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Advent's a way off, and Lent isn't in sight, but on Wednesday, 39 Ohio House Republicans confessed anyway — to hypocrisy.
They published a formal protest in the Ohio House Journal, something the Ohio Constitution allows any member of the General Assembly to do. Their gripe: Gov. John Kasich, a fellow Republican, filed a Medicaid-expansion request with the state Controlling Board. The board is expected to vote on Kasich's request Monday.
The Controlling Board, created in 1917, has seven members. Six of them are members of the General Assembly. The seventh is a president from the state Budget Office representing Kasich's administration. It requires least four Controlling Board votes to expand Medicaid.
The 39 Republicans claimed their protest wasn't about "the merits or lack of merit in expanding Medicaid." No, no, no — it's a matter of principle: "The Ohio Constitution grants legislative authority solely to the Ohio General Assembly … (and the Controlling Board request) is thinly veiled legislation."
So, finally, Ohio has landed a team in the World Series — of Hypocrisy — because just one thing keeps the Ohio House's Republican caucus from voting Medicaid expansion up or down. That one thing is . . . the Ohio House's Republican caucus.
The reason is that if Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, let the GOP-run House vote on Medicaid expansion, it'd pass. And to House Republicans, any Medicaid expansion vote, either way it went, would be bad news for them politically.
Reason No. 1: Batchelder, a credentialed conservative, doesn't want history to record that during his speakership, a job he worked 40 years to get, he presided over a House vote to expand Medicaid. Of course, if John Kasich, taking another Statehouse route, can still get to expand Medicaid, well, hey, the General Assembly will just have to let the Lord sort it all out.
Reason No. 2: The last thing the 60 House Republicans want is a recorded, plain-vanilla, no gimmick, up-or-down Medicaid vote. At a minimum, such a House roll call might give Republican primary-election challengers ammunition against GOP incumbents who seek re-nomination May 7.
Thus, a few House Republicans who signed Wednesday's protest may, as someone said, actually be for Medicaid expansion. The protest lets them have it both ways. Publicly, they can denounce Kasich's Controlling Board request. Privately, they can rejoice in it.
While lots of Ohio House Republicans may hate other House Republicans, what they all hate more is the thought of losing a House majority. And Batchelder is known to believe that one thing that lost Republicans an Ohio House majority (for 22 years) was a 1971 caucus split over Ohio's income tax. There's no point handing challengers ammunition: Primary fights can cost a caucus money it'd rather save for November.
Batchelder himself signed the protest. That seemed to signal a split with Kasich. But Batchelder likes Machiavellian moves complicated as a Rubik's Cube or a 3-D chess set. Maybe signing the protest let grandstanders do what they do best, grandstand, so Batchelder could do what he does best: Silently slide chess pieces around the board. Batchelder's philosophy seems akin to the daily toast of one-time Florida boss Ed Ball: "Confusion to the enemy."
Ohio has had to endure a soap opera over Medicaid expansion while Republican Michigan Gov. Rick ("Right to Work — for less") Snyder and Arizona Gov. Jan ("Finger in Obama's Face") Brewer got expansion done in their states.
Fortunately, the curtain is about to drop in Columbus. Though predictions from this corner have a shaky track record, here goes: The Controlling Board will expand Medicaid. And the vote will be 5-2.
Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University.


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Plain English campaign news articles
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Every so often the public remind us why the campaign exists in a way that leaves no question about the need for plain English.
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At least tell us plainly if you are ripping us off!
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Bank customers are losing confidence in our banking system. Every day there are stories about the less than honest practices some of our banks adopt.
For any industry receiving 11,000 complaints a day there is a clear message that does not need a plain English explanation.
A common complaint is that attractive interest rates offered when a new account is opened disappear within months to be replaced by a very low rate. The change will have been announced to customers within the inside pages of certain newspapers, as the law requires, but most customers will not be aware of it. If they don't know, they will not have the chance to change their account and will be stuck with low interest on their investment. It does raise a suspicion that maybe the banks don't want us to notice the announcements.
And if we do notice an announcement in a newspaper, will we understand it?
Read more: At least tell us plainly if you are ripping us off!
Our coffee cup overflows with jargon
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A number of people have complained to us that they cannot get a 'small' measure of coffee and are often only given the choice between a 'regular' or 'large'. Costa Coffee label their sizes as 'primo', 'medio' and 'assimo' - translating to small, medium and large. Coffee Republic and Caffe Nero use 'small' and 'regular', and so it goes on.
It's about image, competition and perhaps a little bit about what the food industry calls 'product sabotage' - when a company deliberately drives customers towards certain products at the cost of not promoting other, possibly better, options.
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Chrissie Maher, founder of Plain English Campaign, was thrilled to hear that she has been shortlisted for the Women in Public Life Awards 2010. Chrissie has been nominated for the Public Affairs Achiever of the Year category as a result of her years of campaigning for clear public information.
The Dods and Scottish Widows Women in Public Life Awards celebrate women leaders in society and aim to recognise and promote the work of women in politics, business, the civil service and community leadership. The ceremony will be held at The Northumberland in London WC2 on Thursday 23 September.
Chrissie considers any honour she receives to be recognition of the support and encouragement shown by supporters of her campaigning.
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Plain English Campaign are supporting the campaign from Consumer Focus Wales to get rid of financial gobbledygook.
Chrissie Maher says, "It's disgraceful that banks and insurance companies have such a hold over us through their use of language. Often it means the customer is left with little clarity, and all the responsibility. Terms and conditions, credit-card agreements, overdraft letters - they might as well be in a foreign language. English is my first language and I struggle with this financial gobbledygook. Goodness knows how anyone with English as a second language can cope."


