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The Data Report Episode 12: Malicious Tools
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Day 13 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-Big Data and Continuous Monitoring
Across the Board-Episode 4, Why Wells Fargo Needs Compliance Expertise on its Board
Day 11 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-the Desktop Risk Assessment
Leadership Lessons from Dunkirk
Day 10 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-Controls Testing
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 345-Mike Volkov on Linde Gas and CDM Smith declinations
The Data Report Episode 11: Don't Be an Easy Target
Day 9 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-the Fraud Audit
Cloud computing security
Day 8 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-the Culture Audit
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 49, Mattis Memo on Ethics
Day 7 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-the Supply Chain Audit
Day 6 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-Data Analytics and the Monitoring of Third Parties
Day 5 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-Auditing of Third Parties
Compliance Report-International Edition-Tim Khasanov on Compliance in post Soviet states
This Week in FCPA-Episode 64, the 10-Year Anniversary Edition
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Pirates fan updates '2015 World Champs' tattoo with marker
A Pirates fan named Andrew Broadwater was so taken with his team's baseball prowess in August that he got a tattoo celebrating Pittsburgh's World Series championship before the team had even clinched a spot in the postseason.
• Young Pirates fan displays glorious mullet at wild-card game
@espn @BBTN @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/OWBllGyHUo— Andrew Broadwater (@ajbroadh2o_24) August 12, 2015
The Pirates did make the playoffs, of course, but it was the wild-card play-in for the third consecutive year, and this time they were felled by Jake Arrieta and the Cubs, meaning Broadwater had to think fast.
So the recently tattooed member of #BucsNation grabbed a marker and made an adjustment, hoping that next season victory will come to PNC Park.
@Pirates @espn @SportsCenter updated pic.twitter.com/VoTscsBZNu— Andrew Broadwater (@ajbroadh2o_24) October 8, 2015


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Baked Apples
Recipe by KosherCook
This dessert is like homemade apple pie with 90% less effort. Served al amode with a side of vanilla ice cream, this dessert is both rich and easy. I found this recipe and am posting it for the world to see courtesy of: http://frumteacher.blogspot.com
Top Review by Shannon Allen
Wow this was so simple to make and so worth every minute. The hardest part was coring the apples. I did have to cook it a tad longer, but it's easy to see when they are done. The apples were cooked perfectly, the crust was so good and it went great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. We drizzled some carmel on top of it all as well. I'll definitely be making these again!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 large granny smith apples
- 4 sheets puff pastry (they usually come two to a box)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 egg
Directions See How It's Made
- Thaw your puff pastry.
- Pre-heat oven to 350 *F.
- Core and peel apples **DO NOT CUT**.
- Mix cinnamon and sugar in a bowl.
- Place each apple on individual puff pastry sheet.
- Fill center of apple with cinnamon sugar mix.
- Cover apple on all sides with pastry.
- Place on greased cookie sheet.
- In a separate bowl mix wisk egg and brush egg onto pastry.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
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Though Labor Day may feel like the end of summer, there are almost three weeks to go before the autumn equinox. That's more than enough time to toast the season with a tropical drink.
Here's a guide to feeling like you're at the beach even when you're back at work.
Tonic at Quigley's Pharmacy officially launched its new back patio and Tiki Tuesdays promotion last week. The large outdoor space – a premium in Foggy Bottom – is covered with tables and a bar, and separated from a neighboring patch of grass by a fence made from tiki torches and flowered leis.
Show up Tuesday night after 7 p.m. and you'll be greeted with plastic leis. A tiki-themed drink menu includes a $5 Pimm's Cup, which is served in a pint glass loaded with cucumbers and strawberries, and $6 frozen cocktails, which arrive in ceramic tiki mugs. The Mango Margarita reminded me of eating canned frozen tropical fruit juice as a kid; a friend complained that it was almost too sweet to drink. Beer fans can order a $5 pint of DC Brau.
If you're going out for drinks with friends, few things are more fun than sharing a Scorpion Bowl. Something about the combination of oversize straws, rum and a ceramic bowl topped with flickering flames always guarantees a good time, especially when you're sharing the "They're All Bastards," a potent creation by Hogo's Julia Hurst.
Served in a yellow bowl decorated with hula girls and topped with a combination of flowers and fruit slices, They're All Bastards is a spicy mix of rum, bourbon, velvet falernum, ginger beer, brown sugar and citrus. It's beautifully blended and goes down too easily, so watch out -- one bowl is roughly the equivalent of four cocktails. No wonder it costs $30 and is recommended for groups of two to four.
Jack Rose's main level is for serious whiskey drinkers. The rooftop deck is more of a party scene. This split personality became more distinct in mid-August when the Jack Rose covered the roof's tiny rear bar with bamboo and declared every Thursday "Tiki Thursday," with half-price tropical libations from 5 to 10 p.m. Whether you want a Zombie (multiple rums, passion fruit, grenadine, orange curacao) or the simple-yet-potent Blackheart's Punch (Blackstrap rum, cinnamon syrup, lime), all drinks cost $6.50. There's a special food menu with pork belly skewers ($4) and lemon-pineapple shrimp ($8) but the drinks are the real star.
The bar gets crowded early, but seems to die down around 8. Since the specials run until 10, there's no pressure to show up right after work. (Already have plans on Thursday? The tiki bar is also open on Friday and Saturday nights, but without drink deals.)
Tropical drinks flow straight from the at taps at Bar Charley, the new cocktail lounge from the team behind El Chucho and Jackie's Sidebar. Bartender/co-owner Gordon Banks created special versions of the rum-heavy Mai Tai and Suffering Bastard, which come in glasses featuring guitar-playing hula dancers or carved faces. A version of the famous Orange Crush, mixed with house-made orange vodka and fresh-squeezed orange halves, recalls beaches closer to home.
While there are no leis or palm fronds to be seen at the bar, you'll still feel far away from Washington: The tiki drinks cost $7 each, and a Crush is just $8. The bar, located at 1825 18th St. NW, officially opens on Thursday, Sept. 5, so there may be crowds. Be patient, because the drinks are worth it.


