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There is one organisation that Tessa Jowell probably will not be too sad to leave behind as she bids farewell to the DCMS offices just off Trafalgar Square in London and heads up the road to the Cabinet Office in her new role as Olympics supremo. Not the BBC, Sky or even the Daily Mail, but the august Royal Television Society, which has played host to some of the most pivotal - and embarrassing - moments of her tenure as culture secretary.
It was at its biennial conference that she first displayed her shaky early grasp of her brief when, in September 2001, she stumbled and gaffed her way through a question and answer session. Two years later, she arrived three hours late to fire the starting gun towards digital switchover, as well as to begin the interminable post-Hutton review of the BBC that led to last year's licence fee settlement. In 2005, she made it on time to pledge it would happen before 2012 and be paid for out of the licence fee. And she recently chose an RTS event (for which again she was late) to tie up her broadcasting policy loose ends, including giving Channel 4 £14m in licence fee support with one hand and delivering a stern warning over its future remit with the other.
Her successor as culture secretary is certainly no stranger to the brief, having played a key role in many of the biggest broadcasting policy decisions of the past decade. Already well known to the broadcasting fraternity, 37-year-old James Purnell has become more visible to the general public in recent months as a regularly tipped "rising star" under the Brown administration, despite having close links to his predecessor.
When he was acting as unpaid intern for Tony Blair during his university holidays, using an upturned bin for a desk, the quietly ambitious Purnell may even then have had half an eye on a cabinet post. Having successfully shifted his allegiance from Blair to Brown, he now has one. Purnell followed the familiar New Labour path from researcher (working alongside Ed Richards, among others) to thinktank (coming up with the blueprint for Ofcom while at the IPPR) to policy wonk (where he again worked alongside Richards, framing the 2003 Communications Act) to junior minister.
He became an MP at 31 and during a spell as minister for the creative industries impressed many with his knowledge, and made friends by banging the drum for the music industry, fashion and gaming. What some consider arrogance is, insist friends, merely enthusiasm. Yet there could be some difficult exchanges when the boundaries between Jowell and Purnell overlap, particularly in areas like sport, tourism and arts spending.
Meanwhile, all the major broadcasters are attempting to read the runes over what the switch from Blair to Brown will mean for them. At the BBC, they are trying to determine whether the Treasury's hardline approach to the licence fee negotiations was that of a prudent chancellor or of a future prime minister who still feels the BBC is bloated and inefficient. All will be reconfiguring their lobbying operations to deal with the regime change.
Whitehall insiders say the dividing lines between Purnell and Jowell have yet to be properly established, with at least 70 staff remaining within the DCMS but reporting to the new Olympics minister, because the decision was taken so late. But they also point to their close working relationship when she was his boss.
Across the media industry the verdict on Jowell's tenure is mixed, but broadly positive, and on a personal level she was well liked. Steven Barnett, professor of communications at Westminster University, sums up the consensus view. "I think she's been generally good news. She followed the template laid down by Chris Smith, which is essentially pro-public service and the BBC but also pro-competition. It means treading quite a delicate line, which government has had to do for 20 years, between maintaining the strength of public service broadcasting but at the same time allowing commercial operators to spread their wings."
Corridors of power
One of the biggest victories for the DCMS (aside from the obvious one in Singapore) was carried out among the labyrinthine corridors of power in Brussels. Despite starting with only Slovakia onside, the success of DCMS wonks (with Ofcom backing) in persuading the EC to dilute plans to force individual states to regulate internet content, has huge implications for the future of media regulation. Similarly, Jowell's constant efforts to promote media literacy may come to be seen as one of her most significant achievements.
Digital switchover, potentially such a minefield, appears well on course in technical and financial terms although it will require close attention to ensure the election year nightmare of blank television screens does not come to pass. She has also bequeathed Purnell the fallout from Ofcom's decision over the digital dividend. But Jowell has left a clear direction of travel for her successor to follow. Indeed, with the BBC licence fee set and a determination to preserve the principle of public service plurality in the digital age established, it could be argued that in the short term she has left Purnell with little to do.
Some take a more critical view of Jowell's unusually long stint in the same ministerial office, arguing that she fudged the major issues and failed to back up her words with action. Greg Dyke, the former BBC director general whose explosive clash with the government provided the most dramatic media moment of Jowell's tenure, is firmly in that camp.
"In the end, the disappointing thing was that she didn't deliver for the BBC. They didn't get anything like the licence fee settlement they wanted or, more to the point, needed. " Of course, Dyke's view is not altogether surprising given that their personality clash emerged as one of the reasons why the BBC governors forced him out.
Also in the debit column, some argue that she was so consensual in style that it took an age to get anything done and despite repeated promises to lift the sense of continual review hanging over the BBC and public service broadcasting in general, there seems little hope of that. In the past year, as planning for the Olympics has reached a more controversial and intense stage, broadcasting appears to have dropped off the agenda.
In the final analysis, most believe Jowell was an instinctive friend of the BBC and without her, there is little doubt the Treasury would have turned the screw even tighter on the corporation's finances. She also repeatedly advocated plurality in public service broadcasting but recoiled at some of C4's recent programming excesses - on a day of high drama in Oxford, she denounced Celebrity Big Brother as "disgusting" and "racism as entertainment" on the same day that chief executive Andy Duncan was making a hash of defending it.
It seems certain that Purnell will take a similar line, although his view of the BBC is more difficult to divine. Some have simplistically assumed that, because he once worked there as head of corporate planning under John Birt, he will be sympathetic. The truth, as anyone who has followed the internecine power struggles of the corporation down the years will note, is more complex. Just as Birt himself turned against the BBC once outside its walls, supporting the case for top-slicing much to Jowell's consternation, Purnell was known to be extremely hawkish during the Gilligan affair. Indeed, he later caused a minor furore by auctioning off a copy of the Hutton report signed by Alastair Campbell and Cherie Blair for charity.
His relationship with Ofcom, where he will again cross paths with Richards, will also be interesting. There are those who are quietly wondering whether Ofcom is assuming the mantle of policy maker rather than regulator, and whether the government should not lend a steadying hand. Though, having established an independent converged regulator, it is of course difficult to be seen to be influencing it.
As far as newspapers are concerned, there is little appetite to re-examine the case for statutory regulation. When Blair delivered his "feral beasts" speech, which contained a muddled shot across the bows on newspaper regulation, Brown's aides were quick to dampen speculation that it would translate into anything harder. If anything, the trend is likely to continue to be towards more hands-off regulation as convergence accelerates. In public, Jowell was always supportive of the press although in private she was a little more forthright given her experiences over that pesky business with her husband, her mortgage and Silvio Berlusconi.
