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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA9) -- In the wake of a WUSA9 investigation, D.C. taxi inspectors busted cabs for not picking up black passengers - and other violations - while shadowing our undercover taxi team.
It's all caught on camera.
Video shows one taxi slowing in front of our black passenger who grabs the door handle to get in, but the driver had locked the doors and sped off while his hand was still on the door.
The driver was cited for "failing to haul" and issued a $250 ticket.
Inspectors issue 69 citations
Inspectors towed seven vehicles including a sedan on M St. N.W. and an Virginia cab that offered to pick us up off Wisconsin Avenue N.W.
The taxi commission assigned inspectors to follow our undercover taxi team after a three month investigation showed a DC cab system out of control.
Others drove right past our undercover black passenger and offered service to our undercover white passenger.
"I did not know that he was there," the driver said when confronted with failing to pick-up the black passenger. " Well if he was there he didn't raise his hand. His hand was raised."
Our undercover cameras also recorded a taxi van that ordered our passenger out when he requested a Southeast DC destination.
Inspectors stopped the van in the middle of M Street N.W. in Georgetown.
"Why didn't you just give the guy a ride?" and inspector asked.
The driver said he asked the passenger to get out because he was going the other direction.
"Right now you've got refusal to haul, that's a $250 ticket," the inspector said writing a ticket.
Majority did right thing, but one was angry at test
"You know there's some that don't pick up right," an inspector explained to a cab that had picked up our black passenger. "Thank you sir. Have a good night."
But a cab driver who followed the rules twice by picking up both of our undercover passengers became enraged when he sensed it was a sting.
"You're setting me up," the driving said protesting to inspectors who tried to calm him down. " You're setting us up."
He was upset inspectors were using their time catching cabbies doing things wrong instead of protecting them from dangers on the street.
"Sir, I was robbed, and I work hard," he screamed at inspectors. "People are out there to kill me. People are out to kill us and nobody cares about that."
Vehicles impounded and towed
When a Virginia cab stopped in front of us on Wisconsin Ave. N.W. we asked if he'd give us a ride.
Only DC cabs are allowed to pick-up passengers in DC.
When the Virginia cab agreed to take us Fairfax, inspectors issued a $500 fine and impounded his car.
Inspectors towed a sedan that offered to pick us up off the street in Georgetown and take us to Capitol Hill.
The sedan also faces a $1,000 fine.
Several times, cabs slowed down in front of our undercover black passenger, then sped by until inspectors pounded on the hood ordering stops.
"Off duty" was common excuse
Another claimed he was out of service because he wanted to leave D.C. and head to Virginia.
"He said he was off duty," the inspectors said next to the cab he was ticketing. "DC law says if you're if you're off duty, you must have an off duty sign in your window stating that you're off duty. His cruise light was active He was in service
How to submit your taxi expieriences
WUSA9 has activated a mobile upload site and is encouraging passengers to record transactions with suspect cabbies and submit the videos if violations occur.
Passengers can use the WUSA9 iAlert link at wusa9.com, e-mail their videos directy to email@example.com, or bookmarkwusa9.com/iAlert on their mobile phone browser.
For the latest on our ongoing DC taxi investigation, follow @russptacek on Twitter or Facebook.
Links to our series of DC taxi investigations
Click here to see a recent story on DC's out of control taxi system: http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/244109/158/Caught-On-Camera-DC-Taxi-System-Out-Of-Control-
Click here to see WUSA9 investigation showing blacks stranded by 25% of DC cabs in favor of white passengers. http://www.wusa9.com/dontmiss/241642/379/Undercover-Taxi-Probe-Finds-25-Of-Blacks-Left-Stranded
Click here to see the December WUSA9 investigation that tracked blacks refused destinations at higher rates. http://www.wusa9.com/investigation/article/232588/453/DC-Cabs-Refuse-Black-Passenger-On-Hidden-Camera
Click here for five tips to get cabs to take you home: http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/232705/158/5-Tips-For-Getting-DC-Cabs-To-Take-You-Home


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Hello Cartographers,
I am seeking quotes from artists to do full-color, photo-realistic grid maps for tabletop games (eg combat maps.) This is for traditional print publication, so someone with knowledge of CMYK is preferred.
We are looking for more than one artist to give our maps some variety, so I encourage everyone interested to contact me with any questions.
Here are the specifics:
This is a "paid?" gig, assuming we can get sufficient pre-sales. No work will be required until the pre-sales are completed. Though some samples of previous efforts would be nice as marketing to help with pre-sales.
Quality and Size
Our tentative size is a 24x30 inch poster size. Photo-realistic is a starting pointing, but we are flexible if it is an original or interesting concept.
If you can fight on it, we are interested. Combat maps all too often fall into the "bushes and a road on a grid" vein that are tired and cliched. We would like to see some original ideas with some depth. A necropolis filled with rotted tombs and elevation changes, a steampunk circus tent filled with odd machines or even a modern military base. We will entertain almost any suggestion. These are battlemaps, so making your idea work within the limits of grid movement will be helpful.
We will entertain any idea or genre from anime to abstract, so long as you can fight on it!
Time Constraints
30 days, but longer is acceptable so long as we are kept apprised of progress.
I will have the right to use the image for commercial purposes, the artist will have the right to exhibit the image as part of his portfolio but not to exploit it for commercial gain.
Thank you,
Please contact me at cartguild-at-encountermaps.com (remove the -- and convert "at" to @)
The Last Tyromancer

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How accurate is your historical data here? David Geffen and Joey Stefano? I'm pretty sure back in the day Geffen housed a blond muscular (straight) Falcon star who had that college boy look, the name escapes me at the present but the guy left gay porn pretty quickly after it was rumored he was Geffen's kept boy.