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6 bedroom semi-detached house to rentFitzjohn's Avenue, Hampstead, London, NW3 5LS
£3,950 pw| £17,117 pcm fees apply
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- Moments from Hampstead Village
- Private parking and garage
- Large eat-in family kitchen
- Well established walled garden
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Three quarters of the the brewery equipment arrived yesterday at around 11AM. Even the highest dewpoint in state history (I may be making that up) didn't slow us down. It only took a few hours to unload the three containers. There were a couple of components that got beat up in the shipping, but for the most part everything looks great! Check out the photos and video of the move…
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Empty feeling will be no more
Today is the last day our brewery will be just an empty warehouse with sweet floor drains. Any minute the first of four shipping containers will be arriving. If I wasn't sweating so much from the extreme heat, I'd probably piss in my pants.
Time Lapse construction
My basketball playing, beer loving, buddy Jay of V Jay Ojeda Photography hooked me up with a sweet fisheye lens and a timer for my D40. This is the first attempt at a timelapse of the construction process. Since I'm digging and/or pouring concrete the whole time we didn't have time to put much into these first videos. I think I've got the hang of the camera and video software now, so we should will have a little more fun with this on the next video.
Jon Messier


text: Sorry, but some of us are optimists that grow real tired off the over the top criticism of the team our FO has assembled, without seeing them play one single second together. If I posted an all-sunshine thread EVERY TIME we made a move, I would be called all kinds of names. My position is that the OP posted not his feelings, but for provocation, and is supported by a few posters who may or may not be the same person. If this post is incorrect or over the top in itself, then I apologize. However, can you at least give them a game or two together before you start calling for people's jobs or for the owner to "sale" the team? How is that not trolling? Can someone start an all-negative thread, so those who view these moves as positive can skip THAT thread. As it is now, every freaking thread is just about all negative and that is a bit tiring.


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Florida TaxWatch: Schools must spend smarter
Times are tough. Money's tight. School districts leaders across Florida are talking about layoffs, program reductions and more.
Florida TaxWatch suggests there must be a better way. In a report issued today, the watchdog organization posits that the state and schools can set better spending priorities that will help cut the fat without hurting student learning. It offers 10 concepts to get to the heart of the matter. Among them:
- Eliminate unnecessary duplication of services.
- Streamline bureaucracy.
- Spend less on non-instructional programs and services. (They don't say 65 percent solution, but the sentiment is there. And notably, and perhaps controversially, the group includes student transportation in this category.)
- Maximize flexibility. (Think class-size amendment here.)
- Examine big-ticket items for return on investment. (TaxWatch particularly likes Voluntary Pre-K.)
"Every dollar we can redirect into the classroom can actually increase student performance," Dominic M. Calabro, the group's president and CEO, said in a news release. "We must free ourselves and our children from excessive bureaucracy that gets in the way of classroom instruction."
To read "The 2009 Budget Crunch: Making Good Decisions in Bad Financial Times," click here.


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This is honestly a shoe I don't remember. Usually when I do buys for seasons to come, stuff like this stands out and stays on my brain. I do remember booking foamposites. I just don't remember the exact colors and months. However, what a surprise. The foamposite range has created a buzz like no other shoe; and not just in the DMV area. These shoes have some what of a cult following. Haha. The phones have been ringing off the hook for this one. June 30th, your feet will be blessed.
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text: Chris Lau, Kapitall: Nokia lost its tax appeal with the Indian Supreme Court. How will this affect Nokia stock? Just as Nokia (NOK) was about to transfer its devices units to Microsoft (MSFT), the company hit a snag. Last week the Supreme Court in India upheld a lower court ruling that Nokia owes 35 billion rupees in taxes. Nokia is trading at multiple tops: its shares tried many times to break the $8 level. How should investors react to the latest setback? Nokia loses appeal India's lower court previously ruled Nokia owed tax following the transfer of ownership of a Nokia factory to Microsoft. The setback is negative for Nokia shareholders, because it represents a big part of the smartphone business that must be transferred to Microsoft. Nokia's business transformation is already facing hiccups. The company has massive cash thanks to the sale, but its network and maps divisions need management's focus to operate more profitably. Nokia's India asset stuck India's tax policy for foreign firms is unpredictable, so Nokia shareholders should be aware of the political uncertainty surrounding the factory sale. The Finnish phone maker must tread carefully with India as it negotiates its tax liability. It is possible the company will need to cease investments in the factory (though it remains shut down), otherwise its potential tax burden will increase. On the other hand, by creating lost employment opportunities, India will be pressured to relax its terms. Nokia shares dip Abandon factory Nokia might even need to consider abandoning the factory, along with this portion of the sale to Microsoft. Forgoing the profit will set a precedent for Nokia's other business objectives. Future contracts, acquisitions, and businesses done in its maps and networking divisions will include stronger contract wording minimizing such liabilities.


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Boot your computer into Safemode
* Go to Start> Shut Off your Computer> Restart
* As the computer starts to boot-up, Tap the F8 KEY somewhat rapidly.
* This will bring up a menu.
* Use the Up and Down Arrow Keys to scroll up to Safemode
* Then press the Enter on your Keyboard
Tutorial if you need it
http://www.bleepingc...rial61.html
How to start Windows in Safe Mode
Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop.
- Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
- If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
- Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
- When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
- Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
- When completed, a log will open in Notepad. Please save it to a convenient location and post the results.
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If more people would get a divorce from themselves, they might learn how to live happily with someone else.
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By a bi-partisan vote of 322-96, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the $690 billion Defense Authorization, which included two amendments authored by Congressman André Carson.
Inspired by constituents from Indianapolis, Congressman Carson's first amendment would provide face-to-face mental health assessments during a soldier's deployment. Currently, service members only receive mental health screening before and after deployment.
"Injuries and trauma are most likely to occur during deployment," said Congressman Carson. "By adding regular screenings, we can improve early detection and treatment of mental illnesses like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Carson added, "In too many tragic cases, undiagnosed mental illness has resulted in domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and suicide."
The amendment also ensures that each assessment includes a full review of medical records from both the Department of Veterans Affairs and from past assignments to other units and branches of service. This process is frequently omitted from current screenings.
Gregg Keesling is an Indianapolis resident whose son, Army Specialist Chancellor Keesling, committed suicide in June 2009 while on his second deployment in Iraq. Keesling said that his son had been put on suicide watch during his first deployment, but due to the American Portability Act that prevents battlefield trauma from being shared with new units, his commander during his second deployment did not know about it.
"Congressman Carson's amendment is about more than just extra screenings," said Keesling. "It changes the lack information-sharing that currently exists. If this bill was in place prior to my son's second deployment it could have saved his life."
Indianapolis resident Shannon Blaylock lost her brother, Sergeant Jacob Blaylock, who served in Iraq. While Jacob's condition was detected after his deployment ended, he took his life the day before necessary medication arrived in the mail.
Jacob had a series of rescheduled appointments, both on Jacob's part and the VA's, before he was finally diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. He was running late for work on the day that he was to receive his medication, so the VA sent it to him in the mail.
Blaylock said, "Had Jacob been screened in Iraq prior to coming home, perhaps he could have been offered the counseling necessary to overcome his post-traumatic stress before returning to civilian life. At the very least, he could have received his medication sooner and maybe he'd still be here today."
Carson's second amendment expands the pre-separation counseling program to ensure that active duty service members receive the guidance they need to manage their personal finances upon returning to civilian life.
"Many in our military enlisted right out of high school or college and have served in the structured atmosphere of a military base or deployment operation. They have not had to manage day-to-day bills associated with living on a civilian income or engage in savings planning." Carson said. "My amendment will help reduce the number of families falling into unmanageable debt, bankruptcy, and foreclosure. We owe those who risk their lives to preserve our freedom the opportunity to stay debt free and get off on the right foot financially."
Source: http://carson.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=771&Itemid=92


