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Jeff Fisher, the Engineer of Creative Identity for the Portland
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HOW Magazine Editorial Advisory Board. Patricia McShane of
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and Stefan Sagmeister of Sagmeister Inc. in New YorkCity were
also added to the board. Other internationally recognized
design industry professionals on the publicationÕs board include
David C. Baker, Tony Gable, Kit Hinrichs, Judy Kirpich, John
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Marshall Arisman, Paul Davis, Milton Glaser and Richard Wilde
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industry trends. The magazine is published in Cincinnati,
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By Steve Dalton on Jan 29, 2013
Are you planning an ERP upgrade in the near future? Or is your organization about to embark on an ERP implementation? In either case, did you know that Oracle's GRC advanced financial controls can play a vital role in the success of your project? Whether your goals are to accelerate project activities, or achieve lasting benefits after the project is completed, advanced financial controls will improve your organization's bottom line.
But don't take my word for it. Instead, read the Optimizing E-Business ERP projects with GRC's advanced financial controls white paper and then ask yourself whether it is worth the risk to not use GRC's advanced financial controls. Our esteemed colleagues at PwC wrote this white paper and provide great insight into the many challenges that confront organizations during ERP projects. They also highlight some compelling case studies such as how one company leveraged GRC's advanced financial controls to achieve an estimated 20-percent cost savings by accelerating their configurations during an Oracle upgrade. Click here to access the white paper.
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What's up with South, where the retail revolution has firmly taken roots and the growth is particularly phenomenal in apparel, food and entertainment sectors? During the last two years, the region has seen a large number of shopping malls, department stores and hypermarkets, which promise to significantly change the Indian retail sector.
So what has prompted the move from shopping at local kirana stores to one-stop mega stores down South? Says M J Shantharam, managing director, Valdel Retail, who put up Bangalore's first supercentre, Family Mart: "Two significant changes can be seen in the retail sector. The first is the move from small markets and shops to giant hypermarkets. The second is the invasion of Western multinationals with skills, technology and culture to run mega stores."


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Google unveiled the Nexus 7, its long-awaited foray into the burgeoning tablet market, at Google I/O last month. The combination of hardware, design, and price took many by surprise, with all three of these components being about the best we could have hoped for from such a device at this time.
The reviews from people testing the Nexus 7 for an extended period have been almost unanimously positive. However, while many have rightly compared the Nexus 7 to the Kindle Fire, and stated that Google's effort blows Amazon's out of the water, few would even mention the Nexus 7 in the same breath as the Apple iPad. I disagree with this inherent refusal to put the two on a par.
I believe the Nexus 7 is competition for the iPad and I feel competition to Apple's stranglehold on the tablet market is exactly what's needed at this juncture.
The iPad Vs. Everything Else
To understand how the Nexus 7 will prove to be competition for the iPad we first need to understand Apple's offering. The new iPad, as unveiled in March is a 10-inch tablet boasting a Retina Display, front- and rear-facing cameras, and a new quad-core CPU. It's very pleasing on the eye and, by all accounts, is a joy to use.
Even I, the person who wrote an article entitled '5 Reasons The New iPad Sucks' appreciate that it's probably the best tablet on the market right now. There are some premium Android tablets on the market (such as the Transformer Prime) that are very close, but Apple's tablet is the most likely to please those who purchase it. That's why it has sold in the quantities it has, while the competition has invariably struggled.
The Google Nexus 7
Entering stage left is the Nexus 7, manufactured by Asus but with Google's stamp all over it, figuratively and literally. The Nexus 7 boasts a 7-inch IPS display with 216 ppi (pixels-per-inch) made of Corning glass, a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of RAM, a front-facing camera, GPS, Bluetooth, and NFC, and battery life of around 8 hours. It also comes with stock Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), meaning no bloatware or ugly overlay to deal with.
The Nexus 7 is available in two flavors – an 8GB version costing $199 and a 16GB version costing $249. These price points compare favorably with Apple's current options – the new iPad at $499, the iPad 2 at $399 – and is on a par with the Kindle Fire, which costs $199 at the time of writing. In terms of quality there is a gulf between the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 though.
The Best Of Both Worlds
The Nexus 7 offers the best of both worlds. It has a quality display that will be more than enough for most people, the processor is phenomenal, the RAM very capable, and the 7-inch form factor is proving to be increasingly popular. Steve Jobs may have hated it but there's a strong chance Apple will be launching its own mini-iPad at some point over the next few months with Tim Cook installed as CEO.
It also offers stock Android, which many people will prefer to iOS for various reasons, and also prefer to Amazon's overburdened overlay. Android has been vastly improved as an operating system for tablets too, which is probably the reason Google waited until now before bringing the Nexus name to the tablet market.
Creation Vs. Consumption
The big question is whether the Nexus 7 will be used just for the consumption of content or if it will allow for the creation of content as well. The Kindle Fire was built to fulfill the first, with Amazon using its overlay to channel everything through its own storefront. This is how the online retailer keeps its costs down – offering the hardware on the cheap and making the money from sales of music, movies, and more down the line. The iPad can be used in either capacity, with people increasingly using the iPad to create as well as consume.
For the Nexus 7 to compete on a level playing field with Apple's tablet it needs to be capable of being used in a productive fashion. The 7-inch screen won't be as comfortable to write on as the 10-inch screen of the iPad, but I've managed perfectly well taking notes on my cheap Android tablet that I cannot see this being a problem.
It's important to note that the iPad isn't the best tool for the job either – with a physical keyboard always winning out over a touchscreen – but it's often the closest to hand. The Nexus 7, with its pocket-friendly size, will be even closer to hand, and on more occasions.
Ring Tablet To Rule Them All
From previous articles I have written some may have formed the impression I'm a Windows and/or Android fanboy (delete as applicable), or at the very least an anti-Apple zealot. This isn't the case at all. I like good technology that is priced fairly.
I'm not a particular fan of Apple's closed system or its need to control every aspect of its products, and the price tags Apple assigns to everything it sells are extraordinary (a laptop costing $2,199, I ask you!). But my ultimate desire is for one thing and one thing alone – competition.
It's this that drives innovation and stops the big tech firms falling into a pattern of offering lazy incremental upgrades on an annual basis. Right now Apple is in just that position, dominating the tablet market so fully that it can do the bare minimum each year to stay on top. Having one tablet to rule them all isn't good for anyone, including Apple. Which is why we all need the Nexus 7 to succeed.
To sum up I firmly believe Google's first branded tablet will provide healthy competition for the iPad, for the following reasons:-
- The price brings the Nexus 7 into 'impulse buy' range.
- The 7-inch form factor will appeal to a wider demographic.
- The hardware bridges the gap between consumption and creation.
- Android has come of age against an increasingly tired-looking iOS.
All of these reasons count, and all will contribute to the Nexus 7 eating into sales of the iPad, despite what those who regard the Apple tablet as untouchable may believe. Whether you agree or disagree please let me know your thoughts in the comments section below. Opinion is free, discussion is good, debate is healthy.
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Maryland and Purdue began practice in Orlando on Saturday, just six days away from their primetime showdown in the 17th annual Champs Sports Bowl. The practices, which are closed to the public and held on the ancillary fields surrounding the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium, were the teams first workout since arriving in Central Florida late Friday afternoon.
"I'm not a huge warm weather person, but if I can get out of the cold for a little while, I'll take it," said Purdue wide receiver Dorien Bryant. "We're excited about playing down here because of the beautiful weather."
Both coaches shared the interest in adjusting to the warmer climate of Orlando and getting some good, solid practice days in, while also enjoying the area.
"For the next three days here, we're going to take in everything Orlando can throw at us," said Purdue coach Joe Tiller, "And then after that we'll zero in on what we want to get done."
Both teams are focused on getting back in their stride after having several weeks away from game action. "We go against each other [in drills] maybe half the practice because I like to get used to the speed of things," said Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen.
