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When: July 1, 2011
Where: Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2011, University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Short description:
With the advent of new, low-cost hardware such as OpenNI compatible cameras and continued efforts in advanced open source 3D point cloud processing, 3D perception gains more and more importance in robotics, as well as other fields. The workshop attempts to motivate new developers and ideas to delve into this subject by offering a tutorial on point cloud processing using the emerging Point Cloud Library (PCL), which presents an advanced and extensive approach to the subject, as well as providing an overview of existing systems applying these techniques. Our goal is to provide an excellent reference material for students and researchers interested in this subject and take our guests through a complete application demonstration (given live) that combines subjects such as filtering, feature estimation, segmentation, registration, object recognition and finally surface reconstruction. The tutorial will be held using OpenNI compatible sensors, so we encourage the audience to bring theirs so we can follow all the steps together. We're assembling a great list of invited speakers that will talk about the usage of PCL in their work and show impressive demos.
List of speakers:
|Session name
|09:00 - 09:10
|Introductions + solve basic technical problems
|09:10 - 09:40
|Radu B. Rusu
Hello, World!
|09:40 - 10:00
|PCL I/O (code)
|Nico Blodow and Suat Gedikli[*]
Learning the PCD format and the Grabber interface.
|10:00 - 10:30
|PCL Visualization (part 1, part 2)
|Radu B. Rusu and Bastian Steder
How to display your data on screen.
|10:30 - 10:45
|Coffee & cookies
|10:45 - 11:00
|PCL Filters (I)
|Radu B. Rusu
Filtering your data: outliers vs inliers.
|11:00 - 11:30
|PCL Segmentation + Filters (II) (code)
|Nico Blodow
Segmenting geometric primitives.
The SAmple Consensus (SAC) framework.
|11:30 - 11:45
|Invited talk
|Adam Leeper, Stanford University
Telemanipulation using PCL
|11:45 - 12:15
|PCL Keypoints and Features (code)
|Michael Dixon and Radu B. Rusu
How to estimate 3D features.
|12:15 - 13:30
|13:30 - 14:00
|PCL Search
|Marius Muja, Julius Kammerl[*]
KdTrees and Octrees in PCL.
Change detection. Point cloud compression.
|14:00 - 14:20
|Invited talk
|Nico Blodow and Radu B. Rusu
Technology preview: PCL on CUDA
|14:20 - 14:45
|PCL Range Images
|Bastian Steder
Compact range image representations.
NARF keypoints and features. Object recognition using NARF.
|14:45 - 15:00
|Invited talk
|Michael Ruhnke, University of Freiburg
Sparse Surface Adjustment - Joint Optimization of Sensor Poses and Surface Points
|15:00 - 15:30
|Coffee & cookies
|15:30 - 16:10
|PCL Registration (code)
|Jochen Sprickerhof, Dirk Holz[*], Michael Dixon
How to align scans in a SLAM framework.
Creating 3D object models. Mapping.
|16:10 - 16:40
|PCL Surface
|Zoltan-Csaba Marton
Creating surface meshes from point clouds
VFH cluster recognition
|16:40 - 17:00
|Join Us!
|Radu B. Rusu
...for drinks
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(1) Help the Boomers around Nellis. (2) Return to Pearl. (3) Speak to Loyal about the Boomer's plan to raise the bomber from the bottom of Lake Mead. (4) Attach the ballast from Loyal to the B-29 at the bottom of Lake Mead. (5) (Optional) Talk to Jack about getting a rebreather to swim to the bottom of Lake Mead. (6) Return to the shore near the tow winch and use Loyal's detonator to float the B-29 to the surface. (7) Return to Loyal to let him know the B-29 is up from the bottom of the lake. (8) Let Pearl know your job is done.
Important Items...[edit]
Deployable Ballast (x2), Loyal's Detonator, Rebreather.
The side quest known as Volare! is a bit of free-form side quest that's directly related to the events of the main quest known as Wild Card: Side Bets . The events of the side quest essentially take place in and around Nellis Air Force Base, which is the well-guarded facility at the far northeastern edges of the Mojave Wasteland. Getting there can be complicated, if not outright deadly. After all, the people who control the base, the Boomers, are isolationists who will stop at nothing to keep outsiders at bay. You can learn more information from the aforementioned link, since you'll need a little know-how and some nimble feet to get to the base in one piece.
Once you arrive for the first time, you'll first have to speak to the Boomers' leader, an elderly woman named Pearl. After that, you'll be unleashed on the Air Force base to go about your business as you'd like. While you can go about things in many ways, if you're following our walkthrough, you'll want to follow along carefully with what we did, so you don't get mixed up. The first place you'll want to visit is the medical hangar on the premises. Within, you'll find a doctor named Argyll. Argyll will be grumpy with you at first, but if you can prove to him that you have some medical knowledge, you can help him out. You'll need a maximum Medicine skill of 60 points to help him out completely. Basically, you can examine the three patients in each occupied bed in the medical facility and, if your skill is high enough, you can heal that person. Healing all three people will net you positive feelings from the Boomers. Keep in mind that if your skill isn't high enough to help a particular patient, however, it's best for you to ignore that patient. With a low medical skill, you can actually kill these people, which would have the exact opposite effect of what you were going for.
Your next stop should be the Nellis Boomer Museum, which is in an identical style building as the medical building you just occupied. Within, you should find a young man named Pete. Pete, as you'll learn, is considered the Boomers' Keeper of the Story, which basically makes him the group's historian, who can recount their history. What you'll want to do here, to continue to earn the Goodwill of the Boomers, is to listen to his story, as he explains the Boomers' history as illustrated on the mural along one of the walls of the structure. Following his brief presentation, go ahead and speak with him further, to clarify the things he says. While you'll earn some goodwill just by listening to him, you'll earn even more by picking his brain and complimenting the Boomers. You can even do some skill checks here, using Explosives, Speech, and more. Taken together, this is a great way to earn a lot of props from the Boomers all at once.
When taken together with other ancillary side quests, such as the Side Quests entitled Sunshine Boogie and Young Hearts , you'll start to gain a lot of positive favor with the Boomers at Nellis Air Force Base. But there's still more to do, as the Volare! side quest itself culminates with a request from Pearl, as well as the elderly man you've seen wandering around named Loyal. Upon speaking with Pearl, you'll learn that there's one final thing you have to do to prove your worth to the Boomers, and it's a rather complicated job that will require you to first speak with Loyal. Loyal, as usual, can either be found at the base's main hangar, or in his home. When you talk to him, you'll find out that he has a grandiose plan to raise a downed bomber from the bottom of Lake Mead to the south. Agree to do the job for him, and he'll hand over the tools you'll need for the job -- a couple of Deployable Ballasts, as well as a weapon-like device known only as Loyal's Detonator.
Lake Mead is far to the southeast of Nellis Air Force Base. Since you're going to be diving into the water, you'll either need to opt on relying on your ability to hold your breath, or better yet, speak to Jack in the hangar. When you do, he'll tell you that he needs some supplies to create an item called a Rebreather. You can find the items necessary if you'd like (it isn't hard), but with a moderate Science skill, you could simply convince him to create the device with items he already has around. Doing so will net you the Rebreather immediately. You can then begin to travel southward towards Lake Mead. The location you're specifically looking for is known simply (and aptly) as Crashed B-29, itself southeast of Callville Bay. As long as you make Volare! the active quest via Pip-Boy, the location will be shown on your map. If you haven't added any locations around Lake Mead to your map yet, thus creating an inability to quick-travel, you're going to have a bit of a journey ahead of you. So get to it!
As you swim into Lake Mead, head towards the location of the B-29 on your map. When you're over it, you can submerge yourself to see the hulking airplane below you. If you have the Rebreather, now is the time to equip it. If you don't have the Rebreather, you're going to have to constantly resurface for air, so keep that in mind. It's not immediately apparent, but what you're looking for here are two locations marked on the bottom of each wing on the aircraft. When you approach the bubble-like markers, you'll be asked to attach one of the two ballasts Loyal gave to you. Attach both ballasts, one to each wing, and then surface. Swim back towards the south, as if you're heading to Lake Mead Cave. When you've positioned yourself properly on a concrete docking area, Loyal's Detonator will start to beep. Equip it and use it as you would any weapon (not in VATS, of course), and the ballasts will explode, sending the sunken B-29 to the surface. Excellent!
With the B-29 surfaced, your job is basically done. All that's left to do now is to return to Nellis Air Force Base. When you arrive, first speak to Loyal (whether he's in his house, or in the hangar). Pass along to him the good news. Loyal is happy, and has plans to send some robots over to salvage the airplane in pieces, and bring it back to the safety of Nellis. But before you finish, you'll need to speak with Pearl. The salvaging of the B-29 is all Pearl needed to know. Ecstatic that you opted to help her, this side quest will end successfully. You can then ask her to help you out (if you'd like) later in the game, which ties directly in with the events of the main mission entitled Wild Card: Side Bets .


