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NSW families missing out on $40m in electricity rebates
A rebate which could help more than half a million struggling NSW families meet rising power bills has been kept quiet by the state government - and now they only have 52 days to claim it.
This article was originally published in The Telegraph. By Andrew Clennell.
During the 2011 state election, Premier Barry O'Farrell promised if elected to provide the Family Energy Rebate, starting at $75 in July 2012 and graduating up to $150 in July 2014, for all families with household incomes of $150,000 or less a year.
But of the 540,000 families the Premier said were eligible – those who are on the federal family tax benefit part A and part B – just 664, or 0.13 per cent, had applied as of last month.
And none of them have yet had the benefit paid, a freedom of information application has revealed.
After the FOI was lodged by the Opposition, the government moved to advertise the scheme and set up an online application system and says since then it has had 5500 applications.
Eligible households which do not apply by the government's deadline of June 14 will miss out on their 2012 rebate. If the current number of applicants remained unchanged, NSW residents would miss out on $40 million worth of rebates.
Energy Minister Chris Hartcher blamed the delay in take-up on problems between his department working with the federal government on determining who was eligible for the rebate.
"Importantly no one will lose out and everyone still has time to apply."
The government pledged to fund the scheme through a merger of the electricity distributors, which Mr Hartcher told The Sunday Telegraph yesterday would reap $2.5 billion for taxpayers.
The government budgeted $13 million for the scheme this financial year, 2012-13, but not one dollar has been spent on paying the rebates.
Mr Hartcher said this was because with the department unable to gain access to family benefit part B tax records from the federal government, it instead expected people to produce 2011-12 tax returns."But a new digital pathway that gives access to federal government systems to confirm eligibility will ensure that applications will now be responded to and processed more quickly," he said.
A spokeswoman for Mr Hartcher said the government could not automatically provide the rebates to punters because: "the rebate is paid to the retailer which then appears as a credit on the customer's bill. As the Department doesn't hold details of customer accounts and their retailers, customers must provide this information to the Department to confirm eligibility and ensure payments are made to the correct retailers".
Opposition Leader John Robertson said there was no doubt thousands of NSW families would miss out on the financial assistance.
NSW Council of Social Service director, Alison Peters, said the rebates were critical in an environment where families were struggling with bills.
A recent report produced by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre found that 23,207 households were disconnected for not paying their electricity bills in 2011-12 – up 25 per cent on the previous year.
Families who wish to apply for the rebate should log on to trade.nsw.gov.au/energy and select the "Family Energy Rebate" link or call the government's "energy information line" on 1300 136 888.
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In the first lawsuit to go to trial since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, a federal court ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to properly operate and maintain a 76-mile shipping channel dredged in 1965 to connect New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico.
The court didn't consider the canal's design, which former consultants testified increased the severity of flooding by removing natural barriers to high waters. Instead, it found the Corps negligent for not remediating the design once the agency learned of potential weaknesses.
In a 156-page ruling, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Judge Stanwood Duval wrote that he was "utterly convinced" that the agency "doomed the channel to grow to two to three times its design width," creating "a more forceful front wave attack on the levee" that protected St. Bernard Parrish and the Lower 9th Ward, two of the hardest-hit areas of the city.
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Latino Students Transformed at Encuentro//2013
Why have ethnic-specific conferences?
My conviction is that in order for InterVarsity to fulfill its mission of growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture, and God's purposes for the world, we must create safe spaces for those who have a strong sense of ethnic identity to feel welcomed in this movement and for those whose ethnic identity is not as strong to be affirmed by God in their ethnicity. In other words, to truly be a multiethnic movement, we must cultivate pockets of ethnic-specific groups where people are free to explore their identities in Christ.
That was the goal of Encuentro//2013, a conference put on by LaFe, InterVarsity's Latino ministry. We were praying for 200, secretly hoping for 250, and blown away when we had around 400 people attend California's first statewide conference for Latino students. That made it the largest conference to date in the history of LaFe!
We were a mixed group, with
- over 300 college students from as far south as Tijuana and as far north as Seattle
- around 50 staff workers and 30 special guests
- people as young as 17 and as mature as 50
There were Latinos who preferred Spanish, Latinos who preferred English, and several people who preferred both! Speakers and teachers, students and professors shared stories and visions of hope for this new Latino generation. And several non-Latino staff joined us for this epic moment in InterVarsity's history, symbolizing the partnership with and blessing of the national movement for what they see God doing in California.
Perhaps one of my favorite memories of this weekend was seeing Regional Directors running around carrying ladders, moving tables, and getting a piñata ready, all for the service of the Latino students in their regions.
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Encuentro//2013 began as a vision held by pioneer staff worker Javier Tarango-Sho and a handful of others who started noticing the demographic trends shifting more quickly in California than in any other part of the nation.
But as we sat in a room full of special guests of the conference made up of alumni from UC Davis and UC Berkeley, and heard each person share about God breaking their hearts for the Latino students on their campuses, we began to realize that Encuentro//2013 stood on the shoulders of several founders of faith. These alumni were some of the first in their families to attend college—and they did it in the 1970s and 1980s, when university life was not as diverse as it is today. They were blessed by their InterVarsity fellowships but also prayerfully longed for a place of welcome for Latinos like themselves.
Current LaFe staff stand on the shoulders of these praying women and men. We are becoming an answer to their prayers, and the over 300 students who were in attendance are a continuation of those prayers. Many students were able to embrace their ethnic identity, some for the first time. One student commented, "I didn't realize that God could love me as a Mexican."
And, just this weekend, 60 participants committed to start a LaFe chapter at their college or university. One alumnus said, "It was a blessing to participate in the conference. . . . I love seeing the vision that staff have! I saw . . . students accept the challenge to lead a chapter—exactly what is needed."
In addition, 40 people recommitted their life to Jesus, and four people chose to follow Jesus for the first time. One student boldly stood on Sunday morning to testify to her first-time commitment to follow Jesus. With great joy she recalled the overwhelming, beautiful feeling of the Holy Spirit as it filled her with a peace she'd never known before. One life changed, one life significant to God, one life that will make an impact on her campus and change the lives of others now through the power of Jesus.
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At one point in the weekend, a fellow staff worker asked me, "Can you believe that this is happening in Fresno?" With my heart full of joy and my eyes full of tears, I thought, Lord, I believe; help my unbelief! Fresno is known as the armpit of California, but God is bringing his beautiful, diverse kingdom even in Fresno, as he showed us this weekend.
Noemi moved with her family from Mexico to the U.S. when she was five and grew up in the Central Coast of California. She serves as the LaFe Specialist for the Surf & Turf Division of InterVarsity, working with Latino students from California's Central Valley, Central Coast, and Las Vegas.
