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Pricing for Post Construction cleaning of new homes
Wondering how much to charge for the cleaning of new homes in Ontario. This is a move in clean to be done before closing.
Vague question is vague.
I'm selling a car, how much should I ask for it?
I'll take a guess....$142
charge for new construction
I agree, gotta see the job, but I have paid from $300 for someone to wipe the sills, vacuum the carpet, wash the floor-remove the small paint spots on the vinyl-which were minimal, clean the tub and shower (dust and protective film-never used) wipe countertops/all cabinets and shelves-minimal stuff. I have paid $2400 for a buttrash where the painter left spots everywhere-countertops there was drywall dust everywhere, in the tub there was almost an inch of dust! so it wildly varies. I would figure $300 per person per day is about what I paid.
Builder are not going to want to pay a whole lot and will expect it to be perfect, so be careful you price it so you know your going to make money, but low enough and do a good enough job that you know he's going to want you back.
I had to go through a whole bunch of so called cleaners until I found someone that #1 showed up on time, had a clue what they were doing.
I've had them tell me they cleaned the windows, looked and they had left all the glue from the stickers still on the window.
Cleaned room and never touched the closets.
Vacuumed the rugs but never wiped off the baseboard.
Used Comet to clean the sink and never rince it off.
Cleaned the inside of the windows but could not figure out how to just unsnap the sash and tip it in to clean the outside.
I finally found someone I knew that was out of work and needed a job.
she runs through the house like she's on fire. When done I do not even have to go back and check it.
She now does all my clean ups, even my own house and I have set her up with lots of my customers. She now does it full time and is so busy she's thinking about hiring some help.
All because she did a good job.
Wow! Too bad I don't live near you. I am very particular and probably way too fussy. I clean like I would expect if I were paying for the jobs that we do.
Sorry you got me there. Cleaning a house from top to bottom as though we would expect if we were moving into these new homes. I don't want to short change myself either.
Sounds like my Twin........How much do you pay for these jobs?????
I saw that two local grocery stores had the same item, but different prices.
What you have asker, is a very, very vague question. Your best bet is if you do not want to clean it yourself and a party of people, which is the best and cheapest route, contact local cleaning companies, both public & private individuals, to see what they charge. You will be surprised that it will cost you more, than just getting a few people or the family together to do a cleaning.
Straight pricing questions never work well here--to many variables.
I'm glad to see that the members were kind and not cruel ---You have some ideas of how to price now---
Time--materials--overhead and profit---
Remember,the bigger the job,the bigger the loss if you under bid it--
so,shoot them an honest price based on your experience with a job like that--If they don't like the price---then they need to find someone else.----Working for free is not business--it's just busy-ness.
Open a phone book, point at a number and charge that.:whistling2:
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In the average day, Internet users will write 2 million blog posts, upload 864,000 hours of video to YouTube, download over 35 million apps, and spend nearly 5 billion minutes on Facebook. As a marketer vying for consumer attention, your message has to compete with all of this, and more. Creating a promotional effort or campaign that's up to par often seems like a daunting task. How can we possibly supersede such a glut of content on anything and everything to garner attention for a single brand?
Some might say the answer lies in innovation. If you can ensure that you're the first company of your kind to employ a trendy new social media site, or use a platform in a way that's never been attempted before – the online equivalent of a Richard Branson publicity stunt – you stand to attract some eyeballs. Consumers and clients alike can't help but notice that kind of originality, and for that reason many a brand has employed a madcap approach. But is there more to their efforts than ingenuity alone? Does the risk outweigh the reward?
Scrolling for Attention
Image-based social media services like Pinterest and Instagram are inspiring marketers to consider how they too can paint a visual picture of their brands. Many have already tried their hand at pinboards, but two companies recently came up with even more unique ways to deliver graphic messages. When Smart Car Argentina wanted to launch a Twitter account, it combined the platform with some clever posts to create a digital flipbook that's visible when users scroll down the page (to see how it did it, watch this). Japanese clothing manufacturer Uniqlo took a similar approach with Pinterest by transforming its pinboard into one big animated display ad. As users scroll, posts combine to take on the look of a filmstrip.
Fun or frivolous? Because both of these efforts employ social media, and we can safely assume the brands intend to use the accounts in the future, their level of success is largely contingent on their practicality. Smart Car Argentina devised its effort to launch its Twitter feed, but subsequent tweets detract from the visual experience that led people to follow the brand in the first place. In other words, the automaker is stuck having to preserve the page as is in order to please the looky-loos. Because the Pinterest stunt was short-lived (it was, in essence, a takeover campaign), Uniqlo fairs considerably better. Consumers can still experience the promotion through videos on various blogs, and the Uniqlo Pinterest page can continue to operate smoothly – something the company must have had in mind from the start.
Social Platforms as Corporate Sites
Ad agencies are notorious for pushing the envelope with their own promotional campaigns. When better to experiment than when the only person holding you accountable is you? We saw this a couple of years ago when BooneOakley created an award-winning agency site comprised entirely of YouTube videos. It includes everything a good agency site should, from client work to executive profiles, and remains the agency's primary site to this day.
The most recent example of social media being used as the foundation for a corporate site comes from Tribal DDB Israel, which has become the first agency to build a site with Instagram. Users are asked to navigate images by using a series of designated hashtags, such as #tdilclients and #tdilcontact.
When your mandate is to market a digital agency, strategies like this have merit. Potential clients want to know that you can think creatively – even if they opt not to get quite so edgy with their own brands. In this sense BooneOakley and Tribal DDB Israel have both achieved success, but the latter's offering lacks the substance of its predecessor's. Instagram's static images are too confining for a company that deals in online interaction and engagement; they just don't do the agency's talent justice. As a supplement to a more traditional agency site the effort would have been fantastic, but it doesn't have the chops to stand alone. That said, both BooneOakley and Tribal did something very well, and that's to offer an alternate site for those unable (or unwilling) to follow the trend.
It's all well and good to be daring, as long as you recognize that not everyone (potential clients and customers not withstanding) shares your fondness for folly.
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For today's giveaway (Competition 4) we would like you to comment on this blog post to tell us what your first PDA or smartphone was and then share the blog post on Twitter, Facebook or Google+. There's another big prize to be won for this so we'll be leaving the competition open until 9:59AM on Monday 26th November. There are plenty of runner-up prizes to be won again as well.
We'll also have Competitions 5 and 6 running over the weekend (details to follow) AND we've got something slightly different going live later today. Thanks to everyone that's been part of the celebrations so far. The winners of competition 3 will be announced later today. Continue to share our #clove20 content for more chances to win.
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A well-known model from the Smena line of inexpensive Russian cameras, the Smena 8M remains a popular option for those who are getting started with lomography. Find out more about this no-frills fantastic plastic snapper in this installment of Lomopedia!
For those who are looking for a simple, no-fuss, totally manual camera to get started with lomography and film photography, the Smena 8M has long been a popular choice. This entry-level 35mm camera from the 1970s Soviet Union has also been a collectible for many Russian camera enthusiasts.
While the Smena 8M looks and feels like a very basic plastic film camera, what surprises many is its 40mm f/4 T-43 Triplet lens — which is a coated glass lens that produces nice contrast and saturation. It's also equipped with a leaf shutter and PC sync socket which allows it to flash sync at any shutter speed.
