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I think that I am in a rut because I need to make myself a priority more often. Maybe not myself, but my health and well-being a priority. When I was younger, before I had my first child and before I was married, I would read about mothers in women's magazines. You know the type. They were the ones who never took time for themselves and one day found themselves out of shape, no longer stylish, hadn't worn make up since they had their first kid and their hair comes in one style: The Ponytail.
I am not that woman. I wear make up every day and although I certainly don't go shopping for clothing very often (okay never), and I have no idea who the pop music artists are (a clear indicator that I am now a grown-up), I have style and I want to take good care of myself. And I never wear my long hair in a ponytail.
I think that it is hard to make your physical and mental well-being a priority sometimes and it is especially difficult when you have a family to take care of. There is that whole not-being-able-to-just-walk-out-the-door-to-go-to-the-gym-when-you-feel-like-going thing that mothers have going on that can be a hindrance sometimes ;) Even when Josh is here with the kids and I go out for a run (which admittedly hasn't happened in a long time and that makes me sad because I love running ), I usually stay close to our house and run around our neighborhood, which is not exactly peaceful. I admit that I am nervous about running on the trails near the river by our house alone, so I don't. We have a dog that is a total sweetheart but damn, he sucks to run with because when he sees another dog, he acts like a lunatic. I remember a few months ago, I really, really needed to go running and when I mentioned going, all of a sudden the entire family was going with me to walk while I ran nearby. I almost burst into tears because I really just needed time alone dammit!! Then I felt bad for feeling that way. What the hell? Why do we feel bad needing time alone, when we spend so much time caring for others? Even when you know you shouldn't feel guilty or bad, you do any way. Pretty sure you know what I am talking about here.
So...I was playing pretend with Reese tonight. She loves to set up shops or studios in our little mud room/laundry room and play pretend. She has had a fix-it shop, a store, a vet clinic among many others, but my personal favorite was her "Kroty" studio last fall. Her best friend is in Karate, so Reese wanted to pretend and Elliot's Kroty Studio was in our mud room for a few weeks. We still laugh about that one....anyway, tonight it was Beth's Ballet School. She thought this was funny because my name is Elizabeth, but I grew up as Beth for most of my life...I was in my early 20's when I decided to use my full name. You wouldn't believe the people who gave me shit for it. Um. Excuse me?? It is MY NAME, thankyouverymuch. If I want to use my full name, which I love, instead of my nickname, which I never liked (sorry mom!), I am going to do it regardless of who doesn't like it. (We had fun, even though pretend play has tested my patience level more than a few times over the last 8 years. I now know that I am not the only mom who feels this way, thanks to my excellent neighbor who is a fantastic mother, who let me know that she strongly dislikes pretend play too sometimes). I was the instructor, who was "instructed" to lead the stretching for the ballet students (Reese and our dog, Elliot). I did a few downward dogs, cat/cows and warrior poses and that is when I realized that all I really need is some yoga in my life again. I don't mean my prenatal yoga video or my postnatal boot camp video. I need real, live yoga. In a studio, with real people around me.
So, this Sunday morning, I am going to drag out my mat, shake the dust off it and get into my car with my best girl friend. To celebrate 32 years of friendship, yoga, running, breathing and laughing. Now I will have 5 things that I need and love in my life. Five things that absolutely guarantee a way out of a rut!
|{Jamie Elmer}
Sounds about right :)


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Note: this post was directly inspired by some of the comments on yesterday's post.
When I was a young fellow, fresh out of accounting MBA school, I had a prestigious job working for one of the (at the time) six biggest accounting firms in the world. It was a small office, but it was the second biggest of the six in the city I lived in at the time. It was a well-respected firm and I was lauded by my school, friends, family and peers for landing a position there.
If you aren't familiar with the work-life structure of the big accounting firms, a little background is in order. I'll refer to them as the Big 4 (today there are four – during my professional career one has disappeared – Andersen – and two have merged). In the Big 4, the corporate culture is up-or-out. What does that mean? Nobody remains in static positions. There are three basic levels: staff, manager and partner. Staff and managers have a number of subdivisions, but a new joiner will progress, inevitably from junior staff to senior staff to junior manager to senior manager to junior partner to senior partner. You either get promoted on schedule or you are pressured to leave… or fired.
Everyone works hard in the Big 4. I have worked until 6 am, showered and gone back to work. I have worked week after week, 12-14 hour days every day including Saturdays and Sundays. The deadlines are unmissable and the pressure is enormous. The staff and seniors are typically devoted to no more than a few clients at once, and they have very little discretion in which clients and which areas they work. Managers have more latitude, but typically take on far more responsibility. They are responsible for training, mentoring, reviewing and organizing the staff on the project, and at the same time they must manage the clients' expectations, pursue collections and billings and meet firm expectations on landing new business. Partners' responsibilities are intense; mistakes on their part can destroy the firm. They must be technically proficient in accounting principles, "rainmakers" and office leaders. The days of the cheerfully drunk partner who shows up for golf and cocktails are long, long gone.
Staff and managers work exceptionally hard, though. I had a decent salary compared to my peers but I also worked 100 hour work weeks. My hourly wage was approximately $9 per hour as a staff person. Babysitters in New Jersey typically demand a minimum of $10 per hour. By the time I was a manager things weren't much better – when I jumped to private industry I received a huge pay raise for nothing other than getting out of the grind. Had I stayed until I was a partner, I would have received a partnership income in the (I guess, depending on the market and a million variables) range of a quarter million per year. Retirement at 50 would have been achievable with a partner's pension. I always knew I didn't want to stick around to make partner. My intention was to stay two years then bolt – but then I stayed another – and another – and the next thing you knew I realized I was facing a big choice.
So what's the point, Steve?
The Big 4 payoff is like a lottery. You make partner, you get rewarded for those awful hours and those long busy seasons. If you leave before then, you have been suckered. You gave up a lot of hours at minimum wage to build someone else's firm; someone else's client relationships; someone else's partnership share. I spent years toiling at an awful salary to strengthen my firm and enrich the partners.
Don't work like this for an employer.
I regret those hours now. I have a good consulting gig, don't get me wrong. Leaving at 6 pm is a late day for me. I have few responsibilities and very little pressure. But if I had taken my 20s and poured those 100 hour work weeks into my own business, or even a small firm where I could have shared in the growth, I would have benefited enormously – more than just having a six-figure salary. I do have a fearsome resume to show for it; people in my field generally know what it means to have been in the offices and firms and fields and industries I was in, and it makes a difference in landing consulting jobs now. But I built no assets for me.
So the point is this: if you are working insane hours, stop and figure out your hourly wage. Stop and ask yourself: if I quit today, or I quit 3 years from now, will my resume look much different? Am I building something for someone else or for myself? It may be that you're happy with your position as an employee – but if you're working past the 9 to 5, you're donating your irreplacable time – YOUR LIFE – to your employer, free of charge. That's an awful nice present. Think about whether you're happy giving it. You could probably spend a lot of those spare hours – which can never be replaced – doing a lot of things for yourself.

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- Directory conventions
- See How to document a PROV example
- This example is version controlled at http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/file/tip/examples/
- author: Stian Soiland-Reyes
- See also: Renaming_the_concept_Responsibility
Identify the problem
After renaming of 'responsibility' to 'delegation' was agreed and implemented in
PROV DM, the PROV-O qualified class
prov:Responsibility was renamed to
This generalisation is generally good - but does implicitly change the direction of the qualified relationship as compared to
The PROV example
- Turtle version:
- Whiteboard version:
This example shows the delegation to give a secretary access to read emails. The unqualified relation is missing (marked as ?).
If you ask:
- Who is the secretary that checks the email?
- Which unqualified property should go for
?- and in which direction?
Then the graph above seems to indicate that Bob has delegated email checking to the agent Alice - hence Alice is the secretary.
However the upper ? is not the inverse prov:hadDelegate from Bob to Alice, but prov:actedOnBehalfOf from Bob to Alice - and it is in fact Bob who is the secretary.
The sources for confusions here are:
prov:agenthints at agency, that Alice is an agent for Bob
- The direction of delegation is generally "Manager delegates to Office Droid", so the qualification pattern with
prov:Delegationcould read like "Bob delegated to Alice" - rather than "Alice was a delegate for Bob"
Potential solutions
- Make
prov:hadDelegatebe the unqualified property and change the direction of
- Should then be pretty obvious; would not have
- ..but wrong direction/term according to DM..
- DM to change actedOnBehalfOf(responsible, delegate) to hadDelegate(delegate, responsible)?
- Should then be pretty obvious; would not have
- Use more specific properties like
prov:responsiblerather than confusing
- but.. harder to identify the 'special' outgoing link of qualification
- Rename <code>prov:Delegation and
- prov:Delegate ?
- prov:ActedOnBehalfOf ?
- .. ?