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The momentum we saw and experienced at Encuentro is indeed a dream that has kept a lot of InterVarsity LaFe alum in prayer! It was such an amazing, overwhelming joy to see the beginning of a wave of Latino students being affirmed in their ethnic identity and being sent forth in the power of Jesus! May it continue to be so, Lord!


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wouldn't it make sense for lindsey to sit out a couple of weeks?? lets activate blaylock and see what he can do. after lindsey there aren't any more point guards on our team. i used the term loosely even calling lindsey a point guard.
nah move murray up to the 1. Delf the 2...throw Jmax somewhere in there.
That's not a bad plan. We have a larger investment in Max.
ha! As long as a vet doesn't need a wheelchair, there is no way Flip tells him to sit out.
Maybe. I can't imagine anyone thought Hunter would play the full season regardless. Could be time to rest him for the playoff run.
Lindsey is worth it. I think he should sit for a while and recuperate. we could use the minutes to develop a n00b.
We don't need Lindsey until the playoffs (well, technically the last couple of weeks of the season, just so he can get into game shape). His value gets lower and lower the more Zone D we play. He needs to rest like crazy. We need him against guys like J-Will, D-Wade, etc. The quicker, penetrating guards that CB has trouble with.
In general, but Hunter at the top of a box and one could be kind of interesting.
To me it seems like the opportunity to get some burn for JMax. As it was suggested, put Delfino at the 2, Flip at the 1, and let JMax at the 3. He should be able to abuse some 3s in this league. Good idea, Luke.
Not good news. Hunter has been playing great. Yes he should sit out until its healed. We could use him in the post-season more than now.
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French comic opera that is not necessarily sung throughout. The early opera comique had spoken dialogue interspersed with songs, and was mainly comic, the later ones (those written around the late 19th century) usually had continuous music, and was not necessarily humorous (for example, Bizet's Carmen). See also [Eng.] Comic Opera; [It.] Opera Buffa; [Eng.] Ballad Opera; [Ger.] Singspiel. type of opera, often comic and with spoken dialogue, developed in 18th-century France. Used in the 19th-century to describe any opera, comic or not, with spoken dialogue.
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Hey yall. Got an 08 Boulevard. I made the mistake of putting a upgraded headlight bulb in my bike (not sure if this was the cause) and it started twice, once to go to work, once to get home. Went to start it this afternoon to go to work, the starter cranked the motor about half a crank and everything cut out. Now, When I turn the key I get no lights anywhere, no fuel pump, no start...nada, nothing.
I just got home from work, pulled it apart. Checked ALL fuses...the big ones up top and the 10-15amps down below. All were gtg. Battery had 12.8 volts. Checked voltage across main relay, had 12.8 coming across. I checked the headlight bulb I put in and it looked like it had been soldered on the tip. Ya know that frosted stuff on the tip of the bulb? well, that stuff was like flaked off, like it had been baked off. So, obviously that got hot and I know something got fried.
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The Place of Radio in Musical Education
From the April, 1941 WQXR Program Guide:
Mr. Hutcheson is President of the Juilliard School of Music in New York. In addition to being a great pianist and teacher, he is the author of numerous books on music, including the recently published "A Musical Guide to Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung."
There are many different individual approaches and responses to radio. As head of the Juilliard School of Music I am naturally especially interested in the effect of broadcasts of serious music on students and teachers of music.
At the Juilliard School we have regular listening hours for the students, and often the room, seating about two hundred people, will be two-thirds full. The students bring their scores of symphonies, concertos, or operas, and follow them with intense absorption during the broadcasts. This opportunity to accompany the actual hearing of a score by visual study of it is a real service, for in a darkened opera house or concert hall it is impossible to use a score.
Of course, many of our students and teachers besides those attending the regular listening hours take advantage of the radio performances in the same way. Any teacher owning a good radio set is importuned by friends and pupils with requests for permission to come and listen to special programs.
I may be pardoned for believing that what happens in the Juilliard School of Music is typical of what ought to happen in every school of music and in every college and university in this country. Fortunately, I have an imposing mass of evidence that this is actually the case, and recently, to my pleasure, I have had repeated occasion to recommend the installation of listening classes for such programs as those offered by WQXR.
There is another way in which radio makes possible the study of music under very desirable conditions. This is the broadcasting of recordings of great symphonies, concertos, etc., played by leading orchestras and artists. Music students are seldom rich, and few can afford to own a library of records. A student who has been assigned a concerto for study often has an ardent desire to hear a performance of it from an authoritative artist. He may have to wait years for such a chance, especially if he does not live in a great music center. And even if he lives in New York City, the price of a ticket may provide a difficult problem. In such broadcasts as these, Station WQXR has been a leader of insight and courage, and fully deserves the praise which is accorded to it daily by musicians of all types.
Let me pass now from the student to the professional aspect of radio as it affects our school. Many of our advanced students and graduates, particularly in our Graduate School, earn their living as radio artists, several having achieved a nationwide reputation. Radio is, therefore, obviously an important and constantly widening outlet for every kind of musical talent. Broadcasting orchestras, sustaining programs for singers and instrumentalists, chamber music, solo appearances with orchestra, incidental music for drama, program-making, accompanying, composing, arranging, conducting, all this work calls not only for trained musicians but also for musicians trained in specialized radio technique. Hence, schools throughout the country in increasing numbers are offering courses and installing departments in script-writing, program-making, announcing, engineering and other aspects of broadcasting.
At the Juilliard School of Music we have so far concentrated on two particular angles of radio, the actual technique and the engineering problems, though we realize that there are others which may be profitably studied. The interest in these courses is keen, particularly among the singers, and the advantage to the student who has a radio appearance to fulfill or an audition to undergo of being able to rehearse in a well-equipped studio is obvious.
It is probable that radio has interfered to some extent with attendance at certain musical events. Naturally it is easier and cheaper to "tune in" from one's armchair at home than to make the effort and incur the expense of going to Carnegie Hall for a Sunday afternoon concert of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. But radio has made more than ample amends for this in the carrying of serious music to every hamlet and farmhouse in the country. Radio is the greatest disseminator of music we have and, therefore, must be regarded as a social institution of wide and powerful influence. It is within its power to guide and uplift public taste and become far more than a mere expression of popular preference in entertainment. Its broadcast purpose is served when it takes its place as the enlightened leader, the molder of the best in social thought and culture. I share the conviction of many musicians and music lovers that WQXR is serving this purpose and taking this place, and in so doing, it establishes the strongest ties with schools of music which have similar aims. We, too, must train leaders of culture, capable of maintaining a national morale which will withstand the strains and shocks of cynical thought and will endure in a brighter and more humane future.
