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Mr Ballmer, who was chief executive of Microsoft for 14 years, was chosen over competitors that included Los Angeles-based investors Tony Ressler and Steve Karsh and a group that included David Geffen and executives from the Guggenheim Group, the Chicago-based owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
A person with knowledge of the negotiations said the Geffen group had bid $US1.6 billion and Ressler $US1.2 billion.
The sale price is almost four times the highest previous NBA franchise sale price – the $US550 million paid this month for the Milwaukee Bucks. It is second only to the Dodgers 2012 sale for $US2.1 billion as the highest price for any sports team in North America.
The prospective sale by Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling comes five days before an NBA hearing to oust her family from ownership after a controversy in which Donald Sterling insulted black people in a secret audio recording.
The tentative deal still must receive the blessing of Mr Sterling, who has waxed and waned on the question of whether he would allow his wife to sell the team he has controlled for more than three decades.
The deal also needs the eventual approval of 29 other NBA owners, but is expected to clear that hurdle as long as Mr Ballmer reaffirms his pledge to keep the team in Los Angeles and not move it to Seattle, where he lives.
Mr Ballmer, 58, left the software giant in February and has an estimated net worth of $US20 billion. Unlike other bidders, he did not immediately seek out partners for the purchase of the Clippers.
Last year, Mr Ballmer joined a group led by hedge fund manager Chris Hansen to bid on the Sacramento Kings, intending to move the team to Seattle. NBA owners voted to reject the proposed move.
The businessman said in a recent interview that he had no intention of moving the Clippers. He said that the high valuations for the team only made sense in Los Angeles – the second biggest media market in the country.
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Alpha Whiskey Photography: Stunning photos. I think for the last one, he may have intended the title to be "Slip the SURLY bonds of Earth..." by John Gillespie Magee, used by Peggy Noonan to write a speech for President Reagan to describe the fate of the Challenger Shuttle crew in 1986. "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God."
Amazing photo nonetheless. :)
That last photo is indeed amazing and your proposed title fits perfectly.
Don Kiyoti: I see the grumpy, frowning DPreview regulars who know as little about design as they do photography (and don't want to know) are once again out in force. Take some laxative, you people!
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Fueling up for the summer boating season
Summer is finally here, and with it comes a busy and exciting season of boating. As boaters, we regularly handle fuel, oil and batteries. Other potential pollutants you might deal with on your boat include antifreeze, sewage, graywater (from the galley or on-board shower), hydraulic oil, cleaning and maintenance products. Knowing how to most effectively and responsibly handle these things helps you keep the water clean, protects salmon, saves money and ensures a safe and fun boating experience.
This week we're going to talk about fueling our boats. Most of us have plenty of experience fueling cars. But fueling boats is very different and requires extra care. Why?
• Boats aren't pressurized! For safety reasons, there is an air vent on boats that is part of the fueling system, allowing air to escape during fueling. This also is a place where fuel can escape, and often these vents are located on the outside of the hull.
• Fuel tanks in boats are generally larger than in cars.
• Fuel docks and tenders tend to have nozzles that pump fuel faster than at the gas station.
These three things can mean burps and spills of fuel overboard even during careful fueling. Thankfully there are many tips and a few tools that can help eliminate spills when fueling.
• Know the capacity of your fuel tank. Only fill up to 90 percent, especially during warm weather.
• Fill your tank slowly to prevent overflows.
• Always use absorbent pads to catch drips and burps around the fuel nozzle, and keep absorbents secured in your bilge to avoid oily discharges.
• Fill up on land whenever possible.
• Use fuel vent overflow devices to prevent fuel from spilling into the water from fuel vents. Contact Cook Inletkeeper for more info on No Spill containers for your boat.
• Consider installing a fuel whistle in the vent line to your fuel tank. These devices are cheap and simple to install, and will give you an audible warning to help avoid burps and overflows during fueling.
• Keep all oily bilge water out of the inlet, lakes and rivers — pull your drain plug away from the launch.
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Midfielder Harley Bennell is set to close the door on offers from rival clubs and re-sign with Gold Coast within weeks.
Negotiations on a new contract tying the 21-year-old to the Suns beyond 2014 are expected to start in the next fortnight.
The Suns speedster, who batt- led homesickness early in his career, is understood to have contemplated returning to his home State at the end of last year.
However, Bennell was convinced by his own family he should stay on the Gold Coast.
He visited his family in Pin- jarra during the off-season and is believed to have been told it was in his best interests to live outside WA.
The 2010 No.2 draft pick was fined $3000 and accepted a spent conviction in April last year for his involvement in a 2012 New Year's Eve brawl outside a Mandurah nightclub.
Bennell would have likely attracted interest from West Coast and Fremantle if he had signalled a desire to switch clubs.
Gold Coast's strong 2-1 start to their fourth AFL campaign and further signs of progression have provided an added incentive to stay. Having taken a big stride forward last season, finals appear within reach in 2014.
The Suns face Hawthorn at Metricon Stadium tomorrow before embarking on a winnable six-game stretch that looms as an ideal platform to reach September.
They play Melbourne, Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne, St Kilda, the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide in rounds 5-11.
Bennell hasn't played a game this season because of a calf injury and is expected to miss another fortnight.
His re-signing would be a major fillip for the Suns, who have already locked away fellow West Australian David Swallow until the end of 2017.
Forward Brandon Matera is the one other WA product on the club's list uncontracted beyond this year.
The 22-year-old kicked four goals in the opening three rounds, but will miss the Hawks clash because of suspension.
Highly-touted youngster Jack Martin has completed his first block of training after having surgery on the left shoulder he injured early in his round-one debut.
The 19-year-old was cleared by medical staff to start a more intense training program in early signs that a return later in the season was possible.
Suns high performance manager Stephen Schwerdt said Martin's presence at the club's skills session on Tuesday had buoyed teammates.
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Hall County Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad Commander Lt. Scott Ware said gang task force investigators were at Lanier Career Academy on Tumbling Creek Road at about noon Tuesday on an unrelated matter when they saw the marijuana transaction take place in plain view.
"They saw them make a deal right in front of them," Ware said.
The suspected dealer, 18-year-old Ronald Gomez, had about an ounce of marijuana on him, Ware said.
Gomez, who authorities say is a member of the BOE street gang, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Ware said Gomez sold between $10 and $15 worth of marijuana to two others, identified as 18-year-old Robert Ivan Mendez and 17-year-old Adan Ayala.
