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CONWAY, Ark. — The Auburn vs. Alabama "Iron Bowl" semifinals morphed into a Civil War final in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series.
Auburn brothers Matt and Jordan Lee defeated Alabama's Dustin Connell and Logan Johnson in separate contests Saturday afternoon at Beaverfork Lake to set up a brother vs. brother Sunday final, which will determine a berth in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic.
On a long day, which started with quarterfinal matches in the morning, under record-breaking heat – it hit 108 degrees in nearby Little Rock – Auburn's Lee brothers proved equal to the grueling task.
As the field was reduced from eight competitors in the morning to four in the afternoon, no one caught a five-bass limit from this 960-acre reservoir east of Conway. But the Lee brothers both managed to catch a big bass in each round to advance to Sunday's final.
"With as much as there is on the line, I probably could have fished through the night," said an exhausted Matt Lee, who caught the big bass of the morning matches – a 4-pound, 14-ounce largemouth – and the big bass of the afternoon – a 5-7.
"It's kind of a sweet-and-sour deal," said Jordan Lee, who, at 21, is two years younger than his brother. "We live together, and we're best friends. It's going to be weird in the morning, to be honest with you."
Jordan had the closest call Saturday, advancing to the semifinals with only two ounces to spare. Murray State's Justin Graben was the only angler to catch close to a five-bass limit all day, finishing with four that weighed 7-7. Lee had 7-9 to advance to the afternoon session.
Lee had only one fish in the boat with 30 minutes left. He then caught two on back-to-back casts, including a 4-9, to give him the big bag of the morning, 7-9. His last two fish came on a Spro Big John crankbait.
Matt Lee caught his 4-14 Saturday morning with eight minutes left to clinch his victory over Murray State's Vincent Campisano. Lee used a five-inch Strike King Sexy Shad spoon to attract the big bass, then had to battle it out of a brushpile.
"I thought it was a catfish at first, the way it was shaking its head," Lee said. "I had it on for at least a minute-and-a-half before I got it out of the brush."
Campisano had one bass that weighed 1-3. Lee finished with two that weighed 6-12.
Alabama's Johnson and Connell also advanced in the morning session. Johnson had two bass weighing 5-0 to top Oklahoma State's Zack Birge, who had one fish weighing 1-3. Connell caught three weighing a total of 3-14 to beat Flurry, who zeroed.
Oklahoma State's Birge and Flurry won the three-day Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship Friday.
But the Alabama anglers were essentially tapped out by Saturday afternoon. Johnson caught one bass weighing 1-11 in his matchup with Jordan Lee, who had three bass weighing 8-2. Connell zeroed against Matt Lee, who finished with two bass weighing 8-11.
"It's been brutal," Connell said. "Today might have been the worst day of fishing in my life.
"These (Auburn) guys, they are some hammers to catch the fish they did today."
Matt Lee apologized to Connell for catching the 5-7 within sight of him.
"That had to be a dagger in the heart, seeing me catch that big one," Lee said. "I've never caught a bass that fought like that one did."
Lee used the Strike King Sexy Shad spoon again in the afternoon to catch his big bass.
As the moment started to sink in at the conclusion of Saturday's weigh-in, Jordan Lee said, "I'm so excited, I can't even talk. Me or my brother is going to the (Bassmaster) Classic."
Standing nearby was their mother, Leigh. (Yes, Leigh Lee. "I tell young girls to be careful who they marry," she said in reference to her name.) She was overcome with emotion as she realized what her sons had accomplished Saturday.
"Their mother started them fishing," said Bruce Lee, of his wife and two sons.
Sunday stands to be a remarkably emotional day for everyone in the Lee family.
Once again the anglers will be back on Beaverfork Lake. Due to safety concerns in light of the predicted excessive heat, the match time has been adjusted. It will begin at 6 a.m. CT and conclude at 10:30 a.m. The weigh-in follows at 10:40 a.m. at Beaverfork Lake, 80 Kinley Drive, Conway, Ark., and is free and open to the public.


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GG Building, Room 107
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Marshall Shepherd, an AMS Member, a Fellow of the AMS, and the AMS President for 2013, is a Professor of Geography and a Research Meteorologist at the University of Georgia at Athens. There, he directs the Atmospheric Sciences Program, teaches, and conducts research in the atmospheric sciences, climatology, water cycle processes, and urban climate systems. Dr. Shepherd is a leading international expert in the area of weather, climate, and atmospheric related sciences. He currently (2013) serves on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Science Advisory Board, the Earth Science Subcommittee of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Advisory Council, and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Visiting Expert Committee. He is frequently sought as an expert on weather, climate, and remote sensing. He has appeared on the Today Show, Larry King Live, CNN, Fox News, and The Weather Channel. Dr. Shepherd frequently is asked to present findings and results to key personnel at NASA, Congress, the White House, the Department of Defense, and officials from foreign countries. He has written editorials for several newspapers including the Washington Post and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He has been featured in Time Magazine, Popular Mechanics, and on National Public Radio's Science Friday, and has contributed to Ebony Magazine. Prior to joining the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia in 2006, Dr. Shepherd spent 12 years as a research meteorologist in the Earth-Sun Division at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center. He was Deputy Project Scientist for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission, which launches in 2013. Currently, Dr. Shepherd is a member of the NASA Precipitation Science team. For his pioneering work using satellite data to investigate urban hydroclimate processes, he received the highest federal award given to the Nation's young scientists and engineers. President Bush honored him on May 4th 2004 at the White House with the Presidential Early Career Award for pioneering scientific research. Dr. Shepherd has over 70 publications in the peer-reviewed literature and his research is funded by NASA, the Forest Service, the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy. Dr. Shepherd serves on the AMS Council and its Executive Committee and has served on the Board of Women and Minorities, the AMS Membership Committee, and the AMS Satellite Meteorology/Oceanography Committee. Dr. Shepherd co-chaired the 2010 AMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta and was one of the first cohort of AMS's Industry Fellowship recipients in the early 1990s. He has also served as a member of the United Nations World Meteorological Organization steering committee on aerosols and precipitation, the 2007 Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR4 contributing author team, the NOAA Climate Working Group, a National Academies of Science panel considering the security implications of climate change on US Naval operations, and a NAS Committee on Urban Meteorology. Dr. Shepherd is a Project Associate for the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project and past editor for both the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology and Geography Compass. Dr. Shepherd has BS, MS and PhD degrees in physical meteorology from Florida State University. He was the first African American to earn a PhD from the FSU Department of Meteorology, one of the nation's oldest and most respected. Dr. Shepherd is the author of a forthcoming textbook, The Urban Climate System, and he co-authored a children's book on weather and weather instruments.