Jowell managed to get through her tenure without a major media ownership battle crossing her desk; Purnell is unlikely to be so lucky. He will perhaps be relieved that the big media question facing the government in the coming months - whether it has the appetite to take on Rupert Murdoch ahead of a looming general election - is one for John Hutton and his new department for business, enterprise and regulatory reform and, more pertinently, Brown himself.
Indeed, despite the framework being well established, big structural questions remain for Jowell's successor. Her RTS speech contained a heavy hint that hiving off the licence fee directly to producers or to fund Ofcom's Public Service Publisher wheeze was a live possibility at the end of the current six-year deal. The decision of the BBC's web 2.0 guru Tom Loosemore to quit to head up Ofcom's PSP plans was a further indication that the idea is being taken extremely seriously. The public service broadcasting construct that has served Britain so well for 50 years is rapidly breaking down, and it could well be on Purnell's watch that the significant decisions about its future have to be taken.


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The Vista Planning Commission granted a special-use permit on January 4, allowing a tattoo shop to open near Thibodo Road and Watson Way. The establishment will be one of two tattoo parlors allowed in Vista...until the population increases by more than another 20,000 people.
According to an article in North County Times, the city council lifted a de facto ban on tattoo parlors in 2009 but capped them at one per 40,000 residents. Vista's population is currently 97,000, so two special-use permits for tattoo shops were available.
Frontline Tattoo, on Hacienda Drive, is the city's first tattoo parlor, having opened in 2009. At Tuesday's meeting, Norm Halus, treasurer for the Shadowridge Homeowners Association, urged commissioners to decline the permit.
"Maybe it's a generational gap," Halus said, "but tattoo parlors still have a stigma, and we don't want one of those next to our community.
Chris Yvon, owner of the tattoo parlor, said the community shouldn't be concerned due to the nature of the clientele and the caliber of the artists he has lined up.
"We all have backgrounds in art and went to art school," Yvon told commissioners. "We have a lot of people coming in for custom work. We are more of a high-end shop. There isn't any walk-in or hanging-out business."
The commisson's decision is final unless an appeal is granted by the Vista City Council. A stipulation for the special-use permit states that no piercings or any other type of body modification can take place on the site.


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This is probably a long shot, but this past week three houses on my road have been broken into, and peoples crap was stolen...stuff like this doesn't usually happen out in the country where I live, but I figured I'd post it up on here if you are in the area and maybe catch these dicks and maybe my shit wont get stolen, but hey here is the info, we received this letter in the mail (as did everyone else from this particular neighbor) today because the thieves finally left some sort of evidence:
Sometime between Sunday afternoon, August 9th and Tuesday morning, August 11th, my cabin and garage on the property of such in such (Hope Area, 48628) was broken into and several items were stolen. The thief or thieves stole my boys Kawasaki KLX110 motorcycle, a Honda 2000 generator and a brand new Husqvarna chain saw, after ramming through a garage door. The one piece of evidence we have available is the tire tread marks of the vehicle they used (Super Swamper Boggers) I have pics on the note and a description. It was a distinctive tire that it was almost 15" wide and most likely 36-44" inches tall fitting only a modified and lifted truck, the tires are street legal but sued for mud boggin and trail riding mostly. Below is a picture of that model tire. I expect the thief who owns the truck to be local as I would not normally expect someone to be traveling a long distance on tires or in a truck like this.
If you have seen anything suspicious lately or a lifted truck which could have these large tires please call Brandon Charbonneau at the Midland County Sheriff's office, or the owner (i'll give you the number for serious information only, pm me if you need it)
I expect this criminal has stolen from more of our neighbors in the area, so it would be nice to catch him even if the property is no longer recoverable.
Sorry for the seriousness of this note. I am just hoping that with more people's help we can stop this fellow(s).
Deputy Charbonneau's phone number can be reached by calling 989-631-9478 or by email email@example.com
If you do not feel like dealing with the police I can forward the info to the deputy or give you the cell phone number of the home owner.
This wasn't my crap stolen but its been in the area, and its probably a long shot to find this guy on here but hey maybe someone in the Hope, Midland, Gladwin, Saginaw, Albright shores, Pinconning, etc ( Mid Michigan) area has seen something suspicious or heard something, thank-you for any information or help to stop dicks like this!
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Yanko Design — enthusiastic posters of all things pie-in-the-sky conceptual — have dampened their seats and filled the air with squeeing over this concept pipe by designer Hakan Bogazpinar. Says Yanko:
When I think of pipe smoking, I imagine an older generation of men sitting around reading newspapers or conversing about times gone by. Yet with this new and sleek pipe design by Hakan Bogazpinar, I can see a much more hip, younger crowd partaking in its' pleasures. Eolos is our modern day pipe. With a smooth, almost aerodynamic design, it looks the Ferrari for pipe smokers. With a built in filter replication indicator, the user can see that the nicotine level is too high and would need to change the filter. So if you like sleek and modern in your pipe then you just might fancy an Eolos.
As a pipe smoker myself, I can't help but repress a smile. It's clear that neither the Yanko boys nor the Eolos' designer himself had ever even seen a modern pipe: unlike the usual rocket swings and Sony-brand perpetual motion machines Yanko usually goes on about, this is actually quite a conventional design for a modern pipe, except those would actually be smokeable, unlike the Eolos, which appears to be made of plastic and rubber.
The sole innovation is the transparent filter. That's not bad, I guess... except who wants to have a filthy, tar-blocked artery visibly waggling under their nose? The filter is the unwiped asshole of a pipe. You want to see that thing as little as possible.
Of limited interest, I know.
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My 1 y.o. just returned from 3 weeks @ boarding kennel. He presents raised, round, red, pus-emitting ulcers on the sides of both elbows. I suspect concrete + a small crate. Does anyone have experience with healing this darn disease? Thank you- Mamie
I'm not sure if my dog had the same but when she was a year or so, she did get something similar to what you are describing. I believe I caught the ulcerations before they were infected to the point where pus was present...but nonetheless they seemed inflamed and infected to a degree.
I choose to clean the clean the wounds with a towel and warm soapy water to get the skin rid of any caked residue and then applied bacitracin to the affected areas. I'm sure any topical antibiotic similar to bacitracin would have sufficed. I paid attention to the areas numerous times throughout the day and cleaned/reapplied as needed. If my memory serves, I believe on one of these wounds I trimmed her fur in order to keep any discharge from scabbing over with her fur entangled in it...plus it was easier to keep clean.
The ulcerations were located on her hips in the area where, when laying down would be in contact with the ground...and being subjected to more of her weight...a pressure point of sorts. I also decided to put large towels and blankets in the areas where she chose to lie down on hard surfaces hoping this would cushion the pressure point point and allowing more blood flow to these vulnerable areas. Interesting that both are dogs dealt with this at a year in age??
The wounds healed and she has not had to deal with this since....