Other features that make it popular among experimental lomographers and film photographers is the Bulb (B) mode which makes long exposures possible; and the manual shutter cock function, the benefit of which is the limitless possibilities for interesting multiple exposures.
Technical Specifications:
- Film Type: All standard 35mm
- Lens: Triplet 43 / 40mm, f/4
- Weight: 289g
- Size: 70 × 100 × 60mm
- Focal Range: 1m to infinity
- Shutter Speeds: B, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250
- Aperture Ring: 8 blades
- Apertures: f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11,f/16
- Flash: PC connection only
Interested in Smena cameras? You may also want to check out our Lomopedia installment for Smena 35 and Smena Symbol!
All information for this article were sourced from Lomography Smena 8M Microsite and Camerapedia.
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Date of Stay: May, 2013
We had a group of 12 campers here for 4 days. The owners bent over backwards for us. We had the use of a room for our games and potluck. We will return again next year. They have a lot going on for the weekend. We had no trouble using the dump with a 34 ft FW.
Date of Stay: December, 2011
We stopped here for overnight on our way to Florida. They guided us to our site . Very friendly people. Would stop here again.
Date of Stay: September, 2011
We camped here with a large group over Labor Day weekend. This park could use a lot of TLC. The pool was cleaned while we were here but still not real clean. We would not come here again. If it had not been a group we would not have come in the first place. The rest rooms had mold on the walls when the first ones arrived. Not good.
Date of Stay: June, 2011
This is a hard park to get too. A lot of winding roads and we missed the turn into the park the first time. Too far off the road for one night.
Date of Stay: January, 2010
This is a great campground. We enjoyed ourselves and stayed 3 days. Mostly because it was raining so hard. We would come back here again. We are on the way to Gulf Shores.
Date of Stay: January, 2010
We stayed here one night. It is a PA park. It is a little way of the interstate but we enjoyed the stay. The owners are really friendly. The satellite hook up they provided worked. Wi-Fi was good also. We would stay here again if coming through
Date of Stay: July, 2009
I don't know how this campground made the good sam best campground. I would not stay here again. I think it is overrated. We camped with a group here and could only use the pavillion two nights while there. No one else used it while we were there. We had about 20-25 units.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
We have stayed here three times this year. We think this is one of the best campgrounds around. The owners are very accommodating and take you right to the campsite. We would recommend this to anyone. we will stay here again if in the area.
Date of Stay: July, 2008
Power needs some work; low voltage. We stayed here one night. It would be good for just overnight. They had a pool, but we did not use it.
Date of Stay: July, 2008
This is a nice park. We were here for a mini rally. The power is not very good. With the summer heat and a/c's running we were in low voltage of 110 or less. I'm not sure we would stay here again in the summer. If they redo the power it will be a great campground
Date of Stay: July, 2008
We stopped here for overnight. I found one of my shackles broke on my springs. The owner found someone who could fix it the next morning. They are friendly people. We would stay here again if in the area.
Date of Stay: June, 2008
We stayed here overnight on our way to Niagara Falls. We had a lot of rain and had water all over our site. It was gone in a couple of hours. This would be a good place to stay if you love playing golf. We might stay here again.
Date of Stay: June, 2008
This is a beautiful state park with a view of Lake Ontario. We would stay here again if in the area. It is close to Niagara Falls.
Date of Stay: June, 2008
This is a very nice campground. We camped here 3 nights. We had full hookups on the river. Beautiful We will camp here again.
Date of Stay: March, 2008
Nice park. We stayed two nights. Close to Opry.


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i recently had a detached retina that was treated successfully. What are the risks of having laser eye suregery after a retinal detachment. Does PRK or Lasik offer any advantages/disadvantages? I am a healthy 48 year old male.
Retinal Detachment and Laser Eye Surgery?
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Laser Eye Surgery after Retinal Detachment
Typically it is safe to have laser vision correction after a retinal detachment, other than any limitations to your vision due to the retinal detachment.
LASIK involves putting pressure on the eye during the formation of the flap, and so most ophthalmologists prefer PRK for patients who have had a retinal detachment.
LASIK vs Lasek after retinal surgery
My uncle is a prominent retina surgeon at Harvard where I did my residency. He agreed w my answer
it's not safe for you to get any procedure that is cutting as that requires the surgeon to increase the pressure in your eye so much to make that cut that you might get a retinal detachment. So no LASIK or Bladeless LASIK or IntraLase or femptosecond
it would be safe to do a surface ablation as there's no cutting so as a surgeon I wouldn't have to increase your eyec
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What is joyriding?
Joyriding is defined as borrowing someone′s car, bicycle, boat, or motorcycle without permission, with the intention of just using it for a while. Although joyriding isn′t considered theft, it′s still illegal because the owner′s permission wasn′t given.
It doesn′t make any difference how long you keep the vehicle before returning it, or if you were only a passenger. If you know that the vehicle has been taken without the owner′s consent, and you ride around in it, you′re still held responsible. You don′t have to be the one who took it or drove it to be considered accountable.
Any damage to the vehicle may also become all or part of your responsibility. The exact circumstances surrounding the incident will be considered in determining the consequences.
In most jurisdictions, joyriding is a misdemeanor. Penalties for first-time offenders include diversion (counseling and community service hours) or a short probation period (possibly six months). If you′re caught again, additional probation or intensive probation is possible, as well as house arrest or detention. If you have a driver′s license or permit, it may be taken away.
Note: In April, 2008 a 7-year-old boy in Florida took his grandmother's keys and drove off in her SUV. He backed out of the driveway and took off, hitting mailboxes, signposts and parked cars. His eight-minute joyride came to a stop when one of the wheels fell off. He may not be prosecuted because of his age but he was arrested so he could get some help.


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Mandi became a part of the increasing network of Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) which has connected more than 40 core cities in India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The network aims to improve the capacity of cities to withstand, prepare for and recover from climate change challenges.
Mandi municipal council's officiating executive officer Ajay Parashar took the initiative along with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) South Asia to organise the first international Shared Learning Dialogue (SLD) at a day-long workshop at Mandi on Tuesday.
He said, "I thank ICLEI South Asia for selecting Mandi town to develop the Climate Resilience Strategy (CRS). Mandi has its own challenges with respect to climate change and thus requires robust climate and vulnerability assessment."
He added the vision of the program was to build resilience to climate change across fragile urban systems and populations.


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Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU is indicated in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible anaerobic bacteria. Indicated surgical procedures should be performed in conjunction with Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU therapy. In a mixed aerobic and anaerobic infection, antibiotics appropriate for the treatment of the aerobic infection should be used in addition to Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU.
Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU is effective in Bacteroides fragilis infections resistant to clindamycin, chloramphenicol and penicillin.
Intra-Abdominal Infections, including peritonitis, intra-abdominal abscess and liver abscess, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group (B. fragilis, B. distasonis, B. ovatus, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. vulgatus), Clostridium species, Eubacterium species, Peptococcus species and Peptostreptococcus species.
Skin and Skin Structure Infections caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group, Clostridium species, Peptococcus species, Peptostreptococcus species and Fusobacterium species.
