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The catalyst has been the Arab uprisings in Libya, Egypt, Bahrain and Tunisia, which have raised questions about the ethics of these PR firms. Critics claim that London has turned into the global capital of reputation laundering.
Bell Pottinger, run by Margaret Thatcher's former image adviser Lord Bell, has already faced protests outside its High Holborn office because of its work for Bahrain.
But it is not just spin doctors working in the Middle East that are being accused of "propping up" unplesasant regimes. Tonight, opponents of the authoritarian regime in Belarus are demonstrating outside the Victoria HQ of Grayling because the PR firm has opened an office in the former Soviet republic.
Actor Jude Law and playwright Sir Tom Stoppard are backing the protesters, who are then marching to the House of Commons to hear the two theatre stars speak at a rally, organised by Index on Censorship and the Free Theatre of Belarus.
Tory donor Lord Chadlington, boss of Grayling's parent company Huntsworth, is adamant that his firm is not an "apologist" for Belarus and does not work for any foreign government. Grayling's office in Minsk is just to help international clients keen to invest and explore privatisation opportunities.
But Mike Harris, public affairs manager of Index on Censorship, says: "We are targeting Grayling because it is currently working in getting inward investment in Europe's last dictatorship and it is the only major PR firm in Belarus."
For Index on Censorship and other critics, there is a wider point about PR firms in dubious regimes. "They are not just the messenger," says Harris. "They try to normalise these regimes with nice pieces in the papers about holidays in these places and business features on investment. They are instrumental in keeping the economy of these regimes going."
If there is one London firm synonymous with this international spin it is Bell Pottinger - even though, as Britain's biggest PR agency, it also represents many uncontroversial UK household brands.
Recent clients have included the Egyptian Ministry of Information, the Economic Development Board of Bahrain and the governments of Belarus and Sri Lanka, and it has also worked in Yemen.
Bell is unapologetic, saying there were only five protesters about its Bahrain work, including a BBC journalist, outside his Holborn office.
"No amount of media harassment or sensationalism is going to stop me representing clients that have a legitimate right to tell their story," says Bell, who argues that everyone is entitled to representation so long as it does not involve doing anything illegal. He fired a member of staff last Tuesday for putting out false information, he adds, but declines to elaborate.
However, Bell admits: "There is a fad for attacking PR companies. There's a thing to attack bankers, there's a thing to attack accountants.
You just have to ride with the punches."
Fad or not, it is easy to see why London PR agencies are under attack. Their work, by its nature, often takes place in the shadows. What's more, increasing numbers of foreigners have been flocking to the capital, a key media hub with agenda-setting global news sources, for PR advice.
Importantly, there are also few regulations that govern London PR firms, unlike in America, where firms working for foreign powers have to be registered with the authorities. Indeed, while every London PR firm likes to boast its roll-call of corporate clients, they are not always so keen to admit their work for dubious regimes.
Danny Rogers, editor-in-chief of PR Week, says: "It's all under the radar. It's only anecdotally that you can find out what's going on. That's what makes it so powerful, of course, but it is also what can give it its shadowy reputation."
PR firms are finding some of their harshest critics are online, where self-appointed pressure groups can kick up a fuss. The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency, which is backed by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, has called for a compulsory register of UK PR firms. Other like-minded groups include the Really Ethical PR Company, which was behind the protest at Bell Pottinger and is threatening similar action against Brown Lloyd James.
BLJ has come under scrutiny because of its work for Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, which included advising on a trip to the United Nations in 2009 and placing opinion pieces in newspapers.
The London arm has been keen to stress that it was its sister firm in New York, run by Peter Brown, which held the account and set up an office in Tripoli. The UK office, led by former newspaper editor Sir Nick Lloyd, maintains it had no contract with the Libyans and received no money from them. (The Evening Standard is a BLJ client.)
The problem for PR agencies is that perception matters. Bell may say working for Bahrain to promote economic development is not the same as working to support its Government, but such a distinction appears lost on the critics.
Similarly, Bell Pottinger promoted an international Arab football tournament that was hosted in Yemen, yet Bell maintains that was not government work.
Other companies suggest their advice is more akin to management consultancy than PR. It's an argument used by Portland, the firm run by Alastair Campbell's former No 10 deputy Tim Allan, which has helped to restructure press offices of a number of leaders in developing countries. Portland declines to reveal any of those countries but has admitted giving advice to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Allan says: "All organisations are professionalising the way they communicate. When governments which have previously been secretive do that, it is not an affront to democracy.
"In many cases, communicating more professionally is an essential part of that process. And getting good professional ethical advice is part of it as well."
This work is not confined to the few firms mentioned so far - or just to London. Experts say that American giants Hill & Knowlton, Edelman and Burson-Marsteller, which all have offices in London, have worked extensively for foreign governments.
City financial PR firms such as Brunswick and Financial Dynamics may shun working directly for governments but they have still done work for foreign, state-backed entities such as sovereign wealth investment funds.
Money, and not morality, may continue to be the deciding factor. Rogers of PR Week, says: "If they're approached by some foreign government saying, 'We'd like to pay you half a million pounds for some fascinating work', it's hard to see them turning it down, but ultimately it's down to that firm's ethical judgment," he says.
Certainly some of Bell Pottinger's work appears to go beyond the realms of conventional PR. The "Special Projects" section of its website says the firm "provides strategic communications services in support of conflict transformation, stabilization, nation-building and counter-radicalisation operations in conflict and post-conflict zones".
PR agencies are less coy when it comes to talking about the work that they have spurned. Freud Communications, run by Rupert Murdoch's son-in-law Matthew Freud, is understood to have turned down approaches from Colonel Gaddafi "about 10 times" and now deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak on five occasions, though he's happy to work for Leyla Aliyeva, the daughter of Azerbaijan's repressive president Ilham Aliyev.
These days, a top PR adviser is more like a super-fixer, able to open doors at the highest levels of government, business and the media. It's little wonder that a leading agency boss can earn as much as £3 million a year, while a partner in a top PR firm might expect £400,000 in pay and bonus.
So reputation laundering - or, to use a Bell Pottinger phrase, "reframing narratives" - certainly pays. But if it forces the PR giants to spin their own spin, perhaps the time has come to look for cleaner clients.
Bell Pottinger
Founded: 1985
Boss: Lord Bell
Biography: Margaret Thatcher's PR adviser and former ad man at Saatchi & Saatchi. He chairs Chime, parent company of Bell Pottinger
Offices: London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Beirut, Bahrain, Washington, Singapore and others
Notable clients (past and present): Egyptian Ministry of Information, Economic Development Board of Bahrain, governments of Sri Lanka, Zambia and Belarus, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Yemen (inter-Arab football tournament), exiled Libyan royal Muhammad Al-Senussi, Sultan of Brunei, Airbus, Unilever, Vodafone
Brown Lloyd James
Founded: 1997
Bosses: Sir Nick Lloyd (London), Peter Brown (New York, pictured)
Biographies: Lloyd is ex-editor of News of the World and Daily Express. Brown once worked for the Beatles' management
Office: London. Sister US firm in New York runs offices in Tripoli and also in Qatar, Washington, Moscow, Beijing
Notable clients (past and present): Libyan government (US-based client), Principality of Monaco, Qatari Diar property arm, Russia Today TV channel, Ria Novosti (Russian news agency), Al Jazeera English, Telegraph Media Group, Associated Newspapers, Evening Standard
Founded: 2001
Boss: Tim Allan
Biography: Diehard Blair aide who was Alastair Campbell's deputy in Number 10 before moving to BSkyB
Offices: London, New York, Nairobi
Notable clients (past and present): Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his country's presidency of G8 countries (worked in co-operation with Brussels' lobbying firm GPlus, where Nick Clegg used to work), helped to restructure press offices for several undisclosed leaders in developing countries, Russian aluminium mogul Oleg Deripaska, Kazakhstan's BTA Bank, Google, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Facebook. (Allan's old No 10 boss, Campbell, is a part-time adviser).
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We built this city on rock 'n' roll ... and apartments.
Another week goes by and another music venue closes down. By the time you read this the Metro will be a memory. Some of you may have known that venue as the Palace Theatre, but I always refused to call it that. Way too confusing, we've got one of those in St Kilda. Sure it's spelt different but I'm positive I wasn't the only person who drove to the Palais Theatre only to find the gig was at the Palace Theatre. Plus, I've never been to a theatre that had no seats.
