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In addition to what has been reported in the Brandon Sun this week, the following is a summary of other items addressed at the Brandon City Council meeting on Feb. 19:
• City council held public hearings for and subsequently gave final approval to by-laws for the designation of properties at 662 11th St. and 706 Lorne Ave. as municipal heritage sites. As per a report from the municipal heritage advisory committee, the property at 662 11th St., owned by Keith Michael Maluga and Susan Angele Marie Lauzon, displays an architecture rich in Italianate features and has a history dating back 119 years. The property at 706 Lorne Ave., meanwhile, is owned by Caitlyn Yacucha and is a 2.5-storey home built in 1898 and boasts an impressive array of Queen Anne style building features. The designation of 706 Lorne Ave. also includes a number of the interior features of the building, such as its staircase and veranda door.
• Council received a verbal report from Coun. Jim McCrae (Meadows) on behalf of the personnel committee, which highlighted the recent finalization of a contract with members of the Brandon Police Service. The one-year contract with the Brandon Police Association provides a 4.44 per cent increase for sworn members, effective Jan.1, with a further wage adjustment based on comparator centres as of July 1. With this settlement, non-sworn members will receive a two per cent wage increase. The settlement also contains general language clarification, cleanup of wording and introduces a short-term, retirement incentive package, which provides an enhanced retirement pay-out for individuals who have attained their "Rule of 80" (their age plus their years of service) with the City of Brandon and wish to retire prior to July 16, 2013.
• Council received a verbal report from Coun. Shawn Berry (Linden Lanes) on behalf of the General Museum and Archives Inc. board of directors, of which he was recently appointed chair. Berry reported that the Museum and Archives will be showing a collection from the 26th Field Regiment Museum in the next few months and that the board has just completed a five-year strategic plan on how it wants to move forward in the coming years.
• City council approved the appointment of Coun. Murray Blight (Victoria) to the Brandon and Area Planning District and Coun. Garth Rice (South Centre) to the Keystone Centre board of directors. The changes in board appointments reflect a resignation by Coun. Corey Roberts (Rosser) from the Brandon and Area Planning District board.
• Council granted approval for city administration to begin preparing a bylaw for a secondary plan for Southwest Brandon. The area in question encompasses approximately 150 hectares of land in the newly annexed southwest corner of Brandon. This plan will provide layout development considerations such as land use, road networks, active transportation/pedestrian connections, infrastructure implications, urban design and phasing. It's anticipated the plan could be ready for council consideration in the fall of 2013.
• Council gave final approval to boundary changes for the Linden Lanes and Meadows wards to reflect land annexation in Brandon's southwest corner. With the changes, the north limit of the Linden Lanes ward will return to being the Canadian National Railway (CNR) right-of-way and the east limit returns to being 26th Street. The boundary of the Meadows ward will now extend west of 34th Street into the Waverly subdivision between Park Avenue and the CNR right-of-way to the west limit of the city. To reflect the latter boundary change, the Meadows ward will be renamed as the Meadows-Waverly ward.
• Council approved various amendments to Zoning By-law No. 6642 regarding land use and parking regulations within the Downtown HUB. The changes respect the recently-implemented HUB Secondary Plan by regulating land use and parking within The HUB itself. Among the changes are the provision of a minimum of one off-street parking space for each residential dwelling unit constructed in a new building in the HUB's mixed use zone (but not for an existing buildings) and changes to the HUB bulk and siting requirements.
• Council gave second reading to a bylaw to re-zone the property at 1406 Lorne Ave. from RLD Residential Low Density Multiple Family Zone to RMD Residential Moderate Density Multiple Family Zone to accommodate the owner, Mun-Yeol Lee, constructing an eight unit, two-storey multiple-family dwelling. Third reading of the bylaw is being held in abeyance until a development agreement is in place and pending any further objections.
• Council gave second reading to a by-law to rezone the northern portion of 3000 Richmond Ave. East from DR Development Reserve Zone to MG Industrial General Zone. The owners, Gloria and June Cumming and Janice Bradley, are applying for the re-zoning of the former sand and gravel pit to allow for the construction of a building and yard for Tri-Wave Construction. The proposal would also subdivide the subject parcel to the north of the CNR right-of-way while allowing the gravel pit to the south of the right-of-way to remain with the existing owners. Third reading of the by-law will be held in abeyance pending the execution of a development agreement.
• Council gave final approval to a by-law to amend wording relating to terms of office for members of the Planning Commission to allow a commission member who may come on midterm due to a resignation to apply for a full, three-year term on the commission once their partial term expires.
• Council gave first reading to a by-law to rezone property located at 1660 34th St. from DR Development Reserve Zone to RSF Residential Single Family Zone. The change is being sought by the property's developer, Waverly Developments Ltd., to allow for the development of 34 single family lots.
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HTML5 is booming. One of the main reasons more and more articles about this subject are popping up on the web, is because more and more webbrowsers are supporting it. Even the most feared browser by webdevelopers "Internet Explorer" is making huge progress to make IE9 HTML5 ready. The demo's Microsoft created tell us enough already.
But what exactly is HTML5? This subject is way too big to place into one blog article, but I'm trying to handle several aspects of the subject in several posts. For today, we'll take a look at one of the new features of HTML5 called microdata. I'll explain what it is, and why you should start using it.
I assume you don't want to read any further, if you can't start using this HTML5 microdata right now. Lucky for you, microdata is one of the features that you can start using today already! Browsers that don't (fully) support HTML5 will completely ignore the microdata. For those who completely love SEO: Search engines will absolutely love microdata.
As many people know by now, is that one of the goals of HTML5 is to be semantic (give meaning to the HTML). Consider the following piece of code (many websites these days have similar HTML):
Seems pretty familiar, doesn't it? But take note of the
Since the browser doesn't understand what
That is where HTML5 semantics kick in. Here, we've rewritten the previous HTML to use a couple of new HTML5 elements to give the HTML more meaning:
As you can see, the HTML now has a lot more meaning. Not only your browser will understand these elements, search engines will also know where important data can be found (the
HTML5 has loads of new elements, each created for a specific task (examples are the
We want more!
Cool! We can now give each HTML element a more meaningful name. But there is a problem with the goal of HTML5 to be semantic using elements. What if you are in the need of an element, but it doesn't exist? Take a look at the following examples:
That looks pretty good, doesn't it? But sadly, all these elements described above don't exist. It would be impossible for W3C to create all these kind of very specific elements. But does this mean HTML5 doesn't meet the goal of being fully semantic?
Microdata to the rescue
Now we (finally) get to the point of microdata. In short, microdata allows the user to create "custom" elements (sort of), to give a specific meaning to them. But how can this be achieved?
We will need to create a vocabulary to make this work, and set it up in an object oriented way. Consider the following HTML:
Looks pretty good, doesn't it? But how does "a machine" (your browser, a search engine) know which part of this HTML displays your picture, or tells us your name? For this example, we're going to use the vocabulary called data-vocabulary.org (created by Google). Take note that you can create your own vocabulary, extend it and use it to suite your specific needs. Just make sure you document it, since you want the vocabulary to grow and people to use it.