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There were the mounting injuries. His marriage and honeymoon. And the budding pizza empire and new training facility.
For 30-year-old Luke Zachrich, a busy schedule outside the cage was affecting his career inside it, so the former MMAjunkie.com blogger took two years off.
Now, the fighter, who was on a seven-fight win streak before a Bellator 16 loss to Eric Schambari in April 2010, returns to the cage tonight.
Zachrich (10-2), who's perhaps best known for his stint on "The Ultimate Fighter 7" in 2008, headlines tonight's Ultimate Victory Challenge 20 event at Ohio State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Columbus, Ohio. There, he takes on fast-rising middleweight contender Nick Kraus (6-1), who's won five straight fights (four via stoppage).
It's Zachrich's first fight in 28 months.
"He's a college wrestler," Zachrich told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) of his opponent. "He holds some records for his school and all that fun stuff. He's a tough, game kid that's not afraid to get in there and fight anybody. So it's a big test with me coming back after this long of a layoff, but this is the path I want to take. I want to fight the toughest guys out there that aren't signed (to a major promotion) right now."
Zachrich, who was part of Forrest Griffin's squad on "TUF 7," blogged about the season and connected with MMAjunkie.com readers. But he never got an official UFC fight. And after his lone Bellator appearance, his back injuries put the breaks on his fighting career and forced the layoff.
"It started with injuries, but it was a good thing," he said. "I herniated two discs in my lower back going into my last fight in Bellator. I didn't realize how bad it was until after the fight. I was in horrible pain, but you can't pass up an opportunity to be in a tournament like that."
Zachrich opted against surgery, focused on rehabilitating the injuries, and said he's now feeling better. It's reignited the Ohio fighter's desire to get back in the cage, which led to tonight's booking.
"It was really good mentally for me to take the time off," he said. "My body is back 100 percent to where I haven't felt this good in years basically, since I was 26 years old basically."
In addition to opening Ronin Training Center in downtown Columbus, he's helped expand his family's chain of Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers restaurants. The gourmet-pizza shops have been a hit in Columbus, and he plans to soon open a third (or even fourth) location.
But in addition to his pizza empire, he's been working hard on his fight game. In 10 career wins, Zachrich owns 10 stoppages, including six submissions. But both his career losses also came via submission.
So with a healthy back and stable life outside the cage, Zachrich has focused on his Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which he expects to be on display tonight when he finally returns to the cage.
"It's not like I sat on my butt the entire time I was off," he said. "It helped me work on one of the weaker points of my game and make it one of my strongest."
MMAjunkie.com Radio broadcasts Monday-Friday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino's Race & Sports Book. The show is hosted by "Gorgeous" George Garcia, MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan and producer Brian "Goze" Garcia. For more information or to download past episodes, go to www.mmajunkie.com/radio.


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Well, almost nothing.
I'm offering free shipping worldwide, October 15th and 16th, on all listed items in my Etsy shop.
Sorry to be all viral spambot and add to the roaring din of self promotion on the internet. I noticed a few of you have marked items in my shop as a favorites, so wanted to give a heads up.


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Would the use of a gyroscope and associated hardware give you quicker
response time for directional control of your rocket and give instantaneous
movement of a thruster or would it be able to withstand the g's and be
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Re: Using a gyroscope for directional vertical control of rocket Posted on: Tue May 21, 2013 1:42 pm
Do you mean mechanically attaching a gyroscope to the gimballed engine? Or using a gyroscope-based sensor to collect position information that the computer then uses to steer? I think they're already doing the latter, and I'm not sure how the former would compensate for wind drift for example. You'd still need to fuse in position information. Could that be done mechanically?
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text: /* * AudioHardwareDetect.h (definition) * Project : AppleOnboardAudio * * Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. * * @APPLE_LICENSE_HEADER_START@ * * The contents of this file constitute Original Code as defined in and * are subject to the Apple Public Source License Version 1.1 (the * "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the * License. Please obtain a copy of the License at * http://www.apple.com/publicsource and read it before using this file. * * This Original Code and all software distributed under the License are * distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND APPLE HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, * INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please see the * License for the specific language governing rights and limitations * under the License. * * @APPLE_LICENSE_HEADER_END@ * * An AudioHardwareDetect is a method to see if a device has been * connected to the main CPU. It can be based on a different methods * - A status is polled on a chip (usually the Codec itself) and is tested * against the detect properties. There are two kind of subdetects : * + the InSense : when a device is connected, a bit is set in * the status. The status is masked with the detect bit-mask, and * compared with the bit-match. If the comparison is stisfied * the detect is activated * + the AnyInSense : the presence of one or more bits, tells that * the detect is activated * - An interrupt is detected, and depending on its value triggers or not * the detect * * An AudioHardwareDetect is a subclass of the IOAudioJackControl. For now * it barely use the advantage of this class hierarchy. Eventually in case of * activation we will just change the state of the IOAudioJackControl to notify * the device driver. */ #ifndef _AUDIOHARDWAREDETECT_H #define _AUDIOHARDWAREDETECT_H #include "AudioHardwareCommon.h" #include "AudioHardwareUtilities.h" // Information passed to the "create" method. Ususally this information // is extracted by parsing the Open Firmware "sound-objects" properties // of the "sound" node typedef struct _s_AudioHardwareDetectInfo { short detectKind; UInt32 bitMask; UInt32 bitMatch; UInt32 device; }AudioHardwareDetectInfo; // Different kind of detects. We could have created a parent class and subclass // it for each kind, but as there are not a lot of detect kind. enum{ kAudioHardwareDetectUnknown = 0, kAudioHardwareDetectInSense = 1, kAudioHardwareDetectAnyInSense = 2, kAudioHardwareDetectGPIO = 3, kAudioHardwareGenericDetectGPIO = 4 }; class IOAudioJackControl; //Class declaration class AudioHardwareDetect : public OSObject { OSDeclareDefaultStructors(AudioHardwareDetect); public: static AudioHardwareDetect *create(UInt32 cntrlID, AudioHardwareDetectInfo myInfo); void ioLog(); // Useful in debug mode to display the Detect info UInt32 refreshDevices(UInt32 currentDevices); // The method to see if the detect should activate or not // a change in the sndHWSpec field of the driver. protected: bool init(UInt32 cntrlID, AudioHardwareDetectInfo myInfo); void free(); short dKind; // detect kind UInt32 dDevice; // device attached. These are defined in AudioHardwareConstants.h UInt32 dbitMask; // field for status polled based detect UInt32 dbitMatch; // field for status polled based detect }; #endif


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A 'Mineral Reserve' is the economically mineable part of a measured or indicated mineral resource. It is inclusive of diluting materials and allows for losses that may occur when the material is mined.
A 'Mineral Resource' is a concentration or occurrence of material of intrinsic economic interest in or on the Earth's crust (a deposit) in such form and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction.