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Wis. AG to dispatch agents, lawyers during recall
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen plans to send state Justice Department investigators and lawyers to the polls during Tuesday's recall elections to discourage fraud.
Van Hollen, a Republican, plans to deploy teams of special agents and assistant attorney generals across the state, including dispersing seven groups to the polls in Democratic-leaning Milwaukee. He says the agents and attorneys will help local election officials ensure voters comply with state election laws.
Former Democratic Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager dispatched similar teams during the 2004 election. Van Hollen sent out teams in 2008 and in 2010.
Democrats upset with Republican Gov. Scott Walker's contentious plan that all but ended collective bargaining for most public worker forced the governor and four other GOP officeholders into Tuesday's recalls. Walker faces Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
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A naked man was caught on camera diving into an open sunroof and attacking a driver in Dallas.
Marcus Payne spotted the man outside his apartment window Friday and decided to start filming him, according to Gawker.
In his video, the man is seen walking around before disappearing behind a corner.
When he reappears, he approaches a passing car and slides "arms-first into the open sunroof," Dallas TV station WFAA reported.
"A naked man jumped in," the woman told WFAA, asking to remain anonymous. "He jumped in my car and he started attacking me."
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The US Postal Service says they want to start offering payday loans
. I'm not sure that is a business they need to get into. Have you ever got a payday loan? How long did it take you to pay it off?
No. These places should be ashamed of themselves, taking advantage of people. That's why I make my kids work and save money.ReplyCancel
Loans? Those are for peasants.ReplyCancel
a small one years ago and had trouble paying it back so I had to get the money from my dad to pay it and he yelled at me (in the loan store!) and the whole process was pointlessReplyCancel
No that's what bank accounts are for.ReplyCancel
I loaned my A+ Status to Kimmy. Now that big ass bitch won't give it back.ReplyCancel
What is that? I have heard of it in a commercial before but never knew what it actually is.ReplyCancel
The reason this is being considered is because banks refuse to do business with the poor. They do not see any profit in helping them. So if they get paid by check, the must cash their check at one of these businesses and pay the outrageous fees. The typical poor family spends 10% of their annual family budget on financial fees. That is as much as they spend on food in a year. Meanwhile, these predatory lenders are protected by people like Darrel Issa (R-CA) who receives a LOT of money from them to do so.ReplyCancel
Exactly. And let us not even get into the factt hat banks keep raising these fees on one side, while upping rewards on the other side to give wealthy people free stuff for being wealthy. So we all get to pay more so rich folk get perks.ReplyCancel
@cc423 do you know how much they are gonna charge customers for this service?ReplyCancel
Preach it, @cc423!
The interest rates alone on payday loans can reach up 40% in some areas. Some states have laws in place that cap the interest rates, but the payday loan places go around that by instituting per-day fees on top of the percentage rates. But hey, who cares? Let 'em (stale) cake while we give fat cats huge tax dividends.ReplyCancel
I think the point of the payday loan service is to keep folks away from the uncouth practices currently employed. Of course Republicans are up in arms, after they broke the Constitutionally mandated org with ridiculous pension payments, and the areas that cost most to deliver to are publican strongholds, they will now find anyone else to revisionally blame it on. Standard mo.ReplyCancel
Post Office isn't actually cash strapped. By act of Congress they had to make huge payments the past few years, to fund their pensiona and health insurance. I think last year was the last one, so with all the lay offs, shut downs, and price increases, they should be flush with cash.
Fact chick this, but that is how I remember reading it.ReplyCancel
For the FY that ended September 30, 2012, they had a $15 billion dollar loss, triple what they recorded the prior year. I'd be astonished if they miraculously recovered from that in seventeen months, especially given that they haven't even instituted long-overdue service cuts.ReplyCancel
And fuck up your credit rating? Um..pass. I'm debt free, make a decent living, have good credit and and intend to keep it that way.ReplyCancel
What kind of vig is the post office looking for?ReplyCancel
450-850% and it's legal..cough..govt. just wants a cutReplyCancel
Tell it, CC! I have always assumed that these places are predatory lenders. If you watch the very small print on the bottom of the screen for that Blue Sky (some kind of Native American lending scheme) it says the interest can be as high as 113%. I'm not sure how that's even legal, and at the very least it's preying on the needy.ReplyCancel
The only reason the USPS is so strapped is because of the ridiculous requirement that the fund pensions 70+ years into the future. It's a ploy to get the USPS privatized, which means someone's pockets would get lined and prices would most certainly go up.
USPS as predatory payday lender? No way. Warren's actual idea, I could get behind: Elizabeth Warren Proposes Replacing Payday Lenders With The Post OfficeReplyCancel
No, the Post Office is not proposing that it start making payday loans. Rather, Elizabeth Warren is proposing that they provide some basic services such as check cashing, small international money transfers, small loans, reloadable prepaid cards, and bill paying.ReplyCancel
I love that someone used the word "vig". Lawrence Block would be so proudReplyCancel
If this is so, what I wonder about is what will transpire if someone defaults on the loan. The collection methods or repercussions. That would be interesting. I think the Post Office should stay on the horse and deliver the mail.ReplyCancel
Pay Day loans are the debbil.ReplyCancel
Lol, Alicia. When I read "fat chick this" all I could think of is Roseanne grabbing her crotch after singing the National Anthem.ReplyCancel