Since we're going to describe a person, we can make use of the Person microdata. Let's add this to our previous code, and see how the HTML will look like with added microdata:
Whoah, our HTML just exploded! Why would you do that? Take note of the added
Next to the fact you'll be feeling good since your HTML will be perfect HTML5, Google (and other search engines) will award you for your effort. They can now easily scan your HTML (since they now know which parts of the HTML contains a name, an address etc.), and prettyfy the search results. When I enter the HTML described above in the Google Webmasters Rich Snippets tool, it shows an example on how it would look like in the Google Search results:
As you can see, Google extracted the data from the page and displays it in the search results. Looks pretty cool, doesn't it? This valueble information could now lead to people finding your page faster. For example, in the future, a search for ".NET developer" could bring up actual people (if the page used microdata).
Although the goal of HTML5 to be semantic is being achieved using microdata, the only use for it (right now) is to enhance search results (we're helping search engines with microdata). On the other hand, it's pretty easy to implement and people might find your page faster, so why not use it right now?
As for the future, I hope browsers will make smart use of the microdata too. For example, when we have contact info stored on the page using microformat, one press of a button could easily copy this contact directly into our address book, without us having to type anything. Use your imagination to extend the use of microdata even further.
What do you think about this neat HTML feature? Are we becoming "Google slaves", or does it really have great input in the next version of HTML? Feel free to share.
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The arts have benefited enormously under the Labour Government in Britain, so why hasn't it been boasting about it? Alan Riding reports.
After Tony Blair's first election as British prime minister, in 1997, show business celebrities cheerfully clinked glasses with him at 10 Downing Street to celebrate the arrival of "Cool Britannia" and, with it, a golden age for the arts in Britain.
Now, eight years later, as Blair confidently awaits re-election to a third term, on Thursday, star power is nowhere to be seen. Indeed, while support for the arts is included in the platforms of the three main parties, culture has barely earned a mention in day-to-day campaigning.
The opposition Conservative Party's silence is unsurprising: after an 18-year stretch in office from 1979, it left Britain's cultural institutions - museums, theatres, orchestras, the movie industry - in shambles.
In contrast, Blair's Labour Government has presided over something of a cultural renaissance. Much of the country's cultural infrastructure has been renovated; museums are crowded with visitors; contemporary art has never been more popular; and opera and theatre are flourishing. It could be argued that Britain's arts scene is healthier than at any time since the 1960s.
So why is this not being trumpeted as a reason to re-elect Labour?
"There's a deeply rooted anti-artist and anti-intellectual tradition in Britain," said Stephen Daldry, the theatre and movie director. "The Labour Party has never benefited from aligning itself with artists."
In truth, since Blair backed the US-led invasion of Iraq, artists have not been too keen to align themselves with Labour, either. But playwright Harold Pinter is one of the few to have denounced Blair publicly. It is more striking that politicians apparently see nothing to be gained from embracing the arts. And that includes the Labour high command.
"Having flirted with (British rock bands) Blur and Oasis in 1998, Blair's spin-pot dictators decided that the arts were unmentionable," Tom Morris, associate director at the National Theatre, wrote in The Observer in December.
"How many taxpayers know that the arts budget has been doubled by the present government? Stop some and ask. I did. The answer is none."
In this sense, Britain is different from, say, France, Germany and Italy, where support for the arts is viewed as a fundamental part of the government's mandate.
In France, while artists and performers tend to be on the left, the centre-right president, Jacques Chirac, never misses a chance to woo them. And as in other mainland European countries, the opinions of intellectuals and artists in France carry real weight: they, too, are political players.
Even in the US, where the Federal Government gives less to the arts than many medium-size European cities do, politicians and glitterati are happy to join forces when their politics coincide. Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand like to sing for the Democrats; Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Clint Eastwood went further, using their screen fame to win election as Republicans. And the American public, it seems, finds nothing amiss.
But in Britain, celebrities have no easy way into politics, and politicians prefer to keep artists at a distance.
As a party of the masses with intellectual roots, Labour's position is particularly ambivalent. Perhaps because it has moved to the right under Blair, it is now wary of being accused of catering to the elite by the tabloids.
So, even while noting that arts subsidies have risen by 73 per cent in eight years, the Government often sounds apologetic, preferring to stress the collateral benefits: creative industries that employ 1.9 million people and lift the economy; cultural activities that bind communities and reduce juvenile crime; new arts centres that help to regenerate rundown industrial cities.
This "social engineering" approach has at least given the Tories some ammunition. Their election manifesto takes a swipe at "too much government interference in culture" and "politically correct grant awards". It pledges: "We will free cultural funding from the constraints of short-term social policy considerations. We will cut bureaucracy and provide value for money."
What they really mean, however, is "value for less money", because the Tories have also promised across-the-board cuts, including some $500 million from the Culture Department's budget. They evidently hope to please voters who consider arts subsidies to be a kind of welfare system for long-haired layabouts.
But, in cultural circles, the Tories have done little more than revive memories of the bad old days.
"It was a terrifying time for the arts," Victoria Todd, director of the independent National Campaign for the Arts, said of Margaret Thatcher's 11 years as prime minister, which ended in 1990.
"The national lottery in 1994 helped a bit, but it did not reverse the devastation. Then Labour came along and it channelled huge quantities of cash into the arts."
With polls pointing to another Labour victory, Britain's artists, performers and cultural administrators are hoping for more of the same, "more" being the operative word. Last year, there were protests when the Government froze arts subsidies for three years. But elections are good occasions for taking stock, and here Labour's record stands up well.
The national lottery has helped, channelling $4.5 billion in profits into restoring, expanding and building cultural institutions. Regional theatre, decimated in the Thatcher years, has recovered. Several orchestras threatened with closing in the early 1990s are again secure. But this is not the stuff of electoral debate.
Party leaders may consider themselves practitioners of the art of politics, but British culture and politics still speak different languages. Even, it seems, when the Government has something to boast about.
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End Stage Liver Disease and Body Composition Assessment: Utilizing Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA)
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The purpose of this research study is to see how effective bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) is in determining body composition (the amount of fat versus muscle in the body) and nutritional status in patients with End Stage Liver Disease (ESLD)
|End Stage Liver Disease
|Device: Bodystat Quadscan 4000 Device: bodystat quadscan 400
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Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|End Stage Liver Disease and Body Composition Assessment: Utilizing Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA)
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Efficacy and utility of BIA in determining body composition and nutritional status using multi-frequency machines in patients with ESLD and ascites requiring LVP. [ Time Frame: Before and after large volume paracentesis ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Quantify the difference in BIA pre and post LVP to evaluate the impact of oncotic pressure in the assessment of total body composition. [ Time Frame: Before and after large volume paracentis ]
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Device: Bodystat Quadscan 4000
device determining body composition and nutritional statusDevice: bodystat quadscan 400
device determining body composition and nutritional status
The aim of this study is to report the validity of mBIA to determine body composition changes pre and post LVP (Large Volume Paracentesis)
- 18 years of age or older
- Cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites requiring LVP (a treatment to remove large volumes of excess fluid from the abdominal cavity)
- End Stage Liver Disease
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with ESLD requiring LVP.
- Age over 18.
- Ability to provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Organ retransplant candidates.
- Patient with use of any investigational agent within 30 days before LVP.
- Pregnant or lactating.
- Patients with non-bioprosthetic heart valves pacemakers, defibrillators, artificial joints, pins, plates, or other types of metal objects in the body.