The Institute of Musical Art (the three-story building at the near corner) and the Juilliard Graduate School (far corner) at Claremont Ave., circa 1950. (Photo by Alton Taube and courtesy of The Juilliard School)
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Risk of death close for Turkish hunger strike: doctors
By Daren Butler
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Jailed Kurdish militants on hunger strike in Turkey may start to die within the next 10 days, Turkey's main medical association warned on Thursday, saying the prime minister's dismissal of the protest as a "show" risked hardening their resolve.
The hunger strike entered its 51st day on Thursday, with some 700 prisoners refusing food in dozens of prisons across Turkey, demanding the government grant greater Kurdish minority rights and better conditions for their jailed leader.
But the inmates are consuming sugar, water and vitamins that would prolong their lives and the protest by weeks.
The main demand of the protesters, mostly convicted members of the armed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, is improved jail conditions for PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned on an island in the Marmara Sea south of Istanbul.
The protests follow a surge in violence between Turkey and the PKK, which took up arms 28 years ago to try to carve out a Kurdish homeland in Turkey's southeast and which is designated a terrorist group by Ankara, the United States and European Union.
"Our worry is that after around 40 days lasting damage begins to emerge and after 60 days deaths may begin," Ozdemir Aktan, head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), which represents 80 percent of the nation's doctors, told Reuters.
Dozens of leftist prisoners died in a hunger strike more than a decade ago, but Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has played down the latest action, saying only one prisoner was on a "death fast" and was being monitored medically.
"Currently there is no such thing as a hunger strike. This is a complete show," he told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday. Continued...


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- 1[singular + singular or plural verb] (in Britain) the part of Parliament whose members are not elected by the people of the country Culturethe peeragePeers of the realm are people who hold the highest ranks in the British aristocracy. As a group, they are sometimes referred to as the peerage. There are two main types of peers: hereditary peers hold titles (= names indicating their noble status) that are passed from one generation to the next, while life peers have a personal title which lasts as long as they are alive but is not passed on to their children.The peerage is divided into five main ranks. The most senior rank is that of duke (for a man) or duchess (for a woman), a hereditary title which was created in Norman times. There are five royal Dukes, including the Duke of Edinburgh, and 24 other dukes. The second most senior rank is that of marquess (man) or marchioness (woman), of which there are under 40. The third rank is that of earl (man) or countess (woman), of which there are nearly 200. This is the oldest title of all. Next in rank is a viscount (man) or viscountess (woman). The fifth and lowest rank of the peerage is that of baron (man) or baroness (woman), of which there are around 500 with hereditary titles. At present, about two thirds of all peers hold hereditary titles, many of which were originally given by the king or queen of the time to close friends or in return for some service. Senior titles often include the name of the place where the family comes from, e.g. the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquess of Normanby. A woman may be a duchess, marchioness, etc. in her own right or receive the title when she marries a duke, etc.Life peers include the Lords Spiritual, who are the archbishops of Canterbury and York and 24 bishops of the Church of England and, since 1958, many other men and women who have been given a peerage in recognition of their public service. Most of these are given the rank of baron or baroness. Until 2009 the most senior judges in the country were the Law Lords, who also sat in the House of Lords, but the most senior judges are now called Justices of the the Supreme Court and are no longer members of the House of Lords.There are complicated rules for how to address and refer to members of the peerage. Dukes, for instance, are addressed formally as 'Your Grace', marquesses and earls as 'My Lord', and viscounts and barons as 'Lord X'. There are also rules for addressing members of their families. Most British people know that such complicated forms of address exist but many would not be able to use them correctly, and would probably think that they are rather strange and old-fashioned.Peers cannot be elected to the House of Commons as Members of Parliament unless they have first disclaimed (= given up) their title. Tony Benn fought a campaign for members of the peerage to have this right and was himself the first to be able to give up his title and become an MP. Former members of the House of Commons who have been elevated to the peerage as a reward for their service are sometimes said to have been 'kicked upstairs'.At present, all life peers and some hereditary peers may take part in the government of Britain by taking their seat in the House of Lords, though many do not attend regularly. When a Labour government was elected in 1997 it stated that it would abolish the hereditary peerage and reform the Upper House. Since then there have been many changes and the number of hereditary peers in the House of Lords has been greatly reduced and many more life peers created, but no agreement has been reached about the reform of the Upper House. There have been campaigns both for an elected membership and for the appointment of members by a commission. Culture The work of the House of Lords consists mainly of examining and making changes to bills from the House of Commons and discussing important matters which the House of Commons cannot find time to discuss. It used also to act as a final Court of Appeal. The Labour government elected in 1997 announced plans to reform the House of Lords and it started by reducing the number of hereditary peers who have the right to sit in the Lords. In 2009 the House of Lords was replaced as the final Court of Appeal by a new Supreme Court. note at the peerage see also Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal See related entries: Parliament
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World's largest indoor theme park to open in Dubai
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DUBAI (Reuters) - The world's largest indoor theme park is set to open in Dubai this month to lure back some of the tourists and residents who often flee abroad during the scorching desert summer.
In a sandy suburb beyond Dubai's concrete jungle and pockets of artificially green spaces, IMG Worlds of Adventure's boxy exterior belies a 140,000-square metre (1.5 million-square foot) air-conditioned cathedral of entertainment teeming with animatronic dinosaurs, roller coasters, Marvel superheroes and Cartoon Network characters.
Zombies pop out from dark corners of a haunted house and the Velociraptor coaster throttles passengers within a misty simulated rain forest dubbed the Lost Valley.
As it stands now, stir-crazy families in Dubai - a tourism and financial hub which already boasts the world's tallest building - have few places to stretch their legs beyond expensive malls while temperatures outside can approach 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit).
Even an indoor ski slope, complete with real-life penguins, has not been enough to stanch the exodus that leaves roads and public spaces eerily quiet through the hot months.
"Dubai still suffers from a certain amount of seasonality during the June, July, August period," Lennard Otto, CEO of the new $1 billion attraction, told Reuters.
"We will hopefully drive tourism in those periods to make Dubai an all-year-round destination," he said, ahead of the theme park's Aug. 31 opening.
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We got our first bike box last night, on eastbound Pine at the corner of 12th. I'm pretty excited, as it's on my daily commute and is one of the more dangerous corners for cyclists. In my early days of bike commuting, I had two near-misses at this corner from cars turning right without looking for bikes. I've since learned to just claim the lane, which the bike box makes easier and more obvious to do.