And I've read on DListed Baptiste split from "Kunty Karl" BUT left him a white cat that has stolen the Kunty one's heart to the point it has it's own secretary who's purpose is to write down what it does when Karl is away. There are more than one instances of mega rich leaving their fortunes to their pet.
Hey!! Ryan Nickulas is a great guy and him and his partner just recently welcomed twins!!
Am I some kind of homophobe? Liberace makes my skin crawl, and I have never understood why his young male companion could stand being around him. Liberace exhibited every trait s8's see in a gay man as stereotypical, for starters the "mincing" voice. Is it possible that younger gay lovers like Thorson are often "only in it for the money"? If true, it speaks poorly of gays in general and Thorson in particular. Is it possible Thorson is, himself, a stereotype? Just wondering….
Best answer to "Where are they now?" was the "WHO CARES" to the A-LIST New Yorker.
Why the hell do you feature Rupert Everett? That twat is so far back in the closet he's in fucking Narnia
@broadshoulder: It counts for something that he was far out when it counted.


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Time for a change
Theres a structural flaw in state government that virtually every study commission since the fall of the Berlin Wall has come to the same general conclusion on how to fix, one that has the support of former governors from both parties, legislative leaders and the man many think most likely to be the next governor, as well as top Tar Heel business leaders. With all that behind it, youd think it would be an easy fix. But this issue is radioactive: In the last decade, every good-faith effort to reform North Carolinas aging, dysfunctional, inadequate tax system has fallen apart for a host of reasons, few having to do with wanting to preserve a relic of the Great Depression that has been tinkered with ever since.
North Carolinas tax rates are too high. Sales tax is 4.75%. Corporate-income tax: 6.9%. Personal-income tax: 7.75% on the highest incomes. Yet the sales-tax base is too narrow, and the system is vulnerable to economic ups and downs and, based as it is on the states 1930s textiles-tobacco-furniture economy, inadequate. Still another report, this one drafted in January, concludes: North Carolinas tax system is based on an economy of a bygone era and will not generate sufficient revenue to support the state budget even when the economy recovers. The solution sounds simple: Broaden the sales tax, now applied mostly to retail sales, to include services and cut tax rates. Eliminate the state corporate-income tax, perhaps replacing it with a restructured business-franchise tax, and enjoy relief from the constant demand for incentives that reduce corporate income-tax liability.
Heres why there is resistance to change and why reform keeps getting derailed: Any time you want to expand the tax base such as by taxing more services someones going to complain that this is a tax hike or, worse, a new tax entirely. But leaders in both parties keep trying. Democrats, who controlled both chambers of the General Assembly with rare exceptions for more than a century, came close a time or two. Republicans, who captured the House and Senate two years ago, say their plan, similar in some respects to that of the Democrats, will gain traction in the session that convenes May 16 and could pass as early as 2013. Were laying the groundwork this year, says Thom Tillis, speaker of the House (cover story, April). Bob Rucho, another Republican from Mecklenburg County who co-chairs the Senate Finance Committee, has been working for more than a year on a four-part state economic plan that includes initiatives in education, transportation, energy and taxation. I dont want to put a Band-Aid on a bleeding artery, he says. The current system is not functioning on all cylinders. It just requires a bold change. We want to be on the cutting edge.
The bold system he, Tillis and GOP gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory have been talking about goes further than what Democrats contemplated. Not only do they want to abolish the corporate-income tax but see if the state could derive enough revenue from offshore and onshore energy exploration to slash or even eliminate the personal-income tax. If we broaden the base and eliminate or lower the taxes, then we will have a system that will welcome business to come to the state, Rucho says. We want to grow our existing businesses, too. And if we do this right, it would allow for expansion of the tax base, which means you dont have to raise taxes to meet needs. It also would make the state more competitive in recruiting business. Endorsing reform, Senate leader Phil Berger told The [Shelby] Star in February, We have to have tax revenues to provide certain government services, but we need to find a way to make sure we are competitive with other states in terms of how we tax and the level that we tax.
I wish them good luck at it, Secretary of Revenue David Hoyle says. As a businessman and longtime legislative rainmaker, the Gastonia Democrat participated in a number of studies on tax modernization. Hes a believer in expanding the tax base, reducing rates and simply eliminating the corporate- income tax. If that could be dropped, he believes, there would be no need for the states costly and largely ineffective practice at least in terms of creating lasting jobs of offering financial incentives to attract businesses. Everybody believes its the right thing to do, but the problem is getting the political courage to do it. Everybody is worried about someones ox getting gored.
More than 20 years ago, the Economic Future Study Commission recommended reform to make the tax system more responsive to the future growth of income and consumption in North Carolina. Without it, the commission warned, the General Assembly would have to resort to ad hoc measures to increase revenues or control spending. That observation was prophetic. The legislature has raised a variety of rates over the years, including those on corporate and personal income and sales. For example, the sales tax has been increased five times since 1991, a recent study notes, but the proportion of state revenue from it has declined from 31% in the 1970-71 fiscal year to just under 28% in 2008-09. That derived from corporate income tax, slightly more than 12% of tax revenue four decades ago, brings in about 5%.
Who makes up the difference? Individuals. Personal-income tax, which brought in about a third of the states operating revenue in 1970-71, generates more than 56% of the money to pay school teachers, maintain state parks, recruit businesses, protect the environment, support a 17-campus university system and 58 community colleges and provide a long list of other services. This shift shadows that of the states economy from its old manufacturing base to one built on services. In 1970, a new study by legislative staff notes, manufacturing accounted for more than 35% of jobs and now 11%. Back then, services accounted for less than 15%; now, its nearly 40%. Other sectors, including government employment, are about what they were 40 years ago.