- Amputations other than fingers or toes.
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First and foremost, allow me to commend you on your entrepreneurial spirit and your initiative to get your album out in the world. I appreciate that you have created art and are exploring distribution models that don't rely on major record labels, because you and I both know that they would screw you in the end. That didn't sound right.
That said, I am not comfortable with your sales strategy. You loiter in the sidewalk bottleneck and hold out your CD directly in the path I am traversing. Not only is this a violation of my personal space, but it often disrupts the walking conversations I am having with my friends and co-workers. I don't appreciate this, nor do my peers. You might be better off standing to the side, or hanging out by the guy drumming on pots and pans.
Next, your sales pitch is "CHECK ME OUT". Even though I'm an open minded gentleman and I appreciate a good looking person, male or female, I like to check people out on my own terms. I'll assume checking you out means listening to your CD, which brings me to my next point.
If I did stop and express interest, you would slap your headphones on my ears and play your music. I know this because I've seen you do it. I am not familiar with hair diseases transferrable via headphones, nor do I want to be.
I have watched you try and sell your album from my office window for several months now. I have seen you sell one CD. One. ONE. I'm not a statistician, but I'm pretty sure your closing percentage is dismal. You are determined and strong-willed, which is admirable, but maybe a weekly sales review would illuminate some holes in your current strategy.
Finally, if you are a good hip hop artist (which I will be the judge of) get a mic and a little amp and show me what you got. If your stuff sounds good, I would love to support you as a local up-and-coming artist. If not, no harm done, you will have become better at what you do by performing.
Assuming you take my advice, I may grab the mic and 8-mile you in front of your homies. What's up now bitch?!


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Statement by H.E. Mr. Alh Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, Minister of State for Information and Communications
Mr. Chairman, May I On behalf of the Delegation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, congratulate you on your well deserved appointment as Chairman of the 2009 World Telecommunication Policy Forum. I pledge the full support and cooperation of my delegation as you pilot the affairs of this forum.
I would also like to pay my compliments to, Dr. Hamadoun Toure, the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and his staff for the excellent arrangements made for this Conference. We are also appreciative of the support and facilities the Government of the Republic of Portugal has given to the ITU as well as its contributions to the global ICT development.
Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, I would like to avail myself of this opportunity to share with this August body, the significant progress made by Nigeria in the ICT industry. Nigeria's achievements that have been acknowledged globally within the industry include:
Nigeria, as a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recognizes the importance of an efficient, dynamic and vibrant Union where all member states could take full advantage of the opportunities available in all affairs of the Union.
Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, I would like to assure you that Nigeria is committed to ensuring that this Union continues to play prominent role in promoting and facilitating wider accessibility to ICT in Africa and around the world.
I thank you for your attention and wish you a successful Conference.


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Bosses value workers who stay on their toes. Yet, even in a clerical setting, those 10 little digits may suffer accidental injury or succumb over time to metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.
Here are seven ways to help your employees protect their feet.
1. Encourage employees to see a doctor as soon as they complain of foot pain. Early symptoms can often be treated conservatively, says Dr. Heidi Stephens, a foot and ankle surgeon in Tampa, Fla.
2. Provide lockers for employees who stand for extended amounts of time. A change of shoes can relieve pressure in a given spot. Standing for extended periods can also cause feet to swell by as much as 10 percent, so encourage workers who stand a lot to sit down and prop up their feet during breaks. If one of your employees complains of chronic swelling in the legs or feet, advise them to a visit to a doctor. Prolonged swelling may be an early indicator of a serious problem, such as blood clots or an infection.
3. Encourage seasonally appropriate footwear. Let employees know that you endorse warm, safe winter shoes over more fashionable footwear. One slip on a wet or icy surface may cause serious injury. Expectant mothers are at particular risk because pregnancy hormones may cause feet to swell and their ligaments to stretch, affecting balance and agility. The progression of the pregnancy also shifts the center of gravity, making a woman more vulnerable to falling.
4. Conduct a workplace hazard assessment to identify and prevent potential accidents that may cause injuries. Adhere to U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations on safety footwear. According to OSHA's website, "an effective safety and health program can save $4 to $6 for every $1 invested."
5. Offer free screenings for diabetes, which is the #1 cause of foot amputations nationwide, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sweeten the invitation with a gift certificate for a complimentary foot massage.
6. Protect workers from accidental amputations of toes or feet. OSHA requires employers to provide foot protection whenever there is an exposure to the risk of an object puncturing the sole of a shoe or falling onto a worker's foot. For example, it's likely that a restaurant chef will, at some point, drop a sharp knife. Without sturdy, closed-toe shoes, kitchen staff risk serious injury and potential lifelong disability. Thus, it pays to obey the law.
7. Prevent "I can help" hazards. When an employee or a well-meaning customer offers to move, say, office furniture or another large item, just say no. Do not allow anyone on the premises to move heavy or hazardous objects unless the person has been trained and equipped to do so safely.
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During the Pioneer period Period the Hohokam lived in villages composed of widely scattered, individually built structures of wood, brush, and clay, each built over a shallow pit. They depended on the cultivation of corn (maize), supplemented by the gathering of wild beans and fruits and some hunting. Although floodwater irrigation may have been practiced earlier, it was during this period that the first irrigation canal was built—a three3-mile (5-long km) channel in the Gila River Valley valley that directed river water to the fields. The Hohokam's development of complex canal networks in the following millennium to come was unsurpassed in pre-Columbian North America; this agricultural engineering was one of their greatest achievements. During this early period the Pioneer Period they also developed several varieties of pottery. They seem also to have had elaborate epic poems.
During the subsequent Colonial Period, Hohokam culture expanded during the next period, the Colonial, to influence all of what is now the southern half of Arizona. Villages of pit houses, little changed from before, continued as the norm, but ball courts, Village architecture changed little, except for the addition of ball courts similar to those of the Maya, were introduced. Cotton was added to corn as a major crop, and irrigation canals proliferated; by AD 700 canals had become the Hohokam began to make canals narrower and deeper in order to cut down minimize water loss through ground absorption and evaporation. Pottery was improved, becoming thinner and stronger, and styles were borrowed from neighbouring peoples.
The Hohokam area of occupation contracted somewhat reached its maximum geographic extent during the Sedentary period, but villages still consisted of unplanned Period. Villages continued to consist of collections of pit houses, only which had become slightly better reinforced; occasionally villages were walled-reinforced. During this period a few villages were surrounded by walls, and platform mounds made their first appearance. Corn and cotton were cultivated with ever more extensive irrigation systems. A major technological achievement was the casting of copper bells in wax molds.
The Classic period Period of Hohokam culture is notable for the peaceful intrusion of the Salado Indianstribe, a branch of the Anasazi culture (q. v.). They came from the upper reaches of the Salt River, lived in Hohokam territory for several decades, then withdrew and disappeared. The principal effect of the their presence of this Pueblo people is revealed in the advent of Pueblo architecture in Hohokam territory. Great multiple-storied community houses with massive walls of adobe began to be built, along with the older, flimsier more easily constructed pit houses. Beans and squash were added to the staple of corn, ; some houses were also built on top of platform mounds. The art of basketry was added to that of pottery, bean and squash production was added to that of corn, and subsistence agriculture continued to be supplemented by game and wild seeds and roots. Irrigation canal networks plant foods. Networks of irrigation canals reached their greatest extent and complexity in the 14th century; in the Salt River Valley there were during this period: some of the more than 150 miles (240 km) of canals . (Some renovated canals were in the Salt River valley were renovated and put back into use in the 20th century.)