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The fundraiser set to be hosted Wednesday by elected officials and business leaders at the posh Biltmore Hotel in South Florida sounds like countless other receptions benefiting Florida's political establishment.
But the invitation topped with bold-faced names is for Marco Rubio, the upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate challenging the popular Gov. Charlie Crist for the GOP nomination.
The former Miami lawmaker is coming off a good week on the campaign trail.
On Wednesday, Rubio got 73 votes to Crist's 9 in a straw poll conducted by the Republican Party of Pasco.
"I wanted to see how our conservative base felt about the U.S. Senate race," chairman Randy Maggard wrote in a letter to Rubio announcing the result.
Why should this concern Crist?
The Pasco Republican Executive Committee endorsed Crist early in his 2006 GOP primary against Tom Gallagher. At the 2005 Ronald Reagan Day Dinner in Pasco, Crist told boisterous supporters that he considered the county his back yard.
Rubio also burnished his credentials as a fiscal hawk with an endorsement this week from U.S. Sen. James DeMint of South Carolina, one of the most conservative members of Congress.
And an MSNBC interviewer introduced him on television Friday as "GOP's Barack Obama'' and "the man who might be the answer to the GOP's problems."
While none of these developments come close to signaling a real threat to Crist and his lopsided lead in statewide polls, they suggest Rubio's campaign is not a lost cause.
"I think that the debate is healthy, and nobody in this country, the last time I checked, is entitled to anything," said state Rep. Steve Bovo of Hialeah, a host of Rubio's upcoming fundraiser.


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Bank of Georgia (LSE: BGEO; GSE: GEB), the leading Georgian universal bank
announced today that it has signed a Memorandum and underlying agreements with
Paata Burchuladze's International Charity Foundation Iavnana ('The Fund') on the
creation of endowment. Pursuant to the Memorandum, the funds raised by Bank of
Georgia for the Fund will be managed by Galt & Taggart Asset Management
('GTAM'), Bank of Georgia's wholly-owned subsidiary, for the benefit of the
International Charity Fund Iavnana, founded in 2004 by Paata Burchuladze, a
world renown bass singer of Georgian origin, is dedicated to support children
living in orphanages by raising sufficient funds to enable them to return home
to their parents who have no financial means of supporting their children.
'I am delighted that this agreement marks the establishment of the first
Georgian endowment fund and hope that Iavnana endowment will set an example for
other Georgian institutions as an appropriate vehicle for using donated funds as
a source of income', commented Bidzina Bejuashvili, Chief Executive Officer of
Galt & Taggart Asset Management.
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London: The Sunday Mirror carried out phone hacking "on a fairly grand scale", a former reporter at the newspaper has told the hacking trial at the Old Bailey.
Dan Evans, 38, said phone hacking went on for several years at the tabloid, where he learnt how to intercept voicemails during a "secret" meeting with another journalist.
It can be reported for the first time that Evans, who also worked at the News of the World, pleaded guilty last year to phone hacking at the Sunday Mirror.
He is the first person to plead guilty to phone hacking at any newspaper other than the News International title, which was closed three years ago. The jury was told that Evans admitted hacking at both Sunday tabloids, as well as conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office and making a false statement.
The court also heard that he entered into a written agreement with the Crown Prosecution Service last year, as a result of which he was appearing as a prosecution witness.
Evans told the court that when he was given a staff job at the Sunday Mirror in 2003, he was taken into a side room and told he would be discussing "something which was a secret". He said: "It was to show me how to hack a voicemail for the first time. There was a bundle of pages with famous people's names and phone numbers on and they said, 'this is your job, you have to hack and crack the voicemails of famous people.'"
Evans said that before he worked for the Sunday Mirror, "I didn't know the practice existed", but he was eventually expected to spend more and more time hacking phones, which left him disillusioned. "It wasn't what I got into journalism for," he said. "I had been tasked to hack people's phones on a fairly grand scale."
The reporter told the court he met Andy Coulson, the News of the World editor, with whom he discussed phone hacking as a method of getting stories.
Evans said: "I said I had been breaking big exclusive stories cheaply, which was the 'kerching' moment. Big exclusive stories cheaply equals job.
"I said there were two ways of doing that: one was to spend a lot of time doing an investigation, the other was to dial up somebody's phone call lists, work out who they are having relationships with, listen to voicemails ⦠and you've got something that's going to shift units from supermarket shelves. Andy seemed really pleased."
Mr Coulson denies charges relating to phone hacking and alleged corrupt payments. Seven other defendants deny all charges against them. The trial continues.
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Imagine a place where you can eat, sleep and breathe the game with fellow devotees – with nothing to distract you except intermittent days of play. Golfer heaven. Departing from Los Angeles on April 24, Crystal Cruises offers a 14-day return trip for golf enthusiasts to the islands of Hawaii. The ship will stop for play at Kauai (Poipu Bay Golf Course), Oahu (Ko'olau Golf Course) and Maui (Ka'anapali Golf Resort, pictured). On board, passengers will receive tips from former US Open champ Ken Venturi and practise their swing using new TaylorMade equipment. Prices start from $US5030 per person double share – a 50 per cent slice off the usual fare. It includes $500 on-board credit. Visit crystalcruises.com. Katie Walsh
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Random Thoughts on 4 Cylinders
Several years ago we mentioned that enhanced by a turbochargers engines in cars would diminish in the number of cylinders, and displacement.
Our thought process at the time mentioned that a V8 would be replaced by a 6 cylinder and a 6 cylinder would be replaced by a 4 cylinder.
In 2015 there is a rash of turbocharged 4 cylinders powering a myriad of vehicles.
Its an inexpensive way to generate more horsepower, and especially torque from a smaller displacement. In 2015 the most popular smaller displacement is a 4 cylinder.
Without the aid of technology turbo motors would still display some erratic characteristics, and not torque up the way they do.
Obvious that 6-7-8 speed automatic transmissions are a true benefit to make a 4 cylinder even with a turbo, seem to have more power.
Front Wheel Drive:
Most if not all platforms using a turbocharged 4 cylinder are front wheel drive. Agreed they might have morphed to all wheel drive. Its almost surprising the low level of torque steer with the majority of these applications.
Fuel Economy:
You know the saying "You need gas to make horsepower" we have noticed that the 4 cylinders that truly torque up, are less economical that the 4 cylinders that are more sedate, or have different modes. In general these engines powering a CUV on the highway are not that economical from our perspective.
The optics of fuel economy appeal, and sell.
Yes...when you increase the air flow in any engine above atmospheric pressure, there is a fine line and trade off between power and durability. In addtion to increased complexity.
There is a "rush" by all manufacturers that have a "generic" 2.0L Turbocharged 4 cylinder as a price leader especially in entry level "premium economy" vehicles. The belief seems to be "If you don't have a 4 with a turbo you are missing out".