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Shock and sadness surround the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Thursday, a day after the sudden death of a student.
Henry Mackaman first felt sick Saturday and died four days later, after his family said he contracted meningitis.
The disease progresses rapidly, but UW health officials said there's no reason to think this case presents a health risk to the campus community.
"In most all cases of this we see are really sporadic and nobody knows where it comes from," University Health Services Dr. Sarah Van Orman said.
On his CaringBridge website, his family wrote Mackaman had a fever that turned into seizures. Eventually, there was no brain activity and they took him off life support Wednesday.
Van Orman recommended anyone in close contact with Mackaman be treated with antibiotics as a precaution.
"But I also don't want people to have fear that this is common or it's going to happen to them or it's in our community," she said.
Mackaman was a senior studying English and economics, but his first love was music.
The 21-year-old co-founded the band "Phantom Vibration" and played guitar. The band was especially popular in the Twin Cities and just announced it was working on a new album. Mackaman was also a campus DJ and worked at a Madison music company called Merfie for more than a year.
"As a start-up business, everyone works pretty closely together," Matt Younkle, Merfie co-founder. "Any time anything happens to anybody, it kind of ripples through, but in this case it was totally tragic."
Mackaman was also an organ donor and helped up to 54 people. Funeral services for him are still being decided.
"Henry was just a terrific human being, always had a smile on his face and was just a terrific guy who will be sorely missed," Younkle said.
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System administrators are no longer alone in their concern for security. The increase in high-profile virus attacks, and a general sense of heightened security, means that executives are likely to have security on their mind. It may be easier than ever to enlist their support for securing our networks and systems, and they may be more likely to put up with some inconvenience for users if it means tighter security.
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Consider this a checklist to reenergize your efforts or to get you started.
The first step in securing your network is to teach users to create secure passwords. All the security in the world is easily bypassed if your CFO's password is "fred."
I also recommend requiring users to change passwords monthly, and not allowing them to reuse one within a one-year period. Some people argue that requiring a password change will encourage users to write down their passwords, eliminating the benefits. I argue that in many environments a user's password is more likely to be hacked than to be read off a hidden sheet of paper. Even so, you can take IBM's purported approach: you write down your password, you're fired.
It's harsh, but with today's threats and the damage that can be caused by a compromised account, it may be worthwhile. Will it increase the calls to IT for forgotten passwords? Perhaps. One way to help combat that is to allow only a person's manager to request a password reset. Or, as I used to say when I worked at the Census Bureau, "No problem, done in two hours."
"Why two hours?"
"Don't forget your password."
Also, make sure your users know not to give their password out over the phone, even if the person claims to be from the IT department. Social engineering is the simplest and most effective way to gain access to a company's network. The same is true for physical site security: make sure strangers can't get into your office space. If that's impossible, make sure your users can identify your IT staff; just because someone has long hair and a wrinkled shirt doesn't necessarily mean they're actually on the IT staff.
For a more detailed explanation of good password policy, read this chapter on Password Problems from Managing Windows NT Logons.) In a Unix environment, run a tool like Crack against your password (better still, shadow) file to weed out any easy-to-guess passwords.
One more thing: administrators, too, need to remember to change all default passwords.
Attachments have proven quite dangerous. Tell your users not to open any attachment they receive from anyone, unless they were already expecting it. If they receive an attachment that might be legitimate, a quick email or a phone call will confirm if it's legit or not.
I also highly recommend blocking all executable, DLL, and scripts at your mailer, or at least renaming the files so they don't execute if clicked. You can defang attachments with a Procmail filter called the Sanitizer.
Users may think they're safer if they have their macros disabled on Microsoft Windows applications, but they're not. SecurityFocus recently announced that malformed Excel and PowerPoint documents can completely bypass all security checks, allowing macros to run even when supposedly disabled.
If your users rely on Outlook, be sure to apply the appropriate patches. Visit Slipstick Systems for more information on Outlook security.
Moving on from users and passwords, we next look to the network itself. A firewall is a given these days. A DMZ, or a Demilitarized Zone, should be as well. A DMZ is a haven for machines that are exposed to the real world. The machines in a DMZ can be reached from the corporate LAN or from the outside world. But those DMZ machines cannot reach back into the corporate LAN to contact hosts within.
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A firewall and a DMZ are not enough, however. What if someone gains access to your LAN, either physically or by compromising a user account or a partially exposed machine on the LAN? You should disable all the network services you don't plan on using on every machine on your LAN. This minimizes the potential exploits available to an attacker; all the more so since these are the very services you're unlikely to update and patch.
To help identify unused services that are running, try a package like SAINT (Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool), which automatically scans all the machines on your network and reports open ports and other security risks in a simple Web interface.
Speaking of patches, be sure to apply security updates for the operating system and all the offered services of DMZ and internal machines. Keeping relatively current is also worthwhile--for example, BIND version 8 contains a bug that allows root access to the box, while BIND 9 does not have this problem. And while it takes a bit of effort, it's also worthwhile to keep all of your users' machines current as well.
The rest of this article discusses specific steps you can take to further increase LAN security. Remember, though, that without secure passwords and well-informed users, many other security measures are moot.
In the early days of the Internet, when security was not a big concern,
insecure protocols such as
Telnet and
POP were
fine, even though they transmit all passwords and data in cleartext.
That's not acceptable today, either
across the Internet or on a LAN. A wireless
LAN, even one with 128-bit WEP security, is an even greater security
risk, as anyone within range of your card can pick up all your
unsecured data--even from outside your building.
Also on Firewalls
Proper Paranoia: Educating Your Co-Workers
The SSH protocol provides a drop-in replacement for the Unix r-commands (such as rsh, rexec, and so on). The r-commands are very insecure, and what security they do offer is typically trivial to bypass. Public/private keypairs can be used to replicate the convenience of the r-commands passwordless connectivity. However, that opens another security hole: hack one machine with a passwordless keypair and you have access to all the related machines as well. Deploying SSH is pretty simple; you can even remove the r-commands and replace them with symbolic links to the SSH equivalent.
SSH also serves as a capable Telnet replacement, and as one O'Reilly person pointed out, the heck with the security, it's one of the only decent terminal emulators available for Windows!
Finally, SSH provides the extremely powerful ability to tunnel other protocols. That is, if you absolutely must use the insecure POP to get your email, you can use SSH to tunnel the data, keeping it from any prying eyes. SSH does this by intercepting data sent to a local port, say POP3's 110, and forwarding it to the specified server's port 110. The data actually travels over SSH's port 22 and is completely secured by the SSH protocol. Read how to set up secure SSH tunnels here.
On the subject of tunneling, IPsec (IP security) provides packet-level encryption of any and all protocols. IPsec, which is inherent to IPv6, is also available for IP version 4. It's an excellent way to secure all network traffic. It doesn't make up for flawed programming--such as the potential root exploits mentioned above--but it does allow for transparent security of normally insecure protocols. The setup and configuration is well beyond the scope of this article, however, you can read tutorials for FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, and Windows 2000.
SSH tunneling and IPsec aside, there are other secure equivalents for protocols. APOP, for example, is the secure equivalent of POP. Sendmail now supports SMTP AUTH and SMTPTTLS, which provide authentication and encryption support. BIND 9 and higher supports signed zone and DNS request support, ensuring that hosts get accurate data from the correct name server. If you can't find a secure replacement, you can almost always use IPsec or an SSH tunnel.