Gynecologic Infections, including endometritis, endomyometritis, tubo-ovarian abscess and postsurgical vaginal cuff infection, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group, Clostridium species, Peptostreptococcus species and Fusobacterium species.
Bacterial Septicemia caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group and Clostridium species.
Bone and Joint Infections, as adjunctive therapy, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
Central Nervous System (CNS) Infections, including meningitis and brain abscess, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections, including pneumonia, empyema and lung abscess, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
Endocarditis caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
The prophylactic administration of Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU preoperatively, intraoperatively and postoperatively may reduce the incidence of postoperative infection in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery which is classified as contaminated or potentially contaminated. Prophylactic use of Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU should be discontinued within 12 hours after surgery. If there are signs of infection, specimens for cultures should be obtained for the identification of the causative organism(s) so that appropriate therapy may be given (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION).
To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU and other antibacterial drugs, Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacteria. When culture and susceptibility information are available, they should be considered in selecting or modifying antibacterial therapy. In the absence of such data, local epidemiology and susceptibility patterns may contribute to the empiric selection of therapy.
In elderly patients the pharmacokinetics of metronidazole may be altered and therefore monitoring of serum levels may be necessary to adjust the metronidazole dosage accordingly.
Treatment of Anaerobic Infections
The recommended dosage schedule for adults is:
|Loading Dose
|15 mg/kg infused over one hour (approximately 1 g for a 70-kg adult).
|Maintenance Dose
|7.5 mg/kg infused over one hour every six hours (approximately 500 mg for a 70-kg adult). The first maintenance dose should be instituted six hours following the initiation of the loading dose.
Parenteral therapy may be changed to oral metronidazole when conditions warrant, based upon the severity of the disease and the response of the patient to Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU treatment. The usual adult oral dosage is 7.5 mg/kg every six hours.
A maximum of 4 g should not be exceeded during a 24-hour period.
Patients with severe hepatic disease metabolize metronidazole slowly, with resultant accumulation of metronidazole and its metabolites in the plasma. Accordingly, for such patients, doses below those usually recommended should be administered cautiously. Close monitoring of plasma metronidazole levels3 and toxicity is recommended.
In patients receiving Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU in whom gastric secretions are continuously removed by nasogastric aspiration, sufficient metronidazole may be removed in the aspirate to cause a reduction in serum levels.
The dose of Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU should not be specifically reduced in anuric patients since accumulated metabolites may be rapidly removed by dialysis.
The usual duration of therapy is 7 to 10 days; however, infections of the bone and joint, lower respiratory tract and endocardium may require longer treatment.
For surgical prophylactic use, to prevent postoperative infection in contaminated or potentially contaminated colorectal surgery, the recommended dosage schedule for adults is:
- 15 mg/kg infused over 30 to 60 minutes and completed approximately one hour before surgery; followed by
- 7.5 mg/kg infused over 30 to 60 minutes at 6 and 12 hours after the initial dose.
It is important that (1) administration of the initial preoperative dose be completed approximately one hour before surgery so that adequate drug levels are present in the serum and tissues at the time of initial incision, and (2) Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU be administered, if necessary, at 6-hour intervals to maintain effective drug levels. Prophylactic use of Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU should be limited to the day of surgery only, following the above guidelines.
Caution: Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU is to be administered by slow intravenous drip infusion only, either as a continuous or intermittent infusion. Additives should not be introduced into Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU. If used with a primary intravenous fluid system, the primary solution should be discontinued during metronidazole infusion. DO NOT USE EQUIPMENT CONTAINING ALUMINUM (e.g., NEEDLES, CANNULAE) THAT WOULD COME IN CONTACT WITH THE DRUG SOLUTION.
Parenteral drug products should be inspected visually for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration, whenever solution and container permit.
Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU is supplied in 100 mL single dose plastic containers, each containing an iso-osmotic, buffered solution of 500 mg metronidazole as follows:
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Store at controlled room temperature, 59° to 86°F (15° to 30°C) and protect from light during storage. Do not remove unit from overwrap until ready for use. The overwrap is a moisture barrier. The inner bag maintains the sterility of the product. After removing overwrap, check for minute leaks by squeezing inner bag firmly. If leaks are found, discard solution as sterility may be impaired.
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Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU is a ready-to-use iso-osmotic solution. No dilution or buffering is required. Do not refrigerate. Each container of Metronidazole Injection, USP RTU contains 14 mEq of sodium.
Warning: Do not use plastic containers in series connections. Such use could result in air embolism due to residual air being drawn from the primary container before administration of the fluid from the secondary container is completed.
To open
Tear overwrap down side at slit and remove solution container. Some opacity of the plastic due to moisture absorption during the sterilization process may be observed. This is normal and does not affect the solution quality or safety. The opacity will diminish gradually. Check for leaks. Do not add supplementary medication.
Preparation for Administration
- Suspend container from eyelet support.
- Remove protector from outlet port at bottom of container.
- Attach administration set. Refer to complete directions accompanying set.
3. Ralph, E.D. and Kirby, W.M.M.: Bioassay of Metronidazole with Either Anaerobic and Aerobic Incubation, J. Infect. Dis. 132:587-591 (Nov.) 1975; or Gulaid, et al.: Determination of Metronidazole and its Major Metabolites in Biological Fluids by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography. BR.J.Clin. Pharmacol. 6:430-432, 1978.
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Press Release: Corey Stewart's Statement on New Virginia Senate Districts
Woodbridge, VA – In regard to the altered Senate Districts, which were approved by the Virginia Senate on Monday, Prince William County Chairman and Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Corey Stewart, released the following statement:
"In my opinion the Republican members of the Senate acted boldly and justifiably in re-adjusting the Senate districts. The plan drawn by Senator Barker in 2011 was a confusing mess and a clear-cut example of partisan-gerrymandering. Not only does the proposed plan help enhance Virginia's compliance with the Voting Rights Act, but it also mitigates Senator Barker's egregious districts.
I can specifically speak to how awful the Democrat's plan, which is currently in place, has impacted Prince William County. Like many other counties, cities, and towns in Virginia, we are currently carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey. The County is split into five different Senate districts, four of which are centered in other jurisdictions. The 425,000 residents of Prince William County, who by their numbers are entitled to more than two full senate districts, are represented by only one senator who is a county resident. This new plan also corrects split precincts, which have caused significant confusion among voters.
If I were presiding over the State Senate, I would have supported this plan and used my position to advocate for it."
Corey Stewart is currently the Chairman At-Large of Prince William County and a candidate for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Prince William County is located in Northern Virginia and is the Commonwealth's 2nd largest county with a population of approximately 425,000 residents. Stewart has served since 2006 as Chairman of the Board of County Supervisors.
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Klip is Fastest iPhone Video App to Hit 100,000 DownloadsOctober 03, 2011
by Daniel Terdiman
Judging by the download stats of a new mobile video app for the iPhone, people seem hungry for a fresh way to shoot and share short snippets of their lives.
Called Klip, the new app from serial entrepreneur Alain Rossmann was downloaded more than 100,000 times in just six days, making it the video app that was fastest to reach that milestone, the company said.
And why, especially given that there are so many other choices for taking and sharing videos on the iPhone? Because Klip tackles some of the traditional problems iOS video players have had and appears to blow right past them.
