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The Liquor Commission has rejected an application by retail giant Woolworths for an alcohol superstore - only 6km away from its nearest store - after police submitted evidence showing existing alcohol-related crime in the area.
The proposed Dan Murphy's store in the Joondalup Gate centre in Edgewater would have occupied 1128sqm of sales and display space.
In its decision, the Liquor Commission said there were 12 other liquor outlets in the Joondalup area, including a Dan Murphy's store in Currambine, 6.1km away from the proposed site, and a Woolworths Liquor outlet to the immediate north in the Lakeside Joondalup shopping centre.
Police said in a submission there was already existing alcohol-related harm occurring within the area of the proposed premises.
They said they had attended 25 incidents within a 300m radius of the Edgewater site in 2011.
Police said they did not support the application because there were sufficient liquor outlets in the area and "if the application were to be granted, it would likely negatively impact on the amenity of the locality".
However, the Liquor Commission conceded that Dan Murphy's liquor outlets were well managed and have "adequate, well documented and entrenched harm minimisation policies which to a big extent mirror the conditions suggested by the intervener (the police)".
Those conditions included CCTV surveillance and mandatory training in the responsible service of alcohol.
Two other applications for Dan Murphy's stores in Cockburn and Bicton were rejected by the Liquor Commission, echoing similar concerns by police about whether the stores were in the public interest.
When Woolworths applied for the Edgewater licence in 2011, it described the outlet as a "destination" liquor store, the same description it applied to its Currambine store.
The destination tag implies the store will draw customers from a geographically wide area.
The commission found the addition of another destination liquor store would significantly increase outlet density which was associated with the harmful consumption of alcohol.
A Dan Murphy's spokesman said it was not in a position to discuss the possibility of an appeal because it was still reviewing the decision.


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MOBILE, Ala. -- With even more state budget cuts expected in coming months, Mobile County school officials said Wednesday that they're enacting a hiring freeze on most of the system's 45 vacancies, about half of which are teaching positions.
Superintendent Roy Nichols said the district would still hire people for a handful of math and special education slots, but there has been a shortage of applicants for those jobs.
The district is also considering taking steep cost-saving measures in 2010, including eliminating pay supplements for coaches and other employees and canceling raises for support personnel.
That would save about $4 million, or the equivalent of about 80 jobs, according to Chief Financial Officer Dinish Simpson.
But board members at a meeting Wednesday did not seem too keen on cutting pay for coaches.
"When you talk about eliminating supplements, you're talking about eliminating athletics," said board member Bill Meredith, whose sons are coaches at Theodore and Bryant high schools.
Without that money, Meredith asked: "Who's going to put all that extra time in?"
Each of Mobile County's 13 high schools has a football coach who earns about $7,000 extra per year.
The coach is usually also the athletic director, giving him an additional $5,000 annually.
A slew of other coaches, including head basketball and baseball coaches, earn about $3,000 a year in supplements.
The school system also gives supplemental pay to band directors, academic department heads, maintenance workers with advanced certifications and other employees.
Nichols said the board will have to "consider all options on the table," but he added that he does not want to cut the supplements.
The school system is winding down its 2009 budget, which was cut 11 percent by state-mandated budget reductions known as proration.
Even as districts across the state are drawing up their 2010 budgets, which take effect Oct. 1, officials are expecting another round of proration on that budget to the tune of 6 percent to 8 percent.
"At this point, we're in survival mode," Simpson told the board.
By law, districts must draw up budgets to match their allocations in accordance with the state budget passed by the Legislature in the summer.
So Simpson is working with a $302 million figure. But she met with the board Wednesday to give her ideas on where 8 percent of cuts -- about $21 million -- could come.
Federal stimulus dollars have saved more than 700 jobs this school year, Simpson said. Officials said they may have to lay off employees at the end of the 2009-10 academic year, but they are trying to think of creative ways to avoid doing that.
Besides eliminating the supplements and raises, Simpson's suggestions included:
-- Using $2.8 million that is set aside to buy 150 new school buses to fund the transportation department's maintenance instead.
-- Using $2 million designated for capital improvements and $7.6 million of federal stimulus money to pay salaries of maintenance workers and cover maintenance costs.
-- Refinancing a 2003 construction bond for a savings of $4 million.
-- Though he doesn't agree with cutting supplemental pay, board member Reginald Crenshaw said he agrees with much of the rest of it. "I'm encouraged that we're being proactive," Crenshaw said. "If proration comes, it's good to have a Plan B."


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To mark the Year of the Snake and the Chinese New Year, Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in a performance of his Martial Arts Trilogy. In this multi-media event dedicated to Hollywood grandeur, scenes from three classic martial arts films, The Banquet, Hero and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will be projected above the orchestra as they celebrate his spectacular scores, as well as the awe-inspiring martial arts that make these films so powerful.
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From new hires and promotions to industry awards, here's a roundup of achievements by businesses and individuals in the greater Ann Arbor area:
• In related news from St. Joseph Mercy, the health system has partnered with MDLIVE, a provider of virtual medicine services and software, to launch of a first-of-its-kind service providing virtual real-time physician appointments 24 hours a day, seven days a week across Michigan. The service for southeast Michigan residents will be led by St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland and St. Mary Mercy Livonia hospitals and will be available in west Michigan through Mercy Health. MDLIVE is a secure, HIPAA-compliant, confidential service that offers patients virtual consultations with an expert, board-certified physician via secured live streaming video, telephone or mobile app. More information is available at MDlive.com/Stjoeshealth .
• The Whole Brain Group, based in Ann Arbor, recently celebrated 12 years in business by adding four team members and expanding its office space. Dania DunlapHurden and Dan Keelan joined the team as client engagement managers, responsible for developing and managing lead generation strategies for clients. Karl Kasischke was hired as the company's lead web developer, and Bill Kerschbaum joined the team as a content production specialist. Additionally, the company's growth prompted a recent move to new facilities in the Burlington Building on the south side of Ann Arbor, tripling available office space.
• The United Way of Washtenaw County received a grant update for the last 12 months from the Red Cross that reported their emergency response team had responded to 114 unique disaster events in Washtenaw County between July 1, 2013 and June 30. Of the total events, 110 were due to either single- or multi-family residential fires, and four were weather related. The Red Cross reports this is their highest number of local unique disaster responses in the last five-year period.
• Charter One has named Robert Aikens of Saline, Heather Polleti of Dearborn Heights, Alan Robbins of Willis and Alex Hamid of Dearborn as residential loan officers for the Home Lending Solutions Midwest Division. Charter One has offices in Plymouth, Southgate, Birmingham and Ann Arbor.
• A new business, Mold Pro LLC, will soon be located at 237 W. Main St. in Milan. The mold remediation company was formerly run out of the home of owner and founder John DuBois of York Township.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has designated the Corner Health Center in Ypsilanti as a patient-centered medical home practice for 2014. The designation period runs from July 1 through June 30, 2015. The designation means that the health center is among a select group of primary care physicians in Michigan who are improving health care quality by adopting the PCMH model of care.
Paparazzi highlights photos of industry awards, corporate donations to a local charity or other business happenings in the greater Ann Arbor area.
