usage in two different ways.
In the Dual Billing method utilities bill the customer for only for their Transportation & Delivery portion and expect the ESP to bill the customer for its energy commodity portion of the bill. In this scenario the ESP receives monthly meter readings from utility via an EDI 867-MU transaction. The ESP calculates the bill based on customer's energy usage and mails the bill to the customer.
In the Consolidated Billing method, the utility sends one combined bill to the customer. This bill contains the utility's Transportation & Delivery portion as well as the ESP's energy commodity portion. There are two bill calculation scenarios in this situation. They are Bill Ready Billing and Rate Ready Billing. In Bill Ready Billing scenario the ESP calculates their commodity portion of the bill and sends it to the utility via an EDI 810 transaction. In Rate Ready Billing scenario the ESP send the billing rate to the utility at customer signup time. It then expects the utility to automatically calculate ESP's commodity portion of the bill based upon the customer's energy usage.
In both the above billing scenarios the utility receives payments from the customer. The utility splits the payments into their and ESP's portions. It deposits the amount due the ESP into their bank account and sends an EDI 820 Remittance Advice to the ESP. This transaction contains details of amounts deposited by the utility into the ESP's bank account.
A collection process is usually started when a customer does not pay their bill. Upon receiving customer's payment the utility sends an EDI 568 transaction to the ESP notifying them of receiving customer's payment.
If a customer does not pay their bill and collection becomes impossible the utility sends an EDI 248 Write Off transaction to the ESP. This is usually the case when the customer declares bankruptcy or moves to an unknown location etc.
Processing Errors
If a utility finds errors in the EDI data sent by the ESP it can send error notifications to ESP via an EDI 248 Application Advice transaction. The ESP can also send error notifications to the utility via EDI 824 transactions.
EDI Process Flow
A typical hardware / software setup at a utility is shown in this diagram.
The success of deregulation in states where it has been introduced has been very encouraging. It is only a matter of time until more states will adopt deregulation of energy. The process is consistently gathering steam as is evidenced by lower commodity prices and increased consumer satisfaction.
I have not found a PAY PHONE for 10 cents, and my home phone bill has gone from $12 to $40.... my electric bill has moved from $25 to $75, where is the cosumer benefit in deregulation?
The transaction set numbers cited are not used universally nor do these transaction sets always perform the same functions. They vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, depending upon how various working groups have chosen to implement their EDI. For example, the 867 transaction set is not used for monthly usage in Massachusetts and different jurisdictions (like Texas) may sort the various flavors/types of business transactions that utilize the 814 to transfer information with a hyphenated number (e.g. 814-5) instead of the letters that the article references.
It is also important to distinguish between EDI (an ANSI ASC X12 creation), which the article focuses upon, and edi, which could be any form of electronic exchange of data between two entities, using a variety of formats. A facsimile or email transaction qualifies as edi but not EDI. XML-based electronic business transactions, like those used in Ontario and, to some degree, Texas, also qualify for the lower case edi. The real point is that deregulation has caused energy market participants to exchange a great deal of data that they did not need to exchange before. This data exchange is far from standardized across jurisdictions. Consequently, it adds costs rather than lowering the costs of doing business. Until the "standards" are standardized, complaints like that found in Ms Merry's comment will continue because of the added costs of doing business in non-standard markets.
There are quite a few territories. Con Edison in New York maintains a website poweryourway.com where they have listed approximately 36 ESPs operating in their territory. You may also want to check out utilities ( aka TDSPs ) in Texas. One such utility is Oncor which has more than 50 ESPs ( aka CRs ) operating in its territory. In general you may want to go to any utility's website and get this information.
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|A Tholian (2268)
"Be correct: we do not tolerate deceit."
- - Loskene (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
The Tholians were an extremely xenophobic, non-humanoid hermaphroditic race with a propensity for precision.