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Citizens take LV to task after flooding
Published 2:32 pm, Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Paul Carter said his vacation last month ended when he arrived at his Leon Valley home to find it "full of water."
The severe storms that caused flooding on May 25 marked the third time in the last five years that water has entered his house on El Verde Road, behind City Hall, he said.
"I live in a 100-year flood plain zone, not an every-year flood zone," Carter said as he asked City Council on June 4 for help clearing a drainage easement outside the city limits.
About a half dozen other residents shared similar concerns at the council meeting, and city officials said they're working to resolve the various issues that resulted from the few hours of heavy storms.
Fourteen homes received water that day, according to the Leon Valley Fire Department. Most of the water was confined to garages.
Officials said most of the damage occurred at Raymond Rimkus Park, a low-lying area along Huebner Creek that becomes a flood channel during severe weather and sends water into nearby streets.
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The city estimated $5,636 in damage, which they will ask the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse.
In other areas, residents reported overgrown property that posed problems, as well as a locked gate that prevented El Verde Road homeowners from evacuating. Some questioned whether the city put too much priority on responding to flooding at the park rather than in neighborhoods.
But City Manager Manuel Longoria defended the response. He said the flood, comparable to one that occurred in 1998, caught everyone off guard.
During less severe weather events, the city's fire department usually opens the Bexar County-owned gate that remained locked on May 25, he said. But emergency responders were "juggling a lot of issues" that day, evacuating homes and rescuing people stranded in water, he added.
"We've met with the county and resolved the gate issues and a plan to maintain the area and clean it up," Longoria said.
Councilman Abraham Diaz said he heard from a citizen who called the city for help but was told that the park was a priority. Longoria said he was unaware of that response.
"Is there a way we can split it up and help citizens get back to normal, and clean up that instead of the park first?" Diaz said.
"I think the priorities are always evacuating the citizens," Longoria said. "I think the response in terms of priority was proper. Then the flood receded, and we got into clean-up mode."
Luis Valdez, who was named interim fire chief after the recent retirement of Stan Irwin, said most homes that were reported as flooding were in the areas of El Verde and Poss roads. Valdez said water seeped into the garage in his home, three blocks from the park.
Councilman Ricardo Ruiz, whose family owns Cha-Cha's Restaurant, said his business received 3 feet of water during the fast-moving storm.
Public Works Director Byron Vick said he knew of no other businesses that flooded.
"We did have quite a flood, and we had several contributing factors," he told council. "We had rain over the preceding weeks that saturated the ground. We've had runoff closing some streets, so this aided in water not being able to soak into the ground."
"Nobody could deal with it," he added. "We did what we could, when we could."
But Mayor Chris Riley asked for more discussion at the next council meeting, scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m.
"Since we've had so much discussion about the drainage and what we as a city can do as a response, I'd like to have that as an agenda item at the next meeting, please," she said.


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THE 40 Commando unit from Taunton put Bridgwater College students through their paces as they experienced a day in the life of a Royal Marine.
Sports and Public Service students from the college learned many of the skills and equipment a member of the Royal Marines needed to have for their challenging job.
They were shown the specialist kit required for snowy conditions, such as expedition in Norway, took part in laser quest in the woods and had a go at weapons handling.
Physically demanding activities were also on the agenda, such as tyre flipping and wall climbing, but they also got to learn first aid and how to treat a bullet wound.
Student Caleb Staple, 17, said: "It was a really great day and I enjoyed the experience of meeting and working with the Royal Marines."
Ruth Burrows, Associate Lecturer, said: "The students were very enthusiastic, motivated and were excellent ambassadors for Bridgwater College. The feedback from the Commanding Officer was very positive and we hope to build on these industry links in the future."


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I use switch rods for streamers quite a bit when I'm
streamers. But when I'm tossing heads and stripping fast on retrieve a two hander gets in the way. A single hander is much more efficient and easier to handle when you're casting and working a streamer or even a top water (mousin) then a two hander.
I must admit after using a two hander in AK, I don't understand why the 11 1/2 seven weight isn't the go too rod in the great white north for Silvers and Rainbows.
I had not thought of that and that makes complete sense. So perhaps I should get the Switch for steelhead, surf fishing, etc. By the Way any familliar with the St. Croix Imperial Switch rod other then the fact its build in Mexico.
I just found a TFO TICR 9' 5wt at a very good price. Would this be a good choice for the application I've been discusing considering how much I like Moderate-Fast and mostly dislike Fast rods, I know that it considered Fast, but its not as fast as a TICRX. What you all think. Or do you think The TFO Pro would be a better fit for me and this application as single hander. I really like TFO's too.
One more well sort of to through in the mix I just discovered the TFO Pro comes in a 9' 6" 5wt perhaps that rod would make a decent everything rod including if not especially for High Sticking and Czech Nymphing. I can't find any reviews on that specific rod and of coarse I could be getting overly optimistic at this point.
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Productivity hasn't been regarded as one of the positive aspects of the web browser. Instead it has
As you may know I have recently added a Kindle Fire HD to my gadget list. I actually really like