The goal of these events is to help approximately 450 families manage and reduce their energy bills. DTE customers were able to apply for energy assistance and meet with human service agencies. Participants also received information about home weatherization services and tools to help lower energy costs.
Customers who take advantage of the event must be income eligible to receive energy assistance and were required to show a valid state ID, a recent DTE Energy bill and proof of income.
The June Customer Assistance Day was one of a series of customer events hosted by DTE throughout Michigan communities every year.
Datebook is your source for information about important business events going on in the greater Ann Arbor area.
• Tuesday: Michigan Marketing Minds - Summer Marketing Workshop. 5-7 p.m. SPARK Central, 330 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. For the summer months, the Michigan Marketing Minds does something a little different. Do you have a business or are a budding entrepreneur that has some unanswered marketing questions? Come meet with the Marketing Minds in a one-on-one setting to talk about your toughest marketing challenges. Free. More information: http://www.annarborusa.org/events.
• Aug. 19: Know Your Numbers. 8:30 a.m.-noon. Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College, 4800 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, in Room 150. $25 (Free to 5/3 Bank customers). More information: http://www.annarborusa.org/events.
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More than a dozen restaurants are slated to participate in Flemington's Restaurant Week, which started Monday and runs through Sunday.
Diners can find discounted, multi-course lunches and dinners throughout the week, according to a news release.
The Flemington Business Improvement District's Restaurant Association also has several dining discounts planned.
Participants include:
- 55 Main
- Chive & Thyme Cafe
- Gallo Rosso
- Market Roast
- Matt's Red Rooster Grill
- Teaberry's
- Reimei Asian
- Theresa's Cafe
- The Grill Shack
Mention the words "restaurant week" at these businesses and find other discounts:
- Cocco's Cafe: Free small gelato with purchase of sandwich or salad
- Garden State Salad: Free cup of soup
- Kebab Cafe: 20 percent off all checks
- King Garden: Lunch and dinner special combos
- Sophia's Sub Shop: Free can of soda with purchase of half sub or sandwich
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Where to start when switching to organic
Finding it hard to fill your grocery bags with organic products? The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation has identified five of the worst environmental nasties.
Coffee: some of the most dangerous pesticides, ones that for a long-time have been banned in Sweden and Europe, are used on coffee plantations. The pesticides used are detrimental for nature and animals, including humans. Organic coffee is readily available and it will only cost you a few extra kronor.
Bananas and grapes (including wine and raisins): both are heavily sprayed. On banana plantations extremely hazardous pesticides are used that can cause nerve damage to both workers and their children. As for grapes their thin skins can contain the residue of pesticides. For example, the residue of 26 pesticides was found in a European sample of raisins.
Dairy products: for a few extra kronor you can get dairy products that make a big difference both here and abroad. In Sweden you contribute to healthier water, less poisons and better conditions for the animals.In countries such as Brazil, it reduces the need for deforestation and that animals and humans are poisoned in order to produce cheap food for cattle in Sweden.
Meat: it is best to choose organic for the same reasons as the dairy products. If there is no organic option, choose free range. The most important thing is to reduce your consumption of meat, writes the Society for Nature Conservation.
Potatoes: the humble potato is the most sprayed crop in Sweden. The worst of them all is the King Edward variety.
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A: The easiest place to start is by understanding that you treat each event separately, so let's look at these event by event.
Engagement gift giving is in a state of change in the United State. Traditionally, engagement gifts were small tokens given by the couple's close family. Over time, they have become more standard from all guests in large cities and the Northeast, though it's still very case by case. The trend seems to be towards giving a gift, but the best thing is to check with your host if you aren't sure. If you do bring a gift and others didn't, don't be surprised if the couple sets it aside to open later, so as not to embarrass guests who didn't bring a gift. Engagement gifts are still considered small gifts, such as a cookbook, vase, or bottle of wine.
Do bring a gift to a wedding shower—that's the point, after all—and play along with any gift themes the hosts may have organized. If for any reason you are invited to more than one shower, you only need to give a gift at one of them. If you are invited to either a shower or an engagement party and you can't attend, you don't need to send a gift, though you may if you wish.
If you are invited to the wedding itself, you always send a gift, whether you can attend or not. It has no bearing whether or not you already gave gifts other parties; treat each event separately. If you are invited to a wedding reception only (often called a second or belated reception)—but not the actual wedding ceremony—you may bring or send a gift if you like, but it's not expected, regardless of attendance.


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The car industry is such a good place to go for examples of Business Studies in action. Here, the problem under discussion is capacity utilisation. This concept is very closely linked to the idea of a breakeven point.
If car producers have vast factories, production lines and huge workforces they are often stuck with high fixed costs. To breakeven (and eventually make a profit), the manufacturers have to sell lots of vehicles to cover their costs. For many car firms, this simply isn't happening and losses are mounting.
This Economist article explains the woes of Europe's carmakers. The euro-area crisis has aggravated an ongoing oversupply of cars in Europe and prompted a brutal price war. Peugeot is burning cash at a rate of €200m a month. Its shares have slumped. Investors wonder whether it can survive more than another year or two. The answer would seem to be trying to cut back on costs. Peugeot said earlier this month that it would cut 6,500 jobs and close its factory near Paris, but President François Hollande insisted that its plan "will not be accepted".
Ford said its losses this year in Europe would be far worse than expected, at more than $1 billion. Opel-Vauxhall (whose boss was replaced this month, for the second time in eight months) is expected to lose more than $1 billion this year, on top of the $14 billion lost since 1999. Not every company is suffering. Daimler said its first-half profits were up slightly, to €2.9 billion. Jaguar Land Rover, British-based but Indian-owned and enjoying record profits, said it would create a further 1,100 jobs at a factory near Birmingham, on top of a similar expansion at a plant near Liverpool. On July 26th Volkswagen announced record profits of €6.5 billion for the first half, up 7% on a year earlier.
Western Europe's car market is, overall, in its fifth year of falling sales. But in some markets, such as Britain and Germany, sales are slightly up so far this year and premium brands such as BMW and Land Rover are enjoying strong export demand from emerging markets. But the central problem seems to be over-capacity. There has been massive restructuring in most industries since the financial crisis five years ago – but only two European car factories have closed. One analyst quoted in the article argues that only drastic cuts in capacity, with up to 12 assembly plants closing, will be enough to restore the fortunes of Europe's car market.
The article is well worth a look, and you might like to also ckeck out Honda's response to the problem and a video clip about the approach favoured by General Motors from earlier this year.
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Finn M.W. Caspersen, the wealthy financier and philanthropist who apparently committed suicide last week, was under investigation for using foreign bank accounts to evade taxes, according to a report in The New York Times.
The report, quoted an unnamed person who was briefed on the investigation, said Caspersen might have owed as much as $100 million in back taxes and fines and possibly faced time in prison.
The Internal Revenue Service early this year won an agreement from UBS, the big Swiss bank, to turn over the names of certain Americans with secret overseas accounts. The IRS has offered amnesty to account owners who disclose their offshore holdings by Sept. 23.
The Times report said the Caspersen case involves bank accounts in Liechtenstein, which, like Switzerland, offers account secrecy as is part of the IRS inquiry. The IRS discovered Caspersen held an account at LGT, the private bank controlled with Liechtenstein's royal family, the report said.