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(EXCLUSIVE) IRS Currently Employing Convicted Terrorist Associate
While IRS officials were targeting Tea Party groups for special scrutiny of their 501(c)3 tax exempt applications, the IRS also hired a policeman who had been prosecuted by the Justice Department -- and convicted in federal court -- of using his access to the FBI's NCIC system to tip off a terror suspect about the bureau's surveillance. The leak wrecked a major terror investigation.
He is still at the IRS.
Weiss Russell (he has changed his name from "Weiss Rasool," the name under which he was convicted), is currently employed as a financial management analyst in the IRS Deputy Chief Financial Officer's Office.
In 2008, Russell/Rasool was prosecuted for his role in tipping off Abdullah Alnoshan, a close associate of al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and a friend of Russell's from their mosque. According to the Justice Department's Statement of Facts filed at the time of Russell's indictment, Alnoshan provided license plate numbers to Russell for cars he believed were conducting surveillance on him. Russell then checked those plate numbers in the FBI's NCIC database, which came back to a leasing company which federal prosecutors claimed would have tipped off Russell to the bureau's surveillance.
He left a phone message for Alnoshan that the FBI intercepted.
Prosecutors also claimed that on more than a dozen instances, Russell checked his name, the names of relatives, and other friends to see if they were listed on the Violent Crime and Terrorist Offender File on NCIC without an authorized reason for doing so.
According to the Washington Post, Russell's tip-off to Alnoshan actively obstructed their investigation:
The target was arrested in November 2005, then convicted and deported, according to court filings in Rasool's case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeanine Linehan said that the target and his family were already dressed and destroying evidence at 6 a.m. when agents arrived to make the arrest, indicating that they had been tipped off.
Alnoshan was deported to Saudi Arabia in December 2005. Russell was indicted in January 2008, and pleaded guilty in April 2008.
While prosecutors had requested jail time for Russell after he failed a polygraph just a week before sentencing, the judge sentenced him to two years of probation. He continued on the Fairfax County police force while an internal affairs investigation was conducted. Reportedly, he was eventually given the choice to resign or be fired. He resigned in August 2008.
Chris Farrell, director of investigations at Judicial Watch, told PJ Media:
Somebody like Russell who betrayed his oath as a police officer and was convicted in court essentially for aiding and abetting the subject of an open terror investigation has absolutely no business with any position of trust and responsibility with the government.
If as reported he holds a top financial analyst position within the IRS, it's not just a disgrace to a discredited agency but an insult to the American public. Russell has already betrayed his country and shown that he can do enormous damage and abuse his authority and powers, which he is now free to do within the IRS.
Farrell said that Judicial Watch would be opening their own line of inquiry into Russell's hiring and employment with the IRS.
An IRS official speaking anonymously to PJ Media said that Russell's financial management analyst position would have required him to fill out the Standard Form 86 questionnaire for national security positions and to be subjected to a background check.
There's no way anyone with his conviction for abusing access to a government database and damaging a terror investigation could have been vetted and approved without outside intervention. Changing his name shouldn't have mattered.
I've never even heard of a case like this.


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Roasted Pork Loin with Fig Sauce
Roast pork with fruit is a classic preparation, but this recipe gives it a superb twist when pork loin is paired with tender figs. Family and friends will be thrilled with the wonderful combination.—Rian Macdonald, Powder Springs, Georgia
Total TimePrep: 1 hour Bake: 1-1/2 hours
Makes16 servings (6-1/4 cups sauce)
- 1 pound dried figs, quartered
- 1 cup sherry or reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 medium lemon, sliced
- 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches)
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 boneless rolled pork loin roast (4 to 5 pounds)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- In a large saucepan, combine the first five ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat. Cover and steep for 1 hour. Strain figs, discarding the lemon, cinnamon stick and cloves. Reserve liquid and set aside.
- Sprinkle roast with salt, ground cinnamon and pepper. Place roast on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour. In a small bowl, combine the orange juice, honey and reserved liquid; brush over pork. Bake 30-60 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 160°, basting occasionally.
- Remove meat to a serving platter; keep warm. Skim fat from cooking juices; transfer to a large saucepan. Add figs. Combine cornstarch and broth until smooth. Gradually stir into the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with pork.


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Monday we observe, honor, celebrate (?), our military dead. I wrote last fall a little about my struggle with aspects of armed service given my leanings to non-violence. I am moved to tears each time I see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the somber USS Arizona where 1,102 men are entombed, and the vastness of Arlington National Cemetery. Clearly we need a strong defense. I would take up arms to protect my family and community from invasion.
So many wars and "conflicts", however, are not about defending anything. Over 700,000 troops died during the civil war. Slavery was just one factor – economics and states' rights (sound familiar ?) also were important causes. WWII was seen as a "good war" because we were attacked, and the U.S. was instrumental in liberating Europe from Hitler. Over 400,000 American troops died. Yet the number of dead soldiers does not begin to count the costs of war. Perhaps they are just they easiest to identify and quantify. This quote from former President Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Allied Commander of Allied Forces in Europe in WWII, has resonated with me for years: "I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."
Peace to those who have lost loved ones fighting in armed conflict for our government. Strength to all who struggle for peace among nations.
Monday is not meant to be about barbeque, shopping, or outdoor fun. Take a little time to observe Memorial day in your own manner.