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There's been quite a bit of commentary about the report put out this week by the International Energy Agency projecting the potential for energy independence by the U.S. in a little over a decade.
Knowing how vital energy is to both economic health and security of our nation – much less the trucking industry – I for one certainly couldn't wait to trumpet such good news.
Yet maybe it's a little too good to be true – and some of the more sober-eyed realists on this topic are none other than members of the U.S. oil and gas industry.
According to a new survey conducted by the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions – a division of global consulting firm Deloitte LLP – while America can bank on plentiful domestic natural gas, the nation should expect a continued reliance on foreign oil for the next decade at least.
Three-quarters of the respondents to Deloitte's poll think the U.S. is already natural gas self-sufficient, or will be within 10 years. Yet when it comes to oil, however, those respondents are far less optimistic about the country's ability to meet demand with domestic supplies, with 54% saying the U.S. will never be completely oil self-sufficient and a mere 26% saying oil self-sufficiency is achievable in the next 10 years.
Yet Peter Robertson (at left) for one – an independent senior advisor to Deloitte and former vice chairman of Chevron Corp. – believes that if the question of oil self-sufficiency had been expanded to include all of North America, and not just the U.S., then a different view might emerge from the oil and gas industry.
"Given North America's remarkable success with unconventional oil – both tight oil in places like North Dakota and oil sands in Canada – something closely resembling self-sufficiency is arguably within reach," he explained. "When you combine unconventional oil supplies with the recently established increase in shale gas reserves, you could have the makings of a true energy renaissance."
Now, Deloitte conducted this survey in late October – well before the IEA's report went public – and canvassed 250 oil and gas professionals from that the firm dubs a "decision-making" demographic: Respondents were 48 years old on average, had an average of 20 years of experience in the industry, had college or graduate degrees, and earned over $100,000 per year.
Another key point unearthed by Deloitte's poll: Natural gas prices are expected to keep falling, while oil prices are expected to do just the opposite.
Looking at 2013, oil and gas professionals see natural gas prices remaining quite low – with 40% predicting prices less than $3 per MMBtu (which stands for one million British Thermal Units) and a large majority (86%) predicting Henry Hub prices under $4 per MMBtu. More specifically:
- 4% see prices below $2 per MMBtu.
- 36% see prices between $2 and $2.99 per MMBtu.
- 46% see prices between $3 and $3.99 per MMBtu.
- 14% see prices above $4 per MMBtu.
Crude oil prices, on the other hand, are expected to remain relatively strong next year, according to the majority of oil and gas professionals responding to Deloitte's surveys, with 57% thinking the average cost of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the North American price measuring stick for oil, if you will – will range between $80 and $99 a barrel next year. Indeed:
- 2% see prices below $80 per barrel.
- 17% see prices at $80 to $89 per barrel.
- 40% see prices at $90 to$99 per barrel.
- 28% see prices at $100 to $109 per barrel.
- 7% see prices at $110 to $119 per barrel.
- 5% see prices above $120 per barrel.
So where does transportation fit into all of this? Well, Roger Ihne, a principal with Deloitte, noted that natural gas – specifically compressed natural gas (CNG) – is being view strongly as a replacement for diesel and gasoline, largely because oil prices are expected to keep rising while natural gas prices won't.
By contrast, liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is often touted for long-haul trucks, is being by the industry experts in the survey as more suited as an export commodity than a transportation fuel, he said.
Ihne noted that when asked to identify the best alternative transportation fuels to gasoline and diesel, survey respondents clearly preferred natural gas – with 67% seeing products like CNG as the most promising option to refined oil products, far ahead of other top choices like electricity (11%) and biofuels (8%).
Most survey respondents also think that the abundance of shale gas will lead to LNG exports, with a large majority (72%) expect that LNG export terminals will eventually receive government approval – with 36% believing this approval will occur before 2014 and the exact same percent expecting approval after 2014.
Similarly, the survey found that even with exports of LNG, most oil and gas decision-makers don't see a meaningful increase in domestic natural gas prices. A strong majority (93%) sees either no price increase or a slight change in price. In contrast, less than 1 in 10 (7%) see a significant price increase.
"It's not surprising that oil and gas decision-makers are enthusiastic about the role of natural gas in our national energy future, given burgeoning supplies, America's comparatively low cost of extraction, and its relative cleanliness," added John England, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP, and leader of Deloitte's oil and gas practice. "What is surprising is that natural gas is a fuel source that we were aggressively preparing to import at high world prices just a few years ago."
That at least, thankfully, the U.S. won't have to do. Hopefully, where oil is concerned, we'll continue to see imports drop in the near future – whether due to wider use of natural gas, more domestic production of the black stuff… or both simultaneously. Either way, let's hope our nation continues on down this path of energy self-sufficiency.


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Zeeshan sends along that he's looking for help bring GNOME Boxes to Ubuntu and Debian.
If you read any of my previous blog entries, you must be now familiar with this 'express installation' concept we have in Boxes. Its pretty neat actually, you just set a few options at the beginning and then you can leave Boxes (or your machine) and when you are back, everything is setup for you automatically in a new box.
I have invested a lot of time/efforts on this already and will be spending a lot more time in future as well but I am just one man so can not possibly cover all operating systems out there. That is why I am asking for help from anyone who will be interested in adding express installation support for Ubuntu and Debian while I focus on Fedora and Windows variants. Oh and if you are interested in adding support for some other distribution/OS, that contribution will also be more than welcomed.
In any case, happy hacking!
If you're interested in doing this (it would be great to get Boxes in 12.04) let me know. You'll likely need to link up with the Desktop Team, I can help get you talking to the right people if you want to rock this.Read more


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Tobacco and Smoking
Tobacco Use, Prevention and Cessation
Tobacco use (cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, and other tobacco products) is documented as the leading preventable cause of death and illness in our nation. The number of deaths (more than 400,000 annually) caused by tobacco use is greater than the combined number of deaths due to AIDS, alcohol, automobile accidents, murders, suicides, drugs and fires.
Nicotine, a key ingredient in tobacco products, is an addictive drug. Tobacco use by and around children and adolescents is of particular concern due to increased risk for addiction and passive exposure. Smoking is a known cause of cancer, heart disease, stroke and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Special dangers exist for specific subpopulations of smokers such as pregnant women who suffer higher rates of spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, premature births and low birth weight babies.
The American Academy of Family Physicians strongly encourages all of its members and staff to personally avoid tobacco use. The AAFP urges its members to:
- save lives by working toward elimination of all tobacco use;
- document use of tobacco products in patient charts;
- work cooperatively with other health professionals to provide cessation counseling and other treatments;
- discourage tobacco use in all public and workplace settings; and,
- list tobacco as a cause on death certificates when appropriate.
The AAFP acknowledges that some religious practices involve the ceremonial use of tobacco.
The AAFP has no direct association with organizations involved in the manufacture of tobacco products and urges its members to avoid such association.
The AAFP supports this policy by prohibiting the use of tobacco products in all AAFP buildings, at all meetings sponsored by the AAFP, and by physicians and staff representing the AAFP. The AAFP encourages constituent chapters to prohibit the use of tobacco products in their offices, and at constituent chapter sponsored meetings. Finally, the AAFP encourages the use of smoke free meeting and conference space whenever possible.
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): Because of the devastating shift in tobacco-related morbidity, mortality, and health care costs projected to fall upon the world's developing nations, the AAFP joins WONCA and other healthcare organizations in support of the FCTC, the World Health Organization health treaty on tobacco control, and urges its ratification by the US Senate and signature by the President.
Tobacco Advertising: The AAFP opposes all forms of advertisement of tobacco products for human consumption especially the direct or indirect marketing of tobacco products to children. It commends sources that provide information on the hazards of smoking and tobacco products to the public, including the direct or indirect marketing of tobacco products to children. Whenever possible, the AAFP will place advertising material and develop relationships with publications that do not accept tobacco advertising. If advertising must be placed in publications that carry tobacco advertising, the publication must assure that adjoining page(s) do not promote tobacco or alcohol. The AAFP also urges removal of corporate tax deductions for the advertising of tobacco products.
The AAFP strongly supports labeling of all tobacco products warning potential users of health hazards and believes such labeling should be prominently displayed on packaging and advertisements with clear wording.
Community Education: The Academy recommends tobacco prevention and cessation programs, such as TAR WARS that discourage tobacco use, counter tobacco advertising, and teach skills to resist those influences, for all elementary and secondary students. The Academy urges members to become involved in teaching tobacco prevention and cessation programs within their schools and community.
Treatment of and Payment for Tobacco Use: The AAFP supports health plan coverage and appropriate payment for evidence-based physician services for treatment of tobacco use. The AAFP recommends that all tobacco users in the United States be aware of the existence of and have barrier-free access to all evidenced-based FDA-approved therapies and counseling as described in the US Public Health Service's 2008 update of the Clinical Practice Guideline: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, released May 2008.
Distribution and Sales: The AAFP recognizes that the majority of states have laws restricting the sale of cigarettes to minors and commends those states. It urges the federal government or all states to enact laws restricting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18 and these laws be strictly enforced. The AAFP further urges legislation raising the legal age for the purchase of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age and requiring active enforcement of age-at-sale for tobacco purchases. The AAFP supports requiring that all tobacco products be placed behind sales counters in retail stores. It opposes the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products via the Internet and vending machines and supports legislation to ban such sales. Further, the Academy strongly opposes the promotional distribution of free cigarettes and tobacco products, supports legislation designed to prohibit such distribution, and urges that such laws be strictly enforced.
Sales of Tobacco Products by Facilities that Provide Health Care Services: Facilities that provide direct health care services, pharmacies, and related institutions are integral parts of our healthcare system, with the overt and/or implicit goal of improving the health of their patrons. The sale of tobacco products is an inherent conflict of interest for such facilities, given that tobacco use represents the leading cause of death in the United States and contributes greatly to the nation's excess healthcare costs. Several Canadian provinces and the cities of San Francisco and Boston have banned the sales of tobacco products in retail pharmacies. The AAFP supports a ban on the sale of tobacco products in facilities that provide clinical patient care services, pharmacies, and retail outlets housing health clinics. The AAFP urges its constituent chapters to support state and local laws to this end, and the AAFP will advocate for federal legislation on this issue.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Regulation of Tobacco Products: Given that nicotine is an addictive drug, the FDA must have full jurisdiction over all tobacco products and nicotine delivery devices and be permitted to use the same procedures to regulate tobacco. Further, FDA decisions should be subject to the same standard of review that generally applies under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The tobacco industry should respond to the same regulatory forces that govern other similar industries and should not be able to choose the amount of regulation they accept. Further, the FDA should have authority to regulate the manufacture, sale, labeling, distribution and marketing of tobacco products and nicotine delivery devices including products such as nicotine water.
Health Care Facilities: The AAFP calls on its members to act in their local areas and hospitals to implement and enforce restrictions on tobacco use on hospital premises and other health care facilities making them tobacco-free premises with no designated smoking areas.
Medical Education: The AAFP strongly encourages all family physicians to participate in CME activities/programs related to prevention or cessation of tobacco use and provides current educational materials to members at www.askandact.org. All medical school and residency training programs should provide in-depth, effective education in prevention and cessation of tobacco use.
Passive Smoking: The AAFP strongly supports the prohibition of the use of tobacco products in all public places. Family physicians should advise their patients, especially those with cardiovascular diseases or other chronic disease, to avoid establishments that permit smoking and to request that family members do not smoke in the patient's home or vehicle. Family physicians should specifically address the problems of exposure of children to tobacco smoke, as well as encourage cessation of adult household members. The AAFP will urge all employers to provide smoke-free work and breaktime environments for their employees and incentives for employees who participate in cessation programs.
Smoking in Movies: The AAFP supports efforts to reduce the impact of smoking in movies on youth tobacco initiation, and calls on the film industry to adopt the following voluntary steps:
- Require movies containing scenes depicting smoking to have an "R" rating. The only exceptions should be when the presentation of tobacco clearly and unambiguously reflect the dangers and consequences of tobacco use or is necessary to represent the smoking of a real historical figure.
- Require producers to certify on screen that no one on the production received anything of value in consideration for using or displaying tobacco.
- Require strong anti-smoking ads before any movie with tobacco use, regardless of rating.
- Stop identifying tobacco brands.
Taxation and Subsidies: The AAFP recognizes that most states and the federal government tax cigarettes and believes that increasing taxes on tobacco provides a major disincentive to potential buyers, especially youth. The Academy encourages the development of health education programs funded by a dedicated tax on cigarettes. Further it strongly opposes all federal price support of the tobacco industry. The AAFP supports its state chapters as they seek to ensure that funds from the Master Settlement Agreement and/or excise taxes on tobacco products be used for tobacco prevention, cessation, education, and other elements of comprehensive tobacco control. Suggested spending levels from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs" should be followed in funding of these activities across the nation. (2003) (2009 COD)
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For all those under this impression: you are 100% right.
And for those who don't believe us, what more evidence do you need than this?
So as a gesture of charity to the scores of fans who look to us for guidance and advice, we've collated the ultimate dating how-to, to help you stop repelling.. and start propelling!
Please note, our wealth of knowledge on this subject matter has required us to divide the learning into three fun-filled segments.
Your first lesson of the day is to...
1. Get yourself a statement piece.
What better way to make an entrance than by arming yourself with a trademark accessory. After all,the more you resemble a mental patient, the better.
Should you, like us, wish to subscribe to this theory, we nominate the following four as the leaders of our tribe.
|Catherine Baba and her turban
|Anna Piaggi and her
Babar the elephant and his gold crown (whose look was copied by Kate Waterhouse in a previous post)
|Peter Rabbit wears his little blue jacket for a thumping good time.
And in saving the best for last, behold: Iris Apfel - also known as our favourite person in the whole wide world.
She is killing it harder than anyone else attempting to adopt black-rimmed spectacles as their trademark, because hers are the biggest and roundest of them all, and because of this, she wins at life.
Iris's mantra - that "as long as you get a rise out of somebody, and you get a response, then you've done something positive" is like oxygen to our veins.
In case you're wondering about how we adopt this strategy, you may remember a phase in which we took preference in wearing a turban.
Fun though it was, its prevalence amongst Sydney's fashion set led us even further from these roots.
With Iris's mantra in mind, this is a look bound to make an impact on our next encounter with a man friend.
While most certainly ensuring a rise and response from our man-dates, it may just not be rise or response we were after.