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Computer Security Basics
If you are running a wireless network, be sure to use 40-bit or 128-bit WEP. It's true that it's rather trivial to crack, however, it will keep the casual observer from watching your data or hooking onto your network.
However, since it is trivial to crack, be sure to use secure protocols to carry sensitive information (such as passwords or financial reports) over a wireless connection. You might also consider placing your wireless network in its own DMZ and require users to VPN into the wired network. To prevent unauthorized users from accessing your network, restrict access to cards with registered MAC addresses. This is also pretty simple to defeat but, again, it guards against casual abuse. Stronger authentication can be provided via the NoCatAuth project.
If you take the steps outlined above, you're running a pretty secure network. Unfortunately, it's not good enough to rest on your laurels and enjoy endless days of peaceful security. You must remain constantly vigilant to new exploits and potential risks. A paranoid security administrator is a great security administrator.
One quick and easy way to keep tabs on your network is to use the SAINT tool mentioned above. Keep it current and you'll stay informed of many new potential exploits. SAINT is also one way to look for compromised machines on your network by identifying odd open ports.
Read O'Reilly's Security Bibliography, a list of the best security books by O'Reilly and other publishers, which should help you find resources to protect your systems and your privacy in these troubled times.
Traffic analysis is an excellent way to watch for both attacks and compromised machines. By mirroring all of your internal network traffic to a machine running Snort you can log most packets that travel over your network. Tools to analyze the logged traffic and identify attacks are available at the Snort site. You might consider running one box outside of your firewall to see what attacks are being made, and another internally to see what's getting through.
You should also regularly analyze your system log files to check for malicious activity. Tools like Logcheck can help by mailing you about suspicious-looking activity. It's important to log to a different machine and configure the logs so they're append-only. Read Chris Boyd's article showing how to do this with syslog. For logging Windows data, utilities such as EventReporter send Windows event logs to a host running syslog. Keeping track of your system files is another good idea, using a tool such as Tripwire. This tool ensures that if a system file is replaced by a cracker, you're aware of it.
Also, as I mentioned above, it's important to apply appropriate security patches to the operating system, services, and programs on all machines on your network. Even with secure passwords and IPsec, your work is for naught if someone can access root on your mailserver because of a Sendmail exploit.
These steps will not guarantee that your network is safe from being hacked, but by following these recommendations you'll keep out most of the script kiddies and casual hackers. Here are three more things you can do to stay on top of things:
Mike DeGraw-Bertsch is a security and Unix system administration consultant in the Boston, Mass. area. When he's not at a job, writing, hacking with Perl, or playing with his wireless network, he can usually be found playing goal in ice hockey.
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- Title
- Maintaining trust in online SME business cases
- Author(s)
- Farrell, Viv
- Abstract
- Much attention is dedicated to the Web, its potential and the risks that it holds for marketing and selling products and services online. In the context of business-to-consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), the consumer not only compares product and pricing alternatives, but also the risks associated with conducting the transaction online. While the use of e-commerce is growing, there is also a growing hostility from non-users and from previous users who have determined not to return. This paper will explore SMEs that have developed start-up Internet based e-commerce businesses in Australia and the methods they have engaged to continue to maintain trust and loyalty after the initial trust has been established, given their limitations of established reputation, budgets and infrastructure. It concludes that trust once gained is very fragile requiring constant vigilance, essential to overcome the risks that will sustain trust and loyalty in clients. In conclusion this paper offers guidelines for new B2C e-commerce SMEs to assist in reducing security and business risks.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
- Source
- Proceedings of 'Innoviation and knowledge management: a global competitive advantage', the 16th International Conference of the International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29-30 June 2011, pp. 1308-1318
- Publication year
- 2011
- Keyword(s)
- B2C e-commerce; Benevolence; Distrust; Guidelines; Internet; Mistrust; Security; Small to medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; Trust
- Publisher
- International Business Information Management Association
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Yep. Goddamnit.
But are you gonna let that stop you from going?
Originally Posted by captncrzy
Fuck off with your horseshit website.
If this process sends the vets to the black market, the festival is fucked.
Whiskey Sour
2 oz blended whiskey
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp powdered sugar
1 cherry
1/2 slice lemon
Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.
Hotel packages and Lake eldorado still available, you didn't completely miss the presale:
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I dunno, waking up to a view like that every morning plus great showers and bathrooms, and extremely close vicinity to the clubhouse and whatnot for just $850 a person is totally worth it to me. A/C would have definitely made it an undeniable deal though for sure.
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Thought it was $2,000 for 2 people, with tickets included. We spent about $2,500 this year altogether (including a bike, keg, food, other alcohol, etc.) and if I'm going to be plopping down two grand before I even get to spending cash for inside the festival, gas, and food/alcohol in the tent, I don't want there to be any potential to be woken up early every morning 'cause it's fucking hot. I live in Arizona. I deal with intolerable temperatures enough to do whatever it takes to avoid it when I go on vacation.
Vets who missed pre-sale that stay at Lake El Dorado or Safari didn't miss a thing....850? 2-3 grand?! hell, I stretched $120 out thru all of week 2 this year & had the best coachella yet.
Anyone need tickets? I purchased two for each weekend, claim one or both for the weekend that I don't go. I'll know by December/January which week my spring break is and decide then, so if you don't want to hassle with the general sale I can guarantee you 1 or 2.
That's a lot of cash to drop on Coachella before even hitting the field. I usually spend around that much in an entire weekend. Plus who knows if the lineup will be worth it.
Wait until the lineup drops, and I bet some people will be willing to sell their tickets if they don't like it.
edit: I am sorry I said "drops" if Jen is reading this
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
If the legendary DP ends up on the line up, I will spend stupid amounts of money for a ticket if necessary (mainly if its their first show, having some doubts though)
Otherwise no show or record company hookup. Definitely want to explore some other festivals around the world after going to FantastiFest 2012
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Remembrance Day ceremonies in Waterloo, Brantford and Toronto
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A number of ceremonies marking Remembrance Day this Monday, Nov. 11 are available to Laurier staff, faculty, students and alumni at the Waterloo and Brantford campuses, as well as those in the Toronto office.
Lauriers Waterloo campus
The History Students Association will hold a Remembrance Day ceremony in the Concourse. The event will start at 10:45 a.m., and will go until 11:11 when a moment of silence will be observed. Speakers include Roger Sarty, a Laurier professor and one of Canadas premier military historians, Annie Constantinescu, president of the Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union, and Daniel Graziotto, president of the History Students' Association. David McMurray, vice-president: Student Affairs, will read the poem In Flanders Fields.
Lauriers Brantford campus
Adam Lawrence, the Dean of Students at Lauriers Brantford campus, is encouraging interested students to attend the City of Brantfords Remembrance Day ceremonies with him on Nov. 11.
The service will be held at the Brant County War Memorial, located near the intersection of Dalhousie St. and Brant Ave. A parade of veterans, colour guards, dignitaries and legion members will leave Harmony Square at 10:20 a.m., arriving for the service at the Memorial at 10:55 a.m.
More details about Remembrance Day services in Waterloo Region and the City of Brantford can be found in The Record and the Brantford Expositor.
City of Toronto
A ceremony will be held at Torontos Old City Hall Cenotaph, located at 60 Queen St. W. Ceremonies will also take place at Civic Centres across Toronto, as well as at Fort York. For more details about locations and times, visit the City of Toronto's website.