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Bad weather continues to prevent searchers travelling to the site of a beacon activated by an aircraft with a crew of three Canadian men, overdue on a flight in Antarctica from the South Pole to Terra Nova Bay.
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) is coordinating the search, working with United States, Canadian and Italian authorities, after the Twin Otter aircraft's emergency locator transmitter was activated at around 10pm last night (Wednesday, 23 January).
The beacon is transmitting from the Northern end of the Queen Alexandra Range, within New Zealand's Search and Rescue Region – halfway between the South Pole and McMurdo Station – approximately 680km (370 nautical miles) in each direction.
There is solid cloud cover in the area, high winds of up to 170km/hr, and heavy snow.
Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator John Ashby said a DC3 aircraft had spent around five hours circling above the site of the beacon, but heavy cloud had prevented any visual contact. It has now returned to McMurdo Base.
Fixed wing aircraft and a number of helicopters, including a Southern Lakes (New Zealand) helicopter on contract to Antarctica New Zealand at Scott Base, remain on standby should weather conditions allow them to travel to the area.
"The forecast for the next 12 hours is for similar conditions, but if there is a break in the weather the joint New Zealand and US field rescue team is ready to go from McMurdo Base at short notice."
The DC3 crew will now be stood down overnight, and given the weather is not forecast to improve in the next 12 hours, will not be returning to the scene until tomorrow (NZ time).
NOTE TO MEDIA: Therefore, it is not expected that any further updates will be issued until approximately 0800 Friday 25 January NZT (1100 Thursday 24 January Pacific time, 1500 Atlantic time), unless there are significant developments in the meantime.


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(visited by Nicolas Sabourin and Mister Potatohead)
17-Jan-2004 -- Since my first degree confluence visit in the State of México on January I proved to be highly addictive, I decided to visit as soon as possible this confluence, which seemed to be easily accessible by road according to the Guia Roji.
I left Mexico City in the morning under an overcast sky. On the toll highway to Toluca, the weather turned very windy and rainy, not exactly the ideal driving conditions. Fortunately, it was sunny in Michoacán. It took me close to four hours to get to Santa Ana Maya, but this was a nice drive. Tolls were quite hefty, but I guess one has too spend a bit to be able to explore a new patch of the planet...
I found the confluence just as indicated on the website, one kilometre east of Santa Ana Maya. It was extremely easy to reach: it was located in a corn field at about 150 metres from the road.
Visiting this confluence was almost too easy, but given the distance from Mexico City, it's a good thing that I didn't have to spend hours looking for it. Once again, Mister Potatohead totally enjoyed the experience.
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We are pleased to announce the OSVDB API beta.
Integration and cross-referencing with OSVDB just got a lot easier via the new application programming interface (API), which can provide multiple result formats to fit various needs. Queries can be run against any number of correlation factors, including CVE ID, Microsoft Bulletin ID, Bugtraq ID, and a host of other common reference points. The API is also under constant development, particularly during beta, and suggestions for improvements are quickly and easily implemented by the OSVDB development team.
Some technical details about the API include:
- It is a RESTful interface to the OSVDB database
- It returns your choice of XML or CSV
- Allows OSVDB ID correlation to a growing list of other references and integrators products
- And importantly, it is free – though donations are appreciated.
To begin using the API, first, login or create an account, then visit the API overview for general information, or skip right to the API Documentation to get started. During beta and perhaps beyond, accounts are limited to 100 queries per day. To request a greater allotment of daily queries, fill out the Integration request form.
In other news, we have done some significant mapping work over the last month. We have broken out certain references into a new category called "Tools & Filters". A good example of how this section works is OSVDB ID 40229. We then worked to map:
- Over 9,500 OSVDB ID's to Nessus nasls
- Over 1,000 OSVDB ID's to Snort filter ID's
- Over 400 OSVDB ID's to Nikto scans
We are also in the process of working with other vendors and products to map out more tools. If you have an open source or commercial security product, and you reference vulnerabilities, contact moderators for information on how we can include your filters/rules in our vulnerability listings.


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At least once a day, a patient apologizes to me that she hasn't shaved her legs or had a pedicure before climbing into the stirrups. In addition to being worried that I am going to find some dreaded disease, they think I am judging their hairy legs, unwaxed crotch or chipped toe polish. It reminds me that what is a very routine exam for me is anything but routine for the women who are experiencing it.
But unlike the dentist, where brushing and flossing is essential, women need not do anything to prepare for an exam with their gynecologist. Truly, my only expectation is basic hygiene – a shower or bath within 24 hours is always appreciated. In some cases, a woman's efforts to "prepare" for an exam could actually diminish my ability to get accurate test results.
If a Pap test is on the agenda, it's important that a woman hasn't done anything to wash away or obscure the cervical cells that need to be screened for pre-cancerous changes. It is also impossible to evaluate an abnormal discharge or odor if the environment has been altered. That means no spermicide, no medications, no lubricants and no douching (you should never douche under any circumstance!) for 24 hours before your appointment.
And, ideally, no sex. Having intercourse without a condom the night before a Pap will not make a normal Pap smear abnormal, but it might obscure cervical cells so that it cannot be accurately read.
Should you cancel if you "forgot" the night before? Realistically, after waiting two months for an appointment, asking for the afternoon off work, or desperately needing a refill on your birth control pills, it may not be practical to take a pass. Be sure to mention to your gynecologist that you had sex, and be aware that you may get a call back if the Pap can't be read accurately.
On the other hand, if you are coming in specifically to check out an abnormal discharge or odor, you should probably reschedule. It's pretty much impossible to figure out what is going on if you had intercourse hours before your visit.
If you are coming in for another problem, say abnormal bleeding, an STD check or pelvic pain, it really doesn't matter.
Is it ever a good thing to have sex before your appointment? Actually, yes. If someone tells me they bleed every time they have sex, it is helpful for me to see where it is coming from – the uterus, cervix, or vagina. (Just don't "prepare" in my waiting room or bathroom.)
And no, I really don't notice and don't care if you have shaved your legs and gotten a pedicure. Tattoos … now that's another story (and a topic for another blog).