The art of basketry was added to pottery.For unknown reasons the Hohokam culture disintegrated during the early 15th century. (The term Hohokam is said to be Pima for Those Who Have Vanished.) The later known Hohokam people abandoned most of their settlements during the period between 1350 and 1450. It is thought that the Great Drought (1276–99), combined with a subsequent period of sparse and unpredictable rainfall that persisted until approximately 1450, contributed to this process. The later occupants of the area, the Pima and Tohono O'odam (Papago), are probably thought to be the direct descendants of the Hohokam Indianspeople.


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The federal government's proposed increase in withholding tax on foreign investors in Australian managed funds will have a "profound adverse impact" on the economy without raising the expected revenue, according to a new report.
Allen Consulting Group prepared the report – Small Change Big Impact – for the Property Council.
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The chief executive of the Property Council,
Allen Consulting found the savings expected by Treasury would come "at a relatively high cost".
"This is an inefficient means of generating budget savings," Allen Consulting concluded.
The proposal, unveiled on budget night, aims to rewind the previous Labor government cut to withholding tax by increasing the rate from 7.5 per cent to 15 per cent.
Treasury forecast that the change would deliver an extra $75 million in tax revenue in 2015-16.
Treasury appears to have assumed that the foreign inflow into property and infrastructure through Australian managed funds would remain at the current high levels despite the increase in tax.
Allen Consulting has assumed, based on widespread studies, that foreign investment will drop.
"Foreign investment is very responsive to changes in tax rates," Allen Consulting noted.
"A 1 per cent increase in the tax rate applicable to foreign investment reduces the level of investment activity by more than 3 per cent."
The Property Council and Financial Services Council claim to have evidence that more than $1 billion of international capital formerly earmarked for Australian property, construction and infrastructure, has been lost or frozen since the budget.
By 2015-16, assuming a $1 billion drop in investment and a fall in company tax and the GST, the net tax revenue will be only $35 million.
"Due to the second-round impacts of the tax, revenue collections will not be as large as foreshadowed ... due to the decline in economic activity driving reductions in a range of other taxes," Allen Consulting wrote.
Treasury has not released any modelling of the impact of the tax on the broader economy.
Allen Consulting said the loss of $1 billion in annual investment would have a "profound adverse impact on Australia's economic performance".
By 2015-16, the increased tax on investment in new construction and infrastructure would cut GDP by $580 million and cost more than 4600 jobs a year.
Mr Verwer said the analysis showed that the doubling of the withholding tax would "backfire".
"We urge parliamentarians to reject a higher withholding tax on the basis that the advice provided to them by Treasury is both inadequate and flawed," he said. "The only rational response to this analysis is to cancel the withholding tax increase and publicly recommit to a national goal to develop Australia into the region's funds management hub."
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"We are at the coal face of foreign investment. They are shaking their heads because Australia has been a secure place to invest," Mr Harrison said. "This is a sign that the capital is not wanted."
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An Essex-based student is celebrating his extraordinary achievement of securing entry to Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, at the age 17, having received his offer of entry whilst still 16 years old.
Ahsan "Ruhi" Raza Choudhury has achieved 4A* at A-Level in Math (at age 14), Further Math (at 16), Physics and Chemistry and an A grade in AS-Level Computing , a self-taught subject not offered at Harris Academy Chafford Hundred .
He will read Computer Science with Math at Cambridge, hoping to complete the full four years of the course leading to an Undergraduate Masters of Engineering.
His latest results are a continuation of his remarkable GCSE results. In 2009 The Muslim News reported how the then 12 year-old Ruhi dropped just a single mark and topped school his school when he attained an A* in Math. Three years later he secured an A* in Physics and Chemistry at 15.
In total Ruhi has amassed 7A* in Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, English Literature, History and Award in Digital Applications and four As in Applied Business, Sociology, English Language and German.
Speaking to The Muslim News Ruhi said, "Getting these results were a relief. No matter how well or how badly we feel we may have done at exams, it is extremely difficult to predict what the results will be. Now I am looking forward to, with equal measures of apprehension and excitement, my years at University. I hope to continue to work hard, maintain my devotion to my faith and achieve the best that I can, insha Allah. "
On his future career plans, Ruhi says, "Computer science is a fundamental component of modern life. I wish to play a key role in this continued progression. I am determined to contribute to shaping a modern and evolving society. I see myself working within a cutting edge research and development environment. I would hope to be at the forefront of innovation within the field. "
Ruhi is amongst the ever-increasing group of young Bangladeshis who are proving that they are an emerging group, dispelling the tag of under-achievers.
Ruhi has had excellent support from his school.
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Principal, Nicola Graham, paid tribute to his help to others: "Teaching others is something which has given Ruhi immense satisfaction; indeed he has supported students at 'A' Level who are his seniors at school. This is testament to his compassionate and thoughtful nature and ability to integrate with students from a variety of age groups."


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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- These five industrial stocks are getting ready to raise dividends – they just don't know it yet.
Industrials have been getting a bad rap lately, as investors ramp up their anxiety over Europe and expect the worst from industrial production. But that extreme negative sentiment may be overdoing it a bit. While it's true that industrials have to deal with cyclical businesses, it's important to remember that industrial firms are still churning out record revenues right now. And when price and value don't match up, heftier dividend payouts are the best way for management to reward shareholders.
All in, industrials tend to get a bad rap from retail investors. After all, industrial manufacturing isn't as exciting as the next tech breakthrough or some hot consumer product. Even so, investors shouldn't eschew the boring stocks in 2012. I can name more than a few times when buying boring turned out to be a good move, especially when sentiment was pointed the other way.
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That's why we're searching out a handful of industrial names that I think are set to hike their dividend payouts in the next quarter.
For our purposes, our "crystal ball" is composed of a few factors: namely a solid balance sheet, a low payout ratio and a history of dividend hikes. While those items don't guarantee dividend announcements in the next month or two, they do dramatically increase the odds that management will hike their cash payouts, especially as investors start to get antsy about stock performance in 2012.
In other words, fundamentally solid companies realize that they need to hike returns for shareholders if they want to keep demand for their stock high. And studies show that, historically, a dividend-centric strategy from management means much bigger returns for your portfolio.
Without further ado, here's a look at five industrial stocks that could be about to increase their dividend payments in the next quarter.
United Technologies
Industrial conglomerate United Technologies (UTX) manufactures a strong portfolio of construction, aviation, and security products, ranging from Carrier air conditioners to Sikorsky helicopters. UTX's diversification, particularly the inclusion of more recession resistant businesses in its model, is a big plus for investors who want exposure to industrials without the full-blown cyclical swings.
Currently, UTX pays out a quarterly 48-cent dividend. That's a 2.6% yield at current price levels.
It's important to remember that UTX's businesses aren't just focused around product sales; they also generate massive aftermarket sales for parts and consumable products that provide large recurring revenues year after year. Those revenues are sticky too. Since the elevators and jet engines that UTX makes are big ticket items, it's not as if a customer can just replace the unit rather than buy replacement parts from United.