For starters, the app is built on top of new adaptive streaming technology Klip built in-house. The upshot of the system is what Rossmann said is the world's fastest video start. Given even mediocre bandwidth, Klip is meant to be able to start playing videos almost instantly. And on the back end, the company's technology checks your available bandwidth every four seconds and adapts the playback quality to match it. That means if your signal fades, instead of getting a little spinning wheel while the app tries to catch up, you'll continue to get video even if the quality degrades a bit.
This, of course, relies on there being enough bandwidth to deliver video. But assuming you're not in a total dead zone, you're likely to be able to get playback without interruption in almost any situation, Rossmann suggested.
Another selling point for the free app is its user interface. Rossmann, who has a long history of working with both video and mobile technology, and who was a very early Apple employee who worked closely with Steve Jobs on the original Macintosh team, said he and his team of just fewer than 20 people concentrated on designing an app that was built from the ground up around delivering a high-end user experience.
What that means practically is that what you see when you launch Klip is a series of yes, "klips" arrayed up and down the screen. But what's particularly interesting here is that you can get a very quick preview of any of video by simply running your finger across it. Want to see previews of all of them? Shake your iPhone briefly, and that's what you'll get.
And, of course, Klip users can quickly share their videos on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
Rossmann said that Klip was founded with $2 million that came from himself and Matrix Partners. At the moment, the company has no revenues, and doesn't seem set on a business plan. He said that Klip is considering licensing its technology to others, but that that isn't necessarily how it will generate income. Rossmann said that he's counting on large numbers of users eventually providing plenty of opportunities for monetization, even if the company isn't entirely sure yet how it will cash in on them yet.
For now, Klip has to convince iPhone users that its technology is superior to that of a wide number of others, including Tout, Socialcam, and Qik. But if its 100,000 downloads so far, and appearance at number 17 on the Apple App Store's top charts are any indication, the users are coming.
Correction, Oct. 4 at 12:03 p.m. PT): This article gave an incorrect (too long) time span over which it took the Klip app to be downloaded 100,000 times. The correct time span was six days.


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Very salient point, Michael.
Government entities will naturally give themselves a "pass". It comes with absolute power. Which is why it is so important to restrict the size and authority of government. What scares me is that there is a tipping point at which we will no longer be able to reign it in. We may already be passed that point.


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The battle over who sets the terms of a franchise agreement came to a head Oct. 29. That's when a federal appeals court decided not to force the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its 2007 order that limits compensation and build-out requirements and imposes a deadline on communities for ruling on applications.
The case was brought by organizations like the National League of Cities and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. They believe the FCC's order isn't fair, and at press time were considering whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on the grounds that it violates local property rights and exceeds the agency's authority.
The nation's highest court is the last resort for reversing the power that providers have gained over local authority. When Congress didn't grant national franchise authority, companies went to work at the state level, claiming the time-consuming process of negotiating agreements community by community stifles competition. To date, 24 states have laws governing franchise terms (see below).
But communities should be allowed to charge fair market value to access their rights of way, and these laws don't let them, says Frederick Ellrod III of Miller & Van Eaton, one of the law firms representing local governments.
Required by law to charge market rates for land under its jurisdiction, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates the price for 5 or more miles of right of way rose from $8,000/mile in 1987 to $100,000 in 1997. Alaska charges a 12.5% royalty on crude oil pumped from state land.
In contrast, federal law caps cable franchise fees at 5% of gross revenues; and many state laws as well as the FCC have imposed increasingly narrow restrictions on what sorts of revenues — such as encroachment fees — can be used to calculate that percentage. And while federal law allows communities to negotiate additional amounts for capital costs for PEG (public, educational, and governmental) facilities, state laws often limit the amount.
Since 2005, providers have gotten most of what they wanted, so your state probably won't pass a franchise-agreement law if it hasn't already, Ellrod says. But semantics ensure the legal wrangling continues.
In 2002 the FCC decided that the federal definition of "cable service" doesn't include Internet access. So while the average person uses "cable service" nd "telecommunications service" interchangeably, federal and state law apply different regulatory schemes to each term.
"The traditional phone network was designed to be two-way from the begin beginning, but allowed very little bandwidth," Ellrod says. "The traditional cable network had much more bandwidth, but was originally designed to be one-way, pushing programming out to customers but not receiving data back. Each type of system has been working toward a fully two-way, high-bandwidth goal, but they're coming from different directions.
"Similarly, in terms of service, each one began with a single type — voice for t telephony, video for cable — and is working toward a 'triple play' goal."
Modern systems can handle both. But while the technologies overlap, their regulatory classifications do not.
"Some of this is at issue in the Sixth Circuit appeal: The FCC tends to try to confine cable franchising to a smaller subset of matters than the statute does," Ellrod says. "The legal tension over these issues, sparked by the technological convergence, is likely to continue for some years to come."
In the meantime, Ellrod recommends educating state legislators about the laws' effectiveness, and to make sure providers satisfy all legal requirements.
A National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors survey shows that rates haven't fallen among 139 local franchising authorities representing 10 million cable subscribers in 14 states that have adopted legislation.
One-third of respondents reported that existing providers abandoned local agreements in favor of state law. One-quarter said that at least one new provider had entered the market, but since most don't report rates it's difficult for customers to compare rates to those of existing providers. Meanwhile, the number of consumer complaints remains constant.
The results indicate that the laws improve neither cable rates nor service.
Review state law to see what rights your community has and that they're enforced. While cable companies must provide PEG channels, the quality sometimes isn't the same as the rest of the provider's channels. State or federal law may require companies to provide the same, or similar-quality, PEG channels.
Similarly, if the community has settled a dispute with a provider, read the settlement documents carefully. If the provider signed a separate contract agreeing to certain terms as a remedy for past performance problems, a state law that focuses exclusively on obligations in the franchise agreement may not apply.
If an existing agreement is coming up for renewal, check the state law to see whether the provider can "opt out" into a state franchise at that point. Even if it can, it may be willing to negotiate a local agreement that benefits both parties.
For more information, the Right-of-Way Management Subcommittee of the American Public Works Association's (www.apwa.net) Utilities and Public Right-of-Way Technical Committee wrote an excellent analysis of state-by-state developments: "State Video Franchise Law: State of Art or State of War?" dated Aug. 19, 2008.


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Dead Island 2 still lives
Publisher Deep Silver has insisted that development on Dead Island 2 is still ongoing.
Deep Silver: We released Homefront: The Revolution too early
The publisher of Homefront: The Revolution, Deep Silver, has said that it should have waited to release the shooter.
Deep Silver confirms no new Metro in 2017
Hopes for a third instalment in the atmospheric shooter series Metro in the near future have been dashed by publisher Deep Silver.
Koch Media UK office to head up Deep Silver publishing
Koch Media has made some big changes in its German and UK offices.
Deep Silver to publish Atlus and Sega games including Persona 5 in Europe
German games firm Deep Silver will be releasing Atlus and Sega games including Persona 5 in Europe.
Dead Island Definitive Edition PS4 includes only one game on the disc
Only one of the two games included in the PS4 version of Dead Island Definitive Edition will actually come on the retail disc.
Busy May could boost summer sales, says Homefront's dev
The busy May release schedule could result in healthy sales throughout the summer.