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Sally Ryan
Sally Ryan, an Australian artist living and working in Sydney, began her career as a graphic designer before moving into teaching. It was not long, however, before she returned to the visual arts, pursuing an interest in pattern and design through painting ceramics. She won several prizes in this medium and completed a number of commemorative commissions for various institutions during this time.
For many years drawing and painting the human figure has been a passion for Sally and this has led to her focus on portraiture and figure painting. She studied art part time at a variety of art schools before enrolling at the Julian Ashtom Art School. Since winning a scholarship there for 2010 she has been studying and painting as a full time artist.
Her style is best described as "contemporary realism" and includes works in graphite, charcoal and oil with life-like representation of the subject being of utmost importance. Design has become a compositional feature in some of her portrait paintings with backgrounds consisting of strong colour, pattern and design. Other works are more traditional and this is influenced by the nature and interests of the person she is painting.
Awards / Group Exhibitions
2014 - Shades of Reality - Group Exhibition, Mary Place Gallery
PAA - Group Exhibition, Australian Embassy, Washington, USA
2013 - Finalist Black Swan Portrait Prize
Finalist Archibald Prize
Shades Of Reality - Group Exhibition, Mary Place Gallery
PAA Multicultural Australia Exhibition , Parliament House, Sydney
2012 - Winner Still Life - Mortimore Prize
Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Finalist Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize
Finalist Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing
Portrait Artists Australia Book Launch Exhibition
2011 - Winner Small Painting - Mortimore Prize
Finalist Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing
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Education - K12
We provide listings of local resources for individuals and families within Bowling Green. While not meant to serve as a business directory, this list includes schools, healthcare and government resources, places of worship, and even local utilities.
Anchored Christian School 1807 Cavemill Road (270) 781-9077
Bowling Green Christian Academy 1805 Westen St (270) 782-9552
Bowling Green City Schools 1211 Center St. (270) 746-2200
Foundation Christian Academy 2480 Three Springs Road (270) 780-6100
Holy Trinity Lutheran 553 Ashmoor Avenue (270) 843-1001
Old Union School 714 Old Union Church Road (270) 781-4890
St Joseph Interparochial School 416 Church Avenue (270) 842-1235
Warren County Public Schools 303 Lovers Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42101 (270) 781-5150
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Anna Plassart - The Scottish Enlightenment and the French Revolution (to be released April 2015) | Ideas in Context series | Cambridge University Press
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Historians of ideas have traditionally discussed the significance of the French Revolution through the prism of several major interpretations, including the commentaries of Burke, Tocqueville and Marx. This book argues that the Scottish Enlightenment offered an alternative and equally powerful interpretative framework for the Revolution, which focused on the transformation of the polite, civilised moeurs that had defined the 'modernity' analysed by Hume and Smith in the 18thC. The Scots observed what they understood as a military- and democracy-led transformation of European modern morals and concluded that the real historical significance of the Revolution lay in the transformation of warfare, national feelings and relations between states, war and commerce that characterised the post-revolutionary international order. This book recovers the Scottish philosophers' powerful discussion of the nature of post-revolutionary modernity and shows that it is essential to our understanding of 19thC political thought. **--** Part I. The Burke–Paine Debate and Scotland's Science of Man: 1. The Burke–Paine debate and the Scottish Enlightenment *-* 2. The heritage of Hume and Smith: Scotland's science of man and politics **--** Part II. The 1790s: 3. Scotland's political debate *-* 4. James Mackintosh and Scottish philosophical history *-* 5. John Millar and the Scottish discussion on war, modern sociability and national sentiment *-* 6. Adam Ferguson on democracy and empire **--** Part III. 1802–15: 7. The French Revolution and the Edinburgh Review *-* 8. Commerce, war and empirebooks find intellectual_history political_philosophy political_economy 18thC 19thC British_history Scottish_Enlightenment French_Revolution Smith Hume Hume-politics civil_society civilizing_process commerce commerce-doux science_of_man social_sciences IR_theory French_Revolutionary_Wars Napoleonic_Wars nationalism national_ID historiography-18thC historiography-Whig military Military_Revolution mass_culture levée_en_masse conscription sociability social_order empires empire-and_business imperialism Great_Powers balance_of_power philosophy_of_history progress social_theory change-social change-economic Burke Paine Mackintosh_James Millar_John Edinburgh_Review British_Empire British_foreign_policy Scottish_politics 1790s 1800s 1810s international_political_economy international_system international_law democracy morality-conventional norms global_economy mercantilism
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Fruit-FIlled Chocolate Container
Friends and family won't be able to "contain" themselves when you present this Christmas masterpiece. It's twice the treat, since your guests can eat both the elegant container handcrafted from chocolate, as well as the juicy chocolate-dipped strawberries piled high inside. Our CW kitchen came up with this beautifully festive confection, guaranteed to draw oohs and aahs of approval. And they have included all the directions and tips you will need to duplicate this delicacy! For added color contrast, try dipping whole dried apricots as well as strawberries in chocolate.
Total TimePrep: 1-1/2 hours
Makes1 chocolate container and about 2-1/2 dozen berries
- 16 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 2-1/2 ounces white candy coating
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 24 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 5 teaspoons shortening
- 1-1/2 teaspoons almond extract
- 5 dozen large fresh strawberries (about 2-1/2 quarts)
- Line a 9-in. round baking pan with aluminum foil; set aside. In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Pour 3/4 cup into prepared pan; chill for 10 minutes or until firm. Spread a thin coating of the remaining melted chocolate around sides of pan (see photo 1); chill for 5 minutes. Continue coating until all of the melted chocolate has been used.
- Break white candy coating into chunks; place in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave in 10 second intervals or until melted; stir until smooth. Add corn syrup; stir until mixture is thick. Pour onto waxed paper; press to 1/2-in. thickness. Let stand for 15-20 minutes or until easy to handle. Set aside 1 teaspoon for assembly.
- Divide remaining coating into six equal portions. Roll each into a 15-in. rope. Press three rope ends together; braid and press end to secure. Repeat with remaining ropes. Set aside both braids.
- For Chocolate-Dipped Berries: Melt chocolate and shortening in a microwave or heavy saucepan. Stir in almond extract. Dip strawberries halfway, allowing excess to drip off. Place on a waxed paper-lined tray; refrigerate for 30 minutes or until set.
- To assemble, carefully remove chocolate container from pan by slowly pulling up on foil lining (see photo 2). Peel foil to remove.
- Place small dabs of reserved white coating around top edge of container to secure the braids (see photo 3). Press one braid around half of container. Repeat with other braid; trim to fit if necessary. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Fill with chocolate-dipped berries.


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A distinguished Shakespearean scholar found tortured to death . . .A lost manuscript and its secrets buried for centuries . . .An encrypted map that leads to incalculable wealth... The Washington Post called Michael Gruber's previous work "a miracle of intelligent fiction and among the essential novels of recent years." Now comes his most intellectually provocative and compulsively readable novel yet.Tap-tapping the keys and out come the words on this little screen, and who will read them I hardly know. I could be dead by the time anyone actually gets to read them, as dead as, say, Tolstoy. Or Shakespeare. Does it matter, when you read, if the person who wrote still lives?These are the words of Jake Mishkin, whose seemingly innocent job as an intellectual property lawyer has put him at the center of a deadly conspiracy and a chase to find a priceless treasure involving William Shakespeare. As he awaits a killer—or killers—unknown, Jake writes an account of the events that led to this deadly endgame, a frantic chase that began when a fire in an antiquarian bookstore revealed the hiding place of letters containing a shocking secret, concealed for four hundred years. In a frantic race from New York to England and Switzerland, Jake finds himself matching wits with a shadowy figure who seems to anticipate his every move. What at first seems like a thrilling puzzle waiting to be deciphered soon turns into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, where no one—not family, not friends, not lovers—is to be trusted.Moving between twenty-first-century America and seventeenth-century England, The Book of Air and Shadows is a modern thriller that brilliantly re-creates William Shakespeare's life at the turn of the seventeenth century and combines an ingenious and intricately layered plot with a devastating portrait of a contemporary man on the brink of self-discovery... or self-destruction....
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Société des arts technologiques [SAT]
Antoine Bédard (Montag) presents Mutations, a sonic walk that builds upon the relationship between music and architecture. Ten composers set their music to buildings in a neighbourhood in full-blown transformation. The sound and movement invite walkers to take a new look at architecture and its urban space.
Free event with your own mp3 player. Though players are available on location ($5), it is recommended that you bring your own headphones for better sound quality.
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Sound Walk: 45 min
Beginning at la Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
May 28 to June 4: Departures every 2 minutes between 4-6pm and 9-11pm
Artists involved:
Olivier Alary
Dominic Vanchesteing
Ken Lo
Simon Besré
Navet Confit
Diane Labrosse
Jérôme Minière
Alexis O'Hara
Katie Lee
Alexander et Sebastian Cowan
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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and The Window & Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) have jointly released the December 2012 update to the 2011/2012 U.S. Industry Statistical Review and Forecast. This report delivers timely information on window, door and skylight market trends and product relationships. Historic data for 2006 through 2011 and forecast data for 2012 through 2015 are also included in the report. Forecasts are based on projections of construction activity as of December 2012.
New residential construction activity for 2012 is expected to show a 23.9 percent improvement compared to 2011, which is slightly better than what was forecasted last August. Most of this improvement over earlier forecasts is attributed to multi-family starts. The study forecasts similar improvement for 2013, and continues to predict an even stronger 31 percent new residential construction improvement for 2014. Existing home sales are expected to end at 4.7 million units in 2012, slightly better than originally forecast.
In 2012, nonresidential construction activity is experiencing slow growth in categories favorable to nonresidential door volumes (hospitality, education, healthcare, office). Specifically for 2012, total volume is expected to end at a 4.5 percent increase for entry doors and a 5.2 percent increase for interior doors over the 2011 volume.
Residential skylights are expected to close the year at more than 900,000 units, a growth rate of 6.5 percent over the 2011 volume. New construction skylight activity has proven to be greater than expected at 23.3 percent growth, while remodeling and replacement skylight activity has fallen behind initial expectations at 2.9 percent growth. The latter value is benefiting somewhat from weather-related replacement throughout the year.
Additional and more detailed information on the residential and commercial fenestration markets is contained in the 2011/2012 WDMA/AAMA Study of the U.S. Market for Windows, Doors and Skylights (published in May 2012), which includes all of the items listed below.
- AAMA/WDMA U.S. Industry Statistical Review and Forecast (December 2012 update) summarizes residential, non-residential and remodeling trends from government and industry sources.
- AAMA/WDMA U.S. Industry Channel Distribution Report profiles the residential and non-residential market for windows and doors as it flows through the identified distribution channels.
- AAMA/WDMA U.S. Industry Market Size Report quantifies residential and non-residential market volumes, both historic and projected.
- AAMA/WDMA U.S. Industry Regional Statistical Review and Forecasts detail information for 11 individual regions.
The updated 2011/2012 U.S. Industry Statistical Review and Forecast, as well as the other reports listed above, are available for purchase online from bothAAMA and WDMA.