text: Bacterial vaginosis is a mild infection in the vagina caused by a type of bacteria (germ). The vagina normally contains a lot of "good" bacteria, called lactobacilli (say: "lack-toe bah-sil-li"), and a few other types of bacteria, called anaerobes (say: "ann-air-robes"). Too many anaerobes can cause bacterial vaginosis. It is not known why the anaerobe bacteria overgrow and cause this infection.


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Fresno READS is Now Reading and Beyond at Fresno State
In 1997, Fresno State developed the Fresno Reading Enrichment and Academic Development through Service (Fresno READS) project with the goal of helping young children improve literacy skills, while fostering a genuine love of books and reading. For many years, this project successfully recruited, trained, and placed Fresno State students as mentors and tutors for children in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Today, Fresno State has partnered with Reading and Beyond, a long-time community partner, to continue providing these valuable services to valley children and families. Since 1998, Reading and Beyond has established a rich history of reaching out to the "whole" child by incorporating services to the child and his or her family.
This new partnership will continue to provide Fresno State work-study students with meaningful service opportunities.
Reading and Beyond at Fresno State Tutors
Reading and Beyond at Fresno State tutors foster reading and academic skills through the one-on-one tutoring and small group instruction of local elementary children in Kindergarten through 6th grade. Tutors are also active participants and educators at such events as parent education fairs, fundraisers, and family literacy workshops. The partnership between Reading and Beyond and Fresno State provides Fresno State tutors with meaningful academic, personal, and professional experiences, and emphasizes collaboration and community involvement.
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Shortly after the Awards Ceremonies at the end of the 3-day RootsTech Conference, I sat down with Jay Verkler, CEO of FamilySearch, International. I asked Mr. Verkler how he came up with the idea of combining Technology with Genealogy to create RootsTech. "GenTech had the idea first" he said. Almost every idea was a team effort. The key was thinking together with others and as such, the entire team was part of the creative process in developing the conference.
What about the older generation, I asked. Often they are afraid of new technology or they like using it but don't care how it works. How would Mr. Verkler suggest we reassure this group and find ways to engage them? Mr. Verkler's response was a surprise. He pointed out that some people are at a stage in their lives where they don't care about learning anything new. And that's absolutely okay. But said Verkler, they probably care about getting things done. So who can they ask for help? One of their children? A friend? As long as someone is there to help them, do they really need to learn the new technology? Mr. Verkler doesn't think we should drag them, kicking and screaming, into it. But he also pointed out that sometimes it just takes a bit of encouragement to get reluctant users to plunge in because they are often more capable than they realize.
The bottom line is that the new technology tools are much better than doing things manually. FamilySearch has a course on the basics - using a computer, using a mouse and so on. Volunteers at a local Family History Center are always willing to help, as are the staff at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Libraries offer assistance too. All we need to do is encourage the reluctant or fearful users to find someone or some place that will help them.
I moved on to a question about participant feelings about their RootsTech experience. At the time of the interview, the email surveys had not gone out and I asked Mr. Verkler if he had any feedback at this point. He replied that of approximately 500 comments already turned in at that time, about 498 responded that they were having a great time. Only 2 of the 500 had suggestions for improvement. [Note: These were the numbers a half hour after RootsTech ended]
What did Mr. Verkler hope RootsTech participants would take away with them? Mr. Verkler prefaced his answer with an analogy. RootsTech was like making a cake, he said. You put together the best ingredients but you aren't absolutely sure how it will turn out or how it will taste. However many participants said they learned some practical solutions. Connections were made between vendors, with others and with associations. CEOs said they would return to a future RootsTech Conference just to work with such highly talented people. And there would be another Conference, in fact the dates for RootsTech 2012 are established (February 2-4, 2012).
I asked Mr. Verkler to take out his crystal ball and tell us what technical innovations are forthcoming. He replied that we will see new things at RootsTech 2012 that don't exist in the public domain at the time of this writing. Mr. Verkler could not share specific details at this time but he stated that technology will be moving at a faster rate than seen in the past. RootsTech 2011, being the first, was an experiment to see what worked and what didn't. You must do more to determine if you have the right mix. If future Conferences are as good or better than 2011 then we can look for it to be a permanent feature. It will always be in Salt Lake City as there are many good reasons to hold it there. The Family History Library being nearby is a huge plus. He added that RootsTech will keep its theme and try to be effective not necessarily huge.
Mr. Verkler pointed out that RootsTech is about the community. The people invited to participate (technologists, genealogists, speakers, companies) were some of the best in the world. The notion of participating as part of the community to make it better is extremely important. And RootsTech 2012 will be even better and stronger than RootsTech 2011.
March 31, 2011
Chatting With Jay Verkler, CEO of FamilySearch International
3 comments:
- Amy Coffin, MLIS said...
Great interview, Lorine. I was so impressed with how Verkler made himself available to bloggers and media throughout the conference and after hours.
- Genealogy Blogger said...
Amy, Mr. Verkler was such an interesting and generous person to interview. And I'm so curious as to what's coming in 2012!! I can hardly wait
- Enduring Legacy Genealogy said...
Thanks :)
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On Wednesday, Paul Holmgren said it was "only a matter of time" before the Flyers were able to re-sign forward Jake Voracek.
He wasn't kidding. It took less than 24 hours.
On Thursday, the Flyers signed Voracek to a massive 4-year, $17 million extension. He will carry an annual salary cap hit of $4.25 million, a substantial raise from the $2.25 million he earned last season, his first with the Flyers.
While that may seem like a decent chunk of change up front, the Flyers are banking on Voracek's untapped potential toward the end of the deal.
Voracek, who turns 23 on Aug. 15, could put up a staggering number of points on the Flyers' top line with Claude Giroux, which is where Holmgren expects he'll skate this year.
Plus, his contract is very comparable to some of the deals signed recently. Florida locked up Kris Versteeg, who is 4 years older, to a 4-year deal at $4.4 million per year. St. Louis signed T.J. Oshie, who is 2 years older, to a 5-year deal at $4.175 million per year. Voracek's stats are nearly identical to both - and he spent the first 3 years of his career on a brutally inept Columbus team.
Voracek has missed just 9 games over his first 4 years in the league. He netted a career-high 18 goals with the Flyers last year, just missing out on tying a career-high of 50 points. He also posted a career-high 190 shots on goal and tied a career-high plus/minus at plus-11. Interestingly, all 18 of Voracek's goals came at even-strength.
Undoubtedly, Jaromir Jagr helped Voracek immensely in adjusting to Philadelphia. Voracek grew up idolizing Jagr in their shared hometown of Kladno, Czech Republic, and the two spent quite a bit of time together.
Now, Voracek will be counted on to replace his countryman in a big way. And he has the cash to prove it.
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Big Blue boffins build 3D chip stack tech
Look, ma, no wires
IBM is bidding to become the NCP of semiconductors with a multi-storey chip technology that it hopes will allow CPUs to be stacked with memory, specialised processing cores and other components one on top of the other.
Mounting chip components vertically is nothing new, but the new IBM technique abandons the wires typically used to connect stacked chip dice and replaces them with metal links formed by drilling through each die's silicon and filling the holes with metal. These in-silicon pins are dubbed 'through-silicon vias' by IBM's boffins.
It's a trick that reduces the distance die-to-die signals need to travel by a factor of 1000 and enables a hundredfold increase in the number of links that can be established between dice, IBM claimed.
The upshot: cores can be physically packed closer together and are able to exchange information much more quickly. They may also form a more efficient way of channelling heat up through the stack to the package's cooling system - which may already have been made more effective through the novel canal-based package surface IBM announced last month. Multi-core processors using through-silicon vias could consume 20 per cent less energy, the company suggested.
IBM said the new technique will be used in mass-produced chips in 2008, with sample product going out to its customers during the latter half of this year to help them evaluate it.