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Watch an Elephant Tickle The Ivories [VIDEO]
Ironic isn't it? An elephant playing a piano, isn't something you see everyday so we thought we'd share a couple of minutes of Peter the elephant playing a green piano. Peter just loves to join in and jam, and apparently likes to groom hair, enjoy.
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I'm taking a photojournalism class this semester and am finding that good pictures don't come that often. However, I have managed to take a few that I really like. I'm assuming that the more I shoot, the better I'll get. Anyways, here are my favs so far:
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A CRACKDOWN on dangerous and anti-social bikers began in Worcestershire this weekend.
The Safer Roads Partnership, Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police ran a joint operation on Saturday and Sunday to combat problems caused by motorcyclists on the A44 in Broadway and the A26 in Salford Priors, South Warwickshire.
Specialist units involving motorcycle police, speed enforcement officers and the Operational Patrol Unit team were involved in the initiative, which began at the weekend but is set to continue over the summer months around other operational commitments.
The aim of the initiative is to provide a highly visible deterrent to speeding motorists and motorcyclists as well as cracking down on inappropriate riding and nuisance offences such as noise.
Sergeant Stuart Allen from the Operational Policing Unit at Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police said: "In the spring and summer, particularly on nice weekends, these two locations are always busy with bikers testing their skills, and often racing up and down.
"We intend to continue with this initiative until the message gets through to the minority of motorists causing the problems that their activities will not be tolerated. It also demonstrates that the police and the Safer Roads Partnership listen to community concern and act upon it where necessary."


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PARIS, April 04, 2014 (AFP) – A profile of the five upcoming Spring
Classics cycle races:
Tour of Flanders
One of the five 'Monuments' of the Classics season, the Tour of Flanders
was first conceived in 1913 by Karel Van Wijnendaele, the co-founder of the
sports newspaper 'Sportwereld'. At that time it was customary for publishers
to organise cycling races to promote their newspaper or magazine. Belgian Paul
Deman was the first winner of a 330km race that began and ended in Gent. This
year's edition will be considerably shorter at 259.1km, starting in Bruges and
ending in Oudenaarde. Although beginning along the North Sea coast, the route
turns quickly inland and heads for the hilliest part of Flanders along the
southern Belgian frontier with France. The toughest section of the race is the
Koppenberg climb that has been dropped from the route several times due to its
danger and difficulty.
For a race to have two nicknames tells you much about it and the 'Queen of
the Classics' is also known as the 'Hell of the North'. Although still known
as Paris-Roubaix, the race has started in Compiegne, more than 50 miles north
of the French capital, since 1968. What makes this race so brutal and exciting
is the huge amount of cobbled sections. There are 28 such sections in the 2014
edition ranging from 300-metres long to 3.7km and totalling 51.1km of the
257km route. That means more than 50km of potential pitfalls and hazards
ensuring that riders face a challenge of merely staying on their bikes in the
quest to arrive in Roubaix with a hope of victory. German Josef Fischer won
the first edition in 1896.
Amstel Gold Race
The first of the Ardennes Classics, the Amstel Gold Race is the only World
Tour Classic that takes place in the Netherlands. It has been running since
1966 when Frenchman Jean Stablinski was the first victor. It was set up by
Dutch sports promoters Ton Vissers and Herman Krott, who ran a company called
Inter Sport together. The first edition was a disaster as although they
announced a start in Amsterdam and a finish in Maastricht, the organisers
hadn't taken into account what route the planned 280km race would take. After
differences with the local government, it ended up starting in Breda and
finishing in Meerssen. Nowadays the race takes place in the southernmost
Province of the Netherlands, Limburg, beginning in Maastricht and finishing in
Valkenburg. This year's race will run for 251km with 33 climbs, including two
ascents of the tough Cauberg (800m long with a 12 percent gradient) which
features 1.8km from the finishing line.
La Fleche Wallonne
The one midweek race of the three Ardennes Classics the 'Walloon Arrow' was
another created to boost sales of a newspaper, Les Sports, during the 1930s.
Belgian Philemon Demeersman won the first edition in 1936 but although there
have been 38 Belgian victories, one fewer than all the other countries put
together, there have been only six since 1975. Although this is not considered
one of the 'Monuments' it is no less prestigious for that. And despite
covering a 'mere' 200km, the gruelling Mur de Huy (Wall of Huy), which is
climbed three times and comprises the finish, is an energy-sapping 1.3km at an
average gradient of 9 percent with some sections up to 25 percent.
The final Ardennes Classic is also the oldest of the five Spring Classics
featured here having begun in 1892 when Leon Houna, a Belgian, was the victor.
In fact, it's nickname 'La Doyenne' literally means 'The Oldest'. It will be a
special edition as it is the 100th and will last for 263km. As its name
suggests, it is run from Liege to Bastogne, and back again. There was a time
when it and the Fleche Wallonne were run on successive days as 'Le Weekend
Ardennais'. That is no longer the case and mercifully so for the riders as
Liege-Bastogne-Liege is known for its poor weather and long, steep climbs,
which arrive with increasing regularity towards the end of the race.


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COLCHESTER United boss Joe Dunne admits there is every chance he could lose star midfielder Anthony Wordsworth.
The U's skipper has been in top form, scoring in last weekend's victory against Bury and walking away with the man-of-the-match bubbly after Tuesday's defeat at Coventry.
It has prompted speculation that the 23-year-old - out of contract next summer - could be lured away from the West Homes Community Stadium.
And Dunne accepts that may be the case, especially with his club having to be more prudent than ever due to the Football League's Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.
"I'm the manager of the club but it doesn't bother me to say that I'm still surprised he's here," said the U's boss.
"Will I lose him? Probably.
"It's the way of football at the moment, I'm afraid."
For the full story and an MK Dons v U's preview, see Friday's Daily Gazette.


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Dec 2nd 2010
As I have stated previously, in June 2010, Washington adopted "economic nexus" for businesses that report under apportionable business and occupation tax classifications. For these classifications, your business does not need to have a physical presence to have nexus and be subject to Washington tax.
With the adoption of economic nexus, Washington also changed the way businesses apportion their taxable income between Washington and other states and countries.
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Pre-registration for the Spring 2017 First-Year Electives will open at 12 pm (Noon) EST on Monday, October 31, and will close promptly at 5 pm EST on Friday, November 4. During this period you will be able to select from a list of 13 courses: 4 First-Year Electives and 9 upper-level courses.
The upper-level courses present alternative perspectives or methodologies of the sort the 1L electives are intended to offer. A limited number of seats for 1L's in the upper-level courses was approved by the Faculty, so students interested in any of the 9 upper-level courses should give them high priority in their rankings. The 1L electives and the 9 upper-level classes are scheduled so that they will not conflict with any of your other 1L foundation courses (Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, Legal Practice Workshop II).
TO PRE-REGISTER FOR SPRING 2017 ELECTIVES: To access the 1L Elective pre-registration application, log in to Lawnet at http://lawnetportal.law.columbia.edu/web/registrar/1l_electives. A PDF of the 1L elective course description pamphlet is attached below.
You must rank all thirteen (13) elective offerings in order for your pre-registration to be completed. If you are interested in being considered for one of the upper-level electives, you should give them very high priority since seats will be limited (between 5-15 seats in each class). If you are not interested in the upper-level courses, assign them low priority. A course lottery will be run and the results will be available by the end of the December exam period, when Spring 2017 schedules for all students will be posted in Lawnet.
NOTE for students who do not make their selections by the close of the 1L elective pre-registration period: First-year students who do not finalize their elective pre-registration before 5 pm on Friday, November 4, will not be included in the lottery and thus will not receive any priority for an elective. They will be registered for an elective that has available seats after all students who pre-registered are placed. You are advised not to leave your elective pre-registration for late in the afternoon on Friday, November 4, since technical or connectivity issues may prevent you from completing your pre-registration before the 5 pm deadline.