The economic change has been remarkable, says a report by the North Carolina Network of Grantmakers, a group of private foundations and donors that has assessed how the state will meet its most pressing needs. North Carolinas tax code, last reformed in the aftermath of the Great Depression by creating a sales tax, was largely based on an economy of products. That made sense 75 years ago, maybe even 25 years ago. Now that we are increasingly consumers of services, the limitations in our tax code no longer make sense. This revenue structure will prevent North Carolina from prospering in the future.
Such criticism is not new. The Governors Commission to Modernize State Finances, chaired by former Judge Tom Ross (now president of the UNC system), recommended in 2002 that the state consider expanding the sales-tax base to include more services. North Carolina taxes fewer of them than most states, and the commission found that the state could double the sales-tax base and that the rates could be reduced markedly if all goods and services were taxed at the same rate. Those were not the only benefits of such a change, the report noted. The current system, it added, contributes to the discrepancies and inconsistencies in the sales-tax code, another reason for simplifying the revenue system by getting rid of caps on certain products and special exemptions from the tax.
Roland Stephen, former assistant director of the Institute for Emerging Issues at N.C. State University, helped advance legislative leaders thinking on tax reform for years and has consulted with the new Republican majority in the legislature. They understand that North Carolina has a crazy system for collecting taxes the narrow base, the relatively high rates, he says. For businesses, its not that high, but it is terribly confusing in ways that it doesnt need to be. And on the sales-tax side, we certainly tax consumption far too little. He believes that the corporate income-tax is especially wrongheaded stupid, ineffective, he says. One problem is its tax code, riddled with concessions, credits and conflicting language. But Stephen does think that business activity ought to be taxed to help pay for needed state services. Thats the only way you can get away from high personal income-tax rates in North Carolina.
The Institute for Emerging Issues effort resulted in the formation of the bipartisan Business Committee on Financing the Future, headed by John McNairy, president of Tidewater Transit Co. in Kinston, Jack Cecil, president of Biltmore Farms LLC in Asheville, and former Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot, a partner in the law firm Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson PA who was the GOP nominee for governor in 2000. Everyone wins if we can broaden the base and lower the rates, McNairy says. The group has endorsed specific changes, including extending the sales tax to many services and previously exempted tangible items but not medical services and prescription drugs. The committee supports a compensation mechanism for low-income taxpayers if the sales tax is broadened to include food. The point of extending the sales tax would be to reduce income-tax rates, the committee says, but the overall goal is to build a revenue system that is stable, fair and adequate to needs of future generations.
There are reasons to be optimistic about the possibility of significant tax reform in the near future. For one thing, the Republican majority is in many respects more disciplined than the Democrats who controlled the legislature. For another, the leadership in both the House and Senate, for a change appears to be committed to amending the tax system. And McCrory says hes determined to do it if he becomes governor in January. The income tax and the corporate tax have become liabilities in North Carolina. They are high, and we are not competitive with our next-door neighbors in Virginia and South Carolina. He sees structural tax reform as one step in developing a sustainable, consistent economic policy. Moving to a tax on consumption and potential levies on energy production would be two key instruments in a new revenue system, he says.
That would be a remarkable change. While departing Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue said in 2009 that tax reform was a huge must-do for me, she never threw herself behind systemic change, instead backing a number of incremental changes. She proposed lowering the corporate rate to 4.9% and keeping three-quarters of a temporary 1-cent sales tax that was due to expire, among other things. The legislature declined. Democratic candidates angling to succeed her have not embraced comprehensive tax reform, either, though several say they support policies designed to help small businesses grow and protect low-income citizens from having to pay more sales taxes. So leadership on the issue evidently will come from Republicans this session and next year, when they could have even stronger legislative majorities. And therein lies a danger: If the Republicans keep control of both houses as well as win the governorship, they may be inclined to believe they can do anything. But if they muscle through a partisan version of tax reform that conservative and moderate Democrats cant support, they might unwittingly tee up revisions if and when Democrats regain control.
That may be a while, Raleigh political analyst John Davis notes. North Carolina Democrats are learning the hard way that there is great wisdom in the old adage, If you live by the redistricting sword, you die by the redistricting sword. In redrawing the state legislative boundaries, North Carolina Republicans simply lowered themselves to the standard for fairness set by Democrats over many decades. The result is that with critical policy matters such as tax reform, Democrats will have to suffer the insult of being ignored just as they ignored the Republican minority for most of the past 100 years.
State Sen. Dan Clodfelter knows the difficulties of trying to shepherd tax-reform proposals through the legislature of a state sharply divided on key political issues. After serving on major tax-modernization panels over the past decade and working to build legislative support for a revenue overhaul, the Mecklenburg County Democrat has learned three important lessons: To succeed, tax reform has to be bipartisan, it has to be bicameral, and the governor has to lead. He and his allies worked to make the effort bipartisan with mixed success.
In last years session, Johnathan Rhyne, then a Republican member of the House from Lincoln County, proposed a Tax Modernization Study Commission to evaluate the tax structure and recommend revenue-neutral changes. Clodfelter and Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, a Republican from Cabarrus County, sponsored a comprehensive tax-reform plan to, among other things, give legislators something to study and launch the debate. He also hoped to make it clear that to bring about lasting tax reform, everyone had to buy in to the idea. The way I put it is, you have to go in with a commitment and you have to mean it that nobodys ox is going to get gored, but everybodys ox is going to get a scratch. Everything has to be on the table.