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1. Analysis of successful IT-enabled business change
programmes and projects by the National Audit Office identified
three recurring principles that contribute to success. These are
the level of engagement by senior decision makers; organisations'
ability to act as an "intelligent client" by ensuring
they understand what it is they are setting out to do and have
the skills to manage both suppliers and the change process; and
having a clear understanding from the outset of the potential
benefits of the business change and putting mechanisms in place
to determine whether these have been achieved and optimised (Figure
Allocating the appropriate priority for resources
Creating mechanisms for clear and effective decision making
Managing the risks of the IT solution
Creating constructive relationships with suppliers
Building the organisation's capacity and capability to deliver the programme or project
Selling the benefits to users
Winning the support of stakeholders
Continuing to optimise the benefits once the programme or project is completed
Source: National
Audit Office[4]
2. In response to recommendations by this Committee
and the National Audit Office, there have been a number of initiatives
in recent years to strengthen the management of programmes and
projects.[5] Within departments,
since 2003 every mission critical and high risk programme and
project is required to have a nominated Minister, and every major
IT change programme or project should have a Senior Responsible
Owner, usually a senior civil servant, to monitor progress and
risks, ensure the programme or project meets its objectives, and
deliver the benefits projected in the business case (Figure
2)[6]. Since 2003,
all departments have had a Programme and Project Management Centre
of Excellence responsible for support, oversight, scrutiny
and challenge to Senior Responsible Owners and programme and project
delivery teams. Most government departments also now have a Chief
Information Officer, at or near board level, usually with experience
of the IT industry, to manage and champion the department's portfolio
of IT programmes and projects; although some fulfil the role in
conjunction with other duties.
Figure 2: Key mechanisms within a department for improving delivery of
IT-enabled programmes and projects
Source: National Audit Office
3. There is, however, confusion around these roles[7]
with, for example, 38% of Senior Responsible Owners having no
involvement with their Centre of Excellence.[8]
Audit Committees also play an important role by providing to Accounting
Officers assurance and information on risks to delivery of their
programmes and projects; but while 77% of Centres of Excellence
received copies of all Gateway Review reports, many Audit Committees
(42%) were not briefed on the results of all Gateway Reviews.[9]
4. Responsibility for sharing and disseminating knowledge
about success between different departments and across government
as a whole is shared between HM Treasury, the Office of Government
Commerce, and the Cabinet Office's Delivery and Transformation
5. The Treasury's announcement in its Transforming
Government Procurement report (January 2007) of the setting
up of a Major Projects Review Group, chaired by the Treasury and
composed of commercial experts, aims to ensure that the most complex
projects are subject to high levels of scrutiny of deliverability
through an enhanced Gateway process.[11]
Central scrutiny of IT-enabled change has been weak in recent
years, in part because central departments had no power to stop
failing programmes and projects.[12]
As the Committee recommended in its 2005 Report,[13]
the Treasury's Major Projects Review Group will in future have
the power to stop a procurement project from progressing to the
next stage where it feels that are issues that need urgent correction.[14]
6. The Transformational Government arm of the Delivery
and Transformation Group is responsible for formulating IT strategy
and policy and for promoting best practice. The Delivery and Transformation
Group now publishes an Annual Report on progress in implementing
the Transformational Government Strategy.[15]
7. The Chief Information Officer Council created
in 2005 brings together at a senior and influential level knowledge
and expertise of IT across government departments and agencies.[16]
The Chief Information Officer Council acts as a focus for the
IT profession across government; while the Programme and Project
Management Specialism is overseen by the Office of Government
Commerce.[17] The Cabinet
Office, however, is responsible for actions designed to strengthen
the IT profession as part of the wider Professional Skills for
Government agenda and for the new graduate-entry Technology in
Business Fast Stream for those with the potential to become Chief
Information Officers or leaders of large scale IT-enabled business
8. Recent years have witnessed the development and
dissemination by the Office of Government Commerce of extensive
guidance and advice to departments on how to manage their programmes
and projects, some in response to past PAC hearings (Figure
3).[19] The level
of take up of major guidance such as the Successful Delivery Toolkit
[20] has increased, with
87% of Centres of Excellence and 65% of Senior Responsible Owners
finding it "very helpful" or "fairly helpful",
and entry into the Gateway Review process has improved since the
Committee last reported on it in 2005.[21]
9. The Chief Information Officer Council has a potentially
important role to play in providing leadership and authoritative
advice. This role includes promoting good practice, sharing lessons
learned and working with the Office of Government Commerce to
encourage greater use by departments of newer tools, techniques
and services, such as the IT industry body Intellect's Concept
Viability Service, and addressing of skills shortages and other
issues identified in Gateway Reviews.[22]
10. Transport for London in delivering the London Congestion Charge
acted as an "intelligent client" and used its knowledge
of suppliers' strengths and weaknesses to determine its procurement
The Office of Government
Commerce and the Chief Information Officer Council can help to
share intelligence about suppliers' performance across departments
and can engage with suppliers, both individually and collectively
through their representative bodies, to drive up performance and
to raise awareness of and devise solutions to common issues.[24]
The Office of Government
Commerce is also working with the Chief Information Officer Council
to assess the capacity of the IT industry to deliver the Government's
11. The Office of Government Commerce has worked
with the IT industry body Intellect to develop a Government Procurement
Code of Practice and the IT Supplier Code of Practice.[26]
In recent years, the Office of Government Commerce has also worked
to remove barriers in the procurement process, particularly those
affecting small and medium-sized enterprises, for example by simplifying
the pre-qualification questionnaire.[27]
12. The Payment Modernisation Programme demonstrates
how departments can optimise the benefits of an IT-enabled change
by tracking and reviewing programmes and projects regularly after
completion, setting up dedicated teams responsible for ensuring
that benefits realisation is on track and developing further benefits,
and making nominated managers of business units accountable for
delivering the benefits.[28]
The Office of Government Commerce's Gate 5 (Benefit evaluation)
Reviews provide opportunities to establish whether a business
change has delivered the benefits projected in the business case.[29]
To June 2006, however, only a third of programmes and projects
that had reached Gate 4 a year or more before had gone on to a
Gate 5 Review,[30] though
the proportion is rising since the Committee last drew attention
to this issue.[31]
Ibid, paras 1.3-1.5 Back
Ibid, Appendix 3 Back
Q 7 Back
C&AG's Report, para 3.26 Back
Ibid, para 2.19 Back
Qq 3-5, 7, 9, 14, 21-23; C&AG's Report, paras 1-1.5 Back
HM Treasury (2007) Transforming Government Procurement,
London: The Stationery Office, para 2.11 Back
Q 8 Back
Committee of Public Accounts, Twenty-seventh Report of Session
2004-05, The Impact of the Office of Government Commerce's
Initiative on the Delivery of Major IT-enabled Projects,
HC 555 Back
Transforming Government Procurement, para 2.12 Back
Q 102 Back
C&AG's Report, paras 1.3-1.5 Back
Ibid, paras 1.3-1.5 Back
Ibid, para 1.3 Back
Q 78 Back
An on-line guide to procurement policy, tools and good practice. Back
C&AG's Report, para 3.29, Figure 9, Appendix 1: para 1 Back
Qq 3-4, 21-23; C&AG's Report, Terms used in this Report, page
7, paras 2.20, 3.24, 3.25 Back
Qq 58-61; C&AG's Report, para 3.6; Case Study Volume,
page 33, para 6 Back
Qq 58-66; C&AG's Report, paras 1.4-1.5 Back
C&AG's Report, para 1.4 Back
Ibid, para 1.4 Back
Q 42 Back
Qq 81, 85; C&AG's Report,
para 4.12; Case Study Volume, page 9, paras 17-19 Back
Qq 80-85 Back
C&AG's Report, paras 4.9, 4.10, Appendix 2, para 1, Figure
12 Back
Committee of Public Accounts, Twenty-seventh Report of Session
2004-05, The Impact of the Office of Government Commerce's
Initiative on the Delivery of Major IT-enabled Projects, HC
555 Back


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Alcohol-related expectancies are associated with the D2 dopamine receptor and GABAA receptor beta3 subunit genes
Young, Ross McD., Lawford, Bruce R., Feeney, Gerald F.X., Ritchie, Terry, & Noble, Ernest P. (2004) Alcohol-related expectancies are associated with the D2 dopamine receptor and GABAA receptor beta3 subunit genes. Psychiatry Research, 127(3), pp. 171-183.