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Today I wanted to share with you a great book that comes to us from Portland Alternative Dwellings (link below) written by Dee Williams. Many of you will know her from her house being profiled in many videos, some of which I have posted on this site. Not too long ago Dee launched Portland Alternative Dwellings with her house the Don Vardo, which is one of my favorite Tiny Houses to date.
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The book, described by Dee as a "Tiny How To Manual" discusses some of the key structural elements in Tiny Houses in great detail. I am very glad to see such a manual enter the Tiny House market as it fills a much needed gap when it comes to Tiny Houses on trailers. These houses must be able to withstand huge forces as they roll down the road, Dee has been able to systematically address these issues in her book.
The manual starts of by describing types of forces that are exerted on a trailered house then shifts into how to address them. She covers, in detail, the foundation, anchoring, wall design, roof design and water infiltration prevention. Not only are they key elements to the design of a Tiny House, but it is often areas where an inexperienced person needs the most guidance.
There are a few things that this book (and the Tiny House market in general) left me wanting: a discussion on plumbing, electrical and gas. I think what I really mean to say is that this book is great, but I would love to see Dee take a crack at each of these topics in their own stand alone book (hint hint, nudge nudge). Dee does starts off by saying this books wasn't designed to cover those topics, so I see this more as a opportunity than a negative.
There are a few things that I wanted to highlight in this book that make it really stand out. First of the level of detail that Dee has put in here is great, not only does she show some great diagrams, but she backs up her design with solid data sources. This book is a nice mix of easy to read language, but loaded with serious content that incorporates elements to adhere to Department of Transportation, the International Building Code and others.
Next is Dee's foundation/floor framing design, after looking at other trailered Tiny Houses, it was clear this one is superior in many ways. From handling stresses during transportation to the fact it is superior while have a lower sub-floor height than others. I really like this approach and feel that it is more robust than others out there.
Finally this is the manual that I feel complements many Tiny House plans. When you purchase plans from various Tiny House vendors you get highly engineered plans that are good quality, but assume you know a lot about house construction or expect you to pay for a contractor to build it. This doesn't mesh with the demographic that builds Tiny Houses. They are typically hard workers, looking to save on labor costs, but don't have the construction skill set. This manual helps mitigate that gap in knowledge.
Overall I would definitely recommend this book to those who are purchasing any Tiny House plans. It will give you the knowledge and confidence in producing a truly high quality house.


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We don't need an excuse to visit Cheekwood, as most of you know, it's one of our favorite places to shoot at, and last night was no exception! Their Holiday LIGHTS at Cheekwood exhibition is amazing and if you get a chance to visit by all means do so, but if you don't, here's a few photos that don't remotely do it justice...Read More


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This story doesn't easily fit into the mega-rich nefarious neighbor category, but you've got to hand it to fossil fuel magnate Bill Koch for putting a new spin on the classic land-grabbing NIMBY narrative.
Koch — yes, he's the somewhat lesser known brother to Charles and David of Tea Party fame — is perhaps most famous for winning the America's Cup back in the early 1990s, rallying against the Cape Wind project on Nantucket Sound and collecting oil paintings of boats and really old bottles of wine. Koch is valued at around $4 billion — and has emerged as a major supporter of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
Although his recent entry into the political scene has been garnering some headlines, it's Koch's real estate development that has been stirring up attention. Through a controversial public-to-private land swap dubbed the Bear Ranch Land Exchange, Koch is attempting to acquire roughly 1,800 acres of Bureau of Land Management-controlled land in Gunnison County, Colo., in exchange for several other parcels of land totaling 991 acres that he owns throughout the state and in Utah.
What does a nautical-minded oil tycoon with homes in Palm Beach and Cape Cod need with a bunch of undeveloped land outside of Aspen?
Koch is an avid collector of Western frontier memorabilia — he owns Jesse James' gun, Wyatt Earp's vest and a photo of Billy the Kid that he purchased at auction for last year for $2.3 million, among other Old West relics that most American history museums would clamor over. To house his massive collection, he's in the process of erecting an entire ersatz frontier town in the middle of 6,400-acre Bear Ranch.
Composed of 50 or so faux frontier buildings, the town will include a jail, saloon, church, a train station and various other structures, some of which were plucked from Buckskin Joe, an honest-to-goodness Western theme park (formerly a movie set) that Koch purchased for $3.1 million in 2010. (That's a picture of a Buckskin Joe building pictured up top). Koch has also been given approval to construct a 21,000-square-foot mansion overlooking his Old West replica town.
Here's the thing. Koch's "True Grit" fantasyland won't be open to the public. The hoard-holding (Koch's wife even breaks out the "H" word when describing her husband's collection) compound was erected "simply for Koch's amusement and for that of his family and friends — and historians," explains the Denver Post. The aforementioned 1,800-acre land swap would further shield the town — complete with "full-size buildings [that] come with polished brass and carved-mahogany details and are fronted with board sidewalks and underpinned by a water-treatment system" — from pesky looky-loos who can view the development from a public road that passes through the ranch and provides access to Gunnison National Forest.
The locals, although perhaps bemused by the eccentricity of the whole Western town thing, aren't too thrilled about the land swap aspect, Ed Marston, a resident of nearby Paonia, tells Businessweek: "The arrogance of the man is quite startling. Land exchanges are supposed to be in the public interest, and there is no public interest here." Koch's team argues that the swap would only improve access to Gunnison National Park and Raggeds Wilderness Area through the creation of new trailheads, and that the land Koch will be parting with is equally as valuable as the land that he's after.
This whole thing is rather curious on several levels. Any Colorado residents who have been following this ongoing story care to chime in?
Related neighbor stories on MNN:
- Donald Trump building fences and burning bridges in Scotland
- It's billionaire vs. redwood: World's most egregious landscaping dispute
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Cons: The price. It's as simple as that. This 4 oz package was 7.99 gbp. This was a really lovely coffee but at 2 to 3 times the price of my regular coffee choices, I can't say it blew my socks off.
Summary: This is a great gift idea for people who love coffee that's mellow but for your everyday morning cup of joe, I wouldn't pay that kind of price.