Here it is in all of it's shiny green glory. The car in the second photo was a little unclear on the concept:


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Ben Cohen has been happy to show off his pecs and biceps on Strictly Come Dancing this year but we have to admit, we much prefer seeing his 'other' muscle!
The rugby star has been showing off his impressive bulge in a brand new photoshoot (his wife is one LUCKY woman!) for an underwear company.
The handsome sportsman swapped his tighter than tight trousers and flamboyant short for a pair of barely there boxers in pictures for a new collection by environmentally aware men's underwear brand Bluebuck.
The new line has been released this month and a percentage of the profits will be donated to Ben's charity StandUp Foundation.
In 2011, Cohen founded The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, Inc., which is, according to its website, "the world's first foundation dedicated to raising awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying, and funding those doing real-world work to stop it".
It isn't the first time Ben has teamed up with the company as the new range marks the dad of two's second collaboration with Bluebuck.
If this has whet your appetite appropriately, then make sure you don't miss Strictly Come Dancing this weekend, where Ben will be showing off his buns of steel on the Blackpool dance floor.
He's elated to have survived yet another elimination, after Dave Myers was sent home on Sunday and tweeted:
"Can't believe @KRihanoff & I made it through to another week @bbcstrictly Thank you all so much for all voting and messages of support. Ben"
Ben added:
"@KRihanoff Thank you for your support and the never ending patients of yours. Lol. Another hard week ahead. B"
However Cohen was sad to see Dave go and continued:
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Just picked it up yesterday, caught a good deal at $650, might as well replace the Motobecane and Sora components. Not that big of a rider yet, hopefully will hold me over for a while.
2011 Scott S30 with Neuvation wheels and 105 pedals
Just picked it up yesterday, caught a good deal at $650, might as well replace the Motobecane and Sora components. Not that big of a rider yet, hopefully will hold me over for a while.
2011 Scott S30 with Neuvation wheels and 105 pedals
Took some pics on the iPhone tonight. Collegiate race season starts next weekend woot!
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picked this up for my wife today...everything included ...Specialized Allez
(kitten already lives here lol)
got a '73 FUJI that I'm taking off the hooks come spring-time...it's been retired since '91...total re-build....
Mine qualify?
I've been learning as I go... My fiance said, "Find a bike for less than $300."
So, after countless disappointments. I found a bike, which is the cost of some folks brakes, or one wheel...
A guy walked up to me at a gas station and said, "Nice.. Gti.. ... Oh, NICE BIKE!" - I waited until I rode away to laugh. 'sir, its not a gti, and its a cheap bike'
I bought the bike from Walmart, since cycling is not that popular in Corpus Christi. I couldn't find a used bike for a decent price. And the places around here only sell new... Plus, I didn't want to spend countless g's on a bike, if I didn't get serious. Turns out, I'm already loving it!
I am training for the MS 150. Never really ridden before - I currently can do 5-14miles no issues. I pace myself, with intervals. I have until October to be ready for the MS 150. I might look into a new saddle before then...
Go ahead talk smack about my cheap, and ugly bike.
I'm still trying to figure out how to get some clips. My feet have slipped twice, talk about the pits! Being a college student, who is unemployed - really puts dampers on spending...
I rode the bike for a week, before I got it properly tuned. After I got it tuned, and the front brake finally fixed - I was seriously zipping. I took 2 minutes off my first 5.11miles. Overall, the bike is light in my opinion... and I trust it to stay in one piece the first time I lay it down.
We all start somewhere, this is MY starting point
1999 Jetta GLX Silver Arrow VR6 - Totaled.
1991 Golf Alphine White VR6 - Sold/ Totaled.
2006 Jetta GLi Salsa Red 2.0t - Totaled.
2004 Golf R32 3.2- Purchased 10/31/2009 with 99k, currently 223k!
Future - 2004.5 Jetta GLi Tornado Red 1.8t -
Snapped a couple new pics of my Tarmac with my phone while out for a ride this last weekend.
My MK6 GLI
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I don't ride it nearly enough but the weather is getting warmer and I am becoming less of a wuss
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And we all start somewhere Nice bike. Have fun riding! I'm sure upgrade-itis will bite you soon...
Sent from my basement using two tin cans and a string.
I am relatively new to cycling, last year i would drive around with my roof rack with nothing on it.... this year i decided to participate in the www.conquercancer.ca with my wife.... and POW, roof rack is now going to be used! what a difference a year makes
'83 Sport SS
and my '88 in the foreground
'10 1.5
^How tall are you?
Nothing fancy -- just a 2009 Trek 2.3:
Put more than 1,200 miles on it since January. Works for me!
So, last weekend I finally got the guts to join the 14-18mph, 25mile group. Which is more of the 'expert' type riders. It was quite the windy day and they did a good job at shielding me from the wind and ensuring someone was helping by letting me draft off of them. If 16mph, is fast in standards for MS 150 .... I'm gonna be zipping on past a bunch of people by the time October comes around. I'm thinking by Oct, I should be about 20mph, if not more...
And yes, I go to school - and for work - I do a work study through school. So, its his money. NOT mine I would be spending.
1999 Jetta GLX Silver Arrow VR6 - Totaled.
1991 Golf Alphine White VR6 - Sold/ Totaled.
2006 Jetta GLi Salsa Red 2.0t - Totaled.
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Future - 2004.5 Jetta GLi Tornado Red 1.8t -
I can finally join the ranks here. Its my first road bike but I have been getting in 15-20 mile rides on an old rigid mtn c-dale; so I think it will be a welcome change.
This isn't my personal bike but I ordered this exact bike Saturday and hopefully it comes in tomorrow and I can get fitted and start riding. I will put up some shots when I get it.
A little Japanese, two Germans and a Swiss two wheeler
that is some eye candy right there ^^^
You guys are all making me jealous!
I busted my hand, and my pinkie/ring finger are set perpendicular to my palm. My hand no longer fits behind the brake levers on any of my bikes! All these stunning bikes make me want to upgrade my plebe-specials.
1981 Le Tour, Suntour Accushift-Dura Ace mix
Motobecane Sprint. Ultegra equipped. ~19lbs all up.
The offending limb
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If you're going to hang a flag, at least buy one made in the USA.
Sylvia first met Pamela back in 1976, when they were both little girls. They had patriotic ice cream bars and sat on a rock near their school. They talked a little bit about the President, and both decided when they grew up, they'd be Presidents together. It never dawned on them how the idea of "co-Presidents" wasn't in the Constitution. This was America! They could do whatever they wanted!
Probably that's why, when Sylvia saw Brant and Lesley hanging a silkscreened canvas of Che above their sofa, Pamela was the first person she called. Pamela snorted into her phone and walked across the hall to see for herself. Then she grabbed her purse. The two friends were off to buy a Valley Forge All-American US Flag Kit for Sylvia's balcony.