History and politics
The head governmental unit of the Tholians was the Tholian Assembly. During the mid-22nd century, the Vulcan High Command had only limited contact with the Assembly. It was, however, unknown at the time that they may have been involved as a faction in the Temporal Cold War. (ENT: "Future Tense")
First Contact with Earth
In 2152 the Tholians made an unusual move and traveled far beyond their territory and actively sought to possess a 31st century time-travel pod discovered by the Earth starship Enterprise, under the command of Jonathan Archer. Four Tholian starships intercepted and disabled the Vulcan cruiser Tal'Kir, while it waited to rendezvous with Enterprise. They in turn attacked and defeated the Suliban fleet that was in pursuit of the arriving Earth ship. They then successfully removed the pod from Enterprise's possession, only to have the pod return to its proper timeline moments later. (ENT: "Future Tense")
The Defiant incident
In the mirror universe, in 2155, the Tholians detonated a tri-cobalt warhead inside the gravity well of a dead star. The explosion created an interphasic rift which acted as a doorway to a parallel universe. Because of its instability, the Tholians reasoned that it was too dangerous to send one of their own ships through, so they transmitted a distress call into the opening, hoping to lure a ship from the other side. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
In 2268, the Federation starship USS Defiant would enter this region of space, annexed by the Tholians, in response to the mirror universe distress call. Three weeks later, the starship USS Enterprise would discover the Defiant trapped in a spatial interphase, only to observe the starship, and consequently landing party leader James T. Kirk, cross over into the mirror universe.
Shortly thereafter, a Tholian starship intercepted the Enterprise, demanding that it should leave Tholian territory. At the request of First Officer Spock to be allowed to rescue Kirk from the Defiant, Tholian Commander Loskene allowed them a small timeframe, before they were required to withdraw. The Enterprise crew was unable to rescue Kirk in the time provided and the Tholians opened fire, damaging the Enterprise and, after the arrival of a second Tholian starship, attempted to trap it in their web. The Enterprise, however, was able to recover Kirk and successfully escape, before they fell victim to the web. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Unknown at the time, the Defiant had traveled back in time to the mirror universe, where, when fully clear of the interphase, it was towed by the Tholians of that universe to a small moon drydock in the Vintaak system, deep in Tholian space. There they employed several humanoids to gut the ship. Commander Jonathan Archer of Starfleet learned of the vessel's presence in his universe. He commandeered the ISS Enterprise and flew it deep into Tholian space while cloaked to steal the Defiant. After sending a boarding party on board the Defiant, the Tholians spun a tractor web around the Enterprise and destroyed it. The boarding party managed to activate the Defiant's systems, but not before the Tholians spun a tractor web over the entrance of the drydock. The Defiant then destroyed three Tholian ships and the moon's drydock, before escaping the system. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly", "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Later aggressions
Contact with the Tholians over the next century would be sporadic. In 2353, the Tholians destroyed a Federation starbase. The only survivor of this attack was Kyle Riker, the father of Starfleet Commander William T. Riker. (TNG: "The Icarus Factor")
Tholian attacks would remain frequent enough for Starfleet to develop Tholian-based battle simulations. In 2355, during one such simulation, William T. Riker used a notable strategy to calculate a sensory blind spot on a Tholian vessel. (TNG: "Peak Performance")
They would remain a threat well into the 2360s, when it was anticipated by Klingon Special Emissary K'Ehleyr that if a Klingon Civil War were to break out in 2367, the Tholians might eventually be involved. This fear, however, did not come to pass when the civil war broke out months later. (TNG: "Reunion")
Trade and diplomacy
The Tholians conducted business with Bajoran trader Razka Karn in the early 2370s. They pursued him because of unscrupulous "business" practices so he took refuge in the Badlands. (DS9: "Indiscretion")
The Tholians maintained ambassadors with other powers throughout the Alpha Quadrant. In 2371, a Tholian ambassador visiting DS9 reported that someone broke into his quarters during the night and stole three cases of latinum. (DS9: "Defiant")
Several weeks later, Odo accused Nog of stealing from the Tholian ambassador and arrested him, although this was part of Jake Sisko's plan to repair his friendship with Nog. (DS9: "Life Support")