Anyway the Metro is gone and let's not romanticise it too much. It was a large cavernous hole but it had many great concerts. I saw Wilco, the Specials, Chemical Brothers, New Order, and even Beats International there. Hey, don't deny Dub Be Good to Me was a great song. One song, however, does not maketh a concert, as I found out that night. And sure, Thursday night used to be Goo, or Uni night as people called it. That was where the Metro would be filled with teenagers drinking and vomiting, then heading off for a feed.
But you can't deny it was a fantastic place to see a band. Perched up on the second level you got a great view of whoever was on stage. It was the perfect medium-sized venue for bands that couldn't fill Rod Laver Arena. It offered intimacy with your favorite international musicians and securing a prime spot down the front simply meant getting there when the doors opened and running down to the front of the stage.
You don't get that when you go to Etihad to see a band, or as I call it, Colonial Stadium. All you get is frostbite or sunburn and sore eyes from trying to see whoever is performing on the stage. Is that Bono or Bon Iver up there? You know what would be great to see in that stadium? A football game! Funny that, cause that's what it was built for. I'm sure the words "acoustic'' and "ambience'' were not included in the design brief.
And what's to become of the old Metro? Apartments. Ahh of course, its what happens to all great venues. You can drive around this city of ours and point out former music venues to your children and nine times out of 10 they will have been turned into apartments. The East Brunswick Club – apartments, the Seaview Ballroom – a hotel, with apartments and the Punters club – a pizza shop, apartments pending.
And then the people move into the apartments to live in the "vibrant inner city'' and guess what? They complain about the music venues nearby. Well Dorothy you're not in Kansas any more, you're in noisy Northcote or rowdy Richmond, if you want peace and quiet, gentle Glen Iris is a good bet. People don't buy a house next to a church and then complain about the ringing of the bells.
Just once wouldn't it be great if some apartments were knocked down to build a music venue. Or a music venue on the bottom, with apartments above. But here's the deal, if you're going to live in the apartments, you have to be a music lover. You actively want the sound of music drifting up into your abode. Imagine the tenants? Imagine the fun? Imagine pushing a button for your lift home?
You could have a resident artist in the form of a musician, people like Tex Perkins or Adalita would be invited to live rent-free for a month to sit around the pool and do the occasional gig. It would be like a cross between Melrose Place, Number 96 and the Grand Budapest Hotel.
You could also offer old rockers some employment, is that Juno Roxus behind reception? Is that the bloke from Pseudo Echo parking cars? Is that Bryan Mannix behind the bar, in front of the bar, lying on the bar? And the only complaint you'd get would be, ''the music is too low, turn it up!''
You can follow Dave O'Neil on Twitter @itsdaveoneil

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Description: Polarized connectors and headers for your perf board/PCB projects. Use these connectors for power connections or any sensor/general connection to prevent users from connecting the peripheral incorrectly or reversed.
This is for the male header. Be sure to order the housing and crimp pins!
Pins have standard .1" spacing.
what would be the proper crimping tool for the crimp pins?
If these are meant to mate with 8095 (so I saw in a comment reply for that product) the picture is incorrect.
Can somebody post a picture of how these connectors look when connected to wire on both ends? Are these wire to wire connectors….?
These are male headers. They have pins on the bottom that get soldered to a PCB and male pins with a latch on top (to help prevent it from being plugged in backwards) for plugging a female connector into. The wires are only on the female connector end and are sold separately. I realize this is an old post, but I thought I'd leave this here for future visitors that are wondering the same thing.
Are the pins long enough for a breadboard? Or can they be shifted adequately to function?
As I understand it, these headers have a latch on them, yes? Making them not only good for polarized connections but connections which need a rigid, but not semi-permanent connection?
sorry: "but not permanent…"
Do you have Eagle footprints for this header and the larger versions you sell?
It's a Molex connector - try con-molex 22-23-2021 in the Eagle lbr.
No reviews yet.
PRT-08233 only has the 2-pin Male Header. the picture is confusing. Try looking at this picture [ https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0jwgLkjMWzDVFV2SzR5aFBTMWM ] .
You will still need to order the crimp pins [ https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8100 ] and 2-pin female polarized housing [ https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8095 ]. Make sure that you are using crimp tool [ https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13193 ] for the female housing.


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Importing and retaining graphics
OK, I've learned that
will import an image from my Mac desktop into a notebook, and then
Show[%, ImageSize->3*72]
will display it. But:
1) How do I then "freeze" or retain that graphic or that image, in a
displayed or rendered form, as a permanently retained and displayed
image cell in this notebook, with the two lines above deleted?
2) Is there an easier way, on a Mac, to Drag and Drop, or Copy and
Paste, a JPEG image like this (or a PDF page), from the Finder or some
Mac app into a notebook, as a permanently retained cell in that
notebook? (Permanently retained until explicitly deleted, that is.)
3) What Format => Style do I assign to "permanently retained image
cells" like this?
(I'd prefer that they not have the same style as graphics cells that are
generated anew each time the notebook is executed; I don't want them to
be selected when I Option-click on an generated image cell boundary, or
to be included in animations of generated cells.)
4) Would Wolfram maybe want to add to the Help documentation for
Import[] a pointer to the use of $Path?
Took me a lot of searching around before I discovered how to format the
right path, and what paths Import[] actually searched.


text: The X Factor 2012: Union J Everything you need to know about the newly formed boy band Comments Written By Jack Seale and Tom Cole 10:59 AM, 02 October 2012 Ages: JJ, 23; Josh, 19; Jaymi, 21; George, 18 From: Winkfield Category: Groups Mentor: Louis Walsh Bio: Originally called Triple J, the boyband were ejected from The X Factor before boot camp but were called back when Rough Copy left the competition. With new member George added to the line-up and the band's name changed, the boys won their place in the finals with their version of Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe. Explaining his reasons for putting the group through to the live shows, judge Louis Walsh said: "The boys have a great young image, girls are going to love them, they have it all – great energy, looks and the vocals to match." What we said: "Union J are a One Direction with vocals who are dark horses for the whole thing, you mark my words. I've been wrong before." (week seven, judges' houses) RT predicts: Not fancied by the bookies, but their similarities to One Direction – young, good looks, only finally assembled at judges' houses – make them contenders, and their vocals are solid. 1D are so popular, any decent boy band has to have a chance now. 2nd Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Glad you are enjoying it so far.
MSYS2 is a Posix/Unix/Linux-y environment heavily based on Cygwin. MSYS was historically defined as the minimal system needed to allow using Unix build tools to build native (i.e. non-MSYS2) Windows programs.
These build systems (usually implemented in Autotools, shell script and GNU make or sometimes Perl/Python) expect (i.e. require) a much more simple and sane file hierarchy system where there is a single root directory, as opposed to Windows which has a horrible system of drive letters where there's up to 26 separate hierarchies and no way to express a relative path between two paths on different drives.
The other bad thing with the Windows way of specifying paths is that the backslash it uses as a directory separator is commonly used as an escape character (in both C and shell code), so you often have to double up backslashes to work around this. I would recommend that even if you are using Windows paths, to avoid using backslashes. Windows is quite happy to work forward slashes in nearly all situations.
The decision about which programs should be MSYS2 and which should be native isn't clear-cut. You mention Git. Ironically, despite its development project name (msysGit), the official Git for Windows is a native Windows program (it just comes bundled with a very old version of MSYS), whereas the Git we supply is an MSYS2 program.
Sometimes we provide both MSYS2 and native versions where it makes pragmatic sense to (for example Python 2/3), but for our Git you'll have to make your scripts handle the MSYS2 conventions.
To convert between Windows and Unix paths you can use:
Windows -> MSYS2
cygpath -u C:\msys64
MSYS2 -> Windows (with less good backslashes)
cygpath -w /usr
MSYS2 -> Windows (with more good forward slashes)
cygpath -m /usr
(for the current directory, 'pwd -W' output it in this form).
I'd recommend that you use bash script when scripting in MSYS2. There are various pragmatic features (hacks some would say) where paths and environment variables are converted at the interface between MSYS2 and native Windows programs.


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Welcome to the 12th edition of Math and Multimedia blog carnival. Yes, you get a dozen posts this time. Before we do that let's look at some trivia about the number 12.
The number 12 is strongly associated with the heavens – 12 months, the 12 signs of the zodiac, the 12 stations of the Sun and the Moon. The ancients recognized 12 main northern stars and 12 main southern stars. There are 24=12×2 hours in the day, of which 12 are in daytime and 12 in nighttime.