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Act, react, and execute faster with Drupal. Your time-to-market can be the difference between success and failure in today's rapidly changing and evolving business world; you don't know what tomorrow's killer app or innovation will be, but you need to be free to embrace it. How fast can you build and provision digital properties to leapfrog ahead of your competition? What happens when the market changes and shifts around you – yet again or constantly? A modular, open source solution with an active professional community like Drupal lets you re-use, re-arrange, and re-assemble components and solutions, increasing your production speed and efficiency when innovation strikes.
As business itself becomes digital, the benefits that a widely adopted, open source technology solution like Drupal can bring to organisations today are manyfold. This post focuses on how Drupal helps you deliver digital faster. Read Why Drupal? Because it helps you win for more background on the series it belongs to. Why Drupal? First principles will get you up to speed on my working definitions of success in business today, open source and the Four Freedoms that define it, and Drupal itself: open source at scale.
The moment you download Drupal and plug-in modules from Drupal.org, you have millions of hours of coding by tens of thousands of developers at your fingertips. That code is the distilled best practices of more than a decade of Drupal professionals working on the front lines of digital business. The more than 80 thousand active Drupal community members believe that together we can create a better product by working with it, giving back code, sharing, and collaborating – rather than reinventing the wheel for every client or project.
Bob Kerner, SVP and Chief Digital Officer of NYSE Euronext – which runs its web infrastructure of tens of thousands of pages on Drupal – talks about this head start effect:
"I believe in the success of the open source model - when you get developers excited about building in open source they become really engaged in the environment. They want to reap the benefits of the community and solve problems within the community, and that helps out everyone." quote via networkworld.com
The benefit for you is clear: using Drupal core plus installing contributed plug-in modules and doing configuration in the admin interface will often get you 80% of the way to your finished product without custom coding. Drupal distributions can get you even closer. They are like pre-assembled, pre-configured starter kits that solve common business cases like running a school, managing a hotel, government websites (Canada, Australia, United States), eCommerce, and much, much more.
The thousands of Drupal modules – 6000+ for Drupal 7 – function as building blocks of digital functionality that you can assemble into a complete digital experience. Once you have built your website, application, app, or whathaveyou and you know the capabilities of your module set, you can re-use, re-arrange, and re-assemble those modules into other, different experiences, repurposing those blocks of functionality over and over again.
Not only do Drupal and its plug-in modules give you a headstart on their own; anything you have built or configured before can also be copied and reused to make your next project or deployment even faster! You have no licensing limits on the number of developers, templates, environments, or copies of Drupal you can own and use at any given time. You can build a solution once and reuse it any number of times, thereby reducing your per-use cost every time you implement a similar solution.
Warner Music Group supports 200+ artists on a common Drupal platform, which offers WMG a set of shared business and presentation management capabilities, as well as rapid site deployment for new artists--each of whom has their own individual design and interface needs. WMG's Drupal platform offers each artist that unique, custom-branded experience and community building tools for their fans; as well as promoting and selling their recordings, products, music, t-shirts, concert tickets, etc.
VML, the digital agency, built their main page, vml.com, on Drupal and met with a lot of success (both with Drupal and their business). Then they started expanding … a lot. They built a small number of Drupal site templates to reuse across what is now a global company and site infrastructure. They can rapidly deploy a new site, reusing the basic platform (modules, configuration, etc.), restyling it, and filling it with relevant, localised content. Furthermore, they can do all of this without any additional license costs or per-seat, per-developer, or per-user limits.
Johnson & Johnson Consumer division works with numerous digital agencies around the globe. Centering on Drupal as its web technology of choice gives it efficiency, saves costs, and maintains compatibility and technical oversight. Digital service providers are given J&J's reusable Drupal 7 reference implementation as a site building platform and quickly assemble rebranded, localised sites for each market, all on a common infrastructure.
"J&J Consumer division includes 48 brands, which are sold globally, and presented digitally via over 750 websites worldwide. Prior to the creation and release of the solutions platform, each brand and global region had the autonomy to build and host their website(s) independent of any coding or branding standards – the result of which is a portfolio of brand websites that are disparate from one another, and costly to maintain. The objective of the OPEN Solutions Platform was to standardize the J&J Brand websites onto a best in class reference architecture, built on Drupal 7. Goals of the platform include governance standards, ability to maintain a single platform with regional feature set(s), automated testing and a rich feature set which cares for 95% of the use cases for the J&J Brand websites globally." via DrupalCon Austin
In the second part of this post, I'll examine how this efficient site production and reusable modular system work to manage your project costs and risks – above and beyond the savings inherent in a product you can use over and over again. Stay tuned for Part 2 next week: same time, same Bat channel!