The following year, a Tholian observer was killed in the bombing of the Antwerp Conference on Earth by a Dominion infiltrator. (DS9: "Homefront") Despite this, the Tholians would sign a non-aggression pact with the Dominion the following year, prior to the outbreak of the Dominion War, remaining neutral throughout the conflict. (DS9: "Call to Arms")
In 2379, Romulan Senator Tal'aura had an appointment with the Tholian ambassador to Romulus, conveniently causing her to leave the Senate chambers only moments before the assassination of the entire Senate. (Star Trek Nemesis)
A living Tholian was approximately the same height as a Human. It was principally a reddish color, in varying shades, and there was the suggestion of fluid or field motion within the body. Tholians had a hard carapace that was chiefly mineral. There were six thin legs that made it possible for the being to move in any direction quickly; the legs were articulated with joints roughly corresponding to the knee and ankle of humanoid species. Each leg ended in a multi-toed foot. The legs were attached at the base of the torso and were radially symmetric. There were two arms; each had joints analogous to the humanoid elbow and wrist, and each arm ended in a multi-fingered hand. There was slightly visible neck that was covered on a semitransparent dome membrane that shielded the head. Tholians had two glowing spots near the top of their torso. They turned these to face individuals with whom they interacted, which suggested they had some sort of information-gathering organ(s). Tholians were hermaphroditic: they had two sexes, but each individual had both sets of sexual organs. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly", "Bound")
Tholian biology required high temperatures around 480 Kelvin (207 °C, 404 °F). They could tolerate lower temperatures for a brief period of time; if they were exposed to temperatures around 380 Kelvin or less, their carapace would crack. This was painful or distressing; a Tholian subjected to such a temperature regime could be coerced to cooperate. In temperatures even lower, a Tholian would freeze solid and shatter. (ENT: "Future Tense", "In a Mirror, Darkly")
Tholians had something analogous to biochemical processes. Phlox from the mirror universe was able to devise a sedative; however, this compound eventually lost effectiveness. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
Tholians were naturally able to emit various forms of radiation, which they could modulate. They could communicate over short distances in this fashion. A Tholian imprisoned aboard the ISS Enterprise in 2155 was able to summon help via this method, forcing Phlox to kill it in order to silence it. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
In 2372, Kasidy Yates claimed she was meeting with a Tholian freighter to deliver medical supplies to treat a viral infection on one of their colonies; she was in fact smuggling the supplies to the Maquis. (DS9: "For the Cause")
Society and culture
During several confrontations with the Federation, Tholian behavior could best be described as aggressive and territorial. Tholians were also renowned for their punctuality.
Tholians rarely advanced very far from their home system, and are known to kill outsiders caught trespassing in their territory. They were also known to frequently annex surrounding systems outside of the Assembly, to further isolate their territory. (ENT: "Future Tense", "In a Mirror, Darkly"; TOS: "The Tholian Web"; DS9: "For the Cause"; TNG: "Captain's Holiday")
Tholian weddings involved paying a dowry. Furthermore, Tholian silk was highly prized and a difficult commodity to obtain. A Tholian ambassador owed Benjamin Sisko a favor and obtained silk for him. (DS9: "Defiant", "The Way of the Warrior")
Background information
- According to The Worlds of the Federation (page 150), Tholia was the home planet of the Tholian species. It was the second planet in the Tholian system. A planet with a searing hot methane environment.
- An emblem representing the Tholian Assembly was created for the book Star Trek: Star Charts, page 35, but has never been seen on camera. Furthermore, according to this book, Tholia, the homeworld of the Tholians, was a Class Y planet governed by the Tholian Assembly. The Tholians had established diplomatic relations with the Federation in 2271, two years after first contact with the starship USS Enterprise.
- The Tholians play a major role in the comic book series by DC Comics War and Madness, which covered issues 71 through 75 in their second TNG series.
- The Tholians made an appearance in the "Captain's Log: Sulu" comic from IDW Publishing, set sometime between 2288 and 2290.
- A race called the Tholians are mentioned in the Star Wars Expanded Universe novel Yoda: Dark Rendezvous.