Neither bill went anywhere in a difficult session dominated by deep cuts to state spending and fractious debate over social issues. Those debates have left bruises, and they may make bipartisan consensus even harder this year and next. Rucho says he is aware of the difficulties that lie ahead. Is this going to be easy? No way. But we are willing to make a bold change.
Veteran political writer Jack Betts lives in Meadows of Dan, Va.


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This is Cris looking stunning at the Euros against Germany Part 1
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Germany Part 2
Cris playing against Denmark at the Euros
Cris v Denmark part 2
^Man I want to kiss those lips..
..and kiss this too..
He just needs to back it up on to me..
Mmmm even thinking about it is good.
Imagine waking up to this in the morning
Ronaldo at Real Madrid Training Camp at UCLA, 7 August 2012
Images will be bigger if opened in a new window.
There is hope for us all yet
Ronny looking sexy all suited and booted
Doing his best Incredible Hulk impression
Here is Cris and Irina looking beautiful and Cris showing off those great thighs and bum in some tight jeans
So Sexy
He loves to show of his godly thighs
The pictures in this thread are stunning. Never get tired if seeing that sexy thang. Golf cart pictures hot!
Cristiano grabbing his crotch
He is beginning to look like a greasy slime-ball.
Here is a late Christmas present for you all
^I could watch that ass all day.
I had to post this when I found it..
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I actually think he has an ugly face in some pics.. but damn.. those legs and that bulge get me every time
Cris playing tonight
Those delicious thighs...


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TRIANGLE, Va. (WUSA) -- A man died in a hit and run crash in Prince William County on Thursday.
Joseph Patrick Lyons, 59, of Triangle, Va., was found unresponsive in the roadway, when police showed up to 18400 Woodland Drive at around 10:23 a.m., police said.
"Rescue personnel responded and transported the victim to an area hospital where he died. A preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was in the roadway, when it is believed, that he was struck by a vehicle. The vehicle fled the scene. Currently, investigators do not have any information on the striking vehicle," police said in a news release.


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Core Media Group is selling off EPE and Mohamed Ali's estate for more than $200 million. Core Media wants to focus on television properties like American Idol, which is sinking like the Titanic in ratings.
EPE says they still want to expand with a new Elvis-themed hotel near Graceland and an Asian casino-based Elvis hub in Macua.
Do not be surprised if Simon Fuller makes a bid for EPE. He has been trying to get a hold of the Elvis business for a long time. He made CKX an offer of $600 million but the dumbasses turned it down and eventually had to settle for much less at $510 million. Plus he's Lisa's manager. :hmm:
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Graceland put on the market
By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York
Elvis Presleys Graceland mansion and rights to the images of Elvis and Muhammad Ali are on the market with a possible price tag of more than $200m, people familiar with the process said.
Three people familiar with the process said Core Media Group, the entertainment group behind TV programs such as American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, has begun approaching potential bidders from Asia, Europe and the US for Elvis Presley Enterprises and Muhammad Ali Enterprises.
Core, known as CKx before Apollo Global Management bought it for $509m in 2011, has appointed The Raine Group, a New York merchant bank, to review strategic alternatives, two of these people said.
It is testing the market but could keep both if it is unhappy with the offers it receives, they said, but Core hopes to focus on producing content for television and digital outlets. Core and Raine declined to comment.
More than 35 years after Presleys death and 32 years after Alis retirement, the two assets generate revenues of about $60m a year and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of about $23m, according to a briefing document sent to potential bidders.
Despite the 38 per cent ebitda margin, a record of stable, predictable cash flows and a history of revenue raising Elvis re-releases, people familiar with the Presley estate see significant potential for expansion if a buyer is willing to invest.
Possible investments include an Elvis-themed hotel near Graceland in Memphis, a stage show in an Asian casino hub such as Macau, and digital and social media expansion. People familiar with the estate add that per capita spending by Gracelands 550,000 annual visitors is relatively low and could be improved.
The Presley family, represented by the singers daughter, Lisa Marie, retained 15 per cent of the company when it sold the remainder to Robert Sillermans CKx for about $100m in 2004. The Ali family owns 20 per cent of Mohamad Ali Enterprises.
The unusual combination of brand management rights for two of the 20th centurys most recognizable brands with a tourist destination that has become a place of pilgrimage for many music fans is likely to attract a diverse set of buyers.
These could include music and live entertainment companies and executives, developers, wealthy fans and local Memphis business people.
Elvis Presley Enterprises includes more than 110,000 pieces of memorabilia, including 3,000 pieces of clothing and 30 vehicles; royalties from 24 films; and copyrights and royalties for 1,150 songs. Mohammed Ali Enterprises controls 11,000 images, 50 hours of footage from the boxers life and career, and 5,000 pieces of memorabilia.
Sony Musics Legacy Recordings division holds the rights to all Presleys master recordings, and has overseen several reissues, including plans to release a deluxe edition of Elvis at Stax in August.
Core considered a bid for Endemol before the European television production companys owners put sale talks on hold. A successful sale could raise proceeds for a renewed attempt to buy Endemol or other production businesses.


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Special Libraries Association Recognizes Dr. Eileen Abels with 2007 Rose L. Vormelker Award for Library Education
Alexandria, Virginia, USA 14 November 2007 According to the numerous letters of support that came in from her students, The impact of Dr. Abels mentoring can be seen in any cross section of her graduates, she has influenced countless students who are now successfully and happily working in the field, said one nominator. Another student wrote, While Dr. Abels often taught large classes, it seemed like she knew every student personally. She is a professor that remains close to her students; supporting and encouraging us in many ways even beyond graduate school.