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Offering a bare-bones feel with a bit of grip and protection, the Inov-8 f-lite 230 features minimal cushioning and a firm ride.
Snug-fitting and low to the ground, the F-Lite 230 performs best over hard-packed trails, rock outcroppings and plateaus and pavement. The lightweight upper is breathable and supportive and because of the shoe's low weight and low profile it is a great option for minimalist runners and serious racers.
Model Number:
Weight: 8.1 oz (size 9)
Stack Height: Heel (14mm), Forefoot (9mm)
Available Widths: D=Medium
How It Fits (based on width D)
The f-Lite 230 is a trail and road racing shoe designed for the neutral or supinating runner. This shoe performs best over hard-packed trails.
Comments: I use for crossfit style workouts, no ropes, and loved the shoe until seperation of sole and mesh by toe/ball of foot area occured with about 20 hours of wearing! I do not have wide feet, have never worn outside and the shoes have never been wet. I have emailed Inov8 but have not heard a response. buyer beware. I most say running warehouse was very quick with shipping and help with sizing! Good luck!
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Comments: These shoes are amazing. First great thing about them is the look. Compliment after compliment about these blue boys. They just look great. They feel as amazing as they look too. I am a triathlete and use these for my cross training, but I am considering a second pair for casual use. I have not ran any distance in them yet, but I am sure they will do great. I love running flats and these keep me close to the ground and I can feel the ground like I like. They are also very grippy, I feel very much in control.
From: Josh, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Comments: Got my 230s two days ago and did my first workout with them today. Ran about 16km worth of warm-up and hard intervals (mostly hard packed trail) and they felt great. I got the protection I needed for my foot and the proprioception my foot needs for my body to work properly. I'm tall and not very heavy and my feet are very narrow, flat and long. So these shoes are pretty much made for me. I wouldn't recommend them for heavy runners. They should go for a model with a little bit more cushioning under foot. I also got the X-talon 190 at the same time so I'm looking forward to wearing those for a XC workout next week on grassy hills.
From: Jules, Moncton, NB, Canada
Comments: Super light, responsive shoe. I use them for CrossFit exclusively and love the proprioception the shoe delivers. It's minamalistic structure is perfect for my flatter foot and wider forefoot feels comfortable even tho the last is somewhat narrow. I did order these in my normal running shoe size and felt they were slightly big. Returned them for my true foot size and they are perfect. Ran 250m in them as a warmup out of the box and they felt great!! I could really feel my landing on my forefoot.
From: Tarek, Arlington Heights, Il, USA
Comments: My blue ones are ripping open right where the top material goes into the sole, next to the ball of the foot.
I bought them size 12.5 where usually I get 13. Fit seemed great. Inov-8, seeing a picture of the rip, less my foot, ruled that my feet are too wide for a good fit, thus failure my own fault. I've never had this type of failure with other shoes though, just the typical holes at the large toes' nails. Only buy if you are a narrow(ish?) foot.
I got about 100km of real running plus some casual use out of the 230's. Texture of the sole went in about 30-40km I would say. the lugs themselves of course are still there. I kind of liked them for the running itself, until the tear. They do offer limited grip on wet surfaces though, especially grass. All of my shoes, non-cross ones, racing flats, and regular trainers, outperfom the 230's in that respect. The fit, despite apparently being too narrow for me, has been the most comfortable I've ever had. Perhaps because the shoe IS fitting my feet so snugly by design.
From: J, Europe
Comments: The Inov-8 f-lite 230 is as fantastic as you think it should be. I was nervous about ordering them in my usual 11.5 running shoe size. But, they fit like a glove! I have a moderately wide, D-width foot. And, I have no issues with my toes feeling cramped like they are in my size 11.5 Flyroc 310s. The f-lite 230s feel really smooth when running on pavement or non-technical trails. I've logged a little under 30 miles in mine already with one long run of 14 miles on trails. And, I've never felt more comfortable in a pair of shoes. I highly recommend these shoes!
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Didn't Wigan play Warrington at Green Bay Packers ground?
grounds used for professional league
Posted 01 July 2010 - 06:08 PM
Didn't Wigan play Warrington at Green Bay Packers ground?
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Against Blackpool at Blackpool Mechanics FC
Can also remember watching Chorley tak on Villneuve in a Challenge Cup game at Preston Grasshoppers
Posted 01 July 2010 - 06:18 PM
I know, just stating we played there,
Lilly, Jacob and Isaac, what my life is about. Although our route through life is not how it should be, I am a blessed man.
Posted 01 July 2010 - 09:53 PM
Don Valley Stadium
Owlerton Stadium
Bramall Lane
Clifton Lane (Rotherham RU)
Tattersfield (Doncaster RLFC)
Saltergate (Chesterfield FC)
Oakwell (Barnsley FC)
Hillsborough Sports Arena (home of Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks, friendly match v South West Yorks amateurs)
Woodburn Road Athletics Stadium (reserve games/Youngers Alliance League matches)
Thrum Hall
Belle Vue (Wakefield)
Cardiff Arms Park (Super League 'on the road' game)
Sixfields Stadium, Northampton (Super League 'on the road' game)
The McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield (boo! etc)
Woodburn Road was used for a first team game against Workington, I think it was 2005.
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There was the third match against NZ played at Vicarage Road, Gt Britain V NZ in November 1998, my son played in a curtian raiser to the game.
Welcome to this world Harry, 5lb 2oz and fighting fit.
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Yeah, I remember it now. Didn't it end in a draw and a tied series?
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WISC-TV is continuing its We the People Wisconsin Fact Finder reports by looking at an ad from U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold that raises questions about his opponent's plans for Social Security.
In the ad, Democrat Feingold gets very literal in his interpretation of how his opponent, Republican Ron Johnson, would treat Social Security, comparing a table full of junk to ideas to change the program.
"Mr. Johnson says, where Social Security is concerned, everything is on the table, even privatization for some," Feingold says in the ad.
A WISC-TV analysis found this needs clarification. Johnson said he would try to fix a system in distress.
"I'm going to go there and I'm going to address those problems, and I'm willing to take a look at all the options," said Johnson at a July Wispolitics.com luncheon. "They all have to be on the table. It's going to require a bipartisan approach."
Does that mean privatization? A spokeswoman for Johnson said he would not support "mandatory privatization," but is "willing to look at other possibilities."
For example, Johnson has called Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future" plan "courageous." Ryan's plan includes an "option" of privatization, where workers could move Social Security taxes into private accounts. Feingold clearly opposes privatization of any kind.
"Here's my position," Feingold says in the ad, as he shoves knick-knacks on a table to the floor. "I oppose turning any part of Social Security over to Wall Street. That's why the national group to preserve Social Security supports me, Russ Feingold."
It's true that the group has endorsed Feingold; however, not everything is off his table to change the program. While Feingold wouldn't privatize Social Security, he said he would entertain raising the wage base for those paying into Social Security. Right now, those making more than $106,000 pay a pre-set amount. Feingold would consider raising that cap so wealthier Americans would pay more into the fund.
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To use any of the examples in this article, you must download or include the remotely hosted jQuery Mobile framework files, which you can find a link for in Resources.
Dialog boxes and pop-up windows
A dialog box is an important UI element, prompting users for a response or simply displaying information. Dialog boxes are most often used to present options to users to execute some sort of command based on the users' response. Typically, you can present dialog boxes in either of two ways—as a modal or non-modal window (with jQuery Mobile, they are presented as a modal dialog box). Modal dialog boxes block users from interacting with the web page below the dialog box, requiring a response from users before they can proceed.
To create a dialog box with jQuery Mobile, you must use the
attribute on a hyperlink you want to open as a
window and assign it the value of
dialog. The code below
shows how to convert a simple hyperlink to a web page into a hyperlink that opens
the associated web page as a dialog box:
Open dialog
By default, the jQuery Mobile framework adds rounded corners, a margin, and a dark background to the web page to make it appear as a dialog box positioned above the web page.
There are several ways to close a dialog box. The first option is simply to link to another
page, which could be related to the response from the user. This would be a good
option for any sort of processing that needs to take place—for instance, a
Save button may link to a web page that saves some sort of
information to a database, and then returns to the original parent web page with a
confirmation message. The second option is to use the
attribute on a hyperlink in your dialog box and set its value to
back, as shown in the code below. This is a good option
when including a Cancel button in your dialog box.
Cancel
Unfortunately, this option doesn't work on devices that don't support JavaScript. The
final option is to use JavaScript to call the dialog box's
method directly:
You can also use a number of transitions for dialog boxes to add flavor to your mobile
website. You can set transitions by including a
attribute to the hyperlink you're converting into a dialog box:
Open dialog
The data transitions currently available are
slidedown, and
flip; each
functions exactly as you would assume. The most common transition associated
with dialog boxes is
pop, but there are certainly cases
where the other transitions may apply.
The jQuery Mobile framework includes headers and footers as its standard toolbars;
however, toolbars can also be used to display navigation, as with
navbar. The default use of the header in jQuery Mobile
is to serve as a page title that anchors to the top of the web page; the footer is
most often the final element in a web page and includes content such as copyright
information, additional hyperlinks, and so on.
Creating a header or footer is as easy as adding a
attribute to an HTML element. Listing 1 shows how easy it is
to create a
Header and
Listing 1. Creating a header and footer toolbar with the jQuery Mobile framework