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Anchoring into retaining wall
We have old concrete retaining walls at our condo building that were cracked and looking pretty dilapidated so we had them refinished. The contractor put metal mesh over the walls and then put a skin coat of concrete over that.
I would like to install a couple hose brackets on the walls, but I am unsure of what type of anchors to use.
Should I use tapcons? Sleeve anchors? I worry about the possibility of there being a hollow space between the old wall and the new finish, I don't want to drill and have it crack on me.
Proby, no anchor expert here, so please accept this as brainstorming rather than advice, but...
my first though is that while I would normally be inclined to use a sleeve anchor, I think that I would lean toward a tapcon in this case, because since the cracks are now concealed, you won't know exactly where they are, and I think that a tapcon permits a better "feel" of what you are into than other types of anchors may.
Secondly, is there a way to support the weight from the ground, or over top of the wall, i.e. a treated 2x4, for example, standing upright, tapconed to the wall, so that a significant portion of the weight is transferred directly to the slab or whatever, or a couple pieces of of aluminum flat stock bent to hook over the top of the wall, perhaps with a tapcon in each one to take out any wiggle at the brackets.
Again, simply a couple of thoughts.
Both tapcons and lead sleeves require a hole drilled prior to intalling either material. The lead anchor, in my opinion, would hold better then a tapcon, especially if what you're hanging is going to move.
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I know what a lead anchor is and a sleeve anchor as well, but I am not sure what a lead sleeve anchor is.
I've attached images, the first one is what we call a lead anchor and the second is what we call a sleeve anchor. Different areas call things like this different things so it's hard to relate it over the internet.
The lead anchor I was referring to is like a plastic anchor, only made of lead.
The skim coat isn't relevant as the anchor will be buried in the solid wall. The only issue you will have is the skim coats thickness as you don't want to rely on any part of it to hold the anchor. You might well move up a size to make sure you have enough ,"hold" in the wall.
Ron, I agree completely with what you said. My only point, and I see that I did not necessarily convey it clearly, is that regardless of how good of a job the mason did, I assume that the original cracks and dilapidation are no longer visible, and the issue that I see with any type of expansion type fastener is that they generally have a prescribed minimal distance from existing cracks, fractures, etc. Point being that when you tighten, and do not know where such deficiencies were, are you one turn, two turns, or X number of inch/pounds from the hole opening up. Again, no expert, but do have experience with similar anchors in larger, industrial applications. On the other hand, I am sure that tapcons are not without their own peculiarities, so if all things are equal, I will go back to my opening comment, and say that I too would be inclined to use an anchor as Ron described.
the advantage of the sleeve anchor ( aka Lok-Bolt, Dyna-Bolt) is you don't have to drill a giant hole to use it.
you might try to just use screws and plastic anchors. they are cheap and if the block isn't too bad or is grout filled they might do the trick. if they don't hold you are literally out $1.00 and can try something else. if you drill into voids you could even use toggle bolts
the best solution for a long lasting connection is to drill all the way through the wall and just use a long bolt, carriage bolt, or even threaded rod with a nut and washers on both sides. whatever you chose, try to get it in stainless steel if your budget allows
You shouldn't have an issue with the 4" tapcons either.
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Chile and Argentina agreed Friday to build road and railway tunnels
across their common border in a project aimed at opening two new routes
through the towering Andes, officials said.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Argentina's President
Cristina Kirchner signed the agreement here as part of a broader treaty
to promote integration and cooperation along their mountainous
5,000-kilometer (3,100 miles) border.
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Warren Shoulberg Blog: Black ... and Blue Friday
November 24, 2009,
Get ready, dear friends, we're about to enter the Most Wonder-What-Happened Time of the Year. Just three days away and counting--that mutha' of all shopping days. The day when you separate the stores from the bores.
It's Black Friday ... or as I like to call it, Black and Blue Friday. First off, Black Friday is about the stupidest name for something I think I've ever heard. Way back when, it's origin was supposed to be that this was the day when retailers moved their profit-and-loss paperwork from red (losing money) to black (making money).
What a bunch of nonsense. Can you image what would happen to the president of a company that lost money for the first 330 days of the year? He would not be around for day 331.
And the suits who make all the prognostications and forecasts about shopping trends ... they are the worst. They attach all of this significance to the meaning of the day and its impact on the following 29 days of business.
All of which is complete fiction. The Friday after Thanksgiving is a good indicator of how business will be ... the Friday after Thanksgiving, and nothing more. If the last couple of holiday shopping seasons have taught us anything, it's that the shopper is waiting as long as she possibly can and she's only going to pull the trigger when she's getting a deal. And we won't know how that all turns out until at least the first week of January 2010.
Of course, make no mistake, there are lots and lots of deals out there. All of them are based on crazy prices that are good for about four items in any given store. What a pity nobody is promoting product rather than price. I bet there's not going to be a single shopper out there who can tell you what brand of flat-panel TV or laptop computer they bought. They just bought it by price.
Where's the great product? Where are the exclusives? Where are the must-haves? Other than Apple Stores, they probably won't be anywhere to be found this holiday.
So, if you like to get up real early, love obnoxious crowds and have the tackling ability of the Colts' front line, then Black Friday is for you.
For the rest of us, it's just another Blue day in retailing.--Warren Shoulberg
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Jan Goh worked for the BioWare studio of EA until November 2008, when he moved to the EA Montreal studio.
While at BioWare from 2001-2008, Jan worked as the primary combat gameplay programmer on Jade Empire, as well as on an unannounced project that never saw the light of day. He contributed some additional programming to Mass Effect.
Jan Goh changed his name from Jan Sacharuk in the summer of 2007.
Jan is an avid cyclist and has a great fondness for pastry. His primary professional interests are in AI, interfaces and, currently, audio. He holds a BSc. in Math Sciences, with a minor in Earth and Atmospheric Science.
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Vocab++ is an educational application for Android that helps you improve your vocabulary thanks to visual association. In the main menu, you should choose between study mode, revision mode and pinned words.
In Study, you can view both the word the word and the meaning to memorize and in revision, you can try to guess the meaning of the word. If you want to mark some words as important, just pin them and then access directly to them via the main menu. In addition, you should also select your preferred exam method (you can submit more to the developers): Toefl, SAT, GRE and CAT.
Vocab++ is an excellent tool for English study, a better option than flashcards nowadays and with a wide list of words that keeps updating. What would we improve? A quicker respond, as it sometimes freezes when touching a button or passing to the next word.
Apps Culture is the developer of this great application for studying, an easy to use tool with a clean design and personalized illustrations. If you're learning English, don't miss it.
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Israeli Opposition Leader Vows to Work to Topple Barak over Peace 'Concessions'
Israel's right-wing opposition leader Ariel Sharon vowed Tuesday to do all he can to topple Prime Minister Ehud Barak, saying he would be making a "historic mistake" by offering concessions to the Palestinians on Jerusalem.