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Condenser coil cleaning is an oft-neglected grocery maintenance task
Retail food establishments of all types contain refrigerated display merchandisers for a wide variety of foods and beverages, drugs and flowers, as well as other refrigerated products. Manufacturers of these units often recommend that their condenser coils be cleaned on a regular basis (usually monthly), but most owners probably fail to perform such maintenance.
The units run without regular cleaning, even though the coils collect dust and debris compromising their heat transfer efficiency. The results: an increase in energy cost (often as high as 15 percent to 20 percent); a less green store environment; decreased equipment life due to prolonged unit run time; an increased chance of equipment failure, since the unit runs hotter and at higher pressures; and a loss of optimal cooling capacity, increasing the chance of food spoilage.
There's an apparent lack of recognition of the benefits of regular condenser coil maintenance, even by the experts. The Department of Energy, in its extensive September 2009 report, Energy Savings Potential and R&D Opportunities for Commercial Refrigeration, failed to mention a regular condenser coil-cleaning protocol as an important strategy to follow. Instead, the report focused on redesigning certain components of the appliance unit to a more advanced, energy-efficient design. The report is silent about realizing energy savings and other benefits from a regular cleaning program for the condenser coils, even for units now in place.
We conducted trials to determine what a modest cleaning protocol for the condenser coils in six delicatessen refrigeration units would accomplish in electrical energy savings over a one-year period. The coils were cleaned only every three months, which is less than the monthly cleaning advocated by many manufacturers. Despite this more modest schedule, a yearly electrical savings of about $821 (about 6 percent) was realized for the six units, the electric rate at 16 cents per kilowatt-hour. An additional savings was four fewer service calls on these units, leading to another $265 in savings. A three-month cleaning protocol on a single 8-foot ice cream merchandiser, running at a lower temperature, produced more impressive electrical energy savings: $228 (about 16 percent), with the electric rate at 12 cents per kilowatt-hour.
The conventional manner for the cleaning of such condenser coils is described in "Dusting Commercial Refrigeration Condensers" on the Foodservicewarehouse.com website. This article says that such cleaning should be performed by a "two-person" team using a wet/dry vac with a vacuum port and an exhaust port. First, one member of the team vacuums the coils to remove the more accessible dirt and debris. Next, a hose is connected to the exhaust port of the vacuum to blow air into the condenser unit, dislodging dust and debris in the interior of the unit. A receptacle (such as a box) containing a damp capture medium (such as a damp cloth or towel) is held by the second team member at the other end of the unit to catch the dislodged debris.
Recently, the previously described box/damp cloth technique has been improved by the development of containment bags. For example, the ProVacSac bag is a triangular cloth containment member with an open base adapted to fit over one open end of the condenser coil unit and an opening at its apex to accommodate a vacuum tube. A stream of condensed air is supplied into the unit from the other end to dislodge dust and debris from the unit during the cleaning operation. The retail price for differing sizes of these products ranges from about $80 to $130.
Of differing design is our COILPOD dust containment bag, retailing from only about $35 to about $55, depending on model and vendor. The website shows this bag as having an adjustable opening that completely fits over the condenser coil unit. The bag's transparent front panel contains two holes, one for accommodating the hose from a wet/dry vac, and the second the exhaust air hose from that device. A stream of air from the vacuum, provided through the latter hose, dislodges dirt and debris from the condenser coil unit, with the bag containing the airborne particulates, while the vacuum hose removes them from the containment bag into the vacuum.
Setting up a regular cleaning program for your condenser coil units will provide currently unrealized energy saving and other benefits for your store's operations.
Jake Steinmann is the owner of a convenience store, with 18 years' experience in the retail food industry. He developed the COILPOD dust containment product as a way to improve the cleaning of the condenser coil units in his store. Contact: [email protected]. Richard Fennelly is a retired intellectual property attorney and the current development director for the COILPOD commercialization effort. Contact: [email protected].


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- Tsunade was moving at the speed of light through Mabui's teleportation jutsu.
- Not only that, but Madara was running towards her direction, giving him less time to react.
- Not only that, that was when Madara still had limited movement.
Madara has a relativistic reaction time.
Comparing Madara to Naruto and Minato
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- With the pictures above, it's now quite clear that Naruto and Minato's reaction times are inferior to those of Madara.
- Madara has Jedi level reaction times.


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CAIRO (Jun. 17)
The Egyptian Government today exempted Jews from measures taken against Italian nationals.
Since Italy's entrance into the war many of the 5,000 Italian Jews who constituted 10 per cent of the Italian colony in Egypt, had been taken into custody.
Although the Jews were usually released after a day or two, hundreds of them remained without jobs, were not allowed to continue in their trades and all their credits were blocked.
With actual lifting of the restrictions against them, as a result of today's action, the Italian Jews will be able to resume their former occupations.
The situation of the German Jews is similar. Some well-known doctors from Germany are directing Jewish hospitals in Cairo and Alexandria.