As head of a major finance company for two decades, he amassed a fortune, giving away tens of millions of dollars to charities and becoming a key backer of the Republican Party in New Jersey and across the country. Caspersen made major donations to Drew University, the Peddie School in Hightstown, Brown, Harvard and Drew universities and Morristown Memorial Hospital.
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• Former N.J. power broker, philanthropist Finn Caspersen dies in apparent suicide


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Tall mother and father have tall boys and girls, rapid dad and mom have quick young children, and skinny dad and mom have skinny youngsters and so on and so forth. Hardgainers, or ectomorphs as they are generally referred to, can thank their mom and dad for their incapability to very easily pack on muscle mass. Ectomorphs effortlessly have a tougher time than most placing on muscle mass and retaining it there. If you are a particular of these hardgainers who has been making an attempt to put on high quality mass then you know just what I am speaking about. Concern not although as there is hope for you hardgainers nevertheless.
Getting body weight is basically a subject of consuming alot more energy than one is burning on a every day basis. Ectomorphs (hardgainers) have a a good deal more durable time of this than most as their bodies naturally burn up calories at a bigger rate. Throw in some grueling excess fat coaching and cardio periods and it gets a serious fight when seeking to set on fat. Items get even harder when one considers the reality that these calories will need to be 'clean' energy. That is to say that these energy need to be great in protein and as very low as feasible in excessive fat, sugar and basic carbs. I think you want to place on pounds in the sort of lean muscle and considerably less in the kind of a bloated gut.
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Against the breathtaking backdrop of Mont Blanc, the stunning town of Chamonix bustles with its busy resort centre packed full of fabulous shops, vibrant bars and mouthwatering restaurants. Staying in a self catering apartment allows you to take full advantage of this fantastic infrastructure, which is particularly suited to group ski holidays. The town of Chamonix is linked by a free bus service to the more tranquil hamlet of Argentiere with the area lift pass giving skiers and snowboarders incredible variety over its five separate ski areas. The bulk of accommodation is spread between these two resorts.
The popular Apartments Chamonix Sud, located just 10 minutes walk from the centre of Chamonix, offer excellent value for money plus a very comfortable living space. With the ski bus stop just 2 minutes away, plus a fantastic bakery, a supermarket and many great bars and restaurants, you can not fail to have an enjoyable and convenient stay. For a luxury ski holiday, at the heart of the action, the attractive stone clad Apartments La Ginabelle in the centre of Chamonix overlooking Mont Blanc, are high quality self catering apartments that sleep up to 8 with a superb swimming pool, sauna, Turkish bath and fitness area. Just 8 kms up the road lies the quieter town of Argentiere at the foot of one the main ski areas Les Grands Montets. The Apartments Argentiere are situated just 5 minutes walk from the main lifts are spacious and well furnished with good facilities.
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Q. Enclosed is a photo of a wooden carousel horse. I was told it is circa 1902 and made by Herschell, but I have not been able to verify this information. Could you please provide its history and value?
A. I consulted with carousel historian extraordinaire, writer and photographer, Bill Manns about your wooden horse. He said: "It is an Armitage-Herschell, from North Tonawanda, N.Y., circa 1890-1900. It is from a 'track-machine,' not a typical carousel; note the absence of a pole hole. The wood tail is a replacement, should be 'real horse hair,' it has a poor paint job and is worth about $2,000."
Allan Herschell established the Armitage Herschell Co. in Tonawanda, N.Y., in 1891. They made steam-powered merry-go-rounds for county fairs that often included organs. The horses were mounted on frames that allowed them to rock back and forth as they circled a wheeled track covered by a large canvas tent. By 1894, they were producing 300 carousels a year.
Your horse has a "floating saddle" that was applied rather than an integral part of the carving. A steam-powered carousel with horses like yours has been expertly restored and operates at Union Station in St. Louis. A photograph of your type of horse can be seen in "Painted Ponies American Carousel Art" written by William Manns, Peggy Shank and Marianne Stevens.
Q. Forty years ago, my aunt gave me her antique porcelain set of dishes for my wedding gift. I know it is close to 100 years old because it originally belonged to her grandmother. I have enclosed the mark that is on the back of each piece. Also are the words: "Made for M. F. Kaag -- Fort Wayne." The set is a service for four people and includes cups, saucers, dessert plates and luncheon plates. Each dish is decorated with bands of delicate pink flowers and gold edges against a white background. The porcelain is so thin, delicate and fragile that when a cup is held up you see light through it.
I plan to give it to my daughter for her wedding and would like to learn more about its history.
A. Haviland China Co. made your luncheon dishes. They have produced porcelain in Limoges, France, since 1876. M. F. Kaag and Sons were in business in the early 1900s in Fort Wayne, Ind. They imported porcelain from France and operated a successful store that sold china, glass and silverware.
Your circa 1900 luncheon set would fetch $200 to $275 in an antiques shop.
Q. I have a typed letter signed by John F. Kennedy when he was a senator in 1958. It was written on stationary with a United States Senate letterhead; I also have the envelope. Both are in excellent condition.
I am wondering if it has any value.
A. Your letter from John F. Kennedy when he was a United States Senator is very collectible. He served as a senator from 1953 to 1960 when he resigned to become president. Although he frequently personally signed his correspondence, his letters were often signed by a secretary or with an autopen.
I found records of similar letters selling over $1,500 and offered up for auction in the range of $4,000 to $6,500. Depending on the signature, condition and the content, the value could go much higher.
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The Object HTTP Mapper
About & License
OHM is by Ian Bicking, and written for The Open Planning Project.
It is licensed under an MIT-style license. Questions can go to the Paste mailing list, and bugs can go on the Paste Trac.
This project is very young. API changes are likely. You might find the To-Do list interesting. The server side of the API is more mature than the client side.
What Is OHM?
OHM is a library for serving Python objects as REST-style HTTP APIs, and for consuming REST-style APIs as Python objects.
The basic idea is that an object exists at some base URL, which is a container. (Getting the object there is outside of the scope of OHM, but WSGI-based dispatchers and frameworks can help you do this.) Each attribute is a resource under this container. E.g., if the object is at /article/1/, then you might have resources like /article/1/last_modified, /article/1/body.html, etc.
This generally exposes every attribute as an independent resource, independently gettable and settable. You can also serialize the entire object at once, and represent methods as POSTable objects (a borderline controller).
How to use OHM
There's two parts: client and server. These are generally symmetric, but use basic REST techniques and can thus connect easily to non-OHM sources of data, or non-OHM clients.
See the server section and the client section.
You come up with your own object, typically one that is persistent. A very simplistic persistence system is available on ohm.persist (you might find test/test_persist.py helpful in understanding the persistence).
You then define a wrapper around this object which will be the WSGI application. The wrapper is a class, and instances of the wrapper are connected to a specific object (and serve as WSGI application wrapping that object).