In mathematics, twelve as we all know is a composite number and the smallest number with exactly six divisors, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12. Twelve is also a highly composite number, the next one being24. It is the first composite number of the form p2q; a square-prime, and also the first member of the (p2) family in this form. 12 has an aliquot sum of 16 (133% in abundance).
Accordingly, 12 is the first abundant number (in fact a superabundantnumber) and demonstrates an 8 member aliquot sequence; {12,16,15,9,4,3,1,0} 12 is the 3rd composite number in the 3-aliquot tree. The only number which has 12 as its aliquot sum is the square 121. Only 2 other square primes are abundant (18 and 20).
Twelve is a sublime number, a number that has a perfect number of divisors, and the sum of its divisors is also a perfect number. Since there is a subset of 12's proper divisors that add up to 12 (all of them but with 4 excluded), 12 is a semiperfect number. If an odd perfect number is of the form 12k + 1, it has at least twelve distinct prime factors.
Twelve is a superfactorial, being the product of the first three factorials. Twelve being the product of three and four, the first four positive integers show up in the equation 12 = 3 × 4, which can be continued with the equation 56 = 7 × 8.
Twelve is the ninth Perrin number, preceded in the sequence by 5, 7, 10, and also appears in the Padovan sequence, preceded by the terms 5, 7, 9 (it is the sum of the first two of these). It is the fourth Pell number, preceded in the sequence by 2 and 5 (it is the sum of the former plus twice the latter). Thanks to Wikipedia for these.
Now, let's go to the shared articles and some of my finds.
Guillermo Bautista, the blogger who started this Math and Multimedia Carnival presents Why Finger Multiplication Works | Mathematics and Multimedia which he posted at Mathematics and Multimedia. KathyHS87 shares why she loves Futurama in The Futurama Theorem (Or Why I Love Futurama) posted at Life As I Know It. I guess you have to click the link to know what Futurama is. Continuing the 'why' questions here's my two posts about What is algebra? Why study it? and my popular post about Trigonometry – Why study triangles? in Mathematics for Teaching.
And just in case you are wondering about segments with irrationals lengths, check Sanjay Gulati's Math Academy which presents a GeoGebra applet showing the position irrational numbers in the numberline and John Golden's presents Spirograph 1 also with GeoGebra applet posted at Math Hombre . And while we are on the subject of technology, check out David R. Wetzel 12 Free Mobile Math Apps for the iPod Touch posted at Teaching Science and Math and
Will Emeny shares his find in Real World Maths- Tsunami Investigation Using Google Earth posted at Great Maths Teaching Ideas. Terrance Banks also announces he's back with blogging with new stuff in Been gone for a while but back with new stuff!! posted at So I Teach Math and Coach?.
Carnival hosted in this blog will not be complete without sharing teaching and learning ideas. David Coffey shares his ideas in What support do learners need? posted at Delta Scape. Denise of Let's Play Math presents Number Bonds = Better Understanding. And just in case you are forgetting, the first commandment in planning mathematics lesson is to know about students Mistakes and Misconceptions.
If you like this post, don't forget to like and share it. Thanks.


text: Adoption is a wonderful way to unite what is already a family! Lloyd Law Firm is proud of the many adoptions we have performed. The process usually involves filing an original document with the court called a petition. The adopting parent then gets fingerprints made at a local police station, which are submitted to Austin for a criminal background check. The family then invites a social worker into their home to do a social study, which is provided to the court. When all of the legal "boxes" have been checked, we escort the family into the courtroom for the Judge to pronounce the final adoption. After filling out some forms, the family is even able to have the child's name and birth certificate changed. Sometimes, the petition is coupled with a "termination" request, meaning another parent (father or mother) must also lose their rights as a parent in order to go forward with the adoption. Lloyd Law Firm stands ready to assist you in these efforts.


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Welcome to Pizza Bistro!
Pizza Bistro is proud to announce its grand opening as Sparta's new location
for delicious Italian/American cuisine. Tim Harder, formerly of The Pizza
Place and The Dining Room, has now taken on a new challenge as the general
manager and head chef of the new restaurant. Pizza Bistro's dining room
allows patrons to dine in a cozy, yet modern, atmosphere with excellent
quality food. We are excited to share with you the renovated, beautiful
dining room and pizzeria, as well as now having outdoor patio dining that
allows you to enjoy Sparta's summer season. Pizza Bistro offers customers a
delicious variety of pizza, always made fresh in house. This extensive menu,
where you can find almost anything you crave, is available for dine-in,
take-out, and free delivery to the local area. The dining room menu boasts
Italian/American recipes from Tim's many years of experience as well as
weekly gourmet specials. In Pizza Bistro, dishes are made from scratch
using ingredients from local vendors in an effort to support business in
the Sussex County community. Pizza Bistro is also an excellent spot to host
your next event, with different packages available to meet your needs for
your private party or use our catering menu to host a party at an outside
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> In[1]:= g[x___?OptionQ] := Print["Number of arguments: ", Length[{x}]]
> In[2]:= g[a -> b, c -> d, e -> f]
> Number of arguments: 3
> Why would one create a function with only optional arguments in the first
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Yes, I want the function to accept a null argument.
The function is a constructor for a simulation starting set, it returns a
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My concern about Length[x] was what occurs if f is called without an
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"If you touch the hot stove, you're going to get burned," is something my mother told me as a child. Well, today three General Managers touched the stove but I don't think any of them got burned (sorry Mom). Jerry Dipoto of the Los Angeles Angels and Kevin Towers of the Arizona Diamondbacks started the chit-chat yesterday, and decided to add friend Rick Hahn of the Chicago White Sox. After a busy morning, we finally found out that the three-teams had reached an agreement.
Los Angeles Angels receive : LHP Tyler Skaggs, RHP Hector Santiago Arizona Diamondbacks receive : 1B/OF Mark Trumbo, Player To Be Named Later Chicago White Sox receive : OF Adam Eaton
From October 1st, Angels fans were waiting for the day that Mark Trumbo was traded. After a double digit amount of teams reached out to express interest in Trumbo, Jerry Dipoto finally found a suitor that gave him a possible match. Trumbo will be heading to downtown Phoenix along with a prospects to be a right handed power bat in the Arizona sun and for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Diamondbacks wanted to add a powerful bat on the right side of the plate and it's not hard to see Trumbo's raw power. Trumbo hit 95 home runs, or "Trumbombs," over the past three seasons, increasing his amount each season (32 HR average). Despite his low on-base-percentage and high strikeout count, Trumbo will now be going to a hitter's park (Chase Field) as opposed to a pitcher's park (Angel Stadium), which could increase his power numbers even more so. Worth noting, is that Trumbo hit the majority of his home runs to left field, and the fences at Chase Field down the left field line are at 330 feet and 376 feet to left center. Also in the majority numbers for Trumbo's home runs were 400 foot plus home runs, including nearly three home runs per season going over 500 feet.
Trumbo defensively, is a first baseman and corner outfielder. With Paul Goldschmidt at first, you can't imagine Trumbo will play much there. Gerardo Parra, Adam Eaton, and A.J. Pollack took over the duties of every day outfielders for the Diamondbacks last season, but with Eaton being traded, there is a new hole in the outfield. Parra has right field locked up, and Pollack has much more speed and from what we've seen, a better glove than Trumbo, which means Pollack will more than likely take over duties in center field to replace Eaton. It doesn't take quick math, left field is the only fit defensively for Trumbo, which is where the DBacks plan on playing him this upcoming season.
Like having a child, you're not supposed to pick favorites. In the case of Jerry Dipoto though, Tyler Skaggs seems to be a favorite of his. Skaggs was traded from the Angels to Arizona, when Dipoto was GM of the Diamondbacks. Now with the Angels, Dipoto wanted him back, and got him back. Skaggs is essentially a three-starter in a Major League rotation, and will probably fit best as the five slot man this upcoming season for the Angels. A scout told me his feelings on Skaggs:
"He's a Major Leaguer with a strong arm. If his velocity picks back up, he should be a three-starter, but worst case scenario he's a four guy for most Major League rotations."
If Skaggs, who is just 22-years-old, can pick up his velocity and maintain/better his control with growth, he could be a nine or more strikeout per nine kind of guy.