With less than a week until the 8:00 p.m. kickoff of the Champs Sports Bowl, both the Terrapins and Boilermakers will be trying to juggle the entertainment factor of Orlando with the preparations for a major postseason football game. Tickets are still available for the Dec. 29 contest, which will be played at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. All tickets are $60 and lower-level seating is still available. Tickets can be purchased through all Ticketmaster outlets, including www.ticketmaster.com. Groups of 20 or more can be purchased through the Florida Citrus Sports box office (407.423.2476).
Matt (Tampa, Fla.) joined FCSports in 2005 after graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He started in the communications department and gradually became the point person for all digital projects within the organization, including web, video and social.
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Guide To Wedding Flowers By Season
Choosing wedding flowers by season helps support local growers, decreases your wedding's carbon footprint (since the flowers don't need to be flown in from around the world), and is often a great way to save money.
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As 60% of the wedding flowers sold in the Unites States are imported from overseas, using local flowers grown in season makes a huge difference. Most commercial flower growers use the chemical methyl bromide to keep blooms in perfect condition during shipping, which depletes the ozone layer and further contributes to global warming. Because we do not eat flowers, they are not regulated by the USDA and are doused in pesticides, which is bad for the earth and for the workers that grow and harvest them. Choosing locally grown, organic flowers is the best way to ensure you have fresh, gorgeous and sustainable floral arrangements.
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What is available will depend on what part of the country you live in, so the best thing to do is check with local florists and organic growers to see what will be in season. However, the following is a quick guide to some of the most popular wedding flower choices by season.
Spring Wedding Flowers (March-May)
Spring wedding flowers should be colorful, fresh and light. Choose a single variety for classic style, or mix and match to create modern extravagance. Good choices include:
Images: Anemone, Boronia & Daffodil
Image: Delphinium, Hyacinth, Lilac, Peony
Image: Ranunculus, Sweet Pea, Tulip
Some of these spring flowers are available in multiple colors. Variations to look for:
- Anemone (blue, red, pink, white)
- Delphinium (white, blue)
- Hyacinth (purple, pink, white)
- Lilacs (violet, white)
- Ranunculus (white, pink, red, orange, yellow)
- Sweetpea (white, pink, red, coral, lavender)
- Tulip (white, pink, yellow, red, purple)
- Waxflower (pinky, purple, white)
Summer wedding flowers need to be able to endure the heat. Soft, pillowy blooms and sprays of color make the perfect statement. Some good choices include:
Image: Alstromeria, Chrysanthemum, Forget-Me-Not & Freesia
Image: Gerbera Daisy, Iris, Oriental Lily
Image: Sunflower, Yarrow, Zinnia
Some of these flowers are available in multiple colors. Variations to look for:
- Alstromeria (orange, pink, yellow, white)
- Chrysanthemum (white, yellow, orange, pink)
- Freesia (white, yellow, pink, blue, purple)
- Gerbera Daisy (pink, yellow, orange, red, white)
- Hydrangea (white, blue, purple, pink, green)
- Iris (purple, blue, white)
- Lily (white, pink, yellow, orange)
- Snapdragons (pink, yellow, orange, white)
- Zinnia (red, orange, pink)
Fall is a great time to mix leaves, pinecones and other seasonal elements in to your wedding decor. Add in a few bright stems to your wedding flowers for extra pop. Good options include:
Image: Aster, Chrysanthemum, Dahlia, & Marigold
Image: Statice & Zinnia
Some of these flowers are available in multiple colors. Variations to look for:
- Aster (white, pink)
- Chrysanthemum (white, yellow, orange, pink)
- Dahlia (many colors)
- Grasses (green, white, red)
- Hydrangea (white, purple, pink, blue, green)
- Marigold (yellow, orange, red)
- Statice (purple)
- Zinnia (red, orange, pink)
To add interest to your winter wedding flower centerpieces incorporate candles, berries, coffee beans, and other surprising elements. Good floral options include:
Image: Hippeastrum, Camellia, Holly, Jasmine, Poinsettia, Christmas Orchid
- Bamboo
- Dried flowers
- Evergreens
- Forced branches from flowering trees
- Forced bulbs (any kind)
- Potted plants
- Succulents
No matter which season you choose for your wedding, there are hundreds of different sustainable looks to pick from. Don't forget to review the 10 Florist Contract Musts to make sure you get exactly what you pay for, and be sure to ask your florist about recycling and donating flowers after the big day.
Contributed in part by Jessica Lin with images from Wikipedia. Jessica is a freelance writer who loves reading and writing about creative craft ideas, delicious food, and travel. You can find more of her writing at www.thinkingturtle.com.
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A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess Chapter 14 Summary
What Melchisedec Heard and Saw
- While Sara is out and about for the day, an odd thing happens—and only Melchisedec is there to witness it.
- Melchisedec is chilling, just minding his own business when the skylight opens and two people crawl through. Oh no! Could it be thieves?!
- No, it's just Ram Dass and a young man, the Indian gentleman's secretary.
- They take a look around at her bed (hard as stone), all her sheets (dingy and worn), and the fireplace (never had a fire in it).
- Meanwhile, the secretary is furiously scribbling things down.
- It appears that Ram Dass and the Indian gentleman have decided to bring lots of nice things into Sara's room and redecorate it while she is asleep one night.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Bruce Stalder, senior critical care pharmacist at SUNY Upstate Medical University, received the 2006 Pharmacist of the Year Award from the New York State Council of Health System Pharmacists (NYSCHP) at its annual meeting May 6 at the Sagamore in Bolton Landing, N.Y. Stalder also holds faculty appointments in SUNY Upstate's College of Nursing and the Albany College of Pharmacy and a residency faculty appointment at University Hospital.
The award is presented annually to a pharmacist who has been recognized by his or her peers for achieving significant accomplishments in advancing patient care. Stalder was instrumental in developing a system for documenting drug information services provided by University Hospital pharmacists; a pharmacoeconomic form for documenting drug cost minimization; and developing and implementing a pharmaceutical care plan for clinical monitoring.
Stalder received University Hospital's Outstanding Pharmacist award in 2002 and serves as a member of the hospital's Clinical Pharmacy Improvement team and the Critical Care Quality Management team. He is the pharmacy representative to the Nursing Practice Council and a member of the Central New York Society of Health Systems Pharmacists.
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NEW BEDFORD — The waters of New Bedford Harbor and Buzzards Bay may still be chilly, but it's not too early to show your support for clean water by registering to swim in the Buzzards Bay Coalition's 20th annual Buzzards Bay Swim on Saturday, July 13. Swimmers who sign up through Monday, April 15, will enjoy free registration.
The Buzzards Bay Swim is a 1.2-mile open water course across outer New Bedford Harbor, starting at Davy's Locker in New Bedford's South End and ending at Fort Phoenix State Reservation in Fairhaven. The Swim draws participants of all ages and abilities, including families, swim teams, serious competitors, and individuals seeking a new fitness challenge. Three hundred swimmers are expected to participate in this year's Buzzards Bay Swim.
Now in its 20th year, the Buzzards Bay Swim has become a signature outdoor event for the SouthCoast. Swimmers from as far away as Colorado, Florida, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have participated in recent swims.
This year, the Buzzards Bay Swim is again part of the Waterkeeper Alliance SPLASH Series, a national event program presented by Toyota that engages local citizens in water-based activities.
The Buzzards Bay Swim is the Bay Coalition's longest-running fundraising event. All funds raised from the swim will support the Bay Coalition's work to restore clean water, conserve natural lands and engage the community in protecting Buzzards Bay.
To register and learn more about the Buzzards Bay Swim, visit www.savebuzzardsbay.org/swim.
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- nancygrayce said...
Oh, my! I just got my first "big girl" camera, but I only have the lens that came on it....I should, under NO circumstances, get an expensive one. I'm very clumsy!!! But I love old pictures! :)
- February 9, 2012 at 8:13 PM
- Glenys said...
This brings back memories. I can almost hear Taylor Swift's The Best Day in the background.
- February 9, 2012 at 11:15 PM
- La Table De Nana said...
I like old photos..:) But feel very sorry for you that your lens hurt itself..It's a big expense etc..And it's part of our days isn't it these cameras and us? Hope it gets resolved soon~
- February 10, 2012 at 6:08 AM
- Mary Isabella and Kiley too! said...