Hall County Schools spokesman Gordon Higgins said Mendez and Ayala are students at Lanier Academy. Gomez is a student at Lanier Technical College.
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Daniel, very interesting but i´m not sure what you mean with: "You need to configure a org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver bean with the prefix and suffix that needs to be added to the short symbolic name to create the URL for the corresponding Cocoon view.". Which should be the "Cocoon view"?. For example, with this configuration: <bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver"> <property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView"/> <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/"/> <property name="suffix" value=".jsp"/> </bean> If i want to use Cocoon views instead JstlView, what i should write as "viewClass" property? thanks. j. On 7/17/07, Daniel Fagerstrom <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > Carsten Ziegeler skrev: > ... > > I agree with you that Cocoon should not integrate additional stuff - > > there is too muc in it already. Now, I think Cocoon should do the > > opposite and just provide the framework and enable you to use other > > stuff. Now, this sounds a little bit like the "you can do everything but > > you have to figure out yourself how", I know. But if you look at the > > switch to Spring, it's the way I think it should be. We removed our own > > container implementation (nearly completly if we forget about the avalon > > support) and you can integrate Cocoon into Spring. > > And I guess the same could be try with Spring WebFlow, so this would > > mean that you don't have to care about all the current flow stuff in > > Cocoon and just use what is out there. > > > Exactly, I think you can use Spring WebFlow with Cocoon as a view > generator without writing any integration code at all. With 2.2, Cocoon > is just a servlet that gets its Spring managed components through the > standard context listener mechanism. So using Cocoon as a view shouldn't > be different from using any other servlet based framework as view, > rather it should be easier as Cocoon is Spring based. > > I read the WebFlow tutorial > http://www.ervacon.com/products/swf/intro/index.html to see what it all > is about. I guess I'm about as excited as Torsten about writing finite > state machines in XML ;) But nether mind about that, let us see how > WebFlow could be used with Cocoon as view layer. > > I will start from the WebFlow tutorial and give an outline on what needs > to be modified: > > * The root application context (services-config.xml) needs to be > extended with the Cocoon components. See > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/cocoon/trunk/core/cocoon-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml > for what is needed. This in turn will load all bean configs frm the > Cocoon blocks. > * If you want to use Cocoon in the "classic" style the > o.a.c.servlet.SitemapServlet needs to be configured in the web.xml. If > you want to use the servlet service style the > o.a.c.servletservice.DispatcherServlet needs to be configured > ( > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/cocoon/trunk/core/cocoon-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml > ). > * Then you of course need to write a sitemap and implement the views in > Cocoon. > * In WebFlow the views has short symbolic names "searchCriteria", > "searchResults", "details" etc. You need to configure a > org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver bean, > with the prefix and suffix that needs to be added to the short symbolic > name to create the URL for the corresponding Cocoon view. > * IIUC, InternalResourceViewResolver exposes model objects as request > attributes and flow, state and event identifiers as request parameters. > So you could probably just use JXTG to access what is needed for the view. > > I haven't tried anything of the above, so there could of course be > further complications. But considering that the view layer isn't part of > the web flow it is at least designed to work with other view layers. > > So, AFAICS, we don't need any WebFlow integration. But a sample > application and a tutorial, to help people get started, would of course > be nice. > > /Daniel > >
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When I first started building homemade instruments, I used a piezoelectric buzzer from RadioShack as a pickup (see http://onestringwillie.com for details). But while it's cheap and simple, the piezo transducer has downsides: it has a low signal output, it picks up a lot of handling noise and can go into... Read more »
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The single greatest romantic comedy ever made starred a man with a wooden leg and a woman who spoke like Elmer Fudd. Their disabilities were overcome by the effortless, immaculately stylish direction of one of the most famous and powerful directors in Hollywood – Ernst Lubitsch.
Never heard of him? Not surprised. For some reason he's fallen out of style, while self-proclaimed imitators like Frank Capra and Billy Wilder (great directors, both) are remembered instead. According to legend, Wilder had a sign above the door of his office that read, "How would Lubitsch write it?" In Hollywood around 1930, everyone was talking about the "Lubitsch touch."
What is the Lubitsch touch? The definitions are as numerous as the critics who write about it. But the general consensus is that it's about effortless elegance, a sort of champagne effervescence that is found in every scene of a Lubitsch movie. Consider the obstacles Lubitsch overcame in making "Trouble in Paradise." Herbert Marshall's mannerisms and vocal talent are the epitome of masculine elegance, but he lost his leg in World War I and wore a wooden prosthetic, and thereafter walked with a (barely perceptible) limp. But you'll never see the limp in "Trouble," no matter how closely you'll watch. Instead, you'll see Lubitsch's ingenious editing – whenever Marshall moves across a room, you never see him walk. The camera never pans as he moves. You see a step, and then a cut to where he's going(the bed, the desk, wherever,) and then he enters the frame. The impeccable style of Lubitsch's scenery replaces the troublesome gait of an otherwise impeccably styled actor. That's the Lubitsch touch.
And Miss Kay Francis? She was known around Hollywood as the "wavishing Kay Fwancis," due to a certain speech impediment. Hardly the dialect of a breathtakingly beautiful, achingly elegant French perfume millionaire. So Lubitsch wrote her scenes around her, leaving out difficult R words. There's only one scene in which I'm able to detect her impediment. Otherwise, It's simply written out of the movie. That's the Lubitsch touch.
"Trouble in Paradise" is a movie about a love triangle – two criminals and the woman they are trying to rob. Herbert Marshall is the greatest thief in the world, but not above having his pockets picked by Miriam Hopkins. Kay Francis is a millionaire widow, but not above taking financial (and cosmetic) advice from a handsome stranger. It's a truly legitimate love triangle, except that love never enters the equation. There are reasons Marshall could choose both women, and it's not clear until the very end which he will choose. There may be even some debate between viewers about whether he made the right choice or not. How rare is that?
A spirit of cheerful cynicism pervades all of the characters; for these three, life is a game, and the only crime is taking it too seriously. The plot thickens along those lines; it's just when one or two (or possibly all three) characters are on the verge of taking things too seriously that the tension builds. But Lubitsch perserves the tone; we escape the movie with that cynical, effervescent sensibility intact, and are happier for it. This is not a coming of age movie; nobody matures or changes their ways. This is comedy.