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Molecular genetic research has identified promising markers of alcohol dependence, including alleles of the D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) and the GABAA receptor ¬3 subunit (GABRB3) genes. Whether such genetic risk manifests itself in stronger alcohol-related outcome expectancies, or in difficulty resisting alcohol, is unknown. In the present study, A1+ (A1A1 and A1A2 genotypes) and A1- (A2A2 genotype) alleles of the DRD2 and G1+ (G1G1 and G1 non-G1 genotypes) and G1- (non-G1 non-G1 genotype) alleles of the GABRB3 were determined in a group of 56 medically-ill patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence. Mood-related Alcohol Expectancy (AE) and Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy (DRSE) were assessed using the Drinking Expectancy Profile (Young and Oei, 1996). Patients with the DRD2 A1+ allele, compared to those with the DRD2 A1- allele, reported lower DRSE in situations of social pressure (p=. 009). Similarly, lower DRSE was reported under social pressure by patients with the GABRB3 G1+ allele when compared to those with the GABRB3 G1- allele (p=.027). Patients with the GABRB3 G1+ allele also revealed reduced DRSE in situations characterized by negative affect than patients with the GABRB3 G1- alleles (p=. 037). Patients carrying the GABRB3 G1+ allele showed stronger AE relating to negative affective change (for example, increased depression) than their GABRB3 G1- counterparts (p=. 006). Biological influence in the development of some classes of cognitions is hypothesized. The clinical implications, particularly with regard to patient-treatment matching and the development of an integrated psychological and pharmacogenetic approach are discussed.
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Proper treatment.
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Just in case you're not sick of him yet, Charlie Sheen is scheduled to appear on NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno this Thursday.
Charlie Sheen Goes On Leno This Thursday
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Thanks for telling us. I was looking for one more reason not to watch NBC.
Like a train wreck … yah gotta watch … right?
Oh, I'm not sick of him yet. Thanks!
This would have been big news,,in 1992! Charlie, and Jay for that matter, are DONE!
Thanks! Haven't waven't watched NBC in years
I presume Sheen will claim on "Leno" that "I'm still Winning, and Ashton Kutcher is (bleep) Losing!".
Monday's (September 19th) season premiere opf "Two And A Half Men" may get huge ratings, but through December, ESPN's NFL football will dominate Monday-night ratings.
Apart from the first week (or two) of the season, the ratings will be much lower than in past seasons and continue to fall. The trick will be for the show to avoid losing too many viewers during football season.
Once January comes, fortunes for all broadcast-network shows on Monday nights will greatly improve. If "Men" can still have decent ratings at that time, it might be able to build for the second half of the season.
But I think there's a strong chance "Men" won't make it past the end of December.
not sick of who yet? i'm not sure which i can't stand more..
He's a lunatic! A real whack job. Nutso. Incomprehensible. And that's Leno, I haven't even gotten to Charlie.


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The Japanese manufacturing revolution—a combination of lean production, quality techniques, and sheer necessity—lifted the Japanese industrial phoenix out of the ashes of World War II until it eventually dominated world manufacturing. The concepts used to rebuild the empire can easily be applied to the software development industry. In this week's column, Clarke Ching describes why the majority of the software industry has done a poor job of incorporating these quality techniques and reveals the one secret ingredient that makes them easy to adopt.
The late W. Edwards Deming, an American statistician, was widely credited with providing much of the know-how and philosophy that drove the Japanese recovery. Ironically, his know-how was developed in America where it was largely ignored. Deming was sent to Japan in 1947, but it wasn't until 1980 when NBC featured him in a television program "If Japan Can ... Why Can't We?" that the West finally took notice. Deming's message slowly spread from Japanese manufacturing into western manufacturing, then into the western service industries.
Deming's key message was to build quality into the processes rather than inspect defects out of a product already built. Although his concepts are acceptable to software development where quality is job number one, the concepts have either not actually been applied or not well. The majority of software development projects still follow the waterfall lifecycle that relies on inspecting defects out, that is, testing the product to remove defects.
Late Inspection
Late inspection and testing are the simplest, most expensive, and least effective way to find bugs. Before manufacturers adopted modern quality techniques their main approach to removing defects was to inspect each product in the last stage of production once it had been built, but before it was shipped. If the product didn't meet specifications, then it was either reworked or scrapped—both expensive options. Late inspection is prone to human error and rarely finds all defects.
Late inspection is also the model primarily used when doing waterfall software development. Rework (which the waterfall is meant to minimize) is pushed to a phase of the project when fixes are the most expensive, when the cost of change is forty to 100 times greater than if the defect was fixed when it was created (Boehm, 2004). This stage has the least wiggle room time to recover from show-stopper problems or unexpectedly large amounts of rework. This unpredictability becomes one of the main reasons why projects miss their schedules.
Early Inspection
Recognizing the high cost of late inspection, manufacturers moved back the inspection process by using self and successive inspection. Self inspection involves operators inspecting their output immediately after processing it. Successive inspection happens when operators inspect the inputs from prior processes. The equivalent processes in software development are walk-throughs, inspections, and unit testing. These approaches provide much earlier feedback when the correction costs are much lower, but still rely on human judgment.
Mistake Proofing—Building Quality into the Process
A more powerful approach is to design your processes to automatically prevent defects from happening. The Japanese name for such techniques is Poka Yoke, meaning mistake proofing. Poka Yoke has two aspects: prevention and detection. For instance, having different shaped plugs for each type of connection in a PC prevents novices and experts from making mistakes when installing a new PC, and the electric fuses and circuit breakers in your home detect when electrical circuits are overloaded which prevents electrical fires.
Likewise, one of the most common causes of defects—ambiguous requirements—can be prevented by writing comprehensive acceptance tests when each requirement is captured. Furthermore, automating these tests and running them as part of frequent integration-builds, help detect defects when they happen.


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Creative role in a collaborative, fast paced and dynamic marketing team
An opportunity to own the digital content for one of Melbourne's leading retail shopping centres, rolling out the brand's tone of voice, social strategy and digital marketing plans.
Immediate start for the right person in this full time position.
We're seeking a modern creative professional to join our in-house marketing team to deliver on-brand and creative content across our digital communication platforms.
You will work directly with the brand's Marketing team reporting to the Marketing Manager, to conceptualise, design and execute innovative written and visual content across our channels. The right candidate will understand the needs of our customers, our retailers and our brand. We're looking for someone who can capture the lifestyle of our centre; communicating the brand through imagery; articulate copy & a creative, innovative approach.