- The Tholians appear in the alternate Star Fleet Universe as a significant race. In this universe, they are not native to this galaxy, originating in Messier 81, or Bode's Galaxy. The Tholian Holdfast in the Milky Way is a remnant of the once-mighty Tholian Will, an empire that once ruled their entire Home Galaxy. However, one of their subject races, the insectoid Seltorians, developed the technology to break Tholian webs, and used it to overthrow their masters. Some of the surviving Tholians fled to this galaxy, and upon arriving in Y79 (Y1 being the date of first contact between Earth and Vulcan, in that universe) claimed an area of Klingon territory-rimward of Federation space. (This area had originally been used as the staging post for a planned Klingon invasion of Romulan space – but the Tholian arrival thwarted these efforts.) The Tholians fiercely defended their enclave, repelling all Klingon attempts to retake it. Their "home planet" in this galaxy is a miniature Dyson sphere (wrapped around a relatively small artificial "star") that, in a remarkable feat of engineering, they managed to bring with them from M81. They are officially neutral, but Klingon hostility sometimes forces them into co-belligerence with the Federation.
- The Tholians join the Typhon Pact (Typhon Pact at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works), an alliance of non-Federation powers, in the novel A Singular Destiny, set in 2381.
- In Star Trek Online, in 2409 the Tholians have captured a Terran Empire Odyssey class starship and are holding it in a subterranean cavern on the planet Nukara Prime. Starfleet and the Klingon Defense Force must work together to stop the Tholians' operations and destroy the captured ship before they can harvest its technology. Tholian vessels also appear in the game, both as playable starships and enemy vessels.
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From certain vantage points in lower Manhattan, a subtle addition to the skyline is visible atop the New Museum on the Bowery. These forms are the sculptural work of Los Angeles based artist, Chris Burden, who has titled his intervention Two Small Skyscrapers (Quasi Legal Skyscrapers) (2003/2013). The open frame steel towers from a distance resemble the familiar and constant presence of vertical construction, but like their title, also evoke the former World Trade Center. That is to say the work seems to be perverse monument to large-scale urban development, and simultaneously a reminder of our collective post-9/11 consciousness.
Burden, who came to art world prominence in the 1970s for his performances, has for the past few decades worked primarily within the realm of sculptural installation. His retrospective at the New Museum titled, "Chris Burden: Extreme Measures," is his first New York survey, and most comprehensive exhibition in the U.S. in 25 years.
The show is organized so that Burden's earliest works are viewable on the top floor of the Museum in an area that is typically allocated for outreach, education, and special projects. The room is arranged with four small tables. Atop each is a binder that contains the very limited documentation of his early performances as well as his own typewritten descriptions of each event. His descriptive style is consistent with American Conceptualism, that is to say, it is written in a pseudo-objective, or quasi-scientific fashion, and accompanies reproductions of black and white photographs taken while he performed. In one work, titled, I became a Secret Hippy (October 3, 1971), Burden writes,
"The piece began when I took off my clothes, jeans and a t-shirt, and lay on the floor on my back. A friend hammered a star shaped stud into my sternum. I then sat in a chair and had all my hair cut off. Finally I dressed in some F.B.I. clothes I had bought for the piece."
I spent nearly an hour reading each of his summaries while examining the iconic photographs, contemplating the repeated endurances and abuses that Burden imposed on himself, his small audiences, and the institutions who were complicit in his existential experiments.
One of his most iconic performances, Shoot, also from 1971, consisted of the artist being shot in the arm at close range by a friend with a rifle. Burden remarked of the experience, while referring to the infinitesimal duration during which the bullet was inside his arm: "For that moment, I was a sculpture." In other works, Burden would construct scenarios where he, the artist, or rather his body was conspicuously absent, like the 1971 piece, Disappearing, or 1973's B.C. Mexico at the Los Angeles gallery Newspace, where inside the gallery he posted a placard noting his absence from the exhibition. During that time, Burden allegedly paddled to a remote beach unobserved, and subsisted for eleven days. Upon his return he read from a diary he kept of his experiences, and screened a short film of himself embarking on his journey. Later in 1975, for White Light/White Heat, Burden constructed a triangular shelf in the corner of his New York gallery large enough that he could lie in repose for the 22 concurrent days of the exhibition and remain unseen by visitors below. His status as a sculpture in Shoot, and as an artist or subject in later absent-works evidence a profoundly contingent and often unverifiable transience that defies any simple interpretation of meaning.
Strangely, although the expansive space of the New Museum is dwarfed by Burden's enormous, and enormously heavy works, these small binders that contain the record of his performances become equally monumental, and perhaps more so than the literal sculptures on the floors below. And moreover they prime the viewer with a set of experiences and propositional logic that inform an understanding of his installations as not static objects, but as relational models, or models of relations, between the body and the built environment.