Skaggs expressed his excitement to rejoin the Angels in a tweet this afternoon:
"Going back home to where it all started back to the @Angels couldn't be more excited..." - @TylerSkaggs37
Similar to Skaggs, Hector Santiago is a young man (25-years-old) who has slight control issues, but is bright for the Angels future. Santiago last season had a 3.33 earned-run-average, but his walks (4.5 per nine) ended up leaving his WHIP at a point he could lower to be an elite pitcher (1.403).
Santiago spent most of the 2012 season in the bullpen, starting just four of the 42 games he appeared in. This past season, he started 23 of the 34 he was in. Right now, it seems that Santiago will be a part of the Angels rotation, but could be a gem in the bullpen if moved.
Santiago also hit the Twitter wire to welcome himself to Angels fans:
"@Angels thank you for believing in me enough to pick me up! Now let's get this championship season going" - @HecSantiago53
Santiago is also known as a class act off the field, as he was awarded the 2013 White Sox Roberto Clemente Award, for his on and off the field actions.
"Money can't buy happiness," ... said absolutely no one in the baseball world. The Angels saved right around $3 million with this trade. Hector Santiago is making right around $3 million a year in arbitration and Tyler Skaggs is pre-arbitration. Mark Trumbo would have jumped somewhere between $6-7 million this season. With the money saved, The Angels have near $18 million to spend towards this upcoming season with what's left of the offseason.
It seems that Angels, Diamondbacks, and White Sox fans are all excited about what they received for what their General Managers gave. Jerry Dipoto has established that the Angels are still going to be involved in the free agent market and believe they can find a player who can hit 30 plus home runs and have 100 RBIs in the market. Many rumors have started about the Angels going after Matt Garza with the money they've opened up. One thing is for sure, Jerry Dipoto isn't just touching the stove, but he's put his hand all the way in to grab the fresh baked cookies or whatever other good things are in there.
For more updates on the Los Angeles Angels, follow me on Twitter, @TaylorBlakeWard, and don't forget to follow @ScoutAngels and @ScoutMedia as well.


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Between my wife and myself we own 15. That's enough!!!
GLOCK 17 9mm
Only 2, thats more then 98% of the people I know... Iowa's kinda weird when it comes to guns
Am working on acquiring my 3rd, and hope to acquire at least 1 or 2 more after that
Between my wife and myself we own 15. That's enough!!!
1. XD40 3" subcompact. Given to me as a gift. With it's high recoil factor, mostly used for nightstand duty/home-defense.
2. M&P 9mm 4.25". Purchased recently, for use at the range/plinking/carry in backcountry (biggest concern is coyotes, which can pack-mob my dogs. For bears/lions I also carry heavy-duty bear spray. Thinking here is that I'm not a good enough shot to drop a lion/bear in one shot, which is usually all you'd have time for, but with bear spray I can unleash a cloud of CV tear gas and Mace, irritate the animal enough to confuse it, and then hopefully get away).
Also, my grandfather has said that when he passes away, he'd like to give me his baby, a 1975 Sako Finnbear .30-06 (not a handgun, but still).
Raven Arms .25 ( chuckle )
Ruger P90 stainless
Ruger P89, pretty plum
Tanfoglio Wittness full frame steel 9mm/22 combo. Looking for other caliber sets......
Well, I'm a piker compaired to some of you guys here. I just started to get into pistols, mainly a rifle guy, but I bought what I think is a good one. I bought the Beretta Model 84F in .380 ACP. More will be on the way as time, and money, goes by.
Right now I have Three but looking for at least 2 more.
Sig P226 9mm
Ruger LCP .380
Next purchase is a Ruger GP100 .357, 6in, stainless then maybe a Ruger LC9 if we ever get CCW here in IL.
Ancient chinese secret,No tell, no see, no hear.
i only have 3 handguns. but im only 18. give it time.
I have two .40 pistols now. I think a .22 will be next possibly a revolver then a .45 pistol.
H&R 949 DA .22lr
Ruger Single Six .22lr
Ruger SP101 .357mag
Ruger Blackhawk .357mag/9mm
Ruger Blackhawk 45colt/45acp
Ruger Vaquero 45colt
Ruger Mark III .22lr
Kel Tec PF9 9mm/22lr
Kel Tec P11 9mm
Kel Tec P3AT 380acp
S&W 5906 9mm
Zoikes! How did it get to be 31 (with one "on the way") without me noticing?
I have to buy slow im at 3 hand guns. Every time I bring up buying a new 1 my wife gets mad that I havent bought her her own yet lol. I gusse its better than her just getting mad that I want to buy a gun. I did manage to sneak in a Ruger P94 this weekend though. Its either a brave man or a stupid man that gets the lil woman mad when she know how to use his guns lol.
New rule if your one of the 11 guys who has over 70+ handguns, take a picture of your entire collection and share some of that steel beauty to the world... 70 handguns thats oustanding
With all due respect the answer would be nobody's business. The only one that I would figure wanting to know how many guns I have would be a fed wanting to know how many to collect.


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Victor Cheng: Prospering in a Recession
Prospering in a Recession
Victor Cheng, Former McKinsey Consultant; Marketing/Executive Coach; Author, The Recession-Proof Business
Based on proprietary research of recessions from the past 136 years, Cheng highlights examples of companies that grew from nothing into huge successes during the downturns. He analyzes the four reasons why he believes these firms prospered while others failed, and he discusses how these lessons from history can be applied today for success in your business, organization or career.
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Grave Circle A, Mycenae
|Grave Circle A
|Native name
Greek: Ταφικός περίβολος A'
Grave Circle A (right) and the main entrance of the citadel (left).
|Argolis, Greece
|16th century BC
|Built for
|Resting place of the Mycenaean ruling families
Grave Circle A in Mycenae is a 16th-century BC royal cemetery situated to the south of the Lion Gate, the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, southern Greece.[1] This burial complex was initially constructed outside the fortification walls of Mycenae, but was ultimately enclosed in the acropolis when the fortifications were extended during the 13th century BC.[1] Grave Circle A and Grave Circle B, the latter found outside the walls of Mycenae, represent one of the major characteristics of the early phase of the Mycenaean civilization.[2]
The circle has a diameter of 27.5 m (90 ft) and contains six shaft graves, where a total of nineteen bodies were buried. It has been suggested that a mound was constructed over each grave, and funeral stelae were erected. Among the objects found were a series of gold death masks, additionally beside the deceased were full sets of weapons, ornate staffs as well as gold and silver cups. The site was excavated by the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1876, following the descriptions of Homer and Pausanias. One of the gold masks he unearthed became known as the "The Death Mask of Agamemnon", ruler of Mycenae according to Greek mythology. However, it has been proved that the burials date circa three centuries earlier, before Agamemnon is supposed to have lived.