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WASHINGTON: When the Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, leaves the Pentagon every evening, he carries home a sheaf of documents about the latest American soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. After dinner, usually alone, he takes out a pen and writes notes to the families of the fallen.
And most nights, he weeps.
He has signed about 3400 condolence letters since taking over the Pentagon in late 2006, aides say. ''There's probably not a day in the last four years that I haven't wept, and it's mostly when I'm doing those letters,'' Mr Gates said.
As Mr Gates prepares to retire at the end of June, the toll on his psyche after serving as a wartime defence secretary during two bloody conflicts spanning two administrations is visible.
Other than Robert McNamara, who headed the Pentagon during the early years of the Vietnam War and left office a broken man, perhaps no other defence secretary in the past half century has seemed more affected by the hard task of sending American soldiers into combat than Mr Gates.
He often chokes up when he is talking to troops on his frequent visits to war zones, a rare show of emotion from a normally reserved and unflappable former intelligence analyst.
On trips to the Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington, he hands wounded soldiers his business card with ''Call me if you need me'' scribbled on the back, along with his initials. ''I love you,'' a bleary-eyed Gates told a group of soldiers, whose unit had suffered severe casualties, at Forward Operating Base Joyce in eastern Afghanistan last December.
Gates's concern for the troops is a key part of his legacy as he leaves office.
He has pushed the lumbering Pentagon bureaucracy to turn out new armoured vehicles and other equipment to keep soldiers safer in combat and to get them treated faster when they are wounded.
And he has become a voice of caution and even outright opposition to committing American forces to new wars. Mr Gates questioned the need to join the NATO air war in Libya, arguing that the military already was overstretched in Afghanistan and Iraq. Since then, he has sought to limit the US role.
Mr Gates emphasises that he would not hesitate to send troops to another conflict if national security were threatened, and he favours only ''modest'' reductions in troops in Afghanistan in coming months.
But the longer he is in office, Mr Gates said, the ''heavier'' the burden he bears when he is asked to make decisions that inevitably involve sending more soldiers to their deaths.
''I've got a military that's exhausted,'' he said. ''Let's just finish the wars we're in and keep focused on that instead of signing up for other wars of choice.''
During four days in Afghanistan on his last trip as Pentagon chief, Mr Gates said goodbye to troops at remote outposts.
At each stop, almost the same scene unfolded: surrounded by soldiers in sweltering heat, Mr Gates spoke in a low and halting voice, as if the words came hard but from his heart.
''Probably more than anybody except the President, I am responsible for you being here,'' he told about 300 troops from the 101st Airborne Division at Forward Operating Base Sharana, a desolate army outpost near the Pakistan border. ''I'm the guy that signed the deployment orders that sent you here, and that has weighed on me every day that I have had this job.''
Among those in the audience was Sergeant Chris Carbone, who received a Bronze Star for bravery from Mr Gates for helping recover the body of Staff Sergeant Kenneth McAninch, who was killed last October near Sharana.
Staff Sergeant McAninch's widow, Shawnna, and his mother, Cheryl Nance, each received handwritten letters from Mr Gates. In her letter, the mother recalled, he wrote that he was ''sorry for my loss and that he was a hero in their eyes, and I should be very, very proud of my son. That really touched me.''
Mr Gates said he can't explain his emotional bond with the troops, but he credits his parents, his boyhood experience as an Eagle Scout and his time as president of Texas A&M University, which produces more military officers than any school other than the military's service academies.
''The only thing that actually matters to me long-term is if somehow these kids think that here was a secretary of defence that was really looking after me,'' Mr Gates said.
''All the stuff, the budget decisions, the war decisions, all that other stuff, the only one that I care about is what those kids think of me. The rest of it is just Washington talk.''
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Paterno: Did he do everything he could?
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Recently the family of the late Joe Paterno has issued a report about the findings in former FBI Director Louis Freeh's report on the Sandusky child molestation case at Penn. State University.
In this report they claim that Freeh's findings are unsupported by facts. ''The lack of factual report for the … inaccurate and unfounded findings related to Mr. Paterno, and its numerous process-oriented deficiencies, was a rush to injustice and calls into question the credibility of the entire report,'' Dick Thornburgh was quoted saying on the website paterno.com.
In this same report, the family's attorney Thornburgh argues against Paterno being involved in a conspiracy, "There's simply no basis anywhere in the report for that finding. That in my view renders the whole report of very little value,'' Thornburgh said in an interview with The Associated Press. ''There's simply nothing in this record, in the Freeh report, that indicates he was involved in any way.''
How can this once respectable family make a claim that Paterno was not involved when he failed to protect the kids that Sandusky was victimizing? In 2001, graduate assistant Mike McQuery told Paterno that he had seen Sandusky in the shower with a student doing things of a "sexual nature."
So what does Paterno do? He reports this to his higher ups but that is it. He did nothing to protect these kids after finding out what Sandusky had been doing. He was one of the most powerful men on that campus and he failed to do something about it. Reporting about the incident was the right thing to do, but the fact is that he did not do more to help these kids.
In Freeh's report he claims "Taking into account the available witness statements and evidence, it is more reasonable to conclude that, in order to avoid the consequences of bad publicity, the most powerful leaders at Penn. State University — Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley — repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky's child abuse."
Freeh's investigative team, according to a Fox Sports article, conducted 430 interviews and analyzed over 3.5 million emails and documents. The former federal judge said evidence showed Paterno was involved in an "active agreement to conceal'' and his report cited email exchanges, which referenced Paterno, between administrators about allegations against Sandusky in 1998 and 2001.
According to Thornburgh's findings in Freeh's report, there are 30 documents that it focuses on. Three of which are notes authored by Paterno and 17 emails, but only four referenced Paterno. Paterno shunned technology so he could not have been involved.
It is in this reporter's opinion it does not matter if Paterno was in a conspiracy to hide Sandusky's activities or was in any way involved in it, but rather the fact that he did nothing to stop Sandusky from continuing to victimize the kids in whom Paterno was supposed to protect and watch over.
As an educator he was supposed to take care of these kids and look out for their well-being. But all he did was report the 2001 incident to cover himself from trouble, and that is where the problem lies. He did nothing to make sure that Sandusky never touched another kid or even make sure that his superiors were doing something to discipline Sandusky.
In a statement defending his report, Freeh said that the Paterno family had a right to "shape the legacy of Joe Paterno," but he found the report to be self-serving.
This report against Freeh's findings is one last chance for the family to save the damaged reputation of a once respected and influential man.


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If you're going to get noticed at SXSW, you better think big. While Mashable may have won the best publicity stunt contest with the appearance of Grumpy Cat, SyFy turned heads and generated lots of social attention with a pop-up hotel. The marketing effort was designed to promote the debut of Defiance, a new show and multiplayer game launching on April 15th.
Built out of storage containers, the 3-room hotel was designed to "recreate aspects of the futuristic world of Defiance in downtown Austin." Next door, residents could visit the "social lounge," meet others and jump on the internet.
The rooms featured minimalist design, a 24 hour concierge service, round-the-clock security, their own bathroom and shower facilities and twice daily maid service. To kick things off, SyFy invited Jesse Rath, a Defiance Cast Member, to stay in one of the rooms. As the festival went on, the three rooms were booked mostly by media types.
Storage containers are bigger than you might think.
The view from the rear where the bathrooms are located.
Visitors could interact with the "Need/Want Social Bar," which encouraged people to share their needs and wants, which were then displayed on an interactive wall and in social feeds. Selected participants won prizes via Twitter. The top "want" of SXSW? Bacon.