You will be a multi-skilled creative thinker with an analytical approach, and have a passion for telling stories. You will work to grow engagement across all digital platforms, and own analytics and insights across all channels. You will be flexible, take initiative, able to manage multiple projects at once, and keep pace in a fast-moving business. The right candidate will have experience with social media, blogs and eNewsletters, and a digital first approach to storytelling.
The key responsibilities of the role include:
Write adaptable and digital friendly copy that reflects the brand's tone of voice
Produce and source on-brand photography with awareness of consistent visual storytelling in the digital space
Create and manage our digital communications calendar across all of our digital channels
Manage social media posting including capturing and sourcing images, scheduling and live event capture
Manage our social media communities including monitoring and engaging new audiences
Manage and own insights and analytics for our digital and social platforms, being informed and reporting back to the broader team
Manage relationships with external holders including but not limited to online influencers and our partner agencies
Perform website updates through our CMS environment
Be responsible for sending weekly enews, to both internal and external stakeholders, including gathering partner content and circulating internally
Be up-to-date and on the pulse with all things happening digital including social content tools, platforms, apps and influencers
The successful candidate will have:
Strong copywriting skills - the ability to adapt tone and include strong calls to action
An understanding of photography – the capacity to maintain a consistent visual style
Experience working within a website CMS environment. Sitecore experience would be considered beneficial but not mandatory.
Experience in managing a company's social profiles - the ability to maintain a detailed content calendar, exhibit a strong creative/visual flair for content and stay on brand
Experience using enews platforms - including the ability to analyse content and engagement to inform future sends
Ability to work in a fast paced environment - demonstrate initiative, the ability to think on your feet, communicate creatively, and deliver work while not compromising attention to detail
High energy levels - with the appetite to work under pressure in a busy environment.
Demonstrated capacity to work as an effective team member - proactive, anticipate needs, flexible and reliable.
Photo editing and graphic design skills favoured but not mandatory - Experience using Adobe Creative Suite
Are you an organized creative eagle eye who can help us manage our global content (in six languages)?
At Bellroy, we pour our heart and soul into designing products that delight our customers every day. And we work hard to ensure folks all around the world have the chance to experience that. We offer our products on 11 digital marketplaces (in six languages), maintain social media presence on WeChat for Chinese audiences, and translate our own website into three languages (English, Japanese and German). Our Digital Content Lead is vital in helping us spread the Bellroy brand around the world. You will work with content creators and digital agents to maintain and deploy localised content for our website and our digital marketplaces. You will pull together our team of designers, copywriters, translators and proofreaders to make sure they are all working effectively towards the same goal. You will keep your eagle eye on our storefronts, foreseeing the need for content, plugging any holes, fixing any mishaps and encouraging your remote team to do the same. If you bring your sharp mind, organized hand and detail-oriented eye, our world class team will give you the freedom, resources and support you need to make a difference.
Language is awesome. You know it, we know it. You also know that your language skills are finely tuned. You can deliver a brief in writing, confidently discuss projects with senior stakeholders, and navigate nuances of culture and personality. You are decisive, warm and able to deliver logic and reason in human terms.
Your attention to detail is something else. You notice when the apple grower changes their sticker logo, or the new cafe puts an apostrophe in 'drinks'. You might sweat the small stuff, but it doesn't overwhelm you. Because you know how to weigh up the importance of an apostrophe in relation to a missing web page. And when to cut people some slack, versus when to crack the whip (although we generally prefer other methods of motivating people, leaving the whip cracking to Indiana Jones).
You take a great deal of pride and joy in guiding others towards a really great outcome, and that's wonderful because at Bellroy we love great outcomes. But if the end result is not so great every now and again, that's OK. As long as you're willing to own it, learn from it, and figure out how to do it better next time, we'll be right there with you.
You're just as comfortable motivating a team of people as you are with your head in a spreadsheet or matrix-level file system. Because you're a bit of a plate-spinner. At any given time, those plates might include multiple back-end portals, translation queries, new pieces of copy for the website and a newsletter for WeChat (which you notice seems a touch off-brand, so you add another plate to your hands by rectifying it). And yep, you spin them confidently - no breakages.
You probably come from a creative background - graphic design, copywriting, digital design, for instance - with an interest in project management; or vice versa. Making the transition from "doer of things" to "coordinator and manager of things" seems like a natural step for you. And, if you have an understanding of digital marketing and other languages (happen to speak Mandarin? Step on up.), we'll be even more impressed.
Launched a new product on six Amazon platforms - having collated product information, images, copy and uploaded them to Amazon's 'Seller Central' for all six languages.
Attended a conference call with our Japanese digital agent to facilitate a design refresh of our Rakuten storefront.
Created a brief for translators and proofreaders to translate a new copy for our website.
Collated a product launch assets package of information, images, videos and product release copy, and sent it to our Chinese agent for Tmall.
Coordinated digital asset deployment across Amazon, Tmall, Rakuten, WeChat and our website.
Collated social media and newsletter assets created for our English-speaking audience and had them reappropriated for China.
Audited your collection of digital content and assets to make sure everything was in order.
This is a full time role based in our Fitzroy office.
Have a good look around our website, read Our Story page and get a feel for who we are. If you think you'd be a good fit, check out the careers page on our website and provide us with your cover letter, resume and answers to the questions below:You receive a new piece of product copy from our creative team that you get translated or transcreated into German, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish and Simple Chinese. How would you be sure that the translators had done a great job of maintaining Bellroy's tone while adjusting for the appropriate cultural nuances?
We have a new product release coming up, and we need to decide when to release on each of our digital platforms. How would you recommend that we make this decision? What information would you seek, in order to make the decision?
Our digital agent in China contacts you with an opportunity to be included in a site-wide promotion on Tmall. Tmall will be promoting a 10% discount of our top sellers next week, so in order to be included in the promotion you'll need to get creative assets approved and sent back to them in 48 hours. What would you do?
START DATE: We're ready when you are!


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Introducing Project Kajitsu
What is Project Kajitsu? Project Kajitsu (Kajitsu is Japanese for Berry) is the brain child of Mike Wolak and Jasen Hicks based on the $35 Raspberry Pi B+ Model. The goal was to use the Raspberry Pi with a custom Pi Hat / Linux kernel and turn 2 ordinary PS3Read More…
Project Kajitsu Update: DB15 USB-Discrete Board
Mike and I wanted a simple solution that didn't require some fancy cable or hack job to connect to the screw terminals so we came up with the Kajitsu USB-Discrete only version. This only converts USB (PS3 and XBOX 360) to Discrete Output using 5V logic. Its slimmed down onRead More…
Project Kajitsu – Demo Video
Project Kajitsu Demo This demo was filmed using three cameras to catch all of the action in real time! We demonstrate the first party XB360 (Wireless), PS3, and Wiimote (bluetooth) support using the project with a custom built SuperGun. Enjoy!