These statements certainly proved to be accurate assessments of the admiration that Dr. Eileen Abels students and colleagues, an ever large and always growing fan-base, have for her and the impact she has had on lives and careers. This was more than apparent in Denver during the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Awards Ceremony at the 2007 Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO in June.
Professor Abels could not be there in person to receive her award, however her absence at the ceremony didnt stop the thousands of librarians and information professionals in the room from giving the well-known Abels a round of applause expressing their appreciation for her 20 years of mentorship to library students and her dedication to the future of the profession.
Abels, who is the 2007 recipient of the Rose L. Vormelker award for beyond exceptional services in area of mentoring students, was on the other side of the country in Silver Spring, Maryland, attending the high school graduation of her most important student, her daughter. She accepted the award virtually at the end of a video which featured former students discussing how Abels made an impact on their lives and careers.
(Podcast of award video: http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/awardsrecognition/vormelkeraward/index.cfm)
Watching young people and professionals reach important milestones, grow, learn, and enjoy the prospects presented to them as they build their careers is one of the reasons I do what I do. My own daughter is no exception, and I couldnt have missed such a huge step in her life and mine, said Abels.
She continued, I was so sorry that I couldnt be there to accept this award, but it means so much to know that my work, which I love, has had an effect on so many librarians and information professionals working in the field today. I hope that I will continue to have opportunities to help others be successful in their careers. Thank you to my students and to SLA for continuing to provide me with inspiration and motivation to be the best I can on a daily basis!
About the Recipient: 2007 SLA Rose L. Vormelker Award
Described by her nominators as "a keystone of the library science program, functioning as a bridge between coursework and the real world, between students and faculty, and between the academic world and professional organizations," Abels is Masters Program Director and associate professor in the College of Information Science and Technology at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
For more than 15 years, Abels was a faculty member at the University of Maryland College of Information Studies, as well as an affiliate associate professor at the Robert H. Smith Business School's Department of Decision and Information Technologies for three years, because of the connections she built between the two schools.
At Maryland, Abels proposed and developed the Virtual Business Information Center, administered jointly by University of Maryland College of Information Studies, the Smith School, and the University Libraries. VBIC is a collection of electronic and print business resources intended to provide research assistance to the faculty and students at the Smith School of Business and general users seeking authoritative business information.Prior to joining the faculty at Maryland, Abels held positions with Price Waterhouse, Boston Consulting Group, and the Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas.
She is a frequent presenter at national conferences on user needs and information-seeking behavior. Abels received a bachelor's degree in French from Clark University, a master of library science from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. from UCLA.
About SLA
The Special Libraries Association is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the Web at www.sla.org


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Key updates include:
Document search enhancements
Product search enhancements
Mobile site updates
Direct access from ibm.com/support for additional locales
Document search enhancements
Users who have signed in with their IBM ID can now filter search results by "all tags" and "my tags."
displaying a list of documents, the "my tags" option shows
only those documents you tagged previously. Also, when viewing a
document, the "my tags" option shows only the tags you
added to
that document. See blog entry "IBM Support Portal R8 has been deployed! " for more details on this feature.
A "Tips" link is now available in the search box to provide users with tips on creating meaningful search terms. Items such as "Creating effective search terms, " and "Refining the results using filters" are included.
Non-English users can choose to search English documents after selecting the "View All" or "More" results links within modules.
Product search enhancements
Improvements have been made to provide the most relevant results when searching for a product with the 'Quick find' or ''Find a product' functions.
The Support Portal recognizes searches for products that have been recently sold or acquired and provide links to the proper support site for the product.
Mobile site updates
A link to fixes (downloads) is now available on the mobile site.
This link takes users to the Fix Central site where fixes are available.
Direct access from ibm.com/support for additional locales
Previously, users in the following locales were directed to country specific support pages when accessing ibm.com/support:
Greece - Greek
Jordan - English
Kuwait - English
Lebanon - English
Bahrain – English
Qatar - English
Oman - English
United Arab Emirates - English
Saudi Arabia - English
South Africa - English
Hungary – Hungarian
Romania – Romanian
Switzerland – French
Switzerland – German
Latvia – Latvian
Lithuania – Lithuanian
Portugal – Portuguese
Poland – Polish
Serbia – Serbian
Slovakia – Slovak
Slovenia – Slovenian
Ukraine – Ukrainian
Bulgaria – Bulgarian
Morocco – French
Tunisia – French
Algeria – French
Cyprus - English
These users will now be taken directly to the Support Portal when accessing the technical support site from ibm.com.
Defects resolved in this release include
- 418650 - Services Admin module displaying incorrect systems
- Document links may be unavailable in modules and in search results for products for which a version has been selected. To obtain additional links and results, please remove any version settings from the products in your product list.


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NC Democratic Party chair resigns doesn't resign… :pause:
Real short version: this all started when Jay Parmley, the former executive director of the NC Democratic party, was allegedly accused of sexually harassing a male staffer. Reportedly, Parmley had sent said staffer pictures of genitals*… Hold on: let me stop for a moment and make a PSA for politicians. DON'T DO THAT. …anyway, Parmley effectively got tossed out on his ear, but there's still | Read More »


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I am trying to divert all local mail also via an external antispam/antivirus service. The Admin console setting won't do this. I don't want to enable antivirus, antispam service in zimbra and setup some rules there trying to fool the system. Simple plain, I want to be able to directly put value in /opt/zimbra/postfix/conf/main.cf. I can do this after I start Zimbra services via the postconf like this:
> postconf -e content_filter=smtp:[av.as.server]
> postfix reload
This works fine, I tested, but if I restart the Zimbra service, the value is reset to blank/null.