Dambuster vows to improve Homefront: The Revolution's performance
Developer Dambuster has vowed to improve the technical performance of new release Homefront: The Revolution.
Could 2016 be Deep Silver's biggest year yet?
In the last five years, Deep Silver has elevated itself into the publishing big leagues.
Sumo Digital takes charge of Dead Island 2
UK studio Sumo Digital has been handed the task of developing Deep Silver's Dead Island 2, MCV can reveal.
Crytek UK wasn't paying wages and had lost a third of staff prior to Deep Silver buyout
The extent of the troubles that had embroiled the studio formerly known as Free Radical has been revealed.
Goat Simulator: The Bundle getting physical release on Xbox One
The surprise phenomenon that is Goat Simulator is to receive a boxed console release.
Release date confirmed for Homefront: The Revolution
Yes, the rumours were correct.
Retailers list Homefront: The Revolution for May
May is looking increasingly likely to be the month that the delayed sequel to 2011 shooter Homefront is finally released.
'There's a reason we're not calling it Homefront 2'
Homefront is dead; long live Homefront.
Koch Media on Kickstarter, indie retail and offering the best of both worlds
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Mighty No. 9 now set to launch in February
Mighty No. 9 has received new US and worldwide release dates, publisher Deep Silver has announced.
Early Access title Dead Island: Epidemic is being scrapped
Deep Silver has confirmed that Early Access MOBA Dead Island: Epidemic will be killed off next month.
This War of Mine: The Little Ones revealed for PS4, Xbox One
An expanded edition of This War of Mine is heading to current-gen consoles, developer 11 Bit Studios and publisher Deep Silver have revealed.
Techland open to developing Dead Island 2
The developer of the original Dead Island has said it would be happy to pick up developments duties on its stumbling sequel.
GAMESCOM: Homefront: The Revolution resurfaces, Xbox One beta out later this year
Homefront: The Revolution is still alive and kicking, and looks to be set for release next year.
Former Dead Island 2 dev Yager Productions files for insolvency
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Deep Silver drops Dead Island 2 developer Yager
Dead Island 2 publisher Deep Silver has parted ways with the game's developer Yager, bringing the upcoming game's current state into serious question.
Dead Island 2 delayed until 2016
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Kickstarter title Mighty No.9 set for September release
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It is d Pr(y=1)/dx1: the partial derivative of the predicted probability with respect to x1, while keeping all variables at specified values, usually the mean. It is interpreted as the change in probability for a unit change in x1 for a person with specified values on all variables, *if the effect would remain constant*. The centred discrete change is an approximation of this, so it is not surprising that the two are often close. -----Original Message----- From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]On Behalf Of Tom Bonen Sent: woensdag 26 oktober 2005 19:18 To: email@example.com Subject: st: what's an infinitesimal change in dprobit Hi Statalisters, in the dprobit help it reads "dprobit reports the marginal effect, that is the change in the probability for an infinitesimal change in each independent, continuous variable and, by default, reports the discrete change in the probability for dummy variables." What does "infinitesmal change" mean here exactly? I ran some models to investigate this and it turns out that the dprobit coeffs are usually close but not always identical to the centered discrete change coefficients (the change in Pr(Y=1) when going from mean(x1)-1/2 to mean(x1)+1/2 (fixing the other covariates at their means). Or are the dprobit coeffs simply dF/dx w.r.t to x1 (i.e. the slope of the partial derivative evaluated at the mean x1)? If yes, what would be the exact interpretation this? Thanks! Best, Tom * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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Ray Suarez: What the Recession Looks like in 'Boom Town' of Eagle, Colo.
Eagle, Colo. | Next in our Patchwork Nation series, we set off for a "Boom Town." Eagle County had doubled in population since the early years of the decade, and was set to double again quickly. Fueled by income coming from the other end of the valley in the famed ski resort of Vail, and sustained by its own homegrown building bubble, Eagle was a sleepy ranching town gripped by change. Then the recession hit. Houses built as part of a huge residential development stand empty, the lumberyard has closed, more people are heading to the church-sponsored food pantry and the Monday evening potluck supper. One graphic example of the boom's bust is the Adam's Rib Ranch golf community, built on a beautiful patch of land that was once a ranch. The 40,000-square-foot clubhouse — meant to be the centerpiece for a golf club limited to 300 well-heeled members — stands virtually empty. The 100 home sites meant to sell for something between $900,000 and $2 million are just sitting there. Few buyers come to take a look. Just one site has sold. Editor's note: Watch a Web-only video on how a free meal offering in Eagle has created an "interweaving of the community."


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The mini metro here is really adorable, and it actually reminds me of a mild theme park ride. There is one small car with eight seats that fold down from the walls and room for standing. The cars follow a track up and down the hills of Perugia and partially underground. There are six stops throughout the center and periphery of Perugia and a new car comes every five minutes or less. To ride the mini metro, you purchase a ticket at any of the little convenience stores (tabacchi) or magazine stands for 1.50 euros. This ticket gets you 70 minutes of time on the mini metro from the time you board to ride the mini metro
The train station is located right next to the big grocery store, so we rode there and purchased the 10:00 tickets to Pisa. Then we had to wait for about an hour—we had planned for extra time in case the train station was confusing or the wait was long, but everything was very straightforward and took 15 minutes or so. I think from now on we'll probably plan to get to the station around 20 to 25 minutes early, or at least until tourist season.
One of the strange things about riding trains in Italy, at least for me, was that you have to validate your train ticket at this yellow box before boarding. It's an easy process, just stick your ticket in the slot, but if you forget you can get fined something like 150 euros. And they do check periodically to make sure that you've validated. This system is in place because when you buy tickets they're good for a couple months, and you can use them whenever during those dates, but only for six hours or so after validation—enough to get where you're going. Validation also prevents people from taking illegal rides on trains, which would be easy to do, since no one checks your ticket when you board the train.
We arrived in Pisa around 1:30 after a change in Florence
After we finished exploring Piazza dei Miracoli, the sun was already starting to go down—it gets dark between 4:30 and 4:45 here. We headed back toward the city center and found an awesome caf� with some of the best gelato I've had in Italy
After the caf�, we wandered back into the city center, passing through the University of Pisa, which is very prestigious within Italy, especially for the humanities. Then we explored some of the shops before having dinner in a local restaurant. The restaurants here tend to be fairly pricey compared to what we're used to at home, and any sit-down place has a menu with appetizers and choices for a three-course meal, along with sides and desserts. Each course can range from 5 or 6 euros to more than 15 euros. Luckily, no one gets offended if you skip a course, so your best option is to skip straight to the second course if you're hungry but want to eat economically. I had a Tuscan soup with a lot of greens and root vegetables, and also some chicken with potatoes, while my friends got dishes like lasagna and ravioli. Dinner in Italy doesn't usually happen till around 8:00 in the evening, which is very unusual for me, since I'm used to eating at 7:00 or so at the very latest. However, Italians often have a late lunch and take siestas, closing down their shops for a few hours in the afternoon for what is known as pausa
After dinner, we were exhausted, so we headed back to our hostel, stopping in for hot chocolate along the way. Hot chocolate is one of my favorite foods in Italy—it's kind of a pudding texture, but nice and warm. Some places even serve white chocolate or chocolate mixed with things like strawberries and bananas. You can get it for around 3 or 3.50 euros, depending on the shop.