One of his early sculptural works, The Big Wheel (1979) consists of a 6,000-pound cast iron fly wheel that is activated by a fixed motorcycle when it's rear wheel makes contact with its massive metal hub, accelerating it to nearly 200 revolutions per second. The sound of the motorcycle and the hypnotic rotation of the flywheel fill the entire space with a sense of profound tension and instability; the same tension and instability I would imagine to have been felt by both Burden and his audience during his early performance works.
Overall, in Burden's work there seems to be an overriding fascination with the notional category of the masculine and its deeply implicated roots in power relationships. Burden's fixation on this often-monomaniacal masculine subject, be it himself, or some object embodiment of it, creates a contradictory image of the artist and his work. As there is often a complex and internal relationship between the one who critiques and that which is the subject of critique (e.g., I Became a Secret Hippy). Like in Burden's early performance work, the question of his status as artist, as subject, as body and sometimes as object or absent artist create an irresolvable set of contradictions.
Are his performances mere spectacle—part of a symbolic cult of personality that seeks to elevate his body above other bodies as capable of representing broad existential questions, or moreover entire socio-historical forces? Often times, art historians and critics will contextualize the violence or intensity of his early works by claiming it is an embodiment of the radicalism of the 1970s and the atrocity of the Vietnam War. Or rather are his works brilliant in their interrogation of the boundaries of art, defying any easy reduction of the complexity of events that he authored?
Upon exiting the museum, another façade sculpture, Ghost Ship (2005), hovers above one's head: a 30-foot double-ended sailing vessel originally designed to travel a 400-mile journey, unmanned by computer. Attached to the side of the building the ship becomes suggestive of a lifeboat, and like the towers above it, evokes a recent disaster that transformed the people and landscape of New York. Perhaps it is more of a broad cipher, meant to evoke our collective escapist fantasies— rendered immoveable as an irreverent ornament? Or is it Burden's own fantasy of agency represented on the façade?
"Chris Burden: Extreme Measures" is on view at the New Museum, NYC, until January 12, 2014
first image, façade of the new museum, october 2013 photography dean kaufman ALL other IMAGES "Chris Burden: Extreme Measures" at New Museum, New York, 2013 Courtesy New Museum, New York. Photography Benoit Pailley


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I saw this guy on my way to meet up with a friend for lunch. I am always drawn in by people's hats and this fellow had a particularly beautiful one. If you take a look closer you can also see his heart printed suspenders. His wife asked me why I was taking his picture and I responded, " How could I not when he looks this good." He also told me that he has much better hats at home.Hopefully I'll catch him again with one of his grander head adornments.
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Love this guy!
- September 23, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Great fashion: I love the tie, love the suit, love the colors.
- September 27, 2008 at 1:32 PM
(Grand)Poppa don't take no mess.
- October 10, 2008 at 12:04 PM
- Donna Lethal said...
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- Along with images, typefaces---commonly called 'fonts'---are essential to a designer's ability to communicate visually. The ease of access to desktop computer technology and a related exponential growth in the number of typefaces available to users of type led to a late twentieth democratisation of typeface design and usage. British designer Quentin Newark made the point that typefaces are the visual representation of written language and, just as language commands different voices, stresses, accents, jargon and idiom as it grows and evolves, so does the requirement for different typefaces to transcribe this diverse language into visual form.
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The territory ceded to the United States in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain, signed at Paris, December 10, 1898, and proclaimed April 11, 1899, and known as the island of Guam in the Marianas Islands, shall continue to be known as Guam.
Source(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 2,64 Stat. 384.)
Effective Date; Continuation of Federal Administration
Section 34 of act Aug. 1, 1950, provided that on the 21st day of July 1950, the authority and powers conferred by this chapter would come into force, and authorized the President, for a period not to exceed one year from Aug. 1, 1950, to continue the administration of Guam in all or in some respects as provided by law, Executive order, or local regulation in force on Aug. 1, 1950. It further authorized the President in his discretion to place in operation all or some of the provisions of this chapter if practicable before the expiration of the period of one year.