"He told me that he will know during the course of the month if (Palestinian leader Yasser) Arafat is ready to accept his concessions," Likud party chairman Sharon told Israeli radio following a phone call with Barak.
"I told him that these concessions were a historic mistake because they concern Jerusalem, which belongs to all the Jewish people," Sharon said.
"We must not get rid of all our assets without achieving peace and I repeat, we are doing all in our power to overthrow the government," he added.
Barak is currently in New York where both he and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are due to meet separately with US President Bill Clinton in a bid to hammer out a peace deal by a September 13 deadline.
The Israeli prime minister, who lost his parliamentary majority in July amid dissent over his peace policies with the Palestinians, last month urged Likud to join a national unity government if no peace deal is reached.
"It is not inconceivable that if the prime minister should return from the United States without an agreement with the Palestinians, the first to be invited for a meeting and to join the coalition will be the Likud faction members," a senior political source told the Maariv newspaper.
In August, parliament backed on preliminary reading a Likud bill calling for early elections but the 120-member is on its summer recess until late October - OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP)
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It's not every day that a new viola concerto is added to the repertoire, and such is the reputation of composer James MacMillan and dedicatee Lawrence Power that four orchestras wanted a stake in the latest, given its world premiere by the LPO last night.
In several respects, MacMillan's concerto refuses to conform to expectations. Muted, brooding timbres make for a surprising opening but suit the viola very well, and a frequently recurring quartet of two violas and two cellos enhances the atmosphere. Similarly resourceful scoring occurs in the finale, where a solo flute invokes the sound world of the Japanese shakuhachi. Also unconventional is the explosive opening of what is otherwise a lyrical slow movement and the viola's disappearing act at its close.
It could be argued that such idiosyncratic touches stand in for true creative inspiration but it's an attractive enough work and Power's commitment to it was never in doubt.
Nor in Mahler's Symphony No 6 in A minor was that of Vladimir Jurowski, who drove the heroic-tragic march of the first movement at a furious pace, such that the Andante, here placed second, came as necessary relief.
Both there and in the following Scherzo, Jurowski relished oases of calm, even if the tone quality of the London Philharmonic was sometimes a little coarse.
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Papyrus 1938 Materials & Technique: photographs, gelatin silver photograph
For Olive Cotton, the natural world was a lifelong source of inspiration. In the1920s and 1930s, and again in the 1970s and 1980s, she frequently photographed natural subjects – landscapes, trees, plants and flowers. Her approach to nature, and her desire to unify her dual interests in art and science through her photographs, owed much to her family background: her father was a geologist and her mother was interested in the visual arts and music.
Cotton was captivated, not only by the beauty she found in the natural world, but also by the principles that determined its structure and organisation. Her photographic work grew out of careful and often lengthy observation. Photographing this clump of papyrus growing by a pool at the Sydney Botanic Gardens involved watching and waiting until, in her own words, 'the wind blew a white cloud into place' behind the fronds.1
Cotton took Papyrus at a time when she was revelling in her creative powers and her technical mastery of the photographic medium. This confidence shows in the selection of relatively prosaic subject matter and the audacious choice of an unusually low viewpoint. This style of modern photography was associated with the Max Dupain circle, of which she was a key member.
Cotton introduces dynamism into her composition through the use of asymmetry and an interplay between still and moving elements. Some fronds are in sharp focus, others are blurred by the wind, on what she later recalled was 'a breezy summer afternoon'2. This abstracted quality of the image, reinforced by the play of tones, is entirely consistent with her view of photography as 'drawing with light'.3
Another hallmark of Cotton's practice evident in Papyrus is her democratic approach to subject matter. Instead of isolating a single frond for dramatic effect, she focused on the group of fronds. This is a group with qualities particularly relevant to Cotton, one in which highly individualised elements form an irregular and vibrant whole.
In Sydney's Botanic Gardens, where other visitors may have seen only an ordinary papyrus plant, Olive Cotton saw the potential for a photograph. The result is a coherent, energetic and immensely satisfying image.
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1Helen Ennis, Olive Cotton: Photographer, Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1995, reprinted 1996, p.54
3Olive Cotton interview with Diana Rich, 11 May 1988, National Library of Australia, ORAL TRC 2413
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From: Anne Gray (ed), Australian art in the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002
Cotton regularly photographed grass and flowers from below, 'against the sky' - a perspective that was popular at the time. This way of viewing the striking graphic rhythms created by the juxtaposition of plant and sky possibly reflects encounters with her associate Ishinda Kagiyama's slightly earlier tree studies, which she would have seen published in The Home. Cotton's photograph of papyrus was taken in Sydney's Botanical Gardens. While the subject of this photograph seems to be plant life, the picture is equally concerned with photography's complex and magical relationship with light. The highlights hitting the papyrus fronds are beautifully observed and rendered; Cotton later remembered 'waiting for ages for the sun to move a little way until it caught the tips of things'.
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Six Hawke's Bay players will compete in the New Zealand Open Croquet Championships Centenary tournament, which starts on Saturday and continues until the following Thursday in Christchurch.
Te Mata's Tony Stephens, Hastings' John Prince, Marewa's Steve Jones, and the Gisborne trio of Mike Crashley, Paul Stuart and Joe Hogan will be among a record entry of 76 in the open singles and 36 doubles pairings. Players from Australia, England, the US and Canada will give the event an international flavour.
Top form from Kiwi players could see them gain MacRobertson Shield test series selection later in the season. This shield has been contested since 1925 but was not played between 1940-50 because of the war.
It was originally contested between New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain but in 1993 the triangular test became a quadrangular event with the inclusion of the US. Played every four years, the series will next be played in New Zealand during December and January, with the first test in in Christchurch, the second in Hawke's Bay and the third in Mount Maunganui.
Stephens, at the age of 16, won four New Zealand titles - the open singles, open doubles, men's championship singles and handicap singles.
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Art Institute of Chicago: LaunchPad
The IMA Lab designed and developed an iPad kiosk application for the European Decorative Arts galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago. The application provides an informative and engaging experience for visitors while offering a flexible design for expanding content. In addition to the in-gallery kiosk, the IMA Lab developed a content authoring platform that allows content editors to view the application in their browser before it goes live in gallery.
North Carolina Museum of Art: ArtNC
ArtNC is an educator resource for developing concept maps around a work of art. The IMA Lab developed a unique drag and drop interface for creating and discovering the concept maps. The ArtNC site received an honorable mention for Education & Outreach at the 2012 MUSE Awards. It also received a Best of the Web award for Education at the 2013 Museums and the Web.