You funny girl, me in a blonde wig. No one including me would want to see that. I will see you in about an hour!!!....love you....m...
- February 10, 2012 at 3:53 PM
- Glenys said...
I love bookstores, just wish the books are a little cheaper. I wanted the first book. I've read the second and third. :)
- February 10, 2012 at 6:34 PM
- Martina said...
Such a sweet post - love all the memories here! Hope your sunday is filled with LOVE!
- February 11, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- Lea said...
Beautiful memories to share!
Sorry bout your camera, but I so enjoyed your pictures! xoxo
I loved number 7 the mostest!!!
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I'm inclined to think that the Oprah Winfrey show is basically just a big fancy video weblog. Not only does she get to take on whatever topics she likes, but she can use her soapbox to shame people who she feels mistreat her. The only difference between Oprah and the rest of us (other than a few hundred million dollars) is that she doesn't have to rely on bunches of people to lend her their indignation to get the word out.
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Phil Carter is headed to Iraq
Phil Carter, the former Army officer and recent law school grad who I have linked to many times for his insights on military matters, has been recalled to active duty as part of the Individual Ready Reserve and will be headed to Iraq with the 101st Airborne. I wish him well.
Billy Graham
Did you know that Billy Graham refused to preach to segregated audiences? Me neither.
It's libertarians get to be right day
You can number me among the libertarians today with regard to the Supreme Court's ruling in Kelo v New London.
Update: Bona-fide lefty Max Sawicky has some interesting thoughts on the ruling as well.
Losing focus
So I was reading this old weblog and saw a link to this list of the first 25 blogs (scroll down). Here's his comment about me:
rc3.org (March 4th 1999) with a simple UNIX/Win32 API link! These were in the days before "I blog for Kerry".
Ouch! To be honest, I was known more in those days for being an anti-Microsoft ranter. Once the findings of fact were issued in the Microsoft antitrust case, I sort of lost all my anger (about that) and moved on. While that post is actually the first stored in my crappy homemade content management system, the real archives go back to December, 1998. It only took a few months for me to quit blogging Rebecca Blood-style. (And in truth, even before I migrated the CMS to my hosting account, I had it running on a local machine, producing static files that were uploaded by a script.)
I'm not a political strategist
As I've said repeatedly, I'm not a political strategist (like you need anyone to tell you that), and I don't really care to get into political strategy. That said, I watched Howard Dean on the Daily Show last night and was shocked to see that he didn't bring up the most important piece of news in the past week or so — that the number of registered lobbyists in Washington DC has doubled since George W Bush became President. Everybody who's been paying attention already knows that these guys have been running the country on a cash and carry basis, but not enough people were paying attention to boot these guys in 2004. Somehow Republicans convince people that they aren't mired in the "inside the Beltway" thinking that hampers Democrats. Here's indisputable proof to the contrary. Is anybody going to run with it?
Update: Worth noting is that Noah mentions in the piece that the number of lobbyists previously doubled between 1996 and 2000, pegging that time frame to Bill Clinton's second term. But I think the more important date is the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in 1994. Since 1996, the number of registered lobbyists has grown from 10,798 to 34,785. I think we can pin that directly on the Newt Gingrich/Tom DeLay takeover of Congress to a much greater extent than we can pin it on any occupant of the White House.
RealClimate smacks down the WSJ
RealClimate invited the Wall Street Journal on a trip behind the woodshed for its recent editorial asserting that the scientific case for human influence on global warming is growing weaker with time.
Naming names
I have to give Nat Torkington props for naming names when describing a bad experience with a heckler at Supernova 2005. Act like a big jerk in front of a bunch of people who blog? Don't be surprised if you're outed. I bet you Chris Tolles wishes he had his own weblog so he could mount a defense for his reported poor behavior.
Hiring an engineer for a start-up
Joe Kraus proposes three questions that can be used to deduce whether an engineer might be a good fit for a start-up. They are:
- Do you have a blog?
- What's your home page? (He prefers people who have created their own home page.)
- Do you contribute to an open source project?
Currently, I only pass one of three tests. (It's not hard to guess which one.) I think that the second is a bit off the mark. He assumes that people who create their own home page are tinkerers, and that's a good attribute to have, I agree, but there are plenty of other ways to get there. Right now, my home page is about:blank. It's been that way for awhile. On the other hand, my browser is souped up 9 ways to Sunday, so I suspect that I'd pass that test. Generally speaking, I don't know too many people who have created a custom home page for their browser these days.
As far as open source contributions go, the bottom line is that he wants people for whom programming is an avocation rather than a vocation, a sentiment with which I agree completely. I think there are other ways to get there, but I don't feel like this is a bad question. Good candidates who answer "no" will still be able to engage in an interesting discussion about they whys and wherefores of open source code and how they spend their time and what they get out of programming.
As far as the blogging question goes, I think that's a question you should already know the answer to before you interview the person. If I'm going to interview someone, I'll have already Googled them and even if they don't blog necessarily, it would be nice to see that they participate on mailing lists, or discussion boards, or some other public forum and that their communication skills are solid (and that they aren't raving lunatics).
Why software patents are dangerous
Richard Stallman has written a great argument against software patents for The Guardian, explaining why they are much more dangerous to innovation and creativity than copyright. In it, he posits the idea of a literary patent:
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16/05/2012 05:30Posted by MikeManiawell on nightmare mobs hit pretty hard if you are not very well geared and that require a lot of pots. theres no vendor in Hidden Camp who sell that. im just out of them and now im can't even kill the boss :( you should add a vendor who sell heath pots on every town :p
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Garage, bowling alley, bus station, movie theater (Oliver Springs Theatre), church building, snack shop… this building has worn many hats in its long career. Built sometime after 1915 for master mechanic Tom Abston, this building first saw duty as Abston's garage. The Abston Garage was built around 1922 on Kingston Avenue in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, in Roane County. Thomas F. Abston was responsible for constructing the load-bearing brick building at a time when more and more families could afford an automobile. From 1922, it was used as a commercial garage, selling and servicing autos and as a bus stop. Capitalizing on the proliferation of the automobile in the 1910s and 1920s, it represents early trends in combined automobile dealerships and service centers. Circa 1942, the building was converted into a movie theater and was used for movies, performances, a bowling alley and snack bar. In 1951, the building returned to an automotive use as an auto service/supply store. There were changes made to the garage as its uses varied, but the overall character remained and the building has been a local landmark. It is important historically and architecturally as an example of an automobile-related building. It will one day be the home of the Oliver Springs Historical Museum and Community Center.
Oliver Springst Depot - Library
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The Southern Railway passenger depot at Oliver Springs is a late nineteenth century manifestation of the expansion of railroad freight and passenger traffic in the United States. The depot served to bring passengers by rail from around the nation to the tourist hotels located at the mineral springs, driving the local economy until 1905. The depot also served as a means of transporting to industry the rich coal deposits on nearby Windrock Mountain. This depot is typical of small-frame railroad structures built in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries. It was built in 1896 and has elements of both the Stick Style and the Shingle Style. 1993, the depot restoration and renovation was complete and in 1994, the Oliver Springs Public Library opened in the facility. The Oliver Springs Historical Society is using the remainder of the depot as the location for a local history museum.
Sienknecht Store
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Built in the early 1900s with locally-made brick and operated by the Sienknecht family. The Sienknecht Store building, built c. 1901. The store was used for a scene in the movie October Sky, and still retains the Olga Coal Company facade created for the film. Notice the words Olga Coal Company painted on the building. Shots along this street became downtown Coalwood in the movie. The building shown was the Coalwood Big Store during the movie. The interior of the store was decorated to look like a real 1950s store. Near the beginning of October Sky, there is a shot of two men sitting on a bench outside the Big Store as a steam locomotive rushes by. The men would have been sitting on a bench outside the building shown, and the train would have been on these railroad tracks.