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Window boxes provide a creative, easy solution to improve your curb appeal. With Hooks & Lattice planters you can bring the front of your home to life. Add a floral arrangement to bring color and pizzazz to any window! We offer modern ideas and decorating inspiration to help you transform any dull or uninviting flat surface such as decks, fences, or bare walls.
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2.5.5 Clouds
Clouds are important in the Earth's climate system because of their effects on solar radiation, terrestrial radiation and precipitation. Different cloud types contribute to total cloud amount and are associated with a wide variety of thermal and dynamic processes in the climate system (see Chapter 7, Section 7.2.2). Therefore knowing the variations in total cloud amount and different cloud types would significantly contribute to improving our understanding of the role of clouds in contemporary climate change. Several analyses of cloud amounts for regions of the world have been performed since the SAR. Problems with data homogeneity, particularly concerning biases with changing times of observation (Sun and Groisman, 2000; Sun et al., 2001) have been addressed in several studies, but other issues continue to be a source of uncertainty.
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Dai et al. (1997a, 1999) and Kaiser (1998) examined cloud cover changes over the former USSR and China during the last four to five decades, to add to earlier analyses for Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia by Henderson-Sellers (1992) and Karl and Steurer (1990). These studies show 20th century increases in cloud cover over much of the United States (mostly confined to the first 80 years) and the former USSR, which are significantly negatively correlated with changes in the diurnal range of surface air temperature (DTR) (as shown earlier in Figure 2.3). Sun and Groisman (2000) showed that in the former USSR low-level cloud cover significantly decreased during the period 1936 to 1990. However, this was more than offset by a significant increase in cumulus and cirrus clouds during the past several decades. Over much of China, however, daytime and night-time total cloud cover exhibited significant decreasing trends of 1 to 2% sky cover/decade for both day and night observations between 1951 and 1994 (Kaiser, 1998, 2000), which the DTR failed to follow (Figure 2.3). This discrepancy may result from the increasing effect of industrial aerosols on the DTR since the late 1970s (Dai et al., 1999). Tuomenvirta et al. (2000) show increasing trends in cloud cover during the period 1910 to 1995 for northern Europe, which are consistent with decreases in the DTR. A new analysis (Neff, 1999) reveals a dramatic increase (15 to 20%) of spring and summer cloud amount at the South Pole during the past four decades in this region. This appears to be related to the observed delay in the breakdown of the spring polar vortex and is believed to be related to decreases in stratospheric temperatures.
There are few analyses of the amounts of various cloud types or changes over the tropics and sub-tropics. Correlations with observed precipitation and clouds observed by satellites suggest that much of the increase in the total cloud amount is likely to have resulted from increases in thick, precipitating clouds (Dai et al., 1997a). Hahn et al. (1996) show decreasing decadal scale trends in cloud cover over much of China, as well as over most of South America and Africa for the period 1971 to 1991. The latter two areas have little surface-based information.
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The SAR presented analyses of inter-decadal changes in marine cloud coverage. The data have now been re-examined and doubt has been cast on some of the previous findings (Bajuk and Leovy, 1998a; Norris, 1999). Additional data have also reversed some of the previous trends. In the SAR a 3% increase in cumulonimbus clouds was reported for the period 1952 to 1981. An update of this analysis showed a gradual rise in cumulonimbus cloud amount from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, with a gradual decline thereafter (Bajuk and Leovy, 1998a). Bajuk and Leovy (1998b) cast doubt on the homogeneity of the cloud amounts derived from ship data. They find that inter-decadal variations of the frequency of occurrence of cloud amount for a given cloud type are generally unrelated to similar time-scale variations in SST and large-scale divergence of the surface winds. Nonetheless, some regional changes and variations based on ship reports of low and middle clouds are likely to be rather robust. Variations in these categories of cloud are consistent with variations of other climate system variables. Examples include: (1) a long-term upward trend in altostratus and nimbostratus across the mid-latitude North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans (Parungo et al., 1994; Norris and Leovy, 1995); (2) ENSO related variations in the frequency of low cloud types across the Pacific and Indian Oceans (Bajuk and Leovy, 1998b); and (3) interannual variations in summer season stratiform clouds across the North Pacific (Norris et al., 1998). Norris (1999) found an increase in total sky cover of approximately 2%, and an increase of approximately 4% in low cloud cover in his analyses of ship reports between 1952 and 1995. He finds no evidence for changes in observation practices that may have affected these trends. The trends are dominated by a globally consistent mode and are as large or larger in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere as in the Northern Hemisphere. This argues against attribution to increased anthropogenic aerosol amounts.
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Although satellite estimates of changes and variations in cloud amount and type contain systematic biases, Rossow and Schiffer (1999) showed improved calibration and cloud detection sensitivities for the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program (ISCCP) data set. Using data from 1983 to 1994, a globally increasing trend in monthly mean cloudiness reversed during the late 1980s and early 1990s. There now appears to be an overall trend toward reduced total cloud amounts over both land and ocean during this period. An estimate for aircraft-induced cirrus cover for the late 1990s ranges from 0 to 0.2% of the surface of the Earth (IPCC, 1999).2.5.6 Summary
Since the SAR, land surface precipitation has continued to increase in the Northern Hemisphere mid- and high latitudes; over the sub-tropics, the drying trend has been ameliorated somewhat. Where data are available, changes in annual streamflow relate well to changes in total precipitation. Over the Southern Hemisphere land areas no pronounced changes in total precipitation are evident since the SAR. The changes in precip-itation in mid- and high latitudes over land have a strong correl-ation with long-term changes in total cloud amount. Little can be said about changes in ocean precipitation as satellite data sets have not yet been adequately tested for time-dependent biases. Changes in water vapour have been analysed most for selected Northern Hemisphere regions, and show an emerging pattern of surface and tropospheric water vapour increases over the past few decades, although there are still untested or uncorrected biases in these data. Limited data from the stratosphere also suggest increases in water vapour but this result must be viewed with great caution. Over land, an increase in cloud cover of a few per cent since the turn of the century is observed, which is shown to closely relate to changes in the diurnal temperature range. Changes in ocean cloud amount and type show systematic increases of a few per cent since the 1950s, but these relate poorly to SST or surface wind divergence changes, casting some doubt on the integrity of the trends. No changes in observing practices can be identified, however, that might have led to time-dependent biases in the ocean cloud amount and frequency statistics.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a small family owned company that is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We provide office coffee service and water cooler rentals to businesses throughout Calgary. We strive to offer the best service and products possible to our customers to make their life easy, at an affordable price!
We are looking to expand. We will be advertising the website. I will also make sure to help promote the winning designer whenever anyone asks about the website.
Office Coffee Service is a unique service to businesses where we supply the commercial coffee equipment (not the cheap coffee makers but slightly larger more durable ones, plus the thermoses, and any other equipment requested, free of charge to our customers. The catch? They buy all their coffee and coffee supplies through us, and only us. We deliver it straight to their door and service the machines.
We also rent out water coolers to businesses. Not just any water coolers... Bottle-less. We plumb the water cooler directly into a water line and hook up filtration. All they see is a water cooler (without a bottle on top) and they never have to worry about running out of water. We charge ONE low monthly fee, with no hidden or extra fees added on. It's simple. It's cheap. It tastes great.
Our job is to make our customers life easier and to help improve the conditions and working environment for our customers.
Calgary area businesses! This is an existing market that has some large competitors. I don't want to copy our competitors websites so I won't mention them.
Basically we need a professional and eye catching design that also feels friendly enough to get people to either call us or email/fill out a form so we can get more customers! It's all about getting more customers!! We only provide our services to businesses, no retail or individuals. Only Calgary area businesses.
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- Be creative and just make it look awesome! I want you to have fun but do it in a professional way. I want you to be proud of it, I want to be proud of it, I want customers to love it.
- Something to do with Coffee and Clean filtered water.
- Some sign that it's a CALGARY based company.
YOU DON"T need to use the POU_Glacier image that is attached, but I included it so you know what the water coolers generally look like. You might be be better off just using some crystal clear looking water graphic.
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Main Layout/Page is needed. **** I may need to make some alterations to use the basic layout for other pages as well. I may even decide to pay the winning designer a extra fee to get the layout for other pages.****
Need to be able to see that is about coffee and water when you first see the page make it known that both are being offered.
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On the main page I just want it to be inviting to get them to call or send us their info so we can contact them and get new customers.
I'd like to have some fancy graphic with water or water coolers on the main page as well as a coffee or coffee beans type graphic on the main page. I'd make the images linkable so they would go to the respective area of the site depending if they are interested in office coffee or the water coolers. Whatever looks the best! I want you to be free to make it look nice.
You may also want to put a panorama of Calgary somewhere on main page to show it's a Calgary company. **Any Calgary panorama should include mountains in background with Calgary tower/downtown in front, if you decide to use one - not required **
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I've seen some of the design mock ups you guys make in other contests and I like the style! So do what you do best and I'll give feedback. :)
Thanks for all your help, it is VERY much appreciated! Be creative, have fun! Cheers :)