My Page Title

Copyright notice

You can customize headers and footers using CSS, or you can
use some of the available
data- attributes, such as
data-position, which sets the positioning behavior of
a toolbar. The default value for this attribute is
but you can also set its value to
fixed to keep a toolbar,
such as the header, in a specific location, even when the web page is scrolled.
Another position worth mentioning is
fullscreen. The
fullscreen mode is the same as
but the toolbars do not appear on the web page until the user begins interacting with
the page. When a user interacts with a web page, the toolbars appear, allowing
the user to interact with them, and then disappear when the user stops interacting
with the page (Listing 2). This option is useful when displaying
a video player, photo gallery, or the like.
Listing 2. Setting a header and footer toolbar to fullscreen with the jQuery Mobile framework

My Page Title

Copyright notice

navbar is used to display up to five buttons or navigation
items within a header or footer. Depending on how many buttons you add to the
navbar, it evenly distributes them so that they are all the
same size. To create a
navbar you can simply add a
data-role attribute to an element that surrounds a list
and set its value to
navbar (Listing 3).
The list is dynamically converted into a horizontal navigation bar with hover, static,
and active states, which can all be customized using the jQuery Mobile theme
Listing 3. Converting a list into a navigation bar using navbar

Nav item 1

Nav item 2

Another nice feature of the
navbar is that you can include
custom icons within each button. The jQuery Mobile framework includes a set of
standard mobile icons that can be used via the
attribute, or you can use any custom icons you create or purchase.
Layout options
Formatted content is an important way to provide users with an accessible way to reference and gather the information you are providing on your website. With the increase in mobile web traffic and the need for mobile website versions, formatted content is becoming even more important. We can no longer solely rely on our users sitting at a desk and spending time interacting with our websites. Users are on the move, and simple, nicely formatted content is more important than it has ever been.
When formatting content for a mobile web page, it's important to remember that most mobile devices have narrow screens. That said, there are still plenty of situations that call for column grids. jQuery Mobile includes a layout grid that you can easily use to create a grid of data via a CSS class (Listing 4).
Listing 4. Using a layout grid to create columns

 Left column

 Right column

The CSS class used by default to create a grid from a group of HTML elements is the
ui-grid-* class. The asterisk (
represents the theme you choose to use for your grid. (For more information about
the theming system, see Resources.) You can create as many
columns as you choose, but I recommend using only two columns at the most, and then
only when necessary.
Another handy way to format content is only to show a portion of the content, which
provides users with an overview and the option to read more. Because most mobile
devices have such a small screen, it's important to keep page length relatively short
and to the point. Collapsible content blocks offer a great way to handle this
functionality (Listing 5). The jQuery Mobile framework offers a
data-role for
content, which when used properly converts a
element and associated content into a collapsible block.
Listing 5. Using a collapsible content area

My header

The full content would normally be longer than this, which is why we would want to hide it by default and allow the user to choose whether they wanted to read it by viewing the title. Therefore the title plays an important role when creating collapsible content blocks.

By default, the block shows the header text as a button with a + icon. When clicked, the full content will be revealed, and the + icon will change to a - icon, indicating that the button can be clicked again to close the full content and return to the default button state.
Creating simple lists
Lists are a common element to see on a mobile website. With jQuery Mobile, you can
create a number of different list formats, such as basic linked lists, nested lists,
numbered lists, split button lists, lists with dividers, lists with icons, thumbnail
or count bubbles, and lists that include a search filter bar. A common list type to
use is a basic linked list. To create a basic linked list, you simply need to create a
standard HTML unordered list, add a
data-role attribute,
and assign it a value of
listview (Listing 6).
Listing 6. Creating a basic linked list with the jQuery Mobile framework

List item 1

List item 2

To create a numbered list, you would use the same code as in Listing 6, simply changing
ul to
ol to convert it to
an ordered list.
Enhancing lists
Once you understand how simple it is to create basic lists, you may find yourself wanting
more options. One option for providing additional functionality to a list is what's called
a split button list. A split button list allows you to provide two clickable
options within the same list item. This functionality is useful for list items that include
a link for, say, specific details about that particular item but may also need to include
other actions related to that item, such as a button to purchase the item or to share it
on a social network. Creating a split button list is simple: You add two anchor tags next
to each other within a list item that uses the
listview data-role
(Listing 7).
Listing 7. Creating a split button list with the jQuery Mobile framework

Item title

Item overview
  Purchase item

Item title

Item overview
  Purchase item

The split button list in Listing 7 provides list items that include a title and an overview that
users can click to view additional details about the item. The list items also include an
icon used as a hyperlink to purchase the item within a dialog box. You can also change
the default icon for the split button that appears on the right-hand side of the list item
by using the
data-split-icon attribute.
Another useful addition for basic lists are list dividers. List dividers provide a way to categorize your list items. For example, you could alphabetize your list items and use list dividers to separate them by each letter of the alphabet, or you could have a group of list items that relate to music and categorize them with list dividers that correspond to different music genres. Listing 8 shows an example of a simple list enhanced with list dividers.
Listing 8. Adding list dividers to a listview

Alternative

Nirvana

Rock and Roll

Jimi Hendrix

Led Zeppelin

Using the
data-role attribute value of
provides a visual style that differentiates these list items from other list items.
You can also create different visual styles by using icons, thumbnails, and count bubbles.
You can add count bubbles to a list item by using the
class (Listing 9).
Listing 9. Adding count bubbles to jQuery Mobile list items

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You can add thumbnails just as you would add an image to an HTML page. Simply add an anchor element to a list item, add an image that will act as a thumbnail, and then add the copy that you want to appear next to it. jQuery Mobile handles the rest (Listing 10).
Listing 10. Adding thumbnails to jQuery Mobile list items

Led Zeppelin

Thank You

Led Zeppelin

Ten Years

You add icons the same way as thumbnails; the only difference is that you use the
ui-li-icon class, as shown in Listing 11.
Listing 11. Adding icons to jQuery Mobile list items

   Led Zeppelin Album

   Jimi Hendrix Album

ul-li-icon class limits the image size to a max width
and height of 40px and positions the image properly in the list item.
Search filtering
In addition to all the great list enhancement features just covered, one final
enhancement provides great usability improvements to long lists. Sometimes, it's
just not possible to pare down all of the content that needs to go on a mobile
website. When this is the case and you have a long list that seems nearly unusable,
the search filter bar is a great way to handle the problem. Luckily, it doesn't take
much effort to add a search filter bar to a list with jQuery Mobile. Just add the
data-filter attribute to your list and give it a value of
true (Listing 12).
Listing 12. Adding a search filter bar to a jQuery Mobile list

Chris A.

Cindy V.

John B.

Tammy D.

The search filter bar adds a text input that provides the functionality for users to type what they're looking for while the list is filtered in real time based on the input. For example, if you had a list of employee names and you added a search filter bar to that list, users would be able to filter and narrow down the results displayed on that page by entering one or more characters into the search filter text input.
You can also go a step farther and add dividers to your
while still including a search filter bar (Listing 13).
Listing 13. Adding a search filter bar to a jQuery Mobile list that includes list dividers

C

Chris A.

Cindy V.

J

John B.

T

Tammy D.

The combination of list dividers and a search filter bar is quite a nice feature and truly adds to the usability of long, tedious lists that would otherwise be unusable.
Form elements
With jQuery Mobile, native form elements are all converted into custom controls
when the browser supports it. These custom controls are enhanced versions of
native form elements as well as a few special form elements specifically created
by the framework. Fortunately, all the form elements downgrade for browsers that
do not support them, so usability is not a concern. Text inputs with jQuery Mobile
are essentially the same as native text inputs; however, you can use new HTML5 input types such as
tel, and
number. To create
any of these form elements, you simply need to set the input type to one of those
mentioned values. For a complete list of HTML5 input types, see
In addition to the supported HTML5 input types, you can create a slider. A slider
includes a handle and a gutter upon which the handle slides. The value of the
slider is stored as the handle is moved, and that value is then submitted when the
form is submitted. To create a slider, you start with a basic HTML input, but you
define the
type attribute as
Then, you add
value attributes and define a default value for the
value attribute, which determines where the handle will
be positioned on the slider. Listing 14 shows an example of a
slider element with a
max value of
min value of
0, and a default
value of
Listing 14. Creating a slider element using the jQuery Mobile framework

 My slider: <input type="range" name="slider" id="slider" value="2" min="0" max="10" />

The last custom input type is a flip toggle switch, which is already common on mobile
devices. It's a great element to handle on/off or true/false types of data. There
are multiple ways that users can work with the flip switch—by taping one
side or the other of the switch or by dragging the flip handle like a slider. Creating
a toggle switch is similar to creating a slider, although there are a few big
differences. The input becomes a
select element, and
two options are added. Listing 15 provides an example of a
toggle switch that could be used to provide on/off functionality.
Listing 15. Creating a toggle switch using the jQuery Mobile framework