The basic pattern is:
from ohm import server from formencode import validators class MyWrapper(server.ApplicationWrapper): simple_attr = server.Setter() unicode_attr = server.Setter(unicode=True) typed_attr = server.Setter(content_type='text/plain') special_path_attr = server.Setter(uri_path='special-place.txt') json_attr = server.JSONSetter() int_attr = server.Setter(validator=validators.AsInt())
Each attribute in the class is an attribute of the underlying object that is exposed. In this case the object is assumed to have the attributes simple_attr, unicode_attr, etc. By default the values are exposed at paths like /simple_attr, etc. -- the exception in this example is special_path_attr which is exposed at /special-place.txt.
If you don't give any other information, each is exposed as an 8-bit str object. With unicode=True they are exposed as encoded objects (with charset=utf8). The library is picky about unicode -- you can't put unicode objects in str attributes (even ASCII-safe unicode objects) and vice versa.
You can provide a content_type -- otherwise every attribute will be served as application/octet-stream.
Any attribute can have a FormEncode validator. These validators are basically two-way conversion routines. In the example validators.AsInt() turns strings into ints, and ints into strings. JSONSetter() is a subclass of Setter() that uses the ohm.validators.JSONConverter validator to encode and decode JSON (using simplejson). Validators form the generic serialization support. Notably JSONSetter also serves its content as application/json.
To use your wrapper do:
wsgi_app = MyWrapper(an_object)
Now you can serve requests like wsgi_app(environ, start_response) that will wrap the specific instance an_object.
A more practical example might be helpful for "why would I want to use this?" Imagine you are exposing a database record (here expressed with SQLObject):
from ohm import server from sqlobject import * from formencode import validators from paste.urlmap import URLMap from paste import httpserver class Article(SQLObject): created = DateTimeCol(default=datetime.now) title = StringCol() body = UnicodeCol() # This creates a calculated .render attribute: def _get_render(self): return u'''<title>%(title)s</title>
%(title)s

Created: %(created)s

%(body)s
 ''' % dict( created=self.created, title=self.title, body=self.body) class ArticleApp(server.ApplicationWrapper): created = server.Setter( validator=validators.DateTimeConverter()) title = server.Setter() body = server.Setter(unicode=True) render = server.Setter(uri_path='article.html', content_type='text/html') a = Article(title='About Me', body='All about me...') wsgi_app = ArticleApp(a) mapper = URLMap() mapper['/article/%s' % a.id] = a httpserver.serve(mapper)
This will serve the mapper app on http://localhost:8080, and say the article is the first article, id 1. So the article has been mounted at http://localhost:8080/article/1. And lets say it's January 20, 2007.
Now you can access several resources:
- http://localhost:8080/article/1/created returns 1/20/2007. you can also PUT a value there, like 1/21/2007 to update that value.
- http://localhost:8080/article/1/title returns About Me. Again, you can PUT a new value there to update.
- http://localhost:8080/article/1/body returns All about me...
- http://localhost:8080/article/1/article.html returns that HTML page (as rendered by _get_render). You can't PUT to this, because the property itself is read-only.
The client looks somewhat similar:
from ohm import client from formencode import validators class MyRemote(object): def __init__(self, base_uri): self.base_uri = base_uri simple_attr = client.remote('simple_attr') unicode_attr = client.remote('simple_attr', unicode=True) typed_attr = client.remote('typed_attr', content_type='text/plain') special_path_attr = client.remote('special-place.txt') json_attr = client.json_remote('json_attr') int_attr = client.remote('int_attr', validator=validators.AsInt())
Unlike server.ApplicationWrapper client.remote does not pick up the attribute names automatically. (This may be changed in the future, or it may not.) client.remote requires the object it is attached to to have an attribute obj.base_uri (this is the container that holds all the sub-resources). The attributes are simple descriptors and thus can be attached to any new-style class (be sure you subclass from object!)
You can then use the object like:
my_remote = MyRemote('http://localhost:8080/myobj') print my_remote.int_attr # etc...
To extend the SQLObject example from above, here's how you might implement the client side of that:
from ohm import client from formencode import validators class Article(object): container_uri = 'http://localhost:8080/article/%(id)s' def __init__(self, base_uri): self.base_uri = base_uri @classmethod def get(cls, id): base_uri = cls.container_uri % dict(id=id) return cls(base_uri) created = client.remote('created', validator=validators.DateConverter()) title = client.remote('title') body = client.remote('body', unicode=True) render = client.remote('article.html', content_type='text/html') a = Article.get(1) print a.title
This mimics the SQLObject API, but all the methods turn into HTTP calls, fetching the respective resources from the server.


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PaperWorks Industries, Inc., a leading integrated North American paperboard packaging supplier, will make a strategic investment of more than $11 million CAD ($9 million USD) over the next year to expand the capabilities of its Boehmer Box folding carton manufacturing facility in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The plant was one of the facilities acquired from CanAmPac in July.Read more
Back in 2012, it was still quite a sensation when KBA announced the installation of a Rapida 106 with 19 printing and finishing units at Amcor Tobacco Packaging in Switzerland. In the meantime, investments in medium-format sheetfed offset presses with 10, 12, 14 or more units are no longer so unusual. And that is true for both packaging and commercial printers in many parts of the world.Read more
ESPOO, Finland, Aug. 27, 2015 (Press Release) -Many packaged foods contain mineral oils, which are potentially unsafe for human consumption. Walki has developed Mineral Oil Safe Technology (MOST), an efficient extrusion coating that keeps mineral oil away from our food.
"Mineral oil contains Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbon (MOAH), which is especially harmful to humans because our systems can't break it down. It accumulates inside our bodies when we eat food that contains MOAH," says Mirka Nevala, Walki's VP for Business Development.Read more
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BRUSSELS, 25 August 2015 (RISI) - The Scotland-based paper and board trading company PG Paper has bought Scottish paper and board manufacturer Tullis Russell's Trucard and its associated product brands, as well as the Gemini range from KPMG. The firm did not disclose the amount of the transaction.
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This week is intended to provide the environment and guidance for you to return to Brooklin and resume work on the pond yacht you started here at WoodenBoat School. Students from Thom's building courses from the past 15 years working on the 36″ Acadia or Brooklin hulls, or any of the 50″ Vintage Marblehead pond boats Naskeag, Peony, Rusticator, Iduna, or Norumbega are invited to participate.
Construction methods and tasks covered in this course will include epoxy sheathing of the hull, completion of the fin and rudder, fabrication of internal support beams, decking, electronics installation, sail control device, manufacture of mast and booms, mounting fittings, and final rigging. Perhaps not every class member will accomplish all of these steps, but at a minimum you will depart this week inspired with specific production knowledge and with the confidence to finish your model at home and get it out sailing.
The course materials fee will cover the cost of the wooden materials for all of your boat's deckbeams, mast, booms, deck, and electronic board. With Thom's assistance and list of resources, students will be expected to bring along the electronics, appropriate fittings, and rigging items. As always with our pond yacht courses, students will have the opportunity to sail completed pond yachts on our waterfront or in local ponds throughout the week.