Project Kajitsu Software Update – RC14
Project Kajitsu's software has been updated to RC14. Changes: Wireless XBOX360 Support (2 Controllers, 1 Wireless Dongle) Hot Plug USB Cables for wired XBOX 360 and PS3 Controllers Testing Completed: Verified all 2P controls work properly Extensive testing with XBOX 360 controllers Download RC14 here: http://www.freecade.org/linux/joy2gpio-RC14-100814.zip
Project Kajitsu Wiimote Support
Wiimote Bluetooth support is now being tested. This demo shows the Pi booting and pairing to a Wiimote. The Bluetooth drivers and the pairing process adds some delay to the total system start-up time and if this can be reduced we will add this functionality to the mainline Kajitsu PS3/XBOX360 code.Read More…
Project Kajitsu Version 0.4: Beta Testing
Project Kajitsu's Hardware has been transformed with Version 0.4. We have left the formal pi-hat spec for size behind us in lieu of a more user friendly DB15 version of the board. This version of the board offers the convenience of the the DB15 ports while maintaining the flexibility ofRead More…
Project Kajitsu as a general-purpose external peripheral interaface
This video illustrates the Kajitsu Pi Hat being used as an interface between a Noritake VFD Display and the Pi B+'s GPIO pins. The octal buffers provide line driving capabilities and also protect the PI's 3.3v I/O pins fron the display's 5.0v RDY line. This demo uses the same I/ORead More…
10.1.2014 – Hackaday.com covers Project Kajitsu!
We want to thank Hackaday.com for picking up on our project and sharing it with their user base. Its truly an honor for our little project to be picked up and shared on other sites! See the full writeup via the link below! http://hackaday.com/2014/10/01/console-controllers-for-jamma-boards/
Project Kajitsu Bluetooth Proof of Concept
Although it's not active in the initial release, Bluetooth testing with PS3 Sixaxis pads works well. We need to figure out the best way to simplify the pairing process but functional tests were 100% successful.


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Pastry Shell for 11" Fruit or Quiche Tarts
Recipe by grammyof3
This tart shell recipe comes from the Baker's Advantage 11" x1" Round Quiche/Tart Pan insert. Baking time varies according to your filling's recipe. Or, bake unfilled for 10-15 minutes; then, top with fresh fruit over which you pour melted apple jelly.
Top Review by Bellamarie.
Really easy & lovely tasting pastry! I used it for a quiche though & found it way too sweet. So will not alter if I use it for sweet pie, which I will, but will omit the sugar next time I use it for quiche.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and sliced
- 2 tablespoons cold water
Directions See How It's Made
- Place flour, sugar, and salt in food processor bowl. Add butter slices. Process, using rapid on/off pulces until mixture resembles small particles.
- Add 1 Tablespoon of water; process a couple seconds more. Add other Tablespoon water; pulse again The dough should be damp enough to form a rough mass. Add a few more drops of water if necessary.
- Roll dough out onto a generously floured work surface until it is about 1/8 inch thick. Cut dough into shape of tart pan and transfer to pan, patting some of the overhang in around the edge to make the sides of the shell thicker than the bottom. Trim off remaining overhang. The quiche/tart is now ready to be filled and baked.


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Helping out in the community will soon be a roomier experience for members of the Assistance League of Redlands, which at 5 p.m. Tuesday breaks ground for a 32,000-square-foot addition to the group's Thrift Shop and philanthropy center at 506 W. Colton Ave.
Construction of the new space is expected to begin in November, said interior designer Kimberly Mack, project manager and capital campaign chairwoman. In the meantime, she said, the group is making improvements to its existing building.
"We are ripping off our 1965 roof, thank God," Mack said. "We've patched it and patched it and repatched it, and now we are getting a new one."
The group voted to begin construction last spring after three years of serious fundraising — the capital campaign raised $300,000, Mack said — but members have been looking forward to the improvements for almost 20 years.
The League bought three lots to the west of the Thrift Shop in 1995, said publicity chairwoman Janice Belden.
"It has been a dream of the members to build an addition to the current shop by using this property," she said. "This dream has become a reality. The addition of 3,200 square feet will almost double the size of the existing building."
The new space will let the League handle larger items, including furniture, at the Thrift Shop, and give it more room for preparation and community projects. The extra room will let members add events such as estate sales to the Thrift Shop's activities.
"The Thrift Shop is the bread and butter for all the League's programs," Mack said. "It supports everything we do."
Members volunteer 30,000 hours per year to keep the group's programs vital.
The League's Dental Center, run in partnership with Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, serves families in need, providing care to about 2,000 new patients per year. It also offers screenings for kindergarteners in the Redlands Unified School District.
Operation School Bell provides clothing, shoes and backpacks of school supplies for kids in need in Redlands and Yucaipa-Calimesa unified school districts in partnership with Kohl's stores. Through October, League members will help some 600 students and their parents select up to $100 in school clothes. The League's Camellia Luncheon and November Tea support Operation School Bell.
The Heritage Auxiliary provides a mobile history lesson to fourth-graders from all Redlands public schools and some private schools. League members take children on buses to see significant Redlands sights, and tell stories from the city's early days.
Belden said the group is hoping for a good community turnout for Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony, which will include remarks from League officers and city dignitaries. Refreshments will be served.
She said the Assistance League of Redlands will be looking for new members to help with the expanded Thrift Shop and with the group's many other programs.
"Our members join for a variety of reasons," Belden said. "The desire to give back to the community, the desire to stay active after retirement, and as a way to meet new friends."
Information about joining the Assistance League of Redlands is available by calling 909-793-5730.


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Freelancers Union After Hours New Jersey
Freelancers Union*
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
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Event Details
Sharing stories. Trading gigs. Discussing issues. Finding common answers. This is what happens when you fill a room with freelancers.
Come out to meet other independent, creative, and entrepreneurial folks on Wednesday, September 3rd at 6 PM for the very first Freelancers Union After Hours. In cities across the country, groups of freelancers (like this one!) will be meeting at the same time to network, brainstorm, and chat about what's next.
The first After Hours theme will be, "What makes your city a great freelance city? What could make it better?" Bring your ideas and we'll make our city even awesomer.
After Hours will be held at Indiegrove coworking space. Snacks will be served. RSVP now to reserve your spot!
About Freelancers Union
Freelancers Union is a membership organization that provides benefits, resources, and advocacy for 250,000 independent workers nationwide. To learn more or join, visit freelancersunion.org. Membership is free.
About Indiegrove
Entrepreneuers and freelancers do not conform to one way of thinking, nor should the space they work in. Indiegrove is a community of individuals committed to hard work, collaboration, and business sustainability. The coworking space, resources, and events are designed to provide your business the credibility and access to be successful and the environment you need to be happy.
When & Where
121 Newark Ave
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)
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Kistler is setting new standards for electromechanical NC joining systems with the maXYmos NC NEU
Extending the maXYmos product range to control and monitor production processes and quality assurance
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The newly developed maXYmos NC monitors and controls the joining process. Equipped with an intuitive touch display, the new system is particularly easy to use, while the integrated sequence control offers a high level of flexibility for straightforward to highly complex joining processes.
Kategorien: バーティカルソリューション, コントロールシステム
Generation: III
The NC joining systems are predominantly used in the automotive and supply industry in the widest range of manufacturing processes, such as gearbox, motor, chassis or pump installation.
The maXYmos NC evaluates and documents the XY curves of joining and press-fitting operations in combination with NC joining modules and the associated IndraDrive servo amplifier.
Due to the form of measurement curves, each stage of the production and assembly line – and even the entire product – can be monitored and operated via Sercos III all in real-time. In this way, optimum cycle times can be achieved with the highest degree of repeat accuracy. Unplanned downtimes are minimized as machine availability increases, in turn allowing the productivity of the manufacturing process to be accelerated.