The pole was "powder coated tough" according to the box, a dry, electrostatically charged paint forming a tough and durable coating. The flag was pretty solid too, 100% Nylon with embroidered stars and sewn stripes, plus a sewn sleeve to keep it all in place. Pamela held the pole while Sylvia attached the brackets, and then they unfolded the flag the way they'd learned on those camping trips with Pamela's dad, the Marine. They saluted it just to drive the point home because they saw their neighbors scowling through the window.
The super told Sylvia later, over coffee, that Brant and Lesley had complained how Sylvia's flag was blocking their view of the skyline.
"And what did you say?" Sylvia asked him, setting another cannoli on his plate.
"I didn't say nothing," replied the super. "It's his right to think whatever he wants. But you know me, Sylvia. I'm a busy guy. And I don't run into you so often, so I can't tell you to take down that flag. Maybe not until…"
"September," said Sylvia.
"September." said the super. "This cannoli fresh today?"
"I know a guy," smiled Sylvia. "In a city like this, it pays to have the right connections."
"That's what America's all about!" answered the super, taking another bite.
Warranty: 90 Day Woot Limited Warranty
Condition: New
- Kit comes with everything you need to proudly display an American flag: a 6-foot stainless steel pole, a high quality United States flag, and bracket
- 100% Nylon 3'x5' 50-Star United States Flag with sewn stripes, embroidered stars and a 4-stich fly-hem
- Solid brass grommets
- All poles are powder coated tough – a dry, electrostatically charged paint that forms an extremely tough and durable coating that resists cracking, peeling, marring and corrosion
- 2-position brackets are made from recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE), tested 25% stronger than the nylon and abs brackets commonly used in the market
- All Valley Forge U.S. flags are sourced, woven, dyed, finished, sewn and distributed in the USA in domestically owned facilities, with American labor
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A Whoremonger's Tumble Into Love
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He knows he might be getting hustled, but he does not really mind. If it turns out to be real, he reasons, it will all be worth it. When he returns home, he starts sending her money, with the understanding that she quit the bar and go to school. He makes another journey, this time to the impoverished backcountry, to ask her father for her hand in marriage. But to his dismay, what would normally be a romantic gesture is no more than a business deal. For $500, he becomes Nok's husband, guardian and owner. He goes back to New England to prepare for her arrival, and begins a new round of delicious hand-wringing. He imagines the scandal to come. What will the townspeople think? The moment they see him and Nok together, they will know exactly what is going on, who he really is. He realizes, then, that if he wants to have his whore and his reputation too, he must lock her away, keep her separated from the rest of his life.
Such is the alienating power of a secret, and alienation is something that Buber knows well. Born in England, raised in colonial Rhodesia, shunted off to America to avoid the draft, Buber never quite feels at home. He's built himself a mansion, and it's perfect, but it's cold. Its luxury and largeness only underscore his loneliness. His lies have created a barrier between himself and others; with so much that he cannot say, how can he possibly connect? What's worse, he's become an observer in his own double life, watching both his respectable and debauched selves through the eyes of his co-workers, his family, his housekeeper, his whore.
It seems fitting that he would look to Nok for salvation. If his most forbidden wish is to inhabit his own life, who better than a prostitute—a penetration professional—to help him break through? He marvels at her ability to be intimate, yet remain separate. "I walk across to her and kiss her and of course she yields, kisses me back, and it is surprising to be confronted so immediately with the intimacy of a stranger. There is something peppery to it, something minty, a touch of sourness. … I lose my heart to her in this instant, to her earnestness, her generosity, her presence. … The part of her that has been most freely surrendered to a host of other men is all she yields. She gestures, leads, shows what I am expected to do, how I am to be serviced, is wary, quiet, almost, one could say, uninvolved. I possess her but it feels that I am in her debt, liable at any moment to feel her disengage, to lose something I never had in the first place. She is there, but she is not there. In short, she submits so entirely that it is as if she is not there at all."
At times, Schmahmann's book feels like a mystery novel, and that last sentence is a valuable clue. Is Nok even there at all? As the story unfolds, and Buber unravels, we begin to see that things are not exactly as they appear. In the opening pages, the book reads like a diary; as it progresses, we come to understand that it is a letter. To whom he is writing and why are two things that are not revealed until much later. By then, the only thing we know for sure is that Buber, as narrator, is not to be trusted.
In this fictionalized memoir, the term "double life" has a double meaning. Buber's double life isn't just the difference between what he does and what others think he does. There's also a difference between what he does and what he only fantasizes about doing. It's a neat trick of language, and Schmahmann deftly pulls it off. He uses verb tenses like a well-oiled time machine, moving seamlessly through Buber's past, present and future. He bends reality by gliding between indicative and subjunctive moods, blending hard facts—"I was born in Africa"—with things that he might like to do or have done, such as flirting with a co-worker or taking Nok on a ski trip.
If it becomes difficult to distinguish Buber's fantasies from fact, it also becomes evident that that's Schmahmann's intention. It would be impossible to go back and untangle the web, and even if it could be done, it would do the book a disservice. Through Buber's deceptions, he reveals the truth about human need and frailty, and this truth is so precious—to quote Churchill—that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. It's really best to just go with it. Buber may fantasize and deceive, but his story doesn't disappoint. In the end, Schmahmann has created an unforgettable character whose double life is as outrageous, and as familiar, as one's own.
Robin Shamburg is the author of "Mistress Ruby Ties It Together: A Dominatrix Takes on Sex, Power, and the Secret Lives of Upstanding Citizens." She is finishing her second book, "Dungeon Confidential."
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How to Build a Utility Trailer
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How to Build a 5'x10' Utility Trailer.
ive built dozens of these, rear axle from a front wheel drive station wagon, and some steel tubing or square tubing, wooden decking, and a hitch from napa for like 20 bucks or so and some lights a simple four wire system makes this a two day job
hope youre welding skills are up to parr remember 90 percent of welding is prep work keep it clean good luck
I built my first trailer when I was 18, I am 60 now and have built dozens of them for myself, friends, neighbors , etc. It is not hard to do. I always put my axle 6 in. behind center of the bed. Thats the bed measurement( not counting the tongue). For a tandem axle I put the center shackle mount 6in. behind bed center. Remember the longer the tongue the easier it will be to back. Good luck.
i just want to say ditto on the axle placement if this is overlooked you could be putting too much weight on the rear of the haul vehicle ive even seen where the load was pulling up on the *** of the tow vehicle and also take into account what you plan to haul on the trailer and where most of the weight will be but for general purpose the henry hirise hit it on the button
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UMKC Women's Center Hosts 2008 Walk A Mile In Her Shoes® Men will march in women's heels to increase awareness of violenceIt's been said that to understand someone, it's necessary to walk a mile in that person's shoes. Building on that premise, the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Women's Center and UMKC Violenc... Full Story >>
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Best-Selling Chinese Author Visits UMKC Anchee Min Reveals Life During the Cultural RevolutionWhen she arrives in Kansas City, Anchee Min plans to transport people to her childhood stomping grounds – China during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. The Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair in ... Full Story >>
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I love this site already! My son (I love him dearly) put a nice gouge, at least 1/4" deep and 1/2" long in our oak floor. Do they make a product that I can use to fill this in and then cover it over to match the color?