So without enabling Antivirus & Antispam services in Zimbra, then setting up filters etc how do I ensure the main.cf content_filter value is persistent across reboots/restarts?
Can someone help me out?


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Andy Roddick's swimsuit-wearing WAG Brooklyn Decker is featured in the September 2009 of GQ and shows off some of her best, eh, wares.
She also discusses her tennis balling husband and how he admitted his stalking nature:
While Decker has no trouble attracting her own attention—she's the star of four straight Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and an upcoming show hosted by Dan Patrick—the man behind the A is husband Andy Roddick. Spotting Decker in the stands looking like the picture of all-American cool has become half the reason to watch Grand Slam tennis and yet another reason to root for the tireless if sometimes overshadowed Roddick: More Andy means more Brooklyn. This month the former high school cheerleader and class president will be riding the No. 7 train to Queens from the couple's Manhattan apartment for the U.S. Open, where the red-hot Roddick will be gunning for a post-Wimbledon rematch against Roger Federer—and Brooklyn will get plenty of screen time.
I guess that might be true - stalking is all in the eye of the stalkee. Plus, I'm sure A-Rod was attracted to her lovely "personalities."
Decker exudes supernatural supermodel poise, but there's one topic that rattles even her: She met her husband when his agent called hers to arrange a date. "That happens all the time to girls," Decker says, blushing a little, "but his was the one number I kept." For their first get-together, Roddick took her to dinner, then an Upright Citizens Brigade comedy show. "He was the first to admit that he kind of stalked me," Decker says. "But his line was 'It's only stalking if the other person doesn't like it.' "
But, could Brooklyn be the hawtest tennis WAG at the moment? After this shoot, I might have to say YES. You may disagree with me here, but I think we can all agree on who's the worst. Color me still stunned.
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Mars sketch 08/11/09
Posted 08 November 2009 - 03:01 AM
the planet is already very high in our morning sky (54°) and has increased almost 4" in size since my last view! a very obvious difference.
seeing was far from great for the sketch but it didn't matter much anyway because the dull side of mars was pointing to me with the region of Mare Cimmerium & Mare Sirenum. another difference in appearance with the previous opposition is the tilt of the planet, which is dipped more to the south now, and pushes those features high up on the disk leaving a nearly blank and featureless disk behind. on this side anyway.
very obvious is the large North polar hood, and a lot of limb brightening on nearly the whole of the following limb. Mars doesn't seem very dusty though by the Themis website. a few darker & lighter splotches were visible on the disk, but no dark markings as the Mare in the South. i could actually detect Mare Sirenum & Cimmerium only after some time because i didn't expect them to be so high. it was also nice to see a clear difference in brightness between the polar hood (or is it the cap ) and the morning haze using the green filter, the ice really was white, the haze a little less. i hadn't really seen that before. other details are on the sketch, and nevermind the poorly rendered shadowy (left) side of Mars, i need some more practising.
thanks for looking and best of luck with your Mars hunting.
Posted 08 November 2009 - 06:12 AM
Posted 08 November 2009 - 06:13 AM
Wonderful sketch and capture of Mars. The detail you've captured is amazing. Hopefully the weather cooperates and you have more time to observe.
Posted 08 November 2009 - 06:46 AM
2 months is a long time... But I'm glad you could see Mars this morning, while I was still in my warm bed ! No need to go out in the cold, you just check CN in the daytime
Thanks for the sketch.
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Posted 08 November 2009 - 10:07 AM
Thank you.
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Posted 08 November 2009 - 04:31 PM
Excellent sketch of Mars. It always looks very nice in your color renditions. I was out sketching Mars a few hours after you. I sketched in graphite pencil and also was looking at the side of Mars with a lack of dark features. It is getting to be a good telescope target.
With your permission I'll post it below.
November nights are typically the cloudiest nights of the entire year in the Chicago area. Last evening and early this morning the transparency and seeing were both pretty good despite the high humidity (80%) and temperatures approaching the dew point. Mars has already become a good target for high power examination through telescopes at 8.3" of arc. Mars at 104.6 million miles away is still farther from us than the sun but we are catching up. I observed the planet not too far from the Beehive (M 44) with the central meridian at 220° shining at magnitude 0.6.
The gibbous phase of the planet was clearly evident as was the North Polar Cap (and hood), Utopia, and Maria Cimmerium and Tyrrhenum.
White sketching paper 8" x 10"; 4B, HB, and 2H Graphite pencils; I used my fingers and a blending stump for blending. No adjustment after scanning was needed.
Date 11/8/2009 – Time 9:40-10:50 UT
Telescope: 10 inch f/5.7 Dobsonian and 4mm eyepiece 360x
Temperature: 9°C (49°F)
clear, calm
Transparency 4/5
Seeing: Pickering 8/10
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Thank you both.
With the disc as small as it is, it remains a struggle to see well but it does climb very high.
Kris- Did you use pastel pencils? The colors are very good.
Posted 09 November 2009 - 10:27 PM
Very nice sketches of the Red Planet from both of you. Northern spring has begun and the North Polar Hood has started to dissolve, so I believe we are seeing the actual North Polar Cap. With the De (the sub Earth point) at 17.5°, the northern hemisphere of Mars is pointed towards us in a big way now.
The weather here has been poor, too. This is my third observation in two months, but it was worth waiting for the seeing. I'll add my sketch to the others here.