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Pub. L. 107–212, § 1,Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1051, provided that: "This Act [amending section 1421i of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1421i of this title] may be cited as the 'Guam Foreign Investment Equity Act'."
Short Title of 1998 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–291, § 1,Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2785, provided that: "This Act [amending sections 1421g, 1423a, and 1423b of this title] may be cited as the 'Guam Organic Act Amendments of 1998'."
Short Title of 1968 Amendments
Pub. L. 90–601, § 1,Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1172, provided that: "This Act [enacting sections 1428 to 1428e of this title] may be cited as the 'Guam Development Fund Act of 1968'."
Pub. L. 90–497, § 14,Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 848, provided that: "This Act [enacting section 1422d of this title and section 335 of Title 10, Armed Forces, amending sections 1421a, 1421b, 1421c, 1421d, 1421f, 1422, 1422a, 1422b, 1422c, 1423b, 1423h, and 1423i of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 1422 of this title] may be cited as the 'Guam Elective Governor Act'."
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Act Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 1,64 Stat. 384, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 703 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality] may be cited as the 'Organic Act of Guam'."
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Analysis of Capital Infrastructure Needs of Guam for 1985 to 1990 Timeframe; Report to Congress; Contents
Pub. L. 95–348, § 1(a)(6),Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 487, provided that the Secretary prepare and transmit to the Congress no later than July 1, 1979, an analysis of the capital infrastructure needs of Guam for the 1985 to 1990 timeframe.
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1. The administration of the Island of Guam is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior, such transfer to become effective on August 1, 1950.
2. The Department of the Navy and the Department of the Interior shall proceed with the plans for the transfer of the administration of the Island of Guam as embodied in the above mentioned memorandum of understanding between the two departments.
3. When the transfer of administration made by this order becomes effective, the Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate, and in harmony with applicable law, for the administration of civil government on the Island of Guam.
4. The executive departments and agencies of the Government are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Departments of the Navy and Interior in the effectuation of the provisions of this order.
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"Look Good, Feel Good. Feel Good, Look Good"
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- Fashion Flirt said...
That is my entire style philosophy. If I look good, I instantly feel better. When I feel good, I look good. It's a chicken-egg thing, but I don't care, because it works for me. And looking good, thus feeling good, makes everything in my life easier - I've taken care of myself, so I can focus on others even more.
- December 1, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Fru Uggla said...
These ladies make the human bodies into a walking art gallery. Love it!
- December 1, 2011 at 11:57 AM
- Narcissique said...
"Style begins with a healthy mind and body" - I totally agree!
- December 1, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Lana Hunt said...
I adore your blog. Its always so inspiring. This lady's hats are to die for!!! love love. xo.
- December 1, 2011 at 12:17 PM
- Peachy Keen said...
Such an inspiring statement and I completely agree. This lady looks fabulous!
- December 1, 2011 at 12:59 PM
- sacramento said...
Absolutely. I hope to meet Debra one day...
- December 1, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- RocquelleIsLovely said...
I am dying for her headpieces!! I couldn't agree more...look good feel good!
- December 1, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- hannahalehandra said...
The hats in both photographs are so unusual, amazing styles! Love how they are worn with such confidence. What a fantastic unique blog you run! Kiss from England.xo http://hannahalehandra.blogspot.com/
- December 1, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Sharon said...
A great motto to live by.
- December 1, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- Thisisme. said...
Wonderful! Love that first shot with the skyscrapers in the background.
- December 1, 2011 at 2:57 PM
- I Art Fashion said...
Loving the first picture of her
- December 1, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Natalija Rushidi said...
So true if you "Look Good, Feel Good. Feel Good, Look Good". And love the fabulous photos xxx
- December 1, 2011 at 6:13 PM
- Pattyskypants said...
It is wonderful to see Debra again! xxoo Patty
- December 1, 2011 at 7:53 PM
- Bar312 said...
This proves that age and style are timeless well dressed is what makes you feel good inside,great site i enjoyed it.
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- titaz said...
Agree :)
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- December 2, 2011 at 2:20 AM
- Aimee Katherine said...
What a great mantra :D
- December 2, 2011 at 5:41 AM
- Bela Monstro said...
The first pic is absolutely great! I'm a huge fan of Debra ;)
- December 2, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- The Style Crone said...