Ms. Francis' two other suitors, played by Charlie Ruggles and Edward Everettt Horton, provide a counterpoint to the love triangle. Self-important, overly earnest men, devoid of style and not the slightest bit sexually interesting, they try to play the game, and fail, spectacularly. They are tiresome and dull, and in this champagne world, being dull is a much more serious crime than being a jewel thief.
"Trouble in Paradise" is a movie full of little, wonderful things far more than it is a movie about anything. The scenes play like exhibits in a museum show – yes, they are held together by a common theme, but that theme was really just an excuse to get all these beautiful tchotckes into one room. Watch the costumes. Watch the props and scene pieces, and the way Lubitsch uses them – the clocks and mirrors especially. Watch the way the scenes are edited, the way the cameras pan. Watch the minor characters –the butlers and waiters. Watch "Trouble in Paradise"more than once, and you'll begin to see why this is a movie worth remembering.
Perhaps "Trouble in Paradise" and its masterful director have fallen from public attention because they are just too sauve, sophisticated and cynical for American taste. We are the land of the Wild Wild West, after all, and we want grit, and heart; blood, sweat and tears – all things terribly foreign to the world of the perfume widow and the jewel thief. We like Cary Grant, but we prefer Humphrey Bogart. Filmed in 1932 – the very pit of the Great Depression – perhaps it played for Americans of that era more as a dream, a realm of escape, a place where style was substance for a people who had lost everything but their sense of things. It quickly disappeared; in 1935, when the notorious Hayes production code gained enough muscle to start banning films, "Trouble in Paradise" was not approved for reissue, and disappeared until the demise of the Code in 1968. Even then, it wasn't available on DVD until 2003, when Criterion released it, in their usual meticulously restored, richly featured fashion.
Is it great because it's important?
Yes. As Jean Renoir once said, Lubitsch is responsible for "Modern Hollywood." Movies for decades after would emulate the Lubitsch touch.
Is it great because it's fun to watch?
You know, I didn't think so on the first viewing. It felt too light and silly, a comedy of manners with no real substance. Then I watched it again, and its silliness looked like cynicism, and its lightness a great asset. Also, it's one of those films that's more fun the second time through, because once you know what's going to happen in a scene, you can appreciate everything else about the scene. So yes, it's fun to watch. But watch it more than once.


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Soeren A. Brandbyge (email@example.com)
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Hi all,
I have just been gazing through the last few month of messages from this
list but so far without any luck. I'm sure that someone, sometime within a
reasonable past mentioned htdig's ability to provide for "plug-in's". But I
can't find the description of how to do...
What I'm in need of:
I'm using htDig (that lovely little beast) daily to index a few sites. Some
pages get updated with some pre formatted data every day. The exact url's is
not known in advance (and it's beyond my control (customers customer site))
but I know the signature of the data signaling a page containing data. I
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the sites together with the exact url. It would be nice if the data could be
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Have anybody a hint or (better still) some working code that could
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To all of You who have contributed to htdig: I admire the work. I'm no
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Working with the District on numerous maintenance projects, FEH was well aware that roof repair constituted a large portion of ongoing building maintenance. This new 93,000 square foot facility for 650 students grades PreK-5 is designed with a pitched, standing seam, metal roof for longer life and less maintenance. The building uses two main wings; one serving the lower grades and one for the higher elementary classrooms. The sloped roof is part of a raised spine along the building's four classroom corridors. Within that spine, clerestory windows help provide daylighting throughout the building. A central daylight commons area serves as a dining area and opens into the library/media center and full-size gymnsium/multi-purpose room with stage. The building offers special education rooms, as art room, general music room, administrative offices and support spaces.
The previous school, adjacent to the new building, remained in operation during phased construction. Once the new building was completed, the existing building was razed to provide parking to the new facility. The stone entry from the original historic school was incorporated into the new building's main entrance.
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NEW! Last Updated: 12/04/2008
Spring quarter
Faculty: Susan Fiksdal linguistics, Eric Stein anthropology, Diego de Acosta linguistics
Major areas of study include anthropology, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, gender and ethnic studies.
Class Standing: This lower-division program is designed for 50% freshmen and 50% sophomores.
Are some languages more powerful than others? To what extent does language have the power to shape the way we think and define ourselves? How are nations held together or torn apart by the languages spoken by diverse internal publics? What is the power of silences, of that which cannot be said? This program will explore these questions and others through the lenses of sociolinguistics and cultural anthropology. We will examine the ways that gender and social exclusions are constructed through language at a macro and micro level. At the macro level, we will consider the discourse of medicine, politics, advertising and law in the US and in the broader context of other cultures, particularly those of Southeast Asia. At the micro level, we will examine hierarchical languages like Javanese, through which people re-inscribe the social order through every speech act by talking up to superiors and talking down to subordinates. We will weigh the privileges entailed in gendered language and investigate how people accept, contest or redefine the categories that come to define their identities. We will look at dialects and standard languages and discover how these categories came to exist and why they matter in our lives today.
Through the course of the program, students will learn about the theories of power of Max Weber, Antonio Gramsci, Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu. Our sources for analysis will include novels, news reports, ethnographies, conversations, commercials and New Media (blogs and video sources on the Internet). We will study and analyze these texts in detail through workshops and research projects. You can expect to learn the ways that language creates and maintains world views and ideologies, from the vast workings of totalitarian regimes to the everyday interactions with individuals around us. You will also learn major concepts and methodologies of sociolinguistics and cultural anthropology.
Credits: 16 per quarter
Enrollment: 69
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Program is preparatory for careers and future studies in anthropology, law, linguistics, teaching and literature.
Planning Units: Programs for Freshmen, Culture, Text and Language
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an interpretation of war in the modern era. Used sounds from both my own recordings and picked up.
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I put this sound in my film, wen i finish the scene, i send you. Thank for help to independent world! Cheer. Javier, from argentina
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– We noted earlier tonight that F4Wonline.com has confirmed a report that WWE is looking at making more budget cuts in the near future. Word is that NXT is the next target of these cost-cutting measures.
A WWE developmental source noted that the budget for NXT has already been cut in terms of production and post-production. WWE officials will be evaluating the NXT talent roster soon with a number of releases expected to be announced in July.
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Victims of a paedophile Christian Brother have hurled abuse at the 70-year-old as he was led away to begin a 14-year jail term for sex crimes committed over almost 20 years.
Robert Charles Best was today jailed for 14 years and nine months for sexual crimes against 11 boys in Ballarat, Box Hill and Geelong between 1969 and 1988.