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Oliver Springs Banking Company (added 1992 the National Registry of Historic Places - Building - #92000357) Also known as Bank of Oliver Springs;Tri County National Bank 110 E. Tri County Blvd., Oliver Springs. Architectural Style: Romanesque, Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce Period of Significance: 1900-1924 Remember in October Skys when the miners voted to go on strike and came rushing out of the Union Hall into the rain? Here is the building -- at 410 Main Street.
Colonial Hall Gate
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The oldest standing building in Oliver Springs, Colonial Hall was built in 1830 of logs by Lewis Rector. Some of the original building remains, though additions and modifications have been made over time. The house, outbuildings, and grounds were purchased in 1881 by Col. John G. Scott, who subdivided the land and laid out streets in 1882 from the house west towards Kingston Avenue.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Winter's Gap Road at Spring Street - The oldest standing church in Oliver Springs. The original frame structure was completed in 1892. In 1920, it was replaced with the current brick building, which incorporated the original stained glass windows and other materials.
CN 5043, L&N 1570 & 2 more - No. 1
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Reproduced 35mm Slide Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Oliver Springs, TN in June 1977 On June 23, 1977 Dad shot CN SD40 5043, L&N U30C 1570 (to SBD 1570, to SBD 7264, to CSX 7264) & 2 more U-boats leading a unit coal train through Oliver Springs, Tennessee.
Main Street
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Notice the words Olga Coal Company painted on the building. Shots along this street became downtown Coalwood in the movie October Sky. The building shown was one of the businesses used during the movie.
1956 International Howe R185 Pumper 3
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I'm told that it sounds like a prop-plane in a nose-dive when pumping at max, since it takes so much throttle to get that slow-turner to approach useable pressure from a center-mounted pump.
107 Roane Street
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Memorabilia from the movie October Sky is kept in inside this old building on Roane Street in Oliver Springs, Tennessee.
Oliver Springs Looking West
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As of the census of 2000, there were 3,303 people, 1,369 households, and 958 families residing in the town.
Traffic Jam
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This was a fun shot in downtown Oliver Springs, Tennessee. I don't know why the fork lift is parked there.
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Shawn Mc. flying down from Walden Ridge at the Windrock 100 inaugural race.
Windrock01 - Hammer Time
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Dave The Hammer Lane tackles the trail at the inaugural Windrock 100 race.
Oliver Springs, TN, 1917
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The first troop train of 'The Great War' to roll through Oliver Springs.
Oliver Springs, TN
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Note the billboard advertising the Bible
Brian Descending Walden Ridge
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...at the inaugural Windrock 100 race.
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G-Money at the Windrock 100 race.
Old Brick Olga Coal Company Building
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Oliver Springs, Tennessee
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From the clinical point of view the study of analgesia revolves about four factors—the patient, the medicament, the method of testing, and the investigator. Each contributes a significant component to the end result— the effectiveness of a particular drug under investigation. To standardize all factors other than the unknown, the medicament, has been the primary task of all good analgesic studies. Perhaps we have labeled the wrong factor the "unknown." Instead of the drug that is at least a chemical entity with definitive properties, the unknown should be the patient. Any study designed to eliminate or decrease the number of variables inherent in the patient as an experimental subject does not accurately evaluate the medicament for general clinical use. It is possible by such a study to determine, perhaps, the specificity of the medicament for the relief of a particular type of pain or condition, but it cannot be concluded
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Planning a bear hunt? If you have the opportunity to hunt bear, Don Mealey from the Iowa Bow Hunter's Association offers up some advice for your prep and the actual hunt.
Don, who also has Don Mealey's Bowhunter Education Channel on YouTube, is a longtime avid bowhunter. He recently went to Nipigon, Ontario, about 700 miles north of Des Moines, Iowa, for some bear hunting. He was kind enough to shoot some video just for us and to share some tips.
Mealey says practice is crucial. Do it in low light and simulate the real situation as much as possible.
"Practice before you go. Make your practice as realistic as you can. Put pressure on yourself that it's the real deal, so when you do get into the real situation, you'll know what to do."
"Many times people take their shot too quickly, because they get excited when they have a bear over bait. It's not a whitetail deer. When they come to the bait, they've already committed to eating and they are focused on that."
Watch this video showing just how many times he had an opportunity with just one bear!
Mealey says he understands that some people may not want or like to hunt over bait. However, in the dense undergrowth of the location, Mealey notes it's hard to do a "spot and stalk."
"Hunting over bait is not a given situation and you still have to make the shot."
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The captain of the Costa Concordia allegedly asked a company official on shore to agree a cover story to tell authorities, blaming the disaster on an electrical blackout.
According to the cruise line, Captain Francesco Schettino wanted the company's crisis manager to say that the power cut caused the accident — even though witnesses say that the blackout followed the crash.
Roberto Ferrarini, Costa Cruises' maritime operations manager, said in a report to Italy's Parliament that Captain Schettino asked him in a series of calls on the night of the disaster to agree to a "convenient" version of events for authorities.


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Before starting on the advanced topics, I thought it will be better to build some ground and hence I decided to do a post on the ORM basics. In this post, we will build a simple example to get a taste of ColdFusion ORM (CF-ORM) and during that we will also understand some of the basic concepts.
ORM is object relational mapping and in ColdFusion, objects are created using CFC. CFCs that needs to be persisted are called persistent CFC and that is marked by setting 'persistent' attribute to true on the component. We also need to define what persistent fields will be there in a persistent CFC and that is defined using 'cfproperty'. A field/property is marked persistent by setting persistent attribute to true on the cfproperty. By default, if the CFC is persistent, all its properties are considered as persistent unless you mark a property non-persistent. So typically 'persistent' attribute on the property is used only when you need to make that property non-persistent.
Each persistent CFC in ColdFusion application maps to a table in the database and each property in the persistent CFC maps to a column in the table (not exactly true but we will come to that later.. For the time being lets keep it that way). We will use the cfartgallery datasource for this example which has Artists and Art tables.
The first thing you need to do is – enable ORM for the application and define a datasource to be used (What is an ORM without a datasource?). ColdFusion ORM uses Application.cfc to define all the ORM specific settings. (If you haven't started using Application.cfc for your application, its time to start using it!)
Component { this.name="ArtGallery"; this.ormenabled="true"; this.datasource="cfartgallery"; }
Note that the datasource setting defined here makes it the default datasource of your application which can be used by tags like cfquery, cfinsert, cfupdate, cfdbinfo. The same default datasource will be used by ORM as well.
There are a whole bunch of ORM related configuration that you can do in application.cfc which you can refer here.
Now that the application is configured, let us build the object and define the persistence information on it. To start with, we will first define the Artist.cfc
/** * @persistent */ Component { property name="artistid" generator="increment"; property firstname; property lastname; property address; property city; property state; property postalcode; property email; property phone; property fax; property thepassword; }
This is the most simplistic definition of the component where we have defined only the component and its properties names. Since the table for this CFC already exists in the database, we have not added any table specific information in this and we will let ORM infer all the information from the database. The only additional setting that we have added here is the 'generator' attribute which is used to auto-generate the primary key.
After the components are defined, the first request to this application (i.e a page in this application) will make CF-ORM do all the setup necessary (basically generation of hibernate configuration, mapping files, building the session factory etc). Once the setup is done, you are all set to work with the entities.
We will first list all the artists and here is what you need to do for that
<cfscript> artists = EntityLoad("Artists"); writedump(artists); </cfscript>
To load a particular Artists with its ID, here is what you do
<cfscript> artist = EntityLoadByPK("Artists", 1); writedump(artist); </cfscript>
There are several flavors of EntityLoad functions details of which can be read here
Let us now see how to perform insert and update on it.
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<cfscript><br> // Insert a new artist artist = new Artists(); artist.setfirstname("Leonardo"); artist.setlastname("Da vinci"); artist.setcity("Paris"); EntitySave(artist); writeOutput(artist.getartistid());// Update an artist artist = EntityLoadByPK("Artists", 2); artist.setcity("NewYork"); // artist is automatically updated. </cfscript>
As we see in the above example, EntitySave is used to insert/update an object in the table. There are some important things to note here
- EntitySave is an intelligent function which automatically finds if a new row needs to be inserted for the given object or whether an existing row needs to be updated.