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sereeds necessitava di un nuovo design di logo e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
3 vincitori sono stati selezionati tra 31 design presentati da 8 designer.
Need Logo, Stationary, Website for a new company. Short time limit. Need a professional look with construction "Safety" as the theme.
Stelcom Inc.
Taglines are not necessary but suggestions welcome
Desired Color Scheme:
Open to any color scheme
Desired Style:
I prefer clean and simple layouts, but anything is welcome. Open to any color scheme.
Accepted File Formats:
text for HTML and CSS, vector based for others
A full package would be ideal based on a clean and professional looking logo. Require vector format logo, HTML and CSS website template, and Stationary including bussiness card.
Open to any color scheme. Taglines are not necessary but suggestions welcome. I prefer clean and simple layouts, but anything is welcome.
We are a Construction Safety company called "Stelcom Inc." we own the domain name "stelcom.ca". Our work involves construction site accident prevention and tracking, with a future in safety training.
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
- Logo Design
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Although I've done a lot of things that were a lot harder in life in terms of physical demand. This may just be one of the toughest things I've done. I'm out of shape, I work from home sitting on my butt and don't get out much so when I decided to climb to 10K on Mt Rainier to ski down on Independence Day, I almost bit off more than I could chew.
After about a quarter of the way there I ran out of steam and was pretty much just digging down deep to keep going with my 55# pack. Yet another good reason to get in shape I suppose ...this climb didn't need to be so hard and would have been over in half the time had I been in good shape.
I am proud of it though since I haven't had to dig down deep like this in about 10 years.
I only wish Monty would have been allowed on the trail. ...and not just because I would have tied the pack to him and made him run up the hill.
Camp Muir above me
Mount Adams 12,281
Mt Saint Helens 8,365
Mt Rainier Summit 4,000 feet away


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South Dakota Officials Hold Forums on Livestock Production
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Department of Agriculture will hold two dozen meetings across the state in the next three months to discuss the future of livestock production in the state.
State Agriculture Secretary Walt Bones says South Dakota has progressive entrepreneurs who understand the potential of the agri-business marketplace. He says the forums will discuss South Dakota's challenges and advantages in increasing the number of livestock produced in the state.
The forums are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. local time at livestock auction markets.
The first forums will be held Jan. 14 in Aberdeen, Jan. 15 in Mobridge, Jan. 21 in Fort Pierre, Jan. 22 in Herried, Jan. 23 in Martin and Jan. 24 in Philip.
Other meetings will be held in February and March.
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Research Highlights
A decade of improvements in long-term survival of blood cancers
A decade of refinements in marrow and stem cell transplantation to treat blood cancers significantly reduced the risk of treatment-related complications and death, according to an analysis of transplant-patient outcomes conducted at the Hutch. Among the major findings of the study, which compared transplant-patient outcomes in the mid-'90s with those a decade later: After adjusting for factors known to be associated with outcome, the researchers observed a statistically significant 60 percent reduction in the risk of death within 200 days of transplant and a 41 percent reduction in the risk of overall mortality at any time after transplant.
Study of Japanese atomic bomb survivors shows radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers
It is well known that exposure to radiation has multiple harmful effects–including causing cancer–but until now, it has been unclear to what extent such exposure increases a person's risk of developing more than one cancer. In the first large-scale study of the relationship between radiation dose and risk of multiple cancers among atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, Dr. Christopher Li and colleagues found a similar risk in the development of first and second subsequent cancers. Such research is essential to developing radiation protection limits and standards for occupational exposures, as well as planning for the consequences of widespread radiation exposure in the general population in the event of a nuclear accident, nuclear war or "dirty bomb" terrorist attack.
Immune system discovery holds diagnostic and therapeutic potential for autoimmune diseases and cancer
When it comes to the mechanics of the human immune system, we are all more alike than previously thought, according to a new study led by Dr. Harlan Robins. Robins and colleagues developed a novel way to sequence millions of T-cell receptors, a critical component of the human adaptive immune system, simultaneously from a single sample. When comparing immune system profiles from different people, the researchers were surprised to find that we are all more alike than previously thought. This finding has significant implications for developing new ways to detect, diagnose and treat cancer and diseases of the immune system.
Researchers identify and isolate adult mammary stem cells in mice
For the first time, researchers led by the Hutch's Dr. Larry Rohrschneider and Lixia Bai identified and isolated adult mammary stem cells in mice. Long-term implications of this research may include the use of such cells to regenerate breast tissue, provide a better understanding of the role of adult stem cells in breast cancer development, and develop potential new targets for anticancer drugs.
International research team closes in on cause of common form of muscular dystrophy
An international team of researchers, including investigators from the Hutch, made a critical advance in determining the cause of a common form of muscular dystrophy known as facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, or FSHD. They identified a DNA sequence in individuals with FSHD that causes a gene called DUX4 to be more active. Previous work has shown that this gene produces a protein that is toxic to muscle cells, and the current study indicates that it is likely to be key to developing FSHD. This finding points to potential new drug targets for treating—or potentially curing—FSHD, a progressive condition characterized by progressive wasting of muscles in the upper body.
Freezing "to death" and living to tell about it
How is it that some people who apparently freeze to death, with no heart rate or respiration for extended periods, can be brought back to life with no long-term negative health consequences? Dr. Mark Roth and colleagues showed in the laboratory that two widely divergent model organisms–yeast and nematodes, or garden worms–can survive hypothermia, or potentially lethal cold, if they are first put into a state of suspended animation by means of anoxia, or extreme oxygen deprivation.
Shape of ulcer bug H. pylori enables it to thrive in the stomach
For years researchers hypothesized that the corkscrew shape of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which is associated with a variety of stomach disorders, is what enables it to survive—and thrive--within the stomach's acid-drenched environment. Researchers led by Dr. Nina Salama were the first to demonstrate that, indeed, H. pylori's helical shape helps it set up shop in the protective gelatin-like mucus that coats the stomach. Such bacterial colonization–present in up to half of the world's population– causes chronic inflammation that is linked to a variety of stomach disorders, from chronic gastritis and duodenitis to ulcers and cancer. These findings could help to develop targeted therapies that prevent infections in the first place.
Breast cancer patients with BRCA gene mutations are four times more likely to get cancer in opposite breast
Women with breast cancer before age 55 who carry an inherited mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 are four times more likely to develop cancer in the breast opposite, or contralateral, to their initial tumor as compared to breast cancer patients without these genetic defects, according to a study led by Dr. Kathleen Malone and colleagues. This study also revealed that among those who harbored a BRCA1 mutation, the younger they were at the time of initial diagnosis, the higher their risk of developing contralateral breast cancer.
Common osteoporosis drugs are linked to decrease in breast cancer risk
Women who take some types of bone-building drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis may be at lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study led by Dr. Polly Newcomb. The study found that women who used bisphosphonate drugs, such as Fosamax, Boniva and Zometa, for more than two years had a nearly 40 percent reduction in risk as compared to those who did not.
Racial disparities persist in diagnosis of advanced breast cancer and colon cancer in the United States
The incidence of advanced breast cancer diagnosis among black women remained 30 to 90 percent higher compared to white women between 1992 and 2004, according to new findings by Dr. Christopher I. Li and colleagues. In addition, the disparity in the incidence of advanced colorectal cancer widened over this time period, as rates fell among whites but increased slightly among blacks.
Study details first successful use of expanded umbilical-cord blood to treat leukemia
Dr. Colleen Delaney and colleagues cleared a major technical hurdle to making umbilical-cord blood transplants a more widely-used method for treating leukemia and other blood cancers. Their study described the first use of a method to vastly expand the number of stem/progenitor cells from a unit of cord blood in the laboratory. Those cells were then infused into patients, resulting in successful and rapid engraftment. Cord blood is a promising source of stem cells to replace diseased blood and immune systems in stem cell transplantation because the donated cells don't need to be perfectly matched to the patient.