Best, after a series of trials in the County Court, finally pleaded guilty to several remaining charges.
He was earlier at trial found guilty of 21 charges.
Most of his victims were aged between eight and 11.
In sentencing, Judge Roy Punshon told Best: "You have caused a great deal of human damage and misery."
Judge Punshon said the impact statements of many victims provided "a salutary and powerful reminder of the devastating and long-lasting effect that sexual offending against children can have...
"Because of your power and position of authority the victims who were young and immature felt powerless and unable to complain either at all or effectively," he said.
Best taught in Ballarat, Box Hill and Geelong and later in Warrnambool.
The Catholic Church funded much of Best's defence, which victims have said added to their anguish.
As Best was led away into custody this morning, several victims and members of their families hurled abuse at the 70-year-old.
"You're a mongrel," one said.
"Suck it up Best," said another.
A third shouted "karma".
Best must serve a minimum of 11 years and three months before being eligible for parole.
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Microsoft banks on anti-Clippy sentiment
SEATTLE (AP) If you've ever used Microsoft Office,
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corner, often when you least expect him, offering some cheery tip about how
to, say, format a letter.
Sometimes, he's so annoying you just want to pelt him with
staples. Well, now you can.
On Thursday, Microsoft is scheduled to unveil the last
installment in a nontraditional advertising campaign that aims to sell the newest
version of Office, called XP, by encouraging customers' hatred of Clippy. The
premise of the campaign is that XP is so easy, the company has taken Clippy
out of the new version.
"We decided to take a gamble, and a lot of people at Microsoft
weren't sure it was a right gamble to take," said Lisa Gurry, a product manager
in the marketing department at Microsoft Office.
The company says the campaign has been more successful
than they imagined. The anti-Clippy Web site has gotten about 22 million hits
since launching April 11.
The last phase of the campaign will feature a video in
which Clippy gets in a domestic squabble and drowns his sorrows in beer, only
to be rescued he thinks by Microsoft's new game players, Xbox.
In a computer game that also goes live on the Clippy Web
site Thursday, Clippy haters will be able to shoot virtual rubber bands, staples
and other office supplies at Clippy.
"It's a time-waster," says Greg Shaw, a partner in Bellevue-based
Shepardson, Stern and Kaminsky, who helped develop the "Kill Clippy" concept.
"You can go up there and have fun taking out whatever range of emotions you've
had about Clippy."
Gurry, who admits Clippy is a "love him or hate him" kind
of guy, says the company also has gotten tons of customer response about the
campaign to kill Clippy. This ranges from people advocating for a live Webcast
of a beheading of Clippy to people who say, "Wow, I didn't know you guys had
a sense of humor."
The anti-marketing campaign was, in fact, so unlike Microsoft
that Gurry said some people wondered if it was an attempt to spoof the Redmond
software giant.
"There was a lot of speculation of whether Microsoft did
that or whether it was an anti-Microsoft campaign," Gurry said. "We got a kick
out of that."
Although the premise of the campaign is that Clippy is
going, going, gone, don't expect him to be out of your life for good. Users
who are updating to XP from a previous Office version will still see Clippy
unless he has previously been turned off. Only the brand new version of XP will
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The Institute for Corporate Responsibility officially received its charter from the George Washington University in October, 2006.
The Institute is devoted to the development and dissemination of scholarship, including research and teaching pertaining to corporate responsibility. It serves as a vehicle for continuing education, curriculum development, conferences and seminars each of which will address needs of the School of Business, GW University, and the wider Washington, D.C., community.
ICR leverages its location to become a leading resource to the business community through business associations and the policy community through federal agencies, Congress, local and regional governments, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations.
By fostering such a business-university-government partnership—U.S. and global—the ICR presents a unique knowledge creation and dissemination asset on our campus, building scholarly capacity for our faculty and students, and enhancing GW's prestige worldwide.
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Southern California's median home price jumped 20 percent in December from a year ago, driven by strong investment activity, a record number of cash buyers and a continued shift to mid- and high-end sales, a market tracker said Tuesday.
Sales also showed strength, increasing 5 percent from December 2011 and hitting their highest level for the month in three years, said La Jolla-based DataQuick.
Last month the median home price across the region increased to $323,000 from $270,000 a year earlier. The median made double digit percentage gains in all six counties.
"The question when the year started was would the market find a (price) bottom. I think there are far fewer people worried now about prices falling and significantly more concerned about prices going up," said DataQuick analyst Andrew LePage.
"We've answered the question: Yeah, we found a bottom."
For all of Southern California, sales of new and previously owned houses and condominiums increased to 20,274 last month from 19,247 in December 2011.
Riverside and San Bernardino counties were the only ones with declining sales, DataQuick said.
For the full year, sales increased 10 percent to 235,119 properties from 214,362 in 2011.
"The housing market had more to offer in 2012 than many anticipated. A lot of markets ... started to see their first meaningful gains in nearly two years," DataQuick President John Walsh said in a statement.
Buyers were drawn back into the market by record or near record low mortgage rates and a brighter job outlook, he noted.
"Last year should also be remembered as the year the move-up market awoke. If these upward trends hold, which requires a sustained economic recovery, we should eventually see more inventory hit the market," Walsh said.
Rising prices would also bring more sellers into the market.
The company's report showed that:
• In Los Angeles County the median price of a previously owned house increased 15 percent to $352,000 from $305,0000 in December of 2011. Sales increased 9 percent to 7,198 properties from 6,591 a year ago.
For the full year sales increased 12 percent to 80,954 properties from 72,305 in 2011.
• In San Bernardino County the median price increased 20 percent to $180,000 from $150,000 a year ago. But sales fell 12 percent to 2,135 properties from 2,418 in December 2011.
Full-year sales were flat - 28,548 versus 28,318 in 2011.
• Riverside County's median price rose 19 percent to $231,000 from $194,000 a year ago and sales declined 9 percent to 3,248 properties from 3,584.
Full-year sales were also flat - 40,369 versus 40,312 in 2011.
• Ventura County's median price increased 14 percent to $370,000 from $325,000 and sales increased 12 percent to 866 from 771. For the full year sales were up 19 percent to 9,989 from 8,383.
Cash buyers accounted for 34 percent of sales in December, tying the November and February record level, DataQuick said. A year ago cash buyers accounted for 30 percent of sale.
Distressed properties continue to have a diminished role in the market.