Find a hidden area that you can sand to create a little oak dust and mix it with a little Elmers to make an exact match if you can't find a putty that will match to your liking.
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I use a ' shellac stick' "burn in stick'--'lacquer stick'
It's old school but works well---The stick melts when heated with an alcohol lamp or torch--
Surrounding area gets masked off with aluminum foil- shellac melted onto a burn in tool or artists pallet knife---spread carefully into damage---then sanded with very fine sand paper on a wood block.
Add a little new varnish or wax the area and done---
The sticks come in a bunch of colors---Mike---
And if that does not work it's a simple job to just remove that one board and replace it. The hard part is matching the old finish.
May not be a DIY job.
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LOS ANGELES -- Greg Maddux regrets not having spent more time talking shop with Roger Clemens at the five All-Star Games when they were in opposing dugouts.
Maddux tied Clemens for eighth place on the career list with his 354th victory on Monday night, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres.
"I didn't talk about pitching as much as I would have liked to, I know that, but I've always respected what he's done," Maddux said. "He did it in the American League, and that's a lot tougher over there. I think everybody knows that. But I've always considered him the best in the game because of the way he threw a baseball, how he set up hitters and how he competed."
Maddux (7-11) allowed two runs and six hits, struck out four and walked none. It was the four-time Cy Young winner's third start with the Dodgers since the Padres traded him back to Los Angeles on Aug. 19, after Brad Penny went on the disabled list with a shoulder injury.
Maddux, an eight-time All-Star, has made 736 starts compared to 707 by Clemens -- a seven-time Cy Young winner and 11-time All-Star -- and his 225 losses are 41 more than the Rocket had during his 24-year career.
"I know when interleague first started, I made sure I watched his games," said Maddux, who has spent his entire career in the NL. "I think we pitch a lot alike. He just did it a lot faster and at higher speeds. For the most part, we do a lot of things the same. He just did it at 95 (mph), while I've been doing it at 85."
The 42-year-old Maddux has 109 complete games, 35 shutouts, 3,361 strikeouts and a 3.15 career ERA over 23 seasons. Clemens had a 3.12 lifetime ERA with 118 complete games, 46 shutouts and 4,672 strikeouts, which is third on the all-time list.
"Roger obviously was blessed with more explosive stuff," said Joe Torre, the only man to manage both Maddux and Clemens. "When I came up as a 20-year-old kid with the Braves and Warren Spahn was in his 40s, he told me: 'Hitting is timing, and a pitcher's job is to upset that timing.' And that's what Greg's all about. He just seems to never beat himself.
"Watching him pitch, I've admired what he's done," Torre added. "He has never been overpowering, but he's always managed to keep the game at a manageable speed for himself. And when other guys maybe rear back and throw harder, he goes the other way. He tries to do it with finesse and feel, really plays on the hitter's emotion."
Maddux was 6-9 with a 3.99 ERA in 26 starts for San Diego this season, including a stretch of 14 starts in which he was 0-5 with a 4.48 ERA.
"I think more than anything, it was probably run support. He was pitching on the wrong nights," Padres manager Bud Black said. "We just didn't score a lot of runs when he was out there, but he pitched well enough to win the majority of those games for us. I think I can echo what every other manager who's had him has probably said about him: He was great when he was here."
In his first two starts after returning to the Dodgers, Maddux gave up nine runs and 17 hits in road losses to Philadelphia and Washington.
Hong-Chih Kuo pitched two perfect innings, striking out three, and Jonathan Broxton got three outs for his 11th save.
Chris Young (4-5) gave up four runs and six hits in five innings after being activated from the disabled list. The right-hander hadn't pitched since Aug. 10 at Colorado, when he left after four innings with a strain in his forearm.
"It was really nice to be back out there. I missed it," Young said. "Even though we didn't win, it was still fun going out there and competing. I was a little bit rusty."
The Dodgers, who trail Arizona by 2½ games in the NL West, took a 3-1 lead in the second on a bloop RBI double by Angel Berroa and a run-scoring single by Maddux -- his 84th career RBI and third this season.
Casey Blake made it 4-1 in the third with his 18th home run and seventh since coming to the Dodgers in a trade with Cleveland on July 26. Manny Ramirez added a sacrifice fly in the seventh for his 26th RBI in 30 games with Los Angeles.
San Diego second baseman Matt Antonelli, recalled from Triple-A Portland on Monday, started and went 1-for-4 in his major league debut with a single in his first plate appearance.
- Maddux, only 15 2/3 innings shy of 5,000, is one of five pitchers with more than 3,000 strikeouts and fewer than 1,000 walks (997). The others are Ferguson Jenkins, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Curt Schilling.
- LHP Wade LeBlanc will make his big league debut Wednesday night, becoming the 13th Padre to do so -- three fewer than the club record set in 2002, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
- Padres CF Jody Gerut missed his fourth consecutive game. He took swings in the cage for the first time since last Wednesday, when he sprained the middle finger on his left hand while stealing a base and finished the game.


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You'd have thought that Microsoft denying any plans to feature a Blu-ray drive in the Xbox 360 would quash any rumours that such an addition was forthcoming. Apparently, though, the fellows over in Redmond are being less than forthcoming with the truth because DigiTimes claims to have information suggesting that Lite-On is in fact developing an internal Blu-ray drive for Microsoft's Xbox 360.
That Lite-On is one of the current suppliers of Xbox 360 DVD drives adds some credence to the rumour, indicating it could well be approached were Microsoft to add Blu-ray to its console. Supposedly shipment of Blu-ray drives will start in the second half of this year, though at what price and features remains a mystery.
Given that Microsoft resisted integrating an HD DVD into the console, rumours of an internal Blu-ray drive seem rather strange. Most likely there has been a misunderstanding somewhere along the line. If there is to be a Blu-ray option for the Xbox 360 at all, it would surely be an external drive like the HD DVD drive add-on previously produced? File this one under unlikely, but still vaguely possible.