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At the heart of this year's study is the smart-phone and the constant connectivity it provides to work, entertainment, shopping, and friends. There are 206 bones in the human body, and the smart-phone should be considered the 207th bone for Generation Y. They view smart-phones as an appendage to their beings — an indispensable part of their lives, and yet they are concerned about data management and Internet security.
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I love seeing all the creative purposes people use the TARDIS design for; I've seen bookcases, closets, and indoor bathrooms. This is the first outdoor shower I've come across though! I think it's a fun idea, and it would be awesome for personal use but even more fun at a camp or cabin.
See an in progress picture after the break.
Read about the process of building the TARDIS shower at TARDIS Builders, and don't forget to stock your new shower with a TARDIS robe.
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Nintendo NES 1 VS NES 2 – Differences in the Toaster VS the Top Loader
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|Posted by Steve under Nintendo NES, Repair and Modding
This article will include information on both the original NES, sometimes referred to as the "Toaster NES" and the NES 2 usually referred to as the "Top Loader". The toaster came out in 1985 in the US. It was test marketed around the U.S. in New York and California. The Top loader came out in […] more


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The Caledonia Wine Cottage is situated on lot #18. A partial list of past owners is given below. I am still working on completing the list so check back occasionally for updates:
Miles Goforth, a Revolutionary War Soldier, obtained the property that the Caledonia Wine Cottage now sits on in 1803 in a large Spanish Grant.
William Buford, purchased 440 acres of land on what would later be the village of Caledonia from Miles Goforth on 21 Sept. 1815 for $1,000. Bk. A Pg. 90
Alexander Craighead, a Scotsman, purchased the property from William Buford. Craighead then platted the town of Caledonia & lots were sold at auction. Lots were sold for $1.50 to $5.00.
William Buford - purchases Lot #18. On an 1818 plat map of Caledonia it shows William Buford, a wealthy slave owner, as the owner of Lot #18. William owned the lot for four years then in 1822 sold it to Jacob Fisher for $60.
Jacob Fisher, a wealthy & brutal slave owner, purchased Lot #18 25 Apr. 1822 from Wm. Buford for $60 & owned the lot for five years during which time he (more likely his slaves) supposedly constructed the house that is now the Wine Cottage. In November of 1827 Fisher sells lot #18 & it's adjoining lot #7 along with lots 45 & 54 ".......together with all houses, out houses & other improvements" for $1000 to Augustus Jones. (This would equal $250 per lot) - Bk. B Pg.60
Augustus Jones - Purchased Lot #18 20 November of 1827 along with adjoining (on the north) lot #7 & also lots 45 & 54 for $1000. (This would equal $250 per lot) - Bk. B Pg. 378
James R. Arnold by trustee
- to Wm. Crommer - lot #18, 24 July 1876 - Bk. X Pg. 470
Mollie Eaton & husband, Jesse L. Eaton purchased lot #18 from Wm. Crommer & wf. 19 March 1889. Jesse was a doctor & was the son of Ollie Ramsey & Dr. John A. Eaton. Mollie & Jesse had no children. In 1890, during the time that they owned lot #18, Jesse served as a Democrat representative with the Missouri Legislature. Mollie & Jesse sold the place to J.C. Crenshaw in 1890 for $800.
Joseph Cosby Crenshaw - purchased the place 24 Dec. 1890 for $800. Crenshaw was a former slave owner who had moved from Charleston, Missouri to Caledonia circa 1890 so his children could attend the Bellevue Collegiate Institute. Joseph died in 1898 & was taken back to Charleston for burial. His second wife Rachel kept roomers & boarders who attended the college.
R.A. Crenshaw to Jos. C. Crenshaw - 26 Aug. 1895 - R. A. Crenshaw wife of Jos. Crenshaw......in consideration of love & affection.........& further consideration of $400 to her paid........being the same lot purchased by Dr. Jesse L. Eaton........Bk. 39 Pg. 572
J.C. Crenshaw & R.A. Crenshaw his wife - William C. Crenshaw - 21 Jan. 1897.........in consideration of love & affection & the sum of $1.00 to him paid..........R.A. Crenshaw for & during her natural life time with remainder in fee to the said Wm. C. Crenshaw.......Bk. 41 Pg. 99 (William Cosby Crenshaw, a dentist, married Bessie Pearl Ramsey in 1900. They later moved to St. Louis. Their daughter Mildred Mary married Wm. Thomas Coghill in 1922 & they moved into the Crenshaw Caledonia home.)
W. C. Crenshaw & wife - J. M. Ramsey & wife - 24 May 1926 - W.C. Crenshaw & Pearl R. Crenshaw his wife of the County of St. Louis & J.M. Ramsey & Laura Ramsey his wife of the County of St. Louis............the sum of $1600.....Bk. 72 Pg. 24
J.M. Ramsey & wife - Isla McKeehn - 24 Apr. 1931 - J.M. Ramsey & Laura his wife & Isla McKeehn & Wm. E. McKeehn of the City of St. Louis ........in consideration of $100 & other valuable consideration........all of lot #18 in town of Caledonia together with the improvements thereon..........Bk. 75 Pg. 564
McKeehn & wf.
to J. M. Ramsey
& wf.18 Nov. 1931- Lot #18 Caledonia - Bk. 79 Pg. 122
Dale & Sandra Brown who operated it as Bellevue Antiques & Arts sold the property to Michael & Donna Bond in Jan. 2003 - Bk.2003 Pg. 287
Michael & Donna Bond sold the property to Dave & Pepper Buis in Oct. 2006.
Dave Buis & his wife Almeta (Pepper) Carpenter purchased the house 23 Oct. 2006 & after renovations it became The Caledonia Wine Cottage Bed & Breakfast - Bk.2006 Pg. 24160
Since the renovation in 2006 occupants of The Wine Cottage have experienced numerous paranormal occurrences. It all began with the opening of the door to the slave quarters with incidents happening periodically throughout the entire house. People often hear the friendly voice of an elderly woman saying "Hello" on the first floor of The Cottage. And one family who has brought their three year old son there numerous times says that he often waves at an unseen person in the corner of the dining room. Another child who's family stayed in the Bed & Breakfast rooms on the third floor met a child female playmate named "Erica" while staying at The Cottage but there were no other children there at the time. At a later date an EVP was obtained by one paranormal groups that distinctly whispered the name, "Erica". So the search is on to find an "Erica" connected to The Cottage.
Mysterious footsteps have also been heard by people at varying times along with voices when no one else was there. Objects have been thrown or dropped by unseen forces. A shadow figure of what is believed to be a Civil War soldier has been observed on several occasions. Washington County residents & sisters Lisa Mitchell & Tammy Davis of Belgrade spent a night in the Garden Room on the third floor of the Cottage in 2007. They distinctly heard footsteps coming up the stairway when no one was there. The next morning when they went down to breakfast a cloth banner that had been securely fastened to the wall the evening before was lying in the floor. Pepper, the owner/manage of the Cottage had not put it there & no one else was there during the night. Subsequently several paranormal groups have conducted investigations at The Cottage:
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The federal budget will contain a cash payment to low-income households next month and changes to let business "carry back" losses against past profits, in an effort to provide an additional political buffer against the carbon tax and a boost to confidence.