 Select slider: <select name="slider" id="slider" data-role="slider"> <option value="off">Off</option> <option value="on">On</option> </select>

You probably also noticed that there is a
attribute with a value of
slider. This attribute value
converts a custom jQuery mobile select list into a toggle switch.
The jQuery Mobile framework provides a quick solution to creating usable UI components for mobile websites. In most cases, with just a few simple lines of HTML you can include a mobile UI component that adds value to your mobile website. The complete list of components that the framework provides isn't covered in this article, but to learn more about the framework components and see them in action, check out the links in Resources.
- To learn how to create a custom theme for your jQuery Mobile UI components, check out Create custom jQuery mobile themes (developerWorks, November 2011).
- Be sure also to read Use the jQuery Mobile API for fine-grained custom control (developerWorks, January 2012).
- Get a complete list of HTML5 input types.
- Read the current documentation for the jQuery Mobile framework.
- The jQuery Mobile demo page provides a full list of the current button icons that the jQuery Mobile framework provides.
- The Open source zone on developerWorks provides a wealth of how-to information on open source tools and technologies.
- Check for mobile updates on the developerWorks Mobile development blog.
- You'll find many more articles on mobile topics, including articles on Dojo Mobile on developerWorks.
- Stay current with developerWorks technical events and webcasts focused on a variety of IBM products and IT industry topics.
- Attend a free developerWorks Live! briefing to get up-to-speed quickly on IBM products and tools, as well as IT industry trends.
- Watch developerWorks on-demand demos ranging from product installation and setup demos for beginners, to advanced functionality for experienced developers.
- Follow developerWorks on Twitter.
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- Download and reference the jQuery Mobile JavaScript and CSS files.
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0 and Mobile includes the IBM Dojo 1.7 Toolkit, new mobile and rich Internet application (RIA) building blocks, and a Dojo-based diagram component. With accompanying Rational tools, the Feature Pack helps you take WebSphere applications developed originally for desktop browsers and adapt and deploy them to mobile devices.
- Evaluate IBM products in the way that suits you best: Download a product trial, try a product online, or use a product in a cloud environment.
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Every new game must have an edge over its predecessors for it to be captivating compared to earlier versions.
Well, every new release of Mario game series provides a jaw-dropping innovation and the new super Mario Bros. U is no exception. This is a side-scrolling video game among the Super Mario installs developed by Nintendo specifically for Wii U. This game incorporates all the best moments from other Mario games making it the most enjoyable install ever.
The super Mario Bros. U is much like other Super Mario Bros titles sharing aspects such as multiplayer action, unlocking different levels, mini-boss castles and flying ships. It is however good to see that Mario has catch up with technology hence introduction of a high-definition game. This game has impressive visuals accompanied by gorgeous 2.5D (near-three-dimensionality) backgrounds compared to the previous titles.
Another impressive feature that this install brings to the table is the gamepad's capability to bring another 'builder' player who has powers to control up to 4 floating boxes that can either be used to assault or aid other Wii mate players.
Mario Bros. U has added extra platforms such as Boost Mode which lets the gamepad Wii player mess with enemies and can unlock a feature that allows them to vanquish an enemy with just a flick of the stylus.
The game has widely received positive reviews from players and critics such as GamesMaster which said that the game is a good excuse for families to gather around the TV, IGN and Joystiq. Many players have praised the difficulty level of this game which is a major challenge compared to some installs where a player could complete the levels without 'dying'. Although the New super Mario Bros. U is not a ground breaking release, it is beautifully presented in HD, block building is more fun while using a touchscreen and the multiplayer action is addictive and frantic at the same time.
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Journal Article, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, volume 50, issue 3, pages 6-17
May / June 2008
Authors: Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
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"The global climate has changed and will continue to change as a result of greenhouse gas emissions from a broad variety of human activities. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change determined that 'most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.' If greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow unabated, the global average temperature will likely increase between 1.1°C and 6.4°C. This warming will unleash a myriad of impacts, the vast majority of which will adversely affect water availability, agricultural and forestry productivity, the spread of infectious diseases, extreme weather events, unique ecosystems and rare species, and the built environment in coastal areas. The risks of global climate change clearly necessitate an international effort.
As an initial attempt to address these risks, the Kyoto Protocol's commitment period officially began in January 2008. A number of countries are undertaking substantial actions to limit their emissions. The European Union moved into the second phase of its Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), now the world's largest carbon dioxide (CO2) cap-and-trade program, covering approximately half of all EU CO2 emissions. Efforts to promote climate-friendly development in low-income countries have delivered projected emissions reductions in excess of 1.75 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
The Kyoto Protocol can only serve as the first step in addressing the risks posed by global climate change. The next step in international climate change policy drew substantial attention in 2007. At the Group of Eight industrialized countries meeting in Germany, which was joined by five major developing countries, world leaders called for moving forward through the UN process with the successor to Kyoto. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted a special high-level session on climate change policy in the UN General Assembly in September and has called for negotiations on this next step to culminate with an agreement by 2009. U.S. President George W. Bush hosted a meeting of 16 major countries from the developed and developing world to address this question in September as well...."
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When one man weeps, the world weeps with him
By Lionel Rolfe 04/26/2013
As bombs were blowing up in Boston earlier this month I was in LA's Chinatown District listening to a doctor tell me he would not prescribe any more medication to ease the pain in my swollen knees, calves and feet.
I know misery is a constant of the human condition, but when you are experiencing pain personally the whole world seems to be suffering. Bombings, wars, tsunamis, nuclear and chemical disasters, meteors, earthquakes, mad cops running amok, ships crashing into shore … all somehow directly relate to my increasingly wobbly legs. I concede there is no apparent connection between a city under siege and the pain in my body. But sometimes it feels as if the world and all of our lives are in an inevitable, inescapable downward spiral.
My doctor's patients are primarily elderly and of various ethnicities other than Asian. The thing they share most in common is being poor.
The doctor eyed my stomach. "I have a simple answer for you. Simple," he emphasized. "Lose that gut."
"Can't you give me more diuretics so I don't have to suffer with every step," I pleaded.
"No," he replied sternly. "More diuretics could kill you."
I explained that when I get off from work late at night I must walk through a seedy neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, a place where someone with a limp would be an easy target.
"It's an inconvenience," the doctor insisted. "You have to lose that," he said, once again pointing at my bulging midsection.
I have to admit, the concept of my own aches and pains being an "inconvenience" put things in a better perspective. The world is full of pain, and when compared to all of that, I suppose my physical problems really are merely inconvenient.
I have a friend, once a major movie star, who is mostly bedridden with terrible psychological and physical pain. I won't go into detail about her various maladies, but these difficulties are far worse than my own.
When I got home from the doctor's office, my ex-wife was on the phone. She and her husband were facing eviction. They were desperate, not just for themselves, but also for her blue-fronted Amazon parrot, Hamlet, a bird I knew from when we were married. How can you live on the street and take care of a parrot and two beloved cockatiels?