The valuable objects found in the graves suggest that powerful rulers were buried in this site. Although Agamemnon was supposed to have lived centuries later, these graves might have belonged to the former ruling dynasty of Mycenae – according to Greek mythology, the Perseides.[3]
During the end of the 3rd millennium BC (circa 2200 BC), the indigenous inhabitants of mainland Greece underwent a cultural transformation attributed to climate change, local events and developments (i.e. destruction of the "House of Tiles"), as well as to continuous contacts with various areas such as western Asia Minor, the Cyclades, Albania, and Dalmatia.[4] These Bronze Age people were equipped with horses, surrounded themselves with luxury goods, and constructed elaborate shaft graves.[5] The acropolis of Mycenae, one of the main centers of Mycenaean culture, located in Argolis, northeast Peloponnese, was built on a defensive hill at an elevation of 128 m (420 ft) and covers an area of 30,000 m2 (320,000 sq ft).[1] The Shaft Graves found in Mycenae signified the elevation of a new Greek-speaking royal dynasty whose economic power depended on long-distance sea trade.[6] Grave Circles A and B, the latter found outside the walls of Mycenae, represent one of the major characteristics of the early phase of the Mycenaean civilization.[2]
Mycenaean shaft graves are essentially an Argive variant of the rudimentary Middle Helladic funerary tradition with features derived from Early Bronze Age traditions developed locally in mainland Greece.[7] Grave Circle A, formed circa 1600 BC as a new elite burial place, was probably first restricted to men and seems to be a continuation of the earlier Grave Circle B and correlates with the general social trend of higher burial investment taking place throughout entire Greece that time.[8] The Grave Circle A site was part of a larger funeral place from the Middle Helladic period. At the time it was built, during the Late Helladic I (1600 BC),[2] there was probably a small unfortified palace on Mycenae,[3] while the graves of the Mycenaean ruling family remained outside of the city walls.[9] There is no evidence of a circular wall around the site during the period of the burials.[10] The last interment took place circa 1500 BC.[11]
Immediately after the last interment, the local rulers abandoned the shaft graves in favour of a new and more imposing form of tomb already developing in Messenia, south Peloponessus, the tholos.[12] Around 1250 BC, when the fortifications of Mycenae were extended, the Grave Circle was included inside the new wall. A double ring peribolos wall was also built around the area.[13] It appears that the site became a temenos (sacred precinct), while a circular construction, possibly an altar was found above one grave.[14] The burial site had been replanned as a monument, an attempt by the 13th century BC Mycenean rulers to appropriate the possible heroic past of the older ruling dynasty.[15] Under this context, the land surface was built up to make a level precinct for ceremonies, with the stelae over the graves being re-erected. A new entrance, the Lion Gate, was constructed near the site.[11]
Grave Circle A, with a diameter of 27.5 m (90 ft), is situated on the acropolis of Mycenae southeast of the Lion Gate. The site is surrounded by two rows of slabs, while the space between the rows was filled with earth and roofed with slabs. The Grave Circle contains six shaft graves, the smallest of which is measured at 3.0 m by 3.5 m and the largest measured at 4.50 m by 6.40 m (the depth of each shaft grave ranges from 1.0 m to 4.0 m). Over each grave a mound was constructed and stelae were erected.[16] These stelae had been probably erected in memory of the Mycenaean rulers buried there; three of them depict chariot scenes.[2]
A total of nineteen bodies – eight men, nine women and two children[10] – were found in the shafts, which contained two to five bodies each (with the exception of Grave II, which was a single burial).[2] Among the findings, boars' tusks were found in Grave IV, as well as five golden masks in Graves IV and V. One of them, the supposed Mask of Agamemnon, was found in Grave V. Additionally, gold and silver cups, including Nestor's Cup and the Silver Siege Rhyton, were found by the side of the deceased. A number of gold rings, buttons and bracelets were also found.[2] Most of the graves were equipped with full sets of weapons, especially swords,[17] and the figural depictions of the objects show fighting and hunting scenes.
Many objects were designed to signify the social rank of the deceased, for instance, decorated daggers, which were objects d'art and cannot be considered real weapons. Ornate staffs as well as a scepter from Grave IV clearly indicate a very significant status of the deceased.[18] Items such as bulls' heads with a double axe display clear Minoan influences.[19] At the time that the Grave Circle was built, the Mycenaeans had not yet conquered Minoan Crete. Although it seems that they recognized the Minoans as the providers of the finest in design and craftsmanship, most of the objects decorated in Minoan style and buried in Grave Circle A are not of Minoan but of indigenous craftsmanship.[20] On the other hand, certain motifs such as fighting and hunting scenes are clearly of Mycenaean style.[21]
The site of Mycenae was the first in Greece to be subjected to modern archaeological excavation.[22] It was excavated by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1876.[11] Schliemann, inspired by Homer's descriptions in the Iliad, in which Mycenae is termed "abounding in gold", began digging there.[22] He was also following the accounts of the ancient geographer Pausanias who, during the 2nd century AD, described the once prosperous site and mentioned that according to a local tradition, the graves of Agamemnon and his followers, including his charioteer Eurymedon and the two children of Cassandra, were buried within the citadel.[23] What Schliemann discovered in his excavation satisfied both his opinion of Homer's historical accuracy and his craving for valuable treasures. Among the objects he unearthed in Grave Circle A was a series of gold death masks, including one he proclaimed "The Death Mask of Agamemnon".[22] Schliemann cleared five shafts and recognized them as the graves mentioned by Pausanias. He stopped his exploration after the fifth grave was explored, believing that he had finished excavating the Grave Circle, however a year later Panagiotis Stamatakis found a sixth shaft grave.[24]
It has since been demonstrated that the burials in Grave Circle A date from 16th century BC, before the traditional time of the Trojan War (13th-12th century BC), in which Agamemnon is supposed to have participated.[22]
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- ^ a b c "The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Mycenaean Greece – Mycenae". Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World. 1999–2000. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Komita 1982, p. 60.
- ^ a b Castleden 2005, p. 42.
- ^ Pullen 2008, p. 36; Forsén 1992, pp. 251–257.
- ^ Hielte 2004, pp. 27–94.
- ^ Dickinson 1977, pp. 53, 107; Anthony 2007, p. 48: "The Mycenaean civilization appeared rather suddenly with the construction of the spectacular royal Shaft Graves at Mycenae, dated about 1650 BCE, about the same time as the rise of the Hittite empire in Anatolia. The Shaft Graves, with their golden death masks, swords, spears, and images of men in chariots, signified the elevation of a new Greek-speaking dynasty of unprecedented wealth whose economic power depended on long-distance sea trade."
- ^ Dickinson 1999, pp. 103, 106–107.
- ^ Heitz 2008, p. 21.
- ^ Burns 2010, p. 80.
- ^ a b Gates 2003, p. 133.
- ^ a b c Geldard 2000, p. 157.
- ^ Castleden 2005, p. 97.
- ^ Morris & Powell 1997, John Bennet, "Homer and the Bronze Age", p. 516.
- ^ Antonaccio 1995, p. 49.
- ^ Fields & Spedaliere 2004, p. 25.
- ^ Komita 1982, pp. 59–60.
- ^ Graziadio 1991, pp. 403–440.
- ^ Graziadio 1991, p. 406.
- ^ Heitz 2008, p. 24.
- ^ Heitz 2008, p. 25.
- ^ Gates 2003, p. 134.
- ^ a b c d Sansone 2004, "Greece in the Bronze Age", pp. 7–8.
- ^ Mylonas 1957, p. 122.
- ^ Mylonas 1957, p. 8.
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- Antonaccio, Carla Maria (1995). An Archaeology of Ancestors: Tomb Cult and Hero Cult in Early Greece. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated. ISBN 0-8476-7942-X.
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- Castleden, Rodney (2005). Mycenaeans. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-36336-5.
- Dickinson, Oliver (December 1999). Invasion, Migration and the Shaft Graves. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. 43. pp. 97–107. doi:10.1111/j.2041-5370.1999.tb00480.x.
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- Hielte, Maria (December 2004). "Sedentary versus Nomadic Life-Styles: The 'Middle Helladic People' in southern Balkan (late 3rd & first Half of the 2nd Millennium BC)". Acta Archaeologica. 75 (2): 27–94. doi:10.1111/j.0065-001X.2004.00012.x.
- Komita, Nobuo (1982). "The Grave Circles at Mycenae and the Early Indo-Europeans" (PDF). Research Reports of Ikutoku Technical University (A-7): 59–70.
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Further reading[edit]
- Chadwick, John (1976). The Mycenaean World. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-29037-6.
- French, Elizabeth B. (2002). Mycenae: Agamemnon's Capital. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-1951-X.
- Mylonas, George E. (1983). Mycenae Rich in Gold. Athens: Ekdotike Athenon.
- Wace, Alan John Bayard (1964) [1949]. Mycenae: An Archaeological History and Guide. New York: Biblo and Tannen.
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Nov. 9, 2001
Tennessee's cross country squad runs in hopes of extending its season at the NCAA South Region Championships Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Volunteers face their first 10K race of the season at the Harry Pritchett Golf Course with an eye toward finishing in the top two and earning a spot in the NCAA Championships Nov. 19.
"This is the second of three races of the championship season," cross country coach George Watts said. "We are coming off our best race of the season at the SECs, and I believe we are well prepared for this weekend's regional championship. This team has pointed toward this particular race from the first day of practice, and I know they are looking forward to getting to the line. For the first time this season we will race 10,000 meters. We have closed well all season long and I believe the extra mile will benefit us, as we get stronger in the latter stages of our races."
All signs point to a race with tighter competition within the top four teams than any outing of the year thus far for Tennessee. The Vols remain a steady fourth in the most recent U.S. Cross Country Coaches Association rankings for the South Region, trailing Alabama, Florida State and Florida. When perusing results from Tennessee's last three meets, the competition for a trip to the NCAAs could produce a titanic clash. In the Vols' only meeting with Florida State this year, Tennessee finished fifth to the Seminoles' fourth at the Sept. 29 Auburn Invitational. Most recently, third-place Tennessee ran closer than expected to runner-up Alabama and unexpectedly slipped by fourth-place Florida at the Oct. 29 SEC Championships.