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NetBeans, a winner of this year's Jolt Productivity Award in the Development Environments category, is an IDE that innovates at a remarkably fast pace. As a result, it is often an early adopter of new languages. For example, it was the first Java-based IDE to support Ruby — a leadership position it recently expanded by strong support for JRuby. It also supports JavaFX, C/C++, PHP, and Groovy — in addition to the troika of Web languages (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS).
Useful features like a built-in memory and performance profiler, a bare-bones JUnit generator, a top-of-the-line UI designer, and a wizard for internationalizing strings show that the NetBeans team has thoughtfully provided for developer needs.
Despite its many features, NetBeans has an intuitive interface and a responsive feel. These traits make it easy for novices to come up to speed quickly, while letting experts get things done fast. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris; and is open-source. With its constant innovation, wide support of languages, agile feel, and elegant interface, NetBeans is an environment that can definitely enhance developer productivity.


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How did everyone go about learning how to work with RED cameras?I bought a book from Amazon a while back, but never cracked it open.Now, EPIC & Scarlet are available to rent at practically all the photographic rental houses in NYC,but I wouldn't know what to do with them.Are there training DVDs?Thanks in advance.
RED has their own training courses, called REDucation. Looks like you are in NY. If so, you may be in luck. Just saw this at Red User in a discussion about a course in NY:"Looks like we are headed to Steiner Studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard - http://www.steinerstudios.com/Hotel information will be posted shortly ."
I don't have any dates as yet (hopefully May), but if it's ok with the LL powers, I'd love to post the workshop here when I have a venue, and schedule worked out. The cost will not be as pricey as REDucation ($2500.00 for 5 days), so relax knowing this is for you, the still shooter.


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Many couples, because of age or by choice do not have children- at least the two legged type. For many couples, their beloved pets are considered their "children".
This is why when divorce comes along, parties can feel just as much anxiety, concern and apprehension as they would in a divorce proceeding involving a child. However, the courts handle pets much differently than children and so some thought into the issues of "custody" of Rover, Fluffy or Polly is needed.
Here are some basic issues to consider in a Texas divorce involving pets:
- No matter how much you may feel that your pet is a member of the family, Texas courts consider animals as property only.
- As property, the community property rules apply to your pet. Therefore your pet is subject to being given to either you or your spouse. The only exception is if you can prove that your pet is your separate property. Generally you can only prove this if you (1) owned your pet prior to being married (bills of sale, vet bills dated prior to marriage etc. may be helpful here); (2) your pet was given to you as a gift during the marriage (hard to prove); and (3) your pet was willed or bequeathed to you (such as a long lived parrot willed to you by your aunt);
- If you have a valuable pet (such as a horse, purebreds, or show animals) it will considered as a valuable asset. If the parties cannot agree to the custody of the valuable pet, the judge could order that the animal be sold and the proceeds divided according to what the judge thinks is fair. This "King Solomon" type of solution may be to neither party's desire.
Although your pet is legally considered property, you may want to consider using a "best interest of the animal" standard in trying to negotiate with your spouse. This may mean that you should be willing to give up your pet if it is your pet's best interest.
- Talk with your spouse about the pet to see if you can work out an agreement. This is usually will be better than going to court and have a judge (who may not be an animal lover and has little patience for such "quibbling") ruling in a way neither of you want;
- If you do have minor children (human), who have formed an attachement with the pet, consider letting the pet go to the parent who has primary custody of the children;
- If there are more than one pet, consider not dividing them between the spouses. Pets, even of different species, often form packs. Breaking the pack can cause depression and anxiety for the animals;
- You can work a custody arrangment for visitiation just like done with children. However, many judges will not take the time to make such a ruling. You have to do this by agreement and have your attorney draft it up so it is legally binding.
If you absolutely cannot work our custody of your pet with your soon to be ex-spouse you will have to fight over Rover in court. Here are some tips to keep in mind:
- Be sure to tell your lawyer early on in the case how important your pet is to you. Your lawyer may not understand that this is a priorty for you unless you tell him or her.
- You should be prepared to show the court that you are the person best able to take care of your pet. Some ways of doing this may include-
- show you have more time to play with your pet;
- show you are in better health or habit to exercise your pet;
- show you have been the one to groom it, take it to the vet, etc. You may even have your vet testify about your ability to take care of the pet;
- show you have more space for your pet (particularly if it is a large animal that needs space to run).
Also, you need to find out early from your attorney how they feel about your passion for your animal. Some lawyers will not want to deal with your special issues. Try to find an attorney who is both sympatheic to your special attachment and yet practially minded about how to resolve the issues for both your interest, and your pets best interest.


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NGC 248 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured two festive-looking nebulas, situated so as to appear as one. They reside in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that is a satellite of our Milky Way galaxy. Intense radiation from the brilliant central stars is heating hydrogen in each of the nebulas, causing them to glow red.
The nebulas, together, are called NGC 248. They were discovered in 1834 by the astronomer Sir John Herschel. NGC 248 is about 60 light-years long and 20 light-years wide. It is among a number of glowing hydrogen nebulas in the dwarf satellite galaxy, which is located approximately 200,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Tucana.
The image is part of a study called Small Magellanic Cloud Investigation of Dust and Gas Evolution (SMIDGE). Astronomers are using Hubble to probe the Milky Way satellite to understand how dust is different in galaxies that have a far lower supply of heavy elements needed to create dust. The Small Magellanic Cloud has between a fifth and a tenth of the amount of heavy elements that the Milky Way does. Because it is so close, astronomers can study its dust in great detail, and learn about what dust was like earlier in the history of the universe. "It is important for understanding the history of our own galaxy, too," explained the study's principal investigator, Dr. Karin Sandstrom of the University of California, San Diego. Most of the star formation happened earlier in the universe, at a time where there was a much lower percentage of heavy elements than there is now. "Dust is a really critical part of how a galaxy works, how it forms stars," said Sandstrom.
The data used in this image were taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys in September 2015.
NASA, ESA, STScI, K. Sandstrom (University of California, San Diego), and the SMIDGE team


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The Direct Coupling power server module (PSM) isnow UL-listed, allowing new and existing line-voltage luminaires that are currently listed to UL 1598 to be upgraded using UL 2108 retrofit procedures. The PSM converts 208VAC or 240VAC power to 24VDC through 16 individual Class 2 outputs and features a wireless remote control and monitoring system. In addition, the product features a triangular design for a clean fit into a suspended ceiling grid.
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Okay you pretty dolls, get ready to discover a gazillion of statement-making pieces that will spice up all your combos! We're talking, of course, about some oh-so-cool jewelry pieces spotted in the latest The 2 Bandits spring 2013 lookbook. Boy oh boy, can these stunners be more lust-worthy than this? We're completely hooked by the wide range of necklaces, rings, bracelets, and other incredibly gorgeous accessories. In an interview with fashionschooldaily.com, Tamar Wider, the creative force behind the brand, reveals who the Bandit g... Read More


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USA Today is running a poll of its readers of who is the greatest player in any sport to wear 19. I think the answer is obvious, but right now, The Captain is lagging far behind Johnny Unitas and some ancient named Bob Feller.
We can't have this, so here's my call out to you Red Wing nation, get Yzerman that honor. Only around 5K people have voted so far, so it can easily be swayed.
Vote here, vote often. Tell your friends. Tweet. Facebook. Write. Yell. Etc. Just get our 19 to #1.
Here's the article.
Steve Yzerman, once a Wing, always a Wing.
Go vote. And then go vote again on a different computer. And then get your parents and co-workers to vote.