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Janam Maran Dohu Main Nahi Jan Paropkari Aaye
Video on the Alvidayee Time of Baba Nand Singh Ji
released for the Sacred Samagam on August 28th.
Brig. Partap Singh Ji Jaspal (Retd.), direct disciple of Baba Nand Singh Ji Maharaj and owner of this holy mission, has offered a humble tribute to Baba Nand Singh Sahib on the Sacred Annual Samagam of Babaji which falls on Aug 28. This video is titled - "Janam Maran Dohu Main Nahi Jan Paropkari Aaye".
After Baba Ji's holy body was consigned to waters, in a most decorated boat, in the river Sutlej in August 1943, Muslim divers of that place tried their best to salvage the precious articles from the boat after darkness, but to their utter astonishment and surprise the boat had disappeared. Fully fatigued, tired and disappointed, they lied down on the bank. They were wonderstruck with awe and reverence when they noticed Baba Nand Singh Ji Maharaj having a stroll on the bank of the river. In utter repentance of their miscalculation and misconception, they all fell in Sajda and cried out in unison—Ya Allah! Ya Allah!
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If you believe the United Nations press release a lot was achieved at last week´s "informal informal" negotiations for Rio+20: "Before the negotiations, only 6 per cent of the text had been agreed upon. Now, that number has jumped to more than 20 per cent, with many additional paragraphs close to agreement." So what? you may rightly ask. Not only because that leaves a disturbing amount of work to be done before world leaders arrive in Rio on June 20th, but mainly because we judge Earth Summit´s by how much they achieve for people and planet. The number of paragraphs which have been diluted enough to be agreeable to all is neither here nor there.
On substance, there was one bit of good news from last week: The launch of a High Seas Biodiversity Agreement is still possible at Rio. We never found out why the Co-Chair´s had ignored the vast majority of countries calling for such an agreement in the draft published May 22nd. But we thank Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Maldives, Nauru, Micronesia, India, Chile, Trinidad & Tobago, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Philippine, Fiji, Barbados, Uruguay, the European Union and Monaco for standing up for our oceans and the future last week. What governments must do at Rio is simple: They need to agree paragraph Oceans 6 Alt 1 (including all the things currently still in "brackets"). Let the US, Canada, Russia, Japan, Iceland, Korea and Norway not stop the rest of the world from making this urgent step towards ending the Wild West exploitation of over 64% of the world´s oceans.
There is also still a possibility of the UN Environment Programme being turned into an Agency with real money and implementation powers and the paragraph on harmful subsidies is now so contested that it could go any way - watered down to extinction or a strong call for getting rid of fossil fuels subsidies, as so many demand. But that´s it for what can count as good news (real or imaginary).
The rest of the text (which is here) really makes my blood boil. There are differences, of course, but really all sides are at fault at these negotiations and failing to deliver the kind of changes - such as an energy revolution - the world so urgently needs.
The United States, for example, wants to delete the right to food (paragraph 7) and seems to think hunger is ok - just "extreme hunger" is something to get rid off (paragraph 2). The US (backed by Canada and Japan) also think that the technology transfer promised at Rio in 1992 should now be only "voluntary" (paragraph MOI 3) and the US opposes any mention of "unsustainable consumption and production patterns". Ok, that´s not a pretty phrase, but what it means is very real: We would need five planets, if all of humanity wanted to waste as many resources as the average American. George Bush Senior got famous in 1992 for stating that "the American way of life is non negotiable". Obama is allowing his negotiators to take the same arrogant view.
The G77, the coalition of developing countries that has been trying hard to negotiate as one group, wants to delete the word "accountability" everywhere, it seems, including when it comes to the behaviour of global corporations. Partly as a result, mandatory reporting on social and environental impacts, still alive in the Co-Chair´s text, was killed last week (paragraph 41, which is now meaningless). The G77 want to get rid off the reference to the UN Secretary General´s (highly insufficient) Sustainable Energy for all initiative (paragraph Energy 5) and (together with the US) want to eliminate mention of "planetary boundaries", which remind us that there are real limits to growth (paragraph 42, for example). There are other issues, of course, where we agree with the G77. But fighting for a Future We Want, they are not.
The EU, meanwhile, is pushing faulty ideas such as liberalizing trade in so-called "environmental goods and services" (Trade 8) and is asking the UN to develop and manage partnerships, rather than do what the UN exists for: setting global standards and delivering their implementation (paragraph 49bis).
I know that all was not rosy in 1992 either. The original Rio Earth Summit endorsed nuclear power, for example, and was full of businesses pretending to be green (we published the Greenpeace Book on Greenwash then!). But as I get ready to get on a plane to Rio next week, I do think that compared to what is on the table now, Rio 1992 was a hippy love fest. Will governments at least prove me wrong in part - and agree to launch a High Seas Biodiversity Agreement in Rio? Watch this space, we will keep you updated.
Daniel Mittler is the Political Director of Greenpeace International
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Great post! The lack of compromise on the part of the government is concerning. In addition to the issues mentioned in your post, policy makers are al...
Great post! The lack of compromise on the part of the government is concerning. In addition to the issues mentioned in your post, policy makers are also failing to give attention to the issue of women's rights and sustainability. The connection between the environment and women's health will be critical to put front and center at Rio+20. We're hosting a blogger call on Tuesday the 12th to discuss this intersection. Hope anyone interested will RSVP to attend: http://bit.ly/Lv5Ylo .
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This situation is no longer deniable. During my lifetime, many have understood the Global Predicament we are facing now, but only a few 'voices in...
This situation is no longer deniable. During my lifetime, many have understood the Global Predicament we are facing now, but only a few 'voices in the wilderness' were willing to speak out loudly and clearly about what everyone can see. It is not a pretty sight. The human community has precipitated a planetary emergency that only humankind is capable of undoing. The present 'Unsustainable Path' has to be abandoned in favor of a "road less travelled by". It is late; there is no time left to waste. Perhaps now we will gather our remarkably abundant, distinctly human resources and respond ably to the daunting, human-induced, global challenges before us, the ones that threaten life as we know it and the integrity of Earth as a fit place for human habitation. Many voices, many more voices are needed for making necessary changes.
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Founded by Randall Kline in 1983 under the name Jazz in the City, SFJAZZ has become the world's leading cultural institution devoted to jazz and related forms of music, presenting over 300 performances each year at the new SFJAZZ Center and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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In January 2013, SFJAZZ took the most audacious step in its evolution, opening the 36,000-square-foot, $64 million SFJAZZ Center on the corner of Fell and Franklin streets in the heart of San Francisco's cultural corridor.
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The 100-seat Joe Henderson Lab is the SFJAZZ Center's street-level performance and rehearsal space, named for the late, great saxophonist and San Francisco resident, which also serves as the nerve center for the organization's education department. Students of all ages use the Joe Henderson Lab as well as the practice rooms and cutting edge digital lab for workshops, rehearsals, master classes and private instruction.
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Inklings (Young Adult Book Club of Scottsville Library)
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Inklings is a book club for Young Adults ages 13 through 18. We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 7pm; September through December, and January through May. New members are welcome to join at any time. Drop by the Scottsville Library to find out what we're reading this month.
Some of the titles we've read and discussed:
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
- The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie


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