The next morning, we woke up very early at 6:30 to get ready and take the 8:00 train from Pisa to Siena. We arrived in Siena around 10:00 after one change. The train station in Siena is pretty far from the city center. Siena does have local city buses that run from the station to the center, but we chose to walk instead about a mile and a half or a little more up the mountain roads. Many cities here are built up on hills because when they were founded, it provided them with military protection—it's easy to see the enemy approaching, and who would want to hike all the way up there to take the city anyway? Siena was extremely easy to navigate once we entered the old city gates, since there are signs everywhere pointing you toward all the main attractions. We made our way toward Piazza del Campo, the central square in Siena. Siena has a great tradition where twice a year, they have horse races called Il Palio around Piazza del Campo. The hotels all around the square book months or even years in advance for the event. There's also a really pretty fountain (Fonte Gaia) and an awesome bell tower (Torre del Mangia) attached to the town hall (Palazzo Comunale). One of my friends and I paid 8 euros to climb Torre del Mangia for the best possible view of Siena and the Tuscan countryside
After lunch, we walked up to the Piazza del Duomo where we found Siena's Cathedral, a grand gothic-style building that was never fully completed. We bought combination tickets that allowed us to visit the Museo dell'Opera, Cathedral, Baptistery, and the Crypt. The museum was really great because it had a lot of wonderful artwork, including a painting by Cimabue that I recognized from my art history class at PC! There was also a large collection of relics with human skulls and other body parts, supposedly once pieces of saints, and another room full of old books going back as far as the 14th century. After the museum, we explored the Cathedral, which was very nice but not as good as Pisa's, in my opinion. The Cathedral also had a collection of ancient books on display in one of the side rooms, which I really enjoyed. Then we went into the Crypt, which was the most disappointing thing about the trip. The walls had been frescoed originally, but they were in bad condition, and all the displays were under construction. We left about five minutes later and went into the Baptistery behind the Cathedral, which was really interesting and had lots of great artwork
After finishing with the monuments, we made our way back to the train station and bought tickets back to Perugia. One weird thing is that to get to Pisa from Perugia is only around three and a half hours, even with a connection in Florence, but Siena, which is halfway in between Perugia and Pisa, is close to four hours from Perugia by train, since there are two changes with long layovers. If I had to do it again, I would probably try to take the bus since it's quicker and direct and only a couple more euros. We got back to Perugia around 8:00, exhausted from walking around in the cold for two days (the highest it got that day in Siena was 38 or so) but very satisfied with our trip.
Getting to leave Perugia made me notice and appreciate a couple things about my home city in Italy. I realized that I love the medieval architecture of Perugia's city center, which in my opinion is much nicer to look at everyday than Siena's cold, gothic buildings (even if Perugia does have one of the ugliest cathedrals in all of Italy). Also, another thing that I really like about Perugia is that it is much easier to practice Italian with the people here than Florence or Siena or Pisa. Whenever I try to communicate with people in these places with my broken Italian, often people simply reply in perfect English. Of course, they're trying to be polite, since they can tell that English is an easier way for me to communicate. But I'm really glad that I'm forced to use Italian here on a daily basis. Without that kind of environment, I'm sure I wouldn't learn any Italian—it's too easy to switch over to English rather than trying to translate my thoughts into Italian
I'm pleased at how my Italian is improving too. Just a week or two ago, I would go into shops and do a lot of stuttering and pointing and staring blankly occasionally throw out a couple Italian words that didn't make any sense. But now I'm able to understand the shopkeepers or the people in the restaurants much better, and I can respond in very simple sentences or ask very simple questions.
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For whatever reason, it bothers me when media says that psychiatrists don't do psychotherapy, and lately, it happens a lot. What am I, chopped liver?
They quote a study by Mojtabai and Olfson in the Archives of General Psychiatry, and say, "Only 10.8% of psychiatrists see all of their patients for psychotherapy." Is that really true? Is it really relevant? I tried to read the article and I wanted to understand how the study was done so I could think about it myself, but I didn't understand how the research was done-- Roy thought it was based on CPT codes, then he said it wasn't. So why not go to the source? I asked Dr. Mojtabai if he would have lunch with me and tell me how the study was conducted.
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He glanced back, but the town lay far behind him, and there seemed to be no reason for pursuit.
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He had been a fool to come West, even on business. But how could he have imagined he would run into trouble? Though he rarely took a drink and was not inclined to argue, he had taken a drink while wating for either Pearsall or Sparrow, and had gotten into an argument. All right ... he had made a mistake, but how was he to know they would make so much out of so little?
To hell with Dutch Akin, and with Las Vegas! He would be damned if he'd get himself killed over a few careless words in a saloon. It made no sense -- no sense at all.
What would they say when they realized he was gone? When he failed to appear? At the thought, his ears reddened and he felt uncomfortable.
To hell with them! It was beter to be a live coward then a dead hero.
Coward ... the word rankled. Was he a coward? Had he been afraid? He searched himself for an answer, and found none. He did not believe he was a coward. He had come away from a ridiculoussituation ... or was he just telling himself that? Was he not actually afraid?
He seemed to feel his father's eyes upon him -- those cool, thoughtful eyes that knew so well how to measure a man and judge what he had in him.
He remembered his father, the day they brought him home on a shutter, still alive, but badly shot up. There had been three men. One of them had taken a drink, waved a bottle, and staggered, but when Borden Chantry had come ot arrest him the man suddenly dropped his bottle ad two other men stepped from ambush, and his father had gone down in a wicked crossfire. He got off one shot, that was all. The three men had fled the town.
His father had lived for two days in considerable pain before the doctor arrived from the fort; by the time he got there his father was dead.
It was as his mother had told him: if you lived by the gun you died by the gun.


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(CNSNews.com) – The death toll continues to rise south of the border, with Mexican authorities reporting that the number of people killed in drug-cartel related violence more than doubled in the first 11 months of this year – 2,413 people died between Jan. 1 to Nov. 30, 2007, and 5,376 homicides were reported during the same period in 2008.
"It's about 114 to 115 percent (increase)," Ricardo Alday, spokesperson for the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., told CNSNews.com.
Alday said it will be late January or early February before Mexican authorities will release more details about the victims, but he said most of those killed are believed to be individuals involved with drug cartels or law enforcement personnel.
Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora released the figures on Dec. 8, two days before a Cuban-born American was abducted in the Mexican city of Saltillo in the state of Coahuila.
Felix Batista, who is still missing, is employed by ASI Global, a Houston-based company that provides "kidnap and ransom response" for clients around the globe.
David Schwam, a spokesperson for the company, said he could only provide CNSNews.com with a prepared statement:
"Felix Batista was abducted by persons unknown on Wednesday evening (Dec. 10) in Saltillo, Mexico while he was on private business. Our thoughts and prayers are with Felix and his family at this time. We will not take any questions and ask you now to please understand and respect our request for this matter to be treated in a sensitive manner without speculation or sensationalism."
ASI Global's President Charlie LeBlanc, however, was quoted in a Dec. 15 Reuters story.
"We have requested help from the FBI and the Mexican authorities," LeBlanc said.