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I don't suppose anyone remembers my mentioning this before, or cares much anyway, but the 19th of December marks what I consider to be the 20th official anniversary of my entry into the anti-virus/security field. Nowadays, viruses (and, in general, worms) have declined in importance and now constitute a fairly small proportion of the totality
People keep asking me about Microsoft's newly released Security Essentials free anti-malware (formerly known as Morro). Randy and I both blogged about it at some length back in June – see http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/category/microsoft-security-essentials and http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/2009/08/03/more-free-lunches, for instance – but there's still a lot of interest in the impact that the product is likely to have on ESET
So, back in harness. I've been away for a couple of weeks: not on holiday as such, though I did take some days out, but concentrating on writing: it didn't hurt that I didn't have a full-strength internet connection to distract me, though. Before I left, I was interviewed by a Turkish security site. It
Our July ThreatSense.Net® report has been released today, and will eventually be available from the Threat Center page here. Most of the top ten entries are old friends: well, familiar names might be a better way of putting it. One of the disadvantages of having a scanner that makes heavy use of advanced heuristics is
No, nothing to do with drive-by downloads… Our colleagues in Europe came up with a nice idea: an article on the dangers of web surfing on free wi-fi and some tips on staying safe. (A topic dear to the hearts of all of us who find ourselves out and about with our laptops from time
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I often find myself in the situation where I need to delete the perforce account of a user who has left the company. Unfortunately I'm usually unable to do so because they have left files open, resulting in this error:
$ p4 user -d -f SOMEUSER User SOMEUSER has file(s) open on 2 client(s) and can't be deleted.
The solutions posted online usually involve either deleting the clients, or 'masquerading' as the client host and reverting the files by hand. This is very tedious, so I wrote a python script to do it instead. It's a bit crude, but all it does is take usernames off the command line, and proceeds to revert all the files that user has open on the server.
#!/usr/bin/python import marshal import subprocess, shlex import re import os import sys def getPerforceResponse(command): lst = [] args = shlex.split(command) p = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) try: while 1: dictionary = marshal.load(p.stdout) lst.append(dictionary) except EOFError: pass return lst def getOpenedFiles(): return getPerforceResponse("p4 -G opened -a //...") def getOpenedFilesForUser(userID, opened): openedByUser = [] for i in opened: if i['user'] == userID: openedByUser.append(i) return openedByUser def getClient(clientID): return getPerforceResponse("p4 -G client -o \"" + clientID + "\"")[0] def main(): print "Getting list of open files..." opened = getOpenedFiles() for user in sys.argv[1:]: openedByUser = getOpenedFilesForUser(user, opened) print "Found " + str(len(openedByUser)) + " opened files for " + user print "reverting..." for f in openedByUser: print "Reverting " + f['depotFile'] + " on " + f['client'] client = getClient(f['client']) host = client.get('Host', 'p4client') response = getPerforceResponse("p4 -G -H " + host + " -c " + f['client'] + " -u " + user + " revert -k \"" + f['depotFile'] +"\"") print response main()


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Brian Bogusevic had four hits, including a double, and drove in a run in Iowa's 6-4 victory over Nashville. Yoanner Negrin gave up four runs over eight innings for the win. Junior Lake and Donnie Murphy each had three hits.
Austin Kirk threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings in Tennessee's 3-2 win over Chattanooga. Kirk struck out eight and walked four, giving up one hit. Arismendy Alcantara hit a triple and scored a run.
Javier Baez hit his 15th home run to back Matt Loosen and help Daytona beat Dunedin, 4-0. Loosen threw six scoreless innings, striking out eight. He did not walk a batter. Baez went 2-for-4, and now has 50 RBIs. He's batting .276 overall.
Oliver Zapata had three hits and two RBIs in Kane County's 5-3 loss to Quad Cities. Dan Vogelbach had two hits, including a double, and Rock Shoulders reached base four times with two hits and two walks.
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I first encountered music videos as a preteen, and it was infatuation at first sight.
Eighties MTV was such an evocative application of image to content that it made all other forms of filmed entertainment seem flimsy by comparison. I cut class and risked suspension and a spanking just so I could stare at the network all day.
At last, here was what the moving picture was for: It was there to enhance the experience of listening to songs, and to extend the creative visions of musical artists. I felt liberated from the need to change the channel, ever. The television set in my room was tuned to MTV and the switch was broken.
Thus it pains me that the field for the top prize at this year's MTV Video Music Awards is so dreary.
What appealed to me about early music video was the freewheeling attitude directors took to a medium that was still in the process of getting shaped. A music video could tell a story as colorfully as a television show or a movie, but do so far more efficiently and imaginatively -- and with a better soundtrack, too.
MTV distilled the essence of narrative filmed entertainment into punchy, memorable three-minute bits. Directors excised the exposition and the genre conventions that made movies and television feel tedious, and leapt straight to the climax: the dance-off, the kiss, the images of rapture and horror. Just as the best rock and rap headed straight for the roots of rhythm, music video headed straight to the roots of film.
Video has changed, and so has the network. MTV, which broadcasts its 30th edition of its Video Music Awards tonight at 9 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, doesn't play many videos anymore. Most of the musical content has been farmed out to niche-targeted substations such as MTV Jams or MTVU. Fans are more likely to call up new videos on mobile devices, or watch them on Vevo or YouTube, than they are to encounter them at random on a television channel.
Ease of uploading and access to editing software has made it possible for directors to score hit videos completely outside of the MTV system. A clip of a girl singing and banging cups on a table might prove to be a better -- and more popular -- video than a million-dollar production. Last year's most memorable clip -- the one that accompanied Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" -- required no special effects besides body paint.
The VMA show has not adjusted well to the altered landscape. The show continues to reward big-budget, high-gloss, look-alike videos, usually directed by old hands who've been in the industry for years.
The award show barely deigns to recognize the YouTube and guerrilla video earthquake, ignoring a wellspring of creativity and generative rule-breaking that could, if it was embraced, bring MTV back to its rebel origins. No matter how outlandishly Lady Gaga dresses, and no matter what Kanye West decides to say on a live microphone, the Video Music Awards has become just as conservative as all the other major award shows.
The videos that MTV likes to call the best share none of the impishness and sense of discovery of the clips that made the network popular in the first place.
That's why I'm rooting for Macklemore tonight. I'm pulling for the Seattle emcee because of the videos under consideration for this year's top prize, his clip for "Thrift Shop" is the closest to the giddy spirit of MTV as I remember it -- and as it could be if the network were willing to see YouTube and homemade video as an opportunity rather than a threat.
"The Heist," Macklemore's album, is an independent release, and the rapper and producer Ryan Lewis co-directed the "Thrift Shop" clip themselves. We wouldn't even know who Macklemore and Lewis are if it weren't for the act's grassroots support in Seattle, and, shortly afterward, every place the internet is accessed. Glossy and slick as they can sometimes be, they're the people's choice.
Ah, you say, but "Thrift Shop" is hardly innovative. Even as the rapper is scouring the bins at Goodwill, the clip looks top dollar. Moreover, those footy pajamas of his are deeply silly. Is "Thrift Shop" really the horse to back? Let's consider the other four clips up for video of the year -- in ascending order of worthiness -- to see why.
Bruno Mars
"Locked Out of Heaven"
Given alternatives presented by Mars himself, I'm not even sure why this video was
nominated. As a performance clip, it's pleasant enough, and its grainy vintage video effects do make it look like archival footage. That fits well with Mars' music, which often sounds like archival audio.