- We called EntitySave for the insert here but not for update but even then artist '2′ gets updated. So how did that happen? Actually what happens here is when you load an artist object, it becomes associated with the hibernate session which keeps track of any changes in the object and automatically saves it when the session is flushed. We will talk about more about hibernate session in a later post. For the time being lets just say that Hibernate Session is a short-lived object that represents a conversation between the application and the persistence layer and also acts as the first level of cache.
- We did not write any setter or getter method for artist's properties in Artists.cfc but we are calling them here. That works because ColdFusion 9 automatically generates accessor methods for any property written in a CFC. More details on generated methods in a later post.
- At line no 6, we called entitySave, but if you check the database, the row is not inserted yet. So when does that happen? Hibernate batches up all the operations till the end of the request or to be exact till hibernate session is flushed. ColdFusion ORM starts up a session when the first ORM method is called in the request and is automatically flushed when the request ends. The batching is done for performance reason so that hibernate executes the sql with the final state of the objects. It will be a huge performance bottleneck if ORM keeps executing sql for each changes in the object.
To delete an Artist, you need to call EntityDelete() passing the object to be deleted.
<cfscript> artist = EntityLoadByPK("Artists", 15, true); EntityDelete(artist); </cfscript>
So far we have seen how to perform CRUD for a single entity. But in any application, there will be entities which are associated and ORM must load the associated object as well when loading a particular entity. For our example, an Art will have an Artist and when loading the art object, it should also load the associated artist. So lets build the model first after which we will see how to work with the association.
In cfartgallery, the table Artists has a one-to-many relationship with Art table, which are joined using the foreign key column ARTISTSID. This means that each artist has created multiple arts and each art is created by one artist. To represent this in the object model, each ARTIST object would contain an array of ART objects. Each ART object will also contain a reference to its ARTIST object thereby forming a bidirectional relation.
To achieve this, we will need to add an extra property 'arts' to 'Artists' that contains an array of ART objects for that Artist. The modified Artists.cfc would look like
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/** * @persistent */ Component { property name="artistid" generator="increment"; property firstname; property lastname; property address; property city; property state; property postalcode; property email; property phone; property fax; property thepassword; property name="arts" fieldtype="one-to-many" fkcolumn="artistid" cfc="Art" cascade="all" inverse="true"; }
Here is the Art.cfc
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/** * @persistent */ Component { property name="artid" generator="increment"; property artname; property price; property largeimage; property mediaid; property issold; property name="artist" fieldtype="many-to-one" fkcolumn="artistid" cfc="Artists" ; }
Notice the artist property above which is of many-to-one type. Also notice that both the property use the same value for fkcolumn attribute i.e 'artistid' of Art table that references artistID pk of Artist table.
Since we have added a new persistent CFC (Art.cfc) after the application was loaded, we need to re-initialize the ORM for this application so that mappings for Art.cfc also gets generated. This can be done by calling ORMReload() method. There are some nice ways to do this but for the time being lets keep it simple by putting this in a separate page which we will call to reload ORM.
<cfset ormReload()>
If you load and dump Artist (using listAll.cfm), you should also see the associated art objects for artists.
Now let us create a new Art and associate it with an existing Artist.
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<cfscript> artist = EntityLoad("artists", 1 ,"true"); art = new Art(); art.setartname("landscape"); art.setPrice(1500); art.setissold(false); art.setartist(artist); artist.addArts(art); EntitySave(art); </cfscript>
If you notice line 7-8 above, we associate artist to art by calling art.setArtist(artist) as well as art to artist by calling artist.addArts(art). Hibernate needs us to do this in order to set up the bidirectional relation properly. Since it is a bidirectional relation, you must also decide which side will set the relation in the database. i.e which side of the relation will set the fkcolumn in the table. This is controlled by the "inverse" attribute of proeprty, which if set to true, tells hibernate that this is a inverse of the other relation and this side of relation should be ignored for persistance. If you don't set inverse to true, Hibernate will unnecessarily fire two sqls for the same association.
So there you have it. We have seen how you can use ORM to perform the basic CRUD operations on entities. For more details, you can refer to the ORM doc and Hibernate docs.


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Definition of translate in English:
verb[with object]
1Express the sense of (words or text) in another language: the German original has been translated into English
More example sentences
- The best thing about that text is that it translates the word 'pop' as 'explosion sound.'
- Sign language is visual, and isn't always translated word for word into English.
- Its big guffaw moments include an old lady macing a couple of cops and a sign language interpreter translating four-letter words.
render, put, express, convert, change;
transcribe, transliterate
1.1 [no object] Be expressed or be capable of being expressed in another language: shiatsu literally translates as "finger pressure."
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- In addition, many idioms and expressions mean something very different when translated literally into another language.
- William wrote, in Latin, Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate, which translates literally into English as 'Plurality should not be posited without necessity'.
- A classic example of a thirst-quenching summer beer is the German beer known as hefeweizen, which literally translates to 'yeast wheat beer.'
1.2 (translate something into/translate into) Convert or be converted into (another form or medium): [with object]: few of Shakespeare's other works have been translated into ballets
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- Not only is he one of the best preachers in the world, he has the ability to translate his message into other mediums, including books, music, and drama.
- I wondered if it would be possible to translate those elements into a time-based medium such as video.
- The second part happens in the artist's hands, as the idea is translated into a specific medium that other people can appreciate.
render, paraphrase, reword, rephrase, convert, decipher, decode, gloss, explain
informal transmogrify, morph
2Move from one place or condition to another: she had been translated from familiar surroundings to a foreign court
2.1 formal Move (a bishop) to another see or pastoral charge.
Example sentences
- He was made bishop of Dunkeld in 1544 and three years later, after the murder of Cardinal Beaton, was translated to the archbishopric of St Andrews and primacy.
2.2 formal Remove (a saint's relics) to another place.
Example sentences
- Relics were increasingly translated, or transported into, churches from sites of martyrdom, and as the basis for Christian burial ad sanctos.
- The relics and ex voto gifts accumulated since the ninth century when the relics were translated from the administrative town of Agen are now stored in a nearby building.
- His relics were translated c. 849, to Dunkeld in Pictland, and to Kells.
2.3 literary Convey (someone, typically still alive) to heaven.
Example sentences
- If the Form Critics are right, the disciples must have been translated to heaven immediately after the Resurrection.
- Elijah was said to have been translated to Heaven on a fiery chariot, a scene often depicted on Early Christian sarcophagi, whereas the Bible says simply that Enoch was taken by God.
2.4 Biology Convert (a sequence of nucleotides in messenger RNA) to an amino-acid sequence in a protein or polypeptide during synthesis.
Example sentences
- First the DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase; then the messenger RNA is translated into protein by ribosomes.
- The genetic code is the mapping by which nucleotide sequences are translated into amino acid sequences.
- DNA sequences were translated into amino acid sequences (the Drosophila code was used for Gammarus, and the mammalian code was used for Rana and Apodemus).
3 Physics Cause (a body) to move so that all its parts travel in the same direction, without rotation or change of shape.
Example sentences
- As a result, both angular and vertical accelerations experienced by the body were translated directly to the head.
- Rotation of the lever in a second direction translates rotational movement into sliding motion of the upper disk in a second direction to control the water flow rate.
- Everything from the motion of the planets to visual perception was described in terms of particles bouncing off of one another, translating their kinetic motion from one body to another.
3.1 Mathematics Transform (a geometric figure) in an analogous way.
Example sentences
- The line may be also translated by dragging it anywhere away from the points.
- To calculate shape coordinates, the 23 triangles were translated, rotated, and rescaled relative to the baseline.
- Example sentences
- The need for translatability is foregrounded because video games are sold across the world, with most games developed in either Japan or the United States.
- Drawing on the Renjaminian notion of translatability outlined above, I will now explore the difficulties inherent in translating Manzoni's I promessi sposi.
- Tyndale's English Bible was first and foremost an exercise in the translatability of the universal truths of the Gospel into the vernacular and idiom of English culture.
- Example sentences
- Sexual orientation is not translatable into the Inuktitut language.