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Posted 10 November 2009 - 12:24 AM
Thank you and back at you for your excellent color sketch of Mars. Great report to match your sketch.
What is an IL filter?
Posted 10 November 2009 - 06:15 AM
I've been too covered up at school to even get on the forums, much less make comments--but you've been doing some fine work with your lunar sketches--lots of other nice drawings being posted, too.
Posted 10 November 2009 - 12:35 PM
Frank: is there a difference between the normal color pencils (like the one you used at school when you were little) and pastel pencils? if so, i use the basic color pencils. for my mars sketch i used only three pencils; yellow and orange for the dessert plains and brown for the dark features. sometimes i use blue when the polar hood looks blueish. i remember a night of excellent seeing 4 years ago, which was the best view i think i've ever got of mars, Syrtis Major really had that mottled appearance like a leopard's skin, with lots of different brown tints and even mossy green! i wasn't sketching in color yet though. never got that good a view again...
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Posted 10 November 2009 - 01:43 PM
P is short for preceding. F is for following. Some folks just use an arrow to show the direction the planet moves through the field of view.
Thanks! Yes colored pencils work well in your hand. Pastel pencils are more like chalk.
Michael, I never would have guessed IL meant no filter(integrated light). Thanks.
Posted 10 November 2009 - 10:07 PM
cool! three mars sketches in only two days posted nice one Michael! i failed to see the dark edge around the NPC but you and Frank did.
Yes, I think the Mars apparition is ready to crank up. Let's hope for plenty of clear, steady air. As far as the dark edge on the NPC, it may not have been nearly as prominent at the CM you were observing (~162°) compared to the CM that Frank and I were observing (~230°).
I noticed that you said in your notes that the NPC was bright in green light--I saw the same thing with my W56 (green) filter.
BTW, I forgot to mention that I used color pencils in my sketch--light blue, orange ochre, yellow, and peach, as well as a 2B graphite pencil for the dark albedo features.
Posted 11 November 2009 - 10:31 AM
Congratulations with your ASOD, although Kris and Michael deverse it as well... And thanks for resolving the P/F-mystery. Is it correct that you can replace P by East and F by West?
Posted 11 November 2009 - 11:48 AM
Thank you. Yes, I agree and I think Michael and Kris deserve the most credit on Mars sketching; they both do a much better job than I ever could do.
P is the Eastern side of Mars and F is the Western side of the planet. As you are looking at Mars through the eyepiece with the drive turned off it drifts out of the field of view to the west in our sky. That is the direction it appears to be preceding (P).
The other side is the following side (F). So as you can see the confusion occurs in that the Eastern side of Mars is to the west in our sky here on earth.
This kind of thing drove me crazy as a kid. For example when Venus is visible at night in our western sky it is at eastern elongation. And when visible in the morning eastern sky it is at western elongation. The elongation of course is from the sun position.


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Simon Stuart: Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission
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11 Dec 2012 | Article
Carl Gustaf Lundin: Director, IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme
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François Simard: Deputy Director and Senior Advisor for Fisheries, IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme
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Dan Laffoley: Principal Advisor on Marine Science and Conservation, IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme
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Mark Smith: Director, IUCN Global Water Programme
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Tim Badman: Director, IUCN World Heritage Programme
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Cyril F. Kormos: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Vice Chair for World-Heritage
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11 Dec 2012 | Article
Trevor Sandwith: Director, IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme
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Ernesto Enkerlin: Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
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11 Dec 2012 | Article
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Giulia Carbone: Deputy Director, IUCN Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
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Edmund Barrow: Head, Global Ecosystem Management Programme
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Cyriaque N. Sendashonga: Global Director, IUCN Policy and Programme Group
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text: Janice R. Hitchcock, MPA, JD, has joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as a Program Director II. With almost seventeen years of UAB experience, she brings with her a thorough knowledge and understanding of university policies, procedures and infrastructure. Her experience includes previous department-level administration, grants and contracts administration, academic appeals, and applied urban research, along with other administrative responsibilities she had within the UAB School of Medicine. With Jan's experience, her love of administration, and a sincere desire to impact the community, she will be able to support the department in a variety of great roles, and we are very happy to have her as a new member of the ECE team.


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St. Patrick Catholic School is making the 'nice list' during the Christmas season of giving.
Students have been gathering gifts over the past three weeks for their annual Advent Service Project to give to the children of Wesley House.
Students presented the gifts during Mass Thursday morning. The flood of gifts was overflowing.
"These are beautiful gifts," said Wesley house executive director Ginger Grissom. "These children have nothing and they are going to just, I think it's going to instill hope. That's what I would pray and that they'd know that God lives."
Wesley House officials said this was the best turnout the agency has received yet from St. Patrick so far.
Needy children will receive all these presents in time for Christmas.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KSDK) - The University of Missouri Extension has declared February "Missouri Saves Month."
The declaration is an effort to promote smart financial decisions.
The program helps people save and pay down debt, build an emergency fund, save for a home or education, and save for retirement.
The program is part of a nationwide campaign.
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37th Annual Daytona Turkey RunWritten by on April 1, 2011 A Great Way To Spend Thanksgiving Weekend
It's Thanksgiving weekend in Daytona Beach, Florida, you're in the infield of the Daytona International Speedway, there are over 4,000 hot rods, over 4,000 vendor/swap meet spaces, and over 2,500 cars in the car corral-it must by the 37th Annual Daytona Turkey Run.
No awards, no TV personalities, just thousand of cars and parts to look at and enjoy coupled with a carnival-style food court and numerous door prizes given away daily. Add what is arguably the "World's Most Famous Beach"-an array of nighttime activities, plus all the amenities of a tourist town-and the Turkey Run is the place to be.