But its throwback stylization is nowhere near as fully realized as it is in Mars' video for "Treasure," which was directed by the same team, and which contains a terrific dance routine embedded in its homage to Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall." "Treasure" is nominated in the best choreography category, and deserves to trounce its listless competition from Chris Brown, Ciara and others.
"Locked Out of Heaven," by contrast, wastes time with stock images from music video circa 2013: slo-mo shots of people gyrating at the club, freeze-frames and quick cutaways of models, some girls kissing girls, and shots of the star partying and throwing dice. Smitten with the communal energy of raves, directors keep sticking their cameras in the middle of party scenes -- the result is predictably chaotic and tough to track, less rewarding than dance segments, and, hey, when is Beyoncé putting out another video, anyway?
There's a cursory attempt to establish Mars as a cigarette-smoking tough-guy musician, or just a musician who hangs out with tough guys; since he's neither, this effort goes nowhere. I will be stunned if this video takes the top prize.
Taylor Swift
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
The recording was brave: On "I Knew You Were Trouble," Swift successfully integrated elements of European club music and synthpop into her songwriting, and came away with the sweetest fruit of her collaboration with producer Max Martin.
The video, by contrast, might be the most obvious thing she's ever done. It's shot like the trailer from a generic young adult film, and it literalizes the song's narrative -- good girl falls for bad guy with predictable results -- in a manner that flatters neither the star nor her audience.
Once again, the director kills time with slow-motion party segments filmed at a rowdy club. This has become the dreariest cliché of modern video-making, and it shows up in almost all of the videos nominated in the hip-hop category, including Kendrick Lamar's gloomy "Swimming Pools" and Drake's too-clever "Started From the Bottom."
Yet that's not the reason why "Trouble" is unworthy of the top prize. The biggest problem with the Swift video is that it borrows way too heavily from Rihanna's "We Found Love," the clip that took video of the year at the 2012 VMAs. Run through Swift's PG filter, "Trouble" plays like a bowdlerized version of Rihanna's much better video. Taylor Swift has made imaginative clips in the past -- the quiet workplace rebellion of "Ours" comes to mind. I'd prefer to concentrate on that one, and forget that "Trouble" exists.
Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell Williams
"Blurred Lines"
This is the cynic's pick, and in a cynical, backward-looking era at MTV, it's probably going to win. The "Blurred Lines" clip, if you somehow don't already know, courted the disapproval of the censorious with a procession of nude models, some of whom were doing mildly provocative things with farm animals.
As quickly as you can say "free publicity," Thicke and his pals were back with a version in which the models were clothed (above) which was no less exploitative but a little easier on those with delicate sensibilities. Like many of the videos in heavy rotation on the station's subnetworks, it's only fun if you aren't concentrating; the closer you look at it, the uglier it gets.
The video is offensive in the same way that Cee-Lo's unprintable 2010 smash was, which is to say that it's all done with a nod and a wink and no real desire to shake the establishment. No envelope is getting pushed, and the only thing that's transgressive about the video is how boldly it pinches its concepts from Twista's "Give it Up" (which also featured Pharrell Williams) and Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love." Just as in Palmer's old clips, the boys sing and smirk, and the girls are mute. If MTV gives "Blurred Lines" the top prize, that's a white flag move, and tantamount to admitting that there's nothing to see here but repackaged imagery from music video's past.
Justin Timberlake
At the dawn of video games, programmers lacked the technology to represent reality with any fidelity, so they were forced by necessity to turn to surreal landscapes: the fragile white lines of Asteroids, for instance, or the playroom hallucination of Donkey Kong and its successors. As computer processing improved, developers steadily increased the quality of the graphics in an effort to create a cinematic experience.
Modern big-budget video games look like movies. They're as immersive and visceral as movies. And with a few exceptions, they're no fun at all. The immediacy of the early games has gone missing.
A similar thing has happened to music video. Early videos were so stark and rudimentary that they spoke directly to the unconscious. They played like dreams. Now, almost every video director tries to capture the sweep and ponderousness of cinema. Justin Timberlake's clip for "Mirrors," a tribute to his grandparents, is as somber as an art movie even when he's dancing, which isn't often enough. It's emotionally provocative, and it works well as a short film. It wouldn't be an injustice if the handsome "Mirrors" won, but the glacial clip lacks the exhilaration of music video at its best.
The winner?
Given those other contestants, it's hard not to surrender to "Thrift Shop." The emcee looks like he's enjoying himself, the de rigueur party scenes are there to suggest levity rather than destabilization, and the concept -- wackily dressed hip-hop artists sifting through bins for outrageous stuff to wear -- is relatively fresh. Maybe even mildly subversive, too, as "Thrift Shop" is written as a challenge to hip-hop's prevailing materialism.
Macklemore is often maligned as a lily-white interloper by people who don't understand where he's from or what he's gone through: He rhymed for years in the Pacific Northwest before he was rescued from obscurity by fans on the internet.
He's no outsider to hip-hop. Notably, he's the only one of the major nominees at the VMAs to ground his video in a specific setting -- while his competitors set their clips in a depersonalized (and sometimes depressed) netherworld, Seattle landmarks are all over "Thrift Shop." It's a real story told by a real person, and in its aesthetic, it betrays awareness of independent art and the culture of homemade video.
In the unlikely event that Macklemore upends Robin Thicke tonight, I'll take that as a positive sign that MTV is finally, reluctantly, grudgingly taking notice of the world outside its glittering walls.


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FAIRMONT - A 34-year-old Fairmont man was sentenced Monday for his role in the burglary of a man at his workplace north of Fairmont in December 2012.
Justin Kenneth Kabe was one of a reported group of six involved in the burglary and assault of a man at Henway manufacturing.
Court complaints state that Kabe and the group had been talking about crimes and knew the man carried a large amount of cash.
When the man went to work in the early morning hours, the group attacked and assaulted him and stole his money.
Kabe entered a guilty plea Monday to one count of aiding and abetting first-degree burglary and was sentenced to 56 months in prison.
Kabe will serve two-thirds of his sentence in prison, with the final third on intense supervised release if he exhibits good behavior. He is also required to pay $2,145 in restitution.
Out of the group of six, only Kabe and a woman who reportedly drove the group to the workplace have been charged with the crime so far.
"It is a case we're still working on," said Martin County Attorney Terry Viesselman.
The alleged driver, Stephanie Elaine Danielson, 30, pleaded guilty to an amended plea of simple robbery last month and is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.


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Situated in the southern part of the region, just 70km from Barcelona, and a great base for visiting the area, your Costa Brava holiday starts here.
Lloret de Mar boasts seven kilometres of coastline, and five safe main beaches that are popular with people on holidays to Lloret de Mar. Their EU blue flag bears witness to the quality of the water and sand, and facilities. The hills around Lloret de Mar are popular with mountain bikers, and there are enjoyable walks to be had along the coast or through the woods surrounding the resort.
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For a taste of history and culture on holidays to Lloret de Mar, pop along to the Verdaguer Cultural Centre, where you can see excavated relics dating back to 250BC, and naval models charting Lloret de Mar's seafaring history.