Rob Cloutier, Scott DeFilippis, Ryan Demers, Pat Gildea, Tim Kelly, Keith Kimmons (alternate), Steve Klein and Matthew Lapp comprise the Tennessee travel squad. In NCAA regional competition, each squad travels eight and runs seven. Look for Demers to lead the Tennessee harriers, as he has in each of the four races he has run this season. Additionally, Kelly has been a solid second man for the orange-clads the majority of the season.
"As a coach, I simply ask them to get better from day to day and meet to meet," Watts said. "Without a doubt, they have done exactly that. As a team, this group has done everything I have asked of them and has been a pleasure to coach. It's time once again to go out and have some fun, compete hard and give ourselves a chance to run one more race."
Last season, Tennessee rallied
to take fifth in the 19-team South Region field to close the season, as Marcus
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The question
My young son spends all his time playing online war games that are too old for him. Are there any online games that are engaging, but with a more positive message?
The answer
Video games are something of an alien world for us. With the amount we travel, we don't get a lot of recreation time to build computer castles or run from virtual zombies.
Every parent has to realize some limitations, and realistically, after a certain age it becomes pretty hard to keep kids away from the shoot-em-ups. But you can start habits at a younger age, and we turned to a Canadian who is one of the world's leading minds in game development for kids. Lane Merrifield is co-creator of Club Penguin, which now has more than 150 million players, and in 2007 was named executive vice-president of Disney Online Studios.
In 2003, Mr. Merrifield and his colleague Lance Priebe were working for a B.C. software company, New Horizon Interactive. They both had kids who were just beginning to use a computer, and they wanted to find a fun and safe online space for them.
"We asked ourselves, 'Can we build something that is as safe as possible, that's we'd let our own kids dive into, and yet is still fun and social?' "
The result was Club Penguin.
In Club Penguin, designed for kids up to 12, the player is a penguin who can walk around and interact with other kids' penguins in various "rooms," and play a range of fun mini-games. The tasks in the mini-games subtly introduce reading, math, problem-solving and other skills.
"We're not just engaging kids from a fun perspective but also from a learning perspective," says Mr. Merrifield.
He says he and his staff are always poring over e-mails, letters, and even hand-drawn pictures sent in by kids to glean new ideas.
Club Penguin is not the only option. Minecraft, for instance, provides a nearly limitless world of exploration and creativity for kids of all ages. Players gather the resources to build houses, castles, even roller coasters. There are some monsters and swordplay, but it is a minor component.
For younger kids, three to about 10, Toca Boca produces kids' game apps for iPhones and iPads.
A new Canadian company, Silicon Sisters Interactive, produces games for girls. "For girls it's about relationships and relationship management. We wanted to build a game that captures that," says Brenda Bailey Gershkovitch, CEO of Silicon Sisters.
In their game School 26, for girls 12 to 16, the player takes the role of a girl whose family is always moving, forcing her to constantly change schools. Now in her 26th school, the girl must befriend seven other students and help them each solve their unique challenges. School 26 is available for PC and as an app for iPhone and Android phones.
When looking for online games for your kids, beware sites that bombard your child with advertising.
Check that there is a strong language filter, particularly in games that have real-time chat rooms. Filters block profanity and abusive language. Mr. Merrifield suggests parents create their own profiles in games their children are playing. Experiment with creative spelling (like shifting a few letters in a swear word) to see if you can create inappropriate character names or comments in chat. A good filter will catch and stop that.
For your child's safety, look for games that employ live moderators, and don't just rely on technology. Try sending an e-mail to the game to see if you get a real response, or just an auto-reply.
Positive game options are out there, both online and off. With a few simple strategies to help suss out the safe ones, your kids will quickly discover they can have just as much fun being a snowball-hurling penguin as being a death-dealing commando.
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You may also want to take a look at DOMPrint. It's roughly equivalent to SAX2Print but uses DOM APIs instead of SAX 2. -----Original Message----- From: David Bertoni [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 2:38 PM To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Re: Hints on registering an XMLEntityResolver handler Emmanuel Guiton wrote: > Hello, > > I want to force an XML document validation using an XML Schema. > I am trying to register an XMLEntityResolver handler to do that (Iam > suing a DOMParser). Quite difficult for a beginner like me since the > documentation on http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/apiDocs is wrong. The C++ documentation is generated from the source code using Doxygen, so I don't know what you mean by saying it's "wrong." Is it out-of-date? Does it not answer your questions? It's always helpful to know what's wrong, so we can fix it. > Does someone have good hints (a webpage with an example?) on how to > register an XMLEntityResolver handler? You cannot force validation using an XMLEntityResolver, although you can force the parser to use a particular schema document or documents. Can you describe exactly what you're doing? For example, users often forget to set all of the options necessary for schema validation. > > Or does someone have a simpler way to validate an XML file against an > XML schema (which is stored on my local filesystem)? I've tried using > setExternalSchemaLocation without any success. As long as the document element contains a reference to the schema location hint you provided, and the proper options are set, it should work. Have you taken a look at the sample applications to see how to enable validation? SAX2Print is a good place to start. Another option for forcing validation against a particular schema is to use the proprietary loadGrammar() API. You can then set the feature to use the cached grammar during parsing: http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/program-sax2.html#use-cached Dave
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Behaviour of Cold-formed Steel Wall Frames Lined with Plasterboard
Telue, Yaip & Mahendran, Mahen (2001) Behaviour of Cold-formed Steel Wall Frames Lined with Plasterboard. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 57(4), pp. 435-452.
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Gypsum plasterboard is a common lining material for steel wall frame systems used in combination with cold-formed steel studs (C or lipped C-sections). However, the design of these wall frames does not utilise the full strengthening effects of plasterboard in carrying axial loads. Therefore an experimental study was conducted to investigate the local and overall buckling behaviour of the studs in these frames using a total of 40 full-scale wall frame tests and stub column tests. The tests included unlined, both sides lined and one-side lined wall frames and studs. Test results were compared with predictions from the Australian standard AS 4600-1996 and the American specification AISI-1996. This paper presents the details of the experimental study, the results, and comparisons with design code predictions.
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Kettlebells: a swinging workout for the whole body
By Dorene Internicola
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - They look like basketballs with handles or tea kettles without spouts.
After years of collecting dust on gym floors, the kettlebell, for centuries a staple of Russian strongmen, has emerged as the latest word in streamlined workouts.
"For people who want their training all in one, it's by far the best bang for your buck," said Kristen Gagne, a certified kettlebell instructor at the national Equinox Fitness chain.
Attendance at her Long Island, New York classes have recently doubled, she said, even before the ancient cast iron hand weights were featured on the hit weight-loss TV reality show "Biggest Loser."
"Consumers are more educated now. Rather than do an hour of aerobics, and an hour of resistance, they can get it all done in one hour with kettlebells," she said. "With this recession people need to get up and out."
Gagne's classes offer kettlebells of 10, 15 or 20 pounds.
"People in their late 60s swing next to girls in their early 20s," Gagne said, "and it appeals to men who shy away from other studio classes. Once you acquire the skill, the technique is easy."
So why not just lift plain old weights? Continued...


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The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) just-released report on bottled water contamination has set off a firestorm of news coverage – and generated the expected response from industry leaders like Nestle Waters of North America.
EWG bought bottled water from ten leading bottled water brands in different regions, tested them, and discovered all exhibited some form of contamination. Two brands were named as containing illegal amounts of contaminants (neither was related to Nestle), and the eight remaining brands haven't been identified.
Web searches reveal alarming stories in most major newspapers and Web sites – far too many to list here.
Predictably, the industry tried to contain the damage and counter the report – the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) immediately went on the offensive by questioning the report's methodology, and Nestle Waters of North America – an industry leader – also fired off a statement.
Today – in a press release sourced to Nestle – a Nestle/IBWA consultant (a Yale scientist) questioned EWG's methodology, though the EWG quickly defended its methods and conclusions in this counter.
Frankly, many of the objections to the report amount to name-calling, though one central contention revolves around the presence of HPC – a naturally occurring bacteria.
Nestle's consultant – Dr. Stephen C. Edberg – said:
Heterotropic Plate Count (HPC) as a measure of overall bacterial contamination: "HPC is a naturally occurring bacteria. In 1992, the US Environmental Protection Agency considered using an HPC in its new total coliform rule. It found no association between these naturally occurring bacteria and human health. While in 2002, the World Health Organization concluded that HPC were natural and did not result in an adverse health effect."