In December foreclosure resales accounted for 15 percent of the Southland sales, flat from November and down from 32 percent a year ago.
Last month's level was the lowest since foreclosure resales had 14 percent of the resale market in September 2007. In the current cycle, foreclosure resales hit a high of 57 percent in February 2009.
Short sales - transactions where the sale price fell short of what was owed on the property - made up an estimated 26 percent of resales last month. That was also flat from November and a year ago.
A separate report from the California Association of Realtors showed a similar trend. (The association calculates sales on an annualized rate and does not include transaction numbers.)
During December sales of previously owned houses increased 1 percent to an annualized rate of 522,510 units, the Los Angeles-based group said.
In Los Angeles County sales increased 5 percent from a year earlier (the association does not provide numbers). But sales fell 15 percent in San Bernardino County and 9 percent in Riverside County.
The association also had prices increasing by double digit percentages across Southern California from a year earlier.
And the year ended in encouraging fashion.
"The positive fundamentals in the housing sector continued to attract potential homeowners and investors, which resulted in strong housing sales in the fourth quarter," said Leslie Appleton-Young, the association vice president and chief economist.


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The GSA Image Analyser Batch Edition is a program for the scientific evaluation of images. The Program can analyse all images in batch mode and store the results in a CSV files who can later be imported into any spreadsheet applications like Excel or Open Office.
The possibilities of the program are varied and can be divided in three main groups; Object surface calculation, Object length calculation and Object counting. Everything gets calculated automatically without any user input. The program offers the possibility to calculate the relations of the ascertained surfaces to each other and to the whole image or background.
The GSA Image Analyser Batch Edition has also a set of functions which have been developed especially for the direct length calculation of very complex and very ramified objects (such objects are for example plant roots). There are also indirect calculation available with a grid intersection (developed by Tennant).
The automatic count function determines the number of all recognised objects and, in addition, offers the possibility to count overlapping objects apart. This separation can made over the object form, the object surface and over the object intensity.
The grid intersection count function serves for the indirect object number regulation. Such procedures are described, e.g., by Buerker, Fuchs Rosenthal, Thoma, shilling, Tuerk. The GSA Image Analyser Batch Edition can read almost all known picture formats (JEPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG).
This program is designed to solve many problems. It has been used for counting cells and calculating the size of plant roots (biometry).
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Does the little guy ever really stand a chance in the market? Well… did David take down Goliath?
The mainstream media likes to peddle stories about the little investor who always loses money in the stock market. When the mechanics or teachers or dentists of this world try to compete with the big boys on Wall Street, they always seem to fail. Ordinary people like you and me appear doomed to lose our shirts when we try to compete against folks with sophisticated trading tools (and mathematical geniuses to run them). But are we?
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Professionally managed mutual funds usually fail to beat the S&P 500. In the May issue of Money Forever, which focused on minimizing unnecessary fees in one's portfolio, we shared some noteworthy statistics with our subscribers:
"Actively managed mutual funds just don't have the best track record, largely because of the high fees. Over the last five years:
- 65.44% of active, large-cap fund managers failed to outperform the S&P 500
- 81.57% of mid-cap managers lagged behind the S&P Midcap 400
- 77.73% of small-cap managers were outperformed by the S&P SmallCap 600″
Ouch! Not a great record considering the fees they're raking in.
When I think back on the many times I spoke with stockbrokers who wanted my business, they always implied that I needed professional investment help – their help. When I'd mention statistics like the ones above, stockbrokers would jump on them as further proof that the little guy doesn't stand a chance on his own. If those genius fund managers can't beat the S&P, how could I?
I recall asking one overly aggressive broker why he was wasting his time with me. I told him, "If you are so damn good, you could make a lot more money managing a fund yourself." He was so naïve that he thought I was serious. When I realized I was getting an earful about his career aspirations, I quietly hung up the phone. That is one call I hope his employer recorded for training purposes.
The implied promise from the mutual fund industry and their co-conspirator brokers is that, in exchange for high fees, they will deliver a better performance than the overall market – better than you could produce on your own. It's a great theory, but few (if any) funds consistently outperform the market.
There are multiple reasons why their promises never pan out. First, the larger a fund gets, the harder it is to deliver. When the fund grows into billions of dollars, it must keep investing, either deeper into positions it already has or by widening its base with additional picks. At a certain point, the greater size becomes a disadvantage. The fund loses a lot of flexibility.
Managers of large funds are under constant pressure to grow their funds as they make more money. Many of the funds with larger fee structures use some of those fees to compensate stockbrokers. Sure, the funds may do well before fees are applied, but once everyone takes his cut, the picture isn't quite as rosy. At that point, folks are better off buying an exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on an index with much lower fees, all from the convenience of their home computers.
I recently watched a Frontline special on retirement, which highlighted just how much these fees impact our portfolios. The producers suggested that fees are a major cause of the poor performance of many 401(k) accounts. While fees are certainly a major reason why the financial industry fails to deliver on so many of its promises, I want to focus on another issue today.


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text: Sarah Lancashire on Last Tango in Halifax series 3 It's not necessarily that Sally Wainwright writes brilliantly for women she just seems to write brilliantly for everyone, says the Happy Valley star Comments Written By Ellie Walker-Arnott 3:16 PM, 19 May 2014 A shell-shocked Sarah Lancashire picked up her very first Bafta gong last night for her role in Last Tango in Halifax. And though she hadn't quite processed her best supporting actress win - "I'm a bit overwhelmed actually. I didn't even prepare a speech, which was a bit stupid" - she was keen to talk about series three of the heart-warming ensemble drama, and the show's creator Sally Wainwright. "[Wainwright] is an extraordinary talent," Lancashire said after accepting her award. "It's not necessarily that she writes brilliantly for women she just seems to write brilliantly for everyone. That's one hell of a mind she's got." When it comes to series three, it seems the star is happy to leave the future of her character Caroline in the hands of Wainwright, who also penned Lancashire's current series Happy Valley. "It has nothing to do with me and everything to do with Sally Wainwright. I leave it all with her." "I have no idea what's coming up in series three," she continued, "I know that four of the scripts are written. I know she's got another two to go." Last Tango in Halifax, starring Anne Reid, Derek Jacobi and Nicola Walker, will be back for a third series. Follow @RadioTimes Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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The music video sees Gary Lightbody trying to drink away his pain, while people around him are chattering with one another.