Or head for a fun day out at Water World, Europe's biggest water park, just outside Lloret de Mar. Or check out the reptile house and dolphin shows at Marineland, just south of neighbouring Blanes, or Port Aventura 150km south, a Disney-style theme park, complete with thrilling rides and live entertainment!
You can still savour Lloret de Mar's rich cultural heritage in its regional cuisine, dances and time-honoured fiestas. These can be found year-round, but the most important festival is the maritime procession to the shrine of Santa Cristana, held on July 24 as Lloret de Mar's main three-day fiesta kicks off.
Visitors can also join in at the Placa de la Vila on summery Saturday evenings, when locals dance the Catalonian Sardana dance. The local market is held every Tuesday, and there is a municipal market every weekday.
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Among the popular venues are Bumpers, with its cocktails and glass dancefloor; Moby's, for karaoke; and Tropics, where guest DJs rock the night with a mix of house, rock and trance music, laser lights and foam. Families on holidays in Lloret de Mar can opt for friendly pubs in the suburb of Fenals, providing children's entertainment.
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Box Office: 'Despicable Me' a monster as it knocks 'Eclipse' out of No. 1 slot Friday
The last time Universal Pictures had a real big opening, a massive hit on their hands was when "Fast and Furious" surprised the industry with a $70 million debut over a year ago. Now, some cute minions have powered the underdog 3-D animated comedy "Despicable Me" to a $21.7 million Friday and what should be a $55-60 million weekend. Considering the heartaches the studio has had with such flops as "Cirque du Freak" and "Greenzone," Monday will be a day of celebration on the Universal lot. Especially as "Despicable" (which was considered anything but with critics) cost only $70 million to make.
Falling to the second slot was "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" with another $11 million for what should be a $30-32 million three-day cume. As of Friday, "Eclipse" has grossed $214 million total which is now $16 million behind "New Moon" after the same number of days in theaters. Is it possible "Eclipse" won't even match "New Moon's" $296 million gross? It's looking entirely possible which has to be a concern for Summit Entertainment considering the better reviews and more action packed aspects of the story.
Debuting in third was the Robert Rodriguez produced "Predators" which performed better than pre-release polling with a $10.5 million Friday. The low budget Sci-Fi flick could end up with $25-28 million for the weekend.
Blockbuster "Toy Story 3" keeps going strong in fourth with another $6.5 million and what should be a $18-20 million take over the frame. The Pixar jewel is now at $325 million domestic.
Dropping significantly in fifth place was "The Last Airbender." The M. Night Shymalan thriller grossed only $5.2 million for what could be a $15-17 million weekend.
Look for complete weekend estimates tomorrow on HitFix.


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Kai is the gloomy one that is easily defeated, he has little motivation to fight and generally doesn't care about anything. Zac is the only person who can make him fight but he's very passive and will only add to the illusions small artistic details like gems on the hilts of the daggers that are about to impale you.
Likes: looking at the details, jewels, his brother
Dislikes: violence overall but tolerates it, being compared to his brother, joking around
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Photography lovers gather for activities
The support group "doughnuts" is comprised of members selected via an application process open to the general public. There are about 35 members participating. "The members have a variety of different types of occupations and ages range from 20s to 60s, but it is a gathering of people who all support the RING CUBE concept and really love photographs," said Ayana Sakaguchi, a RING CUBE operations staff person from the Personal MultiMedia Products Company Planning Office. Over the past year, doughnuts members have been involved in a wide range of activities, including the planning of goods sold at the gallery, the submission of ideas for workshops, the experiments done in Jikken Labo, etc.
"Doughnuts is an adult version of the activity clubs found in Japanese schools," said member Kazuhisa Inaba. "It is not a job, and it is not something we have to work so hard at, but even realizing that, in no time at all we find ourselves totally involved," he added laughing. This is an interesting group of people who are always throwing ideas back and forth: "Well, we could do this." "Yes, but what about doing that?" Everyone has such a good time...
"Even on days when doughnuts are not meeting, I tend to casually stop by at RING CUBE," said Inaba, whose own favorite camera is a GX100. Glittering on its strap is a Ricohflex pin created based on an idea submitted by Inaba himself.
"The pins are one of the goods that doughnuts members have created based on the idea that they can serve as a kind of commemorative item for people visiting the gallery. The other goods available include hand towels and camera cases," said Sakaguchi. There are three types of pins: GR DIGITAL and the Ricoh film cameras Auto Half and Ricohflex. They are quite popular with customers.Auto Half E(Japanese)
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Now let's present an episode for those of you who wonder, "Why hand towels in this day and age?" A number of years ago, a person who was using the "Hamamatsu chusen" traditional dying method to dye cloth sent a letter to Ricoh saying, "The paper stencils used for dying are disappearing year by year. These patterns are part of Japanese tradition, and I would like to preserve them by photographing the paper stencils used in their creation. Do you have a good camera for this?" At that time, we visited the facility where the dying is actually done. The camera that they chose to use was the GR DIGITAL.GR DIGITAL
The Ricoh staff were very impressed by the dying facility and the paper stencils, and when RING CUBE opened, we thought "Let's sell hand towels dyed with the "Hamamatsu chusen" traditional dying method as special RING CUBE products. We got in touch with the person who had contacted us originally and had hand towels dyed with themes of GR DIGITAL, Ricohflex, and RING CUBE designs.
Doughnuts also participate in planning exhibitions
"The doughnuts group has been active for about one year now, and with the 16th exhibition "OVERSEAS," they have begun participating in the planning of exhibition display methods," said Sakaguchi. After considerable study of exhibition displays, doughnuts members made their debut on November 18, 2009.
"Over the past year, we have greatly expanded our ties with both photographers and camera fans. I want to keep on expanding those ties," said RING CUBE operation leader Masanori Hashimoto, who is greatly encouraged by the activities of doughnuts members. "The Ginza district of Tokyo attracts many tourists from both Japan and abroad. I want to spread the news that there is a unique photo gallery here."
"People come from abroad to see our photo contest exhibition, and we exhibit the works of foreign photographers in the gallery. I want to include activities with a global perspective, and I think it would be great if the message 'There is RING CUBE gallery in Ginza, Tokyo' were to spread around the world by world-of-mouth," said Hashimoto. We hope that everyone will visit RING CUBE to see the works of a wide range of photographers and to experience Ricoh photo culture.


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NEW ORLEANS - Ah, The Big Easy, where the mayor is pleading for sportsmanship on a big football weekend - Saints vs. Lions today, Alabama vs. LSU on Monday - and the police superintendent is reminding fans not to use the New Orleans streets as urinals.
"Everybody is interesting," Alabama safety Mark Barron said. "Down on Bourbon Street they have all types of things. They've got guys wearing women's clothing and there's people dancing, having a good time. But it seems like it's a good place to be."
Said Trent Richardson, "Being in that environment, it's crazy because you see stuff that you've never seen before."
On Friday, the crazy environment was media day at the Superdome. It's starting to approach the epic proportions of a Super Bowl media day, though happily the BCS keeps out some of the riff-raff that turns the latter into a circus.