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The ubiquitos wiring device is seeing the results of innovative design and engineering, as additional labor-saving and performance features are unveiled.
Product engineers have mitigated the problems associated with the high inrush currents of high-efficiency, low-harmonic ballasts. The solution is zero arc switching (or "zero crossing point switching," in reference to the zero crossing point of the sine wave). The switch monitors the line and turns on the power only at, or slightly ahead of, the zero crossing point. These switches also have a feature that eliminates contact bounce.
Today's switches make use of sound, ultrasound, infrared, and other sensing means for either automated or hands-free operation. Some of these new features are for compliance with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act); some are for user convenience; and some are for energy savings. Many of these switches feature manual overrides and easy setpoint adjustments.
When manufacturers incorporated ground fault circuit interruption (GFCI) into receptacles, they created a product that brought personal safety to new heights of reliability and convenience. Now they are doing the same thing for equipment safety, by incorporating surge protection into receptacles. One product, for example, has these features:
* 4 MOVs rated at 80 joules each
* EMI/RFI noise filter
* Steel springs that reinforce contact areas of both hot and neutral
* Compliance with Federal Specification WC-596F
* Available with isolated ground
* Audible warning tone to indicate loss of surge protection
* Replaceable module to allow renewal in case of protector expiration
* Dead front cavity - no electrical components accessible when module is unplugged
* As with GFCIs, protection to downstream receptacles
Surge strip advances continue. Enhancements include such features as better noise filtering, new mounting options, and new plug configurations. For example, it's now possible to buy a surge strip that has several 120V outlets and one or two surge-protected phone jacks. These may be incorporated into a surface power strip or used as stand-alone devices that plug into ordinary outlets.
Surface power strips are safe, prewired, flexible, and expandable. Prewired components include track, receptacles, starters, corners, and connectors that simply snap together. The low-profile system eliminates the mess and expense of modifying existing walls or rewiring circuits. Users can move receptacles simply by unsnapping them, repositioning them along the track, and snapping them back in place.
We all know that switches come in a variety of configurations: single-pole, 3-way, 4-way, double-throw, and single-throw. Also, the array of colors and shapes is not really news, even though new offerings have come on the market in the past year. Yet there is news beyond the issues of color and number of poles. For example, lighted "OFF" indicators are making use of LED and other technology (neon, for example) for longer indicator life and lower energy consumption.
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These items have appeared over the past year in EC&M's Product News section and received the highest reader response in their category.
Self-grounding receptacles
The latest addition to the Trade-Master line of products are three new receptacles that offer quick installation and ease of wiring in those situations in which local Code or customer preference demand the use of a metal box. Self grounding is accomplished through the addition of a ground clip to one end of the strap, which eliminates the need to attach a grounding wire.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
Electric box extension
The DADJ electric box extension simplifies applying drywall or paneling over existing walls by allowing electrical devices to be placed at the correct depth. Unlike boxes that are commonly too deep or crooked within a wall, the product features a double-head collared screw that secures the device at the desired height.
McShane Industries
High-abuse wall plate
This new line of cast high physical abuse/security wall plates offers both architectural appeal and superior strength against physical damage. Made of tough, heavy wall, die cast zinc, and the wall plate features an attractive contoured front that provides for maximum device protection. Features reinforced ribbing at key stress points for added impact resistance.
Morlite Systems
Receptacle panel for hazardous locations
The CRP Series of corrosion proof, flush-mounted electrical wall receptacles for hazardous (classified) locations provides a way to connect portable electrical equipment in cleanroom manufacturing facilities. The receptacle's flush mounting and waterproof stainless steel enclosure with internal gasketing and concealed hinges eliminate "particulate-catchers" and contamination. Each panel is a double unit providing two different receptacles (in any combination of 16A or 32A with a variety of different voltage) to accommodate various equipment.
Killark Electric Mfg./Hubbell
Tamper-resistant receptacles
Featuring an internal spring-loaded shutter mechanism, these units meet UL requirements for tamper resistance receptacles, effectively preventing children from inserting any small object into either contact opening. Inside the face of the receptacle is a spring-loaded thermoplastic safety shutter. When an object such as a paper clip or small bladed screwdriver is inserted into only one of the openings, the safety shutter will not allow access to the live contact.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
Weatherproof covers
These weatherproof covers are engineered to protect receptacles, plugs, and/or connectors in wet locations. Available in single- and two-gang standard and deep configurations, the product line meets the requirements of NEC 410-57(b) (weatherproof while in use when cover is closed).
Bryant Electric
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Hospital-grade GFCI outlet
This hospital-grade GFCI outlet is built for durability and reliability and designed with features that cut installation time and enhance installation accuracy. Clear line and load markings speed up installation and reduce the risk of wiring errors. Can be side- or back-wired with No. 14, No. 12, or No. 10 gauge solid or stranded wire. Available in 15A and 20A duplex configurations in a variety of colors. Complies with UL 943 and UL 498.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
Rocker switch
The commercial specification grade Sierraplex II rocker switch features a single rocking butterfly contact for quiet, consistent, durable operation. The butterfly contact delivers equal, positive actuation. Available in 15A and 20A.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
See-through wallplate
This snap-on screwless wallplate, Cat. No. 80301-CL, provides a neat durable way to custom-match wallplates to paint or wall covering. Provides a subplate that can be painted to match wall color or be used as a template for wallpaper. Available in single- through 4-gang configurations.
E.D. Div./Leviton Mfg.
Electronic wall switches
This is a line of Decora-styled timer wall switches for timed control of lights and appliances in intervals ranging from 2 min to 12 hrs. There are various ratings from 5A to 20A, and there are different time control settings.
E.D. Div./Leviton Mfg.
Flexible receptacle
The "4 Screws In" receptacle has been added to the TradeMaster line of wiring devices. For fast installation, the unit handles the UL-man-dated 14 AWG wire for speedwire and 12 AWG wire on its screw terminals. Shipped with screws. Can be used for various installation methods. UL listed and available in white, ivory, and brown.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
Straight blade plugs and connectors
These straight blade plugs and connectors are designed for long life and ease of installation. All feature a nylon body to resist impact and chemicals on the job. In addition, a heavy-duty, all internal cord grip prevents undue strain and maintains contacts under pressure. Brass alloy blades and contacts and a reinforced ground pin are standard.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
Jack plates for modular furniture systems
This line of furniture jack plates, designed for snap-mounting high density and 110 series jacks into modular furniture systems, has been expanded. Plates are available for three of the most popular furniture raceway openings. Installation is easy and inexpensive because the plates snap onto the furniture raceway covers to provide a durable termination mounting for individual Category 3, 4, and 5 jacks, USOC-wired jacks, or BRBTN series blank inserts.
Hubbell Premise Wiring/Hubbell
Commercial-grade receptacles
The CR/BR series of receptacles comes in side wire only (CR series) and side and back wire models (BR series) capable of accepting No. 14 to No. 10 AWG copper and copper-clad wire. Features a thermoplastic body and nylon face for superior impact-resistance and durability along with a plated wrap-around strap for corrosion resistance. Available in 15A/125V and 20A/125V models. All models are UL-listed, and all 15A models are CSA-certified.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
GFCI extension cord
The Fireshield, an extension cord with plug at one end having a GFCI, has a conductive shield around the current-carrying conductors. The shield is designed to sense leakage currents and then automatically open the circuit. Both series and parallel type faults are recognized.
Technology Research
Outlet strips
More than 20 commercial- and computer-grade outlet strips, with a wide variety of configurations and features, make it easy for users to match performance to application. Incorporate multi-stage, MOV-based (metal oxide varistor), and hybrid suppression circuits. Outlet strips have a rating of 15A and voltage clamping levels of 256 or 340V.
Hospital-grade receptacle
The 15A and 20A, 125V hospital-grade tamper-resistant receptacle complies with NEC Art. 517-18(c) by using a reciprocal contact energizing system to prevent accidental shock by insertion of a foreign object into a power blade slot. The reciprocal contact energizing system consists of two separate switches and contacts for the top and bottom of a duplex receptacle.
Wiring Device-Kellems/Hubbell
Hospital-grade and industrial receptacles
This new top-of-the-line hospital-grade and 5362 heavy-duty receptacle is designed for long life and superior performance in the most abusive environments. Features include a one-piece wraparound brass strap (nickel-plated C688 brass in the hospital version) with integral ground contacts for superior strength and high ground pin retention. The strap is locked into the back body and secured by two drive screws that go through the strap and back body and anchor the assembly to the face.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
Plugs and connectors
An expanded line of plugs and connectors now includes five NEMA configurations commonly used for 15A and 20A, 125V and 250V applications. Cord clamps provide full strain relief and a tight seal around the cord entry port. The line also includes armored plugs and connectors with rugged steel cases and clamps, rubber-like elastomeric plugs and connectors for rough use applications, and angle plugs.
Leviton Mfg.
Weatherproof covers
New weatherproof covers for flanged inlets and outlets have been designed for the user's convenience. Constructed of unbreakable glass-filled polycarbonate, these covers are delivered with all gas-keting preattached, to eliminate the necessity for time-consuming alignment of cover and gasket during installation. Available in two sizes: 1.96 and 2.32 in. dia to cover a range from 15A/20A straight blade to 15A/20A Tumlok. Products are UL-listed and CSA-certified.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
Wiring device support
This nonmetallic, nonconductive wiring device support offers a safe, fast way to eliminate device push back in oversized drywall holes. Also provides rigid support for the device and prevents broken cover plates. Can be installed while the receptacle is hot, without the need to remove the device.
Arlington Industries
Combination switches
Two uniquely designed decorator wall switches offer multiple controls from a single-gang wall box. The triple rocker switch is perfect for places like hotels or offices where a light, fan, and heat lamp are controlled from one location. Since they utilize a single box instead of two or three, time and money are saved.
Eagle Electric Mfg.
Plugs and connectors
The Python Line of industrial specification grade plugs and connectors features industrial- and hospital-grade straight-blade devices in 15A and 20A, 125V and 250V ratings; Canadian versions of the 20A/125V and 20A/250V configurations; and 15A and 20A 125V angle plugs. Industrial-grade devices are available in high-visibility yellow, gray, and black. Hospital-grade devices are available in white.
Leviton Mfg.
Commercial-grade wiring devices
A new line of commercial-grade switches and receptacles has been redesigned for quality, reliability, and fast installation. Switches feature precision-fit toggles to assure safety and provide a finished appearance to the switch face. Also have long-life conductivity with silver alloy contact buttons, a spring-action copper contact arm, arc protective barriers, and neoprene bumpers. Feature impact-resistant, all-nylon construction throughout. Eight back-wiring holes with clamp-type terminals permit feed-through split-circuit wiring.
General Electric