Snow Patrol have just rolled out a music video in support of their latest single called "New York". The newly-debuted clip focuses on a heartbroken Gary Lightbody as he sits at a crowded bar and wallows in his depression while drowning his drink and singing the piano ballad.
"New York" is the fourth single from Snow Patrol's sixth studio album "Fallen Empires", and will be released digitally in the U.K. starting April 30. It's showcased live by Gary and John McDaid for the first time on U.K. television as part of the BBC's coverage of Sport Relief.
"I always try to write about personal experiences," the lead singer said in an interview with Q magazine. " 'New York' is about a girl I was seeing over there. We both had strong feelings for one another, but we were never in the same place at the same time. It's about missed opportunities."
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RESIDENTS who campaigned against a traveller site in Grappenhall have won after plans were rejected by councillors.
An application by the Smith family for two mobile homes and ten caravans at the site off Cartridge Lane was unanimously turned down by the development management committee on Thursday.
They said it was unsuitable in the green belt and that upping the amount of caravans from two to ten meant the development would be too large.
Neighbours had filled the Town Hall to oppose the plans with 200 letters of objection also submitted.
Following the decision a spokesman for residents said: "We have argued that adding more caravans to the plot,which is in the Green belt, was not only illegal but totally out of keeping with the local environment and would lead to increased traffic in the area.
"Our objective has been to preserve the beauty of the natural surrounding areas as well as maintaining the the suitability for activities of a community that could have changed forever had permission been granted.
"We gathered over 600 signatures on our ePetition and well over 200 letters of objection which demonstrates the strength of feeling in the local community.
"We wish the Travellers wellin finding a more suitable settlement to match their needs but continue to feel that this particular site is unsuitable.
Clr Mike Biggin (Grappenhall and Thelwall LD) also spoke out against the plans.
He said: "Clearly I'm delighted that the development management committee have supported the residents and decided to protect the green belt from this inappropriate development.
"The applicant has demonstrated by his actions that he is unlikely to abide by the law or by the conditions set down by even the expired temporary permission.
"Although we have no prejudice against the travellers or their lifestyle choice it is plainly unfair, in the view of many, that they should be allowed to continually flout planning law."
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This article was published 31/1/2013 (1635 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Final evidence was heard Thursday at the trial for two officers accused of chasing an unarmed suspect who was high on meth, shooting him in the behind, then lying about what happened to cover up their wrongdoing.
The prosecution rested and no evidence was offered in defence of Const. Darrel Keith Selley and Const. Kristopher John Overwater.
Selley is charged with attempted murder using a firearm and criminal negligence causing bodily harm in the shooting of Kristofer Shaun Fournier in the summer of 2007. He and Overwater have pleaded not guilty to intending to wound Fournier by firing a Glock .40-calibre handgun, aggravated assault and obstruction of justice.
The officers had chased a stolen Yukon SUV thought to be the getaway vehicle involved in a 7-Eleven robbery. On Thursday, the jury heard real-time audio recordings of the police in pursuit in communication with the dispatcher.
The chase began after two masked men armed with a knife held up a 7-Eleven in St. James at Portage Avenue and Hampton Street at 2:35 a.m. on July 16, 2007. They took off down a back lane. Police responded immediately and ended up chasing an SUV that turned out to be stolen, but not involved in the robbery.
The court heard audio recordings of the high-speed pursuit from St. James through the West End, up and down the sleepy streets and back lanes of Wolseley, the wrong way over the Maryland Bridge and into River Heights.
Cruisers from other districts responded to the call as well.
Selley and Overwater, in the primary pursuit vehicle, questioned going the wrong way over the bridge, but were told to continue. They chased the SUV, speeding up to 142 km/h on Academy Road then slowing down and speeding up through the streets of River Heights.
At one point, the dispatcher asked Overwater and Selley to "back off and keep him in sight."
Sgt. Chris Patts, an investigator with the police professional standards unit in 2007, testified Thursday that he reviewed the audio and the GPS recording from the pursuit and the officers didn't back off.
"Their speeds increased," said Patts. The cruiser went from 82 km/h to 106 km/h seconds before the "back off" instruction came from dispatch, he said. After receiving it, the cruiser sped up to 133 km/h, then 135 km/h then began to let off the gas, slowing down to 56 km/h 21 seconds after receiving the "back off" instruction, said Patts.
He testified "back off" doesn't mean to abort the pursuit, but to "slow down and provide the suspect with time and distance. If police in pursuit back off, the suspects may feel that they're getting away, Patts said.
Fournier was apprehended even though they didn't back off. A bullet hit him in his buttocks after three other shots missed him.
The Crown accused Selley of recklessly firing his weapon while chasing Fournier, while Overwater is accused of putting his own gun next to the wounded man and then claiming to other officers the suspect had made a grab for it.
Fournier said the bullet struck him as he ran down a back alley near Grant Avenue and Lindsay Street after hearing somebody yell, "Shoot him, (expletive) shoot him."
The trial's last witness, Insp. Gordon Perrier, was interrupted by a mix up in evidence.
Numbers on a chart showing the actual police cruiser speeds during the chase versus the speeds the officers reported to the dispatcher, were inaccurate in the copy Perrier and the jury received and differed from the accurate chart the defence was given.
"I apologize profusely," Crown counsel Robert Tapper told the court.
Jurors return to court Monday to hear closing arguments.


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I have been seeing a lot of crafts with chipboard letters and I decided to make my own for Christmas. However, when I went in search for my letters it was so hard to find and I went looking specific in late October! I guess I was not the only one thinking of Christmas before Halloween was over. I did finally find them after a couple of stores. Here are my Christmas chipboard letters.
After my hunt for the chipboard letter I cut off one side. I use an X-acto knife for the removal.
Once that was done I colored the chipboard letters with red acrylic paint. After it was dry I went and purchase and garland which I cut up to make fit inside the chipboard letters. Just keep in mind that it will make a little mess when you cut the garland.
I purchased berries and tree cones as well and added it to add that extra pop of color and make it stand out more. I did hot glue some parts of the garland on to the chipboard to make sure if did not just fall off the wall when I put it up.
Once you have done all those thing then you are done! I enjoy seeing a pick-boo of read and the glittery berries I used. A place it up on my wall to remember to be joyous this season and be thankful.
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The re-election of US President Barack Obama and continuation of US policy is likely to strengthen the reform process in Myanmar, analysts and politicians said last week.
After imposing sanctions and attempting to isolate Myanmar, the US began reconfiguring its policy in 2009 and has been a key international player since President U Thein Sein initiated the reform process after taking office in March 2011.