- An evening spot on Chinese Radio talking about our campaign, and attempting to explain in easily translatable form, what 'social democratic values' are.
- There is an unmistakable beauty, a spectacular charge to found footage that is translatable for a wide range of viewers.
Words that rhyme with translateabate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight
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Jay-Z and Alicia Keys have something in common… and it's more than an Empire State of Mind.
These two also have an impeccable sense of style, and it's not going unnoticed. They've both been given the honor of being placed on Vanity Fair Magazine's prestigious 2012 International Best Dressed List.
The Dutchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, tops the list for the third year in a row. Also honored were NE Patriot's Quarterback Tom Brady, NY Giant's receiver Victor Cruz, actress Jessica Chastain and fashion designer Oswald Boateng among others.
Congrats are in order, but are they deserved? Who do you think is missing from the list? Let us know!


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Welcome to Stung Treng Women's Development Centre!
empowering individuals, improving lives
Stung Treng Women's Development Centre (SWDC) is located in Sre Po village near the Sekong River, in remote Stung Treng Province, North East of Cambodia. Our project focuses on developing life skills that assist in breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy for vulnerable people, especially women in our region.
Established in 2001, by a local Cambodian couple, SWDC was conceived to meet the community's needs. Much of the region deals with the challenges of poverty, low education, few employment prospects and geographical remoteness.
Our programs offer opportunities that improve living standards through education, vocational training and employment.
developing life skills, creating beautiful products
One of our outcomes is mekong blue silk products, now regarded as one of the finest silk products in Cambodia. Our mekong blue silk products are 100% hand-woven, of high quality, unique and UNESCO award winners. Most importantly, their production allows not only preservation but cultivation of the hundred-year old tradition of silk-weaving. It is a product with spirit, truly a pleasure to own and any purchase makes a difference.
our purpose
Stung Treng Women's Development Center is a Cambodian based humanitarian NGO focusing on developing life skills that assist in breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy for vulnerable people, especially women, in Stung Treng Province. Our projects are developed to empower and support, whilst providing knowledge and skills that have a long term benefit.
our commitment
- Improve standards of living and increase opportunities through education programs in health and literacy.
- Break the cycle of poverty through vocational training in skills that increase employment opportunities and income generation.
- Provide employment opportunities that pay a livable wage, encourage personal development and valuable on the job training.
- Encourage professional competence, ethical practice and quality results through on going training and support activities.
- Continuously develop appropriate and sustainable programs that improve lives, increase skills and benefit the community.
- Provide assistance without reference to religious, ethnic or political background.


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Christopher Hadorn is no longer an employee/writer at The San Diego Union-Tribune
Christopher Hadorn joined The Californian in October 2009. Hadorn covers prep sports in Southwest County. He previously served as an intern with both the Texas League and the San Antonio Missions, the Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. Hadorn is an alumnus of San Jose State University.
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RIVERSIDE In soggy and rainy conditions, the Southwestern League proved its mettle at the CIF Southern Section Eastern Team Divisional on Monday. Great Oak edged rival Murrieta Valley 361-363, claiming its fourth divisional title in five years at the par-70 Jurupa Hills Country Club. The top four teams Monday ...
Riverside PrepsPREP NOTEBOOK: Ponzio's shot puts are a spectacle
May 5, 2013, 11:37 p.m.
There was an unusual buzz surrounding the boys shot put competition when the Southwestern League track finals kicked off Thursday afternoon. Every time Great Oak's Nick Ponzio stepped up to throw, there was six video cameras fixed on his every move. The onlookers were hoping to catch a potential historic ...


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Anti-DismalThis page list the blog posts that were indexed on EconAcademics.Org, along with the mentioned research items or authors linked to IDEAS. In all, these are 3 blog posts referring to 3 distinct items or authors.
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- Javier Vázquez-Grenno, 2012. "Job search methods in times of crisis: native and immigrant strategies in Spain," Working Papers 2012/19, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
- Ronald Bachmann & Thomas K. Bauer & Hanna Kröger, 2012.
"Minimum Wages as a Barrier to Entry – Evidence from Germany,"
Ruhr Economic Papers
0329, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
- Bachmann, Ronald & Bauer, Thomas K. & Kroeger, Hanna, 2012. "Minimum Wages as a Barrier to Entry: Evidence from Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 6484, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Davide Cantoni & Noam Yuchtman, 2012.
"Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution,"
NBER Working Papers
17979, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Cantoni, Davide & Yuchtman, Noam, 2012. "Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution," Discussion Papers in Economics 12896, University of Munich, Department of Economics.


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It's a mistake not to market soap to men
It's super easy for us women to get excited over beautifully-smelling soap, and we get even more excited when the soap has fancy designs. What woman can resist cupcake soap with a mountain of soap frosting on top of it? What woman can resist how wonderful her bathroom smells after using a bar of homemade soap? Not to mention how wonderful we smell after using one of those fabulous bars! We women like those little extra luxuries; they make us feel good.
But, what about men? Do they like homemade soap too? You betcha! Last summer, I brought some homemade cold process soap to the moms on my son's baseball team. I figured that they would be excited, and they were. However, the person who seemed to enjoy the soap the most was not a woman at all; t was Brett's coach. Before a game, he pulled me aside and asked if he could buy some homemade soap from me. He said he had never used soap like that before, and liked it much better than the store bought soap. As most of you know, I do not sell finished cold process soap, but I did give him a few more bars of my soap that I made for testing our fragrances.
Just the other day, my cousin's husband was visiting from Baltimore and he asked me if I had anymore of the homemade soap I had given him the last time they were in Ohio. He is in construction, and his hands get extremely dry and callused. He said that my homemade soap made his hands much softer than the store bought soap he had at home. I gave him a few bars and he was thrilled! Not only that, but he has been trying to get my cousin to start making soap for him. Of course there is nothing stopping him from making it himself. Soap making is not a science/craft reserved for just women you know.
So, you see, women like the homemade soap primarily for the smell & aesthetics, and secondarily for the skin softening. Men like homemade soap primarily for the skin softening qualities. Men like their skin to look and feel young too. My point is: If you are not targeting men in your marketing strategy, you are missing an entire market sector that is actually showing growth. While men may not insist that the soap you sell them has pretty swirls or fancy designs, they love homemade soap just as much as women do. It is a mistake not to market your soap to men.
Natures Garden sells soap making supplies for making cold process soap. We also sell an entire line of melt and pour soap bases for those of you who do not want to work with lye. Whether you choose to make your own soap from scratch, or make soap with melt and pour soap bases, either of these products will be much better for your skin than store bought brands.
Happy Soaping!
Have a Bubbly Awesome Day!
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Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2
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LaGuardia Airport to Get Faster Bus Links
In announcing an expansion of limited-stop select bus service to LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, city and state officials are attempting to address a glaring weakness in the region's transportation network: the growl-inducing schlep to reach New York's second busiest airport.
Roughly one year from now, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the city Department of Transportation hope to extend the existing network of SBS buses — the blue-lighted vehicles that make quicker trips with fewer stops on some avenues in Manhattan and Staten Island — into the heart of the Bronx and across Harlem to better serve LaGuardia.
In the process, planners said they hope to shave minutes off current commuting times for travelers and airport personnel while improving connections links to Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road.
"LaGuardia Airport is a transportation hub and a city unto itself that needs a better connection to the transit network and the region's economy," DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said in the announcement of the planned bus service. "These routes will open the terminal doors to new neighborhoods and bring more reliable local service to people across three boroughs."
The agencies proposed three new direct routes to the airport:
- An SBS line running across Manhattan at 125th St., mirroring the route of the existing M60 but making fewer stops.
- A line running from Webster Avenue in the Bronx, down across the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge to the airport
- A direct link from Woodside, Queens to LaGuardia via the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
The agencies also proposed realigning local routes in Queens to better serve air passengers and airport workers.
Time savings for travelers would vary widely. An SBS route along 125th Street, where the DOT says M60 buses are stopped some 60% of the time, would shave an estimated 9 minutes off a trip to the airport. But that route would also link to the Metro-North stop at Harlem-125th St., potentially offering commuters from north of the city an easier airport trip.