United Technologies, like many other industrials, operates in a capital-intense set of businesses. The manufacturing machinery that powers its factories are extremely expensive -- and so are the acquisitions that UTX has made in recent years. Still, the firm's balance sheet is still in reasonable shape, and dividends should keep flowing for the foreseeable future thanks to strong cash flow generation.
Investors should be watching for a dividend hike in the next quarter. UTX can afford it.
As of the most recently reported quarter, United Technologies was one of Third Poitn's holdings. It also shows up on a list of 6 Companies That May Profit From Increased Gun Exports.
Illinois Tool Works
You can't get much more diversification than at industrial equipment manufacturer Illinois Tool Works (ITW). The $27 billion firm has more than 800 individual units in 58 countries, spanning everything from food and beverage equipment to auto parts to commercial construction. Those 800 units are given enough rope to hang themselves -- and that management approach has helped generate double-digit earnings growth and net margins consistently year over year.
That decentralized management approach also ensures that individual units aren't bogged down by a central management team that's overwhelmed with decision-making. Acquisitions have been a critical part of ITW's growth strategy -- and part of the reason why it has such a massive number of individual units under the corporate umbrella.
Despite the acquisition appetite at ITW, the majority of the buys are smaller in size, and as a result, the firm's balance sheet is in solid shape. More significantly for dividend-seekers, ITW consistently generates huge cash flows. While some of that cash is allotted to acquisition targets, much of it is also spent on dividend payouts.
ITW currently pays out a 36-cent quarterly dividend, giving the firm a 2.56% yield. I'm anticipating that payout to climb in the next quarter.
ITW is one of the top holdings at Steven Cohen's SAC Capital as of the most recently reported quarter.
2012 has been a stellar year for shareholders at Ingersoll-Rand (IR): Shares of the $12 billion industrial name have rallied more than 25% since the first trading day of January. And those returns are piled onto thanks to a 16-cent quarterly dividend payout that puts IR's yield at a modest 1.6%.
While this firm's yield doesn't qualify it as a core income holding, industrial investors shouldn't ignore the momentum that IR is enjoying right now -- or the potential for that yield to rise thanks to dividend hikes.
Ingersoll-Rand manufactures a large number of well-known brands, ranging from Club Car golf carts to Schlage locks to Trane air conditioners. Like other industrial names, the aftermarket is big business for IR. The firm only generates around a quarter of sales from new equipment; the rest of its business comes from replacements and parts, operations that have substantially lower costs since customer acquisition is effectively free.
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Hefty construction exposure heading into the recession of 2008 was an eye opener for management (as was the case at many industrials), and IR exited the crisis in much better financial shape than it entered it in. Cash flows have been strong in the last few years, and a relatively trim balance sheet leaves plenty of room for another dividend hike in 2012.
Cummins (CMI) manufactures diesel, hybrid, and natural gas engines, primarily for heavy trucks. The firm is a completely integrated heavy engine maker, building everything from the turbochargers to the power units and filtration systems used on its engines. That wider product net means lower costs for the engines that come out of CMI's factories and more selling opportunities outside of the OEM market.
It may seem surprising, but Cummins has been early to embrace the green movement, building itself up to become the biggest maker of natural gas-powered engines in the world. That's not just some sort of green lip service; in many cases, natural gas provides major economic benefits for truck operators, especially given the sustained low natgas prices that we've seen in the last couple of years.
The consumer business is also big for Cummins. Today, you can buy a Dodge Ram equipped with a Cummins turbo diesel engine -- an option that 80% of eligible Ram buyers opt for, largely because of the Cummins reputation as a serious truck engine. Engines for consumer trucks contribute around 10% of CMI's revenues right now, a major piece of CMI's business.
The firm yields only 1.65% at present, but investors should expect CMI's 40-cent quarterly payout to increase in the next quarter; we'll see if I'm right when the firm announces second-quarter earnings on July 31.
Cummins shows up on a list of 6 Stocks to Benefit From Truckers' Switch to Natural Gas.
Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation (ROK) manufactures tools and controls used to increase efficiency at factories. Fittingly, the firm has been reducing its exposure to U.S. manufacturing in recent years, taking advantage of massive manufacturing expansion overseas to retool new factories in Europe and emerging markets. That widened geographic footprint should help to reduce economic swings in ROK's revenues.
Those swings should also be reduced thanks to changes in ROK's business. Because Rockwell's focus is on reducing costs for customers, it has an easier sale than other firms that are trying to tack less palpable products onto factory floors. If Rockwell can justify the cost savings of its automation equipment, it should get the same -- now that management has sold off the more cyclical power systems business, that consistency should be more apparent on its income statement.
Rockwell has a long track record of returning free cash to shareholders; in the last few years, it's averaged sending around half of all the cash it generates back to its owners. With profits eclipsing pre-recession highs, that's good evidence for a hike to ROK's 43-cent quarterly payout.
To see these dividend plays in action, check out the Industrial Dividend Hikes portfolio on Stockpickr.
And if you haven't already done so, join Stockpickr today to create your own dividend portfolio.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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At the time of publication, author had no positions in stocks mentioned.
Jonas Elmerraji, based out of Baltimore, is the editor and portfolio manager of the Rhino Stock Report, a free investment advisory that returned 15% in 2008. He is a contributor to numerous financial outlets, including Forbes and Investopedia, and has been featured in Investor's Business Daily, in Consumer's Digest and on MSNBC.com.


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One recent dining trend around town that's most welcome is the spate of new restaurants offering vegetarian and vegan fare that's creative: Tree House is one such eatery, which opened last year in the South Grand neighborhood.
Tree House has an interior that's light and airy, thanks to the tall ceilings and minimal décor; not to mention the plethora of windows, which provide some fine South Grand people-watching opportunities.
There's a solid list of of original cocktails at Tree House, and during our visit we tried out a couple: the Tree House Almond Milk Punch ($7) and The Roots ($8). Of the two, the milk punch stood out. It was a subtly sweet concoction consisting of white rum, almond milk, cardamom and passion fruit. We chose The Roots as it's based on aquavit, one of our favorite spirits that's often overlooked on local drink menus. However, the pepperiness of the aquavit, along with the smooth sweetness of the Big O ginger liqueur that's part of the mix, was completely overwhelmed by the beet syrup and the vegetal bitterness of the Italian amaro Cynar also used in the drink.
The Tree House food menu runs the gamut of influences, from Asian to Latin to American and then some. The takes on south-of-the-border cuisine were the most successful. Both the Chile Relleno ($8) and the Chorizo Tamale ($11) were delicious plant-based versions of these favorites. The tamale came with a complex black-bean mole that nicely complemented the tender corn fritter and the tart pickled cabbage slaw alongside. The chile relleno is based around a perfectly cooked poblano chile, coated in Panko bread crumbs and topped with plenty of melty chihuahua cheese and some salsa sofrito, a sweet and spicy pepper sauce.
Less successful were the Asian- and American-based creations we tasted. The Raw Noodle Bowl ($11), was chock-full of mung bean noodles and raw veggies and came with a choice of three sauces: coconut red curry, Kafir lime peanut or sweet chili vinaigrette. We opted for the coconut red curry, but found it lacking in spice and overall flavor. The Tree House Sliders ($6) were filled with mushrooms--always a good thing--but the delicious fungi were sandwiched between tiny pieces of toast, which crumbled and fell apart as soon as we attempted to eat them. Plain ol' bread would've been a better choice.