The Daytona Beach Street Rods handle the show car portion of the event and a majority of the proceeds go to the Volusia County Special Olympics. The Daytona Beach Racing & Recreational Facilities District oversees the swap meet, car corral, and the gate admissions. Those proceeds are reinvested in local recreation facilities and activities. Unlike corporate-produced car shows, the Turkey Run is unique, in that it directly supports the local community.
After 37 years the Turkey Run is run like a well-oiled machine. In addition to plenty of show car parking areas, there are special reserved "club parking areas." These areas are marked with the club names and the club member's cars have specific stickers that indicate their club parking area, thus allowing the traffic directing crew to get you to your area. There are notaries available in the car corral area should you buy or sell a vehicle. There are traffic-directing personnel at all infield intersections. There are "parts haulers" available to carry your swap meet/vendor finds to the parking area, and there are motorized carts available for rent. The Turkey Run is participant/spectator friendly.
As we walked the spacious speedway infield we came to the conclusion that our hobby/sport appears to be weathering the economic storm quite well. In addition to the largest crowd ever, the array of cars ran from budget-built rods to high-end national award winners; rods, customs, muscle cars, antiques, and everything in between.
Vendors we spoke with were doing a brisk business as were the swap meet crowd. We witnessed a lot of parts being hauled out to the parking areas all weekend long.
If you are looking for a laid back, fun event, packed with a variety of day and night activities, reserve the 2011 Thanksgiving week for the 38th Annual Turkey Run, for more information: www.turkeyrun.com.
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Mary Ann and Eldon Smith of Duluth, GA, brought their beautiful black over silver contemporary Dearborn Deuce. The interior features tan leather with snake skin inserts.Red metalflake, white rolls and pleats, cheater slicks, narrow whitewalls on chrome reversed wheels, with spiders; this '60s style T-bucket was in the swap meet area with an asking price of $16,500.How often do you see a totally restored '32 Ford sedan? Yeah, we know, it would sure make a cool hot rod, but we doubt that Patty and Steve Ellis see that in this car's future.Charlie Price is the proprietor of Vintage Speed and to showcase his wares he built this fully chromed Nailhead for his A roadster. Six chromed Strombergs on a chrome log, lots of chromed finned aluminum, and some unique carb stacks look good in front of the checkerboard firewall.There was a fair amount of future street rod material in the swap meet. Starting with a restored Model A would make building a street rod a fairly straight forward project.Not something you see every day: Official Car, AAA Contest Board, 23rd Indianapolis 500. Joe Gimple, of Daytona Beach, built this '35 Ford replica.
Early Ford pickup trucks, like Donald Stagerwald's dark blue '50 model, are as popular as ever. Don trucked in from Seymore, TN.Parked next to the Sunoco Racing fuel pumps, this flat green Model A accented with apple green wires and firewall sure was an attention getter.Drop-tops are big in Florida and Jerry Wahl of nearby New Smyrna Beach was seen cruising in his blue and white '55 Ford Sunliner.Mickey Lauria, of Total Performance fame, has retired and was enjoying his first car show as a participant in 40 years. His friends told him to bring the car, bring some chairs, and bring a lot of cash to "support the vendors."How about a '30 Marmon sedan; two-fours on a tunnel ram feed the big-block Chevy, while it rolls on oval track stock car wheels. Benny Stevens drives this, waist high, hot rod around his hometown of Bushnell, FL.This long, low, sleek custom '48 Cadillac had a crowd around it all weekend long. Chris Ryan out of Anderson, SC, is the proud owner.If you are going to paint it black it has to be straight and Susan and Randy Balmer (North Port, FL) got their '37 Ford sedan really straight. The tan leather interior looks very inviting.We all like Divco milk trucks, but how about a '33 Model H home delivery model. Tiller steering from either side and powered by a four-cylinder Continental engine.
Shirley and Ray Pember motored in from Lake Worth, FL, in their '29 Essex. Wide whites and 10 spokes are a nice touch.


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8 Dec 2010 7:44 PM #1
first site i ever made with sencha touch (online radio station)
I have an online radio station. nothing much, just for fun.
please let me know what you guys think.
9 Dec 2010 12:28 AM #2
nice App!
just one hint, you changed the size of UI Components ( Contact Form) by changing the font-size, don't no if this was planed ;-)trainings / workshops / consulting: Sencha Touch / Ext JS
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9 Dec 2010 9:41 AM #4
The site is great but I'm not hearing anything in the player for the radio station.
Are you streaming live audio? from a radio station or is it an static file?
9 Dec 2010 11:21 AM #5
hi, thanks for your reply.
got it to work now.
works in chrome and on my ipod. at least with me.
9 Dec 2010 11:44 AM #6
it doesn't seem to work in safari webbrowers.
but it works in chrome and my ipod. although my ipod uses safari too, weird.
9 Dec 2010 12:31 PM #7
I see it's working for Google Chrome which is interesting ...
Are you streaming the audio from a radio station or is this running mp3 files?
9 Dec 2010 5:17 PM #8
streaming a radio station
through shoutcast dna and winamp.
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11 Dec 2010 8:33 AM #10
I like what you did!
How did you construct your buttons on the home screen? Are they styled button components or just small panels?
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More than 5,200 geosciences professionals attending the AAPG 2012 Annual Convention & Exhibition in Long Beach under the theme Directing the Future of E&P: Starring Creative Ideas and New Technology. Check back for the post-show report and more information on attending next year in Pittsburgh, 19-22 May 2013.
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