The EWG countered with:
Fact: EPA clearly states on its Safewater website that the presence of bacteria, measured by the HPC method, serve as an indicator of the overall hygiene at the production site. EWG measured bacteria in the context of EPA's judgment that "The lower the concentration of bacteria in drinking water, the better maintained the water system is."
To be honest, many of the IBWA and Nestle's contentions have a feel eerily similar to those used by Nestle during the recent tainted milk scandal in Asia, where Nestle products were found to be tainted with small percentages of melamine.
As news of the contamination spread (four babies died and over 53,000 were sickened), Nestle immediately issued a statement saying its products were "absolutely safe."
Soon thereafter, melamine was found in small amounts in Nestle products in Hong Kong and the Phillipines, and Nestle's response would have been amusing if it wasn't so cavalier – they said the amounts of contaminant found weren't significant, though I suspect they'd feel differently if their own babies were consuming the stuff.
In light of Nestle's "PR first" approach to controversey, Nestle's approach to the bottled water scandal seems predictable, though odd in light of this fact: As of yet, they haven't been accused of selling tainted bottled water, though the spectre of the eight-as-yet-unnamed brands of water hang over the whole industry.
I spoke to the EWG about identifying those eight brands, who said they may release the information in the future if further testing reveals problems.
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Date Written: November 9, 2009
The review paper caters to the important practices considered for maintaining quality in Higher Education Industry. It reviewed the chronological development of eight Service Quality measurement models i.e. Service Quality (SERVQUAL), Service Performance (SERVPERF), Evaluated Performance (EP), Normed Quality (NQ), Higher Education Total Quality Management Excellence (HETQMEX), Higher Education Performance (HEdPERF), Service Driven Market Orientation (SERVMO) and Service Quality and Information System Success (SERVCESS). The paper discussed the development of these models as well as changes in their positioning with time. The concepts, methodologies, findings and even implications have been mentioned with respect to the available literature. The most frequently used measurement model (SERVQUAL, SERVPERF, HEdPERF & SERVCESS) by the researchers have been compared to find out the best source for measuring Service Quality. Later on these measurement models have been viewed with respect to the Higher Education Industry, since out of eight measurement models four of them are especially developed to measure quality in Higher Education Industry. The researchers have done extensive work on the importance of service quality management; however there is still a gap in the education industry relating to the measurement of quality parameters.
Keywords: Service Quality, Expectation, Perceptions, Performance, Total Quality Management, Service driven Market Orientation, Higher Education Industry
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LOS ANGELES -- A day after the Cubs' bullpen wilted, things took a turn for the better.
Aramis Ramirez and Mark DeRosa hit back-to-back home runs and reliever Will Ohman struck out pinch-hitter Jeff Kent with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to help preserve Chicago's 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
"That's a huge win," Ohman said.
Carlos Zambrano (5-4) gave up two runs and eight hits in 7 2/3 innings, struck out a season-high eight and walked one in his second-best start of the season. He allowed one run in eight innings in a 10-1 victory over the Mets on May 15.
"I was feeling good," he said. "I was able to throw strikes and that was the key. I threw a lot of first-pitch strikes and that helped me a lot. When you make your pitches and attack the strike zone, you're going to win games."
Zambrano gave up his second run in the eighth, a two-out RBI single by Nomar Garciaparra that cut the Cubs' lead to 4-2. The right-hander walked Russell Martin to load the bases before giving way to Ohman, who got Kent on a called third strike.
"I felt like the best pitch was a slider," Ohman said. "The scouting report says that he will sit on a certain pitch. So if he was sitting on a fastball, then I guessed right. But regardless, it was an out and it put us in a good situation to get the win."
Ryan Dempster got his 11th save in 12 chances. Dempster allowed singles to Andre Ethier and pinch-hitter Mike Lieberthal before getting pinch-hitter Olmedo Saenz to ground into a game-ending double play.
"It's about time we got a ball hit at somebody at the end of the ballgame. We turn a double play and we win a game," Cubs manager Lou Pinella said.
In a 9-8 loss Friday, the Cubs' bullpen imploded in the eighth, giving up four runs after the team scored seven in the previous inning to take the lead.
Pinella was decidedly upbeat Saturday after watching Ohman and Dempster.
"These kids are going to start pitching good ball out of the bullpen. I really mean that," he said. "We have the arms out there to get this thing done. There's no question in my mind."
Chicago's Derrek Lee, the NL's leading hitter, went 0-for-4.
The Dodgers had their three-game winning streak snapped.
Mark Hendrickson (2-2) allowed four runs and nine hits in five innings, struck out four and walked none in losing his second straight.
Facing the Cubs for the first time in his career, Hendrickson struggled with his control and location in the second inning. He gave up three consecutive hits, including the homers, before getting an out.
Ramirez hit Hendrickson's first pitch of the inning for his 12th homer. DeRosa followed with his fifth homer, hitting a 1-0 pitch into the right-field seats to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead.
"Those were probably pitches that were just a little bit up. They were outside and they hit them out," Hendrickson said. "I felt very good with my pitches. I was throwing strikes, coming after them. There were some hits that were unfortunate and then there were some hits that kind of hurt."
Then Matt Murton singled, took second on Hendrickson's wild pitch and moved to third when former Dodger Cesar Izturis dropped a single into left. But Murton was stranded when Alfonso Soriano struck out swinging to end the inning.
Hendrickson retired the side in the third, but found trouble again in the fourth. The Cubs added two runs on RBI singles by Henry Blanco and Soriano to take a 4-0 lead as boos rained down on Hendrickson.
The Dodgers' first run came on Wilson Betemit's two-out homer in the seventh.
"I was upset because with an 0-2 count, I should have thrown a couple in the dirt," Zambrano said. "That's a rookie mistake and that ticked me off."
- It was the first time this season that the Cubs have hit consecutive homers and the first time Dodgers' pitching has surrendered back-to-back homers.
- Dodgers LF Luis Gonzalez singled in the second for his 2,416th hit, moving him past Mickey Mantle into 100th on the career list.
- The Cubs improved to 9-20 when scoring six runs or less this season.
- Martin went 0-for-3 batting cleanup for the first time in his 167-game major-league career.
- Since 2006, Hendrickson has received the worst run support (3.35 runs) of any pitcher in the majors with a minimum of 163 innings.


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Spencer County and Taylorsville suffered two losses last week with the deaths of a former city commissioner, as well as a well-known former business owner.
Robert Hayes, 82, died May 31 at his home. Hayes was a long-time member of the city commission, serving from 1986 to 2006.
Hayes, a retired truck driver for Jones Plastics in Jeffersontown, also served on the Spencer County Planning and Zoning Commission for 15 years. He also served on the Taylorsville Flood Wall Commission. Hayes was a member of Second Baptist Church of Taylorsville where he served as a trustee.
The family of Frances Renee Mobley has waited since last September to tell her murderer exactly what they think of him, and this week they'll almost certainly get their chance.
Gary Bancroft will be sentenced to 70 years in prison Thursday afternoon in Anderson Circuit Court, but first he will be forced to listen to what will be highly emotional impact statements from family members of the woman he pleaded guilty to killing.
A Louisville woman died Friday after being involved in a severe boating accident at Taylorsville Lake Thursday afternoon.
Natasha A. Murrell, 33, was airlifted to University Hospital with serious injuries after being thrown from the 1997 15-foot Sea-Doo water craft she was riding, said Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Mark Marracinni.
According to Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Jim Wesley's report, Murrell died of multiple blunt-force head injuries sustained in the accident.
In keeping with the "MVP" theme of Friday night's Relay for Life, Lori Young drummed up a friendly little rivalry.
Young, owner of The Tea Cup, is a self-proclaimed, die-hard University of Louisville fan – which, to put it lightly, means she is not a fan of the University of Kentucky.
The excitement following Tuesday's 2011 Hillview Academy graduation ceremony quickly turned to tragedy Friday when family and friends learned that 17-year-old Taylorsville resident Paige Wimsatt – who had just three days earlier given a tearful graduation speech about overcoming her life's obstacles – had died.
Despite comments from visitors and testimony from local business owners favoring the Taylorsville-Spencer County Economic Development Authority, the Spencer County Fiscal Court voted 4-2 on Monday to discontinue its funding of the EDA and opt out of the interlocal agreement that created it.
During discussion of the proposed 2011-12 budget, Judge-Executive Bill Karrer said he would be the first to propose an amendment.