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Why Do You Text Like Thissss? Girl, You're Drunnnk
It's been happening for a whilllee, texters lengthening their verbage, and linguists are here to analyze. Using nearly 4 million words from students' digital-communications data, a linguist at the University of Toronto has discovered this word elongating practice is a trend most common among female twenty-somethings (though it extends to different ages and across both genders as well). Vowels are the most frequently duplicated letters, and often words are only elongated by two or three letters at a time.
Author of Babel No More, Michael Erard, told the Atlantic that this might be an attempt to integrate the nuance of our verbalization into our digital communication. "When people talk, they use intonation in a number of varied and subtle ways," he said.
Meanwhile, New York Magazine has provided a nuanced analysis of all this nuance:
"The extra letters acknowledge that, though his message may only require six letters, his care is worth at least eight."
But more letters don't always mean more affection: sometimes the extra "a" in thaanks can be passive-aggressive. An extra vowel here or there can be whiney or baleful; an extra consonant can be curt or demanding.
Or sometimes, it can just be a barometer of margarita intake.
[Via The Atlantic /Image via Monkey Business Images, Shutterstock]


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A Positive Partnership: When Doctors and Patients Become Friends
I saw Steve* in clinic a few weeks before his marriage to Marty. They were knee deep in wedding planning. Had they ordered enough irises? Could they squeeze in one more belated RSVP? Would the best man be funny without being too embarrassing? As we chatted, about weddings and then about Steve's medications, I remembered our last several years of clinic visits. Knowing Steve for years now, I've been honored to see him change and grow. And I've grown to like him.
At an early meeting, I diagnosed Steve with pharyngeal gonorrhea, and later he contracted chlamydia and syphilis, too. Each time we discussed safer sex and HIV disclosure while arranging antibiotic therapy. Steve would roll his eyes when I asked him about condoms and whether he disclosed his HIV status to men he met online. This was not Steve's favorite part of the visit. I tried to be upbeat and nonjudgmental, and focus on education and empowerment. I asked him to reflect about what responsibilities he had to his partners without being judgmental.
At first Steve said, "Hey, they're consenting adults. What gay man doesn't know HIV is out there?" In time, though, Steve's take on things changed. He started to say things like, "I'd hate to infect someone else the same way I was infected. Not knowing the risk, I mean."
Steve changed the kinds of sex acts he did with anonymous dates, and even put his toe into the HIV disclosure water. On Manhunt.com, for example, he changed his HIV status to "Ask me." He described a time when a partner came out about his HIV status after Steve did, and then, "It got pretty hot."
Once I asked Steve how it felt to approach things differently now, and to have fewer partners. He said, "Well, it's a hell of a lot less fun." He laughed and then paused. "Actually, doc, I don't miss it at all. I was getting tired of it all." He said previously he had felt bad walking away from an unprotected encounter with a man to whom he had not disclosed his HIV status. "I have more fun now, being open about things."
Years passed. Steve got a good job and got promoted. He met Marty and fell in love. Marty, too, has HIV. "He didn't freak out when I let him know. Actually, he made fun of me for waiting so long." Steve and Marty had both been around the block a few times, as Steve would put it, so Steve felt he could tell his story and be understood, and even loved.
A few years ago, Steve started HIV therapy. Initially afraid of side effects and the burden of taking pills, he found neither was really a problem. "I don't understand what the big deal is," he said, after getting into the habit of taking his medications nightly. "It's one little pill. It makes me live longer. And I don't transmit as much. What's not to like? Okay, labs. I could do without those needles."
In time, our focus in clinic shifted from sexually transmitted diseases to eating right and -- as he entered his 40s -- keeping his weight down. Steve's cholesterol rose, and sometimes his sugars were a little high, too. We talked about portion control, low salt diets, and finding time to exercise amid a busy work schedule. But in the end, Steve loves food and wasn't willing to cut back. "I used to think you liked to ask indecent questions about my sex life," Steve said once. "Now I understand you just like to nag me." We laughed.
Sitting with Steve and Marty that day talking about their wedding plans, I felt really proud. I was glad Steve found love. I was relieved our state made same-sex marriage legal so they could get married. I felt honored to have seen Steve through the last several years of change, and evolution. Sure, we talked about antibiotics, and antiretrovirals, and cholesterol, but that all seems like window-dressing for the real story of his 30s and 40s -- the story of him falling in love and making a good life for himself.
I hope Steve and Marty have a great honeymoon. I'm sure there will be plenty of irises and just enough great food for the guests. But they better look out for that best man: They've both lived full lives and so that guy has a lot of stories he could tell. I look forward to hearing all about it.
* Names and personally identifying details have been altered to ensure anonymity.


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Julie had quite the eventful summer ever since she...
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Julia is your typical sixteen year old girl. She lives with her mother and her little sister Marty, she has her insecurities, she has her boy issues, and oh yeah, her love for the British/Irish boy-band One Direction. When her seventeenth birthday arrives, everything seems perfect....until it all fell apart piece by piece. But to every rainy day there is always a rainbow, what will happen when she unexpectedly 'falls hard' for not one, but two of the boys in One Direction? And what would happen if they both like her back? Would rivalry break everyone apart? Or will the fandom get to them first? Just as life is, every situation has two faces. One is an amazing benefit, and the other could lead to sacrifice...
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Tallest building in southern hemisphere approved
The Victorian Government has given the go-ahead for plans for the tallest building in the southern hemisphere.
The 388-metre high, 108-storey hotel and apartment building is planned for Melbourne's Southbank area.
Melbourne City Council had opposed the project due to fears it would cast a shadow over the Shrine of Remembrance.
The tallest buildings in the southern hemisphere
1. Sky Tower - Auckland, New Zealand, 328 metres
2. Q1 - Gold Coast, 323 metres, 71 storeys
3. Gran Torre Costanera - Santiago, Chile, 300 metres, 60 stories
4. Eureka Tower - Melbourne, 297 metres, 91 storeys
5. 120 Collins Street - Melbourne - 265 metres, 52 storeys
Source: Emporis
But the Planning Minister, Matthew Guy, says most of council's concerns have been addressed and the shrine trustees support the project.
"There is absolutely no way we would have brought forward any project where the shrine trustees were concerned," he said.
"They've told us that they don't object to the proposal.
"That, plus advice from the City of Melbourne, gives the Government a view that we should green-light the proposal."
Architect Nonda Katsalidis, of Fender Katsalidis Architects says the building, Australia 108, takes its inspiration from the Australian flag.
"I think it's going to be spectacular," he told ABC local radio.
"The hotel at the top is designed as a starburst. We took the inspiration from the stars on the Australian flag."
Mr Katsalidis describes it as a tall skinny building and the point of difference is that is has a 300 room hotel at the top.
"It's designed to be eye-catching, complex and complimentary with Eureka to give an identity to the city internationally," he said.
"We don't have an Opera House but we have a complex culture and all those ideas were thrown into this project."
Michael Smolders, the president of the Southbank Residents Association, is concerned about the approval process.
"What we need to do is make sure we have appropriate planning structures and schemes in place that are adhered to by the Government," he said.
"The Minister has taken it upon himself to disregard those guidelines and gone ahead with this particular approval which is totally disastrous."
The building is expected to be finished in about 4-and-a-half years.
Topics: local-government, urban-development-and-planning, southbank-3006
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