The FBI, however, would not speak to CNSNews.com about Batista.
"We have no comment," Rick Colko, unit chief for the FBI press office, told CNSNews.com. "I would refer you to Mexican authorities."
Alday did not respond to CNSNews.com's request for comment on the case by press time.
As reported earlier by CNSNews.com, the U.S. Department of State's Oct. 14, 2008 travel alert for Mexico reads: "In recent years, dozens of U.S. citizens have been kidnapped across Mexico and many cases remain unresolved."
When asked about Batista's alleged abduction, State Department spokesperson Nicole Thompson said privacy policy did not allow her to speak directly about the case.
"As far as being able to confirm reports that an American citizen has been kidnapped in Mexico, we are aware of a kidnapping, and we are taking all appropriate measures to assist," Thompson told CNSNews.com.
"As far as what we can say about that American citizen is that we are providing appropriate consular assistance to the family of the kidnapped person. The Mexican authorities have launched an investigation," she added.
"Mexican authorities are in the lead in that investigation, and we are taking all appropriate measures to assist the Mexican authorities," said Thompson. "Due to privacy considerations, we are unable to provide any additional information."
Mexican authorities said the increased violence in the country is the result of the drug cartels fighting over smuggling routes into the United States and Mexican law enforcement personnel trying to stop the cartels' illegal activities.


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Heel measures approximately 140mm/ 5.5 inches with a 25mm/ 1 inch platform. Gucci's python pumps are a key style from the brand's acclaimed FW11 collection. Jewel hues are one of this season's hottest trends, so wear yours with black opaques to amp up the bold emerald tone.
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UAE Vice-President opens Energy Forum
Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurated the second round of Dubai Global Energy Forum (DGEF) under the title of Clean Energy for Sustainable Development.
Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, also attended the event, accompanied by top government officials and leading energy experts.
During his keynote speech, Saeed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, confirmed Dubai's ongoing attempts to meet the increasing demand for energy amid the current global climate change.
In the last five years Dubai's demand for energy has increased by 10 per cent while it is expected to grow at a steady pace of five per cent until 2020.
Al Tayer remarked how this forum is supporting Dubai's initiative Green Economy for Sustainable Development, which aims to place Dubai as an international centre for renewable energy and sustainability.
"This initiative is part of the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, which aims to achieve the vision of the government to put the security and sustainability of energy supply as one of its primary targets," Al Tayer said.
The energy roadmap developed by the Dubai government has been translated into comprehensive strategies to enhance prosperity and development, he added.
In line with Dubai Vision 2021, the emirate's energy strategy developed on building a competitive economy that is less reliant on fossil fuel resources by optimising sustainable energy.
On the other hand, he remarked how the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy is developing a framework for energy demand management to reduce demand by 30 per cent by 2030.
The forum will be discussing all issues related to energy, including investing in green projects, the potential for nuclear power in the Middle East, how to take advantage of solar energy and methods of influencing consumer behaviour to reduce water and electricity usage.
Moreover, policies, technology and investment opportunities in the energy sector are on the forum agenda.
Trend towards clean energy
Dr. Awadh Al Baraasi, Deputy Prime Minister of Libya, described how the Libyan government is working on diversifying the source of energy by developing energy strategy until 2025.
"The Libyan government attempts to diversify its energy resources depending on solar, wind and nuclear energy," he said.
After concrete research, the government is looking to generates three per cent of power relying on solar energy at a capacity of 40 MW by 2014 while it will be increased by 10 per cent until 2025.
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Pietersen (186) and Cook (122) both moved level on 22 hundreds with three all-time greats in Wally Hammond, Geoff Boycott and Colin Cowdrey as England's most prolific Test centurions.
That helped to earn a lead of 86, via a total of 413 all out, and Monty Panesar then took the prize wickets of Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar for the second time in the match as India struggled to a highly-vulnerable 94 for six shortly before stumps.
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We stayed here because of the Good Sam ad that boasted "sparkling clean bathrooms." Couldn't be further from the truth. Spider webs (and spiders) looming in the corners in both bathrooms, and the larger bathroom was just filthy. Did laundry there, and the whole place smelled like sewer and non-working washers were shoved into a corner of the room, and one of the three top-loading washers and two of the dryers were out of order. Was told sewer lines ran below it. The buildings were old and not well maintained. There was street moss at each RV site, and the permanent side had sites that were just downright junky. Wish I could say the staff was friendly, but can't even do that. Won't stay there again unfortunately because the river was right there!
Date of Stay: December, 2012
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The past few years haven't been kind to software developers. Having the equivalent of a US master's in computer science and having spent the first 20+ years of my professional life developing mission-critical software products and applications, I have had a hard time adjusting to the idea that developing software applications is a cost to avoid or a waste of time for many CIOs and application development leaders. It seems to me that we have been giving more emphasis to contracts, legal issues, SLAs, and governance concerns but forgetting about how IT can really make a difference – through software development.
Nevertheless, outsourcing kept increasing, and packaged apps exploded onto the scene, and software developers "outplaced" from enterprises. People started to believe they could get more value and good-quality software cheaper…but could they really?
With BT, digitalization, and customer centricity exploding, today is the perfect moment for application development leaders to review their application development sourcing strategy and align it to their BT strategy.
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In my previous post about Agile practices and compliance requirements, I described the first of two big surprises encountered while doing the research. Compliance, as it turns out, is not quite as high a barrier to Agile as we thought. The second surprise has to do with the approach teams have developed to getting over or around that wall.
Leaving Scrum, Sarbanes-Oxley, and related concerns aside for the moment, a hot topic these days in app dev circles is product-oriented development. While teams in IT departments might have different motives than ISVs, systems engineers, or people in other situations, they're all interested in roughly the same thing. What it takes to qualify as a product may not be altogether clear, and there may be no definitive way of measuring whether your team's thinking and behaviors have shifted from project-centric to product-centric. As rough-hewn as the concept of product-oriented development might be, it's still an attractive destination for people coming at it from multiple directions. (Not coincidentally, this is the topic of a soon-to-be-published doc.)
In an unexpected way, many of the app dev teams that have been most successful at dealing with compliance are, as it turns out, acolytes of the product-oriented approach. They may not realize it, as their work output may not be any more productized than it was before. Instead, compliance is what turns into a product.


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Super Bowl Grants Fund Local Projects
With the Super Bowl taking place in the New York/ New Jersey area, the National Football League is supporting local community projects through grants.
Funds provided by the NFL Foundation, NY/NJ Snowflake Youth Foundation, and the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee have gone to charitable projects that focus on revitalizing and rebuilding places for youth to be active, including areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The grants were used to benefit roughly 50 projects across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, including some in the local area.
In Broad Channel, the Broad Channel Athletic Club's Shamrocks football league took a hard hit by Sandy and lost all of their equipment. Through a Super Bowl Legacy grant, the league was able to replace their helmets, shoulder pads, blocking shield, tackling dummies, game paints, practice apparel and field items.
In Rockaway Beach, the Super Bowl Legacy grant funded the replacement of the gymnasium floor, scoreboard, gym mats, new glass walls and safety padding at the Hammels Community Center. The gymnasium serves as a focal point of the Center, which serves several housing areas, and was knocked out of use by Sandy. The new gym will help bring programming back to life at the Center.