The Webster Avenue route could provide a far greater improvement, potentially cutting airport travel time from 83 minutes to 43 minutes, according to estimates provided by the MTA and DOT.
Required public outreach on the plans has already begun and will continue for roughly a year, a DOT spokesman said, and the new service wouldn't being until 2014.


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2013 Friday Football Focus Player of the Week & Player of the Year
Beginning in Week 2, September 6th, Friday Football Focus will honor local high school football players by selecting a "Player of the Week". Tune into Friday Football Focus every Friday night at 11:15pm this fall and find out if your favorite local football player is chosen!
At the end of the regular season, we will also choose a Friday Football Focus "Player of the Year". The winning athlete will receive a Friday Football Focus Player of the Year Trophy and special recognition including a guest appearance and award on Friday Football Focus! In addition, Union Bank will make a $1,000 donation to the winner's high school football program!
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Darfur Activists applaud Senate Passage of Divestment LegislationDecember 31, 1969
Save Darfur, Genocide Intervention Network, American Jewish World Service, National Association of Evangelicals, NAACP urge President Bush to end his administration's opposition to critical measure
– In a bipartisan show of force, the Senate unanimously passed
the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act which would authorize
state and local governments to divest from companies that support
the Khartoum government at the expense of marginalized populations
in Sudan and prohibit federal contracts with those companies.
Darfur activists have been aggressively pushing this legislation,
and the groups – including the Save Darfur Coalition, Genocide
Intervention Network, National Association of Evangelicals,
American Jewish World Service and NAACP – together hailed this
critical step and urged the Bush administration to end its efforts
to obstruct this important legislation.
"We commend the Senate for pushing the United States towards fulfilling its responsibility to protect civilians in Darfur," the groups said in a joint statement. "We specifically highlight the tireless efforts of Senators Dodd, Shelby, Reid and Durbin, who all worked to ensure the measure passed in a unanimous, bipartisan fashion. It is incomprehensible that at a time when significant pressure is needed to change Khartoum's behavior, the Bush administration would delay and even oppose efforts to hit the perpetrators where it hurts the most – their wallets. Further efforts by the administration to derail this legislation must end now. The collective efforts of our organizations will not end until President Bush signs this measure into law."
President Bush described the ongoing crisis in Darfur as "genocide" more than three years ago and identified the Government of Sudan and its allied militia as responsible. Since then, diplomatic efforts by the United States and the international community have failed to leverage sufficient pressure on the Government of Sudan to end the violence. In the meantime, as many as 400,000 Darfurians have been killed and more than two million displaced.
A U.N. peacekeeping mission authorized by the Security Council in August has yet to deploy in large part because the Government of Sudan has refused to allow non-African peacekeepers into Darfur, landing rights for U.N. transport and unfettered communications between peacekeepers. In addition, the Government of Sudan continues to bomb villages and to relocate its supporters onto land vacated by the displaced.
Since 2005, 22 states and over 50 universities have adopted Sudan divestment policies. The movement has rapidly spread through Europe: in July the European Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution calling on European Union members to support targeted Sudan divestment efforts. Seven major foreign companies - CHC Helicopter, ABB, Siemens, Rolls Royce, ICSA of India, Schlumberger and La Mancha Resources - have ceased problematic operations in Sudan or significantly changed their behavior in the country since the proliferation of the Sudan divestment movement.
In 2001, President Bush wrote "not on my watch" in the margins of a memo detailing the Rwandan genocide. With a little over a year left in office President Bush has an opportunity to protect civilians in Darfur and help ensure lasting peace for Sudan. Signing the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act is the first step towards fulfilling the promise he made early in his presidency.
The broad and diverse coalition that supported and played a critical role in the passage of Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act also includes the American Jewish Committee, the Armenian National Committee of America, the Armenian Assembly of America, B'nai B'rith International, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the National Council of Churches, the NAACP, the ENOUGH Project, STAND, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Religious Action Center, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, and dozens of state and local faith-based and community organizations.
Who will lose their federal
The Sudan Divestment Task Force, a project of the Genocide Intervention Network, maintains a list of problematic companies supporting the Sudanese government. The following companies appear on this list and, as of September 2007, maintained contracts with the federal government: ALSTOM (FRANCE), LAHMEYER INTERNATIONAL (GERMANY), MOTT MACDONALD (UK).
If SADA passes the House of Representatives and is signed into law, all companies renewing or pursuing new contracts with the federal government must certify that they do not support the Sudanese government. The bill includes explicit exemptions for South Sudan to ensure that its effects are felt by the regime in Khartoum, and not by civilians elsewhere in Sudan.
About the Save Darfur Coalition – The Save Darfur Coalition raises public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and mobilizes a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of people throughout the Darfur region. It is an alliance of more than 180 faith-based, advocacy and human rights organizations. The coalition's member organizations represent 130 million people of all ages, races, religions and political affiliations united together to help the people of Darfur. For more information on the coalition, please visit www.SaveDarfur.org. To obtain footage from the Darfur border region, coalition events, various interviews, and more, please visit the Save Darfur Coalition media gallery at http://media.savedarfur.org. All footage may be previewed in non-broadcast quality and may be purchased in broadcast quality by filling out the purchase request form provided on the site.
About the Genocide Intervention Network – The Genocide Intervention Network is working to build the first permanent anti-genocide constituency in the United States, mobilizing the political will to stop genocide when it occurs. Accessible online at www.GenocideIntervention.net, GI-Net empowers individuals with tools to stop genocide through education, fundraising for civilian protection and advocacy efforts.
About the American Jewish World Service – American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism's imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality. Through grants to grassroots organizations, volunteer service, advocacy and education, AJWS fosters civil society, sustainable development and human rights for all people, while promoting the values and responsibilities of global citizenship within the Jewish community.
About the NAACP – Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.


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Warriors fans bring the noise to Oakland
Playoff-hungry crowd helps to power win at 'Roaracle Arena'April 27, 2013 Updated: January 16, 2014 3:23pm
Photo: Lance Iversen, The Chronicle
Back in the day, the slab of Oakland concrete wedged between 66th Street, Hegenberger Road and the Nimitz Freeway was the coolest locale in all of sports, home to Kenny Stabler and Catfish Hunter and Rick Barry. The private turf of some of the hippest, most passionate and least pretentious fans to ever give full-throated support to a team.
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Meredith Whitney: 'Everybody Loses' in Detroit Bankruptcy
Banking analyst Meredith Whitney said Detroit has been operating like a third-world country and the ramifications from the country's largest-ever municipal bankruptcy case will be felt far and wide.
Speaking in an interview on CNBC, Whitney, founder and CEO of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, said groups ranging from bond holders to taxpayers to city residents will all suffer from Detroit's bankruptcy.
"The fact is everybody loses and everybody is going to have to make a concession," said Whitney, who earlier this year published her book "Fate of the States."
"In Detroit's case, it was in near-third world operating conditions in the richest country in the world," she said. "Finally, the city said enough's enough."
Detroit's problems aren't isolated either. Whitney said local governments across the country will continue to struggle with heavy debt loads, a problem that will trickle down to average Americans.
"I think you're going to see a real issue of neighbor against neighbor on these very issues," she said. "That has been glossed over for years. What's at stake are social services we count on."
Whitney published an op-ed in the Financial Times this week saying the aftershocks following Detroit's bankruptcy will be "staggering." The Detroit bankruptcy shouldn't be viewed as a one-off, she wrote, and cautioned the fiscal structure of many of the country's biggest cities are unsustainable.
"There are five more towns like Detroit in Michigan alone," Whitney wrote in the FT. "There are many more municipalities across the country in similar positions. Detroit's decision last week paves the way for other elected or non-elected officials to make decisions to save their cities and towns, decisions that probably involve politically unpopular actions that may secure their long-term viability."
Whitney gained acclaim on Wall Street in October 2007 when she accurately foreshadowed Citigroup's woes prior to the financial crisis. She remained an outspoken critic of the bank throughout the financial crisis and the subsequent recovery. In 2010, she predicted a wave of municipal defaults were coming, a development that has yet to materialize.