Service was hit-or-miss during our visit. While the dining room was only partially filled, it took an inordinately long time for our orders to be taken and for drinks to make it to the table, though our server was pleasant and apologetic for the wait on both counts.
With a little tightening up, Tree House definitely has the potential to be a player in the vibrant and varied culinary scene on South Grand and the city at large.
-- 3177 South Grand Blvd., 696-2100, treehousestl.com


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The six-time Grammy-winner will take over as the headliner at the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip in August, replacing longtime crooner Wayne Newton whose run wraps up July 1.
The sultry R&B singer opens Aug. 3, performing six nights a week through March 2007 in a full-scale musical production called "Toni Braxton: Revealed."
"This is a show where I'm going to reveal myself to my fans, because a lot of things don't know about me," Braxton, 37, told The Associated Press.
"It's going to be sexy," she said. "It's going to be intimate."
The production will take fans through her musical career beginning in 1992 to the present and feature a high-energy fashion show likely with clothes from designer Dolce & Gabbana, she said.
"I'm not a Britney Spears or a Janet Jackson, but I have a little rhythm."
It was not clear what would happen to Newton, 64, who started a limited run at the Flamingo in November that was extended several times. Newton's publicist could not immediately be reached for comment.
Flamingo president Don Marrandino said he expected Braxton's half-year stay to rejuvenate the property, built in 1946, and fill the near 800-seat venue.
"At the Flamingo we're really going to focus on hippin' the place up," he said. "When the opportunity presented itself that Toni Braxton was looking to do a Vegas date, we put the full-court press on and had to make it happen."
In March, Braxton embarked on her first tour in a decade to promote her April 2005 album "Libra," which climbed as high as No. 2 on Billboard magazine's Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums. The tour wraps up July 3 in Houston at the Essence Music Festival.
Last month, Braxton celebrated the fifth anniversary of her marriage to Keri Lewis, a former member of the R&B group Mint Condition. The couple have two children, sons, Denim, 4, and, Diezel, 3. The family plans to live in a house off the Strip, she said.
"That's what's great for me as a mom. No tour buses. I'm in one spot and I'm in Vegas, one of the best spots in the world," Braxton said.
Braxton is best known for such hits as "Breathe Again," "You're Makin' Me High" and "Love Shoulda Brought You Home." She has starred on Broadway in "Aida" and "Beauty and the Beast."
She also drew gasps with the sideless dress she wore to the 2001 Grammys, which some described as a white scarf.
Braxton had to sell off her Grammy and Soul Train awards to pay creditors after filing for bankruptcy in January 1998 in a legal dispute with LaFace Records.
She bought them back and more when her career got back on track a year later with a new $20 million recording contract with LaFace.


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I have been blessed with so many things that I cherish...family, friends, career. My life is without so little, and I want to find my number one...the person who I can share all my experiences with. Having grown up an Angelino, I find myself discovering new aspects of this wonderful place every day. An awesome date for me would be experiencing something new together....an adventure, with new restaurants, new places, new people...filled with conversation and getting to know one another.
I would want someone who shares a similar mantra of living life fully. A person who can enjoy the adventures life has to offer, and a person who looks for the positive in any situation. I love to laugh and hope that whomever I date has the sense of humor that will facilitate as much laughter as possible...for the both of us.
I love Nature and the outdoors. I find exercise therapeutic, especially when running marathons or half marathons, strenuous hikes and long bike rides.
I meet a great guy on here before who turned out to be an amazing person and a very special person in my life, we've became good friends now. Always open for friendship, ;-)


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I have been tasked with the job of updating our company Intranet to make it more engaging and look more up to date.
On Intranet is built using sharepoint 2010 Foundation which is the free one as far as I know. he is a page on all of the version and there functions. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Editions-Comparison.aspx
The only complex thing I need to do is get a carousel on some page so I can reduce the amount of info in the by using the revolving carousel.
I just need to know if i can do the above things.
Many thanks
Sharepoint is something I'm starting to get into, but I haven't spent a whole lot of time with. I probably shouldn't even be replying simply because I'm pretty ignorant of the platform, but I do know you can develop add-ins and load them into Sharepoint. So I would think yes, you could add a carousel, but I have no idea to what extent.


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Nobody, it seems, wants to miss out on the African growth story (as many telecoms did in the 1990s). Another rallying cry was issued on Tuesday by ICANN – the body that regulates the naming system for websites – calling for a rapid expansion of domain registrars, and pushing ahead with six new offices on the continent.
"We're coming to you" – that was the message of ICANN president Fadi Chehadé. And Africa might ask: "What took you so long?"


text: Hank finds himself stuck with the unpleasant task of reading Tyler's screenplay. Unfortunately for Hank, Tyler's hiding some talent under that head of hair. Even more unfortunate is the fact that the screenplay references Becca. Charlie and Lizzie's quadrilateral with Stu and Marcy heats up, but when MarStu's bedroom games hit too close to home for Charlie, it may be off to therapy for the four of them.


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After a terrible week for celebrity comfort chef Paula Deen, her family has decided to come to her defense. Allegations of racism against Deen have resulted in her dismissal from the Food Network and other lost opportunities, but her sons say that their mother is no racist.
On Tuesday, Deen's sons said that the allegations of racism against her are false and represent clear "character assassination."
"Neither one of our parents ever taught us to be bigoted toward any other person for any reason," Bobby Deen told CNN.
"Our mother is one of the most compassionate, good-hearted, empathetic people that you'd ever meet," he added. "These accusations are very hurtful to her, and it's very sad."
Deen's sons, celebrity chefs in their own right, have joined untold scores of Paula Deen fans who have most recently overwhelmed Food Network's Facebook page with angry messages, demanding that the Southern belle be offered her job back.
"I'm disgusted by the entire thing, because it began as extortion and it has become character assassination," Bobby Deen continued.
Jamie Deen added that the allegations are "ridiculous," and that it's "completely absurd to think there is an environment of racism in our business, and it's really disrespectful to the people that we work with. We have strong, educated men and women of character that have been with us for five, 10, 15, 20 years. To think they would allow themselves to be in this position is simply baloney. It's ridiculous."
Jamie Deen also said that his parents taught him the story of baseball player Hank Aaron as a child, illustrating that "the challenges (Aaron) had to overcome because of his color was unacceptable."
Will Paula Deen's Reputation Recover?
Though many have come to her defense in recent days, some are asking whether Paula Deen will survive the silver bullet that racist allegations cast over a career, especially an already-controversial one in the public eye.
Fox News reports that in addition to Food Network and Smithfield bailing on the Paula Deen brand, QVC, Wal-Mart, JC Penney, Random House, Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment Corporation and many more are all on the fence, with some calling it just a matter of time before they call it quits on their relationship with Deen.
"Paula Deen is finished as a bankable personality. It doesn't appear that anyone will stand behind her now. Her video apologies seemed stage and were unpersuasive. There is nothing more she likely can do in terms of salvaging her career," said crisis communications expert Gene Grabowski of Levick Strategic Communications.