President Obama was re-elected comfortably on November 6, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
"[President Obama's re-election] won't have a significant direct impact on Myanmar but he will be able to help a lot to ensure the country does not turn back," said U Win Tin of the National League for Democracy.
U Win Tin's comment echoed that of US ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell, who repeatedly reassured attendees at a November 7 US election event in Yangon that US policy towards Myanmar would follow the course set by President Obama in his first term.
He also applauded both Democrats and Republicans for showing political unity on Myanmar policy since the 2009 review.
"I expected there to be consistency in US policy," Mr Mitchell said. "I think this has been a bi-partisan effort. I've said that repeatedly."
He said the level of bipartisanship on Myanmar had been "remarkable" given the deeply divided state of the US Congress – which is set to continue after last week's election, in which the Democrats held on to control of the senate and Republicans the house.
"[T]his issue, this country [Myanmar], has such a deep commitment from the American people," Mr Mitchell said.
Murray Hiebert, senior fellow and chair for Southeast Asia studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said the policy continuation could include a further easing of US sanctions.
"We should expect continuing moves to ease sanctions and engage the whole government," Mr Hiebert said.


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Was Palin worth $3 million for FOX?
Professional commentators can earn a pretty well-respected paycheck for their ability to go on TV and spout off about relevant topics. Heck, they get paid for the irrelevant ones too.
Paid commentators aren't anything new in the world of TV, and having multi-million dollar contracts is not far from the norm.
Those of you that watch a lot of sports coverage know that former coaches and players make up the bulk of the analysts on the various networks. On Sunday, former quarterback Phil Simms will join announcer Jim Nantz in the booth for the Super Bowl. And a number of former players and coaches will be part of the CBS coverage team all week long.
Outside of sports, the role of paid commentators and contributors is usually played within standard newscasts and special productions. For instance, CNN contracted with Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for George W. Bush, as a political analyst who would appear on a number of the network's news shows. Fleischer also gained knowledge and perspective while working with former baseball slugger Mark McGwire and his PR strategy while the player was admitting steroid use.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a paid health commentator and contributor for CNN while he also serves as the associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
When a contract comes to an end, it can make headlines. Take, for instance, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. After being thrust into the public eye, the Alaska governor stepped down from her office to write a book and go on a national speaking tour. She also signed a three-year deal with Fox News Channel to be a political contributor.
Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren, and their regularly scheduled programs, interviewed Palin 55 times. According to a study by Smart Politics, Palin appeared on the network an average of once a week. If she was paid a million dollars a year, that came to about $15 a word.
The question is, was Palin worth her price? I question if any contributor is truly worth their price for the "work" they produce.
Breaking it down to the dollar per word is stupid and out of context. If Palin brought in more viewers to the network, ones that stayed to watch even when she wasn't on, then the return on the investment was worth it. If more advertisers bought spots during the broadcast day, just because a commentator brought more people to use that product or service, then the ROI was positive, as well.
The networks get this, the politics don't matter. If the slant for a certain point of view brings in ratings, that's good business. If a commentator can boost the profile of the network, that's good business too.
AX MEN: If you caught Sunday's episode of "Ax Men" on then you are now familiar with the Wisconsin Woodchuck, a crew tasked with dismantling a grain elevator in Superior. Former Chicago Tribune editor Judy Peres is one of the parties behind the project and the one who gave the green light for the History Channel reality show.
As it is with all shows of this nature, part of it is real, the other is far from history. One of Peres' former co-workers documents the experience here.
GENERALLY SPEAKING : Bill O'Reilly, beyond being known as a talk show host on Fox News Channel, is a student of history. His "Killing Lincoln" and "Killing Kennedy" were long-time best sellers and considered to be a great look at the presidents in our past. He often is able to bring his historical knowledge into his present interviews, and now he has the chance to do that with former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
You can see the interview at 7 p.m. tonight on "The O'Reilly Factor."
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Not until the late 1600's did the method of letting the powder blast ignite the fuze become general.
The ends of the match were crossed into a sort of rosette at the head of the fuze.
The next shell contained twenty-three pounds of Maximite, and the fuze was timed to go off a little quicker.
If the fuze had to be withdrawn, there was a fuze extractor for the job.
It had a single hole where the powder was funneled in—full, but not enough to pack too tightly when the fuze was driven in.
Over this ring the top of the fuze case was marked in seconds.
In later years, however, such projections were replaced by two "ears," little recesses beside the fuze hole.
Their efficacy is in their recoil and the "graze" fuze they use.
It consists of a stop-cock A, which, in connection with a tube, is introduced between the fuze and the charge.
The action of this fuze will be readily understood from the plan of the fuze at Fig. 16.


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I love romance novels. I love that the sex is always mind-blowing, the woman always comes first and the man is always genuinely concerned with her pleasure, unless of course, he's overcome with desire and just – to quote Sarah from SBTB.com – pounding away like a poundy thingy. And even then, our stalwart heroine is going to like it.
So I was sitting around, working on a romance novel about a married couple who is trying to find that spark again (Laura & Trent's book in case you were wondering) and I got to thinking about married sex. The kind of sex that Jeff Foxworthy jokes about when he says I know the combination to my wife's safe.
So because I'm probably going to use some of this in a book someday (maybe sooner than later if my editor doesn't kill me first) here's a list of things that you'll probably never read in a romance novel.
– she's kissing her way down his happy trail…only to get some of the happy trail stuck in her teeth
– leg cramps from too much pounding away like a poundy thingy
– who are you and why does my ass hurt
– queefing (I have no idea how to actually spell that and neither does my spellcheck apparently)
– honey, I'm going to come fast
– don't come yet
– take that out of my ass
– you want to put what where?
– yes, i'll blow your whistle but have you showered recently? as in today?
– what is that smell?
– what's that? the cat. it's staring at us. judging quietly.
– that isn't your finger is it? nope. Where's the dog?
– did you take the trash out?
– cat hair on his tongue while he's going down…there
What are some other things that you'll never read in a romance novel.


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First visitors at Canberra's 26th Floriade festival
Canberra's 26th Floriade flower festival is open to visitors from this weekend.
More than a million bulbs are awaiting their admirers in Commonwealth Park next to Lake Burley Griffin.
This year's theme is Beautiful Innovation, with flower bed designs paying tribute to Canberra's icons and achievements in its centenary year.