The move, costing $700 million over four years, raises questions about whether the government will proceed with its planned company tax cuts. The tax rate cut for small business is provisionally scheduled for debate in the coming parliamentary sitting, but not the cut for large companies. The Coalition and the Greens have said respectively they would oppose either the full tax cut or the tax cut going to big business, which would cost the budget $1.45 billion.
There has been some speculation that the government may abandon the cuts, arguing that the carry back provisions provide a better way of addressing the problems confronting the non-resources sector. The carry back measure would also involve no cost to the budget bottom line in 2012-13.
Mr Swan said the budget would contain a "modest" surplus and the government has now outlined a number of new spending measures and some savings that will go towards reaching that surplus.
But Deloitte Access Economics' Chris Richardson has warned in his pre-budget analysis that the Reserve Bank of Australia may be cautious about further interest rate cuts because of concern about whether independent MPs will back the biggest budget spending cuts in history.
Along with the new "schoolkids bonus" cash payment to low-income households, there will be a restructured national dental scheme, more funding for bowel cancer screening and a $3.56 billion offer to NSW to fund half the cost of work to upgrade the Pacific Highway.
Offsetting that spending will be a doubling of the superannuation contributions tax for people earning more than $300,000, savings in the defence portfolio, an expected cut in the private health insurance rebate for some alternative medicines, and a tightening of conditions covering the sole parents' pension.
Increasing the pressure on the Coalition to support budget measures and outline its own proposed budget savings, the government will rush legislation for the proposed schoolchildren's bonus through Parliament this week.
Under the $700 million business tax measure announced yesterday, businesses will be able to "carry back" their losses to offset past profits and get a refund of tax previously paid on that profit.
The government says business will be able to invest in 2012-13 with the confidence that they can get value from a deduction, irrespective of whether they will be in a profit position at the end of the year. It will also boost the confidence of banks and investors providing funds.
From July, companies will be able to carry back up to $1 million of losses to get a refund of tax paid in the previous year. From July next year, they will be able to carry back up to $1 million worth of losses against tax paid up to two years earlier.
Mr Swan said introduction of the loss carry-back would encourage companies to adapt to changing conditions and take advantage of new opportunities through investment.
"It will help struggling companies adjust to the challenges and opportunities of the patchwork economy by improving cash flows and reduce disincentives for businesses to take sensible risks," he said.
Amid signs of a softening in the economy, reflected in lower growth forecasts from the Reserve Bank on Friday, the government is hoping the move – in combination with the cash in hand received by low-income households – will be a fillip to business confidence, which has been taking a battering as a result of uncertainty about the global economy.
"While our economic fundamentals are strong, Australia's economy is in transition, creating major challenges for many businesses that aren't in the fast lane of the mining boom, such as the high Australian dollar and the cautious consumer," Mr Swan said. "In its first four years, this major tax reform is estimated to provide much-needed assistance to nearly 110,000 companies struggling with these challenges of an economy in transition."
There has been criticism that the measure will help only incorporated businesses, meaning many small businesses would miss out. However, the government is pushing two other changes to be funded by the minerals resource rent tax – an immediate write-off of each and every asset they buy that's worth up to $6500, and the first $5000 of a car or utility – as measures which will help unincorporated small businesses.
It also argues that businesses that aren't incorporated are more likely to be able to utilise losses going forward than companies. For example, they can use losses against other forms of income, including wages.
The carry back move is in line with the findings of Mr Swan's business tax working group, which argued in April that the government should introduce the carry backs in 2013-14, saying the move would give unprofitable small businesses tax refunds of up to $300,000 if they have paid taxes previously.
The working group nominated a number of business tax measures that could be cut back to finance the carry back provisions, but there is no appetite in the government to pursue two of the measures nominated, relating to accelerated depreciation and exploration in the resources sector.
Given that the government appears determined not to open a new war with the miners, the prospect of major changes to the diesel fuel rebate scheme also seems to be receding.
Mr Swan said a discussion paper outlining full details of the carry back proposal would be released shortly. The paper is expected to be released next month and that it will be subject to a six-week consultation period, with legislation passed before July 1 next year to be in place when companies lodge their first return using the new system.
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The cost of the new payment – of $410 for each primary student and $820 for each high school student, paid in equal instalments twice a year to recipients of Family Tax Benefit A – will be around $1.2 billion, comprising $400 million of new money each year on top of the $830 million set aside at the moment for the education tax refund.
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Exams are over, and new class has started. I'm finally in 10th grade, and everything's going fine. My results was pretty OK, but quite lower than what I wanted (But I got the 'Oratory Skills' award for the year, which I feel good about). In the meantime, I've been gaming, watching movies and listening to music. Here's what I've been doing with mini-reviews! Cool, right?
Finished this quite some times recently (PC). The game was great. The story stars silly but builds up fine as it goes. The combat is it's strongest suit with some amazing moments, especially when you have upgraded most things to maximum like me. Foes fall like dominoes. Other than that, I would have liked better boss fights. Especially the final one. Other than that, really good game.
Score: 8/10.
Decided to replay this after some 1 and a half years. That time I termed this as one of the biggest disappointments I'd played. I term myself as an asshole then, because after replaying it and getting quite far, I completely change my stance. Sure it has some monotonous moments especially at Homicide, but it's overall a brilliant and really unique game. If you decide to get it someday do get all the DLC's as well because some of them are great. The story also while rough in areas is very nice.
Score: 9/10
After finishing Dishonored and absolutely loving it, I recently decided to get the GOTY Edition and I'm playing through the game again. It's really amazing to get back to Dunwall with all those opportunities. I'm planning on my second No-Kill, No Detection playthrough and so far it's going like a breeze.
Score: 9.5/10
Not very far into it I'm already loving it. Honestly, I rarely like games where there's high focus on survival and the game is generally not that easy, but somehow this game manages to capture that with an amazing atmosphere and till now a good story. AM surely going to play Last Light after this.
Score so far: 8.5/10
Absolutely hate it. Got bored at the prologue end.
No score
Because I've watched quite a lot of movies recently, rather than making it header by header I'll go in a small paragraph order.
So firstly, I start with 12 Years a Slave, this years Best Picture Oscar winner. The movie was amazing, especially because of it's rich and great sidecast. The cast commended Solomon as a character perfectly and the acting was brilliant. The movie had a good pace and it told the story in such a very interesting way. A solid 4.5/5.
Next up, Django Unchained which also was something spectacular. The acting, especially Di Caprio later in the movie is done splendidly. Plus, the movie has a barrage of totally amazing dialogues. The story was solid and I enjoyed the action mixed with style. A 4.5/5 for this too. Go Tarantino!
Then comes Ted, which was good. The acting was good, and Wahlberg had an alright comedic timing. But absolutely the thing I loved in this movie was Ted himself. Any bad joke he made seemed so goofy. He looked cute, but he was an awesome, cool retard. I like that. Really nothing else in the movie. A 3/5. Moving on,
Full Metal Jacket comes up. Done with the brilliant acting and other stuff...the aim of the story as well as the portrayal was done perfectly. It was told in a way so engrossing I couldn't leave my seat. it wasn't a movie about war, it was about the people in war and how it affects them. 4.5/5 easily.