Karrer said he knocked on over 5,000 doors in the community while running for office, during what he called his "job interview."
The fate of a Louisville woman is still unknown this afternoon after a severe boating accident at Taylorsville Lake Thursday left her critically injured.
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Mark Marraccini was unable to confirm the status of 33-year-old Natasha A. Murrell, who was thrown from a 1997 15-foot Sea-Doo watercraft after it crashed into an embankment near Possum Ridge Boat Dock. Murrell was riding the watercraft with 45-year-old Michael C. Bailey, who had no reported serious injuries, Marraccini said.
Families can rediscover the joy of fishing this weekend, June 4-5.
Moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles or any adult can fish for free this weekend throughout Kentucky. Kids under the age of 16 can fish without a license anyway, so free fishing weekend offers a good opportunity for entire families to enjoy the late spring sunshine with a picnic and a day of wholesome fun.
Free fishing applies to friends and relatives visiting Kentucky from out of state as well. Size and creel limits on the number of fish that angles may keep still apply, however.
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Click here to vote!
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Missing Antena?
Got into too big a hurry when picking up the car and did not notice the "whip " fo rthe antena was
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2008 does not have the whip antenna. Has the little slanted flag pole on the roof near the back.
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Thanks for the information. Found correct antena at Cadillac dealer for $30.00 plus tax. Also had to buy one plastic rivet that hold on the mud flaps but was only $2.50 each. Cheaper thanb having to replace an entire mud flap.


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Senator Schumer is calling on Apple and Google to let communities know when they'll be mapping so people are aware. He is also asking them to blur photos of people automatically, and to give property owners the right to have their property mapped.
Schumer wrote a letter to the CEOs of Google and Apple, Larry Page and Tim Cook, detailing his requests.
The NBC TV got no response from Google or Apple.
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NY1 got a response from Google, promising to further educate the Senator:
Apple did not return NY1's request for comment but representatives from Google said, "We appreciate the senator's concerns and we look forward to meeting with him to demonstrate how the imagery used to develop our 3D models is similar to what's already publicly available in 2D mapping products. We currently don't blur aerial imagery because the resolution isn't sharp enough for it to be a concern."
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Situated in Nara, this inn is within a 10-minute walk of Nara Prefectural Art Museum, Todaiji Temple, and Kofuku-ji Shrine. Nara National Museum and Nara Park are also within 15 minutes.
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Along with an indoor pool, this inn has a spa tub and a rooftop terrace. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Other amenities include tour/ticket assistance and gift shops/newsstands.
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In addition to hot springs, Hotel New Wakasa features an indoor pool and a spa tub. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. 3 meeting rooms are available. This hot springs inn also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and gift shops/newsstands. Complimentary valet parking is available on site.
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Mr Jego Grga Cacic
Mr Jego Grga Cacic, 18, an unmarried farmer from Kula, Croatia, boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger . To reach his destination of South Chicago, Illinois, he bought his ticket from the agent: Johann Isidor Büchel, Buchs for 170 Swiss francs (ticket number 315091, £8 13s 3d).
Mr Jego Grga Cacic died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified.
CreditsHermann Söldner, Germany
NotesSome lists give his name as "Grego Cacic".
References and SourcesGünter Bäbler (1998) Reise auf der Titanic. Chronos, Zürich
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
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Feb. 28, 2013
LOS ANGELES – The University of Nevada women's tennis team earned a 4-3 victory in its first match of a three-match road trip against the Loyola Marymount Lions on Thursday.
The Wolf Pack (2-3) has now won two straight matches with the victory over the Lions (3-5). The Pack notched five victories on the day, three in singles and two in doubles. Michelle Okhremchuk earned the victory-clinching point out of position one when she battled against April Bisharat before pulling out the victory in three sets 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
"We got off to a good start in doubles and I think that really helped us," head coach Guillaume Tonelli said. "It was a battle today in singles and we were able to pull it out, and I think that will help our confidence."
Emma Verberne added a singles victory of her own when she defeated Claudia Razzeto in position two in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. The third singles point came from Juliette Legendre, as she cruised past Reka Rohonyi also in straight sets 6-2, 6-2.
Nevada secured the doubles point by earning two victories after dropping the first match. The first victory came from the team of Legendre and Sophie Stevens, as together they outlasted the team of Miya Jin and Kristine Kouyoumjian to win 8-6. The other doubles victory came from Caroline Konigsfeldt and Sheila Smiley, as they held on for the win in an extended set against the pair of Rohonyi and Lisa Piller.
Nevada will travel to Fullerton, Calif. to face UC Riverside on Friday and Cal State Fullerton on Saturday.
The UC Riverside Highlanders are currently 1-6 this season, fresh off of a victory at Point Loma Nazarene. Jamie Raney leads the Highlanders, as she has earned three victories playing from the No. 1 position. In doubles, the team of Jamie Raney and Taylor Raney have earned two victories from position one.
This season, the Cal State Fullerton Titans are 6-4, and did not lose a match during the entire month of February. The Titans are riding momentum from a 6-1 victory over New Mexico, in which they lost only one match in singles. Emilia Borkowski leads the charge, having earned seven singles victories. Megan Sanford is currently riding a five-match singles winning streak. In doubles, the pair of Morgan McIntosh and Kalika Slevcove is 5-3, and is on a three-match winning streak.
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Club / stadium contact for disabled supporters
Doug Metcalfe
Telephone no.
0871 221 1882
E-mail address
Website address
Disabled Supporters Association
There is no DSA at present.
Accessibility Information
For UK minimum access standards for new and existing stadia and for good practice guidance please click here.
Getting There & Parking
There is a club car park with 7 accessible parking spaces for home supporter's only available. Reserved with traffic liaison person. Drop of facilities are not available.
National Rail have published links to the nearest stations to sporting venues including Burnley see here for more information.
Level Playing Field have not verified the information given and we suggest that you contact the station direct if you have any access requirements.
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For information on purchasing a ticket please visit the BurnleyWebsite
Spectator Viewing areas
Home supporters have 35 spaces for wheelchair users available to them, and these can be found at pitchside. 7 spaces for wheelchair users can be found on a raised area in the home section for away supporters.
NB: Under existing minimum standards for accessible stadia, the club should have 153 wheelchair spaces (130 home and up to 23 away). 75% of these should be elevated positions and the remaining 25% pitchside.
LPF's view is that many disabled supporters should be able to access general seating areas and only those with specific needs eg those who require extra legroom, or access via aisle seats or who need step free access etc should be allocated seats in the dedicated areas.
Based on the above, the club therefore only meets 27% of the guidance and has a shortfall of 111 wheelchair spaces. They should be working on a plan to rectify this deficit within a reasonable timeframe under the auspices of a full independent Access Audit.
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Both home and away fans can use accessible toilets inside the stadium. The club shop is accessible for all fans and does not have a low level serving counter. Catering kiosks in the home and away sections do have low level serving counters and so are fully accessible. Disabled help stewards can provide assistance with help in and out of the ground and kiosk staff with assist with the purchase of refreshments.
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Match: Burnley vs Hull City 08/11/14
Published: 10/3/2015
View from the disabled is ok considering its at the bottom of the away supporters stand and its an old stadium but it would be better if the disabled area was higher up. Disabled toilet is located in the open and there was no access to the refreshments / facilities that the rest of the Hull City fans had access to. My carer was able to go with a steward to get us both a beer before the game, however, we had to be out of view of the pitch in the open (luckily it didnt rain!). Disabled parking was just next to the away supporters stand.
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Gary Deards
Match: Burnley v Reading 15/10/2011
Published: 15/10/2011
Travelled as an away supporter and had to sit amongst the home fans which isn't great (albeit the section was in front of away fans so home disabled supporters were equally effected). Outside accessible toilet. We travelled by minibus but the driver had to take the vehicle away and return at half time which was awkward as he was also acting as a PA. View was pretty decent with no obstructions and slightly elevated. No independent access to refreshment areas so need steward or PA.
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Linda Bridge
Match: Burnley v Norwich
Published: 3/3/2011
I traveled to Burnley on a very wet day. We parked at the Cricket Club on Belvedere Road for £5. It is adjacent to the ground and about a 250 metre walk to the ground. The club is open to away fans prior and after the match. Hot and cold food is available at very cheap prices and we ordered a hot meal for after the game and two meals and two hot drinks cost £7 I would add there are quite a few stairs but there are bars on two levels To the front of the club there is easier access.