"Most important of all, there are plenty of other younger and more attractive personalities among chefs and foodies that the cable networks can find, cultivate, and promote to take her place."
But publicist Glenn Selig says not to dismiss Deen just yet, and that the apparent scandal still hasn't played itself out.
"Her biggest problem in the short-term will be with retailers, e-tailers and anyone else who has a business venture with her. They will feel the pressure to drop her. But I think it's a good idea for companies in business with Paula to wait and see how this plays out. We don't fully know what we did and how bad it is and how the public will come down on this," he said.
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INDIA'S economic growth slumped to its worst result in nearly three years, and its seventh consecutive quarterly slowdown, expanding by just 6.1 per cent in the December quarter.
The growth rate, hurt by high interest rates and rising costs driven by inflation, was well below market expectations and provides a gloomy backdrop for a central bank meeting, and the release of the federal budget, both due in a fortnight.
Manufacturing bombed, falling to just 0.4 per cent growth, compared with 7.8 per cent for the same quarter last year. Farming, too, fell dramatically. It grew just 2.7 per cent, against 11 per cent in the corresponding quarter last year.
India's growth for the 2011-12 financial year (which finishes on March 31) was originally predicted to be 9 per cent.
But a series of rate increases, a never-ending slew of corruption scandals and several big government policy failures have seen that figure steadily revised downwards since, to 6.9 per cent.
Many analysts now believe even that figure may be beyond India's slackening economy.
''GDP growth is likely to dip below 6 per cent before lower interest rates and a global recovery lift growth through the second half,'' Moody's Analytics said in a note following the figures' release.
Rupa Rege-Nitsure, chief economist with the Bank of Baroda in Mumbai, said the situation could weaken, rather than improve, in coming months.
''Today's data is dismal, and the full year's growth at 6.9 per cent looks difficult. The country has started attracting more headwinds in the form of gyration in crude oil prices. So we should be prepared for worse numbers. It puts all the more responsibility on this year's budget to act on sorting out the policy logjam and revive investment sentiment.''
Trade between Australia and India totalled $21 billion in 2010-11 and India was Australia's fourth-largest export market in the same year. The trade relationship is dominated by the export of Australian coal and gold. Indian companies have recently invested in a few large coal projects in Queensland.
The government in Delhi will face pressure to announce economic reforms in its budget, but massive deficits give it little room in which to move. In particular, billions of dollars committed to fuel and food subsidies for India's poor mean there is little money available for stimulus.
Previous government attempts at large-scale reform have not been successful. Efforts to change laws on foreign investment in multi-brand retail, allowing global supermarket chains such as Tesco and Walmart into the Indian market, foundered in the face of political opposition, and attempts to stem corruption and the black money economy remain a work in progress.
Through the flow of grim news, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is maintaining a stiff upper lip, promising India's economy has turned a corner. ''There is a cumulative effect on the country's economy due to various factors but the worst state is over and it is possible for us to overcome the crisis,'' he said.
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My husband's sister ties the knot later this year and I've found
some pretty adorable ideas on Pinterest to choose from. I sure hope
she doesn't read this (or at least remember them a few months from
now.) Shower gifts are a great way to connect creativity with the
bride's registry list. With wedding season arriving this month,
here are some great ideas to customize your gift-giving.
Kitchen Cake
Made out of kitchen towels and your favorite cooking gadgets,
this "cake" is sure to be a hit.
Can of Dates
A bit untraditional, this can will be sure to keep the bride
& groom's romance alive. (At least for the first year). To
personalize, include a gift card to their favorite restaurant or
where they went on their first date.
Unique Cupcake Liner
Something displayed like this adorable cupcake holder would pair
perfectly with cups, bowls, and measuring tools.
Customized Name Blocks
These last name blocks with anniversary year are perfect for
newlyweds and if you aren't feeling creative, you can find some
talented artists to create the perfect gift for you.
Creative Birthday Calendar
Again, something that requires a bit of skill, but the finished
product is beautiful.
Make-Ahead Meals
A recent trend is to bless the happy couple with meals for the
first few weeks after the honeymoon. This pin offers some great
ideas for make-ahead meals (that may work for when the baby
carriage arrives also.)
The most important thing to remember for shower gifts is to give
from the heart and really try to capture the essence of the couple.
Marrying creativity with the desired wish list is sure to make for
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by Staff Writers
Paris (AFP) Feb 27, 2014
Publisher of science journals Springer said Thursday it would scrap 16 papers from its archives after they were revealed to be computer-generated gibberish.
The fake papers had been submitted to conferences on computer science and engineering whose proceedings were published in specialised, subscription-only publications, Springer said.
"We are in the process of taking down the papers as quickly as possible," the German-based publisher said in a statement.
"This means that they will be removed, not retracted, since they are all nonsense."
Springer added: "We are looking into our procedures to find the weakness that could allow something like this to happen, and we will adapt our processes to ensure that it does not happen again."
The embarrassing lapse was exposed by French computer scientist Cyril Labbe of the Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble.
He also spotted more than 100 other "nonsense" papers unwittingly published by the New York-based Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the journal Nature reported.
In a statement to AFP, the institute said it had been advised "there might have been some conference papers published in our IEEE Xplore digital library that did not meet our quality standards."
"We took immediate action to remove those papers, and also refined our processes to prevent papers not meeting our standards from being published in the future," it said. The statement gave no further details.
Labbe, 41, has been exploring how to detect fake papers written with a programme called SCIgen.
At the press of a button, the programme cranks out impressive-looking "studies" stuffed with randomly-selected computer and engineering terms.
- Instant goobledook -
Here is an example: "Constant-time technology and access points have garnered great interest from both futurists and physicists in the last several years. After years of extensive research into superpages, we confirm the appropriate unification of 128-bit architectures and checksums."
This "paper" comes complete with fake graphs and citations -- essential features in scientific publishing -- that in SCIgen's case includes recent references to famous scientists who died decades or centuries ago.
The programme was devised in 2005 by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
They used it to concoct meaningless papers that were accepted by conferences. The researchers later revealed the hoax to expose flaws in safeguards.
SCIgen is freely available online, at http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/
Labbe told AFP he spotted the frauds by searching for telltale SCIgen vocabulary.
In 2010, he used SCIgen to create 102 bogus papers by a fictitious scientist and added these to the Google Scholar database, an index of science prestige.
For a time, "Ike Antkare" ranked 21st on the database's list of most-cited scientists in the world -- higher than Einstein, who ranked a lowly 36th.
The fake papers detected by Labbe were submitted to conferences between 2008 and 2013. They were uncovered through research he published in 2012 in Scientometrics -- by coincidence, also a Springer journal.
In some cases, he said, a paper's introduction or conclusion were rewritten by a human to appear more authentic at first glance -- a veneer presumably aimed at fooling superficial scrutiny.
- 'Peer review' under pressure -
Labbe said the fraud struck at the credibility of peer-reviewed systems in which scientific claims are meant to be assessed by independent experts for soundness.
"There are several possible explanations" for the fakes, he said.
"One is that people are just testing the system, but if that's the case, they should reveal who they are and they haven't done so," said Labbe. "Another is that the papers are a deliberate fraud to make money."
Springer said scientific publishing, like other fields, "is not immune to fraud and mistakes".