Corning Museum of Glass
In 2011, IMA Lab developed the main website for the Corning Museum of Glass. This project covered the complete range of services provided by the Lab including Information Architecture, Systems Integration, eCommerce, Design, Implementation, and Training. The completed project is a visually appealing and user-friendly site that allows the museum to continue to grow its online efforts with a flexible and robust CMS.
Atlanta History Center
In 2010, IMA Lab worked with the Atlanta History Center to build an interactive war map kiosk for an exhibition entitled "War In Our Backyards." The Atlanta History Center gathered an immense amount of data about the civil war battles in the Atlanta area, and wanted to show visitors where battles happened in relation to contemporary landmarks. IMA Lab built a map interface available on both a series of touch screen kiosks and a large version of the map that would be projected from the ceiling onto a table in the middle of the exhibition. Read more about this project.
TourML & TAP
The TourML & TAP: a toolkit supporting museum mobile experiences project seeks to develop tools and a specification for building, sharing and preserving mobile tours that can be used by museums of all types and sizes to create and deploy their own mobile experiences. This project continues important work within the community to create mobile standards and open-source tools.
In the summer of 2009, the IMA designed and developed a mobile tour platform called TAP. TAP made its public debut in October, 2009 with the opening of the museum's major exhibition Sacred Spain. Designed to be displayed on iPod Touches available for rent in the Museum, TAP will feature familiar stop based navigation and present users with high quality video, zoomable imagery, audio interviews with curators and designers as well as interactive polls about visitors experience with the exhibition.
Behind the scenes, TAP leverages a Content Management System which allows authors to create tour content in the same tool that they author websites with. The underlying software then automatically builds deployable platform-neutral tour bundles which can be installed on a variety of devices. The iPod Touch interface is the first mobile client to be built.
OSCI Toolkit
The OSCI Toolkit is an open-source project to create a suite of tools that facilitates the publishing and broad dissemination of online scholarly catalogues for art history. In 2011, the IMA was awarded a grant from the Getty Foundation to support the project as part of its Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative (OSCI), which aims to create replicable models for museum collection catalogues in an online environment. The project builds upon the conceptual framework and prototype software developed at the direction of the Art Institute of Chicago during the initial OSCI grant cycle from 2009-2011.
Learning How Visitors Look: Applications of Eye Tracking Research
Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Sparks! Ignition grant, the Indianapolis Museum of Art engaged in a research project with the aim of exploring whether or not eye tracking technology can be useful to museums seeking to better understand how in-gallery visitors actually "see" the objects in a collection. The research was addressed and tested in the context of three separate experiments that were conducted at the IMA between July 2011 and June 2012. The results of the first experiment are described in detail in the following paper: Evaluating the Practical Applications of Eye Tracking
Steve.Museum The Museum Social Tagging Project
Beginning in 2006, the IMA served as Project Director and Technical Lead for the Steve.museum research project, a two year National Leadership Grant funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that involved 8 of the nation's leading art museums. The project's research examined the use of social tagging for art museums and its benefits for increasing access and engagement to online collections of art. The IMA also co-authored two additional grants extending on the success of the initial Steve.museum project. Both grants were funded by the IMLS in 2008.
In 2013, the IMA launched a refreshed version of their original site launched in 2010, built internally by the IMA Lab. The refreshed site offers an updated information architecture, responsive design, and refreshed content. The site provides a more structured path to content as well as a renewed simplicity around the site navigation and a refreshed appearance. With mobile traffic on the rise, the responsive design makes the site accessible across a broad range of screen sizes and devices.
In 2009, the IMA broke new ground by launching the streaming video website, ArtBabble.org, and in 2013, the IMA Lab launched a redesigned version of the website. ArtBabble aggregates nearly 3,000 art-related videos from 54 prominent arts and cultural organizations to create a true destination for art video online. The site provides access to high quality art content; including documentaries, artist talks, behind-the-scenes topics, and thousands of educational web resources to further the exploration of art. Read more about this project.
IMA Dashboard
In 2007, the IMA launched the IMA Dashboard, a pioneering effort supporting and encouraging institutional transparency among museums, and have since released the tool as open source for the benefit of other institutions.
Exhibition Microsites
Indigenous Out of the Wild with A. Bitterman
The 2012 Island Resident offered some unique experiences through this microsite. The IMA Lab developed an Arduino based GPS tracker that the artist carried with him while on IMA property. This data was used to plot the artists tracks during his time at the IMA. The site also offered the artist a place to post information about how to communicate with him and post pictures about his activities.
FLOW Can You See the River
This unique microsite offered a lot of detail about the exhibition and some unique interactive features. Using water flow and drainage data the IMA Lab developed a web app to show users how and where water flows from their location. The red markers placed all over Indianapolis were also added to a web based map to allow suers to locate all of the points for this exhibition.
Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World
This exhibition micro-site features a trailer video for the exhibition, dynamic image gallery and links to exhibition programming and catalog purchase.
European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century
The European Design exhibition microsite presented trailer video for the exhibition as well as lecture video and content from a Design Symposium hosted at the IMA. The site also features biographical information and imagery from dozens of designers featured in the show.
To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum
In addition to the standard video and exhibition features and image galleries, the To Live Forever micro-site featured interactive 3D movies of CAT scans from a mummy in the exhibition. The website also featured integration with Flickr and an interactive JavaScript timeline.
Breaking the Mode: Contemporary Fashion from the Permanent Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Breaking the Mode website included an engagement with local fashion designers which culminated in a runway show at the museum. The IMA new media teams used voting features and integration with YouTube to poll visitors to the site regarding their favorite designs and designers.
2013 Museums and the Web - Best of the Web: ArtBabble.org
2013 AAM Media & Technology - Gold Muse Award – Digital Communities: ArtBabble.org
2013 AAM Media & Technology - Bronze Muse Award – Online Presence: Indigenous | Out of the Wild with A. Bitterman
2010 Museums and the Web - Best of the Web: ArtBabble.org
2009 Webby Awards Honoree, ArtBabble.org
2009 Association of Mid-West Museums - Best Practices Award: For efforts in social media and transparency
2009 AAM Media & Technology Gold Muse Award – Best Online Presence: ArtBabble.org
2008 AAM Media & Technology Gold Muse Award – Public Relations and Development: IMA Dashboard
2008 Museums and the Web - Best of the Web: IMA Dashboard
2008 Communicator Award, Silver for Video: Cultural


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Will Americans embrace Chrysler's Fiat cars?David Welch
Here's a question to ponder as Fiat takes control of Chrysler. Will Americans buy cars engineered by Italians for Europeans? History says no. For years, General Motors brought over the occasional Opel and tried to sell it as a Saturn or a Cadillac or whatever. The Saturn L-series was an Opel Vectra. The Cadillac Catera, or Caterrible, was an Opel Omega. Both failed.