A neighbor of mine, a single mom, works hard but has a tough time paying rent and putting food on the table for her growing teenage boy. What a difficult life. But at least she isn't being maimed by guns of war being fired outside her window, like what's happening in so many other cities around the planet.
Much of the world's pain — much like my own — is self-inflicted. Our economy, for instance, is stumbling and Republicans say the answer is to increase people's pain. So they try to strangle the economy to ensure it doesn't recover, in great part because they hate our black president. It strikes me that at one time such behavior would have been considered treasonous. Inflicting pain as part of the "cure" is related to the concept that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But that isn't necessarily so.
And it's not just America. In Europe, bankers — austerity-minded Germans — tell the multitudes they must starve, lose their homes, jobs, farms and families in order for them to reap higher profits. In those nations, class struggle, a term rarely used in this country, is the obvious name of the game. Meanwhile, the world's rich hide their billions to avoid paying taxes, sitting on their ill-gotten gains rather than investing them. They purposely inflict pain and suffering in order to make more money and further their rotten political agendas.
OK, perhaps I have inflicted pain on myself with too much hedonistic consumption now and then. I'm human, therefore a sinner, so I must be punished. I suppose that also means the over-consuming world — everywhere lives, souls and societies in ruins — must be punished as well.
Damn them. I want to cry.
Lionel Rolfe is the author of a new book, "The Misadventures of Ari Mendelsohn: A Mostly True Memoir of California Journalism," available in paperback on Amazon.com and on Kindle. Rolfe has authored more than eight books, including the classic "Literary L.A.," "The Uncommon Friendship of Yaltah Menuhin and Willa Cather" and "Fat Man on the Left." He is also featured in an upcoming documentary, "Literary L.A. Movie." Rolfe will be appearing May 12 at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Call (310) 822-3006 or visit beyondbaroque.org.
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Young store owners determined to revitalize Barnard General StoreChristian Avard / Staff Photo
Jillian Bradley and Joe Minerva have grand plans for the Barnard General Store once it reopens under their management.
Joe Minerva, 27, and Jillian Bradley, 24, said they were eating dinner at a local restaurant when they overheard a conversation about the young new owners at the Barnard General Store. Those young new owners are Minerva and Bradley and they are excited about the stores grand opening that will happen by late April, they said.
They were saying, Yeah, theyre really young, but I dont know if theyll pull it off. We just sat there and smiled and didnt say anything, Minerva said with a laugh.
Some may be doubtful because of our ages, but Im excited to prove them wrong, Bradley added.
Minerva and Bradley were selected by the Barnard Community Trust after they submitted a business plan to reopen the 180-year-old general store. Minerva and Bradley have seven years of grocery store retail experience apiece, Minerva as Richmond Market store manager and Bradley as Richmond Market customer service manager, and they are determined to make the business successful.
I think its going to take a younger generation like us stepping in, not people who want to retire and have an idea of running a general store but lack the experience, Minerva said. You need to know the business. We know it.
Minerva and Bradley have grand plans for the store once it reopens. They will sell fresh cut meats, seafood, and serve breakfast and lunch on weekdays and brunch on weekends.
They invested up to $30,000 in a new freezer, shelving, meat cutting equipment, a fryer and a bulk section and will sell high-and low-end foods for everyone.
Now you can come here and get chicken and steaks and wine and youll be able to buy a complete dinner. You dont have to drive 12 miles into Woodstock anymore, Bradley said.
The Barnard community is excited about the stores new owners. Minerva and Bradley met with community members at an open house earlier this month and listened to their concerns, needs and expectations.
According to Minerva and Bradley, the Barnard General Stores closing impacted the Barnard community. They realized that Barnard cannot go on without their beloved general store and they would support Minerva and Bradley to remain open and be successful.
Minerva and Bradley not only work together but they have been in a relationship for seven years. Their chemistry has sustained them for a long time and it will be at the forefront once they experience the ups and downs of running a business.
Its good to have the support of each other. Weve been in the business and we know its seven days a week and crazy hours, Bradley said.
Minerva agreed.
As co-owners we have to do most of the work and not draw large salaries. You just cant, he said. We have to make our $5 an hour and take it for what it is.
For years, the Barnard General Store was a favorite spot for locals and tourists alike. It was one of the longest-operating general stores in Vermont until former store owners Carolyn DiCicco and Kim Furlong closed it due to difficult financial times, poor weather and big-box store competition.
The Barnard Community Trust purchased the store for $500,000 from William Twigg-Smith in January and they received six requests for proposals to operate the Barnard General Store. The top two came down to a group of Barnard locals and Minerva and Bradley.
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No Child Left Behind Waivers
No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the most recent authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), is the principal federal law affecting education from kindergarten through high school. On September 23, 2011, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) invited states educational agencies to request flexibility on behalf of itself, its districts, and schools, in order to better focus on improving student learning and increasing the quality of instruction. Illinois' flexibility request was initially submitted on February 28, 2012 and resubmitted on January 31, 2014, was granted on April 18, 2014.
The Illinois State Board of Education is committed to making Illinois' Pre-K to 12 system the strongest in the nation.
For more information about the waiver process please view the Illinois ESEA Flex Waiver Update webinar video.
General Information About Illinois' ESEA/NCLB Flexibility Waiver
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The revolutionary Monaco V4 Concept watch: inspired by the architecture of high performance motor engines.
With the innovation of the Monaco V4 Concept Watch, TAG Heuer overturned a fundamental principle of watchmaking, replacing the traditio…
With the innovation of the Monaco V4 Concept Watch, TAG Heuer overturned a fundamental principle of watchmaking, replacing the traditional pinion and gear transmission with a belt-driven movement. After causing a sensation at its debut in 2004, the Monaco V4 is once again set to achieve the unbelievable by going into commercial production.
The TAG Heuer team wanted to show the world that the rules of watchmaking could be entirely reinvented. Inspired by high performance automobiles, they decided to replace the cogs and wheels of a traditional mechanical movement with a belt-driven transmission.
Using the principles of aerospace engineering, the watchmaking team were set to rethink each movement, each piece, each transmission. Little by little, a model for an entirely new mechanism began to see the day.
The traditional pinion and gear transmission was replaced by a revolutionary system of belts of 0.07mm - the same size as a human hair.
In the winding system, the oscillating weight became a linear weight, revealing the whole movement and the four V-position barrels.
Specific rubies were replaced by micro ball bearings to further minimize friction.
The Monaco V4: an incredible achievement which took the TAG Heuer R&D teams five years of relentless effort.
With the Monaco V4 Concept watch, TAG Heuer again stakes claim to the leading edge of design innovation and honors its celebrated motto: "Swiss avant-garde since 1860."
The patented belt-driven transmission is a high-yield relay of 5 notched micro drive-belts whose tension is controlled by 2 turnbuckles. The transmission belts in polyether block amide have a 0.07mm section, and are 10 times smaller than any belt ever manufactured.
A second patent was granted for the innovative linear mass, replacing the classic oscillating mass. Mounted on the word's smallest ball bearings, the 12g tungsten ingot moves up and down between 2 pairs of V-shaped barrels (hence the name V4). The barrels are angled at +/- 13 degrees, like the cylinders of a high performance racing engine.
With its square shape and automatic chronograph, the Monaco V4 recalls the original Monaco series. But with its complex design clearly visible through sapphire glass in the front and back, the Monaco V4 shows how truly evolved watchmaking can become.