Roxbury now has a new playground due to funding from Super Bowl Legacy grants. On Sunday, December 22nd, the playground on the bayside was unveiled. The playground was built by the Sandy Ground Project, which is building 26 playgrounds in Hurricane Sandy-stricken areas in memory of the 26 victims who lost their lives in a tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The Super Bowl Legacy grant helped fund the construction of a playground built in memory of school psychologist Mary Sherlach, who put herself in harm's way to try to save children and staff during the shooting. Super Bowl Legacy grants also helped to fund a Sandy Ground Project park in Belmar, N.J. and Bridgeport, Conn.
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Pret-a-Porter from the Motherland
African textiles have always had a place in high fashion. Creative forces from all over the globe have drawn inspiration from the likes of vivid Nigerian Ankara and Malian mudcloth. An explosive color palette and eye-catching patterns make the prints ideal for statement making pieces. With that worldwide exposure, African designers are receiving long overdue recognition for their work.
In an effort to capture the emergence of these designers on a global platform, comes the release of New African Fashion, ($24). Set to be released in the US on October 24th and in the UK on October 31, New African Fashion is the brainchild of Helen Jennings, editor of Africa's global style & culture magazine ARISE.
Celebrating African beauty & style and its impact on today's designers, the book profiles some of the continent's best designers, models, and photographers. Jennings highlights how these stakeholders are looking beyond clichés to melding both traditional and contemporary fabrics, and fueling the trend for artisnal, environmentally conscious clothing.
Think of New African Fashion not only as eye-candy for your coffee table - but as a muse in fine print.
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Wibidata, a hot Silicon Valley, announced on their blog yesterday that Cloudera alpha geek Omer Trajman, has joined Wibidata to head up and scale the company's field operations.
WibiData is defining a new space in Big Data, focusing on solutions that use all the data an organization has to create more people centric applications. Omer comes from Cloudera where he had a great run building up and driving their very successful field operations in getting large enterprises to adopt and put into production Hadoop.
I spent 1.5 years working out of the Cloudera offices when they had less than 30 employees and had a chance to get to know Omer both as a executive and a person. Omer is a star. He's the real deal. Omer's new role at Wibidata, which has less than 20 employees, will be heading up field operations for Wibidata. The company is gaining fantastic traction in closing the gap for the use and implementation of developing and deploying of big data applications.
At Cloudera, Omer defined the first enterprise large scale applications with the most innovated early adopters who embaced Hadoop and put it into action. Omer is legend at Cloudera for really knocking it out of the park in driving the success of 1st generation enterprises solutions that set the bridge for the crossing of the chasm. As Hadoop use crosses the chasm with analytics as the current killer app, the next set of growth will come from the proliferation of applications then transactions.
Today most companies have rules based applications or build algorithms that use samples of data. With WibiData, applications can be highly customized for end users. That means a better customer experience, more targeted content and opens the door to wider adoption across industries such as with personalized medicine.
Wibidata was founded two years ago by Cloudera employees Christophe Bisciglia and Aaron Kimball. Today WibiData has eighteen employees and has shipped version 2 of their product and are growing fast. They have built a differentiated framework that sits on top of the Hadoop platform and gives developers the power to build more robust Big Data Applications.
According to my sources at Cloudera, Omer left on great terms with the team there. Mike Olson is an investor in Wibidata and has been vocal in predicting an application surge in the Hadoop ecosystem. Recently, Ed albanese, another Cloudera rockstar, joined 10Gen to bring his bus dev magic as VP of Business Development to the massively growing MongoDB firm 10Gen.
I'm impressed with Wibidata and the rock solid team. They are doing amazing work with Hbase. Wibidata has a good business model that is differentiated by gather data inside an enterprise with a fully functional Hadoop Hbase stack which requires installation on premise and use of their professional services.
The top folks at Wibidata include:
- Christophe Bisciglia – CEO
- Arron Kimbal CTO
- Garrett Wu – Dir Engineering
- Chad Metcalf – Early employ at Cloudera
Wibidata is located in the Mission district in San Francisco. On a personal note: I have had a great experience with Wibidata guys and all the top guys have been interviewed on SiliconANGLE.tv theCUBE except for Garrett Wu (I'll get him soon).
Here are some video interviews with the Wibidata team
Video Interview at Hadoop Summit 2012 – http://youtu.be/4kka9jZ-uFs
Here is the Wibidata blog post announcing Omer's new role there.
This past week I have had the pleasure of starting my new role building out Field Operations at WibiData and getting introduced to the incredible capabilities being engineered here. In particular I have seen the enormous potential for creating better experiences through a people-centric approach to big data applications. For the past three years I have been able to work with the tremendously talented team at Cloudera to bring Apache Hadoop to the enterprise and create The Platform for Big Data. In my responsibilities building and leading various field teams at Cloudera I was involved first-hand in helping Cloudera's customers launch successful Hadoop deployments. In particular, the most exciting deployments were with customers building Big Data applications, using data to drive their business. By combining their data sets in Hadoop and integrating them directly with front line business applications, these customers were able to realize truly transformative change in their business.
Those following the Big Data space have heard Cloudera expounding on the need for Big Data applications. In March, Mike Olson made an open call for new applications built on Hadoop at Structure. This past Monday Mike echoed the Cowen Group report's conclusions that there is a need for Big Data applications. Having overseen hundreds of deployments up close while at Cloudera I wholeheartedly agree, and talking to the folks at WibiData it was clear that they knew this as well.
The team at WibiData is a dynamic mix of Hadoop engineers, data scientists, analytics experts and application developers. We're focusing on creating people-centric Big Data applications and the frameworks required to support them for a cross section of industries, from retail and finance to healthcare and government. We believe that there is a tremendous opportunity to use data and create a world that is centered on people rather than rigid process. You will be seeing some exciting developments from the team in the near future as we begin to share our creations more widely. I'm honored to have this opportunity and to continue working closely with Cloudera and the rest of the Apache Hadoop community. Keep tracking us here athttp://www.wibidata.com/blog and on Twitter to see what's coming.


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This Lent, practice a spirituality of resistance
Lent invites us to repent of our complicity in the culture of war and injustice, and to walk the way of the cross with the nonviolent Jesus to Jerusalem to resist the empire. The topic raises good Lenten questions, like: What is our spirituality of nonviolence and resistance? How do we challenge empire and war and remain faithful to the God of peace and justice? As we begin the season this year, I would like to offer ten starting points to living a spirituality of resistance to empire.


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- 8oz salted cod
- 2 large tins ackee in brine
- 2 tomatoes
- Half a green and red pepper
- 1 onion
- Cracked black pepper
- Scotch bonnet pepper, sliced
- Soak the salt cod overnight to remove most of the salt, boil in fresh water for 20 minutes then drain.
- Scrape off the skin then shred the fish into flakes, removing any bones.
- Drain the ackee, then boil in salted water for one minute, drain again.
- Chop the tomatoes, peppers and onions into small pieces. Fry for a few minutes in some oil with the cracked black pepper and scotch bonnet to taste.
- Add the fish and ackee and cook for a further three minutes.
Serve with baked breadfruit, cooked green bananas or Caribbean dumplings