In each case they encountered the same problem. Thanks to higher fuel prices, Europeans pay more for passenger cars. So when U.S. carmakers brought their Eurocars here, they often stripped them down to reduce costs and still make a profit at the lower prices Americans would pay. GM's imported Opels often got weaker suspensions or the interior appointments weren't as nice. The cars were watered down. Ford had a similar problem with the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique, nicknamed the mistake. Ford kept the nice features and gave the cars the same nimble handling as the European Mondeo. But Americans didn't want to pay up for a car smaller than a Taurus. It flopped.
Even Volkswagen—with its pricey family sedans and compacts—has never gotten big sales numbers in the U.S. The cars are too expensive to penetrate the mainstream, quality lags the Japanese and American models and the euro-to-dollar exchange rate has been killing them. Then you have failure in the U.S. by Fiat and Renault. In other words, Europeans have not been able to break the interloper's curse when it comes to mainstream cars. In luxury, it must be said, BMW and Mercedes are kingpins.
In fairness to Fiat, a lot of the examples mentioned here were simply bad automobiles or wretched management decisions. Fiat plans to build cars here in Chrysler plants, which means competitive labor costs, lower shipping rates and no currency exchange risk. The business case looks much better. Also, the Italians know styling. The Fiat 500, pictured above, and the Alfa Romeo cars are quite catchy.
But to succeed, Fiat will have to adjust those cars to meet American tastes. European passenger cars tend to be engineered smaller to fit in tight European parking spaces and city streets. Americans like roomy rides. Fiat's quality is barely average in Europe. They will have to step that up to compete with the likes of Toyota, Honda, Ford and, yes, GM. And when they come here in about two years, there may be even more competition from India, China, another European player or whoever Roger Penske can contract to make new Saturn cars. Fiat also has to improve Chrysler's home-grown models, none of which get a friendly nod from Consumer Reports despite the supposed overhaul that outgoing CEO Robert Nardelli gave them. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is a fix-it man. But he has a lot of fixing to do. His Chrysler play has hope, but it's far from over, folks.


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Jay Z and Beyonce are currently bringing the heat on their On the Run tour and now they are planning to bring their energy to cable TV. The Carters have teamed up with HBO to air a special performance of their sold-out trek.
The show will tape on Sept. 12 and 13 in Paris and air later that same month.
"This is a major musical event that belongs on HBO," said Michael Lombardo, president of HBO programming. "It's going to be a night to remember."
HBO just released a 25-second trailer teasing the concert event. If you've ever seen Jay and Bey perform live, you know this is going to be an exciting concert to see.
This will be Jay Z and Beyonce's fourth collaboration with the cable network. They allowed HBO into their home in Beyonce's 2013 documentary, 'Life Is But a Dream.' The R&B queen also appeared in the 10-episode series, 'Beyonce: X10.' Meanwhile, Jay Z debuted his performance art film 'Picasso Baby' on HBO last August.


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Selena has gone from Disney darling to music and film mogul in what seems like no time. From acting on Wizards of Waverly Place to starring in Spring Breakers and releasing 2 solo albums, the gorgeous 23-year-old has proved herself to be an entertainment industry force to be reckoned with. But that's not all. When she's not topping the charts or slaying the silver screen, Selena also somehow finds time to perfect her always-chic style.
Whether channeling her inner tomboy in a sleek pantsuit or going full-on glam in an extravagant silky gown, the starlet always looks put together and in the sartorial know. Don't believe us? Take a look through our slideshow of her best fashion moments and you'll see that even when she's rocking a casual off-duty ensemble she still looks incredible. Now that's a girl who knows how to dress for every occasion.
In honor of Selena Gomez's second Teen Vogue cover, see how her style has evolved through the years from sweet Disney darling to sophisticated leading lady.
Cute in Converse at Disney's event in 2007.
Darling in Marc Jacobs polka dots at the Young Hollywood party in 2008.
Looking sweet in a studded little black dress at Disney's Winter Press Tour in 2008.
In a chic asymmetrical Baby Phat dress at the Teen Choice Awards in 2009.
Rocking a puffed-sleeve Marchesa Notte mini dress at the Hollywood Style Awards in 2009.
Sparkling in a silver Talbot Runhod mini dress at the American Music Awards in 2009.
White Hot in a BCBG mini dress at the Teen Choice Awards in 2010.
Stunning in a silver Reem Acra gown at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2010.
Pretty in purple at the premiere of in 2011.
Confirming relationship with boyfriend Justin Bieber by wearing color-coordinating outfits at the Vanity Fair Oscar After-party in 2011.
Getting a leg up in shorts at the Kids Choice Awards in 2011.
This incredible dress is full of contradictions. Its skirt is short yet long and its neckline is high yet low. The result? One sexy and tasteful dress—a look that she will learn to perfect and make her own over the next few years.
The title "Sheen Queen" comes to mind…
This ethereal lace gown is a new look for Selena—and one we think she should try more often! Dare we say she reminds us of a high-fashion Cinderella?
At the 'Spring Breakers' film premiere at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. September 2012.
Selena knows that an oversized blazer is a girl-on-the-go's best friend.
Step back, Janet Jackson, because Selena might have just become the queen of sexy pantsuits AND shoulder pads. The starlet is clearly coming into her own and experimenting with her red carpet style.
Ornate shirt? Leather pants? Sleek hair? Check, check and check. Selena's got the rocker chic look down pat.
Yes, this fringy beaded gold dress is EVERYTHING, but can we also take a moment to appreciate worship Selena's amazing braid?!
The trendiest flower girl we've ever seen.
Shoe and bag game strong!
This part-sheer, part-neon dress is definitely a new look for Selena, but she absolutely glows in it.
This dress—with its subdued color, conservative shape and minimalistic chic appeal—is a true symbol of Selena's evolving (and maturing!) style.
Yep, Selena is DEFINITELY not a Disney teenybopper anymore! She looks sexy, elegant and confident in this lingerie-inspired Atelier Versace dress.
Wait, are we sure Selena isn't from New York? Because she is killing the city's stereotypical uniform of head-to-toe black with a red lip.
This embellished Antonio Berardi co-ord is the stuff of our rosiest dreams.
For once, we'd prefer to see a side view of Selena's dress. Bow up?
Channeling the 90's with this crop top and strappy heels look, Selena is right on trend.
Okay, we're going to be real here. This 70's-inspired, shoulder pad and chain-clad pantsuit would look ridiculous on about 90% of the world's population. But somehow, she pulls it off. With gold stilettos, nonetheless.
Once again proving that red is her color.
THIS is how you do statement jewelry. Those earrings….those bracelets….goals.
We would be that excited too if we were at the coolest fashion show in the most beautiful city wearing the fuzziest Louis shearling jacket of all time!