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This event will be held at Fraport, the Frankfurt Airport operating company and is the kick-off event of the newly formed Business Ethics Division of the German Association for Sustainability and Environmental Management (VNU). The event is focused on the three core offers of our executive training brand Ethics First.
The event, titled Business Ethics and Responsible Leadership constitutes the inaugural event of the newly formed Business Ethics Division of the VNU and will be held on the 28th of April 2017 at the Frankfurt Airport headquarters of Fraport, one of the world's leading airport operators. This conference, organized by Klaus Schuler of Tripl3leader , offers the opportunity for an in depth exchange on three main topical areas which also represent the core offering of Ethics First, our Executive Training brand.
You can view the program and registration information to this free event here
This project will publish the second volume of a case collection in the Humanism in Business Book Series demonstrating how humanistic management is put into practice.
In 2011 Humanistic Management in Practice, the first book of the Humanism in Business Book Series came out at Springer (Palgrave Macmillan), with whom the Humanistic Management Network has brought to market 14 books in the series to date. The first volume of Humanistic Management in Practice presented 19 case examples of businesses from around the globe that are anchored in principles we uphold in Humanistic Management. The volume served as an important 'proof of concept' by demonstrating the feasibility of business models and management styles that embrace a humanistic and reject a mechanistic view of the firm. In its introduction the book had also introduced unconditional respect for human dignity as the foundation for how we define Humanistic Management.
Five years on it is high time to publish a second volume with a new set of case examples of humanistic business leadership at its finest.
You can view the Call for Cases here
Many leaders today have participated in executive education programs to gain new insights, train skills and build networks in order to progress in their careers or develop new opportunities for doing so. But do executive education providers really deliver on their promise of shaping tomorrow's leaders?
Executive education provides one of the rare opportunities for creating a space in which leaders can reflect on their role and ask how they can contribute to a more equitable and more sustainable planet; how they can deliver on the dual objective of creating business success and value for society. Without actively integrating this dimension in leadership development offers, executive education providers are facing the question of how they themselves assume responsibility.
You can view the Call for Chapters here
From the 14th to the 16th of November 2016 the fifth Business and Human Rights (BHR) Forum of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations (OHCHR) took place in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. On the 13th of November 2016 we invited the Humanistic Management delegation to a pre-BHR Forum workshop on Humanistic Management.
The workshop was geared towards an active exchange and assessment of opportunities to collaborate on initiatives related to Humanistic Management. It was therefore centered on an open discussion framed by a presentation on foundational principles of Humanistic Management. The presentation highlighted the Context, Mental Model, Key Drivers and the Management Paradigm for Humanistic Management.
You can see further information on the event here
Asian NGO is Asia's leading Magazine on Insights and inspiration for Social Innovation. The magazine's 18th Edition is titled Cities of the Future and is looking at how city life and sustainability can go hand in hand in the age of urbanization.
The HMC has contributed an article on Ethics as a Driver of Business Innovation laying out the argument for strong values and a sense of purpose as the foundation for meaningful innovations by businesses.
Read more: Contribution to NGO Asia Magazine: Ethics as a Driver of Business Innovation
On November 11th 2016 a one day Course Conference took place at Palais des Nations, Headquarter of the United Nations Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland as the closing event of our Master Level Course at the University of St. Gallen titled What Makes Development Good?
This course was delivered in two blocks by the HMC at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland for the first time in the Autumn Semester 2016. The first block was focused on the participants presenting real cases of development programs that are representative of different streams in development theory. The second block then took place in Geneva focused on meeting and interacting with development practitioners.
Read more: Course Conference: What Makes Development Good?
We are proud to be a Vision Partner of the IGNITE Movement for the second year running. After a huge success in 2015, the student-run initiative will hold its second conference on the 16th and 17th November 2016 at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
The initiative focuses on purpose-driven business and the positive impacts a good company culture as well as humanistic leadership can have not just on employees' wellbeing but also on society by forming financially and socially successful organisations. The unique conference brings together international pioneer leaders, leading academics and students in order to gain insights into a new approach to leadership.
Read more: 2016 IGNITE Conference
Interview and article on business ethics in pay, the client magazine of Arvato Financial Solutions.
The 03/2016 edition of Pay Magazine, the client magazine of Arvato Financial Solutions features the topic of Morality. For the Magazine the HMC has given an interview on general questions of business ethics and morals and why they matter for a healthy private sector generating sustainable value for both the business and society at large. This edition of pay also features an article on the activities of some prominent entrepreneurs including our comments.
The interview and article are available in both, German and an English transaltion here: Moral Considerations need Leeway
Jane Dutton, the Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Psychology, at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan received the 2016 Recognition for Leadership in Humanistic Management. Bestowing that honor, the Humanistic Management Network recognizes Jane Dutton's pioneering efforts to develop a positive organizational perspective in research and teaching aiming to bring out the best in people. The award was presented at the 2016 Academy of Management in Anaheim, CA.
The Leadership in Humanistic Management Recognition awards preeminent academics, practitioners, and policy makers who contribute to a "life-conducive" economic system in thought and action. Prior recipients include Henry Mintzberg, Roger Martin, Ed Freeman, Mary Gentile, Anil Gupta, Hans Kueng, Hunter Lovins, Sandra Waddock and Jeffrey Sachs as well as organizations such as SEMCO, DM, OECD Better Life, and UN PRME.
Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world's leading not-for-profit professional membership association for the project, program and portfolio management profession. Founded in 1969, PMI delivers value for more than 2.9 million professionals working in nearly every country in the world through global advocacy, collaboration, education and research.
The Humanistic Management Center gladly accepted the invitation to present and discuss the foundations of a human centered management paradigm under the framing question of What Makes Organizations Great?. The main presupposition of this presentation is that the combination of democratic government and market economies has had a hugely liberating and prosperity generating effect in many parts of the world. Simultaneously however, we can increasingly observe the limitations of theories, policies and business practices that are based on the belief that market forces automatically and autonomously deliver desired results.
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Cisco Experience Center Launches in Russia
Cisco's support of the Russian Government's modernization agenda got a big step forward this month. We recently announced the official opening of the Cisco Experience Center at the Skolkovo HyperCube – part of an overall effort to further develop an innovation ecosystem in Russia. This marks an important milestone in Cisco's multi-year investment in sustainable innovation within the Russian Federation, which was announced three years ago by Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers.