However, she concluded the CNBC interview on a rather upbeat note, claiming there are still pockets of the country unaffected by the housing collapse that can still flourish even in current conditions.
"Imagine the idea of having an opportunity to invest in emerging market style growth, but not have the inflationary pressures that come with that," she said. "You have that in the United States. So, as tragic as Detroit may be, there is so much good going on within the U.S."
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Customs and Revenue is clearly in a state of some denial about the
extent to which their pet subject is a byword for catatonic boredom:
they have allowed the Boss Of All The Taxmen to have a go at delivering
their new YouTube ad,
instead of getting a professional in. If you are currently experiencing
the agonies of insomnia, I advise you save this treat till bedtime. The
Telegraph serves up a list of HMRC's competitors for the title 'Most
Boring Video on YouTube (at Number 1: 'watching paint dry') here.
It sounds like the punch-line to an (admittedly low-hilarity) Tech joke, but apparently not: the internet really could run out of addresses within two years, unless more companies migrate to a new naming protocol, warn experts.
Over at BoingBoing, they claim that the top secret global Ante-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has been leaked – and that it's blimmin' bad news
for us all. Amongst other things, ISPs might be forced to take
proactive responsibility for pulling copyrighted material – which
BoingBoing says would sound the death knell for YouTube, and much of
Web 2.0.
One of the joys of remote working is being able to do
so in your pyjamas (or, in my case, a maroon velvet smoking-jacket and
spats.) Now Linden Labs has spoiled it all
by launching Second Life Enterprise, where companies can do virtual
business behind a firewall. My friends, pyjamas won't cut it now.
Dunstone, the increasingly vocal chief exec of TalkTalk, has castigated
the government for the second time this month – this time over its
plans for a broadband tax to fund the rollout of high-speed broadband
to non-profitable rural areas. He warns
that around 100,000 low-income households will be forced to give up
their Internet connections because they will not be able to afford to
pay the tax.
Twitter dejection
appears to be catching. Following Stephen Fry's attack of the dismals
last weekend, Katie Price (aka Jordan, glamour model extraordinaire)
has posted a series of overwrought tweets telling her 'haters' to do
their worst, and saying that she feels she can do nothing right. Celebs
and Twitter – an unhealthy combination, prone to increase self-loathing
and thence end in tears?
It would be fair to say that Facebook's
recent redesign has not gone down too well, and last week we reported
that the group 'Change Facebook Back to Normal' has 1.4m rebels and
rising. We hadn't clocked, however, that the proto–revolutionary
expertly fomenting this dissent is… a 14 year-old boy called Jonathan Woodlief, from North Carolina. Asked for a quote, the boy's dad said "He's doing what on Facebook?" There goes the allowance.
and Security Minister David Hanson has confirmed that a number of
suspects have been held this year by the police's e-crime unit, in
connection with cyber attacks on government
depts. The minister declined to elaborate, citing national security –
but did reveal that the (rather Gilliamesque) "Office for Cyber
Security" had been established "to monitor the health of cyber space
and co-ordinate incident response".
Is social networking destined for the same spam-bedevilled fate
as email? The big networks need to do some urgent thinking, warns
Graham Cluley of security firm Sophos, if they don't wish users trust
in the blossoming marketing platform to be crushed. Sophos found that 1
in 4 companies had been exposed to spam, phishing or malware via sites
like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace.
MSN, the
wallflower at the social media party, is finally getting a makeover
from Microsoft. The site's dramatically-different design is now sleeker and more minimal – and focuses on video and importing key feeds like Twitter and Facebook.
Sharp intakes of breath from cable companies, with the announcement that Apple is having another go at Web TV – this time with an iTunes-based subscription service.
amid growing concern that some social gaming app developers are
scamming both users and advertisers, MySpace boss Owen Van Natta has
announced a "zero tolerance for app scams" policy – particularly those which sign users up for a repeat transaction without telling them.
been a sedate few days for Facebook and Twitter – a pleasant change
after the giddy whirl of the last few weeks, during which announcements
came at breakneck pace from both. As you catch your breath and mop your
brow, we bring you The Buzz Bin's Facebook Fan Page Best Practices, followed by Jason Falls on why Facebook mentions of your brand won't show up on your monitoring service…
… and for Afters, we have Mashable's Twitter Lists How-To, plus a wee peek at Peek, the handheld device for mobile tweeting which launched this week.
Google's YouTube wants to convince media companies
like Disney that it's better to sell advertising space around
illegally-uploaded material, than to take it down. According to YouTube
their ContentID system can identify material even if it's been
customized by users – they hope that this will reassure
copyright-holders, who will then play along.
Sainsbury's has been slow off the Twitter mark
– its @JSainsburysPlc has made 9 posts since its launch in March. Now,
though, it's taking a leaf out of its celeb spokesman Jamie Oliver's
book, and launching @sainsbury's, through which they hope to inspire
shoppers with recipe ideas.
Kodak has launched a branded YouTube channel, ForMom, which encourages mothers to upload content on various topics that will make other mum's live a bit easier.
US cake brand Mrs. Freshley's has launched a Facebook search to find "the real Mrs. Freshley" – someone who embodies the spirit of the brand which, till now, has not had a fixed persona.
Lee Deli had lassoed some new Twitter followers whilst helping the
fight against hunger. On Monday they donated $1 per follower (to a max
of $25K) to Share Our Strength, which fights childhood hunger in the US. Followers used hashtags and retweets to help the campaign go viral.
Finally. After iPhone's 2 ½ years unchallenged at the top of the market, here comes a competitor to make Apple twitchy. Buzz is getting busy around Motorola's Droid – here's a peak at the latest of its super-stylish (if slightly baffling) commercials.
Lab announced its Q3 figures this week – with user-to-user transactions
jumping 54% year-on-year, to $150 million. Total user hours, however,
rose by a meagre 13% year-on-year, which Linden ascribed to the
introduction of their bot-banning policy. Monthly repeat logins for
September 2009 peaked at 750,446 – a 23% increase year-on-year.
Bebo launched its Social Games Experience
ecosystem this week. The site section includes developer tools and
games, fronted by the Games Homepage, which allows users to access
social games apps and communicate around them.
The Chinese authorities have told NetEase, which operates World of Warcraft in China, that the game is in "gross violation" of Chinese regulations and that they must stop new account registration immediately.
Kzero have updated their very useful Brands in Virtual Worlds
slideshare – it now includes campaigns from Hush Puppies, NBA, and
Skittles amongst many others – and you can give it a quick once over
If, in this light news week, you found yourself with a spare two minutes, you could do much worse than cast your eye over David Armano's sharp assessment of where social media might lead us in 2010.
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Definition of privileged in English:
1Having special rights, advantages, or immunities: in the nineteenth century, only a privileged few had the vote
More example sentences
- One advantage of Rayleigh's privileged social position was that he did not need an academic post to earn his living.
- The masses will gain self-esteem and leaders are forced to take decisions that are also beneficial to the masses and do not in the first place safeguard the privileged position of the elite.
- What I desire is a politician who is comfortable enough with himself and honest enough with me to enjoy his success, wealth and privileged position.
wealthy, rich, affluent, prosperous;
lucky, fortunate, elite, favored;
(socially) advantaged
1.1 [with infinitive] Having the rare opportunity to do something that brings particular pleasure: I felt I had been privileged to compete in such a race
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- She was honoured and privileged to accept the award on behalf of the people of Westport.
- I have been honoured and privileged to have served my leader and served Northern Ireland.
- Tom, who is one of the youngest members of the club, said he was honoured and privileged to have been elected to serve as President for the next year.
1.2(Of information) legally protected from being made public: the intelligence reports are privileged
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- Legally privileged information obtained by a source is extremely unlikely ever to be admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings.
- This means that they are not bound by the constraints of the data protection act or any other laws that protect medical or other privileged information.
- We have indicated our concern at the extent of privileged information that was being passed to the Racing Organisation.
confidential, private, secret, restricted, classified, not for publication, off the record, inside
informal hush-hush
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