Selena stunned in this flowy white gown, accessorizing with glittering diamond jewelry and an orchid hairpiece.
Secret agent (wo)man? So sleek, so cool, so Selena.


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"What size battery do I need?"The Torque battery box measures 9.5" high x 7.5" wide x 12" long and we recommend using a sealed 12 volt group 24 or smaller closed cell/deep cycle or glass mat battery with a minimum 85 amp hour rating. A group 24 is the largest size battery that can be used with the Torque kayak. For batteries, we can suggest either the Odyssey PC 925 or the Lifeline GPL-24T Marine/Recreational Vehicle Battery. The length of time a battery will run the motor at full speed is determined by the battery. See the next question for more battery time information.Back to top "How long will my kayak run on a fully charged battery?"The amount of run-time will vary depending on the amp hour rating of the deep cycle battery being used. Most of the battery sites have a chart online. As a general on the water estimate, the Torque 12 volt motor will pull 25 amps at full speed. The actual ampere draw is subject to your particular environmental conditions and operation requirements. Battery websites will list a chart showing minutes of use at 25amp draw. The Lifeline GPL-24T Marine/Recreational Vehicle Battery will last 149 minutes and the Odyssey PC 925 will last about an hour. The higher the amp hour rating the more run-time you will have. Maintain battery at full charge. Proper care will ensure having battery power when you need it, and will significantly improve the battery life. Failure to recharge lead-acid batteries (within 12-24 hours) is the leading cause of premature battery failure. Use a variable rate charger to avoid overcharging.Back to top"How fast can the Torque go?"The maximum speed is 5.5 mph.Back to top "How many pounds of thrust is the motor?"Delivers 36 lbs. of quiet power.Back to top
"Do I need to be wary of fast moving currents when using the Torque?"The Torque is not designed or intended for fast moving currents or big open water. Please do not operate in water currents that move faster than you are able to paddle the kayak.Back to top"Can the Torque be paddled without the motor?"Yes, a skeg plug is included with the Torque kayak and can be placed in place of the motor unit. This lowers the weight of the kayak to 75 lbs. and allows it to paddle like a regular kayak.Back to top"How does the Torque paddle with the skeg in and the motor pulled out?"The Torque paddles just like a regular kayak when it has its skeg in and motor removed.Back to top"Is it really that easy to put the motor in and take it out of the Torque kayak?"Yes! It was designed to be a "plug and play" motor install. Both the motor and battery can be easily removed for transport and storage.Back to top"How important is the battery selection for the electric motor usage?"The battery is a critical element of your electric motor system. A high-quality deep cycle marine battery should always be used. Unlike automobile batteries, deep cycle marine batteries are designed to be drawn down to a discharged state and then recharged. (To extend the life of your battery, always recharge after use. Most deep cycle marine batteries fail due to lack of proper maintenance.)Back to top"Where do I go to find a battery?"Batteries are available at any marine retail store or any battery retailer.Back to top"The batteries I have seen do not have an amp hour rating, they list a reserve capacity. How do I choose the right battery?"If an amp hour rating is not available, select a deep cycle marine battery with a minimum of 140 minute reserve capacity.Back to top"What do I need to recharge the battery?"We recommend using a multi-stage charger such as the Minn Kota MK110P.Back to top"How long will it take to recharge the battery?"The amount of time it takes to recharge the battery will depend on the type of charger being used. A charger with a higher amp output will charge quicker.Back to top"Is the Minn Kota motor quiet?"Understanding an angler's need to have a trolling motor that operates quietly, the Minn Kota motor has a unique bearing system that decreases friction, resulting in a substantial reduction in operating noise.Back to top"Why is the rudder on the Torque extra large?"The rudder is designed to optimize steering when the motor is in use. It allows for precise positioning, a tight turning radius, responsive steering and total hands-free control.Back to top"What is Maximizer Technology?"Pioneered in 1985, Minn Kota's innovative Maximizer technology delivers the precise amount of power needed at any setting, along with variable speed control. The Maximizer technology has been designed to provide up to five times longer run time on a single battery charge compared to conventional speed coil motors. Maximizer Control works like lifting your foot off the gas pedal of a car to decelerate allowing only the proper amount of gas (power) to be used. With a Maximizer only the necessary power to go the desired speed is delivered to the motor providing extreme efficiency and longer running time. With variable speed control, the Maximizer allows for fine-tune speed adjustments to be set and maintained while trollng.Back to top"Why are 100% sealed connections important?"100% sealed connections prevent corrosion and short circuits.Back to top"Is temperature a problem for the Minn Kota motor?"Nothing runs cooler than a Minn Kota. The extra large windings and commutators dissipate heat, resulting in cooler operation, extended battery power, and longer motor life.Back to top"What is special about the Weedless Wedge prop?"Minn Kota's Weedless Wedge is the only prop that is truly 100% weedless. The patented swept-back design of the blades pushes weeds away rather than chopping through heavy vegetation, regardless of speed. This conserves power and extends anglers' time on the water.Back to top"What kind of maintenance is expected for the motor unit?"The propeller must be cleaned of weeds and fishing line. The line can get behind the prop, wear away the seals and allow water to enter the motor. Check this after every 20 hours of operation. Before each use, check to see that the prop nut is secure. For maximum performance, restore the battery to full charge before each use. In order to prevent corrosion and maximize conductivity, it is highly recommended that you apply a dielectric greas to the plug, receptacle and battery terminals after each use.Back to top"What is the warranty on the Torque kayak and Minn Kota motor?"The hull and deck of any Ocean Kayak products is covered the lifetime of the boat from the Consumer's original purchase date. For blemished boats or those marked as BLEMS, the hull and deck are covered five years from Consumer's original purchase date. For standard boats used for rental, demonstration, resort or outfitter purposes, 90 days from date of delivery by the dealer to Consumer. For boats built as special "outfitter grade" boats used for rental, demonstration, resort or outfitter purposes, 1 year from date of delivery. The warranty for the Minn Kota motor and electronics is one year from the consumer's original purchase date. For accessories, 1 year from Consumer's original purchase date. For complete warranty details, to provide notice of a warranty claim, or to request warranty service, please contact us.Back to top"What happens if my Torque motor stops working?"First check the troubleshooting guide in the Torque Owner's Manual (pdf). If that doesn't work call Ocean Kayak Customer Service at 800-8-KAYAKS and they will help you with the troubleshooting.Back to top"What if I need replacement parts?"Replacement parts are available by calling Ocean Kayak Customer Service at 800-8-KAYAKS.Back to top"What do I do if I experience prop vibration?"Props and shafts are not 100% symmetrical. Often times simply removing the prop, rotating it 180 degrees, and reinstalling it will lessen or eliminate the incidence of vibration.Back to top"Can the propeller be replaced?"Yes, replacement propellers are available at most marine retailers or at any Minn Kota Autorized Dealer. The correct model replacement propeller is MKP-6 Prop 2061125 Weedless Wedge or for increased power the Power Prop (MKP-2). The MKP-2 will add about 0.5 mph to the top speed of the boat with no additional amp draw.Back to top"Can I install an after market prop on my motor to increase speed?"This is not recommended as it will increase the amp draw of the motor causing it to overheat. The use of any non-standard parts will void the warranty.Back to top"I pulled my kill switch and my battery died overnight, what happened?"The kill switch is not designed as an on/off switch but as an emergency kill switch. It is recommended to disconnect the battery for any prolonged storage to eliminate battery drainage.Back to top"My motor does not go directly into reverse from full speed. Is it broken?"The motor control unit requires being reset before switching from forward to reverse or reverse to forward. This process is simply setting the dial control to the off position for approximately 2-3 seconds.Back to top"I am experiencing some interference in my depth finder. What can I do?"With the Torque's Maximizer speed control, you may, in single battery applications, experience some interference in your depth finder display due to RF (radio Frequency) or electrical interference. If interference does occur, download our Depth Finder Interference Info document that has a few steps to reduce or eliminate the interference problem.Back to top
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Gallagher, Mary E., Lee, Ching Kwan and Kuruvilla, Sarosh (2011) Conclusion: from iron rice bowl to informalization: markets, workers, and the state in a changing China. In: Kuruvilla, Sarosh, Lee, Ching Kwan and Gallagher, Mary E., (eds.) From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization: Markets, Workers, and the State in a Changing China. Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, USA, pp. 188-192. ISBN 9780801450242
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Stephens Co. Purchases Van For Inmate Work Crew
Stephens County purchases a vehicle for its new inmate work crew.