The Center will showcase leading Cisco technologies and become the main site for Cisco's innovation programs in the Russian Federation. As part of this program, Cisco plans to launch a number of initiatives to support technological entrepreneurship – including training workshops, mentoring and other measures to provide start-ups with direct access to business experts and other members of the global innovation ecosystem. The Experience Center is also expected to become a platform for technological partnerships between Cisco and Russian entrepreneurs, who are encouraged to both test and enhance their products with Cisco solutions. On the education front, the Center will help to develop technological education in Russia and resources will become available to graduate and postgraduate students of Russian education and research institutions.
The Cisco Experience Center is divided into six technological zones:
- Collaboration Solutions – displays a unified solution for voice and video communications based on the latest versions of call management servers, TelePresence systems, messaging tools and voice mail.
- Video Surveillance and Physical Access Control – home to a new version of our enterprise-grade video surveillance solution, which supports unprecedented scalability, as well as reliability of video storage and access
- Data Centers – a showcase of appliances that will serve as a platform for demonstrating all other solutions represented in the CEC.
- Wireless Networks – includes Cisco's innovative solutions for widely available enterprise-level wireless local area networks.
- Products Manufactured in Russia – a display of products produced by a global manufacturing contractor located in the city of Tver.
- Smart+Connected Communities (S+CC) – highlights how Cisco implements this concept in various countries including Russia, with solutions in such areas as healthcare, education, transport, physical security and utilities.
Developments in Russia and around the globe continue to highlight the impact of technology on the development of cities. Innovation hubs serve as key components in building out a network of shareholders to collaborate on alleviating day-to-day pain points. It's exciting to see how far Russia has come and the landscape of possibilities ahead of us.
Watch this short video to get a feel for the Cisco Experience Center at Skolkovo (in Russian with English subtitles):
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August 10th, 2016
Location: Irvine, CA
BigRentz is seeking an experienced technologist to fill the position of Front-End Software Engineer.
At BigRentz, we are reinventing the equipment rental space and building an incredible SaaS product in a company which is a rare mix of technology-startup and proven, profitable business.
As one of Orange County's Best Places to Work, we focus on the right people and the right roles. If you are an experienced software engineer with the drive to succeed in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!
- Build next generation applications for desktop and mobile browsers with an emphasis on scalability and constant attention to detail, performance, accessibility and cross-browser performance.
- Partner with Product Management and Design to create exceptional user interface
- Map product requirements to engineering tasks, perform due diligence to identify dependencies
- Lead the way in quality, reliability and quantity of work output
- Understand and implement software engineering best practices such as TDD, responsive design, etc.
- Envision and document designs for modules or components of overall solutions
- Produce detailed engineering scope and specification documents
- Mentor junior engineers
Minimum Requirements
- Strong front-end skills in Javascript, AJAX, CSS3, and HTML5
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- 4+ years of experience in software engineering
- Proficiency in JSON
- Customer-focused, react well to changes, work with teams and being able to multi-task on multiple products and projects
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with React, node.js, git
- Experience with Linux or, Mac OS X
- Experience with, CI / infrastructure automation such as Salt, Vagrant, Jenkins, etc
- Experience with Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence
About the Company
BigRentz a rapidly-growing online equipment rental network aimed at providing customers with the best experience, value and service in the industry. We are currently expanding and have an immediate opening for a Front-End Software Engineer in our Irvine HQ office.
What You Can Expect from BigRentz
We are a progressive and thriving company, led by ambitious entrepreneurs. As one of Orange County's Best Places to Work and Fastest-Growing Private Companies there is ample room for career development and personal growth. A career with BigRentz means so much more than just a paycheck; it means being part of a family. We have created a unique working environment filled with positive energy and excitement that includes a relaxing employee lounge with a variety of free snacks and beverages, flat-screen TVs and fun activities like Ping-Pong. Our employees also enjoy many added perks, like a dry-cleaning pickup and delivery service, on-site car washes and many more.
If you are confident in your software engineering abilities and have a dynamic personality, and you meet the stated criteria, we would love to hear from you. We look forward to the conversation!
To Apply: Email your resume (in Word or PDF format) and cover letter to [email protected] with the position you are applying for in the subject line.
No recruiters or agencies, please.
Essential Physical Requirements Necessary to Do This Job
- Able to be present, alert, awake and punctual, with minimal absences
- Prolonged sitting; ability to sit for long periods of time, either working remotely or for the duration of any flight necessary to conduct business
- Terminal use: typing on a keyboard; finger and wrist dexterity
- Prolonged use of the telephone
- Physically able to sit, walk, carry materials and belongings to board a plane for any flights necessary to conduct business
- Listening skills: clear comprehension of the English language
- Eye sight: prolonged visibility/use of computer
- Verbal skills: clear communication in the English language to enable written and verbal communication with team members and business partners
- Minimal lifting of office equipment and supplies
- Duties performed are in an office setting indoors within a climate controlled environment
- Time commitments will vary and may require more than forty hours per week. May also be requested occasionally for the after-hours or weekend service
EEO Commitment
BigRentz, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer. BigRentz does not tolerate discrimination of any type, and offers equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, natural origin, age, disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or any other considerations made unlawful by Federal, State or local laws. BigRentz is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. BigRentz is an at-will employer.
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business hours, give us a call!
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After Greinke deal, Pavano-Twins reunion more likely
Sunday's trade of Zack Greinke to the Milwaukee Brewers makes it more likely than ever that Carl Pavano will re-sign with the Minnesota Twins.
The Brewers had been in contact recently with Pavano's agent, Tom O'Connell, but the Greinke trade satisfied their need for a top-of-the-rotation starter.
Meanwhile, sources say the Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals – who had attempted to acquire Greinke – haven't seriously pursued Pavano. (It's possible they will change their approach and bid on Pavano now that Greinke is off the board.)
The Twins have a desperate need for rotation help. Their lack of an ace was evident in their first-round playoff exit, and starters Nick Blackburn and Scott Baker underwent off-season elbow surgeries.
Pavano, 34, led the Twins with 17 victories this year, while maintaining a 3.75 ERA over 221 innings.
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This is a question that I am constantly pondering, since my career path has often been presented back to me as having NOT chosen art–that since I am an ACADEMIC, art is therefore a hobby, something I don't have time for, that is preventing me from getting real work done, something that I study but do not produce, something in the margins of my life (and my class notes).
So, when best art teacher, friend and artist Sves asked me "How does art fit into your life?" as a prompt, I was left basically grasping for straws. How? More or less shoved in there, like a sleeping bag in a stuff sack (I am going camping this weekend).
The real crux of the assignment, which I have yet to complete, is more of a game plan. How am I going to MAKE art fit into my life?
[And, I suppose, if folks want to talk about this, how do you make art fit into your life?]
❤ jb
p.s. these are literally all the colors of copic sketch markers that i own. #funfacts