"The peer-review system is the best system we have so far and this incident will lead to additional measures on the part of Springer to strengthen it."
Also on Thursday, South Korea's Supreme Court upheld an 18-month suspended jail term against Hwang Woo-Suk, accused of embezzlement and abuse of ethics in one of the most notorious frauds in science publishing.
Hwang shot to fame in 2004 when he published papers in the prestigious US journal Science claiming to have created the first stem-cell lines from a cloned human embryo.
The claims raised hopes of new treatments for diseases like cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's, and Hwang and his team were showered with money and national honours.
His findings were later found to have been faked. No stem cells had been produced.
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Quezlarian Ooo
Ooo is a semi-precious metal found in the mines near Iganefta. The color of freshly resmelted bronze, this soft metal has been used for making coins since at least -400 EC. However, due to the somewhat shabby perception of this low-grade metal, Ooo coins, or "Ooos", are almost worthless. That all changed one day in -149 EC when Rhajoon Quezlar of the infamous Quezlar family, got the idea to produce a company coin with which to cheat, er, "pay" his employees. These coins were to be paid to employees who would, in turn, use them with the local merchants. The local merchants would then use them to buy goods from Quezlar's Quaff, completing the economically closed system which favored the Quezlar family and business. Thus was born the Quezlarian Ooo. Frighteningly enough, this actually increased the value of all the other Ooos, as no one could tell them apart and, being afraid of offending the fearsome Rhajoon, merchants took them in trade from Quezlar's Quaff employees. This continued until the volume of Ooos forced the Harrabloon Bank to actually establish an exchange rate for Ooos in general and the Quezlarian Ooo in particular.
This fine balancing act was maintained until -45 EC, when a large deposit of Ooo was found in the Azura Mines. These deposits were easily mined by the already large EctoMechanaut population, thus driving the relative value of both the Ooo and the Quezlarian Ooo close to their original low, where they remain today. (Is it a coincidence that this happened the same year that the NeoAlezanians first made their appearance? I think not!) However, the Quezlarian Ooo maintains a slightly higher value than the common, standard Ooo to this day, out of respect for the shrewd business practices of Rhajoon Quezlar.
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--Doctor Phineas Crank 09:03, 4 Feb 2005 (EST)
Heresy! This flies in the face of the esteemed research of the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge: The first great discovery of The Bureau was also under Meldersen's presidency: in conjunction with the Council for Quezlarian Research, The Bureau discovered the origins for Ghyll's unit of currency, the Quezlarian Ooo. Perhaps somewhat startlingly at the time, the research confirmed the traditional legend that our currency is named after the initial remark of Quezlar 6 upon discovering the first stone of dazzlingly beautiful Oooite. As a gesture of thankfulness, the Council for Quezlarian Research presented The Bureau with an Oooite stone said to be from the personal collection of Quezlar 6. --Morbus Iff 09:34, 7 Feb 2005 (EST)
- Quezlar 6 is a lying cheat! Always after old Rhajoon's fame and fortune, the quack paid someone at the Bureau to "backdate" that "discovery". Just ask O'Phelan! Oh.... --Doctor Phineas Crank 10:46, 7 Feb 2005 (EST)
- You do know, of course, that Q6 operated back in -300 EC, long before Rhajoon? --Morbus Iff 11:47, 7 Feb 2005 (EST)
- You see how tricky he is? All that back and forth in time. Of course, O'Phelan would never lie to me about that kind of thing, either, would he? Hmm, maybe I should double check my research... --Doctor Phineas Crank 11:54, 7 Feb 2005 (EST)


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Ken's Joke of The Day!
A Juggler, driving on 81 North to his next performance, is stopped by the PA State Police.
"What are those knives doing in your car" asks the Trooper
"I juggle them in my act" says the juggler.
"oh Yeah?" says the cop. "Let's see you do it." So the juggler starts tossing and juggling the knives.
A woman driving by sees this and says. "Wow, I'm glad I quit drinking. LOOK AT THE TEST PENNSYLVANIA IS MAKING YOU DO NOW !"


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April 8, 2014 * Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. DOWNLOAD THE EVENT REPORT: NPLI Marathan Bombing Leadership Response Report dist.
The bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon rocked the city and the nation. The leadership response demonstrated extraordinary professionalism and contributed to robust community resilience. Leaders rose to meet the challenge in a week of tragedy and, ultimately, triumph. In the following months, NPLI faculty conducted extensive interviews across all sectors with the leaders involved. The research spanned from the moment bombings to the apprehension of the alleged perpetrators.
This symposium will explore leadership practices affirmed, lessons learned, and future challenges for all leaders engaged in emergency preparedness and response. The goal is to help other communities learn from those momentous 102 hours how to build unity of effort across the many leaders and organizations who must come together in the face of calamity. View the current agenda.
Who should attend? Individuals in senior positions in homeland security, emergency management, first response, emergency and trauma medicine, and related fields in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.
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Col. Timothy Alben, Superintendent, Massachusetts State Police
Mike Bello, Assistant Metro Editor, The Boston Globe
Dr. Paul Biddinger, Chief, Division of Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ed Davis, former Commissioner, Boston Police Department
Dr. Barry Dorn, Associate Director, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, Harvard University
William Evans, Commissioner, Boston Police Department
Rene Fielding, Director, Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, City of Boston
Dr. Jonathan Gates, Medical Director, Trauma Services, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Dr. Eric Goralnick, Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Dr. Alok Gupta, Trauma Surgeon, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
James Hooley, Chief of Department, Boston Emergency Medical Services
Lisa Hughes, News Anchor, WBZ-TV, CBS Boston
Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government
Daniel Linskey, Superintendent in Chief (ret), Boston Police Department
Dr. Leonard Marcus, Co-director, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, Harvard University
Eric McNulty, Director of Research, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, Harvard University
The Honorable Thomas Menino, former Mayor, City of Boston
Kieran Ramsey, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richard Serino, former Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Alan Snow, Director of Safety & Security, Boston Properties
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19 July 2013
Forest death not just a number
The death of another forest worker near Tokoroa this morning is a family tragedy that will impact for years to come, says Helen Kelly, CTU President.
"This morning's forestry death is the sixth death this year which includes the death of Eramyha Eruera Pairama who died in Whakatane on 7 January, followed by John Sanderson of Northland on 17 January then Robert Epapara in Rotorua on 26 March then Adam Olsson in New Plymouth on 22 April and Shane Reardon on 20 May in Tolaga Bay. This number already matches the total number of people killed in forestry for the whole year last year and is accompanied by 83 seriously harmed workers including one just yesterday in Whanganui."
"At the end of last year the MBIE launched with great fanfare, new regulations for this industry and spent a great deal of money promoting them at safety breakfasts while these men were killed and injured around them," Helen Kelly said.
"We have told them these regulations won't work – they misdiagnose the problem, and were written by the forest owners who are self-interested and have shown they are unable to make this work safe. It is time the workers in this industry were listened to. The NZ record is dismal on an international scale and our standards are inferior by a country mile. The two must go hand in hand."
"The families of people who have been killed in forestry have sought agreement for an inquiry from the Minister of Labour. He may feel he has put a stake in the ground and can't now back off, but no one will care if he does – he needs to show leadership and realise that the industry has major structural safety issues and these must be identified and addressed," says Helen Kelly.