Again, next up is The Silence Of The Lambs. A cult classic I have to say I was disappointed. Except Anthony Hopkins everyone seemed so dull and already done. Now I know it's old and IT was the one that actually inspired other movie makers to go it's way but truth be told, it still didn't tune with me much fine. Still, a great watch and Anthony Hopkins does brilliant. 3.5/5.
Then comes Lost In Translation, which I really liked. The movie is actually worth two watches, because it took me 2 to fully understand it. Brilliant love story, and Bill-fuckin'-Murray. 'Nuff said. A 4/5.
Now, Shutter Island is here. Absolutely amazing storyline, based on of course of a book. Di Caprio does a fine job here. The movie fooled me for the entirety of it's length and the ending hit me right in the feels. I really liked the atmosphere too. A 4.5/5.
Of the final 2, one is 12 Angry Men. Perfect movie. Doesn't get boring even when almost fully shot in a single room with only 12 men. The acting is top notch and the story is perfect. It's a masterpiece in it's own. 5/5.
And finally The Departed is last. Who did it? Martin Scorcese. So, yeah. It was amazing. Gritty, and with really great acting from both Matt Damon and Di Caprio. Plus, Jack Nicholsan is so fine in this. I don't know what else to say, it's a 5/5.
And that's it. I've still got a long list to watch.
Not much going on here. Recently found my love for Arctic Monkeys who are amazing. I feel their new album is their best and my 2 favorites out of it would be 'Arabella' and 'R U Mine?'. Listened to a bit of Archive, and they do good. Also found a dubstep (stay with me) named Cosmos by Clark Kent and Yinyues. It serene, elegant and beautiful. Give it a listen. Also, more Imagine Dragons. Plus, I like Happy a lot, alot more than Let It Go. Deal with it.
Not much. I wrote some new short stories and added some of my blogs to my blogging site http://cynosureofblogs.wordpress.com/. Edited it a bit too, let me know what you think. The stories are kind of in draft mode although it's not mention there because I want to lengthen them and change something every time I re-read them. Anyways, plus I switched back to Windows 7 from 8. Personal reasons and opinion. Windows 8 just didn't feel like home. I'll be looking to continue my Indie Suggestions Weeklies even though they didn't garner much attention. Who cares about attention anyways?
And that's pretty much what's happened to me in the last 2-3 weeks. You can bet on seeing me regularly now. For those who're happy with me being back, High Five! For those who don't care, please go to hell. .
And until then,
Godspeed, baby!


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The corruption created by the Banksters, Investment Houses and Wall Street, in general has tentacles in a lot of our Government Agencies. There's no way so many things could have gone on for so long unless that were so.
But that those connections in the Justice Department, the Agency which should be vigorous in their investigations and prosecutions of things like this, should go back to the 1930's is just a little disturbing.
As Weil puts it:
"When it comes to financial debacles and Washington, some players never change. Covington & Burling represented the disgraced Charles Mitchell of National City Bank (now Citigroup) at the Pecora Commission hearings held by the Senate Banking Committee during the 1930s. (The name came from the committee's chief counsel,Ferdinand Pecora, who investigated Wall Street corruption and fraud after the 1929 stock market crash. You can read more about Mitchell and the hearings in this excerpt from Michael Perino's superb book about Pecora, "The Hellhound of Wall Street.")
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I'll settle for, "We're Number One!" (Original post)
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Response to MrScorpio (Original post)
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:13 AM
Wounded Bear (16,968 posts)
1. I'd be willing to bet the US number is actually underreported....
Just sayin'
Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)
Thu May 16, 2013, 01:19 AM
kardonb (777 posts)
4. prisoners
you cannot compare the numbers of prisoners in different countries . What counts is the %age of the whole population in each country that is incarcerated; that would give you a more accurate comparison.
Response to MrScorpio (Original post)
Thu May 16, 2013, 12:14 AM
Bonobo (29,130 posts)
2. Some statistics tell more than just the numbers.
They are a peephole into a deeper truth.
In this case, the truth is that America no longer sees its own strength in its people.
That's not true for all countries. Some DO realize that strong, educated, healthy people make for a strong country.
It puts the lack of access to affordable health care, housing and education in a new (and sad) light.
Most of us are extra people. Unnecessary and unwanted.
But you can't just shoot 'em, right?
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Thu May 16, 2013, 12:15 AM
Spider Jerusalem (20,077 posts)
3. more meaningful list here:
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Absolute number isn't really useful in comparing incarceration rates between countries; per capita is better (the USA is still number one, though!)
Response to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #3)
Thu May 16, 2013, 01:29 AM
Locut0s (5,966 posts)
5. Not only more useful but sadder/scarier, an indicator of an even bigger problem...
than the list in the OP. The list in the OP is roughly correlated with population sizes and size of government / world influence. This list has the US at the top of a list of countries like Rwanda, Azerbaijan, El Savador and others... Not good. Especially when you consider the percentage of the incarcerated population in for minor drug possession and trafficking crimes. sad
The tiny countries that dot this list are probably largely at the top because small countries are always skewed to the top or bottom when you look at per capita numbers.
Response to Locut0s (Reply #5)
Thu May 16, 2013, 01:58 AM
Spider Jerusalem (20,077 posts)
6. Huh?
No it isn't? The list in the OP isn't correlated with population sizes (China and India each have more than three times the population of the USA), nor is it correlated with world influence (the UK and France are both permanent members of the UN Security Council and G8 countries but are both much further down the list).


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'Downton Abbey' Could Feature Indian Character
Amidst the outpouring positive reviews it has got, "Downton Abbey" has also been criticized for not having black characters. Responding to the issue, creator Julian Fellowes says he would love to feature multiculturalism on the show.
The British writer admits it will be "rather nice to open it up ethnically a bit," calling it "rather a good idea." He further points out, "You have to work it in in a way that is historically believable, but I am sure we could do that. [The show] certainly ought to have an Indian character from that period."
While Fellowes is open to the idea of featuring characters from ethnic backgrounds, he needs to wait a greenlight from ITV for a fourth season of the Emmy-winning series before he starts working on the script. "I would hope [there will be more] because of the response to this series, but you know [ITV] are always pretty close to their chest in terms of an actual commission," he gushes. "But I think I'd be surprised if there was not a fourth series."
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I'm still not quite ready to publish what I've written about the drama from earlier this week – though I promise you that, at some point in the not-too-distant future, I will (and you should all be prepared to be offended when I do) – I did want to tell you that it seems that I'm safe. For the moment, at least
I had this student in class this afternoon. He showed up late and he left class twice (and he didn't silence his cell phone), but he was neither combative nor hostile. As a matter of fact, he was actually a cooperative and participating member of the class, and this gives me hope that the rest of the semester won't be the horror show that I was expecting it to be just two days ago. I'm not convinced that it's going to be, to put it in Xena's oh-so-wise words, all puppies and rainbows, either, but I am feeling that my fears of immediate danger are calmed.
Thank you – ALL of you – for your concern and unflagging support. You ARE my community, and I'm grateful, every time I hit that "publish" button, for your wisdom, your kindness, and your willingness to share your experiences with me.