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Review & Giveaway: Palomino Blackwing Sketchbook
- 08.21.12
- Fabio Ricci, Forest Choice, Giveaway, Palomino, Places to Buy, sketchbook, blackwing, forest choice, giveaway, palomino, pencil, review, sketchbook
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The nice folks at Pencils.com sent me the samples below. In 2010, they relaunched the popular Blackwing pencil, and in late 2011, they followed it up with a selection of notebooks paying homage to the pencil. I was excited to see that they partnered with the Turkish company behind the Fabio Ricci brand of notebooks to make these. (See here for a review of the notebooks I bought in Istanbul, including one by Fabio Ricci.)
The notebooks I received are from their Palomino Blackwing Artist Series and the Forest Choice series. Here, I'll take a closer look at the Palomino Blackwing Artist sketchbook.
This is a 5 x 8 1/4″ sketchbook, same size as a large Moleskine. The outside cover has a smooth matte finish, with an illustration of a happy pencil by the artist MJ Bivouac. As is typical with most notebooks, there's a removable paper band, an elastic closure, branding info on the lower back cover, and an inside pocket. Inside the front cover, there are lines for you to write your contact info and a date.
The sketchbook opens nice and flat despite a binding that seems a bit stiff at first. The pocket in the back is all paper, without any cloth reinforcement, so it might tear more easily than some.
The bright white paper inside has a somewhat hard, smooth feel. It works really nicely with fine point gel ink pens, no scratchiness at all. It's also good with soft pencil. (I didn't have a Blackwing pencil to test it with, unfortunately!) The only drawback I found was that a few inks almost seemed to bead up on the surface of the paper, and my brush pens went on with a greyish tone rather than a deep black. The paper performs really well on show-through and bleed-through.
Overall, I'd say this is a pretty solid sketchbook even if it's not a game-changer in any way. At $19.95, these are a bit more expensive than a Moleskine, for slightly fewer pages (96, vs. the 104 in a Moleskine sketchbook) but I think many people will be willing to pay the extra dollar for something a bit different with this quality of paper.
You can learn more about Palomino's other products here, and purchase these (and other) notebooks at Pencils.com. And you can also take a shot at winning the beige and green Forest Choice notebook pictured above:
I'll select a random winner from entries received in these ways:
On Twitter, tweet something containing "@pencilscom" and "@NotebookStories, and follow "@pencilscom" and "@NotebookStories."
On Facebook, "like" the Notebook Stories page and the Pencils.com page, and post something containing the words "Palomino Blackwing" on my wall.
On your blog, post something containing the words "Palomino Blackwing" and "Notebook Stories" and link back to this blog.
The deadline for entry is Friday August 24 at 11:59PM, EST. Good luck everyone!
And please remember to check my posts on Facebook and Twitter for an announcement of the winner.
12 Responses to "Review & Giveaway: Palomino Blackwing Sketchbook"
Oh, I'm drooling! Want to win! Want to WIN!
I've followed & liked Pencils.Com on Twitter (molossus1) and Facebook. I already do both for NotebookStories.
I've tweeted: https://twitter.com/molossus1/status/237935446104109059
I posted at my blog: http://lifeimitatesdoodles.blogspot.com/2012/08/link-to-review-giveaway-palomino.html and just for kicks I shared about the giveaway on Facebook and Google+.
sounds good!
Nice looking sketchbook.
Sent off a tweet.
And also mentioned your competion on the FountainPenGeeks Forum
OOOH this is the kind of notebook I've been dreaming about lately! I have plenty of notebooks w/ lined pages & pretty, decorated pages but all i want right now is nice blank pages I can do whatever i want with! <3
Cool review! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the Palomino pencils…would love to love the notebook, too! Thanks for the opportunity!
I'm adding a comment for Palomino Blackwing sketchbook, since it sounds EXACTLY like what I would use – bright white and super smooth!
Hope this will suffice, since I don't tweet, etc
thanks a bunch – molly z.
Nifty review and lovely sketchbook. Please enter me to win one. Thank you!
I'm just venturing into notebooks & sketchbooks as I'm a fledgling tangler – would love to have a sketchbook with quality paper for my work so please enter me for the giveaway.
1. Follow Pencils.com on Twitter (@pepandpaper)
2. Follow Notebook Stories on Twitter (@pepandpaper)
3. I've put a photo with details & linking back to your post in my sidebar on http://pepcraftchallexp.blogspot.co.uk/
If I manage to work out how to tweet without a given format like Rafflecopter I'll come back to you.
Thanks for fascinating info.
Paula (PEP)
I managed to Tweet too – hope that's right https://twitter.com/pepandpaper/status/238642339680239616
Paula (PEP)
tweeted! 🙂 https://twitter.com/snaililla/status/238835736667885569
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text: 15 November 1999 7 Days Sign up for our weekly email * Berlin jubilant Tens of thousands of Berliners celebrated ten years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Chancellor Schroder paid tribute to the "bravery" of the people of the former East Germany - for which read "forbearance". They suffer 16.9 per cent unemployment, over twice the figure in the former West Germany. Cyclone fall-out The government in the eastern Indian state of Orissa rejected UN charges that it is responding inadequately to the cyclone that struck two weeks ago. Official figures put the death toll at over 7,500, but this is likely to rise much further. Welfare through The Lords backed down on their revolt over the government's controversial welfare bill. Lord Ashley, the Labour peer who led the campaign against the bill, withdrew his amendments, despite saying the government had failed to answer serious criticisms. Court shrift The French consumer affairs minister said France would rather go to court than lift its ban on British beef. France has been told that it faces legal action from the European Commission if it fails to lift the trade embargo by 16 November. Chechnya fears Chechnya's foreign minister warned that he fears Russia will continue attacks on his nation until it has been completely destroyed. Iyas Akhmadov made his comments after the US accused Russia of violating the Geneva Convention in its offensive against the breakaway republic. Spin cycle Peter Mandelson will again lead Labour's election machine, the party announced. The Northern Ireland Secretary will work with Gordon Brown in planning the party's next campaign. Dome alone The giant human figure at the centre of the Millennium Experience's Body Zone was revealed for the first time. This may be the closest organisers come to a human body inside the dome, however. Not one of its opening days has yet sold out. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 15 November 1999 issue of the New Statesman, Guns and the Dome More