Players were asked what kind of animal they'd be. (An homage, I guess, to the Honey Badger, LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu.) They were asked about their names, like the mellifluously sounding Barkevious Mingo. (Should have heard that name botched at high school track meets, he said.)
And, yes, they were asked about guys wearing women's clothing.
Some, like Alabama's Brandon Gibson, snatched a TV microphone and meandered through the crowd, mock-interviewing teammates. I even saw an LSU player interviewing Sports Illustrated's Austin Murphy, instead of vice-versa.
Though Wesley Neighbors, now a student assistant at Alabama, was left behind at the team hotel to do whatever Nick Saban has student assistants do, I caught up with his brother, Conner, a backup fullback at LSU.
Theirs is an amazing football family. Grandfather Billy is a College Football Hall of Fame inductee and won a national championship at Alabama. Father Wes played at Alabama, as did uncle Keith, who was on the '92 national title team.
"It was pretty intense (during Christmas break)," Conner admitted. "We didn't talk about the game. We tried not to. But me and my brother almost got into it Christmas Eve, just talking about it."
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|[Towertalk] Burying Coax in Conduit Trench
|email@example.com (Kimo Chun)
|Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:37:50 -1000
Herb, There are a number of considerations. The usual guideline is to put the pipe at least 12" below grade. You could consider less if you don't feel you need to worry about accidental pick-axes or other things penetrating it, or a car driving over the line. At least in Hawaii, where it is quite wet, it is almost impossible to consider keeping the cable dry even in a sealed conduit. Water has a unique way of finding its way in, not to mention=20 condensing water. California is much drier but "when it rains, it pours", yes? 9913 cable has a hollow tube center dielectric. This makes it a wonderful water pipe should any water ever get in. I would rather consider the Cushcraft or Belden equivalents to 9913 that use a foam center. I also don't like 9913 as the center conductor likes to travel under certain circumstances pulling a connecting pin out (for type-N non-captive). I've used the Cushcraft TL cable series for years. Unless you have a straight 30 foot run, 8 cables in the 4" conduit may prove difficult to pull unless you pull them at the same time. The cable will not lay flat like more flexible cable might so it will start getting "crowded" in there. You could consider four at time but by first "lacing" them together in a bundle. You should leave a 3/16" or larger nylon rope inside as a future "pull string". ABS plastic is stronger but regular Schedule 40 PVC should suffice. The EB and DB PVC liners available from electrical houses are rather thin and could crush or crack. I think they are used in concrete lined vaults by the power company. I use them for lighter shipping tubes for large antenna pieces. They DO get cracked in shipping, sometimes. Our soil here tends to be packed pretty hard. A trench lined with a bed of gravel will tend to act more like a water trough than a drainage ditch. You should consider if it is worthwhile to put in a "french drain" and grade your trench down to it. You want the water to drain through the gravel and fill the larger "drum" of gravel where it has time to leach into the surrounding soil. Of course, this whole exercise depends on just how much water it is going to have to get rid of. Granted, you're not trying to keep the conduit from getting wet "at all" but to not let it sit in water for a period of time where it could leak and soak in. Holes in the bottom of the pipe would be a good idea as I've not seen many here that didn't get water in them anyway. Doing this would then prompt me to make my drainage system even better.... Don't use the standard ninety degree elbows that are usually sold as they are for liquids. Way too tight a bend for cables... especially if you're trying to pull them through the turns. Get factory sweeping bends. Then...no more than two bends before a pullbox. Personally, with that stiff cable, I'd have only one bend between pull boxes. Consider this. The pipe isn't all that expensive. If you think one run is enough. Put in two. It can't hurt, much. Next you'll want AC power out by the tower and you shouldn't run it in the same conduit as lower voltage cables. So consider another 3/4" to 1" line for that (sealed - no holes) and use either direct burial type wire (even inside the conduit) or perhaps regular ROMEX 12-2 (plus ground). Use a weather proof outlet box and a Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI) outlet (or better yet a GFI breaker in your panel for that circuit). Just a thought. Your conditions may vary. Sorry for the LONG answer. 73, Kimo Chun KH7U ****** I am considering running a 30 foot trench from the base of my tower to = my ham shack for my coaxial cables, and would like to here comments / suggestions from anyone that has done this before, on things to do / not = do, etc. All of my cables are 9913, and I have a bundle of about 8 feedlines. I am thinking about a 4 (four) inch conduit pipe, and wondering about a = few things: (BTW, I live in Southern California) How deep should the trench be below ground? What kind of pipe is best to use? Should I drill holes in the bottom side of the pipe so water can drain = out? Should I place some gravel on the top of the trench before I lay the = pipe on top, and cover it, to help with drainage? Anything else I should know? Thanks for your help. Herb - KG6OK --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---
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Each of us handles our grief differently.
Some people mourn in silence and solitude. Some scream in agony. Some retreat. Some lash out in anger.
During times of horrific tragedy, we lose the veneer of self-control and our protective composure. The way we instinctively deal with death and loss gives a rare glimpse into the kinds of people we really are.
The events of the last several weeks have shaken all of us: the earthquake and tsunami in Japan; the fire in Perry County; the violence in the Middle East. Personally, I lost a friend in a horrific car accident.
Relentlessly, the tragic events kept coming and coming; the news just never seemed to get any better. I wondered why God was testing us in this way; why such bad things were happening to such good people.
And then amid all the pain and sorrow, I noticed how some of the people affected most by the tragedies were coping. They appeared to grieve with such remarkable grace and humility that it helped bring peace to the rest of us. How did they do it?
They weren't angry or bitter. They never asked why. They didn't curse God, the fire or the injustice of life. They just remembered. They mourned with their memories and we mourned with them.
Even the children's father never publicly collapsed in grief or tried to place the blame for the fire on anyone or anything. He embraced his wife, his surviving child and his unborn baby. And he moved on. He vowed to rebuild his home and remain on the farm.
Despite devastation beyond belief, the Japanese people also displayed remarkable strength. You can say their response is rooted in their culture, but I think the scope of this kind of tragedy would rock any country's ingrained behavior.
Even without food, water and power, the Japanese remained amazingly stoic. There was no looting, no hysteria, no rampages. With a remarkable quiet resolve, they searched for loved ones, assisted their neighbors, and made do with what remained after Mother Nature's double whammy.
Then last week, my little community lost one of our own. Norma Menis-Croxall, wife, mother, business executive and volunteer extraordinaire, died in a head-on collision on Hersheypark Drive.
Her many friends in Hershey were stunned, shocked, saddened beyond belief. During an impromptu prayer service last week, almost 200 people gathered to pray the rosary. We drew solace from each other as we prayed. And then we learned that Norma's family — husband Vern and children Alexandra, Mark and Emily — were there praying with us. In fact, they had attended several other Masses that weekend.
After the service, Vern and his children embraced us and thanked us for our sympathy. I was amazed at their strength and their faith. I can't say I would have been able to do the same.
I'm sure that all of these people likely behaved differently in the privacy of their homes and in the circle of those most dear to them. But in the darkness of these past few weeks, their actions provided a rare bright spot. Their strength helped us remain strong; their faith helped console us.
In their grief and sorrow, they gave us a great gift. Thank you.