Last week, Stephens County Commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of a van for the crew at a cost of $23,389. The 2013 Econoline van will be purchased from Toccoa Ford.
According to officials, the county received four local bids on the van, with this being the lowest bid.
Money for the van will come out of the county's capital projects fund.
Last month, Stephens County Commissioners unanimously approved a motion to contract with Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto for a female work crew.
That agreement is set to start on May 1.
According to county officials, the crew the county is getting will focus on litter pick-up.
After the van purchase and the purchase of needed equipment, county officials say that the yearly cost of the crew will be $39,500.
Meanwhile, Stephens County Commissioners also unanimously approved the purchase of a "CAT" Spreader Truck at a cost of $145,531 out of SPLOST V funds.
According to Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, this is one of a number of purchases approved by commissioners for the Public Works Department in the current budget.


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There's no consensus (nor hard data) on whether business-to-business (B2B) readers prefer receiving HTML or text. But judging from my in box, from my own newsletter, and from what clients say, increasing numbers of B2B subscribers request e-newsletters in HTML.
If you've spent any time evaluating vendor options for launching and maintaining an HTML newsletter, you're probably a little dizzy. How do you choose?
I'm drawing a line here between companies that offer a broad range of email marketing services and a smaller group of vendors focusing specifically on the e-newsletter market. You know who the "big guys" are: CheetahMail, Digital Impact, e-Dialog, E-Mail Vision (based in France), DoubleClick's DARTmail, Responsys, and others.
I'm referring to the handful of application service providers (ASPs) that offer a self-service Web interface while hosting your list and handling e-newsletter delivery, unsubscribes, and other back-end functions. Many offer spiffy-looking HTML templates; some will also provide content. All are affordable if your budget is in the thousands, but not tens of thousands, of U.S. dollars. All claim to be easy to use, quick to launch, full-featured, and so on.
(If you want to do it right — and get quantifiable results — don't even think of using a do-it-yourself software solution, no matter if you're a small to medium-sized business or a department within a large corporation.)
Among these self-service e-newsletter vendors are Accucast, Constant Contact by Roving, ExactTarget, GotMarketing's Campaigner, iMakeNews, InternetVIZ, MailerMailer, and SparkLIST.com (this is not a complete list).
Pricing usually involves a one-time set-up fee of up to several thousand dollars, along with a monthly fee based on message volume and additional services. This can run from $50 to $500. So how in heck do you evaluate these companies when all their solutions seem identical and the pricing doesn't differentiate much from one to another?
Let's create a comprehensive checklist for selecting a self-service e-newsletter vendor. I'll do this in two parts. This week's article covers the back end, all the nitty-gritty stuff the technology can do for you. Next time, I will address the front end, including HTML design, editorial content, copywriting, and other add-on features.
Capturing Email Addresses
Whether you start with 300 or 3,000 email addresses, your vendor needs a rock-solid data capture process so that you can grow your subscriber list. Technically, this is a simple piece of code that you add behind your sign-up box on every page of your site.
There's more to it than code. As with so much of email marketing, the devil is in the details. Can you use either a single opt-in or double opt-in sign up? Can you write your own welcome (or confirmation) message? And can the confirmation message be on your own Web page, or must it be on a template page provided by the vendor?
The sign-up process, which can be measured in seconds, is your subscriber's (i.e., a potential customer's) first point of contact with your newsletter. If it doesn't go smoothly, or if any part looks amateurish, you've lost some of the credibility you're trying to build.
Customer Service
Which brings me to the human thing. No matter how "easy, quick, and simple" your vendor's Web interface is, you're going to want to talk to a real person the first couple of times you send out your e-newsletter. There's always a wrinkle you hadn't anticipated. Some vendors provide a dedicated customer service rep; some don't. Some provide 24/7 technical support; others provide support only during business hours. Know what your needs are, and be sure to ask.
Web Interface
This is a sticky wicket. What's intuitive to one person may be maddeningly frustrating to another. Get an account rep to walk you through setting up an "easy HTML template" for your e-newsletter. If things don't work (you can't upload your logo, for example), don't write it off as a temporary quirk.
Can you take the entire process for a test drive? Some vendors (GotMarketing and MailerMailer, for example) offer a free trial, enabling you to build and send a sample HTML newsletter to a limited number of email addresses.
Make sure you understand how to send test versions of your newsletter to yourself and a few recipients within your company (as well as to Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail, and other accounts) so that you know exactly how the first issue will look when it lands in subscribers' in boxes.
How many times does the service attempt to deliver your newsletter? How fast is delivery? Can it be scheduled ahead of time? This is the part of the vendor's list management capability that you need to investigate carefully. How are bounces handled? What kind of reporting do you get on delivery — both successful and attempted?
Some vendors provide click-through tracking as part of their basic service; others don't. Ask to see exactly what the interface looks like so that you know what kind of statistics you'll be getting. Even the most basic reporting should include the open rate and how many recipients clicked on which links. Is reporting in real time? It should be.
Next time: front-end questions to ask a potential e-newsletter vendor.
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