Debra vibrantly jumps off the screen with her stunning hats and glorious outfits!
- December 2, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Debra blows me away!
- December 2, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- Forest City Fashionista said...
Debra's words are right on the mark, and I hope to look good and feel good for as long as I can, inspired by stylish, smart,and creative women like her.
- December 4, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- Balazs Iosif said...
That is wicked! I wonder where she gets her inspiration from, how to dress and so on...
xoxo Balazs
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Recorded: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Research Fellow Art Carden on Stossel to discuss the topic What you think you know...may not be so.
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2012 Summer Seminar for High School Students
Recorded: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
This presentation is from our 2012 Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminar for high school students, which was held from June 18 to 22, 2012, at the Independent Institute Conference Center, Oakland, California.
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Flunking Professor Bernanke
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Vern McKinley, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, speaks with James Freeman, WSJ Assistant Editorial Page Editor on Fed Chairman Bernanke's views regarding the financial bailout interventions.
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Ivan Eland on the Paradoxical Relationship Between China and the US
Recorded: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland on RT discussing the paradoxical relationship between the US and China.
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Vern McKinley on the Dysfunctional Banking System
Recorded: Monday, February 6, 2012
Research Fellow Vern McKinley interviewed on MSNBCs The Dylan Ratigan Show on the failure of Federal Regulators and the dysfunctional Mortgage/Banking system from the perspective of his new book, Financing Failure: A Century of Bailouts.
Experts: Vern P. McKinleyType: TelevisionIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Benjamin Powell on Federal Youth Summer Jobs Funding & Consumer Banking Problems
Recorded: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Senior Fellow Benjamin Powell on Freedom Watch discusses Federal youth summer jobs funding and consumer banking problems.
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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Quick script to process the *summary* output from SCons.Debug.caller()
# and print indented calling trees with call counts.
# The way to use this is to add something like the following to a function
# for which you want information about who calls it and how many times:
# from SCons.Debug import caller
# caller(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
# Each integer represents how many stack frames back SCons will go
# and capture the calling information, so in the above example it will
# capture the calls six levels up the stack in a central dictionary.
# At the end of any run where SCons.Debug.caller() is used, SCons will
# print a summary of the calls and counts that looks like the following:
# Callers of Node/__init__.py:629(calc_signature):
# 1 Node/__init__.py:683(calc_signature)
# Callers of Node/__init__.py:676(gen_binfo):
# 6 Node/FS.py:2035(current)
# 1 Node/__init__.py:722(get_bsig)
# If you cut-and-paste that summary output and feed it to this script
# on standard input, it will figure out how these entries hook up and
# print a calling tree for each one looking something like:
# Node/__init__.py:676(gen_binfo)
# Node/FS.py:2035(current) 6
# Taskmaster.py:253(make_ready_current) 18
# Script/Main.py:201(make_ready) 18
# Note that you should *not* look at the call-count numbers in the right
# hand column as the actual number of times each line *was called by*
# the function on the next line. Rather, it's the *total* number
# of times each function was found in the call chain for any of the
# calls to SCons.Debug.caller(). If you're looking at more than one
# function at the same time, for example, their counts will intermix.
# So use this to get a *general* idea of who's calling what, not for
# fine-grained performance tuning.
import sys
class Entry:
def __init__(self, file_line_func):
self.file_line_func = file_line_func
self.called_by = []
self.calls = []
AllCalls = {}
def get_call(flf):
e = AllCalls[flf]
except KeyError:
e = AllCalls[flf] = Entry(flf)
return e
prefix = 'Callers of '
c = None
for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
if line[0] == '#':
elif line[:len(prefix)] == prefix:
c = get_call(line[len(prefix):-2])
num_calls, flf = line.strip().split()
e = get_call(flf)
c.called_by.append((e, num_calls))
stack = []
def print_entry(e, level, calls):
print '%-72s%6s' % ((' '*2*level) + e.file_line_func, calls)
if e in stack:
print (' '*2*(level+1))+'RECURSION'
elif e.called_by:
for c in e.called_by:
print_entry(c[0], level+1, c[1])
for e in [ e for e in AllCalls.values() if not e.calls ]:
print_entry(e, 0, '')