The display features 161 plant varieties over the four hectare site.
Aside from the flowers, there will be hundreds of events on offer, including cooking and gardening workshops.
Floriade's head gardener Andrew Forster says his team has put in a lot of hard work over many months.
"We've been tidying up all the edges, doing a final weed, just finishing things off," he said.
"It's always good to come to the first day when people come in and have a look around and just listen to what they have to say and it's really good, a really nice feeling when you get to that day."
Mr Forster says his team will be kept busy during the event.
"We start at six in the morning and do three hours before people get here. So we're blowing the paths, just tidying up bits and pieces, watering, and we'll de-head spent flowers as they finish," he said.
"Hopefully we'll get lots of people coming through the gates and having a good time."
Floriade Nightfest will also return for its sixth year and the ticketed event will run in the evening from September 25-29.
Last year's Floriade attracted 442,243 visitors, with more than a quarter of those people coming from interstate or overseas.
The crowds delivered a $27 million boost to the ACT economy, a figure the ACT Government hopes to expand on this year.
The free event will run for four weeks.
Security warning during festival
ACT Policing will randomly patrol the car parks during Floriade and are warning visitors to be vigilant about security.
Crime Prevention Station Sergeant Harry Hains says people should take a few precautions.
"Before leaving your parked car, it's important to take that extra minute to check that all valuables are hidden from view, the doors and boot are locked and secure, the windows are up and sunroof closed," he said.
"Leaving items such as wallets, mobile phones, sunglasses, money or CDs in plain view only serves as a temptation for petty thieves."
Police are also asking the public to report any suspicious behaviour around car parks during the event.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, canberra-2600, act
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The march, organised by Irish language group Pobal, made its way from the Falls Road to the city centre.
The campaigners are calling for a comprehensive, rights-based Irish language act.
The consultation period on a proposed law ended on Tuesday, with more than 4,000 responses sent to the government.
The draft bill suggests that public bodies should specify measures for using Irish when providing services.
It also proposes the creation of an Irish language commissioner and giving people the right to use Irish in court.
Nationalists are strongly in favour of the measure, but unionists have promised to block any bill in Stormont.
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Robert B. Parker's Ironhorse
Summary: "Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, newly appointed as Territorial Marshals, find themselves traveling by train through Indian Territories. Their first marshaling duty starts as a simple prisoner escort mission, but becomes complicated when the Texas Governor and his family board the train--along with $500,000. The men have to watch for and contend with Bloody Bob Brandice, who was left with two .44 slugs in his chest during his last meeting with Virgil"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010. Cole and Hitch ; 5.
Publication Year: 2013
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Myriad on the road with Coppola's Zoetrope
Myriad Pictures and Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope unveiled three new films yesterday to be financed and sold in international territories by Myriad, which has taken over the ten-picture Zoetrope slate from financially troubled VCL. United Artists handles domestic rights on the film.
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Trump Picks Openly Gay Richard Grenell For Ambassador To Germany
'Angels In America' Playwright Tony Kushner Calls Trump 'Seriously Mentally Ill'
WNBA's Sue Bird Comes Out Gay; Says She's Dating US Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe
ACLU Files FOIA Request On Implementation Of Trump's Religious Exemptions Order
ADF Calls Reports That It Supports Criminalizing Gay Sex 'Fake News'
Caitlyn Jenner Says 'Dude (Looks Like A Lady)' Was Her Theme Song Before Coming Out
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pushed
back the date on which it will consider whether to review six cases
related to gay marriage.
The high court was scheduled to
consider the cases on November 20 but has rescheduled its private
conference for November 30.
Cases related to marriage equality
petitioned to the court include four challenges to the Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA), one challenge to California's Proposition 8 and
one challenge to Arizona's decision to end domestic partnership
benefits for state employees.
DOMA forbids federal agencies from
recognizing the legal marriages of gay couples. Passage of
Proposition 8 in 2008 put an end to the weddings of gay couples
taking place in California after the state Supreme Court legalized
marriage equality.
Adam Umhoefer, executive director of
the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), which is
representing the two couples seeking to marry in California, said the
"updated timeline suggests that we will likely find out if our case
will be heard by the nation's highest court, or if marriages can
resume in California, by Monday, December 3."
The court could also hold the case for
future consideration.
(Related: David
Boies predicts Supreme Court will overturn gay marriage ban Prop. 8.)
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A CAUTIOUS shopper pointed out a bag he thought was "suspicious" while in a Worcester store to be told it was part of the display.
Iain Sinclair was shopping in Marks and Spencer, in the city centre, on Saturday, March 29, when he saw an "old-looking bag" had been left on the side next to some shirts with no one around the claim it.
He reported it thinking it could have been left by a customer or even part of some sort of terrorist activity that would set off a security risk in the likes of London and airports across the country.
"Better to say something than be sorry, so we are advised - but not in Marks and Spencer," he said.
"I was visiting Worcester last weekend and looking for a shirt. I was concerned about this bag [pictured], had someone just put it down? There was no one around, so as you do, I risked the embarrassment and pointed it out to be told - with a don't be silly emphasis - 'That is part of our display. We want people to see things that go with the outfit'."
The manager informed Mr Sinclair that the store had been instructed by their headquarters to advertise and display the messenger bag, which was placed upside down and "strewn" on a table, next to the shirts that he had been looking to buy.
A spokesman for the store said the display would not normally look that way and it was clear a shopper had disturbed the shirts and possibly moved the bag and it had not yet been put back to normal by a member of staff during a check of the displays.
She said: "We'd like to thank Mr Sinclair for his vigilance. We incorporate accessories into our clothing displays to help customers visualise a complete look. "
But what the shopper was concerned about was that official advice from anti-terrorism police after the 7/7 attacks in London, is to point out any suspect items, like luggage left unattended, to deter any possible attacks rather than ignore them.
"What is of concern is that there was no interest in the implications of my genuine mistake, nor any process for taking note of it," he said.
"So once we get used to these bags in odd places we will not notice the one that should not be there."
The Advice Centre on West Mercia Police's website states that although the county is not one generally at risk, counter terrorist policing was a priority.
It stated: "Funding, facilitation and radicalisation that may lead to terrorist acts can happen anywhere. A community that thinks 'It will never happen here' benefits only the criminal, the terrorist and the violent extremist alike.
"The terrorist threat is real and there is no room for complacency. We must all remain alert and aware of our surroundings at all times. Together we can fight terrorism and make our communities safer."


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